1. MASTER CORPORAL JASON DAVIS WILL BE RETIRING 6 SEPTEMBER 2021 AFTER MORE THAN 11 DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CAF.

2. ORIGINALLY FROM HALIFAX, NS, MCPL DAVIS ENROLLED AT THE CHARLOTTETOWN RECRUITING CENTRE ON 10 NOVEMBER 2009. AFTER COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING, MCPL DAVIS WAS OFF TO CFB KINGSTON, ON TO UNDERTAKE PERFORMANCE ORIENTATED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AND ATIS QL3. IN 2012, AFTER COMPLETING INITIAL TRADES TRAINING, HE WAS POSTED TO 4 WING TELECOM FLIGHT, CFB COLD LAKE, AB WHERE HE WOULD START QL4 TRAINING. UPON COMPLETION OF QL4 OJT, HE WENT ON AND COMPLETED THE QL5 IN 2013. DURING HIS TIME IN COLD LAKE, MCPL DAVIS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO BASE/DEPLOYED CLASSIFIED SYSTEMS, DEPLOYED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO 409/410 TACTICAL FIGHTER SQURADRONS AS WELL AS PROVIDED TRAINING TO NEW JUNIOR ATIS TECHS DURING THEIR OJT.

3. MCPL DAVIS WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL AND POSTED TO 14 OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQUADRON, CFB GREENWOOD IN 2017. HIS CAREER CONTINUED WITH THE AURORA DEPLOYABLE MISSION SUPPORT CENTRE WHERE HE DEPLOYED AND SUPPORTED SEVERAL EXCERCISES AND OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, SUCH AS THREE TOURS ON OP SCYLLA (2017, 2018), TWO TOURS ON OP NEON (2019, 2020) AND MOST RECENTLY OP ARTEMIS (2021).

4. ON 7 SEP 2021, MCPL DAVIS HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE IN GREENWOOD, NS WHERE HE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE AURORA DEPLOYABLE MISSION SUPPORT CENTRE. HE WILL REMAIN IN THE ANAPOLIS VALLEY WITH HIS WIFE LINDSAY AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, ALISTAIR AND ABIGAIL.

5. THERE WILL BE A DWD CEREMONY HELD AT A LATER DATE IN SEPTEMBER. ANECDOTES AND WELL WISHES ARE WELCOME AND WILL BE PASSED ON TO JASON AT THE DWD.

6. PLEASE SEND ANY MESSAGES TO CPL NICHOLAS WHALEY BY EMAIL: [email protected].