1. AFTER 22+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, MASTER WARRANT OFFICER STEVE HARVEY WILL RETIRE ON 28 APRIL 2022.

2. MWO HARVEY BEGAN LIFE IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AS A CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE OFFICER IN SUNNY SUMMERSIDE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ON 12 JUN 1999. ON 6 OCT 2004, HE RELINQUISHED HIS COMMISSION AND ALL THE PERKS THAT GO ALONG WITH BEING A CADET INSTRUCTOR CADRE OFFICER, TO JOIN THE REGULAR FORCES AS A DIRECT ENTRY CORPORAL IN THE ATIS TECH TRADE. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN DEC 2004, HIS FIRST POSTING IN JAN 2005, WAS TO 42 TACTICAL RADAR SQN AT CFB COLD LAKE. IF YOU ASK STEVE, HE WOULD TELL YOU THIS WAS HIS FAVOTITE POSTING. IN JUL 2009, HE WAS A POSTED TO THE FM RADIO/AV SHOP AT 14 WTIS, CFB GREENWOOD. PROMOTED TO SGT IN JUL 2012, HE WAS POSTED BASE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT CFB ESQUIMALT. IN 2016, WO HARVEY WAS POSTED TO ADM(MAT) DGAEPM(R&CS) AS THE LIFE CYCLE MATERIAL MANAGER AND TECHNICAL AUTHORITY FOR THE BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE CENTRAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ALSO KNOWN AS THE HF-LINK11 BLOS. PROMOTED TO MWO IN JUL 2020, HE WAS TRANSFERRED WITHIN R&CS TO THE AIR TRAFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SECTION AS THE LCMM TEAM LEAD. THEN IN JAN 2021, MWO HARVEY WAS APPOINTED AS THE R&CS DIRECTORATE SQUADRON WARRANT OFFICER, AN APPOINTMENT FORMERLY HELD BY A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER.

3. STEVE AND HIS WIFE MIREILLE WILL REMAIN IN THE NCR AREA ON THEIR THREE-ACRE COUNTRY HOME IN MAXVILLE WITH THEIR 2 CANINE FUR BABIES ROXY AND WHISKEY. STEVE HAS ACCEPTED PUBLIC SERVICE POSITION WITHIN R&CS.

4. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND CURRENT COVID RESTRICTIONS, A DWD LUNCHEON WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES STORIES AND ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT TO MWO MIKE WALKER AT [email protected]