RETIREMENT – MWO TIM RICE, CD – 00109 ATIS TECH

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1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER TIM RICE IS HANGING UP HIS UNIFORM AFTER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE ON 15 APR 2022.

2. TIM JOINED THE REGULAR FORCE AS A RAD TECHNICIAN ON OCTOBER 11, 1988. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT CF RECRUIT SCHOOL IN CORNWALLIS. POSTED IN OCT 1988 TO THE CANADIAN FORCES BASE KINGSTON, HE COMPLETED POET AND HIS TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE. ON COMPLETION OF TRADES TRAINING HE WENT TO 403 HOTS IN GAGETOWN FOR 4 YEARS. IN 1994 HE WAS POSTED TO 14 WING GREENWOOD TO DO HIS ONE AND ONLY STINT AT A WTIS. DURING THAT TIME HE WAS AMALGAMATED INTO THE NEW ATIS TRADE. 6 YEARS LATER TIM TOOK AN OUTCAN POSITION TO OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE WORLD WITH MISSIONS TO TURKEY FOR OP NORTHERN WATCH, OMAN FOR OP ENDURING FREEDOM, AND SAUDI ARABIA FOR OP IRAQI FREEDOM. RETURNING TO CANADA WITH A PROMOTION TO SGT IN 2005 TIM WAS POSTED TO TRENTON AT 8ACC SQN WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS WORLD TRAVELS TO SUNNY LOCATIONS. TIM APPLIED TO CANSOFCOM AND WAS SELECTED AND MOVED OVER TO CJIRU IN 2008 AS A WARRANT OFFICER. IN 2012 TIM WAS PROMOTED TO MWO AND POSTED TO KINGSTON WHERE HE TOOK THE JOB AS 3 SQN SSM AT THE SCHOOL WHERE IT ALL STARTED, CFSCE. IT WAS SHORT LIVED AS TIM HAD MISSED WORKING FOR CANSOFCOM; HE RELEASED FROM THE REG FORCE AND BECAME A FULL TIME RESERVIST WORKING AGAIN AT CJIRU IN TRENTON WHERE HE HAD JOBS AS OPS SSM, HQ&SIGS SSM, AND SUPPORTER RECRUITING MWO FOR ANOTHER 8 YEARS. TIM WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MILITARY SPORTS PROGRAM PARTICIPATING IN MANY REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

3. TIM AND HIS BETTER HALF DEBBIE HAVE TWO SONS, MCPL KYLE RICE AN AVN TECH INSTRUCTING AT 424 SQN TRENTON, AND SGT BRANDON RICE AN ATIS TECH AT 22 WING NORTH BAY. THEY HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN WHO THEY ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.

4. TIM IS TAKING DEBBIE HOME TO HER BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. THEIR RETIRMENT HOME IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN STANHOPE PEI. IF YOU WANT TO VISIT YOU WILL PROBABLY FIND HIM EITHER ON THE GOLF COURSE OR FISHING ON A BROOK OR POND SOMEWHERE ON THE ISLAND.

5. A DWD CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY APRIL 14, 2022, AT CJIRU. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC SITUATION, IT WILL COMPLY WITH PUBLIC HEALTH RULES IN CONSTANT CHANGES. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES SEND YOUR INTEREST IN JOINNING THE GROUP TO SGT CHRISTIAN JOHNSTON AT THE UNDERSIGNED ADDRESS NO LATER THAN MARCH 31, 2022. PLEASE SEND YOUR ANECDOTES, STORIES, PHOTOS OR WISHES FOR TIM BY EMAIL TO [email protected]

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Patrick Dooley
2 years ago

Well Tim now that you are retiring, I might be the last man standing…. lol. Best middle infield that R and B paving will ever have. Wishing you and Debbie all the best in PEI. Hopefully Jen and I can pop in sometime for a visit while we are touring the island. Great career, Cheers Buddy!

Pat Dooley

Don Albert
2 years ago

Tim, it was a blast working with you 8ACCS, good memories indeed! Wishing the best of luck for the future. I suspect they have a ‘old timers’ hockey league you can join lol, cheers!

Paul Perrin
2 years ago

Congrats Tim on a great career and well deserved. Best of luck in the future and thank you for your service. Still remember all the great times we had in Kingston on POET and 5’s, as well as in Greenwood. Lots of outstanding memories.

Tim Rice
2 years ago
Reply to  Paul Perrin

Thanks Paul. We share great memories for sure.