1.            AFTER 20+ YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA, SERGEANT DONALD BECKER WILL RETIRE ON 15 FEBRUARY 2023.

2.            SGT BECKER ENROLLED IN THE CAF IN FEBRUARY OF 2002, COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING IN SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, FOLLOWED BY POET AND ATIS QL3 TECHNICIAN TRAINING AT CFSCE KINGSTON. UPON GRADUATION IN APRIL OF 2004, PTE BECKER WAS POSTED TO 4 WING COLD LAKE WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS UNTIL BEING PLACED IN THE AIRFIELD SECTION. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CPL IN MARCH OF 2006. IN JULY OF 2008 CPL BECKER WAS POSTED TO 19 WING COMOX WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN COASTAL RADAR MAINTENANCE TEAM. CPL BECKER WENT TO CFS ALERT FOR TWO TOURS IN 2012 AND 2015. CPL BECKER WAS APPOINTED TO MCPL IN JULY OF 2013. IN JULY OF 2016 MCPL BECKER WAS POSTED BACK TO 4 WING COLD LAKE WHERE HE SPENT TIME IN THE COMSEC AND AIRFIELD SECTIONS. IN SUMMER OF 2020 MCPL BECKER WAS PROMOTED TO SGT AND POSTED TO 17 WING WINNIPEG WHERE HE LEARNED NEW SKILLS AS THE C4 SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR AND ACTING C4 SYSTEMS WO. HIS STAY IN WINNIPEG WAS SHORT LIVED, AS HE WAS POSTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS 17 CIS FLT DET DUNDURN SUPERVISOR IN SUMMER OF 2021.

3.            AFTER DEPARTING THE CAF, SGT BECKER, HIS WIFE TANYA AND THEIR TWO DOGS AND THREE CATS WILL BE REMAINING IN THE DUNDURN AREA AS HE JOINS THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

4.            SGT BECKER WILL HAVE A DWD CEREMONY ON 20 APRIL, 2023 AT 1500HRS AT 17 WING DETACHMENT DUNDURN FLIGHTLINE MESS. ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO SGT TUFTS, [email protected]