ON AUGUST 18, 2023, TRACY HAYES IS RETIRING AFTER OVER 33 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE.

TRACY PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE CAF FOR OVER 21 YEARS AS COMMUNICATOR RESEARCHER RETIRING SEP 2011. ON SEP 19, 2011, SHE JOINED THE PUBLIC SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTRE (CFNOC C SQN) ENTERPRISE INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM TEAM AS A CS-02, TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. RESPONSIBLITIES WERE TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, MONITORING AND MAINTAINANCE OF INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF ITS MANDATE.

SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER HUSBAND MEL AND DAUGTHER KYRA FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE.  HER FRIENDS AND COLLEGUES FOR MAKING THESE 33 PLUS YEARS A TIME TO REMEMBER AND CHERISH.

TRACY AND MEL ARE MOVING UP NORTH TO ENJOY THE FRESH AIR, FISHING AND OF COURSE MORE SNOW!!!

A DEPARTURE CERIMONY WILL BE HELD WITH TRACY’S CLOSEST COWORKERS. PLEASE SEND ANY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, PICTURES, AND AMUSING ANECDOTES TO DOUG COUTTS [email protected] NLT 31 Jul 2023