1. AFTER OVER 23 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WO DAVID CLEGHORN WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON 03 APRIL 2025.

2. WO CLEGHORN JOINED THE CAF ON 27 FEBRUARY 2002 AS AN AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) TECH, BEGINNING HIS CAREER IN OROMOCTO, NB. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING IN CFB ESQUIMALT, WO CLEGHORN MOVED TO CFB KINGSTON TO COMPLETE THE PERFORMANCE ORIENTED ELECTRONICS TRAINING (POET) AND ATIS QL3 COURSE IN 2004. OVER THE YEARS, WO CLEGHORN WAS POSTED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING CFB GREENWOOD, CFB GANDER, AND CFB TRENTON. WO CLEGHORN WAS RECENTLY POSTED BACK CFB TRENTON, AT AEROSPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ATESS) AS THE ATIS TRAINING WO. HE THEN RECEIVED HIS FINAL AND CURRENT POSTING TO 8 COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS (CIS) FLT IN 2024.

3. WO CLEGHORN HAS BEEN DEPLOYED ON MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, INCLUDING OP IMACT IN KUWAIT (2016-2017) AND OP JTF IMPACT (2020-2021), WHERE HIS SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP WERE INVALUABLE TO MISSION SUCCESS.

4. WO CLEGHORN WILL BE STAYING IN THE TRENTON AREA WITH HIS SPOUSE, AMANDA, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, EMMA AND ALYSSA.

5. AS WO CLEGHORN TAKES THE REMAINING DAYS OF HIS ANNUAL LEAVE BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO A NEW ROLE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, WE CELEBRATE AND THANK WO CLEGHORN FOR HIS REMARKABLE CAREER AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAF. WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN THE FUTURE.

6. AT WO CLEGHORN’S REQUEST, THERE WILL NOT BE A DEPARTMENT WITH DIGNITY, HOWEVER FAREWELL MESSAGES AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO LT SEUNG-HYUK (ANTHONY) ROH AT [email protected].