1. AFTER 33 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, WO LEONARD TALLIS’S LAST DAY IN UNIFORM WILL BE 02 OCTOBER 2022.

2. WO TALLIS ENROLLED IN THE CAF ON 28 MARCH 1989, LANDING IN CORNWALLIS ON APRIL 1ST 1989. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AND INITIAL TRADES TRAINING AT CFSCE AS A 231 RADAR TECHNICIAN, LEONARD WAS POSTED TO 15 WING MOOSE JAW, SASK FROM 1990-1997. WHILE THERE HIS SON WAS BORN AND THE 231 TRADE AMALGAMATED MAKING HIM A 226 ATIS TECHNICIAN. IN 1997 LEN WAS POSTED TO GOOSE BAY AND IN 1998 IT WAS CLOSED DOWN TO THE TRADE MAKING HIM HAVE TO POST TO NORTH BAY. FROM 2006-2010 WO TALLIS WAS TRANSFERRED TO TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, AND FOLLOWED THAT WITH A POSTING TO HIS HOMETOWN OF TRENTON FROM 2010-2014. IN 2014 HE WAS ONCE AGAIN POSTED TO 5 WING GOOSE BAY AS THE WCWO ASSISTANT, THIS WAS AN OUT-OF-TRADE POSTING AND HE LEARNED A LOT AS THE WING CHIEFS ASSISTANT. THIS WAS ONLY A ONE-YEAR POSTING AND IN 2015 LEONARD WOULD FIND HIMSELF POSTED TO CFS LEITRIM AS THE PLANS WO. IN JANUARY 2018 POSTED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO JBER(JOINT BASE ELMENDOR-RICHARDSON) ALASKA AS AN AIRBORNE RADAR TECHNICIAN WITH THE AWACS. FINALLY, IN JUNE 2022 HE WAS POSTED TO ATESS AS THE INSTALLATIONS WO.

3. WO TALLIS IS RETIRING TO NORTH BAY TO TAKE A CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR POSITION WITH NASITTUQ.

4. DEPART WITH DIGNITY LUNCHEON WILL BE AT BOSTON PIZZA RESTAURANT IN TRENTON AT 1130 HRS 16 SEP 2021. THE COST WILL BE AS PER THE RESTAURANT MENU. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES AND ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT BY E-MAIL TO SGT RISSER AT [email protected] TO BID LEN FAREWELL FOLLOWING A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN THE AIR FORCE.