R 242249Z SEP 07 FM 1 CDN AIR DIV HQ DET ESQUIMALT TO AIG 1704 AIG 1705 BT UNCLAS RACE P 396 MINIMIZE CONSIDERED SUBJ: RETIREMENT COL JOHN MCMANUS CEREMONY DATE AND PLACE CHANGE 1. SUBJ RETIREMENT MSG DTG 272142Z AUG 07 RACE P 390 IS REPEATED BELOW WITH A CHANGED DATE AND LOCATION AT PARA 7 2. COL JOHN MCMANUS WILL BREAK DIP, SWALLOW THE ANCHOR AND COMMENCE A LONG RUN ASHORE ON 5 NOVEMBER 2007 AFTER 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN FORCES 3. JOHN REPORTED TO RMC ON 15 AUGUST 1972 AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 76. HE SERVED AT 443 SQN SHEARWATER, HMCS HURON, HMCS IROQUOIS, 406 SQN TWICE, USN POST GRAD SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, HOTEF, DGAEPM AT NDHQ, HOTEF AGAIN, STAFF COLLEGE IN CANBERRA AUSTRALIA, 1 CDN AIR DIV HQ WINNIPEG, 443 SQN AGAIN, MAC(P) AND MOST RECENTLY AS THE COMD OF 1 CDN AIR DIV DET ESQUIMALT 4. COL MCMANUS HAD THE HONOUR TO COMMAND, AS A CAPT AS A CREW COMD, AS A MAJ AS CO HOTEF, AS A LCOL AS CO 443 AND AS A COL AS THE COMD MAC P. HE WAS A FINALIST IN THE SELECTION FOR CANADIANS THAT WOULD FLY IN FUTURE SPACE SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION MISSIONS. DURING HIS CAREER HE HAS HELD THREE NATIONAL SWIM RECORDS AND IS THE CF SPORTS PATRON FOR SWIMMING.  COL MCMANUS IS AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT 5. THOSE WHO HAD THE HONOUR OF SERVING WITH JOHN WILL MISS HIS COMPETENCE, HIS MISSION-FIRST ORIENTATION, HIS APPROACHABILITY AND HIS DEEP CONCERN FOR HIS PEOPLE 6. JOHN, JULIE, OLIVIA AND PATRICK WILL REMAIN IN THE VICTORIA AREA 7. AN RPC WILL BE HELD IN ROCKYS HONOUR AT THE CFB ESQUIMALT WARDROOM STARTING AT 1130 HOURS 30 OCT 07 WHERE HE WILL FINALLY SPRING FOR DRINKS. A VOLUNTARY DONATION OF FIVE DOLLARS TO OFFSET THE COST OF FOOD WILL BE SOLICITED. PLEASE CONTACT MAJ GUSHUE AT GUSHUE.G AT FORCES.GC.CA TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE 8.  PLEASE SEND CONGRATULATORY REMARKS, ANECDOTES AND OTHER LIBEL TO MAJ GUSHUE FOR PRESERVATION IN A RETIREMENT VOLUME BT