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UNCLAS DMPP 05 001
BILINGUAL MESSAGE//MESSAGE BILINGUE
SUBJ: RETIREMENT MAJ GREG BARRETT - AERE
1. MAJOR G.G. (GREG) BARRETT WILL OFFICIALLY RETIRE FROM THE CF ON 29
APRIL 05, AFTER COMPLETING 32 PLUS YEARS OF REGULAR FORCE SERVICE
2. GREG ENROLLED IN THE CF IN AUGUST 1972, AND AFTER ATTENDING THE
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN KINGSTON, STARTED HIS CAREER AT AMDU
TRENTON.  FROM AMDU, GREG MOVED TO CFSATE BORDEN IN 1977, ASDU (NOW
KNOWN AS 14 SES) GREENWOOD IN 1980, AND AIRCOM WINNIPEG IN 1984.  IN
1988, HE ESCAPED TO CDLS WASHINGTON TO COMPLETE HIS POST GRADUATE
STUDIES AND RETURNED TO DGAEPM OTTAWA IN 1990.  GREG THEN MOVED TO
408 TACHEL SQN WHERE HE SERVED AS THE LAST SAMEO FOR THE KIOWA
HELICOPTER FROM 1994 TO 1997. GREG THEN RETURNED TO OTTAWA TO BE PART
OF THE PMO MASIS TEAM.  IN 2004, GREG DEPLOYED WITH OP APOLLO AND
THEN RETURNED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS THE INTEGRATED LOGISTIC
SUPPORT (ILS) SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WITHIN THE DIRECTORATE OF
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3. GREG AND HIS WIFE PAMELA WILL SOON BE MOVING TO CALGARY, ALBERTA,
WHERE GREG WILL CONTINUE HIS CAREER WITH THE CIVILIAN AEROSPACE
BUSINESS
4.   IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND TO WISH HIM WELL
IN HIS NEW ENDEAVOR, A LUNCH AND PRESENTATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
OTTAWA RCAF OFFICERS MESS ASTRA LOUNGE, GLOUCESTER ST, AT 11:45 ON 28
APR 2005. ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION, CONGRATULATORY FAREWELLS AND
ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO OPI CAPT LORRAINE LUSSIER BY E-MAIL
LUSSIER.LMT AT FORCES.GC.CA OR FAX 613- 995-2371 DMPP 5-3-2
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