R 191510Z SEP 05
FM CFB ASU GAGETOWN//ENGR BR//
TO AIG 1704
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UNCLAS DAO 004/05
SUBJ: RETIREMENT - V13 278 575 LCOL GB PARKS
1. LCOL G BRUCE PARKS WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CF ON 15 NOV 05
AFTER 33 PLUS YEARS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN
MILITARY ENGINEERS AND TE CANADIAN FORCES.
2. LCOL PARKS JOINED THE CF IN 1972.  HE INITIALLY ATTENDED CMR IN
ST JEAN QC AND GRADUATED FROM RMC IN MAY 1978 WITH A BA IN CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING (BEER MAKING).  ON COMPLETION OF MIL TRG HE WAS POSTED
TO THE CE SECTION AT CFB GAGETOWN, FOLLOWED BY A POSTING TO 5 RGC
WHERE HE CUT HIS TEETH AS A TP COMD AND DIVE OFFICER.  SUBSEQUENT
POSTINGS LANDED HIM WITH 4 CER GERMANY, FMCHQ MONTREAL, 45 FD SQN
SYDNEY, LFCAHQ TORONTO, 4 ESR, LFAAHQ HALIFAX AND CFB GAGETOWN.
DURING HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, LCOL PARKS HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE
FOL POSITIONS: TP COMD, CONTINGENT ENGR, ADJT, OPS O, SO ENGR DOC,
SO ENGR OPS AND TRG, CO, EA TO COMD, AREA ENGR AND COS.  OPERATIONAL
TOURS INCLUDED CYPRUS, UNPROFOR CROATIA, RED RIVER FLOOD, THE ICE
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STORM AND UNMIBH SARAJEVO.  LCOL PARKS AND HIS WIFE TAMMY WILL BE
REMAINING IN THE OROMOCTO AREA AS HE HAS ACCEPTED A POSN AS THE OC
RETS AT CFSME (AKA A DOUBLE DIPPER).
3. 3 ASG ENGR BR WILL HOLD A RETIREMENT FUNCTION TO COMMEMORATE THE
OCCASION OF LCOL PARKS RETIREMENT ON FRIDAY, 7 OCT 05, AT THE CFB
GAGETOWN WO SGTS MESS (A4 ANNEX), 11:30- 14:00 HRS.  PERSONNEL
WISHING TO ATTEND THE LUNCHEON ARE REQUESTED TO FWD NAMES TO CAPT
GERRY DORSCHMIDT, LOC 1697, AT 3 ASG ENGR BR NLT 3 OCT 05.  AS WELL,
YOUR STORIES, HUMOUROUS ANECDOTES AND/OR WELL WISHES ARE REQUESTED
AND CAN BE SENT TO CAPT DORFSCHMIDT, VIA MSG, EMAIL OR FAX AT
(506)422-1248.
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