1. LCDR RICK WALL WILL BE HANGING UP HIS SEA BOOTS ON 2 SEPTEMBER
2008 AFTER OVER 36 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO HM THE QUEEN, THE CF
AND THE CANADIAN NAVY
2. LCDR WALL ENROLLED IN THE CF ON 27 JUL 72, STARTING HIS NAVAL
CAREER AT ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE. UPON GRADUATION FROM RMC
KINGSTON IN 1976, HE WAS POSTED TO VENTURE. BETWEEN 1976 AND 1977, HIS
TRAINING TOOK HIM FROM THE MACHINERY SPACES OF THE WEST COAST
TRAINING SQUADRON TO THE MEAC WORKSHOPS OF RNEC MANADON, PLYMOUTH,
ENGLAND. RETURNING TO CANADA IN 1978, HE SERVED AS A/EO IN HMCS
ANNAPOLIS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE HIS C OF C LEVEL II TRAINING. UPON
QUALIFICATION, LCDR WALL SPENT TWO YEARS AT DGMEM OTTAWA, FOLLOWED BY
A POSTING BACK TO RNEC MANADON IN 1982 FOR POST GRADUATE TRAINING.
UPON HIS RETURN TO CANADA, LCDR WALL WAS AGAIN POSTED TO DGMEPM UNTIL
THE SUMMER OF 1985 WHEN HE WENT TO HMCS IROQUOIS AS THE MARINE
ENGINEERING OFFICER. AFTER A BRIEF STINT AT NEU (A) AS THE MARINE
ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SUPPORT OFFICER, LCDR WALL WAS ONCE AGAIN SENT
TO ENGLAND IN 1988 FOR EXCHANGE DUTIES (HEAD OF DIESEL DEVELOPMENT,
DIRECTOR OF MARINE ENGINEERING, FOXHILL, BATH). RETURNING TO OTTAWA
IN 1991, HE SERVED THE NEXT 12 YRS AT NDHQ, WORKING IN A NUMBER OF
POSITIONS AT DGMEPM, DRDC, J3 NBC AND DGNS. HE THEN SERVED AS THE
DEPUTY COMMANDING OFFICER AT NETE MONTREAL FROM 2003 TO 2006. IN THE
SUMMER OF 2006 LCDR WALL FINALLY RETURNED TO THE WEST COAST WHEN HE
WAS APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AT CFB ESQUIMALT AS CHIEF OF
STAFF TO THE PORT OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES BRANCH
3. LCDR WALL AND HIS WIFE GILLIAN PLAN TO SETTLE ON VANCOUVER
ISLAND. ALL FELLOW OFFICERS, SHIPMATES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO
FORWARD CONGRATULARY MSGS, ANECDOTES, HUMOROUS MEMORIES, SALTY DIPS,
AND BEST WISHES TO CDR TIM HOWARD: HOWARD.TM QUOTE AT UNQUOTE
FORCES.GC.CA OR FAXED TO (250)363-2542