SUBJ: RETIREMENT CPO2 KEITH MACFARLANE, CD NESOP 00115 1. AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND THE NESOP COMMUNITY, CPO2 KEITH MACFARLANE WILL REVERT TO AIR READY EFFECTIVE 24 OCT 14 2. KEITH JOINED THE RCN ON 2 OCT 1991 IN TORONTO, ONTARIO, AS A NET TACTICAL, SWITCHING SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO NESOP WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS MUCH BETTER AT BREAKING EQUIPMENT THAN FIXING IT. HIS FIRST SHIP WAS HMCS YUKON IN 1993, FOLLOWED BY HMCS ANNAPOLIS, HMCS HURON AND EVENTUALLY AS A SWC ON ALL 5 WEST COAST CPFS. IN HIS 23 YEARS IN THE RCN, HE HAS SPENT MORE TIME AT SEA THAN MANY OF THE SHIPS IN THE FLEET AND WITH OVER 2000 DAYS AT SEA, HE HAS ACCUMULATED MORE SALT AND RUST THAN HMCS PROTECTEUR. HE HAS SURVIVED SUCH HIGH PROFILE OPERATIONS AS OP APOLLO, OP UNIFIED PROTECTOR, OP ARTEMIS AND OP REASSURANCE ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE FREE WORLD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. HE HAS EVEN OUTLIVED A FEW OF THE SHIPS HE SERVED ON AS THEY HAVE BEEN SUNK IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND VANCOUVER ISLAND AS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIANS ALIKE 3. HIS SHORE POSTINGS HAVE INCLUDED WARFARE TRAINING DIVISION (TWICE), AWWTC AND 18 MONTHS ON COURSES AT CFNOS HALIFAX 4. KEITH HAS COLLECTED MANY FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT HIS 23 YEARS OF SERVICE AND HAS TRULY ENJOYED THE ADVENTURE 5. KEITH AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (WIFE 2.0) ARE CHARTING A COURSE TO THE EAST, AND THE OIL FIELDS OF CALGARY TO FIND FAME AND FORTUNE 6. KEITH WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH OVER THE YEARS AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIRE ONE LAST SALVO ACROSS THE BOW OF EVERYONE ELSE WITH A NO HOST BAR AND DWD CEREMONY FOR ALL RANKS TO BE HELD AT 1130 HRS ON 16 OCT 14, AT THE CFB ESQUIMALT CHIEF S AND PETTY OFFICER S MESS 7. ANYONE WISHING TO PASS ON BEST WISHES, ANECDOTES, ESPECIALLY ANY ORIGINATING FROM LAS VEGAS, MEXICO OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN PORT, SALTY DITS, BAD PHOTOS, OUTRIGHT LIES, OR CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES CAN FORWARD THEM TO CPO2 MARK CHAPMAN AT EMAIL: RANDALL.CHAPMAN(AT)FORCES.GC.CA, MAIL: CPO2 CHAPMAN, R.M., INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SUPPORT CENTRE, PO BOX 17000, STN. FORCES VICTORIA BC V9A 7N2
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:55:19 +0000
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