CANADIAN FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, CAPT STEPHEN TUCKER WILL RETIRE ON 31 DEC 12.

FROM PLACENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND, STEVE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES AS A FIREFIGHTER IN 1976. AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT CFRS CORNWALLIS AND TRADES TRAINING IN BORDEN ON HE WAS POSTED TO CFB SUMMERSIDE FIRE DEPT. CAPT TUCKER HAD MANY POSTINGS INCLUDING HMCS IROQUOIS, 14 WING GREENWOOD, AND HMCS NIPIGON WHERE HE WAS A SR FIREFIGHTER AND COMPLETED A NATO DEPLOYMENT. HE WAS THEN POSTED AS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS TO THE CANADIAN FORCES FIRE ACADEMY WHERE HE EARNED A PROMOTION TO WO AND A POSTING TO CFB GOOSEBAY. IN 1994 HE WAS THEN POSTED TO CFB TRENTON WHERE HE DEPLOYED TO BOSNIA AS THE CONTINGENT FIRE MARSHALL. UPON HIS RETURN HE WAS PROMOTED TO MWO AND DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF AT CFB TRENTON. IN 2001 HE WAS POSTED TO CFB GREENWOOD AS THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. IN 2004 HE WAS PROMOTED TO CWO AND POSTED TO 1 CDN AIR DIV WINNIPEG AS THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL. IN 2005 CWO TUCKER WAS OFFERED HIS SPECIAL COMMISSIONING FOR THE RANKS TO CAPTAIN AND POSTED TO CFB GREENWOOD AS THE WING FIRE CHIEF. IN THE SAME YEAR HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT. IN 2008 CAPT TUCKER WAS POSTED TO 91 CEF GANDER AS THE CE OFFICER COMMANDING. SHORTLY AFTER THAT IN APR 2009 HE WAS POSTED TO 144 CEF PICTOU AS OFFICER COMMANDING, DURING THIS TIME HE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN TWICE, IN HIS 2010-2011 DEPLOYMENT AS THE COMKAF ESTATES OFFICER HE WAS AWARDED THE COMKAF COMMENDATION FOR HIS SERVICE.

CAPT TUCKER AND HIS WIFE GEORGINA PLAN ON REMAINING IN THE PICTOU AREA WHERE HE WILL UTILIZE HIS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED WORKSHOP. CAPT TUCKER HAS TWO DAUGHTERS JENNIFER AND KAREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN STEPHEN AND JOCELYN.

AN ALL RANKS RETIREMENT TURKEY DINNER CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF CAPT TUCKER WILL BE HELD AT THE PICTOU LEGION 23 NOV 12 AT 1730HRS. COST OF THE DINNER IS 14.00 DOLLARS PLUS TAX. RSVP SGT AA MACLELLAN 902-485-1069X224 NLT 15 NOV 12.

PASS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, RETIREMENT WISHES AND STORIES TO SGT AA MACLELLAN BY EMAIL JUNIOR.MACLELLAN(AT)FORCES.GC.CA, OR FAX 902-485-119.