1. WO ROD WOODS IS RETIRING FROM THE CF ON 19 APR 2011 AFTER 23 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CF AND WILL START HIS RETIREMENT LEAVE ON 8 JAN 2011.  

2. ROD ENROLLED IN FEB 88 AS AN ADMIN CLK AND REMUSTERED TO GEO TECH IN JAN 99. HE HAS HAD VARIOUS POSTINGS ‐ AS AN ADMIN CLK: JAN 89‐JUL 92 CFB CALGARY (RATIONS, RECORDS, BOR, R&D); AUG 92‐JUL 97 OTTAWA (PMO NSA/NSH, DGRET/DPDLT, DCDS); JUL 97‐JAN 99 MARLANTHQ (FPC AND ATTACH POSTED TO: HMCS FREDERICTON AND HMCS ST JOHNS). AS A GEO TECH: JAN 99‐ JUL 06 MCE OTTAWA (SMM, DP SQN, GEO SP SQN, GI&S SQN); JUL 06 ‐ JAN 11 MARPACHQ (JTFP, HSO(E), JTFG). DURING HIS CAREER, ROD WAS DEPLOYED ON THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS: SEP 01‐APR 02 OP PALLADIUM (SARAJEVO, BOSNIA‐HERZEGOVINA); FEB‐AUG 03 OP CALUMET (EL GORAH, EGYPT); AND JAN‐ MAR 10 OP PODIUM (VANCOUVER, BC)

3. ALTHOUGH ROD IS RETIRING FROM THE CF, HE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DND AS A CIVILIAN GEO TECH WORKING AT THE AWESOME HSO(W). HE WILL BE REMAINING IN THE VICTORIA AREA WITH HIS WIFE HEIDI AND THEIR DAUGHTER EVIAN.

4. AT ROD'S REQUEST THERE WILL BE AN INFORMAL FUNCTION HELD IN THE C&PO'S MESS, CFB ESQUIMALT ON 6 JAN 2011 AT 1130 HRS. PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE TO THE RETIREMENT FUNCTION COORDINATOR: SGT KRIS DEVEAU, 250‐363‐7150 5. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, PHOTOS AND/OR ANECDOTES MAY BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO KRISTOPHER.DEVEAU@FORCES.GC.CA