Biography
Between 2009 and 2016, employed by General Dynamics Mission Systems Canada as Senior Training Analyst for CF/RCAF Maritime Helicopter (CH-148 Cyclone) Project.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Ordinary Seaman RCN(R) 1966.
He served in HMCS Carleton.
He was appointed as a Officer Cadet (ROTP) RCN 1967.
He served in HMCS Scotian for (St. Mary's University) ROTP 1967.
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Navy) CF 1972.
He served in CFB Gagetown for 422 Tactical Helicopter Squadron 1974.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Navy) CF (PLT) (With seniority dated 01/05/1975).
He served in CFB Shearwater for HS-443 Squadron 1976. (He Served On Exchange With USN 1980).
He served in USNAS North Island San Diego for HSL-33 USN Squadron.
He was appointed as a MAJ CF (PLT) 1981.
He served as Officer-in-Charge Detachment One embarked on USS O’Brien (DD-975) 1981-1982.
He served as Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization Officer 1982-1983.
He served for NDHQ Recruiting and Selection Directorate as Project Officer Native People Development Program 1983.
He served in CFB Toronto for Canadian Forces Staff College Course 1984-1985 (CSC-11).
He served in CFB Shearwater for HS-443 Squadron as Detachment Commander HMCS Iroquois 1985 and Deputy Commanding Officer 1986-1989.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Colonel (PLT) 1989.
He served in NDHQ for Maritime Aviation Directorate Staff as Advisor to Deputy Chief of Defence Staff and Deputy Project Officer New Shipborne Aircraft (EH-101) Project 1989.
He served in HS-443 Squadron as Commanding Officer 1991-1993.
He served for Maritime Air Group HQ as Senior Staff Officer Rotary Wing and Sea King operations Advisor to Commanders MARLANT and MARPAC 1993-1994. (He was voluntarily released under Force Reduction Program 94).
He was re-enrolled as MAJ (PLT) CF (Primary Reserve) 1999.
He served for 1 Canadian Air Division Detachment Land Force Atlantic Area Halifax as Air Liaison Officer 1999-2009. (He was released 2009).
Aircraft Flown
Service Aircraft Flown: CT-120 (Chipmunk), CT-114 (Tutor), CT-133 (T-33), CH-136 (Kiowa), CH-135 (Twin Huey), CH-124 (Sea King), SH-2F (Sea Sprite) 3,480 hrs total
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
- Email (Tim Fotheringham-Nauticapedia 29/04/2018)
