Royal Canadian Logistics Service Association

1. AFTER 31 YEARS PLUS OF DEDICATED AND LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN LOGISTICS SERVICES, CAPTAIN GRACE WILLE WILL BE RETIRING 4 JULY 2022.
2. CAPT WILLE ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN 1983 AS AN EGS TECHNICIAN UNDER THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (YTEP), ATT POSTED TO NORTH BAY ON AND NOT KNOWING THE MILITARY WOULD BE HER CALLING, SHE RELEASED 21 AUG 1984 UPON COMPLETION OF THE YTEP CONTRACT. GRACE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR DND AS AN ORDERLY ROOM CLERK WHILE LIVING IN BADEN GERMANY, AND IN DEC 1991, WHILE AT CFB SHEARWATER, GRACE REJOINED AS AN AIR RESERVE FINANCE CLERK.

3. IN 1997, CAPT WILLE TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE AND WAS POSTED TO THE WCOMPT AND 1998 TO 8 AES, CFB TRENTON.
4. GRACE WAS POSTED BACK TO GREENWOOD IN 1999, AND IN 2002 SHE WAS PROMOTED TO MCPL. IN 2004 PROMOTED TO SGT SHE WAS AWARDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEPLOY TO THE MIDDLE EAST. CAPT WILLE REMAINED IN GREENWOOD AFTER HER DEPLOYMENT AND WAS POSTED TO COLD LAKE AB IN 2007.

5. IN 2008, GRACE WAS PROMOTED TO WO, WORKING AT BOTH WCOMPT THEN AS CC WOR. IN 2010 SHE DEPLOYED TO LANDSTUHL GERMANY FOR SIX MONTHS. IN 2012 SHE TRANSFERRED TO THE RECRUITING AND TRAINING MWO POSITION WITH THE AIR RESERVE. IN 2016, SHE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THE SENIOR HRA POSITION OF 4 WG. IN 2018 GRACE ACCEPTED THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONING PLAN AND WAS PROMOTED TO HER CURRENT RANK AS A RESERVIST WHERE SHE WAS D PERS SVCS O WITHIN THE DWCOMD BR.
6. THROUGH CAPT WILLE’S DEDICATION TO BOTH THE CAF AND TO HER LOCAL COMMUNITY, SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT IN 2015. 7. CAPT WILLE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT MADE HER TIME WITH DND A WONDERFUL CAREER. SHE IS THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE THAT CANADA HAS TO OFFER. 8. UPON HER RETIREMENT, GRACE AND STEVE WILL REMAIN IN THE COLD LAKE AREA WHERE SHE PLANS ON SPENDING HER TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY HER TWO GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WILL CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TAKE LIFE EASY!
9. A SMALL LUNCHEON IS BEING HELD ON 19 JULY AT THE 4 WG GOLF AND WINTER CLUB, PLS FORWARD ATTENDANCE AND/OR ANECDOTES AND WELL WISHES TO DARLENE.DONOVAN@FORCES.GC.CA