CPO2 SPENCER DILL, CD, MMT 00168 SEA
1) AFTER 22 YEARS + 1 DAY CPO2 DILL WILL BE OFFICALLY PAID OFF FROM HIS
MAJESTIES ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY 14 SEPT 2023.
2) ORIGINALLY FROM 100 MILE HOUSE BRITISH COLUMBIA CPO2 DILL JOINED THE
RCN 13 SEPT 2001 AS A REG FORCE MATERIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN. HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO SIGN ON 11 SEPT BUT TRAGIC EVENTS OF THAT DAY PUSHED THE
OCCATION. AFTER COMPLETING HIS BASIC TRAINING IN ST-JEAN QUEBEC AND HIS
QL3 TRADES TRAINING IN BORDEN ONTARIO IT WAS OFF TO CFB HALIFAX AND A
POSTING ABOARD HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN IN 2002 WHERE HE GOT HIS SEA LEGS
SAILING UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD EXPERIENCING FLEET WEEK IN
NEW YORK AND WITNESSING THE LAST DAYS OF CLEAN UP AT THE SITE OF 9-11.
AFTER A SHORT STINT AT SEA HE WAS POSTED TO CFB ESQUIMALT WHERE HE
WORKED IN THE BLOG R & D SECTION UNTIL HE WAS POSTED ABOARD HMCS
ALGONQUIN IN JULY 2003. A MONTH LATER ORDINARY SEAMAN DILL HAD THE
HONOUR OF TAKING PART IN OP PEREGINE FIGHTING THE WILDFIRES IN THE
INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. WHILE ABOARD ALGONQUIN CHIEF DILL WAS
PROMOTED TO ABLE AND LEADING SEAMAN, WORKED EVERY POSITION FROM
LAUNDRY TO SHIPS VICTUALLER AND TOOK PART IN NUMEROUS RIMPAC EXERCISES
WHILE ENJOYING ALL THE PORTS OF CALL THE WESTERN SEABOARD HAS TO OFFER.
IN JULY 2008 MASTER SEAMAN DILL WAS POSTED TO ESQUIMALT CLOTHING STORES
AS 2I/C. WHILE ASHORE HE DEPLOYED TWICE WITH 1 PPCLI EDMONTON. FIRST IN
OCT 2009 AS PART OF TASK FORCE AFGHANISTAN ROTO 8 AND AGAIN IN JULY 2011
AS PART OF OP ATTENTION ROTO 0. HAVING HAD ENOUGH OF THE ARMY CHIEF DILL
RETURNED TO ESQUIMALT RECEIVED A PROMOTION TO PO2 AND TOOK A POSTING
TO HMCS CALGARY AS WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR IN JUNE 2012. FOLLOWED BY A
VERY SHORT TD STINT ABOARD HMCS VANCOUVER. IN THE SUMMER OF 2013 HE
WAS POSTED OUTCAN TO CFSU NEIDERHEID IN GEILENKIRCHEN, GERMANY AS I/C
WAREHOUSE. THESE WERE HIS FAVORITE YEARS, GETTING TO TRAVEL AROUND
EUROPE WITH HIS FAMILY AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY AND COMPLETING A NATO LED
LEADERSHIP COURSE IN HERISAU SWITZERLAND. SEPT 2017 CHIEF DILL RETURNED
TO CFB HALIFAX WAS PROMOTED TO PO1 AND POSTED TO HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC
AS SUPPLY SECTION HEAD. WHILE ABOARD HE DEPLOYED ON OP REASSURANCE
ROTO 9. HIS NEXT AND LAST POSTING WAS TO PMO JSS DET VANCOUVER IN SEPT
2019 AS SENIOR SUPPLY TECH AND DETACHMENT COXSWAIN WHERE HE RECEIVED
HIS PROMOTION TO HIS CURRENT RANK OF CPO2 ASSISTING THE BUILD OF THE
RCN’S NEWEST TANKER SHIPS.
3) THROUGHTOUT HIS 22 YEAR ADVENTURE CHIEF DILL HAD THE HONOUR AND
PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH SO MANY AMAZING AND TALENTED PEOPLE. HE’D LIKE TO
THANK THOSE THAT MENTORED HIM ALONG WAY AND WISHES NOTHING BUT THE
BEST FOR THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO SERVE THE RCLS. TO HIS AMAZING WIFE ERIN,
THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR HOW AMAZING AND SUPPORTIVE YOU ARE. HOLDING
DOWN THE FORT AND BEING MADE A SINGLE PARENT FAR TOO MANY TIMES THAN I
WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT WHEN DUTY CALLED.
4) UPON HIS RETIREMENT CHIEF DILL PLANS ON TAKING IT EASY. DUSTING OFF A
FEW OF HIS OLD HOBBIES AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
5) ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO LCDR CHEN SONG AT CHEN.SONG@FORCES.GC.CA.
AN INFORMAL DWD BBQ WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE JERICHO LANDS VANCOUVER
SEPTEMBER 14TH 2023 WITH COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS.