LCDR ADAM PELHAM, CD, LOG-SEA (00328-04)
1. AFTER MORE THAN 19 YEARS OF PROUD AND LOYAL SERVICE TO CANADA AS BOTH A NON COMMISSIONED MEMBER (NCM) AND OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PELHAM WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON 9 JANUARY 2023.
2. HAVING ENROLLED AS A RESERVIST NAVAL COMMUNICATOR AT HMCS SCOTIAN ON 18 JUNE 2003. LCDR PELHAM TOOK A COMPONENT TRANSFER TO THE REGULAR FORCE AS A NAVAL LOGISTICS OFFICER IN AUGUST 2006.
3. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS AT SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY, AND HIS TRAINING IN BORDEN, LCDR PELHAM WENT ON TO BE POSTED TO DG FIN MGT IN OTTAWA, ON. EVENTUALLY RETURNING TO HALIFAX, NS FOR HIS AHOD TRAINING IN 2011 ON HMCS ATHABASKAN. FROM THERE LCDR PELHAM HELD VARIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN HALIFAX, NS AND OTTAWA, ON BEFORE AGAIN RETURNING FOR HIS HOD TOUR ON HMCS HALIFAX IN 2017. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS HOD TOUR, ONCE AGAIN LCDR PELHAM RETURNED TO OTTAWA, ON TO WORK AT DGMEPM BEFORE A FINAL RETURN TO HALIFAX, NS IN 2020 TO WORK WITHIN THE NEW INTEGRATED FLEET STAFF AT HQ.
4. LCDR PELHAM HAS SPENT MANY YEARS MOVING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HALIFAX, NS AND OTTAWA, ON DURING HIS CAREER AND LOOKS FORWARD TO FINALLY KEEPING ROOTS IN ONE LOCATION DURING RETIREMENT.
5. THE DWD FOR LCDR PELHAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON 17 JANUARY 2023 AT 1200 IN THE FORM OF AN INFORMAL LUNCHEON AT THE LION’S HEAD AT THE REQUEST OF THE MEMBER. PLEASE RSVP WITH LT(N) PAMELA KENT AT PAMELA.KENT@FORCES.GC.CA BY 15 DECEMBER 2022 FOR THE RESERVATION.
6. ANECDOTES, SALTY DIPS AND WELL WISHES CAN BE SENT TO LT(N) PAMELA KENT AT PAMELA.KENT@FORCES.GC.CA .