Royal Canadian Logistics Service Association

MCPL BRENDA STANSFIELD WIL RETIRE ON 08 FEB 2022, AFTER 23 YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO CANADA AND THE CANADAIN ARMED FORCES.

MCPL STANSFIELD JOINED THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES IN SEPT1998 AS A GUNNER, AFTER COMPLETEING HER BASIC MILITARY QUALIFICATION AND ARTILLERY DP1, SHE WAS POSTED TO 2 RCHA IN CFB PETAWAWA, ON. MCPL STANSFIELD STAYED THERE UNTIL JULY 2011. DURING THIS TIME SHE DID A TOUR IN 2001 TO BOSNIA, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR IN 2003 TO AFGHANISTAN, IN 2006 AND 2008 SHE WENT BACK TO AFGHANISTAN ON ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS WITH THE ARTILLERY. DURING HER TIME WITH THE ARTILLERY, SHE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HER YEARS COMPLETING AND INSTRUCTING ON VARIOUS COURSES AND PARTICIPATING IN FIELD EXERSISES IN ADDITION TO HER DEPLOYMENTS. THE MEMBER ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SERGEANT IN 2009. IN 2011 SHE WAS POSTED TO 36 CBG HQ IN HALIFAX, NS.

MCPL STANSFIELD COMPLETED A VOLUNTARY OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFER TO RMS CLERK IN 2015. AFTER COMPLETING HER QL3’S SHE WAS POSTED TO CFB SHEARWATER HQ OR. IN 2016 SHE WAS POSTED TO HMCS TORONTO THEN BACK TO CFB HALIFAX IN 2017. SHE ELECTED FSA IN THE FALL OF 2017 DURING THE TRADE SPLIT. IN 2018 SHE WAS POSTEDOUT WEST TO 2 PPCLI IN SHILO, MB AS FINANCIAL SUPERVISOR WHERE SHE REMAINED UNTIL HER RELEASE.

MCPL STANSFIELD WILL BE MOVING OUT TO NOVA SCOTIA UPON HER RETIREMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS OR ANECDOTES CAN BE SENT TO MWO DUNKER BY E-MAIL AT Jacob.Dunker@forces.gc.ca.