MCPL PEDDLE, JOEL GARETT
AFTER 8 YEARS OF SERVICE IN BOTH THE RESERVE AND REGULAR FORCES MCPL
PEDDLE WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF.
JOEL FIRST BEGAN HIS CAREER IN AUGUST OF 2015 AS A RESERVIST SUPPLY TECH
WITH 91 CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING FLIGHT IN GANDER NEWFOUNDLAND. HE
WOULD SOON THEN COMPLETE BOTH HIS BMQ AND QL3 QUALIFICATIONS. IN JUNE
OF 2017 HE COMPONENT TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE AS A SUPPLY
TECH. THIS WOULD SEE HIM POSTED TO 14 WING GREENWOOD, NS.
JOEL’S TIME IN GREENWOOD WOULD BE VERY EVENTFUL. IN JUST THREE SHORT
YEARS HE WOULD BEGIN HIS FAMILY BY PROPOSING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, KAITLYN.
THE JOYS OF FAMILY LIFE WOULD SOON HIT THEM AS KAITYLN WOULD GIVE BIRTH
TO THEIR FRATERNAL TWINS, EVELYN AND ABEL.
CAREER WISE, JOEL WOULD END UP MANNING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND
STOCKTAKING CELLS AS AN AVR BEFORE COMPLETING HIS QL5 TRADES TRAINING.
THEN, FOR A SHORT WHILE, JOEL BEGAN WORKING AT THE CANADIAN FORCES
SERVICE PRISON AND DETENTION BARRACKS (CFSPDB) AS A DETENTION
CUSTODIAN. HE WOULD FINISH HIS TIME IN NOVA SCOTIA AT THE 14 WING AVIATION
FUEL FACILITY AS A CPL.
THEN THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAPPENED WHICH WOULD MAKE PARENTING TWINS
AND TRAINING THEIR SIBERIAN HUSKY, ARCHER, EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. IN
OCTOBER OF 2020, AFTER A YEAR OF TRYING TO RAISE TWINS DURING A PANDAMEIC
WITH NO FAMILY SUPPORT, JOEL DECIDED TO COMPONENT TRANSFER BACK TO THE
RESERVE FORCE. THIS WOULD SEE HIM RETURN HOME TO GANDER
NEWFOUNDLAND AS HE TOOK A POSITION AS THE QM 2 I/C WITH THE 5TH CANADIAN
RANGER PATROL GROUP.
WHILE EMPLOYED AT 5 CRPG JOEL WAS KEPT BUSY BY COMPLETING HIS PLQ
TRAINING AT THE RCAF ACADEMY IN BORDEN, ON. OBTAINING THE PRESTIGIOUS
GRAVEL AWARD ALONG THE WAY. JOEL WOULD THEN BE PROMOTED TO THE RANK
OF MCPL. TAKING ON VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN THE QM SECTION. HE WOULD BE
ENGAGED WITH 5 DIV AND DCR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOR SUPPLY TECH
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE. JOEL’S PROCUREMENT INITIATIVES WITH REGARDS
TO BOOTS AND WATER, AS WELL AS VALUED RECOMMENDATIONS MADE DURING
THE DCR LOG O WORKING GROUP, WILL MOST CERTAINLY IMPACT 5 CRPG FOR THE
BETTER LONG AFTER HIS RETIREMENT.
JOEL WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE CAF ON SEPTEMBER 5TH 2023. WHILE THEN
TAKING A POSITION WITH RPOU ATLANTIC DET GANDER AS A PG02 SUPERVISOR,
MATERIEL ACQUISITION AND SUPPORT OFFICER.
JOEL HAS DECIDED TO FOREGO A TRADITIONAL DWD BUT YOU WILL STILL SEE HIM
DOING HIS USUAL EARLY MORNING ROUTINE OF PT, FOLLOWED BY WALKING HIS
HUSKY, OR CHASING HIS YOUNGSTERS AROUND. HE WISHES ALL COWORKERS BOTH
PAST AND PRESENT THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THEIR CAREERS.