MS NICHOLAS (NICK) BETTS / 00375 – HRA
1. AFTER 11 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO QUEEN AND COUNTRY, MASTER SAILOR NICK BETTS WILL RELEASE FROM THE REGULAR FORCE ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022.
2. NICK ENROLLED IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES ON THE 6TH OF JANUARY 2011 AT CFRC HALIFAX AS A COMBAT ENGINEER. HIS FIRST POSTING WAS WITH 4 ESR IN GAGETOWN. HE REMUSTERED TO RMS CLERK IN JULY OF 2014 WHERE HE WORKED WITH 5 CDSB PERS SERVICES BEFORE A POSTING TO CFB HALIFAX’S TASKING CELL. IT WAS THERE HE WOULD FIND HIS SEA LEGS AND COMPLETE POSTINGS TO HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS HALIFAX AND HMCS MONTREAL. IN 2018 HE WAS POSTED TO 406 (MARITIME) OPERATIONAL TRAINING SQUADRON IN SHEARWATER; A UNIT HE IS TRULY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF AND WHAT HE CONSIDERS THE PINNACLE OF HIS CAREER. HE WAS APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK IN JUNE 2019 AND POSTED TO THE CANADIAN FORCES MARITIME WARFARE CENTRE. IN AUGUST OF 2020 HE WAS POSTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO EDMONTON WHERE HE SERVED WITH THE 3RD BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY AND FINALLY WITH 77 LINE REGIMENT – 3 LINE SQUADRON.
3. NICK SAYS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER INCLUDE BEING RECOGNIZED AS TOP CANDIDATE ON HIS RMS CLERK QL3 AND PLQ COURSES, BEING A MEMBER OF THE DECOMMISIONING CREW FOR HMCS ATHABASKAN AND TAKING PART IN EX JOINT WARRIOR 2017 IN EUROPE. HIS MOST PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT CAME IN 2018 WHEN HE WAS SELECTED AS THE INAUGURAL NCM LOGISTICIAN OF THE YEAR.
4. AFTER RELEASING FROM THE REGULAR FORCE HE AND HIS WIFE, KATHLEEN, WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN EDMONTON. NICK HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE RCMP. HE WILL ALSO SERVE IN THE PRIMARY RESERVE IN THE EDMONTON AREA. OUTSIDE HIS DAY JOB, NICK PLANS TO CONTINUE RELEASING WEEKLY EPISODES FOR HIS PODCAST, “THE INSIDIOUS AGENDA,” AND PLANS TO FINISH UP WRITING HIS FIRST, HOPEFULLY OF MANY, FANTASY NOVELS.
5. OUTSIDE OF THIS RETIREMENT MESSAGE, NICK HAS REQUESTED AN IRISH EXIT AND THUS NO DWD WILL TAKE PLACE. HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE HE MET ALONG THE WAY AND LOOKS FORWARD TO YOU CROSSING PATHS AGAIN.
6. CONGRAULATORY MESSAGES AND MEMORIES CAN BE FORWARDED TO NICK DIRECTLY AT NICHOLAS.BETTS@FORCES.GC.CA.