MWO SUE MCLEOD, CD, 00375 HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR
1. MASTER WARRANT OFFICER SUE MCLEOD WILL RETIRE FROM THE CANADIAN
ARMED FORCES ON 7 APRIL 2023 AFTER COMPLETING 40 PLUS YEARS OF LOYAL AND
DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.
2. MWO MCLEOD JOINED THE COMMUNCIATION RESERVE ON 2 JULY 1981 UNDER THE
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (SYEP) AND COMPLETED HER BASIC
TRAINING AND TQ1 RADIO AND TELETYPE OPERATOR TRG AT 735(WPG) COMM REGT.
ON PROMOTION TO CPL IN 1982, SHE ATTENDED THE COMMUNICATION RESERVE
SCHOOL IN WAINWRIGHT COMPLETING JLC. ON RETURN, SHE WAS EMPLOYED IN
OPS AND TRG AT 735 (WPG) COMM REGT, WHERE SHE INITIALLY TAUGHT TQ1
TELETYPE MODEL 19 AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE TELETYPE MODEL 40. AS WELL,
TAUGHT NUMEROUS BASIC TRAINING COURSES. IN 1984, SHE RELEASED FOR A
MERE SIX MONTHS AS HER CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT AT THE TIME WAS EVENING
SHIFTS ONLY.ON 29 OCTOBER 1984, SHE RE-ENROLLED WITH 735 (WPG) COMM REGT
AND SHORTLY AFTER REMUSTERED TO ADMIN CLK. IN 1985 SHE TOOK A CLASS B
POSN AT 735 (WPG) COMM REGT AS THE IC OF THE ORDERLY ROOM. THIS ALSO
CAME WITH AN APPOINTMENT TO MCPL. IN FEBRUARY 1987, MCPL MCLEOD
TRANSFERRED TO THE REGULAR FORCE, BECAME PTE MCLEOD AND WAS POSTED
TO 731 COMM SQN SHILO AS SHE HAD ALL THIS COMM EXPERIENCE FROM HER
RESERVE TIME. IN 1991, NOW CPL MCLEOD WAS POSTED TO CFB CORNWALLIS
WHERE SHE WAS EMPLOYED IN RECRUIT RECORDS AND THEN STAFF RECEPTION &
DISPATCH (BEST JOB EVER). IN FEB 1994, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT CORNWALLIS
WOULD CLOSE AND SHE STAYED ON AS PART OF THE BASE CLOSURE TEAM UNTIL
DECEMBER 1994. IN JANUARY 1995 SHE REPORTED TO AIR COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS IN WINNIPEG WORKING AT THE HQ OR. IN MAY 1995, UPON
APPOINTMENT TO MCPL WAS POSTED ACROSS THE CITY TO 2 PPCLI AS THE ADMIN
COY CLK. SHE COMPLETED A TOUR ON OP PALLADIUM ROTO 0 IN 1997 AS THE BOR
SGT (AWSE TO SGT), BACK TO MCPL ON COMPLETION OF TOUR AS THERE WERE NO
PROMOTIONS. IN JANUARY 1998 DEPLOYED TO ST-JEAN TO AID IN THE ICE STORM
RECOVERY THAT HAD DEVESTATED PARTS OF QUEBEC AND ONTARIO. IN JUNE 1998
WAS POSTED TO 403(OTS) TAC HEL SQN IN GAGETOWN AND EMPLOYED AS THE
AVIATION TACTICS FLIGHT CLERK. THE AIR FORCE’S IDEA OF A FIELD STUDY
EXERCISE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE ARMY. DEPLOYING TO NASHVILLE,
TENESEE AND FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND GETTING TO STAY IN HOTELS,
INSTEAD OF THE FIELD WAS GREAT. ON PROMOTION TO SGT IN 1999, SGT MCLEOD
WAS POSTED TO 2 RCR GAGETOWN AS THE PAY SGT. THE YEAR BEFORE THE ADMIN,
FIN AND CEP TECH TRADES AMALGAMATED AND BECAME RESOUCE MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT CLERKS. PRIOR TO AMALGAMATION, PAY HAD BEEN HANDLED BY THE
FINANCE CLERK AND THE ONLY EXPOSURE TO PAY HAD BEEN IF THERE HAD BEEN
SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER PAY, SHE ASKED THE FIN CLK. NOW SHE WAS IN
CHARGE. AS A GOOD LEADER SHE DEPENDED ON HER SUBORDINATES WHO HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN FIN CLKS AND GUIDED SGT MCLEOD DOWN THE RIGHT PATH. IN
JUL 2000, AFTER BEING TOLD BY THE CHIEF CLERK TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO
THE CAREER MANAGER AS YOU HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED TO SGT THE YEAR
BEFORE AND HAD NEVER MET, AN OFFER OF A POSTING TO CDLS LONDON UK
TRANSPIRED. THIS BY FAR WAS THE BEST POSTING OF SGT MCLEOD’S CAREER AS
SHE ABLE TO ATTEND, THE QUEEN MOTHER S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, THE
TROOPING OF THE COLOURS MARKING THE QUEEN’S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION AND THE GOLDEN JUBILLEE MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
QUEEN S ACENSION TO THE THRONE. BUT THE GREATEST HONOUR OF THIS
POSTING WAS THE SELECTION TO BEING CANADA’S FLAG BEARER FOR THE LAYING
OF THE VICTORIA AND GEORGE CROSS MEMORIAL STONE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
IN FRONT OF THE QUEEN. IN 2004, SHE WAS POSTED RSS TO 35 FD AMB SYDNEY, NS.
IN 2005, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO WO AND SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED TO 2 PPCLI SHILO
AS THE CHIEF CLERK. IN 2007, SHE WAS POSTED TO 31 CBG HQ LONDON, ON WHERE
SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS G1 ADMIN AND THEN COMPT 2. ALSO DURING THIS TIME SHE
DEPLOYED ON TF 5-10 JTF-AFG NCE AS THE J3 TAV COORD FOR 11 MONTHS. IN 2012
WAS POSTED TO SJS OTTAWA, BUT WORKED AT CFS LEITRIM AT THE JIIFC DET AS
THE FIN WO. IN 2014 SHE MOVED TO CHIEF OF PROGRAMME AS THE CHIEF CLERK.
WHILE THERE SHE RECEIVED THE UNSUNG HERO AWARD. IN 2015 WAS POSTED TO
CFSU(E), NIEDERHEID, GERMANY AS THE CHIEF CLERK. HAD TO HATE WHEN WORK
INTERFERED WITH TRAVEL. IN 2019 AND ON PROMOTION TO MWO BECAME THE 1
CMBG BDE SUPT CLK.
3. SUE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIPS AND MEMORIES SHARED
WITH SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 38+ YEARS. SHE IS ALSO
GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HER BY THEIR SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY HER SPOUSE CONNIE
4. IN RETIREMENT, SUE AND CONNIE WILL MOVE OFF-GRID AND ENJOY FISHING,
TRAVELLING AND ANYTHING ELSE THEIR HEARTS DESIRE
5. TO COMMEMORATE HER DEDICATION TO THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, A
FAREWELL CEREMONY (DWD) WILL BE HELD IN EDMONTON 8 MAR 23