Capt Lloyd Melanson, MMM, CD2 (ret'd)

First Name	Melanson
Last Name	Lloyd
Rank, or rank last held	Capt
Serving or Retired / Year Retired	Retired  /  1995
Regular or Reserve Forces & Element	Regular  /  Air Force
Year Enrolled & # of Years Served	1960  /  35 Years
E-mail address's Home/Work	l.m.melanson@ns.sympatico.ca

 

Current Posting if serving	N/A
Current Position if serving or last position held	Base Food Services Officer, CFB Greenwood, NS
Medals, Honours & Awards	MMM, CD2, UNDOF, NATO.

 

Home address	271 Saulnierville Rd. Saulnierville, NS,  B0W 2Z0
Home phone / Cell phone #'s	902-769-2996 Cell # 769-8052
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Family Information

Spouse / Partner	Mary Melanson
Children's names & ages	Cynthia,  Blair,  Micheal,  Shawn,  Troy and Chantal

 

If retired, what are doing currently doing?

Driving a School Bus Part Time, and lots of Volunteer Work and enjoying every minute of it.

History of Service / Bio (please be somewhat detailed)

Joined the RCAF in Jan.1960 as a Food Service Attendant [FSA]. went to basic training in Feb.60     Courses:                                                                                                                                                              Feb 60 - May 60 Basic training RCAF Stn. St. Jean Que.    Jun  60 - Aug 60 Basic FSA course RCAF Stn. Clinton Ont.        Sept 63 - Dec 63 Basic Cook course RCAF Stn. Clinton Ont.                                                                                                  Apr 66 - May 66 Flight Stwd. course CFB Trenton Ont.                                       Apr 77 - Jul 77 SLC CFB Esquimalt BC.           Sept 80 -Sept 80 Hospital Cook course CFB Camp Borden Ont.                                                           .                      Feb 84 - Mar 84 CFOCS indoctrination course CFB Chilliwack BC.                                        Apr 84 - May 84 CFSAL Log Officer basic course CFB Camp Borden Ont.        Sept 85 - Oct 85 General Safety Officer and Management course CFB Halifax NS                                    Postings:    60 - 60  RCAF Stn. Winnipeg Man. contact training May - Jun [AC2]    60 - 63  RCAF Stn. Summerside PEI  FSA [AC2/AC1]    63 - 64  RCAF Stn. Namao Alt [attended  basic Cook course RCAF Stn.             Clinton Ont]  FSA/Cook [AC1]    64 - 66  RCAF Stn. Uplands Ottawa Ont. Cook [Lac/Cpl.]                              66 - 71  412(T) Sqn. Ottawa Ont. Flt. Stwd. and D/Flt. Stwd. [Cpl/M/Cpl]                        71 - 74  CFB North Bay Ont. Flt. Stwd. on Commander Air Defence Command Aircraft [M/Cpl/Sgt]    74 - 76  CFB Greenwood NS Cook NCO i/c flight  feeding/NCO I/C Officers Mess Kitchen [Sgt]    76 - 80  412(T)Sqn Flight Stwd. Leader [WO]  A total of approximately 6000hrs. flying time was accumulated between 412(T)Sqn   and              80 - 84  NDMC Ottawa Ont. MWO I/C Dietary Department [MWO]    84 - 84  BFC Valcartier Que. 5 CDN SVC BN   May - Aug 84 Food Svs. Officer [Capt]    84 - 88  CFB Halifax NS Base Food Svs. Officer [Capt]    88 - 92  CFB Shearwater NS Base Food Svs. Officer [Capt]    92 - 95  CFB Greenwood NS Base Food Svs. Officer [Capt]    95 -      Retired from the CAF after 35 years service [Civilian]     Tours:   63 -  RCAF Detachment Resolute Bay [FSA]   87 - UNDOF Headquarters Damascus Syria / Golan Heights Israel

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I will be forever grateful to have had the opportunity to work and associate with some of the best in the business  and to you Mike ''Thank you'' for giving us one more chance to be together again. I truly enjoy this site and look forward to keeping in touch.