Below is the Retirement Message for Marianne McIntyre. Marianne was the librarian when most of us went through CFSIS as a student Marianne.
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SUBJ: RETIREMENT – MARIANNE MCINTYRE, CANADIAN FORCES MILITARY POLICE ACADEMY, INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGER
1. ON 11TH SEPTEMBER 2019, AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY ONE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, AND THE MILITARY POLICE BRANCH, MRS MARIANNE MCINTYRE HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE AND BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER OF HER LIFE.
2. MRS MCINTYRE WAS BORN IN CFB UPLANDS OTTAWA, THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN, WHOSE FATHER WAS A FIREFIGHTER IN THE RCAF DURING WWII AND UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN TORONTO IN 1968. SHE SPENT MOST OF HER CHILDHOOD ON AIR FORCE BASES INCLUDING CFB ROCKLIFFE, CFB DOWNSVIEW, 3 WING ZWEIBRUCKEN GERMANY AND CFB RIVERS MANITOBA. AFTER HAVING FINISHER HER SCHOOL YEARS IN NORTH YORK (TORONTO), SHE WENT ON TO LIVE IN OXFORD, ENGLAND, WHERE SHE LEARNED ABOUT THE BOOK BUSINESS WORKING AT ONE OF THE LARGEST BOOKSELLERS OF THE TIME, BLACKWELL’S. WHEN HER WORKING VISA EXPIRED, SHE RETURNED TO TORONTO WHERE SHE JOINED THE CF AS AN ‘AIR DEFENCE TECHNICIAN”. SHE MET HER HUSBAND MATTHEW (MAC) MCINTYRE IN 1976 WHILE SHE WAS STATIONED IN CFS HOLBERG, AND THEN FOLLOWED HIM, AS A CIVILIAN TO JERICHO BEACH GARRISON IN 1977, AS THERE WAS NO CF POSITIONS FOR LONG-RANGE OPERATORS IN VANCOUVER.
3. FOLLOWING THE BIRTH OF THEIR THREE SONS, MRS MCINTYRE AND HER HUSBAND BOUGHT A HOUSE IN ALDERGROVE BC WHERE SHE ATTENDED CATALOGING COURSES AT FRASER VALLEY COLLEGE.
4. DURING HER HUSBAND’S MILITARY CAREER, THE MCINTYRE FAMILY WAS POSTED TWICE TO CFB CHILLIWACK. ON THEIR SECOND POSTING MRS MCINTYRE BECAME THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE CFB CHILLIWACK COMMUNITY LIBRARY. IN 1986, THEY MOVED TO CFB BORDEN WHERE SHE WORKED TEMPORARILY AS THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE CANADIAN FORCES TRAINING DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CFTDC). AFTER ALMOST A YEAR IN THAT POSITION, THE LIBRARIAN AT CFSIS POSITION BECAME AVAILABLE AND MRS MCINTYRE ENTERED THE COMPETITION, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN JUNE 1988. SHE HAS SINCE BEEN OCCUPYING THE POSITION OF INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGER AT CFMPA, AND HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR THE MULTIPLE NAME CHANGES IT HAS HAD.
5. IN HER WORDS “I WILL TRULY MISS ALL THE WONDERFUL TIMES BUT I WILL BE TAKING WITH ME FOND MEMORIES OF THE TREMENDOUS PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH IN MY 31 YEARS HERE. I’VE BEEN PART OF SO MANY CHANGES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME INCLUDING MOVING THE LIBRARY INTO THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. AFTER ALL THESE MANY YEARS, IT HAS INVARIABLY BEEN MY PLEASURE TO ISSUE PUBLICATIONS TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS CHOOSING TO BE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY POLICE OR INTELLIGENCE BRANCHES. ON THE MILITARY POLICE SIDE ESPECIALLY, I HAVE WATCHED THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR CAREERS; SOME TO RETIREMENT, SOME TO ACWO, SOME TO BRANCH CWO, SOME TO COMMANDANT AND SOME TO PROVOST MARSHAL. THE MOST GRATIFYING OCCASION OF ALL HOWEVER IS ISSUING PUBS TO THEIR OFFSPRING WHO ARE SET UPON THE SAME PATH OF EXCELLENCE.”
6. MRS MCINTYRE AND HER HUSBAND MAC HAVE DECIDED TO RETIRE IN AULAC, NEW-BRUNSWICK, WHERE THEY HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED AN OLD FARMHOUSE, DATING FROM 1832, ALONG WITH 14 ACRES OF LAND.
7. IN KEEPING WITH MRS MCINTYRE’S WISHES A FORMAL DEPART WITH DIGNITY WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER. DATES AND LOCATIONS TO FOLLOW ONCE CONFIRMED.
8. IF YOU WISH TO SEND CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES, ANECDOTES, AND PHOTOS, PLEASE CONTACT SERGEANT JODI WOOLRIDGE (JODI.WOOLRIDGE@FORCES.GC.CA) NO LATER THAN 5 SEPTEMBER 2019.

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OBJET: DÉPART À LA RETRAITE – MME MARIANNE MCINTYRE, ÉCOLE DE LA POLICE MILITAIRE DES FORCES CANADIENNES, DIRECTRICE DU CENTRE DES RESSOURCES DE L’INFORMATION
1. LE 11 SEPTEMBRE 2019, APRES PLUS DE TRENTE ET UNE ANNEES DE BONS ET LOYAUX SERVICES AU DÉPARTEMENT DE LA DÉFENCE NATIONALE ET LA BRANCHE DE LA POLICE MILITAIRE, MME MARIANNE MCINTYRE A DÉCIDÉ DE PRENDRE SA RETRAIRE ET COMMENCER UN NOUVEAU CHÂPITRE DE VIE.
2. MME MCINTYRE EST NÉE À LA BFC UPLANDS A OTTAWA, LA PLUS JEUNE DE QUATRE ENFANTS, À UN PÈRE POMPIER DE L’AVIATION ROYALE CANADIENNE LORS DE LA DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE AINSI QUE JUSQU’À SA RETRAITE À TORONTO EN 1968. ELLE A PASSÉ LA MAJORITÉ DE SES ANNÉES D’ENFANCE SUR LES BASES DE L’AVIATION INCLUANT LA BFC ROCKLIFFE, LA BFC DOWNSVIEW, 3EME ESCADRE ZWEIBRUCKEN, EN ALLEMAGNE ET LA BFC RIVERS AU MANITOBA. APRÈS AVOIR FINI SES ÉTUDES A NORTH YORK (TORONTO) ELLE A DEMENAGÉ A OXFORD, EN ANGLETERRE AFIN D’APPRENDRE LES AFFAIRES LITTÉRAIRES EN TRAVAILLANT POUR BLACKWELL’S, LE PLUS GRAND VENDEUR DE PUBLICATIONS DE SON TEMPS. LORSQUE SON VISA DE TRAVAILLEUR A EXPIRÉ, MME MCINTYRE EST RETOURNEE À TORONTO OÙ ELLE A JOINT LES FORCES CANADIENNES COMME UNE « TECHNICIENNE DE DÉFENCES AÉRIENNES ». ELLE A RENCONTRÉ SON MARI, MATTHEW (MAC) MCINTYRE EN 1976 PENDANT SON AFFECTATION A LA SFC HOLBERG, ET ENSUITE L’A SUIVI LORS DE SON AFFECTATION À LA GARNISON DE JERICHO BEACH EN 1977. DU À L’ABSENCE DE POSITIONS POUR UN OPÉRATEUR DE RADAR MME MCINTYRE A PRIS SA LIBERATION DES FC LORS DE SON DÉMÉNAGEMENT À VANCOUVER.
3. SUITE À LA NAISSANCE DE LEUR TROIS GARÇONS, MME MCINTYRE ET SON MARI ONT ACHETÉ UNE MAISON À ALDERGROVE, CB, OÙ ELLE A SUIVI DES COURS DE CATALOGAGE AU COLLÈGE FRASER VALLEY.
4. TOUT AU LONG DE LA CARRIÈRE MILITAIRE DE SON MARI, LA FAMILLE MCINTYRE FUT AFFECTÉE DEUX FOIS A LA BFC CHILLIWACK. PENDANT LEUR DEUXIÈME AFFECTATION, MME MCINTYRE EST DEVENUE LA BIBLIOTHECAIRE DU CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DE L’INSTRUCTION DES FORCES CANADIENNES (CDIFC). APRÈS PRESQU’UNE ANNÉE À CDIFC, ELLE A APPLIQUÉ POUR UNE POSITION DE BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE OUVERTE À CFSIS. ELLE REUSSIT À OBTENIR LA POSITION À CFSIS EN JUIN 1988, ET Y A TRAVAILLÉE DEPUIS. ELLE DÉTIENT PRÉSENTEMENT LA POSITION DE DIRECTRICE DU CENTRE DES RESSOURCES DE L’INFORMATION ET FUT PRÉSENTE DURANT LA PLUPART DES CHANGEMENTS DE NOMS DE L’ÉCOLE DE LA POLICE MILITAIRE DES FORCES CANADIENNES.
5. MME MCINTYRE DIT QU’ELLE VA GARDER D’EXCELLENTS SOUVENIRS DE SON TEMPS À L’EPMFC AINSI QUE DE TOUTES LES PERSONNES QU’ELLE A RECONTRÉES AU COURS DES ANNÉES. EN SES PLUS DE TRENTE ET UN ANS DE SERVICE, ELLE A VU ET VÉCU PLUSIEURS CHANGEMENTS AU SEIN DE L’ÉCOLE ET DE LA BRANCHE INCLUANT TROIS DÉMÉNAGEMENTS DANS TROIS BATIMENTS DIFFÉRENTS. APRÈS TOUTES CES ANNÉES, ELLE ÉPROUVE ENCORE DU PLAISIR À DISTRIBUER LES MANUELS À TOUS LES NOUVEAUX ÉTUDIANTS ET SURTOUT VOIR CEUX À QUI ELLE A DISTRIBUÉ DES MANUELS AUPARAVANT, ÉVOLUER ET PROGRESSER DANS LEUR CARRIERES. CERTAINS JUSQU’À LEUR RETRAITE DES FAC, CERTAINS JUSQU’AU RANG D’ADJUC DE L’EPMFC OU D’ADJUC DE LA BRANCHE, CERTAINS COMME COMMANDANT ET MÊME CERTAINS AU NIVEAU DE GRAND PRÉVOST. CEPENDANT, L’OCCASION LA PLUS MÉMORABLE RESTERA POUR ELLE D’AVOIR DISTRIBUER LES MANUELS À LA SECONDE GÉNÉRATION DE POLICIERS MILITAIRES, QUI SONT EUX AUSSI, SONT DESTINÉES POUR L’EXCELLENCE.
6. MME MCINTYRE ET SON MARI MAC ONT DÉCIDÉ DE PRENDRE LEUR RETRAITE À AULAC, AU NOUVEAU BRUNSWICK, OÙ ILS VIENNENT TOUT RÉCEMMENT D’ACHETER UNE FERMETTE RÉNOVÉE BÂTIE EN 1832 AVEC 14 ACRES DE TERRAIN.
7. SELON SES SOUHAITS, UNE RÉCEPTION DE DÉPART DANS LA DIGNITÉ FORMELLE AURA LIEU EN SEPTEMBRE. LES DATES ET L’ENDOIT SERONT DISSEMINÉS UNE FOIS CONFIRMÉS.
8. POUR ENVOYER DES MESSAGES DE FÉLICITATIONS, DES ANECDOTES OÙ DES PHOTOS, COMMUNIQUEZ AVEC LE SERGEANT JODI WOOLRIDGE (JODI.WOOLRIDGE@FORCES.GC.CA) AU PLUS TARD LE 5 SEPTEMBRE 2019.

​On 8 July 2019, the CMPA presented a $5000 cheque to the National Air Force Museum of Canada (Trenton ON) to assist in building a permanent exhibit to explain the important role played by Air Force Police and Military Police in securing the nuclear weapons used by Canada’s air force during the Cold War.  This money, combined with other private and corporate donations, will be used to create and maintain a high quality display at this publicly accessible museum. 

​Phase 1 of the exhibit, planned for completion in the next 12 months, will focus on the sentry dog program at Canada’s air bases in Germany (1963 to 1972) and will feature an AFP sentry dog/handler display (full size mannequins and backdrop depicting a nuclear-armed CF-104 fighter-bomber in an alert area), along with accompanying storyboards and artifact display cases.

​Phase 2, to commence once the museum’s new expansion annex is completed in approximately 3-4 years, will see the display moved to the planned Cold War section and enlarged to showcase the various roles played by AFPs and MPs in securing other RCAF/CAF nuclear weapon systems, including the BOMARC surface-to-air missiles and Genie air-to-air rockets deployed in Canada under the NORAD umbrella.

​​The National Air Force Museum of Canada has established a specific trust fund to collect the remaining money necessary to complete and maintain the AFP/MP exhibit, and donors will be provided charitable donation receipts for income tax purposes.

​Donations to the trust fund may be made by cheque to the “National Air Force Museum of Canada.” Please ensure all cheques are clearly annotated with “Attn: Air Force Police Exhibit Trust Fund” to ensure they are appropriately directed.  Donation cheques should be mailed to:
       Executive Director
       National Air Force Museum of Canada
       220 RCAF Road
       Astra, ON  K0K 3W0

Any former AFP or MP sentry dog handlers who wish to donate related artifacts in support of this exhibit should contact the CMPA (cmpahistory@gmail.com) with the details of items for consideration.  Any artifacts subsequently accepted into the NAFMC collection will also be eligible for income tax receipts.

Message from LCol Dan Dandurand

I am seeking your support for a major event taking place in Ontario. Our hope is to raise a significant amount of funds in order to purchase much needed equipment for adaptive sports. Specifically, we want to be able to equip Team Canada for the 2020 Invictus Games and 2020 Warrior Games. 
I have recently taken part in the 2019 Warrior Games and can personally attest to the transformative power of adaptive sports for ill and injured soldiers.
Please note; you do not have to be present to win and you can also make donations which we will be happy to provide a tax receipt (for donations above 10.00).

Attached are posters and you can also take a look at my article which was published in the Maple Leaf, a Canadian Armed Forces newspaper. 
https://ml-fd.caf-fac.ca/en/2019/07/32254

Your support is much needed and even more appreciated.
Please buy tickets, donate, volunteer, participate and share.
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Together we can make a huge difference in the lives of our ill and injured.

Dan