Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 75 Gary was born in Miramichi, NB, and joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a reserve infantryman in 1969. He transferred to the regular force in 1972 and spent the rest of his military service with the construction troops of the Canadian Military Engineers. Gary commenced his regular force service as a refrigeration-mechanical technician and qualified as a mechanical systems technician in 1988. In 1992 he was commissioned from the ranks as a construction engineer officer. His postings include: Kingston, ON; Chilliwack, BC (3 times); Penhold, AB; Goose Bay, NL; Shelburne, NS; Barrington, NS; Gagetown, NB; St John’s, NL; Halifax, NS; and Bridgewater, NS. Gary’s deployed operations include: 1978 -UNEF II (Sinai) as part of a mobile repair team; 1997 - Operation Nobel (Bosnia) humanitarian demining operations; 2002-03 - Operation Apollo (UAE) constructing Camp Mirage; 2009 - Operation Athena (Afghanistan) counter-insurgency operations; and 2011 - Operation Attention (Afghanistan) attached to the US Army Corps of Engineers managing a construction program for the Afghan Army. Over the years he also served briefly in Haiti, Jamaica, Norway, Sweden, Romania, and the USA. In 2003 Gary transferred back to the reserve force and officially retired from the CAF in 2013. As a civilian he worked inAfghanistan for three years with the UN Mine Action Center and one year as a contractor for Global Affairs Canada. Gary also spent 11 months in South Sudan as a rapid response leader with UNICEF. Gary has been married to his high school sweetheart, Corinne, since 1975 and they have a son, a daughter and 4 grandchildren. He is currently the commander of Zone 13 NS/NU Command RCL. Gary Silliker, Peacetime and Special Duty Area Submitted by Branch 49 Mahone Bay Silliker on deployment (with a friend)
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