Change-of-command smlMétis Nation of Ontario Veterans’ Council Senator Guy
Mandeville, CD (centre) stands with Maj. Jane Anne
Swim, CD and Maj. Pauline Hancock, CD. Senator
Mandeville was present for the change of command parade
at Canadian Forces Base Trenton on June 26. Click here to
view a larger version of this picture.

Submitted by MNO Veterans’ Council Senator Guy Mandeville, CD

Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council Senator Guy Mandeville recently attended the Canadian Forces Postal Unit change of command parade at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.

The June 26 ceremony was presided over by Commander of the Canadian Forces Joint Operational Support Group Col. Carla Harding, CD.

Maj. Jane Ann Swim, CD relinquished command of the unit to Maj. Pauline Hancock, CD.

Senator Mandeville was first assigned to the Postal Unit in 1976 and he served there until his retirement from the Canadian Forces in September 2009. With the unit, he served in a number of UN Peacekeeping Missions, including in Egypt, Israel and Germany.

He has worked in many roles within the Unit, holding jobs including Postal Museum Curator and historian.

Since his retirement from the Canadian Forces, he has been an avid supporter of the Canadian Forces Postal Unit at CFB Trenton.

Posted: July 18, 2018