{"id":458,"date":"2019-02-10T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T12:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/?p=458"},"modified":"2021-12-02T18:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:58:31","slug":"warrant-officer-ret-robert-bob-garson-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Warrant Officer (Ret) Robert (Bob) Garson CD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Bob spent 6 years in the Sault Ste. Marie Air 155 Cadet Squadron where he received his parachuting, gliding and flying wings.\u00a0He then joined the 26 Maintenance Company Oct 1st<\/sup>1981 as a Vehicle Technician.\u00a0Bob attended all training and weekends and participated in the summer Exercises (Milcons) from 1983 until 1987. Bob reached the rank of Corporal in August of 1983.\u00a0Progressing through trades training in both CFB Petawawa and CFB Borden, he attained a QL 3 Vehicle Tech by August of 1985. The next training he completed was the JLC course in Meaford\u00a0in the summer of 1987, and was promoted to Master Corporal on completion of the course.\u00a0After he completed the SLC in October of 1989 in Aldershot Nova Scotia, Bob was promoted to Sargent January of 1989 and later promoted to Warrant Officer in June of 1998.\u00a0 The next leadership course he completed was the ALP in Saint Jean Quebec in October of 2013.<\/p>\n

In November of \u00a02008, Bob became the CSM of the Sault Ste. Marie Coy of 33 SVC Bn. The Coy was\u00a0 brought under the Command of London 31 Svc Bn. where he remained the CSM.<\/p>\n

A couple of notable achievements were the completion of the Special Service Force Iron Man in 1993 in CFB Petawawa and receiving the ASG Commanders Coin in 2010.\u00a0 In 2013, he received his CD 2 for 32 years of undetected crime and loyal service.\u00a0Bob always worked for the same unit although it changed names from 26 Maintenance Coy SSM, to 49th<\/sup>Field ,to 2 ASG, then 33Svc Bn., to 31 Svc Bn. and back to 33 Svc Bn. Bob was a\u00a0Reservist for 37 years and 10 months, with both full time and part time service.\u00a0He obtained an Automotive Service Technician License, a Truck and Coach Technician License and a Marine and Small Powered Equipment Mechanic.<\/p>\n

Bob is currently completing his Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License.<\/p>\n

His civilian employment is a Commercial Pilot. He has been a floatplane pilot for 31 years having obtained over 10,000 hrs mainly on a DHC-2 Beaver Aircraft. He managed 6 outpost camps and a Mercury Outboard Motor Dealership for 10 years.\u00a0He was also the Chief Pilot and Maintenance Manager for Horne Air Ltd operating 3 Beaver Aircraft.\u00a0 In 2002, Bob started his own business, Garson\u2019s Fly-In Outposts and purchased a Cessna 180 which he still operates today. He is currently the Past President of Northern Ontario Tourist Operators (NOTO) and has been on the Board of Directors for 20 years.<\/p>\n

Bob has\u00a0been married for 23 years to his wife Andrea and has a 14 year old son Dylan and a 9 year old Black Lab named Otter.<\/p>\n

Bob has been a member of the Air Force Association, 432 Wing Algoma, for 18 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bob spent 6 years in the Sault Ste. Marie Air 155 Cadet Squadron where he received his parachuting, gliding and flying wings.\u00a0He then joined the 26 Maintenance Company Oct 1st1981 as a Vehicle Technician.\u00a0Bob attended all training and weekends and participated in the summer Exercises (Milcons) from 1983 until 1987. Bob reached the rank of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-biographies","8":"category-members","9":"tag-member","10":"anons"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Garson-Bob.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/432algomawing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}