Greg C. Tanner CD

Greg Tanner was born in Brockville ON, and shortly after his family moved to Montreal PQ. In the mid 1960's, Greg along with his two younger sisters made the move to Halifax NS, where he completed his high school education, and then joined the Canadian Military Engineering Branch in 1979. During his 23 year career in the Army he had postings all over Canada, a four year stint in Germany and completed four UN / NATO missions overseas. Upon taking his release from the regular forces, he enlisted in the Canadian Air Force Reserves and stayed an additional 11 years to complete 34 years in uniform. The Crowning achievement was the being awarded the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedicated ser-vice.

His main hobbies included teaching scuba diving and camping, but after over 20 years of diving he was bitten by the boating bug in the late 90's. Switching from breathing underwater to cruising on top of it gave an opportunity to make new friendships and a experience different adventures. Active in the Canadian Power Squadron teaching Boating courses and served on both the Executive and Flag commit-tees of the CFB Trenton Yacht Club including two terms as the Commodore.

Since retiring, Greg and his wife Margret have taken up travelling to such places as down Under to OZ, down East to the Mari-times, and down South to Florida visiting their family and friends. They have two daughters, Jenn and Jackie. He lives in East Dover NS with his wife of 42 years Margret, and his ser-vice dog Barrett. Greg is an avid boater and enjoys sailing his 30 ft Mirage Wind Gypsy I.