AFP Newsletter - Summer 2019

Armed Forces Pensioners’ / Annuitants’ Association of Canada Issue #33 • July 2019 al standardization activities with NATO and ABCA allies to improve interoperability between land forces command and control systems. Af- ter his retirement from the Regular Force in 1992, he served as a full- time Supplementary Reservist and commanded Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre (Ottawa). Charles has served as the AFP/ACC liaison officer and then National Treasurer since 1998. Sharon (Rapp) Halayko grew up in a proud Canadian military family before marrying into another career military family. She learned a great deal about many facets of military life and operations from her moth- er Helen (nee Villeneuve) Rapp, a Bomb Girl who made Bofors guns for the Navy before joining the Ca- nadian Women’s Army Corps, after which she was posted to the Direc- torate of Signals in Ottawa during WWII. Sharon’s father, Frank Rapp, was a permanent force soldier before WWII, attached to RCCS serving in the Northwest Territories and Yukon before going overseas. Later, he was transferred to the RCAF to provide wireless expertise for the bases being set up in Europe. After grad- uating from college with a diploma in Business Administration, with a specialty in Data Processing, Sha- ron worked for IBM and Statistics Canada. She had a front-row seat for the founding of AFP/AAC, whose board she joined in 2009. She brings tremendous legacy knowledge of the organization to her role as vice-chair of widows’ issues. Cindy McCabe is a Certified Manage- ment Accountant (CMA) with over 25 years of progressive financial, corporate and operational manage- ment positions. Cindy graduated from Carleton University with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. After obtaining her CMA designation in 1992, she went on to hold various senior accounting po- sitions at Boeing, General Dynam- ics, Psion and Teklogix; she now works at NAV CANADA in the Ottawa office. As a senior finance manager, Cindy’s skills include providing effective direction and leadership in the areas of business planning, analysis, and day-to-day operations. Cindy has served as the AFP/AAC board’s National Vice- Chair, Administration, since 2013. AFP/AAC 2-555 Hall Ave. E., Renfrew, ON K7V 4M7 Phone: 613-432-9491 Email: admin@afpaac.ca Website: www.afpaac.ca Board of Directors Continued from page 5 Veterans Contacts For questions related to one’s CFSA annuity, pensioners need to contact the Government of Canada Pension Office at 1-800-267- 0325 (open Monday to Friday from 0800 until 1600 local time). From outside Canada and the US, phone collect to 613-946-1093. Have your nine-digit CAF pension number handy. For questions related to disability applications, benefits etc., veterans need to contact Veteran Affairs Canada at 1-866-522-2122 (English) or 1-866-522-2022 (French) (lines open Monday to Friday from 0830 until 1630 local). If you are a client of VAC, have your seven-digit VAC Client (‘K’) number handy. To speak to a mental health specialist at VAC, the VAC Assis- tance Service provides free and confidential psychological support that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The service is for all Veterans, former RCMP members, their families, and caregivers. Toll-free:1-800-268-7708 | TDD/TTY1-800-567-5803