Glynne joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1970 as a gunner in the 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery in Brantford Ontario. Before transferring to the regular forces in 1973, he had qualified and served as a crew commander of a 105mm howitzer crew. Upon transfer to the regular forces, he underwent training as a MARS (Maritime Surface and Sub-surface) officer. He served onboard destroyers and minesweepers while under training and served operationally onboard HMCS Yukon and HMCS Protecteur before volunteering for submarine service. Once qualified in submarines, Glynne served as HMCS Okanagan’s Electrical Officer and HMCS Onondaga’s Engineering Officer before transferring to the Naval Reserves in 1980 where he served with HMCS Hunter in Windsor Ontario. Glynne returned to the regular forces as a CELE (Communications and Electronics Engineering) officer in 1982. During his career as a CELE officer, he served in Kingston Ontario, Elmendorf Alaska, Winnipeg Manitoba, Baden Germany, Goose Bay Labrador, and of course, Ottawa. He commanded Communication Squadron Baden, 73 Communication Group, and 5 Wing/CFB Goose Bay. In addition to his operational deployments with the Navy, he deployed in the first Gulf War as Communications Commander, Canadian Air Task Group Middle East (OP SCIMITAR) and to Sarajevo as Chief, Combined and Joint Communications (CJ6) NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR). Prior to his retirement, his final Canadian posting was as the Chief of Staff (Information Management) and Canadian Forces CJ6 before assuming duties as the Director of Consultation, Command and Control at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Upon retirement in 2011, he remained in Brussels as the director of NATO’s battlefield intelligence sharing enterprise until 2014. Upon return to Canada, he joined other, like-minded Veterans, to try to help fellow-Veterans of his era and younger, and their families, particularly those suffering from mental health issues.

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