Andrew King (Capt Ret’d), CD
Andrew King was born and raised in Fredericton, NB. While a youth he joined Air Cadets at 333 Lord Beaverbrook Squadron. While at cadets, Mr. King found a passion for the band program and a love of drill. After graduating from cadets as a Warrant Officer First Class, he returned to 333 RCACS as a civilian volunteer and shortly thereafter found himself as a CIC Officer.
During Mr. King’s time as an officer, he was the Commanding Officer of 777 RCACS in Port Coquitlam, 835 RCACS in Squamish and 861 RCACS in Abbotsford. Mr. King had the pleasure of working at various Cadet Training Centres for a total of 12 summers in rolls varying from being an Officer Cadet Flight Commander to being a Major in the role of Officer Commanding a Training Group. In 2022, Andrew decided to realign his involvement with the Air Cadet Program by joining the British Columbia Provincial Committee of the Air Cadet League of Canada as a League Representative.
Currently Mr. King is the league representative for 888 RCACS in Vancouver, 899 RCACS in Vanderhoof, 396 RCACS in Prince George, 768 RCACS in Quesnel, and 787 RCACS in Mackenzie. In addition to being a league representative, Andrew is the Wing Chair for the Northern Wing and Group Chair for the Interior Area and sits on the Board of Directors as a Director for the Air Cadet League of Canada, British Columbia Provincial Committee.
Andrew is the Vice President of the British Columbia Provincial Committee overseeing Administration functions and his responsibilities as a director include being the Squadron Liaison between the Regional Cadet Support Unit Pacific and the League which includes providing support and advice to the league representatives, wing chairs and group chairs, and as the Secretary Treasurer.
In his personal life, Andrew works for Norco Modular Buildings, Fort Modular Inc. and Point-Blank Installations as the Human Resources Manager for the three companies. Currently, he resides in the Westend of Vancouver with his partner and while not at work or a Cadet function, Andrew enjoys spoiling his “goodest boy” Reggie (a 6-year-old Weimaraner Hound).