William P. Sparling
Canadian Forces
Canada

William Sparling is a career member of the Canadian Forces, serving as a Naval Weapons Technician, presently aboard HMCS Algonquin. He has experience on all classes of surface warships (combatants) presently in service with the Canadian Forces, and a number of paid off ones too. Mr. Sparling holds an advanced BA in History with a minor in Political Science. His experience includes Infantry and Military Policing, Nuclear-Chemical-Biological Defence, Commercial Diving, Mine-Counter-Measures, and diving supervision for the CF; he has also spent the last three years as a recruit instructor for Officers and Non-Commissioned Members at Work Point Barracks in Victoria, BC. Pursuing his studies, he is concentrating on the neglected area of Civil Defence, as well as Asymmetric Warfare. He is a scale modeller of period naval ordnance (c1500-1850) and is often consulted in this area. Additionally, he volunteers as a subject matter expert for 3 local museums and consults for numerous other agencies and groups. A semi-functional (non-firing) 40 mm Bofors AAA mock-up was fabricated for the University of Washington’s Drama Department as a result of his work.