"Top Gun Still Seeks Challenges Today!"

Major (Retired) Deanna Marie Brasseur, CM CD, continues "living on the edge" and striving to "Be all that she can be!" Today With her extensive background in leadership, organization, personnel management and supervision, Dee established her own business, Unlimited Horizons. A Professional Motivational Speaker as well as a Certified Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Dee continues achieving, educating and consulting as a Corporate and Personal Performance Coach.

Adding to her list of accomplishments, she has become a writer, co-author of "Achieve It! A Personal Success Journal" and contributing author to "Speaking of Flying" Personal Tales of Heroism, Humor, Talent and Terror from 44 Unique Aviators.

During 1996, in addition to completing an appointment by of the Minister of National Defence, to serve as a member of the Advisory Board on Gender Integration in the Canadian Forces, Dee kept her hand in flying. Assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer Dee was responsible for overseeing the formation, funding, training and participation of the Canadian National Precision Flight Team entry into the World Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas in September of that same year. In recognition of the Team's efforts promoting Canada and precision flying, the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) presented the Team with their 1996 Achievement Award.

As a result of the successful endeavours and positive experiences of the 1996 "Crazy Canards" team, the Canadian Precision Flying Association (CPFA) was susequently incorporated and granted charitable status by Revenue Canada in mid-July 1998. The Association's mandate is to continue promoting the sport of Precision Flying in Canada by building on and utilizing the knowledge gained by participating in Fort Worth, Texas.

MacLean's, Canada's National Weekly News Magazine, published its Annual Honour Roll issue presenting the distinctive portraits of 12 Canadians who made a difference in 1998. The honorees, many of whom worked quietly in their communities, came from across the country and from a wide variety of fields. But all shared two attributes - modesty, and an overwhelming desire to achieve. On the list of those honoured, for sheer courage, Major (Retired) Dee Brasseur who came forward to comment on the issue of rape and sexual abuse in the military.

On 3 February, 1999, at a ceremony held at Rideau Hall, Deanna Marie Brasseur was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada by His Excellency the Right Honourable Romeo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada. Considered the keystone of the Canadian system of honours, the Order of Canada pays tribute to Canadians who exemplify the highest quality of citizenship and whose contributions enrich the lives of their contemporaries. The latin motto of this fraternity of merit - desiderantes meliorem patriam - proclaims the aspirations of its members who, in their lives and work, have shown that

"They Desire a Better Country".

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