Mini Grey Cup gets shout-out from CFL Commissioner By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As rumours swirl about the possibility of a Canadian Football League franchise coming to the Halifax area, CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie stopped in the city on February 23 for a town-hall style event with local fans. And […]
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Total Health and Wellness at CFMWC
Health and wellness initiative kicks off at CFMWC By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Most members of the defence community continually balance their busy work days and home lives while trying to find time for things like exercise, full nights of sleep and other means of self care. In recognition of […]
Op NUNALIVUT
Members of FDU(A), Canadian Army Combat Divers, RCMP and Canadian Coast Guard break through the ice to create a dive site in Cambridge Bay during Op NUNALIVUT, an annual Northern sovereignty operation running this year from February 23 to March 21. About 350 CAF members are taking part.
Benefits of new CAF software
CAF members benefit from new software applications on time and on budget By A/Slt Chris McGill, RCN MCS Development Coordinator, DNSM 6 CAF members can now benefit from a software application suite developed in house, on time, and within budget. The Military Command Software Centre (MCSC), originally stood up by […]
Victory on the virtual seas
Victory on the virtual seas By Lt(N) Adam Drover, Naval Training Development Center Atlantic The future of training is to increase the reality of its execution. Operators of the RCN have utilized numerous full mission simulators, part-task trainers, and emulators since the Second World War in order to develop and […]
Regional basketball champions
Mariners ready for basketball nationals after win at A/R Championship By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The CFB Halifax Mariners are once again Atlantic Regional Basketball champions, and after falling short at the national level in recent years, a dominant win at regionals over 14 Wing Greenwood has the team full […]
CUTLASS EXPRESS 2018 wraps up
RCN concludes participation in CUTLASS EXPRESS 2018 By Lt(N) Linda Coleman, MARLANT Public Affairs It wasn’t a routine international tasking for four Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors from MARLANT. Dressed in desert combats, LCdr Paul Smith, CPO2 Dale Yerardi, Lt(N) Ted Marr and I participated in CUTLASS EXPRESS 2018 (CE18), a […]
International Women’s Day
In addition to other CAF events across the country, MARLANT marked International Women’s Day on March 8 by hosting a special day of tours and demonstrations on board HMCS Toronto. Rough weather kept the ship from taking the guests on a planned day sail, but 45 women, including leaders in politics, […]
Military combatives and grappling
Military combatives and grappling clubs gaining steam By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Competitive grappling has been increasing in popularity across the CAF in recent years, both as an aspect of training and as a sporting activity, and one of the military’s senior hand-to-hand combat experts hopes to see that trend […]
Target practice at sea
The MTOG Tiger Team and boarding party members conduct pistol training in HMCS St. John’s during Op REASSURANCE.
