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 […]
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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.
Women leaders visit HMCS Toronto
HMCS Toronto welcomes CLaS guests for International Women’s Day By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As the CAF celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 with events across the country, the Atlantic Fleet played its part by inviting a group of women to board a Halifax-class Frigate for the day, meet […]
Asterix welcomed to CANFLTLANT
The presentation of the ship’s bell was one of the events marking the official welcoming of MV Asterix to Canadian Fleet Atlantic on March 6 at a ceremony in the ship’s hangar. VAdm Ron Lloyd, Commander RCN, Federal Fleet Services CEO Spencer Fraser, and a number of other dignataries were […]
HMCS Sackville repair work
Critical HMCS Sackville repair work gets underway By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff For the first time since 2008, Canada’s oldest warship has been hoisted on the Syncrolift at HMC Dockyard and moved inside the submarine shed, where it will spend the next several months undergoing maintenance and repair work. HMCS […]
