HMCS St. John’s participates in passing exercises with Danish, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Polish naval ships By Capt Christopher Daniel, CJOC Public Affairs, and SLt Derek Frank, HMCS St. John’s UPAR HMCS St. John’s participated in a series of passing exercises (PASSEX) with NATO Allies in the Baltic Sea from […]
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Final steward says goodbye to CFS Alert
Last steward standing By 2Lt Daniel McCall, CFS Alert After many decades of managing both of the CFS Alert messes and running the Alert Trading Post, the steward trade is at last departing the isolated northern station to be replaced by PSP staff. This marks the end of an era […]
HMCS Oriole Change of Command
New CO will sail HMCS Oriole to 2018 Great Lakes Deployment By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Royal Canadian Navy’s oldest commissioned vessel, the tall ship HMCS Oriole, had an exceptionally busy and successful program through 2017. Under the command of LCdr Mike Wills, Oriole made the marathon 16,000 kilometre […]
Naval Security Team on Op REASSURANCE
Naval Security Team safeguards ships in foreign ports By Darlene Blakeley, Senior Editor and Writer, Navy Public Affairs The safety of ships and sailors in foreign ports is top-of-mind for the flexible, scalable and dynamic team that recently deployed from Maritime Forces Pacific in Esquimalt, B.C., to Copenhagen, Denmark. For […]
RCAF Captain named Academic All Canadian
Capt Stephanie Dennis recognized as an Academic All Canadian By Janet Bryson, Senior Communications Manager, Communications and Marketing, Dalhousie University Capt Stephanie Dennis (née Bigelow) a Comox, BC native and second year Dalhousie medical student, has been recognized as an Academic All Canadian by U Sports, the leader of university […]
100 Days of Health
CAF Health and Wellness Challenge By Health Promotion Staff, The Health Promotion Team in Halifax is thrilled to invite the CAF and supporting Defense Team community to be part of something super exciting. We are launching a 2018 Health and Wellness Challenge that is bigger and better than ever…it will […]
Room clearing training
RCN members deployed onboard HMCS St. John’s as part of the Ship’s Naval Boarding Party perform room clearing training throughout the ship during Op REASSURANCE.
Regional Volleyball Champions
CFB Halifax takes both volleyball regional titles By Sara White, The Aurora Managing Editor Volleyball action took over the centre court of 14 Wing Greenwood’s Fitness & Sports Centre March 20 through 23, as the base hosted the Atlantic Regional men’s and women’s volleyball tournament. CFB Halifax made a clean […]
HMCS Oriole change of command
A Change of Command ceremony for HMCS Oriole, the RCN’s tall ship and oldest commissioned vessel, was held at the Juno Tower Bridge on April 16. Capt(N) Jeff Hamiliton, centre, Commander 5th Maritime Operations Group, presided over the ceremony, as LCdr Drew Foran, right, took over command from LCdr Michael Wills, left. […]
HMCS Vancouver slips for Asia
HMCS Vancouver slips for Asia By Lt(N) Tony Wright, HMCS Vancouver PAO After a long Easter weekend with family and friends, HMCS Vancouver and crew deployed for Operation PROJECTION Indo-Asia Pacific. This is a three-month patrol in the Western Pacific that will be followed by Vancouver’s participation in the 2018 […]
