CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Thursday, December 26, 2024
His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay and Shawinigan were welcomed back to Halifax on October 29 after a four-month deployment with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) in the Baltic Sea under Operation Reassurance. In addition to training exercises alongside NATO allies, the mission also included the monitoring of Russian vessels in the Baltic and […]
On Thursday, October 3, the 2024 Clash of the Titans charity hockey event took place at the Halifax Forum. During the first game of the evening, the Ottawa Service Attachés Association Lame Ducks took on the Esprit de Corps Commando Lites, with the Commando Lites coming out on top 3-2. […]
A readers’ Halloween tale by Canadian Forces Newspaper Association I still remember that Halloween night in 1965 as if it were yesterday. We lived on a military base back then, tucked away in the middle of nowhere. Rows of identical beige houses lined the streets in the married quarter’s community, […]
Congratulations to members of 12 Air Maintenance Squadron who marked their completion of the CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter servicing and elementary work Course on October 17. All are pictured receiving a Certificate of Military Achievement from 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel Geoff St. Germaine (left) and Chief Warrant […]
New app provides CAF members easy and secure access to compensation and benefits By DND Active CAF Regular Force and Reserve Force members, the new mobile CAF Compensation and Benefits (C&B) smartphone application (app) is now live. The app allows you to securely view your pay statements in a few […]
Members of the ship’s company of HMCS Charlottetown held a small, solemn ceremony at the Agira Canadian War Cemetery recently while alongside in Italy. The initiative was described as a moment of reflection and respect ahead of Veterans’ Week and Remembrance Day. The Agira cemetery contains the graves of 490 […]
“Can you hear me now?” – NAV COMM RQS2 Training at NFSA By MS Danny Laplante, Naval Communicator Instructor, Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) A unique training opportunity unfolded for seven students from the Naval Communicator (NAV COMM) Rank Qualification Sailor Second Class (RQS2) course in Halifax. Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) […]
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Annual Navy Divers run set for November 9 By Trident Staff Members of Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) (FDU(A) are ready for the 41st annual Navy Divers Run and fundraising campaign in support of the Christmas Daddies Telethon, and this year’s event looks a little different than in years past. For […]
HMCS Kootenay survivors gather 55 years after tragedy By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Members of the “family” of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Kootenay, including survivors, family members, friends and colleagues, joined together on October 23 to mark 55 years since the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) worst peacetime accident at […]
