HMCS St. John’s welcomes visitors from Girl Guides of Canada By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Members of HMCS St.John’s hosted a special group of visitors on the evening of March 4, just days ahead of International Women’s Day. The ship welcomed 28 members of the 2nd Bedford Girl Guides of […]

Submariners receive medals for 2018 European deployment By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Prior to entering its current period of maintenance and repair, HMCS Windsor spent nearly four years as a workhorse for the Royal Canadian Navy’s submarine fleet, culminating in a 133-day deployment to Op PROJECTION Euro-Atlantic through the spring […]

HMC Ships Glace Bay and Shawinigan on Op PROJECTION West Africa By Trident Staff HMC Ships Glace Bay and Shawinigan are on Op PROJECTION West Africa and their crews recently participated in community relations activities in Porto Grande, Cape Verde. Op PROJECTION West Africa represents Canada’s commitment to maritime security around the world. During the deployment, […]

COVID-19: Publicly accessible information, guidelines and resources for local Defence Team members By CFB Halifax We understand that not all members of our local Defence community have access to DWAN or the Defence Team Intranet. For this reason, much of the information our members might be looking for regarding COVID-19 […]

March is Nutrition Month By PSP Health Promotion Staff This year’s theme for Nutrition Month is “More than Food”. Healthy eating is about so much more than just calories and nutrients, it about how we cook, what we cook, how we eat, and who we eat with…and all are of […]

HMCS Kingston Bos’n named Sailor of the Year By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff MS James Milbury has been a member of HMCS Kingston for less than a year, but he’s made a major impact on the ship during that time, acting above his rank and serving as a mentor and […]

DND Profile: Ashley Campbell Rank: CIV Current role: Control Systems Engineer Hometown: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Years of Service: 6 Home Unit: Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott What was the best thing that happened in your life over this past year? The single best thing that has happened in my life […]

Naval Boarding Parties: A tactical revolution By MS Matt Swain, A sea change is underway for the Royal Canadian Navy force generates Naval Boarding Parties to prepare for operations. To meet the demands of an ever-evolving global security environment, and ensure interoperability with its own capability, the Naval Tactical Operations […]

New HMCS Halifax Coxn looks to maintain culture of success By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff After a busy two year period consisting of multiple deployments and hundreds of days at sea, HMCS Halifax bid farewell to its senior non-commissioned member on March 4, with outgoing Coxn CPO1 Trent Mahoney stepping […]