From St. John’s to Benin: Medical Officer shares knowledge in West Africa By Lt(N) Jeff Lura, PAO, Op PROJECTION West Africa On March 1, 2019, sailors from HMC ships Kingston and Shawinigan arrived at Foyer Don Bosco, a small school in Cotonou, Benin nested within West Africa’s largest open-air market. […]

#CFBHalifax in the Community: PO1 Charles Bressette By Margaret Conway, CFB Halifax BPAO PO1 Charles Bressette has a busy work life at CFB Halifax. Currently employed as a Weapons Engineering Course Director with Naval Fleet School (Atlantic), he manages eight instructors who teach Royal Canadian Navy sailors about communications and […]

RCN officer receives Medal of Bravery for saving fellow sailor By Mike Avery, MARPAC PA On February 23, 2017, HMCS Fredericton was conducting a replenishment at sea with a foreign tanker. Fredericton had just begun receiving fuel from the tanker when the span wire connected to both ships snapped. The […]

OS Benjamin’s leap of faith By RCN PA “I joined the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) because I wanted to challenge myself, experience new things and be a part of something great,” said OS Benjamin who joined the RCN in 2016. During her last year of university she knew she had […]

RCN Sailor Profile: AB Morgan Olizarvitch Current role: Naval Communicator Hometown: London, ON Years of Service: 3.5 Home Unit: HMCS Fredericton Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because of the opportunities it provided me at the time for schooling. I joined the […]

RCN Sailor Profile: SLt Michelle-Ashley Ellerington Current role: BWK U/T (under training) Hometown: Dartmouth, NS Years of Service: 3 Home Unit: HMCS St. John’s Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because of my father. I grew up within a military family (my […]

Alongside training for  HMCS Glace Bay By SLt Samantha Crocker, UPAR HMCS Donnacona For the past several years, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has been transitioning into a One Navy concept. Men and women from the Regular and Reserve Force are the foundation of the RCN’s service. They are among […]

From recruits to Senior NCOs: friends reunited thanks to Trinity posting By PO2 Maurice Hodder, TRINITY MOSIC PO2 Maurice Hodder, PO2 Ed Fowler and Sgt Paul Fraser first met in 1996 in St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School (CFLRS). All three members arrived as Ordinary Seaman […]

RCN Sailor Profile: LS Ashley Fletcher Current role: WEng tech Armament Hometown:  Bass River, Nova Scotia Years of Service: 5 years Infantry in Army reserves, 9 years in Navy Home Unit:  HMCS Montreal Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because I was […]