MARLANT kicks off 2018 NDWCC with food trucks, axe throwing By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Like most Canadians, Cdr Michelle Tessier has dealt with serious illness touching her family. Her father received a life-saving kidney transplant 15 years ago, and thanks to his team of doctors and the support received […]

Former sailors from HMCS Protecteur engine room fire reunite at sea with USS Michael Murphy By PO1 Nicolas Major, NRU Asterix Senior Naval Communicator After a catastrophic engine room fire on board HMCS Protecteur left her adrift and without power on February 27, 2014, USS Michael Murphy was first on […]

HMCS Calgary mission patch part of new wave for RCN By Peter Mallett, The Lookout Staff Sailors, soldiers and aviators aboard HMCS Calgary are proudly displaying their new mission patch during the Operation Projection deployment to the Asia-Pacific region. Used for decades by Canada’s Army and RCAF, mission patches are […]

U.S., Canada wrap up bilateral maritime operations By USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs, The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) and the Royal Canadian Navy concluded three days of bilateral operations in the North Atlantic on September 12. The multi-day event, under the direction of […]

100 Days of…Better Health By Derrick Enslow, Acting Manager, PSP Health Promotion We are well into the final quarter of 2018, meaning it is time both to reflect back and look forward. In 2018, Health Promotion was busy implementing the 100 Days of Health challenge with over 320 participants across […]

CANEX celebrates 50 years of serving the CAF By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Canadian Forces Exchange System was established in 1968, and five decades later, CANEX is still going strong, operating 35 retail locations at bases and wings across the country. Members of CFMWS and the CFB Halifax community […]

HMCS Ville de Québec personnel on Op REASSURANCE 2018 NAME: Kristin Bellefontaine RANK: Leading Seaman (LS) HOMETOWN: Halifax N.S YEAR JOINED THE CAF: 2011 TRADE: Naval Combat Information Operator (NCIOp) EDUCATION: High School: Queen Elizabeth High Post Grad: Hair Design Center (hair design) and NSCC (Office IT) WHY DID YOU […]

Join the SkyHawks By MCpl Antoine Collette, SkyHawks demonstrator As a busy 2018 season winds down for the CAF Parachute Team, the team is recruiting for next year. The SkyHawks travel from coast to coast each summer putting on thrilling parachute performances and meeting with Canadians as ambassadors of the […]

NDWCC 2018: your involvement matters By Capt(N) D.E. Mazur, CFB Halifax Base Commander On October 1, the day this issue of the Trident is published, many of our Defence Team personnel will be gathered at the Stadacona Fitness, Sports and Recreation Centre for MARLANT’s official 2018 National Defence Workplace Charitable […]