Halifax women take gold at CAF Soccer Nationals By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The CFB Halifax Mariners’ women’s soccer team have put the finishing touch on a strong 2018 season, bringing home gold medals from the CAF National Soccer Championship. The tournament was held from September 8-13 at CFB Borden, […]
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HMCS Fredericton Sailors for Wishes
HMCS Fredericton raises nearly $70,000 through Sailors for Wishes bike ride By LS Harveer Gill, HMCS Fredericton For the tenth consecutive year, members of HMCS Fredericton cycled across the province of New Brunswick for the Sailors for Wishes bike ride – a cycling event that raised just under $70,000 for […]
NCM Slackers football underway
NCM Slackers football underway By Sean Parker, FMF Cape Scott The 2018 Fleet Club Slacker Football season is underway, and the NCM Slackers team needs your help. Practices have started in preparation for Mini Grey Cup (MGC) 49. The MGC is the annual fall football game that matches the NCMs […]
PASSEX during Op REASSURANCE
HMCS Ville de Québec exercises with Tunisian Navy during Op REASSURANCE By PO2 Corey MacNeil, HMCS Ville de Québec Naval Communicator On August 20, 2018, HMCS Ville de Québec departed Tunis, Tunisia. With the Northern African coastline in the background, it conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) with FBB La Galite […]
Sailors assist highway crash victims
NFS(A) sailors assist victims following highway crash By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff A group of RCN personnel from Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) recently made the organization proud with their willingness to lend a hand at the scene of a serious accident on a busy highway. The four sailors were returning […]
DEFSEC Atlantic returns to Halifax
Shipbuilding, procurement in the spotlight at DEFSEC Atlantic 2018 By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Excitement surrounding the National Shipbuilding Strategy is heating up as one of Canada’s largest defence industry trade shows gets set to return to Halifax. The Canadian Defence Security and Aerospace Exhibition Atlantic (DEFSEC) is being held […]
Mariners win gold at Slo-Pitch Nationals
CFB Halifax Mariners win gold at CAF Slo-Pitch Nationals By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff CFB Halifax continues to rack up sporting wins through the 2018 season, and have recently added Slo-Pitch softball to the list of national gold medals for this year. The CFB Halifax Men’s Mariners team were victorious […]
Ship weapons donated to namesake cities
Kingston-class weapon systems donated to namesake cities By LCdr Kevin MacDougall, DNCS 6-2, Naval Guns The 40mm NC 1 L 60 Gun Weapon System (GWS) has been in the naval inventory since 1943. They have seen service on the Tribal-class destroyers in the 1960s, have been used as airfield defence […]
Sailing on Op PROJECTION
Sailing on Op PROJECTION in HMCS Calgary By Lt Annie-Claude Venne, CJOC PA HMCS Calgary left port on July 30, 2018 in CFB Esquimalt to sail on Op PROJECTION. Calgary is sailing in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in international naval exercises with partner nations. So far, the ship has […]
12 Wing Pipes and Drums
12 Wing Pipes and Drums win silver and gold By WO Katie Buckland, 12 Wing Pipe Major 12 Wing Pipes and Drums just finished a season of pipe band competition both locally and travelling to Ontario and Quebec. The band had an extremely successful season finishing with a second place […]
