Health Promotion spotlight: Lt(N) Audrey-Maude Robitaille  By Joy Geizer, Health Promotion Services (CFB Halifax)  It is common for our Health Promotion (HP) team to see familiar faces over several of our programs. They might be Sentinels, members preparing for deployment, or folks looking to develop supervisory skills on their way […]

Padre’s Corner: Do you have enough peace to fight?  By Padre Lt(N) Clarke Dixon, Chaplain, MARLANT & JTFA  During my formative years, Canadians prided themselves on peacekeeping, but we all accept that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) must be ready for combat. We are in the profession of arms and […]

A new chapter for HMCS Margaret Brooke: Cdr Share steps in  By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff  HMCS Margaret Brooke has marked its first change of command since the ship’s delivery to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 2021.  Commander (Cdr) Teri Share took over from Cdr Nicole Robichaud as the […]

Command Chief Petty Officer Pascal Harel takes over for CPO1 Lizotte By RCN The Change of Appointment Ceremony for the 22nd Command Chief Petty Officer was held on July 11 at National Defence Headquarters Carling in Ottawa. Chief Petty Officer First Class (CPO1) Pascal Harel took over from CPO1 Thomas […]

HMCS St. John’s raises funds ahead of charity run  By Nathan Stone, Trident staff Dozens of sailors and civilian employees lined up to grab lunch and support the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the last of a series of charity barbecues hosted by the crew of HMCS St. John’s in His Majesty’s […]

France hands over command of SNMG2 to Canada By NATO Allied Maritime Command French Navy Rear Admiral Yannick Bossu handed over command of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) to Royal Canadian Navy Commodore (Cmdre) Matthew Coates on 1 July, during a ceremony on board the then SNMG2 flagship FS […]

Atlantic Army Reservists prepare to deploy for Canadian-led Multinational Brigade in Latvia  By Capt Lance Wade, 36 Canadian Brigade Group Public Affairs  Approximately 40 soldiers from 36 Canadian Brigade Group have completed their validation training on Exercise Steady Robur 24 at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown from June 16 […]

From CNTG to CSNMG2: A big step on a journey of letters and numbers  By Naval Training Group Public Affairs  “This is a fairly uncommon event,” remarked Rear-Admiral Christopher Robinson, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) “to have the honour of promoting someone to the rank of Commodore within our Formation.”  […]

Work begins on RCN’s next generation of warships  By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff From the floor to the gantries and even on the cross section of an Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, hundreds of hard-hatted shipbuilders in Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Module Hall listened as representatives from the Government of Canada, […]

MyRCN App updated: easy login and PaCE access  By RCN  Thanks to user feedback, the MyRCN mobile App has been updated to make the login process easier and provide access to Performance and Competency Evaluation (PaCE).  Users can now login using their D365 / Teams account, an improvement over the […]