HMCS Star delivers duff and a morale boost, By S1 Bill Jethro Bagunu, HMCS Star Festive dinners in the Royal Canadian Navy are ripe with tradition and holiday cheer. On Saturday, December 5th HMCS Star’s Festive Dinner tradition continued, albeit a little differently. Due to the ongoing pandemic, only a […]

VAdm Craig Baines becomes 37th Commander of the RCN By RCN PA, Vice-Admiral (VAdm) Craig Baines assumed the duties of Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from VAdm Art McDonald on January 12, 2021 in a virtual change of command ceremony presided over by General Jonathan Vance, Chief of […]

The Bedford Range turns 80 By Cdr Brian May, Associate Centre Director and Detachment Commander, Military Support Unit Atlantic, DRDC In the opening days of the Second World War, German aircraft began laying magnetic sea mines in the harbours of Great Britain to create a shipping blockade.  The magnetic mine had […]

HMCS Halifax departs for six-month Operation REASSURANCE deployment By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff A new year brought a new mission for the ship’s company of HMCS Halifax, who left homeport on New Year’s Day to join Standing NATO Maritime Group One as part of a six-month deployment to Operation REASSURANCE. […]

People First, Mission Always: Force preservation and generation in a pandemic By SLt K.B. McHale-Hall  MARPAC PAO “People first, mission always.” Amidst a global pandemic, this core philosophy of the Canadian Armed Forces is as important now as it has ever been. The objective to preserve Force health while continuing Force generation lies at […]

  By Major-General Marc Bilodeau, Surgeon General, Canadian Armed Forces As your Surgeon General, I have some good news to share with you after what has been an unprecedented year (2020) with the COVID-19 global pandemic having a profound impact on every Canadian. I want to assure you that there is light […]

From d’Iberville to Summerside: Meet Lt(N) William Belanger-Croteau By Lt Sheila Tham, Public Affairs Officer Lieutenant (Navy) William Belanger-Croteau is a Naval Warfare Officer who filled the Deck Officer position with HMCS Summerside during the ship’s recent Op CARIBBE deployment. When approached to discuss his role in the Royal Canadian […]

HMCS Toronto returns from Op REASSURANCE in time for the holidays The family and friends of HMCS Toronto received an early gift on December 23 – the ship and ship’s company arrived back in Halifax earlier than planned after a five-month deployment with NATO on Op REASSURANCE. Family and friends […]

Stadacona Band welcomes former Co-Director of Music By MS Blythe Heywood, Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy If you were ever curious about military bands, Capt (ret’d) Terence (Terry) Barnes would be your man. His journey started in Britain where military musicianship was an integral part of his family’s […]