A large contingent of Canadian Armed Forces bands, vehicles and marchers participated in the 2019 Sobeys Tattoo Canada Day Parade in downtown Halifax on July 1. International parade participants hailed from as far as Germany, Estonia, Japan and Australia. The parade was part of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo’s […]

Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Detachment Halifax recognized civilian Defence Team members Ingrid MacIsaac and Krista Scopie with cards and flowers during an assembly on Friday,  June 14 in gratitude of their contribution to the CAF during National Public Service Week. Pictured, from left, Lt(N) Martin Berthelot (Det Commander), Ingrid MacIsaac, […]

2019 Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo performers and the Canadian Armed Forces ceremonial guard form up for a general salute during the Grand Finale of the Canada Day Tattoo performance.

Commodore Michael Hopper, Commander Naval Reserve, officially opened a new satellite of HMCS Brunswicker in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 6, 2019. Brunswicker was first established in Saint John, NB in 1923. The Moncton satellite initiative demonstrates the Royal Canadian Navy’s commitment to grow the Naval Reserve while expanding its footprint […]

The jazz combo from the National Band of the Naval Reserve treated members of the local Defence Team to a lunch hour performance at CFB Halifax Stadacona’s Admiralty Gardens on June 7 and 11. They’ll be back on August 8 for another show that’s open to both the Defence community […]

PO2 Craig Smith was presented the HMCS Sackville Award by award sponsor Capt(N) David Benoit at the 2019 Annual East Coast Engineering and Technical Seminar at CFB Halifax on May 29. The award is presented annually to one of the top four Weapons Engineering Technician (W Eng) Maintenance Manager Course […]

Divers slowly ascend with a simulated drug pallet as they participate in a drug recovery scenario during Exercise TRADEWINDS 19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 11,2019.

SONAR, the RCN mascot, joined members of HMCS Scotian as a volunteer in the Blue Nose Marathon by handing out water and encouraging the participants on June 9, 2019.

Cadet CPO1 Skye Watson-Campbell and Cadet CPO1 Thomas Wood, demonstrate weighing anchor to junior cadets on board HMCS Oriole in the St. Lawrence Seaway during the Great Lakes Deployment, June 18, 2019.

The Bluenose II is escorted by a CH-148 Helicopter from 12 Wing Shearwater as the ship sails in Peggy’s Cove on June 11, 2019. This image has been digitally altered.