April 29, 2024 marked four years since the tragic CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea that resulted in the deaths of six CAF members. The helicopter, call sign Stalker 22, crashed off the coast of Greece while deployed with HMCS Fredericton on Operation Reassurance. In Shearwater, the Maritime […]

Members of the Naval Tactical Operations Group (NTOG) recently conducted training across different CFB Halifax locations. Members are seen here during advanced boarding and maritime interdiction exercises aboard HMCS William Hall on April 18. 

For the second time this year, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke has departed from Halifax to join Operation Caribbe, the US-led counter-narcotics mission in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The ship left on April 18 for the nine-week deployment, which will include participation in Exercise Tradewinds alongside […]

His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Max Bernays arrived at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on April 15. Max Bernays is the first Harry DeWolf class Artic Offshore Patrol Vessel to be transferred to Canada’s Pacific Fleet. The ship departed Halifax on March 11 and transited through the Panama Canal to reach […]

The Northern Lights pass overhead as HMCS Charlottetown transits to Iceland, across the North Sea, during Exercise Steadfast Defender on March 3. The ship returned to Halifax on March 13 and is now preparing for a lengthy NATO deployment beginning this summer.

Second-Year cadets from Royal Military College (RMC) visited HMC Dockyard Halifax recently for a familiarization tour of Royal Canadian Navy ships and CFB Halifax. They were greeted by a familiar face, Charlie, RAdm Kurtz’s dog, who was a resident at RMC campus, during Kurtz’s time as the Commandant.

Captain (Navy) Colin Matthews, Commander of Combined Task Force 150, met with Rear-Admiral Sofiayan and Rear-Admiral Akmal of the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL) in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 28. Together they discussed the shared goals of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and TNI-AL in countering illegal smuggling of […]

Just ahead of hosting 12 Wing Shearwater’s Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 100th anniversary Gala on the hangar floor on April 11, members of 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron held a promotion ceremony to recognize the next step in several RCAF careers. The promotions were carried out by 423 Commanding Officer […]

Weapon Engineering Technicians aboard His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Max Bernays conduct maintenance and assembly of the 25mm MK 38 Machine Gun System during the ship’s coastal transfer to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on March 15, in the Atlantic Ocean. Max Bernays is expected to arrive at its new homeport in […]

On March 24, members of His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) William Hall ship’s company held a Northern Affiliation ceremony along with the Kivalliq Inuit Association and community leaders in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. The event, which took place at the Old Rankin Inlet Arena, marked the fourth affiliation between a Royal […]