RCN Proud: MS Orianne-Walker’s dive into submarine service  By Vincent Joyce, Pictou County Military Museum  Through much of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) history, women were not permitted to serve in submarines. However, when the Canadian Armed Forces acquired four Victoria-class submarines in 2001, the more spacious vessels, compared to […]

Choose Your Health Challenge: Congratulations to Cpl Bakes! By the Health Promotion Team  The Choose Your Health Challenge, held from June 1 – July 13, was a six-week initiative designed to promote holistic well-being within our community.   The challenge encouraged participants to engage in a wide range of health-promoting […]

12 Wing Innovation Program “empowering” positive change  By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff  12 Wing Shearwater is seeking to harness the creativity of all its members to improve workflow and create positive change.  The new 12 Wing Innovation Program focuses on gathering and implementing personnel suggestions on how work at the […]

Padre’s Corner: Managing the “heat” in summer  By Padre Lt(N) Graeme Carruth, Chaplain, BAdm Over the last several weeks we’ve been treated (subjected?) to the heat of summer. For many, it has been a challenge to find ways to stay cool. Thankfully, even if we don’t have air conditioning, we […]

New Base Commander highlights CFB Halifax’s community ties  By Nathan Stone, Trident Staff  Military and civilian leaders gathered for a sunny ceremony outside the Naval Museum of Halifax to welcome the new commanding officer of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Halifax and pay tribute to her predecessor.  Captain(N) (Capt(N)) Annick Fortin […]

HMCS Charlottetown and SNMG2 conclude interactions with Wasp Amphibious Ready Group  By NATO Allied Maritime Command  His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown, Flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), was escort to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), made up of United States Ship (USS) Wasp, USS New York, […]