SAC trade recognized with new specialty skill badge By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff Four Atlantic fleet sailors received the Royal Canadian Navy’s new Shipborne Air Controller (SAC) specialty skill badge in a presentation ceremony held on July 28 in the operations room aboard Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown. Shipborne […]

Capt(N) Andy MacKenzie assumes command of CFB Halifax By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff Captain (Navy) Andy MacKenzie took over as Base Commander of CFB Halifax from Captain (Navy) Sean Williams during a Change of Command ceremony at the Consolidated Seamanship Training Facility at Stadacona on July 25. In his final […]

New CO at the helm of FMFCS By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff In his farewell address, the outgoing Commanding Officer at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott (FMFCS) thanked the facility’s employees and managers, saying he couldn’t have asked for a better team of professionals. “Your personal commitment and dedication to […]

HMCS Venture stood up to deliver RCN leadership education By Naval Personnel and Training Group (NPTG) On Friday, July 15, in a signing ceremony held at Work Point at CFB Esquimalt, Commander (Cdr) Mike Stefanson was officially appointed as the inaugural Commanding Officer of HMCS Venture (the RCN’s naval leadership […]

DWAO panel discusses women in STEM By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff There’s a bright future for women pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) but there are still too few women entering the field, and even fewer who stay. That “leaky pipeline” in retaining women in STEM […]

Outgoing 423 Squadron CO credited for leadership during difficult time By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff When Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Thomey took over as Commanding Officer of 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron in July of 2020, those newly under his command were still reeling in the aftermath of the tragic Stalker 22 crash […]

Former shipmates work together again at RIMPAC 2022 By Lt (N) Michelle Scott, HMCS Vancouver The Alistair MacDonald song ‘Heading for Halifax’ famously notes that for those born in Cape Breton ‘Wherever they go, there’s bound to be friends from back home’. Arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for Rim of […]

New Lighting Installed at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott By FMF Cape Scott Real Property Operations Section (Halifax) (RPOS(H)) recently completed a lighting retrofit project at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott (FMFCS) at CFB Halifax (D200). This is a massive 365,000 sq ft building in the heart of the Dockyard […]

HMCS Fredericton gets new CO leading into busy period By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff As he welcomed his successor to the “best in the fleet”, Commander Preston McIntosh said his short stint as Commanding Officer of HMCS Fredericton was extremely busy, and chock full of good memories. Speaking at a […]