“Military-issued” best friends are stewards on HMCS Regina By Lt(N) Jeff Klassen, HMCS Regina PAO Two base brats from different coasts meet up in basic training, become best friends, get posted to the same Canadian warship, get promoted at the same time – and somewhere in there they buy puppies […]

By Elizabeth Sharpe, CFB Halifax PA Intern  For more than 20 years, Scott Currie has been a fixture at Canadian Forces Health Services Centre (Atlantic) (CF H Svcs C(A)), ensuring that members of the Canadian Armed Forces community in Halifax receive quality patient care. His interest in helping others, however, […]

HMCS Nipigon lives on thanks to former hull tech’s handiwork By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As a part of the ship, HMCS Nipigon’s duckboards helped keep sailors’ feet dry for more than 30 years. Now, the teak slabs of wood serve the former members of the ship’s company in different […]

A Change of Command and an enduring partnership: Operation ARTEMIS resumes in Manama, Bahrain, under Canadian leadership By Lt(N) Melissa Kia, CTF 150 Public Affairs Officer On 27 January, 2021, Commodore (Cmdre) Dan Charlebois of the Royal Canadian Navy assumed command of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) from Rear […]

DND Psychologists serving CAF Members By Alexandra Anderson, M.Sc. CF H Svcs C(A) February is National Psychology Month. It is therefore a great opportunity to define the typical occupational responsibilities of psychologists, while also highlighting the role and contributions of DND psychologists serving CAF members in MARLANT. Psychologists’ primary roles […]

By CFB Halifax Public Affairs, Meet our newest Face of Base: Senior Base Chaplain Troy Dennis! Originally from Summerside, PEI, Capt Dennis joined the CAF in 2014, when he was posted to CFB Shilo. While in Manitoba, he became very involved in the community; leading church groups, playing trumpet in […]

SNMG1 conducts PASSEX training with German Navy By LCdr Mark Fifield, SNMG1 PAO From January 26-29, 2021, Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), led by the SNMG1 Flagship, HMCS Halifax, conducted a series of passing training exercises with the German Navy in the North Sea. A PASSEX or “Passing Exercise” […]

Summerside reins in runaway rider buoy By Lt(N) Dan Bannerman, HMCS Summerside On January 19, 2021, HMCS Summerside was tasked as Ready Duty Ship (RDS) to recover a TRIAXYS directional wave buoy that had broken free of its mooring and was drifting to sea. As a result, the 500-lb buoy posed […]

Worst year in history? By Padre Capt Mark SG Sceviour, Fleet Chaplain What a year 2020 has been. Some would argue that it has been the worst year. I would suggest that it has been a bad year, but maybe not the worst ever. Let’s not forget 1349 – The […]