HMCS Moncton, still adorned in Second World War era dazzle paint, arrived back in Halifax on March 9 after a six-week deployment to Operation CARIBBE. The ship was in the region to assist U.S. Coast Guard allies on enhanced counter-narcotics operations.

Sailor First Class Bradley Northrup, the recipient of the 2020 Admiral Jones’ Shield for his contribution to Formation Halifax sports, poses with the award. Though an in-person version of the CFB Halifax Sports Recognition Awards wasn’t possible for 2020, the deserving winners were announced earlier this year, and in-person presentations […]

Joint Task Force North CWO Sherri Forward (bottom-left) and Commanding Officer BGen Patrick Carpentier (bottom, second from left) pose with dive team members of Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic) at the dive site in Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife, NT during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT on March 4.  

Sailor First Class Brooke Fisher, a Naval Electronic Sensor Operator aboard HMCS Calgary, works the lines as the ship departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honululu, Hawaii on March 7, prior to the ship’s start on Operation ARTEMIS and Operation PROJECTION.    

A Boatswain on board HMCS Moncton keeps lookout for oncoming vessels in the Carribean basin on February 24. Moncton was recently joined on Op CARIBBE by HMCS Brandon and HMCS Saskatoon, with those ships currently conducting counter-narcotics patrols in the eastern Pacific.

HMCS Harry DeWolf departed Halifax on February 9 and is currently conducting its first cold water and ice trials off of Labrador and Newfoundland. Along with testing the ship’s capabilities, the crew also brought civilian contractors along to conduct ice core sampling.

During a diving recovery position exercise, a rescue swimmer on board HMCS Moncton partakes in rescue stations to maintain operational readiness in the waters of the Caribbean Sea on February 13.  

Sailors gather around the forward capstan compartment during a Sunday Church ceremony held by Padre Capt Albert Lee aboard HMCS Halifax during Operation REASSURANCE on January 17.

RAdm Brian Santarpia, Commander MARLANT and JTFA (front row, third from left) and other members of the defence team participated in a PSP-led yoga class on January 28, Bell Let’s Talk Day, as a means of promoting both mental and physical wellbeing.    

CFB Halifax Commanding Officer, Capt(N) Sean Williams (left) and incoming Naval Fleet School Atlantic (NFS(A)) Commanding Officer, Cdr David Roberge, sign the Assumption of Command certificates at CFB Halifax building S-15 on January 29.