RCN Sailor Profile: AB Morgan Olizarvitch Current role: Naval Communicator Hometown: London, ON Years of Service: 3.5 Home Unit: HMCS Fredericton Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because of the opportunities it provided me at the time for schooling. I joined the […]

RCN Sailor Profile: SLt Michelle-Ashley Ellerington Current role: BWK U/T (under training) Hometown: Dartmouth, NS Years of Service: 3 Home Unit: HMCS St. John’s Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because of my father. I grew up within a military family (my […]

Alongside training for  HMCS Glace Bay By SLt Samantha Crocker, UPAR HMCS Donnacona For the past several years, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has been transitioning into a One Navy concept. Men and women from the Regular and Reserve Force are the foundation of the RCN’s service. They are among […]

From recruits to Senior NCOs: friends reunited thanks to Trinity posting By PO2 Maurice Hodder, TRINITY MOSIC PO2 Maurice Hodder, PO2 Ed Fowler and Sgt Paul Fraser first met in 1996 in St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School (CFLRS). All three members arrived as Ordinary Seaman […]

RCN Sailor Profile: LS Ashley Fletcher Current role: WEng tech Armament Hometown:  Bass River, Nova Scotia Years of Service: 5 years Infantry in Army reserves, 9 years in Navy Home Unit:  HMCS Montreal Why did you join the Royal Canadian Navy? I joined the Royal Canadian Navy because I was […]

First Change of Command ceremony for Base Comptroller unit By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff When LCdr Robert Cyr began his role as the first Commanding Officer of the Base Comptroller unit in summer 2017, the newly-formed entity was in its very early stages. His entrance was quiet, with no formal […]