CANEX celebrates 50 years of serving the CAF By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The Canadian Forces Exchange System was established in 1968, and five decades later, CANEX is still going strong, operating 35 retail locations at bases and wings across the country. Members of CFMWS and the CFB Halifax community […]
Other News
First AOPS launched
The future HMCS Harry DeWolf is slowly lowered into the water, under controlled circumstances, by Irving Shipbuilding in the Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 15, 2018. This is the first of the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships, that will be capable of armed seaborne surveillance of Canada’s waters […]
Op REASSURANCE: Meet LS Bellefontaine
HMCS Ville de Québec personnel on Op REASSURANCE 2018 NAME: Kristin Bellefontaine RANK: Leading Seaman (LS) HOMETOWN: Halifax N.S YEAR JOINED THE CAF: 2011 TRADE: Naval Combat Information Operator (NCIOp) EDUCATION: High School: Queen Elizabeth High Post Grad: Hair Design Center (hair design) and NSCC (Office IT) WHY DID YOU […]
Join the SkyHawks
Join the SkyHawks By MCpl Antoine Collette, SkyHawks demonstrator As a busy 2018 season winds down for the CAF Parachute Team, the team is recruiting for next year. The SkyHawks travel from coast to coast each summer putting on thrilling parachute performances and meeting with Canadians as ambassadors of the […]
HMCS Charlottetown wins Admiral’s Cup
RAdm Craig Baines, Commander MARLANT and JTFA, presents the Admiral’s Cup to the Command Team and ship’s company of HMCS Charlottetown on Tuesday, September 18, 2018.
NDWCC 2018: your involvement matters
NDWCC 2018: your involvement matters By Capt(N) D.E. Mazur, CFB Halifax Base Commander On October 1, the day this issue of the Trident is published, many of our Defence Team personnel will be gathered at the Stadacona Fitness, Sports and Recreation Centre for MARLANT’s official 2018 National Defence Workplace Charitable […]
Soccer gold for CFB Halifax
Halifax women take gold at CAF Soccer Nationals By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff The CFB Halifax Mariners’ women’s soccer team have put the finishing touch on a strong 2018 season, bringing home gold medals from the CAF National Soccer Championship. The tournament was held from September 8-13 at CFB Borden, […]
Volume 52, Issue 20, October 01, 2018
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CJOC Commander visits Formation Halifax
LGen Michael Rouleau, Commander of CJOC (seated), meets with RAdm Baines, Commander of Joint Task Force Atlantic and Maritime Forces Atlantic, during a recent visit to Halifax. LGen Rouleau toured HMC Ships Halifax and Moncton as well as the submarine Windsor during his time in Halifax.
HMCS Fredericton Sailors for Wishes
HMCS Fredericton raises nearly $70,000 through Sailors for Wishes bike ride By LS Harveer Gill, HMCS Fredericton For the tenth consecutive year, members of HMCS Fredericton cycled across the province of New Brunswick for the Sailors for Wishes bike ride – a cycling event that raised just under $70,000 for […]
