Hello CFB Halifax, I write this message to you all as the Champion of our MARLANT Defence Visible Minority Advisory Group (DVMAG). That being said, I fully acknowledge that I am not a member of a visible minority community, and therefore cannot speak about issues of race, discrimination and other […]
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Op NANOOK-NUNALIVUT
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.
HMCS Brunswicker plans for its future while paying tribute to the past
By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff Although a pandemic wasn’t on their mind at the time, leadership at HMCS Brunswicker employed new technology in the summer of 2019 that ended up putting the unit in an ideal position to deal with COVID-19 restrictions. The Naval Reserve Division in Saint John, New […]
How Lt(N) Taylor chose a naval career and learned to take on a leadership role
How Lt(N) Taylor chose a naval career and learned to take on a leadership role By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff Growing up in southern Ontario, Lt(N) Adelaide Taylor knew two things for certain about her future plans: she had a yen for adventure and she wanted a secure career. Now, […]
March is Nutrition Month
March is Nutrition Month By PSP Health Promotion Services, Each year, Nutrition Month is recognized in March. Your Health Promotion Team makes nutrition a top priority, focusing on education, resource development and local initiatives, to further your knowledge on the importance of nutrition and your health. To start off a […]
HMCS Calgary in Hawaii
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.
Combined Task Force 150: The Anatomy of a Drug Bust
Combined Task Force 150: The Anatomy of a Drug Bust By Lt(N) Melissa Kia, CTF 150 Public Affairs Officer The breaking sun languishes off a bleary horizon in the Northern Arabian Sea on a strip of ocean known as the “Hash Highway” as a suspicious vessel plods its way south […]
Pink Shirt Day at CFB Halifax
Pink Shirt Day at CFB Halifax By Elizabeth Sharpe CFB Halifax Public Affairs Intern, In honour of Pink Shirt (Anti-Bullying) Day, CFB Halifax received some awesome photos from our Defence Team members and senior leadership sporting pink shirts, in support of this important day dedicated to kindness, civility and bullying […]
New helicopter trainer ready for action at DCTF Kootenay
New helicopter trainer ready for action at DCTF Kootenay By Joanie Veitch, Trident Staff After months of anticipation, control operators and instructors fired up the new helicopter trainer at the Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) Damage Control school in Purcell’s Cove on March 1, in preparation for an individual helicopter crash […]
Registration open for Navy Bike Ride 2021
Registration open for Navy Bike Ride 2021 By Canadian Armed Forces Sports Are you ready to ride? Following the success of the 2020 Battle of the Atlantic virtual challenge, the Navy Bike Ride is pleased to present the 2021 Harry DeWolf virtual challenge. Organizers are targeting 30,000 cumulative rides – […]