CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Monday, November 25, 2024
12 Wing club wins medals at national CAF grappling event By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff More than 100 grapplers from across the Canadian Armed Forces recently came together for a day of friendly competition and intense hand-to-hand combat training, with the local 12 Wing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club once again […]
Diving Now! Diving Now! By Jennifer Gamble, Curator, Naval Museum of Halifax Dark, cramped, complex, and unpredictable; submarines and the life of a Submariner are not for the faint of heart. From the early C-Class to the modern Victoria Class, these boats, and the Canadians who sailed them, have a […]
Commodore Josée Kurtz became the Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) on June 15, 2019. The group includes the following ships; Flagship HMCS Toronto, Royal Canadian Navy, FFH 333 – Halifax Class Frigate; TCG Turgutreis of the Turkish Navy, F241 – Yavuz Class Frigate; FGS Hessen, German Navy, […]
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Op REASSURANCE: the Canadian National Support Element within NATO by Lieutenant Ben Zuo, NSE Operations Duty Officer The Canadian National Support Element (NSE) is a unit under Task Force Latvia (TFL), within the larger scope of OP REASSURANCE. Commanded by LCol Kieran Kennedy along with Chief Warrant Officer Patrick White, […]
Changes must be embraced, outgoing RCN Command Chief says By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff As the Royal Canadian Navy prepares to receive HMCS Harry DeWolf later this year and transition to a new fleet of warships over the next decade and a half, CPO1 Michel Vigneault said sailors’ attitude towards […]
Commodore Michael Hopper, Commander Naval Reserve, officially opened a new satellite of HMCS Brunswicker in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 6, 2019. Brunswicker was first established in Saint John, NB in 1923. The Moncton satellite initiative demonstrates the Royal Canadian Navy’s commitment to grow the Naval Reserve while expanding its footprint […]
The jazz combo from the National Band of the Naval Reserve treated members of the local Defence Team to a lunch hour performance at CFB Halifax Stadacona’s Admiralty Gardens on June 7 and 11. They’ll be back on August 8 for another show that’s open to both the Defence community […]
By 2Lt Nicolas Plourde-Fleury, CFB Halifax Public Affairs Many Halifax residents and local Defence Team members have, over the course of their lives, seen paper stands containing copies of the Trident, Maritime Forces Atlantic’s Navy newspaper. Published bi-weekly since 1966, the Trident newspaper showcases and celebrates members of the CAF […]
CPO1 Lizotte becomes new Fleet Chief CANFLTLANT By Virginia Beaton, Trident Staff During a Change of Appointment ceremony on the flight deck of HMCS Halifax, CPO1 Tom Lizotte succeeded CPO1 Tim Blonde as the Fleet Chief Petty Officer of Canadian Fleet Atlantic. Cmdre Craig Skjerpen, Commander CANFLTLANT, was the presiding […]
