CFB Halifax Trident Navy Newspaper
Sunday, November 24, 2024
A New Year’s welcome from the Executive Director By Shelley Hopkins, H&R MFRC Executive Director As we begin 2019, this is a great time to reflect on the past 26 years, when the Military Family Services Program (MFSP) began, and Military Family Resource Centres (MFRCs) were officially stood up to […]
Second World War RN veteran recalls wartime service By PO1 Wayne Rose, NFS(A) Newfoundland native AB (ret’d) Hedley Lake, now 100 years old and a resident of Fortune, NL, describes his wartime service in the Royal Navy with fellow Newfoundlander, PO1 Wayne Rose. AB Lake’s wartime experiences included patrols in […]
LS Jordan Sampson welds to repair a guardrail stanchion while onboard HMCS Ville de Québec while sailing in the Mediterranean Sea during Op REASSURANCE in December 2018. The ship will return to its homeport of Halifax early in 2019.
Sailors, firefighters team up for Movember spinathon By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff PO2 Rick Mamye was diagnosed with testicular cancer two years ago, and though he’s now back to work and on the road to a full recovery, the experience still greatly impacted his life. In hope of helping other […]
The MEGA Running Championship was held in conjunction with a Dockyard Formation Run earlier this fall, and saw teams competing for COTF, COTW and Wing Cup points. The top team was Naval Fleet School (Atlantic), with FMF Cape Scott as the runners-up. For individual results, the top male finisher was […]
Enhanced medical and dental capabilities return to the Fleet By Capt Chris Dare, Dental Officer, NRU Asterix Toothache while at sea? Naval Replenishment Unit (NRU) Asterix can take care of that! Since the decommissioning of the last Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) vessel in 2016, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has […]
Upgrade announced for Halifax-class threat detection systems By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff New radar equipment soon to be installed on Halifax-class frigates will allow for better detection and faster response when dealing with incoming threats at sea, says the Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic. The […]
New Year’s message from Commander MARLANT and JTFA By RAdm Craig Baines, Commander MARLANT and JTFA As we begin 2019 I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone on the Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic teams a Happy New Year. I hope you were able […]
Canada assumes command of multinational naval task force By RCN Cmdre Darren Garnier of the CAF officially assumed command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 on December 6, 2018 during a change of command ceremony held at Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. Through maritime security operations, regional […]
Max Bernays keel laying marks another milestone for AOPS program By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Construction has officially begun on the third of the Royal Canadian Navy’s new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). A keel-laying ceremony on December 6 at the Irving Shipbuilding Assembly Hall in Halifax marked the […]
