100 Days of…Better Health By Derrick Enslow, Acting Manager, PSP Health Promotion We are well into the final quarter of 2018, meaning it is time both to reflect back and look forward. In 2018, Health Promotion was busy implementing the 100 Days of Health challenge with over 320 participants across […]
Other News
12 Wing commemorates Battle of Britain
12 Wing Shearwater commemorates the Battle of Britain by hosting a Ceremony on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at 12 Wing Shearwater, Nova Scotia. Halifax regional Municipality’s Mayor Mike Savage (centre) was among the dignitaries present who laid a wreath. This year marks the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
CANEX celebrates 50 years
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 […]
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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