NCM Slackers football underway By Sean Parker, FMF Cape Scott The 2018 Fleet Club Slacker Football season is underway, and the NCM Slackers team needs your help. Practices have started in preparation for Mini Grey Cup (MGC) 49. The MGC is the annual fall football game that matches the NCMs […]
Other News
PASSEX during Op REASSURANCE
HMCS Ville de Québec exercises with Tunisian Navy during Op REASSURANCE By PO2 Corey MacNeil, HMCS Ville de Québec Naval Communicator On August 20, 2018, HMCS Ville de Québec departed Tunis, Tunisia. With the Northern African coastline in the background, it conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) with FBB La Galite […]
Skills and drills at 12 Wing Shearwater
PSP Fitness, Sports and Recreation staff at 12 Wing Shearwater hosted more than 40 young hockey players from August 27-31 for the #27 Hockey Skills Camp. The camp was named in memory of the late Sgt(Ret’d) Rob Sneath, who wore the #27 jersey through numerous gold medal wins with Shearwater […]
Sailors assist highway crash victims
NFS(A) sailors assist victims following highway crash By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff A group of RCN personnel from Naval Fleet School (Atlantic) recently made the organization proud with their willingness to lend a hand at the scene of a serious accident on a busy highway. The four sailors were returning […]
DEFSEC Atlantic returns to Halifax
Shipbuilding, procurement in the spotlight at DEFSEC Atlantic 2018 By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff Excitement surrounding the National Shipbuilding Strategy is heating up as one of Canada’s largest defence industry trade shows gets set to return to Halifax. The Canadian Defence Security and Aerospace Exhibition Atlantic (DEFSEC) is being held […]
Volume 52, Issue 19, September 17, 2018
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Mariners win gold at Slo-Pitch Nationals
CFB Halifax Mariners win gold at CAF Slo-Pitch Nationals By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff CFB Halifax continues to rack up sporting wins through the 2018 season, and have recently added Slo-Pitch softball to the list of national gold medals for this year. The CFB Halifax Men’s Mariners team were victorious […]
Ship weapons donated to namesake cities
Kingston-class weapon systems donated to namesake cities By LCdr Kevin MacDougall, DNCS 6-2, Naval Guns The 40mm NC 1 L 60 Gun Weapon System (GWS) has been in the naval inventory since 1943. They have seen service on the Tribal-class destroyers in the 1960s, have been used as airfield defence […]
MV Asterix conducts replenishment at sea
HMCS Calgary conducts replenishment at sea approaches on MV Asterix in consort with HMAS Melbourne, HMNZS Te Mana, and JS Sazanam, during Operation PROJECTION in August 2018.
Sailing on Op PROJECTION
Sailing on Op PROJECTION in HMCS Calgary By Lt Annie-Claude Venne, CJOC PA HMCS Calgary left port on July 30, 2018 in CFB Esquimalt to sail on Op PROJECTION. Calgary is sailing in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in international naval exercises with partner nations. So far, the ship has […]
