RCN members deployed onboard HMCS St. John’s as part of the Ship’s Naval Boarding Party perform room clearing training throughout the ship during Op REASSURANCE.
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Regional Volleyball Champions
CFB Halifax takes both volleyball regional titles By Sara White, The Aurora Managing Editor Volleyball action took over the centre court of 14 Wing Greenwood’s Fitness & Sports Centre March 20 through 23, as the base hosted the Atlantic Regional men’s and women’s volleyball tournament. CFB Halifax made a clean […]
HMCS Oriole change of command
A Change of Command ceremony for HMCS Oriole, the RCN’s tall ship and oldest commissioned vessel, was held at the Juno Tower Bridge on April 16. Capt(N) Jeff Hamiliton, centre, Commander 5th Maritime Operations Group, presided over the ceremony, as LCdr Drew Foran, right, took over command from LCdr Michael Wills, left. […]
HMCS Vancouver slips for Asia
HMCS Vancouver slips for Asia By Lt(N) Tony Wright, HMCS Vancouver PAO After a long Easter weekend with family and friends, HMCS Vancouver and crew deployed for Operation PROJECTION Indo-Asia Pacific. This is a three-month patrol in the Western Pacific that will be followed by Vancouver’s participation in the 2018 […]
Bermuda’s Royal Naval Dockyard
Royal Naval Dockyard, a Bermuda gem By Cdr (ret’d) Len Canfield, Canadian Naval Memorial Trust Nova Scotians visiting the Royal Naval Dockyard complex in Bermuda will probably be struck by the similarity with HMC Dockyard and Stadacona in Halifax. Not surprising, Nova Scotia and Bermuda share a similar history of […]
Padre’s Corner
“Unless I see, I will not believe” By Capt Innocent Inienwe, Chaplain, TEME, Blog, FMF Cape Scott, CFB Halifax Today a lot of people struggle with believing things without seeing them. This holds true of the saying, “Seeing is believing.” In the scriptures we hear about the Doubting Thomas who […]
Margaret Brooke’s four leaf clover
The story of Margaret Brooke and the four leaf clover By SLt M.X. Déry, MARPAC PA “The story is she was given a four leaf clover, I think by a patient, and Margaret Brooke had it in her big Burberry coat that she grabbed and put on before they abandoned […]
Connecting a future ship to the past
Connecting a future ship to the past By SLt M.X. Déry, MARPAC PA Cdr Michele Tessier has been undergoing training to prepare her for the unique challenges of working in the Arctic as Commanding Officer of HMCS Margaret Brooke, the second Harry DeWolf class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel. The […]
Op PROJECTION West Africa
AB Willis Ross (left), LS Patrick Booth (centre) and PO2 Greg Hobbs perform Bridge Warning Organization training with the .50 calibre machine gun onboard HMCS Kingston during Op PROJECTION West Africa, March 31, 2018.
Sailing in HMCS Glace Bay
Persevering through harsh weather in HMCS Glace Bay By LS Michael Spencer, HMCS Glace Bay It’s 8:05 a.m. on March 8 when the Commanding Officer begins his hands fall in address. Today he sounds particularly inspiring, despite the howling winds but a pane of glass away. The weather’s bad, we […]
