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soldier...
- Shania Twain
Lyrics from her
new song Soldier
Shania Twain, Canadian pop
country musician, embarks
HMCS Ottawa from a Rigid
Hull Inflatable Boat operat-
ed by the Maritime Tactical
Operations Group.
She visited all three mili-
tary services in an informal
setting on the flight deck
of Ottawa before touring
the ship last Thursday. She
also toured a submarine
and flew in a Sea King. See
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Visits CFB Esquimalt
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During her visit to HMCS Ottawa, Shania Twain spoke
very emotionally about the inspiration behind her new
song Soldier, which played for the crowd.
Photo by Bill Cochrane, Lookout
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Ship repair shop unites to create tribute to Humboldt Broncos
Peter Mallett monument to the outpouring tom of the base to help make
Staff Writer of support. the silver-coloured logo stand
“The idea came to me out.
A sheet metal worker because of the social media He received assistance from
from the Fleet Maintenance coverage showing people FMF’s graphics shop for the
Facility did some quick stick- leaving their sticks out on logo design, while nightshift
handling to create a unique their porch for Humboldt.” powder coaters painted the
tribute to the Humboldt After getting approval from backing black. Also essential
Broncos. his supervisor, Roy moved to the project, says Roy, was
Chris Roy, sheet metal from concept to finished the technical assistance of
journeyman, says he and project within 24 hours. He FMF metal shop journey-
his co-workers, like count- worked on his own time, man Carmen Collins. Collins,
less Canadians, were grief after hours, to have it ready
a recent graduate of FMF’s
stricken by the fatal bus crash in time for Jersey Day on
Apprenticeship Program, got
that killed 16 and injured 13 April 12, the day employees
the chance to refine her skills
Humboldt Broncos hockey at the base wore their hockey
on the shop’s laser cutter to
team members. jerseys to work.
help create the logo.
“I thought FMF should do His creation is made of
Their handiwork is now
something unique to show our 16-gauge stainless steel and
displayed outside the main
support and solidarity with other scrap metal parts he
entrance of FMF near the
the people of Humboldt,” found in waste bins in his
cafeteria.
said Roy. “The hockey com- shop, and his own personal
“A lot of people have
munity has always supported hockey stick. A giant laser
Canada’s defence team, so it cutter in the metal shop did approached us and said they
was a small gesture to show the lion’s share of the work liked it and it was a really
Humboldt that we are think- and was used to fabricate the cool idea,” said Roy. “But we
ing about them.” dominant feature of the stick are not doing it to get atten-
Roy, a lifelong recreational holder, a giant Humboldt tion, but instead to bring
hockey player and skilled Broncos logo as its base. Roy attention to what the peo-
tradesman, created a sym- says he then affixed a black ple of Humboldt are going
Carmen Collins and Chris Roy with their tribute to Humboldt. bolic hockey stick holder as a metallic backing to the bot- through.”
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New hands behind HMCS Oriole’s helm
Ryan Melanson, dreds of other visitors for Earlier work was also
Trident Newspaper day sails, and while along- completed on the West
side, routinely welcomed Coast by SNC-Lavalin, to
The Royal Canadian more than 1,000 visitors on bring the ship up to stan-
Navy’s oldest commissioned board each day. While tran- dards that were needed to
vessel, tall ship HMCS siting between ports, sailors carry out the extended sail
dealt with 60 knot winds, to Halifax. It wasn’t long
Oriole, had an exceptionally
four to six metre waves, ago that the ship’s sailing
busy and successful program
multiple ripped sails, and future was in question, but
through 2017.
a host of other technical after multiple inspections
Under the command
difficulties. and risk assessments, RCN
of LCdr Mike Wills,
Yet through it all, the six- leadership committed the
Oriole made the mara-
month program was carried resources to ensure Oriole,
thon 16,000 kilometre sail
out without any major set- which was launched in 1921
from Esquimalt to Halifax,
backs, no shortages of sup- and commissioned in 1952, Photo by Cpl J.W.S. Houck, FIS
including stops at 10
plies, and no injuries worse will continue to sail for the Capt(N) Jeff Hamiliton, Commander 5th Maritime Operations Group, presides
Canadian cities as part of
than a sprained ankle. foreseeable future. over a Change of Command ceremony April 16, as LCdr Drew Foran (right)
the Rendez-vous 2017 Tall
“This is the result of the “A lot of tough decisions takes over HMCS Oriole from LCdr Mike Wills (left).
Ships Regatta.
senior members of the crew, were made prior to the Tall
Through that period, the
who overcame everything Ships Regatta in 2017, and I Next up for the nearly ern ships,” said Capt(N) Jeff nity to lead the ship through
ship cycled through more
that was sent their way, won’t forget the confidence 100-year-old ship, follow- Hamilton, Commanding its Great Lakes program,
than 300 crewmembers,
and for that I’ll be forever that was placed in me and ing the completion of refit Officer of 5th Maritime as well as LCdr Wills, for
took 400 sea cadets and hun-
grateful,” said LCdr Wills, the ship,” said LCdr Wills, work, will be the 2018 Operations Group, who watching over Oriole up to
who handed over command who will now return to Great Lakes Deployment, presided over the change of this point. With his new
of the ship to incoming Esquimalt to take command where LCdr Foran and his command ceremony. crew and soon-to-be a
Commanding Officer, LCdr of the Naval Security Team. new crew will use Oriole as “It also instills teamwork, newly-refurbished ship to
Drew Foran at a ceremony As for the incoming an outreach tool to intro- discipline and core mari- sail in, he expressed confi-
in the Juno Tower Bridge, Commanding Officer, LCdr duce Canadians to a piece ner competencies that are dence the successes Oriole
Halifax, April 16. Foran grew up in a mili- of RCN history while show- hard to get in today’s world. saw in 2017 will con-
Oriole is currently tary family, has been sailing casing the skill and profes- Oriole helps us step back in tinue through any future
undergoing a major refit on tall ships since he was sionalism of those who sail time a bit and reinforce the programs.
at the Lunenburg ship- 14 years old, and said he’s in it. fact that the ocean envi- “We have some big shoes
yard, including a full thrilled that his career path “It presents to Canadians ronment hasn’t changed to fill, but in the short time
revamp of wiring and has led him to take the the capabilities and com- - it remains harsh and since we’ve met, the crew
electrical systems and reins of Oriole as his first petencies of the RCN at a unforgiving.” has already shown me their
removal and refinishing command. very different level, and a LCdr Foran thanked his eagerness to learn and their
of both masts, to prepare “This is truly my dream level that a lot of Canadians chain of command, includ- drive. We have quite the
the ship for the summer and job and I intend to give it can relate to more easily ing Capt(N) Hamilton, for adventure ahead of us,” he
beyond. my all,” he added. than with our large mod- allowing him the opportu- said
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HMCS Whitehorse crew stay fit on Operation Caribbe
Lt(N) Paul Pendergast crew during its deployment on Just prior to sailing on this themselves to a good book, or 10,000 per week for each watch.
Canadian Joint Operations Operation Caribbe, Canada’s deployment, Whitehorse received perhaps watching a movie on the The running total is marked on
contribution to the multinational a full suite of fitness equipment, big screen TV in the mess. the bridge window with a grease
Command PAO
effort to counter illicit trafficking including a treadmill, elliptical “I provide advice to people on pencil, and the current score is
in the Caribbean Sea and in the machine, rowing machine, and setting goals, or designing a work- a constant topic of discussion
A ship at sea on a two-month
eastern Pacific Ocean. weights and TRX bands for resis- out routine appropriate for them, among the crew.
deployment is not the easiest
“My main job is standing watch tance exercises. but I see my real role as a motiva- “The push-up contest is a great
place to stay fit.
as a Marine Technician, ensuring With all the new gear, it is no tor,” said the Fitness Coordinator. way for the watches to stay fit,
With the ship pitching and roll-
all the mechanical systems on surprise that Whitehorse is one “It is very easy to skip your work- but it is also a good way to keep
ing in rough seas, and a busy
board are working properly,” said of the fittest ships in the fleet. out for one day, then it becomes people thinking about fitness,
watch schedule, the temptation
the Fitness Coordinator. “When “I would place this crew at the two days, then a week, a month, and to tap into their sense of
is always there to enjoy an extra
they called for a volunteer for top of the list for fitness levels, of and before you know it, a year has pride and competitiveness as a
helping of good navy food and
the secondary duty of Fitness any ship I have sailed in over the passed since your last workout.” source of motivation,” said the
retire to your bunk for an hour of
Coordinator, I jumped at the past nine years,” said the Fitness The Watch on Deck is made Fitness Coordinator. “Ultimately,
extra sleep during your off-watch
opportunity.” Coordinator. up of two watches, Port and a healthy body leads to a healthy
time.
Some crewmembers take Typically, fitness levels of crew Starboard, whose members com- mind, and enables the crew to
The fitness coordinator in
advantage of port visits to go run- members tend to decline during pete in a highly competitive push- focus more effectively on the
HMCS Whitehorse, who cannot
ning or jogging, but at sea the lim- a deployment. Sailors are away up contest that begins the first mission of disrupting the drug
be identified for security reasons,
ited space available requires the from their organized team sports day at sea after a port visit, and cartels and intercepting their
has made it his goal to improve
use of machines such as a tread- such as hockey or soccer, and the continues until the next port visit. drug shipments before they reach
the overall fitness level of the
mill to maintain cardio fitness. long days and nights at sea lend Cumulative totals can exceed North America.”
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Sailors return home from West African deployment
Ryan Melanson gusts made for a cold and at the community level, “It was an incredible The at-sea portion of Op building capacity for the
Trident Newspaper wet return. But that didn’t visiting and helping out experience, different than Projection, which included West African personnel,
douse anyone’s spirits as with manual labour tasks anything I’ve done before, the U.S.-led Obangame LCdr Matthew Woodburn,
After nearly three families, children and even at schools, daycares and but I still can’t describe Express exercise from Kingston’s Commanding
months away from home a few excited pets reunited other locations in multiple how good it feels to be March 22-27, saw Kingston Officer, described an
in the balmy West African with the sailors, bringing an countries, including Cape home. I’ve been waiting for and Summerside, along with exchange of cultures, ideas
climate, the crews of HMC end to Operation Projection Verde, Senegal, Liberia, this day for a long time Dutch and Belgian partners, and best practices that was
Ships Summerside and West Africa. Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, now,” said SLt Joannie lead exercises with the beneficial all around. This
Kingston were reintroduced The mission was described Benin and Ghana. Martin-Labelle, one of the Navies of Côte d’Ivoire, started before the vessels
to Halifax-style weather as as a strategic engagement The ships sailed from first off Kingston, who was Togo, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra departed in February, with
they came alongside Jetty meant to support capacity their final port of call in greeted with kisses from Leone and Liberia. exchange officers from
NC on April 17. building and foster Madeira in early April and both her boyfriend, Lt(N) While the Canadian ships Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
Heavy rain and 60 relationships with partner arrived in Halifax about Sebastien Williamson, and served as a platform for accompanying the Royal
kilometer an hour wind navies. It also was to engage nine days later. her puppy Merlin. exercises mainly focused on Canadian Navy crews
across the Atlantic.
“We were really able
to learn from each other.
We saw how they do their
work with these types of
operations, and they were
able to see what we have
on our ships and how we
conduct our business for
maritime security,” LCdr
Woodburn said.
The community-focused
portions of the trip
involved the delivery of
donations and lending a
hand to local schools, and
plenty of meetings with
community members and
welcoming of visitors on
board the ships, with a
special focus on meeting
young women and
promoting women’s rights
and equality.
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