FS Garonne Conducts Crew Change in Halifax
On August 7, 2023, the Garonne Metropolitan Support and Assistance Building (MASB) was in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This stopover was used to carry out a crew changeover. Crew B that…
Response to Sinking of SS Cyclops off Cape Sable by U-123
By Captain Bob Desh Regent USCG (Ret’d) Foundation for Coast Guard History In the early evening hours of Sunday, Jan. 11, 1942, the German submarine U-123 attacked and sank the…
Royal Canadian Navy Ships Deploy to Indo-Pacific Region
On August 14, HMCS Ottawa, MV Asterix, and MV Asterix departed Esquimalt for the Far East. HMCS Ottawa and Vancouver are the second and third Royal Canadian Navy warships to…
Changes to Canadian Armed Forces Grievance and Harassment Process
On August 22nd, the Minister of National Defense announced changes to the military grievance and harassment process which implement Recommendations 7 and 9 of the Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR),…
Irving Shipbuilding Responds to Ottawa Citizen Article
– On August 15, 2023, David Pugliese, of Postmedia, a constant critic who relies on an irrelevant subject matter expert, published another inaccurate and misleading article about the National Shipbuilding…
Halifax International Fleet Week 2023
Halifax International Fleet Week will showcase Halifax as Canada’s defense and ocean hub with participation from Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) service members from across the country as well as the…
Exercise Noble Chinook Held in Northwestern Pacific
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard forces joined with allies from the Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for exercise Noble Chinook in the Northwestern Pacific on Aug.…
HMCS Montreal Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Adelaide
It appears that while HMCS MONTREAL was sailing between Sydney and Fremantle her Cyclone helicopter (serial number 148814) presented with issues, flew ashore off the Victorian coast and then flew…
Navy League Statement on Passing of Hugh Seagal
I am writing this afternoon with some very sad news regarding the Navy League of Canada’s Honorary Chairperson, Hugh Segal OC OOnt CD passed away last night at the age…