RCN/Korean KSS-III Completed Operational Exercises
The Republic of Korea’s Dosan Ahn Chang-ho (KSS-III, 3,000-ton class) submarine departed Jinhae Naval Base on March 25, 2026. Scheduled to arrive at CFB Esquimalt (Esquimalt Harbour) in Victoria, British…
2025 Year in Review: National Shipbuilding Strategy
Updates on National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) activities from January 1 to December 31, 2025. The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) is Canada’s long-term plan to renew the fleets of the Royal…
Canadian Navy Sailors Bring Joy to Disadvantaged Children in Da Nang
Officers and sailors from HMCS Charlottetown joined volunteer and cultural activities with children at a care center in Da Nang. Canadian Navy officers and sailors from HMCS Charlottetown brought laughter,…
HMCS Charlottetown Begins Vietnam Goodwill Visit
HMCS Charlottetown of the Royal Canadian Navy arrived at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang on May 15, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Vietnam as part of Operation Horizon…
HMCS Loch Alvie
Built at Whiteinch, Glasgow, she was launched as HMS LOCH ALVIE. Transferred to the RCN, she was commissioned on August 10, 1944, at Dalmuir, Scotland as HMCS LOCH ALVIE. She…
HMAS Toowoomba & HMCS Charlottetown TOWEX
Royal Canadian Navy Ship HMCS Charlottetown prepares to conduct Towing Exercises with HMAS Toowoomba while in the South China Sea.
The CAF Recruitment System is Failing Everyone
By J.L. Granatstein, May 5, 2026 Recruiting for the Canadian Armed Forces has been broken for decades. In 1995, the Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves reported “innumerable…
US Account of Exercise Balikatan 2026
The Philippines, United States, Australia, Japan, and Canada conducted a Multilateral Maritime Event off the western coast of Luzon as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026, April 23 – May 1.…
EOD Mobile Unit 12 Strengthens Partnership in Halifax with RCN
U.S. Navy technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWELVE (EODMU-12) and divers from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic completed a joint Subject Matter Expert Exchange…