Base Orderly News Today

The last few weeks have marked a noteworthy occurrence as S1 Oulton, her husband, Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Jonathan McGregor and their son, Naval Cadet (NCdt) Jaiden Brown, each served simultaneously at CFB Esquimalt.

Tribal Journey began in 1989 and has a different destination and host community each year. This year’s Canoe Journey 2023: Paddle to Muckleshoot event spanned 18 days from July 21 to Aug. 7. It involved approximately 10,000 paddlers along with hundreds of canoes and support staff from 65 First Nations Communities across B.C. and Washington. Indigenous paddling teams from as far as Hawaii and New Zealand also travelled to the Pacific Northwest to participate.