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The ceremony was conducted in two phases. To start, staff and invitees gathered on the small boat floats adjacent to building N126, where they heard remarks from the guest of honour, Rear-Admiral (RAdm) Christopher Robinson, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific.

“We’ve known for a while the new boats were coming, but now that they’re being rigged in Vancouver, they are no longer just an idea: they’ve become something tangible,” said Lieutenant (Navy) (Lt(N)) Ellery Down, RCN Sail Program Coordinator, during a recent inspection of the two yet-to-be-named Bavaria C45 sailboats at a contractor facility on Granville Island.

‘Time and tide wait for no one’ is an age-old adage that encourages us to seize opportunities when they arise while reminding us that, despite human aspiration, things are beyond our control. The motto is particularly relevant to the summer programme at Naval Fleet School Quebec (NFS(Q))

Pride and sense of accomplishment observable in the candidates themselves made the recent Raven graduation ceremony special.

During the forenoon of July 26, Captain (Navy) (Capt(N)) Matthew Coates, Commander Naval Training Group, presided over a ceremony that saw the command of HMCS Venture pass from Commander (Cdr) Mike Stefanson to Cdr Darren Sleen.Guests, including friends, family, and military colleagues past and present, gathered before the Collier Building at Work Point. The site was selected for its proximity to an important artifact, the mast of a past HMCS Venture that served as a naval officer training vesse...

The Raven Program began in 2003 and is marking its 20th anniversary this year. It is one of five Indigenous Summer Programs offered by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and is open to any Canadian who identifies as Indigenous and is between the ages of 16 and 57.

By Garth Meyer The most distant supermassive black hole ever found, a “kilonova” star collision, the first detection of a certain carbon molecule in space.

PO2 Chris Campbell, a Marine Technician instructor at NFS℗, recently became the second person in uniform and the first RCN member to earn a Level 3 qualification in the Canadian Armed Forces Instructor Development Program.

A select group of sailors and officers stepped foot on the bridge of a Canadian Type 26 frigate (albeit a full-scale replica) for the first time.