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VOLUME 46, ISSUE 2 � MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2012

It will be a longer than usual de-ployment for the ship’s company

of HMCS Charlottetown. Carrying250 sailors, a Sea King helicopterdetachment and an Unmanned Ae-rial Vehicle (UAV), the ship de-parted Halifax for OP METRIC onSunday Jan. 8, 2012, and will notreturn until mid-August 2012.

Along with family members andfriends of the ship’s company, dig-nitaries including Greg Kerr, Mem-ber of Parliament for West Nova,RAdm David Gardam, Command-er JTFA and MARLANT, and Capt(N) Scott Bishop, CommanderCanadian Fleet Atlantic, were pre-sent for the departure.

It’s the second overseas deploy-ment in a year for Charlottetown,which returned on Sept. 2, 2011from six months in the Mediterra-nean in OP MOBILE, as Canada’snaval contribution to the NATO-ledmission in Libya. During that mis-sion, Charlottetown was the firstCanadian ship to be fired upon andto return fire in a combat role sincethe Korean War. Since September,there has been a complete turnoverin the ship¹s company, said Capt(N) Bishop.

“The ship’s company has beenworking really hard for the last fewmonths, getting the ship ready to goand also getting themselves readyto go,” said Capt(N) Bishop.“They¹ve been working a lot of

weekends, a lot of overtime and thefamilies have supported them.”This mission will be very differentfrom the previous deployment, ac-cording to Capt(N) Bishop. UnlikeOP MOBILE, “which was in sup-port of the campaign in Libya, thereis no specific campaign that theship is going to plug into other thanthe ongoing fight against terrorism.The ship will be working withStanding NATO Maritime Group 2in the Mediterranean.”

OP ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR,NATO’s counter-terrorism effort inthe Mediterranean, is designed toprevent terrorist activity, as well asto enhance the security of shippingin general.

The embarked UAV detachment“is really exciting for the Navy,”said Capt(N) Bishop. “We have aScan Eagle UAV onboard the shipand personnel to operate it and dur-ing the deployment the Navy willget a lot of excellent experience inoperating these aircraft. Havingbeen the chief of current operationsat Lieutenant General Bouchard¹sheadquarters in Naples for the Li-bya campaign, I know first-handthe value of these UAVs and whatthey can do, the Scan Eagle in par-ticular.”

The RCN will learn valuable les-sons from the UAV during the de-ployment, says Capt(N) Bishop,“and I think it’s the way of the fu-ture for the Navy and we¹ll seemore of it in HMC Ships.”

Charlottetown’s CommandingOfficer, Cdr Wade Carter statedthat once the frigate in on station,“We’ll be part of a counter-terror-ism mission which effectivelymeans that we’ll be patrolling theMediterranean looking for weap-ons of mass destruction or constitu-ents that could be used to designsuch things, and so we potentiallycould be boarding vessels there andpatrolling the area, keeping our

eyes and ears open.”Charlottetown’s ship’s company

included several newlyweds, oneof them being MARS officer SLtEric Melady. He and his fiancéeMary got married in a quiet cere-mony at home, the day before thedeparture. “We were supposed tobe getting married in June,” saidSLt Melady. Instead of waiting, thecouple decided to move the date upand marry before he sailed.

“All of our families are back inOntario,” said Mary Melady. “Sowe called them, they supported it,and then we called a justice of thepeace to come over, and somefriends that we have here.”

At least one other newlywedsailed in Charlottetown. The em-barked photographer, FormationImaging Services technician CplRonnie Kinnie, got married a weekearlier.

HMCS Charlottetown sails to OP METRICBy Virginia BeatonTrident Staff

Gwen Belanger and her son Kyle bid farewell as her husband PO1 Rodrigue Belanger departs onboardHMCS Charlottetown. The ship sails for the Mediterranean Sea where she will participate in the NATO-ledOPERATION ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, tasked with finding and boarding ships suspected of participating interrorism.

MCPL MAXWELL MURPHY, FIS

You could spot the fans from thelook in their eyes.

Fifty lucky people got the chanceto meet players from the TorontoBlue Jays baseball team on Jan 12.They were lined up around theFleet Gym in HMC Dockyard, eachwith a piece of baseball memorabi-lia to have signed.

Three current players for theBlue Jays—J.P. Arencibia, BrettCecil, Eric Thames—and retiredhall of famer, Roberto Alomar vis-ited as part of the Blue Jays WinterTour. This tour consisted of visitsto Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Ha-lifax, and St. John’s. On Jan 12, theBlue Jays visited St. Stephen’s Ele-mentary school, CFB Halifax, andthe Halifax Metro Centre for the

Halifax Mooseheads’ hockeygame.

During their time at CFB Hali-fax, they visited the Officers’ Messat Juno Tower, and presented theFAdmO, Cdr Lin Paddock with asigned Blue Jays jersey. Cdr Pad-dock said that he intends to put thejersey in a shadow box and have itmounted beside the big screen inthe sports bar.

“It is truly great to have the BlueJays here,” said Cdr Paddock.“These guys are the future worldseries champions for 2012. I am ab-solutely a Toronto Blue Jays fan;they are Canada’s baseball team atthe major league baseball level. It’sgreat to have them out here to vis-it.”

The Blue Jays moved down toHMC Dockyard in the afternoon to

have lunch aboard their namesakeship, HMCS Toronto. They werewarmly welcomed by ship’s com-pany, and captain, Cdr Paul Forget,who also accepted a Blue Jays jer-sey, and gave the players HMCSToronto ball caps.

“These ball caps are part of ouruniform,” said Cdr Forget to theplayers, as he handed them out. Buthe wanted to make special mentionof the hat he gave to Alomar whichwas the skipper’s hat. “Just becauseyou are in the hall of fame,” he saidto Alomar. “When the rest of youget in the hall of fame, you cancome back.”

The players donned the caps asthey toured the ship, and had a seaton the bridge. They were able to askquestions from the tour guide, andother members of the ship’s com-

pany. The Blue Jays said they werequite surprised at the structure of aNavy ship, remarking on the nar-row passageways and inclined lad-ders to get from deck to deck.

“You get a lot of respect for what

they do, just seeing what it’s likehere,” said Alomar, during a con-versation with a member of Toron-to.

Toronto Blue Jays visit CFB Halifax

The Toronto Blue Jays were treated to a tour of HMCS Toronto duringtheir visit to CFB Halifax. Three current players—JP Arencibia, BrettCecil, Eric Thames—and hall of famer, Roberto Alomar visited as partof their Winter Tour with the Blue Jays.

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Globalement, un bon moralrègne dans la RNZN malgré la ré-cente initiative de civilariser cer-tains postes, ce qui fait que certainsGPM et certains grades s’inquiè-tent pour leur emploi. Le pro-gramme de civilarisation de laRNZN est une nouvelle initiativemise en œuvre pour essayer de re-vamper la marine et économiser del’argent. De même, la RNZNn’offre pas de régime de retraite etne verse de solde en mer que lor-sque les marins sont en mer. Lasolde des marins néo-zélandais estla même que celle des marins cana-diens, mais en dollars néo-zélan-dais, qui valent moins que les dol-lars canadiens. Il est donc fréquentde voir des jeunes membres de laRNZN vivre à bord du navire oudans les dortoirs de la base navale.Comme de nombreux marins vi-vent à bord, les cuisiniers font tou-jours le dîner et un repas du soir.

La nourriture à bord du HMNZSTe Kaha était incroyable. En Nou-velle-Zélande, l’élevage du mou-ton, d’animaux laitiers, de poulet etmême de cerfs est si répandu que laviande est toujours fraîche et dél-icieuse à bord. À chaque repas, il yavait trois choix de plat principal.Souvent, du steak et deux ou par-fois trois choix supplémentairesétaient offerts avec toujours denombreuses salades intéressantesau dîner, comme les salades de bet-teraves et de noix de pin, des sal-ades de fruits et des salades defruits de mer. On ne mangeait depouding qu’après le repas du soir.

Mon pouding préféré était la mean(mot néo-zélandais pour fantas-tique) croustade aux pommes avecdes brisures de chocolat cuites dansla croustade même. Toutefois, mal-gré la qualité de la nourriture, il n’yavait pas, contrairement à la Ma-rine canadienne, de soupe au reposà volonté et pas de toasts, de cé-réales ou de lait entre les repas. LesNéo-Zélandais ne boivent pasbeaucoup de lait (pas de distribu-trice de lait) et on ne peut avoir delait qu’au déjeuner, avec les cé-réales et le café. Une autre diffé-rence était que chaque marin se sertlui-même au bac de distribution.J’aimais bien ce processus parcequ’ainsi, mes portions n’étaient pastrop grosses et que je n’avais doncpas à jeter de la nourriture après. Lelibre-service au bac de distributionest une bonne idée parce qu’il y amoins de gaspillage de nourriture.Quand nous étions dans un portétranger pendant un dimanche nor-mal, les cuisiniers ne s’occupaientque du souper. Le reste du temps,nous avions de la viande surgelée,du fromage, du pain, des œufs et deslégumes pour faire notre proprebrunch sur le grill de la cuisine, cequi était plutôt différent, mais inté-ressant et agréable.

La RNZN assure la propreté deses navires et établit des postes denettoyage d’une façon similaire à lanôtre. Cependant, en raison del’état agité de la mer de Tasmanie etdu climat chaud, beaucoup de sels’accumule sur les ponts supé-rieurs. Par conséquent, la RNZNeffectue fréquemment un lavage etle brossage à l’eau douce de sesponts.

Les frégates de la classeANZACsont plus petites et plus ramasséesque les frégates des FC, avec des

coursives étroites et sinueuses et unpont supérieur à plusieurs niveauxauquel on accède la plupart dutemps, par souci pratique, par deséchelles et des panneaux de sauvet-age. Les mess sont plutôt petits– ilsaccueillent en moyenne de neuf àquinze marins–, mais ils sont bienplus ramassés et il y a très peu d’es-pace entre les bannettes et les ca-siers. De plus, les casiers sont mu-nis de verrous intégrés qui se bri-sent souvent ou dont la clé est in-trouvable; il n’est donc pas rare quemarins aient un casier qui ne fermepas. Une autre pratique curieuse estque la literie doit être renferméedans une couverture de toile pour lamer et qu’il n’y a pas de change-ment de draps; chaque marin estdonc responsable de laver les drapsqui lui ont été attribués. Le Te Kahavenait de faire installer une nou-velle buanderie avant notre dé-ploiement, avec des laveuses et dessécheuses industrielles, super effi-caces et rapides, ce qui était vrai-ment formidable. En raison de l’es-pace restreint des mess et du peud’espace de lavage offert, leshommes et les femmes à bord doi-vent souvent partager les mêmesespaces de douches et de lavabos.Cependant, les frégates de la classeANZAC n’ont pas les mêmes pro-blèmes d’eau douce que les fré-gates des FC et les marins néo-zé-landais n’avaient jamais entenduparler de pusser showers. À bord duTe Kaha, chaque mess s’était choisiun nom, ce qui était amusant et ren-forçait le moral. Parmi les noms lesplus fameux: Dog Pound, SunnyVale et Dutch Rudder.

Le travail des communicateursnavals, les Comms comme on ap-pelle mon métier dans la RNZN,diffère du nôtre au Canada. En ef-

fet, il met plus l’accent sur les sig-naux optiques. Compter sur les pro-jecteurs et les pavillons en opéra-tions était une chose à la fois uniqueet difficile pour moi, car le Canadan’utilise plus que rarement cesmoyens. C’était drôle d’effectuerles manœuvres d’officier de quartau pavillon et de recevoir les ré-ponses par projecteur. De plus, lescomm de la RNZN ne font pas de TIet sont de service tous les cinq joursau port d’attache, mais ne sont pasde quart comme quartiers-maîtres.Après le grade de matelot de 1reclasse, ils se spécialisent soit en ra-dio soit en transmissions de passe-relle comme timonier au graded’officier marinier. La RNZN n’apas de grade de matelot-chef et sesmatelots de 1re classe suivent lecours de formation au leadership.Une autre différence intéressanteest que les frégates de la classeAN-ZAC ne possèdent pas de salle desradios d’urgence et à cause del’étroitesse de la passerelle, les ma-rins doivent demander la permis-sion à l’officier de quart pour yentrer, une pratique qui demandedu temps pour s’y habituer. Deplus, leTe Kaha n’avait pas Interneten mer et un accès très limité auWeb à quai : dans tout le navire,seuls deux ordinateurs pouvaient yaccéder. Toutefois, il est possibled’accéder au courriel par l’intranetet par la transmission de messagesentre la terre et le navire. Les fré-gates de la classe ANZAC n’ontpas non plus de téléphone mini-M.

Les marins de la RNZN sont trèsfiers de leur uniforme. Ils les repas-sent même en mer. Une autre for-midable idée de la RNZN est que laplupart de ses marins, en particulierceux des grades subalternes, possè-dent une paire de combinaisons

qu’ils portent pour les tâches salis-santes, comme la peinture, le dé-barquement des ordures et le lavagedu pont. Les combinaisons sont trèspratiques et permettent de s’habill-er rapidement aux postes d’urgenceet de combat. Une autre différenceest qu’en raison de la taille réduitede la RNZN et de la fréquence desaffectations, les tenues de travail etles casquettes sont génériques pourtoute la RNZN. Il n’y a pas d’in-signe de navire, mais les marinsportent cependant leur insigne demétier sur leur tenue. Leurs uni-formes de cérémonie sont blancs etsemblables aux uniformes améri-cains, les matelots des grades sub-alternes portant le col marin et lebéret avec ruban d’identificationdu navire semblable à ceux de noscadets de la Marine. Les marins dela RNZN portent également parfoisdes shorts d’uniforme blancs avecmi-bas longs à cause de la chaleurdans laquelle ils naviguent souventet des ports tropicaux qu’ils vis-itent.

En conclusion, mon affectationen Nouvelle-Zélande a été très en-richissante. Elle m’a donné une oc-casion unique de naviguer dans lePacifique occidental, de braver leseaux démontées de la mer de Tas-manie et de parcourir les eauxcalmes du sud de la Chine. Vivredans une marine à la culture aussidifférente a aussi été une expé-rience étonnante, tout comme devoir de si nombreux ports de Nou-velle-Zélande, de Singapour etd’Australie. J’aimerais encouragertoute personne intéressée à prendrepart dans un déploiement avec OPREGULUS. La liste des positionspour l’année prochaine est divul-gué.

Bonne chance.

Échange avec la Nouvelle-ZélandePar Mat 1 Pamela VantNCSM Ville de Québec

This is the second of two parts. Partone appeared in the January 9 Tri-dent.

Overall the RNZ Navy (RNZN)has good morale despite the recentinitiative of the RNZN to civilian-ize some positions, thus makingsome trades and ranks (called rat-ings) concerned for their jobs. TheRNZN’s civilianization program isa new initiative being implementedto try and revamp the navy and savemoney. The RNZN has no pensionplan and they only earn sea paywhen at sea. They get paid similarwages as Canadian sailors but inNew Zealand dollars which are not

worth as much as Canadian dollars.Thus it is not uncommon for manyyoung RNZN sailors to live on-board ship or in the dorms on thenaval base; because so many sailorslive onboard ship the cooks alwayscook lunch as well as an eveningmeal.

The food onboard HMNZS TeKaha was amazing. New Zealandhas so many sheep, dairy, chickenand even deer farms, that the meatwas always fresh and delicious. Atevery meal there were always threemain course selections. Often steakplus two or sometimes three sidechoices were available and alwaysmany interesting salads at lunchsuch as beet and pine nut salad, fruitsalads and seafood salads. Theyonly eat duff after the evening

meal. My favorite duff was themean (New Zealand word for fan-tastic) apple crisp with chocolatechips baked into the crumble. How-ever, despite the great food theRNZN, unlike Canada’s navy hasno soup at stand easy and no toast,cereal or milk available betweenmeal times. New Zealanders don’tdrink much milk (no milk machine)and only had milk available atbreakfast for cereal and coffee. Afurther difference was that sailorsserves themselves from the steamline, I liked this process because Ididn’t get served too much, only toend up having to throw food out.Whenever we were in a foreign portduring a Sunday routine the cooksonly cooked a meal for supper. Therest of the day unthawed meat,

cheese, bread, eggs and some vege-tables were available for sailors tocook up their own brunch on thegalley grill which was rather differ-ent but interesting and fun.

The RNZN maintains a cleanship and conducts cleaning stationsin a manner similar to Canada’s;however due to the rough TasmanSea and the warm climate there is alot of salt buildup on the upperdecks therefore the RNZN fre-quently conducts major upper deckfresh water wash and scrub downs.

ANZAC frigates are smaller andmore cramped then CF frigateswith narrow winding passagewaysand a split multi-tiered upper deckmostly accessed for convenienceby ladders and escape hatches. Themess sizes are fairly small averag-

ing nine to 15 sailors but are muchmore cramped with very little spacebetween the bunks and lockers.Furthermore, the lockers had builtin locks that often broke and or hadno keys available so it was not un-common for sailors to have lockersthat didn’t lock. Another curiouspractice was that all bedding had tobe zipped up in a canvas like coverto secure it for sea and there is nolinen exchange so each sailor isresponsible for washing their ownassigned set of linen. Te Kaha hadjust installed a new laundry beforeour deployment with industrialsized super efficient and fast wash-ers and dryers which was really

Exchange with the RNZBy LS Pamela VantHMCS Ville de Québec

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Commodore Darren Hawco as-sumed command of Canadian

Fleet Atlantic (CANFLTLANT)during a change of command cere-mony held in HMCS Iroquois onThursday Jan 12.

“Your responsibility and mine,is to lead the fleet,” Cmdre Hawcotold an audience that included se-nior officers and NCMs ofCANFLTLANT. Enumerating up-coming events ranging from theHalifax Class Modernization Fri-gate Life Extension project to theNational Shipbuilding Procure-ment Strategy, Cmdre Hawco em-phasized, “I’m really jazzed to be tobe working together with you onthis.”

Cmdre Hawco succeeded Capt(N) Scott Bishop, who served asCOMCANFLTLANT from Dec21, 2011 until Jan 12. It was a briefbut enjoyable command, Capt(N)Bishop acknowledged. Showingthe audience a stack of papers, Capt(N) Bishop joked that it was the ac-tion items that his predecessor,Cmdre Laurence Hickey, had leftfor him.

Capt(N) Bishop noted thatCmdre Hawco’s naval career hadprepared him for his latest post,stating, “We will be the beneficiar-ies of his experience in the comingyears…We are making sure that thefleet is ready to be part of the fu-ture.”

RAdm David Gardam, Com-mander JTFA and MARLANT,commended Cmdre Hawco as “anaction- and results-oriented offi-cer.”

Capt(N) Scott Bishop, Order ofMilitary Merit, CD, joined HMCSDiscovery as a reservist in 1983 andtransferred to the Regular Force in1985. He specialized in navigationand completed the Destroyer Navi-gation Officer course and the mar-itime Advanced Navigation Offi-cer course, serving as Senior Navi-gation Instructor at the Naval Offi-cer Training Centre and asNavigating Officer in HMC ShipsChignector, Miramichi, Qu’Ap-pelle and Provider. Followingcompletion of a yearlong warfarecourse for future Operations RoomOfficers, the Lt(N) Bishop was pro-moted to LCdr and posted to Van-couver as Combat Officer.

LCdr Bishop was appointed Ex-ecutive Officer of Athabaskan in2000, followed by promotion toCommander in 2003. As Com-manding Officer of Halifax, thenCdr Bishop deployed with NATO’sStanding Naval Maritime GroupOne, participating in OP ACTIVEENDEAVOUR. In 2011, Capt(N)Bishop deployed on OP UNIFIEDPROTECTOR as the Chief of Cur-rent Operations in the CombinedJoint Task Force Headquarters. Hehas also completed staff appoint-ments ranging from serving as Di-rector of Strategic Communica-tions in the maritime Staff, to Di-rector of Transformation and Stra-tegic Planning for the Chief ofForce development, and ComanderFifth Maritime Operations Group.

Cmdre Darren Hawco, Merito-rious Service Medal (MSM), CD,graduated from the College Mili-taire Royale de St-Jean in 1989. Hehas served in a variety of ship and

shore appointments including aStanding Naval Force Atlantic staffappointment from 1993 to 1994,during which the squadron de-ployed for nine months to theAdriatic for OP SHARP GUARD,followed by a posting to CFNOS in1994 as the Navy’s Senior Ad-vanced Air Control Instructor.

Cmdre Hawco has served inHMC Ships Terra Nova, Ottawaand Vancouver. He was ExecutiveOfficer of Vancouver during OPAPOLLO during a seven-monthoperational tour as an integratedunit within the USS John C. Stennis

Carrier Battle Group, and wasCommanding Officer of Ottawaduring a second deployment to thePersian Gulf, this time in support ofOP ALTAIR as an integrated unitwithin the USS Boxer Expedition-ary Strike Group. This deployment,which concluded in 2007, earnedthen Cdr Hawco the MSM fromboth Canada and the US.

Cmdre Hawco then served as Ex-ecutive Secretary to the CMS forsix months before being promotedto Capt(N) and appointed DirectorMaritime Requirements Sea.

Cmdre Hawco attended the CF

Command and Staff College in2003 and earned a Masters in De-fence Studies. He returned to thecollege in September 2008 to attendthe National Security Programme1, earning a Masters in DefencePolicy and Management. He thenreturned to NDHQ as Director gen-eral Maritime Strategic Manage-ment and in December 2010, hewas selected for a one-year deploy-ment to Afghanistan as advisor tothe Commander ISAF within theCommander’s Initiatives GroupStaff.

New commander for CANFLTLANT

Commodore Darren Hawco, Commander CANFLTLANT, RAdm David Gardam, Commander JTFA andMARLANT, and Capt(N) Scott Bishop sign certificates during the change of Command Ceremony forCANFLTLANT.

CPL DAN BARD, FIS

By Virginia BeatonTrident Staff

great. Due to limited mess spacesand available wash places; itwasn’t uncommon for men andwomen onboard to have to sharethe same heads and wash place,however, the ANZAC frigatesdon’t have the same fresh water is-sues as CF frigates and the NewZealand sailors had never heard ofpusser showers. Onboard Te Kahaevery mess had chosen a messname which made things fun andboosted morale. Some of the morefamous mess names on ship includ-ed Dog Pound, Sunny Vale andDutch Rudder.

The Naval Communicators orComms as my trade is called in theRNZN, differed from Canada’s byhaving a far greater emphasize onvisual signaling. Relying on flash-ing light and flag hoist operational-ly, was both a unique and challeng-ing opportunity for me as Canadararely uses flag hoist or flashinglight anymore. It was fun to do offi-cer of the watch maneuvers by flaghoist and receive signals by flash-ing light. Furthermore RNZNcomms don’t do any IT and theystand comms duties every five daysin home port but they don’t standwatches as quarter masters. Afterthe rank of leading hand they spe-cialize in either radio or the bridgesignaling as yeomen at the petty of-ficer rank. The RNZN has no mas-ter seaman rank and their leading

hands have the leadership trainingcourse. Another interesting differ-ence is that ANZAC frigates haveno emergency radio room and thesmall bridge required a sailor to askpermission from the officer of thewatch to enter the bridge whichtook a while to get used to. Further-more Te Kaha had no internet at seaand very limited internet accesswhen alongside. Only two comput-ers on the entire ship could accessthe internet when alongside. Sail-ors do however have email capabil-ities through the intranet and theshore forwarding messages to andfrom the ship. There are also nomini M phones on ANZAC fri-gates.

RNZN sailors take great pride intheir uniforms. They even iron theiruniforms at sea. Another really

great idea they practice is that mostof their sailors particularly the low-er ratings have a couple pairs ofcoverall they wear for dirty jobslike painting, landing gash and up-per deck scrub downs. The cover-alls are very handy and allow forfast dressing at emergency and ac-tion stations. Another difference isthat because of the small size of theRNZN and frequent postings, theirwork dress and ball caps are genericRNZN. They don’t have individualship badges, they do however weartheir trade badges on their workdress. Their dress uniforms arewhite and similar to the Americans’dress uniforms with the lower rat-ings wearing the traditional bibsand sailor hats similar to our sea ca-dets with the ship’s hat band rib-bon. The RNZN also sometimes

wear white dress shorts with longknee socks due to the warm cli-mates they often sail through andthe tropical ports they frequent.

In conclusion, my deployment toNew Zealand was a very rewardingopportunity. It was a chance of alifetime trip to sail in the westernpacific, brave the raging TasmanSea and the smooth seas of southChina. It was so amazing to experi-ence a different navy and cultureand to see so many unique ports inNew Zealand, Singapore and Aus-tralia. I would encourage anyoneinterested to seek this deploymenton OP REGULUS. The latest list ofpositions for next year are out askyour divisional petty officer.

Good luck.

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Community Calendar

Blood donor clinicat Stadacona

On Friday Jan. 27 from 9 a.m.to 2p.m., there will be a blood do-nor clinic in the cafeteria of the CFHealth Services Centre (Atlantic)in Stadacona. For more informa-tion on locations, hours and ap-pointments, please call 1-888-236-6283.

Nominations for the 38thAnnual Provincial VolunteerAwards Ceremony

Do you know a volunteer youthor family within your organization/group or community that deservesrecognition? If so, RecreationNova Scotia wants to hear fromyou. Recreation Nova Scotia isseeking nominations for the 38thAnnual Provincial VolunteerAwards Ceremony. For more infor-mation go to www.recre-ationns.ns.ca/volunteerawards orcontact Linda at 425-1128. Nomi-nations are to be submitted to Rec-reation Nova Scotia on or beforeFeb. 28, 2012.

Upcoming DND eventsInternational Women’s Day is

March 8, 2012 and the Internation-al Day for the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination (IDERD) is March21, 2012. The Defence Team iscommemorating this year’s IWDunder the theme Staying Strong:Women’s Health and Well-Beingand the IDERD under the themeRacism in 2012 - A Reality Check!Events and awareness activitieswill be held in March across the or-ganization for both of these com-memorative events. To obtain co-pies of IWD and IDERD posters,please send your request to +EECom Events@ADM(HR-Civ)DDWB@ For more information onIWD and IDERD, visit the EECommemorative Events Intranetsite at http://hr.forces.mil.ca/eec-ece/ . The site includes a handbookon How to organize an EE com-memorative event. Regions arealso invited to send in their agen-das, success stories and photos viathis website.

La Journée internationale de lafemme (JIF) est 8 mars, 2012. LaJournée internationale pour l’élim-ination de la discrimination raciale(JIEDR) – est 21 mars, 2012. Cetteannée l’Équipe de la Défense com-mémore la JIF sous le thème Resterfortes : la santé et le mieux-être auféminin et la JIEDR sous le thèmeLe racisme en 2012 : l’heure juste .Divers événements et activités desensibilisation auront lieu en marsà la grandeur de l’organisation pourchacune de ces journées de com-mémoration. Pour obtenir des af-fiches de la JIF et de la JIERD,faites parvenir votre demande à

l’adresse +EE Com Events@ADM(HR-Civ) DDWB@Ottawa-HullPour en connaître davantage sur laJIF et sur la JIEDRvisitez le site In-tranet des Événements commémo-ratifs d’EE à l’adresse http://hr.forces.mil.ca/eec-ece/ . Le sitecomprend un manuel sur Commentorganiser un événement commém-oratif d’EE; de plus, les régionssont invitées à faire part de leursprogrammes, histoires de réussiteset photos via ce site. Un outil col-laboratif en ligne est disponible. Ilest particulièrement conçu pourque les organisateurs d’événe-ments commémoratifs d’ÉE dansl’ensemble du ministère restent encontact et échangent leurs idées etleurs connaissances. On invite lesBPR d’événements régionaux/lo-caux à s’y joindre au collaboration-hr-civ.forces.mil.ca/sites/eecom-mevents.

Events at the public librariesOn Wednesday Jan. 25 at 7

p.m., there will be a session titledBusiness Information for Entrepre-neurs.

Learn how to navigate the worldsof government programs and ser-vices, regulations and permits, tax-ation, importing and exporting,market research and much more.Presented by Canada Business–Nova Scotia. Cole Harbour PublicLibrary.

On Friday Jan. 27 at 1:30p.m.,there will be a presentation titledNunavut: Pictures of Change in theEastern Arctic. This is part of a se-ries of talks to provide a study ofthe people of Nunavut from earliesttimes to the present and an opportu-nity to examine issues that Cana-dian Inuit face on a daily basis. Theseminar will examine traditionalsociety, the change brought aboutby the arrival of Europeans, the lossof independence by Inuit, the landclaim agreement and the creation ofthe territory of Nunavut. KeshenGoodman Public Library.

On Saturday Jan. 28 at 2p.m.,there will be the first of a three-partseries presented by Lynn Brooks.Lynn is a member of the MasterGardeners of Atlantic Canada, anorganization dedicated to helpingnew gardeners and assisting in thegreening and beautification of theircommunities. Part 1 will includepractical ideas to plan and create ahome landscape that works for youand your family. Tantallon PublicLibrary.

Events at the MaritimeMuseum of the Atlantic

LEGO: Christmas City by theSea LEGO

Once again, a holiday classic.Thanks to the Owen Grace of theNova Scotia LEGO Users Group,

children and those young at heartcan explore the wonderful world ofHalifax. See the usually sites in awhole new way - the Naval Dock-yard, complete with Sea King hel-icopters, the Town Clock, char-ming row houses and new for 2012,a revamped Maritime Museum ofthe Atlantic.

There will be a scavenger hunt tofind the things that Owen has hid-den within the display. This year,try your hand at finding the items inthe 12 Days of Christmas. ThePipers Piping may be easy butwhere are the French Hens? Theexhibit will be available for view-ing during regular museum hoursuntil the end of January.

On Tuesday Jan. 24 at 7:30p.m., there will be a presentationabout HMS Fantome. Nearly 200years ago , the British brig Fantomeran ashore near Prospect whileleading a convoy to Halifax. It wasduring the third year of the War of1812 by which time Britain hadtaken Maine from the Penobscot tothe New Brunswick border, andhad repeatedly raided the Chesa-peake Bay area, burning the Amer-ican capitol in Washington in Au-gust 1814. Legend has it that Fan-tome was returning from the Chesa-peake laden with treasure from theraid on Washington. But the truth isa little more prosaic: Fantome wasescorting a convoy of five schoon-ers from British-held Castine,Maine, if the Royal Navy courtmartial and other documents are tobe believed. Yet some treasure hasbeen found at her wreck site. Howso?

A letter from John Young in Cas-tine to his son in Halifax, datedNov. 17, 1814, may reveal the an-swer. Join Professor EmeritusGeorge F. Young of Saint Mary’sUniversity for a look into the mys-tery of one of our province’s bestknown wrecks.

On Tuesday Feb. 28 at7:30p.m., there will be a presenta-tion titled Freedom by Reachingthe Wooden World: EscapingSlaves and the British Navy duringthe War of 1812. The British Navyentered Chesapeake Bay in March1813 to harass the American heart-land, drawing attention and troopsaway from the battlefields alongthe border between British NorthAmerica and the northern Ameri-can states and frontier territories.From the first appearance of theBritish Navy off Norfolk to the re-turn of the Chesapeake’s TangierIsland to the United States in March1815 enslaved Black Americansran to the British seeking freedom.

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Free events atDalhousie University

Ever wanted to know what it’slike to go to law school? Curiousabout current issues in the law? En-joy attending free lectures? Thenjoin us for the next Mini LawSchool lecture, titled The VirtuousLawyer: A Short Lecture... with aLong Appendix, with ProfessorsRichard Devlin and Jocelyn Dow-nie, Schulich School of Law. Thiswill take place on Wednesday Feb.15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Wel-don Law Building, Room 105,6061 University Avenue at Dal-housie University. Admission isfree and all are welcome.

On Jan 25 at 7p.m., there will bea presentation titled The Elements:Ethical Uses of our Resources. TheCanadian Centre for Ethics in Pub-lic Affairs and the Evolution Stud-ies Group at Dalhousie Universitypresent The Elements, a three-partseries examining the ethical uses ofour resources, food, oil and water.

PART 1: Food Ethical Issues inAgriculture: Organic, Locavoreand Genetic Modification. Key-note speaker is Dr. R. Paul Thomp-son, Professor and Director ofGraduate Studies, Institute for theHistory and Philosophy of Scienceand Technology, Department ofEcology and Evolutionary Biolo-gy, University of Toronto, and Re-spondents are Dr. Rylan Higgins,Department of Anthropology,Saint Mary’s University and Dr.Bohdan L. Luhovyym Applied Hu-man Nutrition Department, MountSaint Vincent University. Locationis the ScotiaBank Theatre Audito-rium, McCain Building, DalhousieUniversity. Admission is free and areception follows. This event issponsed by Mount Saint VincentUniversity, Department of Philoso-phy, Saint Mary’s University, Sit-uating Science Knowledge Cluster,International Development Stud-ies, Dalhousie University, and At-lantic School of Theology

CorrectionIn the January 9 Trident, the cap-

tion for the front page photo withthe article Échange avec la Nou-velle-Zélande incorrectly identi-fied the ship as HMNZS Te Kaha. Itwas in fact HMNZS Canterbury.Trident regrets the error.

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St. Brendan’s, StadaconaSunday Worship1015 – French Catholic Mass1115 – English Catholic Mass - Lt (N) Matthew Ihuoma1130 Wednesday – Weekday RC MassJan-Mar 2012 - 1st and last Wednesday of each month only1130 Friday – Ecumenical Service of Remembrance & Prayer

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Shearwater Chapel, ShearwaterSunday Worship0945 hrs – R.C. Mass - Lt (N) Michael Conteh1115 hrs – Protestant Worship -Lt (N) Leonard BednarProtestant Communion – First Sunday of each monthWeekday R.C. MassPlease see parish bulletin for days and times.

Baptisms & Marriages – By appointment“It is a good thing to go to the house of the Lord

2011 was an exciting year for thesubmarine community which saw amajor deployment and several im-portant advances in the programsdevelopment. HMCS CornerBrook conducted a successful five-month transit to the West Coast.During this deployment CornerBrook obtained excellent experi-ence while transiting through thePanama Canal and conducting ex-ercises with the US Navy.

As well, she continued the everimportant task of training new sub-mariners. Last year 34 of her per-sonnel completed this demandingprocess and earned their Dolphins.

The training involved in becom-

ing a submariner begins with the 10week Basic Submarine Qualifica-tion course and is followed up withintensive on the job training ashoreand at sea. Everyone who serves ona submarine, regardless of his orher trade, is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of the subma-rine’s systems and operations. Thisknowledge is then tested during anhour and a half board with seniormembers of the submarine’s crew.

Last spring Victoria completedher refit and was returned to the wa-ter where she continued prepara-tions to return to sea. She conclud-ed 2011 conducting surfaced work-ups and a port visit to Bangor, WAto conduct deperming prior to theChristmas leave period.

2012 will likely be an even moreexciting year as the submarine pro-

gram is about to make an importantleap forward. Victoria is now veryclose to becoming a fully oper-ational platform and will be thefirst weapon capable submarine inits class.

The work on Windsor has inten-sified and will undock in the nextcouple of months. It is expectedthat she will return to sea this falland before the year’s end we cananticipate two operational subma-rines with a submarine presence onboth coasts. Finally, work on Chi-coutimi is on schedule and it is ex-pected that she will undock beforethe end of the year. The progressbeing made today is setting thegroundwork for sustainable sub-marine operations in Canada. 2012is going to be a big year for the sub-marine program and it is a greattime to take an interest in the pro-gram.

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Dolphin CornerBy Lt(N) Paul MercerHMCS Corner Brook

Through each hallway, the play-ers were stopped for autographs, orjust for a chat, from the crew mem-bers. The tour ended with a photo ofthe players and the ship’s companyon the flight deck. Baseball capswere given to the crew from theBlue Jays.

Finally they arrived at the FleetGym where the 50 fans from CFBHalifax were eagerly waiting. LSJohn Brooks, lab staff at the E&Tdivision of CFNES, was a littlenervous to meet with Alomar.

“I’m a huge fan,” said LS Brookof Alomar. “And he’s a hall of fam-er now. He was one of the reasons Ipursued a job for two seasons at theRogers Centre.” LS Brooks wasthere to get his baseball hat signed.

“When I got the email that theguys were coming, I thought, ‘whatcan I get signed?’ It was either mylimited edition bat, or the baseball Igot from a pitching coach fromwhen I proposed to my wife at theballpark, or this hat.” LS Brooks ishoping to keep the hat as a familyheirloom, and that it will increasein value over the years.

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Depuis qu’il est revenu d’Afghanistan, en 2007, l’Ens1 Shaun Fevens s’est efforcé de se remettre de sesblessures pour être en mesure de reprendre sa carrière militaire et d’aller courir avec son fils Cole le longde la promenade de bois d’Eastern Passage, en Nouvelle Écosse.

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«Raconter la stricte vérité est lameilleure façon de communiquerce que vous avez vécu.» C’est leconseil que donne l’Enseigne devaisseau de 1re classe Shaun Fe-vens à toute personne désignéecomme porte-parole des FC.

Le 8 avril 2007, un dimanche dePâques, six soldats canadiens ontété tués lorsque le VBLIII dans le-quel ils se trouvaient a été touchépar un engin explosif à déclenche-ment par pression. Parmi les septmembres d’équipage présents àl’arrière du véhicule blindé léger,seul l’Enseigne de vaisseau de 1reclasse Fevens, qui était alors âgéde 24 ans et caporal au PrincessLouise Fusiliers (PLF) basé à Ha-lifax, a survécu à l’explosion. Il aété éjecté, il s’est brisé la chevillegauche et la jambe droite, et unéclat de shrapnel s’est logé dansson poignet droit.

L’explosion a tué le Cpl Chris-topher Paul Stannix (lui aussi ré-serviste au PLF), ainsi que le SgtDonald Lucas, le Cpl Aaron E.

Williams, le Sdt Kevin VincentKennedy, le Sdt David Robert-Greenslade et le Cpl Brent Po-land, membres du 2e Bataillon duRoyal Canadian Regiment(2RCR) de la BFC Gagetown.

L’Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re-classe Fevens est arrivé en Af-ghanistan en janvier 2007 et a étéaffecté à la Compagnie H du2RCR. L’attaque est survenuependant une patrouille dans le dis-trict de Maywand, dans l’ouest dela province de Kandahar. Pourl’Ens1 Fevens, c’était le débutd’une longue histoire.

«Lorsqu’un tel événement sur-vient, tout ne s’arrête pas là», a-t-il affirmé.

Depuis qu’il est revenu chezlui, il y a quatre ans, l’Ens1 Fe-vens s’est remis de ses blessures, afondé une famille, a été commis-sionné du rang et a participé à laCourse de 5km de l’Armée duCanada. Il travaille aujourd’hui auquartier général du SAFT et com-mencera le cours élémentaire

Être prêt à raconterson histoirePar l’Ens2 Blake PattersonAP SAFT

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From the beginning of Octoberuntil mid-November 2011,

HMCS St. John’s conducted druginterdiction operations in the Ca-ribbean in conjunction with a U.S.Coast Guard Law Enforcement De-tachment (LEDET) in support ofOP CARIBBE. While deployed, St.John’s reported to U.S. Joint Inter-agency Task Force South andDutch Commander Task Group4.4, whose mandate is to preventthe flow of drugs from SouthAmerica to North America andEurope. OP CARIBBE is Canada’scontribution to the international,U.S.-led force that also includes theUnited Kingdom, the Netherlands,Spain and France.

Canada is the latest allied nationto embark U.S. Coast Guard LE-DETs and St. John’s is the fourthCanadian warship to do so. TheU.S. holds agreements with coun-tries in the Caribbean, CentralAmerica, and South America thatenable LEDETs to board andsearch vessels suspected of carry-ing illicit drugs. LEDETs are theasset of choice for conducting at-sea interdictions since they are ex-perts in maritime law enforcementand bring extensive knowledge ofboarding procedures and tacticsusually unavailable to a warship.The U.S. Coast Guard has deployedspecialized teams aboard U.S. war-ships in known drug traffickingareas of the eastern Pacific Oceanand the Caribbean for several dec-ades. While Canadian warshipssuch as St. John’s offer extensivedetection and monitoring capabili-ties to identify suspicious vessels,they lack the legal authority, juris-diction and sophisticated capabili-

ty to conduct maritime law enforce-ment.

St. John’s provides a wealth ofexpertise to help in interdictionmissions: everything from simplelogistical support (accommoda-tion, transportation and equipmentstorage) to a wide range of com-mand and control systems inherentto a warship. Also, marine systemsengineers can repair seized vessels,bridge watch keepers and deckhands can man a vessel should aprize crew be required, the ship’sembarked helicopter provideslong-range transportation, detec-tion and surveillance, and the flightdeck allows for LEDET training.

To understand the value of aCanadian warship to LEDETs, onemust understand the capabilities ofthe smugglers. To transport their il-licit cargos, smugglers use vesselsranging from simple fishing boatsto camouflaged, self-propelledsemi-submersibles. Their tacticsrange from hiding in plain sight tohigh-speed skirting across the wa-ter at night. A multi-role frigatesuch as St. John’s can transitionfrom overt to covert status with thefull use of its combat sensor suite,an extremely useful capability forobserving patterns of life while re-maining undetected. When a vesselbecomes suspect, the ability to ringon high speed or deploy the em-barked helicopter is ideal for inter-cepting potential smugglers.

During the first patrol in interna-tional waters off the eastern coastof Honduras, St. John’s helped theU.S. Coast Guard retrieve morethan seven tonnes of cocaine on asubmerged semi-submersible thathad been interdicted by the U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk. TheCoast Guard delivered the smug-glers and seized drugs to U.S. Fed-eral Bureau of Investigation auth-orities ashore.

“To be able to communicate andcoordinate with JIATF South, toshare intelligence, to provide deter-rence and, simply put, to be part ofthe team that recovered seventonnes of cocaine that are now offthe streets of North America is ahuge success for the Royal Cana-

dian Navy,” said LCdr Kristjan Mo-naghan, HMCS St. John’s execu-tive officer, after completion of thepatrol. “These results clearly meetthe goals of the Canada First De-fence Strategy and that is for Cana-da to be a strong and reliable part-ner in the defence of North Amer-

ica.”During a second patrol, St.

John’s helped contain a semi-sub-mersible and two smugglers in thevicinity of Columbia. This bust in-volved three nations using both seaand air assets to box in the targetsand coordinate the capture. St.

John’s also covertly patrolled thearea to assess the patterns of life, aprocedure critical to spotting con-tacts of interest.

Building international relationswith our North American neigh-

Royal Canadian Navy operating in the Caribbean

By SLt Jeffery JoyceHMCS St. John’s

Meeting ourdomestic,continental andinternational CFobligations

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OP CARRIBE, and Canada’srole within it, represent a change inhow North America defends itself.The primary threat is no longerfrom a super power, but from smallorganizations, including drug car-tels and smugglers. The Royal Can-adian Navy is adapting to this newenvironment by integrating ourmulti-role frigates globally and bycontinuing our lengthy history oftraining for success at sea – no mat-ter what the operation.

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Il a également accordé plus de25 entrevues aux médias natio-naux et prononcé devant diversgroupes plusieurs discours sur cequ’il a vécu en Afghanistan.

Le mois dernier, il a fait une al-locution lors du souper-hommageAtlantic Maple Leaf 2011, à Hali-fax, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Le dînerde gala était organisé par la fonda-tion True Patriot Love et comptaitprès de 900 participants. Il a per-mis de recueillir de l’argent pourle fonds «Sans limites» ainsi quepour les centres de ressourcespour les familles des militairesd’Halifax et de Greenwood.L’honorable Peter MacKay, min-istre de la Défense nationale, etl’ancien chef d’état-major de laDéfense, le Général (retraité)Rick Hillier se sont égalementadressés aux convives.

Shaun Francis, le fondateur deTrue Patriot Love, a déclaré que lerécit de l’Ens1 Fevens est inspi-rant, car il pense que son témoig-nage permet de faire plus que depleurer la perte de nos camarades:il rend hommage à la vie.

Selon l’Ens1 Fevens, c’est là lamission d’un porteparole desForces canadiennes. Il ajoutequ’il n’a jamais planifié de jouerce rôle, mais que compte tenu del’intérêt soulevé au pays par l’at-taque du dimanche de Pâques, il aeu envie de raconter ce qui s’étaitpassé. Il est heureux de l’avoirfait.

Il précise que parler en publicl’a aidé à se remettre «en ne gar-dant pas seulement pour lui» cequ’il a vécu, mais au contraire, encommuniquant son expérience.Ainsi, il peut se sentir mieux sa-chant qu’il aide d’autres person-nes à guérir.

«Si mon expérience peut aiderquelqu’un, ce sera la cerise sur legâteau, dit-il. Je parle juste de cequi m’est arrivé alors que je fai-sais le travail que j’aime. C’estagréable et gratifiant de penserque je peux aider et inspirer desgens.»

Comme tous ceux à qui l’on apu demander de témoigner,l’Ens1 Fevens pense que la déci-sion revient à chacun. Il recom-mande seulement, d’après sapropre expérience, d’être bienpréparé, car parfois, on n’a vrai-ment pas le choix.

Il conclut: «Il s’agit d’une deces expériences qui vous tombedessus sans que vous vous y at-tendiez. Ce n’est pas nécessaire-ment un choix que vous faites.Pour moi, en tout cas, ce ne l’étaitpas.»

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“The honest truth about whatyou’ve experienced is really thebest story.” That’s the advice 2LtShaun Fevens has for anyoneasked to be a CF spokesperson.

On Easter Sunday, April 8,2007, six Canadian soldiers werekilled when their LAV III was hitby a pressure-activated explosivedevice. 2Lt Fevens, who wasthen 24 years old and a corporalwith the Halifax-based PrincessLouise Fusiliers (PLF), was theonly soldier of seven in the rearof the light armoured vehicle tosurvive the blast. He was thrownclear and suffered a shattered leftankle, a broken right leg, and ashrapnel wound to his right wrist.

The explosion killed CplChristopher Paul Stannix (anoth-er PLF reservist), as well as Sgt.Donald Lucas, Cpl Aaron E. Wil-liams, Pte Kevin Vincent Kenne-dy, Pte David Robert Greensladeand Cpl Brent Poland, membersof the 2nd Battalion, The RoyalCanadian Regiment (2 RCR) ofCFB Gagetown.

2Lt Fevens arrived in Afghan-

istan in January 2007 and was as-signed to H Company of the 2RCR. The attack occurred whilehis crew was on patrol in theMaywand district in the westernpart of the Kandahar Province.For 2Lt Fevens, it was the start ofa long journey.

“It’s not the end of the roadwhen something like that hap-pens,” he said.

Since returning home fouryears ago, 2Lt Fevens has reco-vered from his injuries, started afamily, commissioned from theranks, and completed a CanadaArmy Run five-kilometre race.He now serves at LFAA Head-quarters awaiting the start of hisBasic Intelligence Officer’sCourse in January.

He’s also conducted more than25 interviews with nationalmedia and made several speechesto groups interested in his experi-ences in Afghanistan.

One of those speaking engage-ments was last month at the At-lantic Maple Leaf 2011 NovaScotia Tribute Dinner in Halifax.The black tie event presented bythe True Patriot Love Foundationwas attended by nearly 900 peo-ple and helped raise money forthe Military Families Fund, theSoldier On Fund, and the Halifaxand Greenwood Military FamilyResource Centres. Other guestspeakers at the event included theHonourable Minister of NationalDefence Peter MacKay and for-mer Chief of the Defence StaffGen (ret’d) Rick Hillier.

Shaun Francis, the founder of

the True Patriot Love Founda-tion, said he was inspired by 2LtFevens’ story because it providesthe chance to do more thanmourn lost comrades – it gives usthe chance to celebrate life.

For 2Lt Fevens, that’s what be-ing a spokesperson for the Cana-dian Forces is all about. He saidhe never planned to be a spokes-person, but owing to the nationalinterest in the Easter Sunday at-tack, he was willing to help tellthe story. He’s glad he did.

He said speaking publicallyhelped him recover because hisexperiences “don’t stay bottledup.” Instead, by sharing them, hebenefits from knowing hisexperiences can help others withtheir recovery.

“If that helps somebody out,that’s icing on the cake,” he said.“I’m just speaking about myexperience – doing the job I lovedoing. It’s cool and gratifying tothink that could help somebodyor inspire them.”

As for others who may beasked to speak about their experi-ences, 2Lt Fevens said everyonehas to decide for themselves ifthey want to share their story. Allhe recommends, based on hisexperience, is to be prepared.Sometimes, he said, you may nothave much choice.

“It’s one of those things thatyou’re going to find yourself inthat position,” he said. “It’s notreally going to be something youchoose – for me it wasn’t any-way.”

Be ready to tell your story

By A/SLt Blake PattersonLFAA PA

By sharing hisexperience,soldier helpsothers withtheir recovery

After nine weeks of drill, rangepractice, patrolling techniques,checkpoint procedures and convoyexercises, the 1,400 Afghan Na-tional Army soldiers on parade atthe Regional Military TrainingCentre–West, near Herat in west-ern Afghanistan, deserved everymoment of the praise and recogni-tion they received during the cere-mony marking their successfulcompletion of Basic Warrior Train-ing (BWT).

So did their instructors, who aresenior soldiers of the Afghan Na-tional Army, and the 15 CF mem-bers deployed in Herat to supportand assist them.

This BWT serial was the firstcourse conducted at RMTC-Westwith the assistance of CanadianForces training advisors.

“Our role as advisors is to ob-serve how the Afghan National Ar-my conducts BWT courses, helpthem fine-tune their instructionmethods, and set the conditions forRMTC-West to become an endur-ing institution,” said senior advisorCapt John Miller.

CF training advisors arrived inthe Herat area in October 2011 aspart of the initial rotation of Cana-da’s contribution to the NATOTraining Mission–Afghanistan.They have already learned a lotabout their ANA counterparts andthe Afghan National Army in gen-eral.

“The BWT instructors are highlymotivated and dedicated to im-proving the situation in Afghanis-tan, and the recruits are proud to be-come members of the ANA,” saidadvisor Master Corporal Rob Cov-elli.

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HMCS Vancouver completessuccessful Mediterranean missionBy Lt (N) Tony WrightHMCS Vancouver

AB Jill Bagg fires the .50 caliber machine gun at an air target withassistance from AB Luc Pelletier and PO1 Kelly Webb. HMCS Vancou-ver conducted machine gun training while on patrol in the Mediterra-nean Sea.

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JANUARY AT A GLANCE

Top Fuel for Top PerformanceJan 18 & 25 0830-1530 hrs Stadacona

Mental Fitness & Suicide Awareness: GeneralJan 19 0800-1600 hrs Stadacona

Managing Angry MomentsJan 20 - Feb 10 (Fridays) 0800-1200 hrs Stadacona

Injury Reduction Strategies for Sports and Physical ActivityJan 23 0800-1200 hrs Shearwater

Butt Out Self-Help ProgramTuesdays 1045-1200 hrs StadaconaWednesdays 1100-1200 hrs Shearwater

FEBRUARY AT A GLANCE

Weight Wellness Lifestyle ProgramFeb 2 - Mar 8 (Thursdays) 1300-1500 hrs Stadacona

Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling Awareness: Supervisors’ TrainingFeb 8 - 9 0800-1600 hrs Shearwater

Family Violence Awareness for SupervisorsFeb 10 0800-1200 hrs Dockyard

Top Fuel for Top PerformanceFeb 15 & 22 0830-1530 hrs Shearwater

Mental Fitness & Suicide Awareness: Supervisors’ TrainingFeb 16 0800-1600 hrs Shearwater

Injury Reduction Strategies for Sports and Physical ActivityFeb 20 0800-1200 hrs Stadacona


MARCH AT A GLANCE

stress.calmMar 2 - 23 (Fridays) 0800-1200 hrs Stadacona

Basic Relationship TrainingMar 2, 3 & 4 1830-2030 hrs,

0900-1500 hrs, 0900-1200 hrs Shearwater

Injury Reduction Strategies for Sports and Physical ActivityMar 12 0800-1200 hrs Shearwater

Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling Awareness: Supervisors’ TrainingMar 14 - 15 0800-1600 hrs Windsor Park

Mental Fitness & Suicide Awareness: General Mar 22 & 23 0800-1200 hrs Dockyard


APRIL AT A GLANCE

Top Fuel for Top PerformanceApr 11 & 18 0830-1530 hrs Stadacona

Family Violence Awareness for SupervisorsApr 13 0800-1200 hrs Shearwater

Mental Fitness & Suicide Awareness: Supervisors’ Training Apr 19 & 20 0800-1200 hrs Stadacona

Injury Reduction Strategies for Sports and Physical ActivityApr 19 0800-1200 Stadacona

Managing Angry MomentsApr 20 - May 11 (Fridays) 0800-1200 hrs Stadacona

Weight Wellness Lifestyle ProgramApr 23 - May 14 (Mondays) 1800-2000 hrs Windsor Park

Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling Awareness: Supervisors’ Training Apr 25 - 26 0800-1600 hrs Shearwater


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2011/2012 Cock of the Walk StandingsSOCCER GOLF BHOCKEY FIT CHALL SLO PIT RUNNING BADM VBALL SQUASH POINTS PLACE

CFNES 55 70 65 70 80 50 80 100 30 600 1st

LFAA/Hlth SVCS 10 85 20 85 65 65 65 85 45 525 2nd

CFMWC / FMFCS 70 55 35 55 20 80 50 55 60 480 3rd

TRI/ADAC 40 40 80 10 35 20 20 30 0 275 4th

MARLANT/FMPD 25 10 0 100 50 0 35 40 0 260 5th

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The importance of functionaltraining has grown over the pastnumber of years and is widely usedin training tactical athletes to pre-vent injury, increase performance,stability and strength. Health andfitness is a critical component tothe lifestyle of military personnel.The benefits of functional trainingare directly related to commontasks for the military. These tasksinclude carrying out physical jobrequirements, as well as improvingstrength and performance to meetunpredictable situations.

To kick off the New Year,STADPLEX PSP fitness staff haveofficially opened a functional train-ing gym. The fitness staff havebeen working hard over the pastnumber of years to get this room upand running for classes, rehabilita-tion and advanced training tech-niques.

Functional training involves per-forming exercises that can be trans-lated into activities for daily living.

Functional exercises were original-ly designed for rehabilitation pur-poses to help clients recover frominjury and return to their jobs or lifeinjury free and independent. Thefunctional gym includes TRX sus-pension training, Airdyne condi-tioning bikes, Concept 2 Rowers,slide boards, kettlebells, resistancebands, Olympic Bumper plates andbars. Many functional trainingtechniques can be performed usingthis equipment such as squats anddeadlift variations, Olympic lifts,and much more.

There will be two noon-hour

classes in the functional gym, TRXsuspension training on Thursdayand a range of motion class on Fri-day. Lunch and Learn instructionalclasses will also be provided to be-ginners and advanced lifters. Dur-ing drop-in hours, the functionalgym will operate on a buddy sys-tem due to location and accessibil-ity for the safety of members.

We are thrilled about the open-ing of the gym and hope that every-one enjoys using the space. Here isthe functional gym schedule whichcan be found at the front desk uponentering STADPLEX.

STADPLEX opens functional gymBy Maria ChalkerPSP Fitness and Sports Instructor

Functional gym hours of operation

1. What player is annually awardedthe Barry Ashbee Trophy? 2. Has a Toronto Maple Leaf playerever won the Art Ross trophy asleading scorer? 3. Who are the Los Angeles Sol? 4. What Melville Sask. born base-ball player wore # 21 for the Astrosfor 13 seasons?5. Who was nicknamed The Great-est? 6. What is the meaning of the col-our of the five Olympic rings? 7. Freddie Mercury was thinkingabout this sport when he wrote “Weare the champions.” 8. Which Oriole manager waskicked out of the most games at 91?9. Who has appeared on the SportsIllustrated cover the most times? 10. In which league did the ScottishClaymores play? 11. What is located at 700 CentralAvenue, Louisville, Kentucky? 12. Who was on the KLM line? 13. The top defensive back in col-lege football wins this award? 14. What F1 driver died on the Zol-der Circuit while driving a Ferrariin 1982? 15. Where does a basketball powerforward play on defense? 16. The Dick Howser award isawarded for this? 17. In Slapshot who explains thefiner points of the game during a tvinterview? 18. 1890 saw the beginning of thisclassic military college footballgame? 19. What player wins the award af-ter being judged to have excelled inindividual achievement and teamcontribution while adhering to thehighest ideals of the game of base-ball for Canadian players? 20. Who is the stadium where theAlouettes play named for?

Answers

1. Philadelphia Flyers most out-standing defenseman2. No. The award was first given in1948. Gordie Drillon led the leaguein 1938 as did a few others beforehim.3. Soccer team in the WPS- Wom-en’s Professional Soccer and thatleagues first champion.4. Terry Puhl5. Muhammad Ali6. The five colors of the Olympicrings and the white backgroundhave at least one color of every na-tion’s flag in them.7. Soccer8. Earl Weaver9. Michael Jordan, 49 times10. WLAF, aka NFL Europe.11. Churchill Downs, home of theKentucky Derby.12. Vlad Krutov, Igor Larionov andSergei Makarov13. Jim Thorpe Award14. Gilles Villeneuve, May 8.15. They play under the basket in azone defense or against the oppos-ing power forward in man-to-mandefense16. Player of the year in NCAABaseball.17. The goalie. His name is DenisLemieux and was portrayed byYvon Barrette.18. Annual Army-Navy game. In112 games Navy is ahead 56-49with 7 ties19. Tip O’Neill Award20. Percival Molson Stadium. Mol-son lost his life as a Captain of Prin-cess Patricia’s Canadian Light In-fantry in the First World War. Hewas a gifted athlete and was namedtop athlete at McGill for three yearsas he played numerous sports andin his will he bequeathed money tobuild a stadium at McGill.

Sports triviaBy PO1 Bill SheridanNCSM Ville de Québec

The 2012 Recreation FloorHockey League will begin on Feb.7, 2012. The league takes place atSTADPLEX on Tuesdays andThursdays at noon. Players do nothave to belong to the same unit, butcan only play for one team (exceptfor goalies).

This year, the PSP fitness andsports staff will offer statistics.This will be the first go at stats withthe Rec Floor Hockey League, butfor those who are familiar withGoaline for the Labatt’s HockeyLeague, PSP staff will be workingwith that website. Fitness andsports staff will require a roster ofplayers who are playing or who an-ticipate playing this year for eachteam. Before each game, the offi-cial will hand over the game sheetto the captain who will only have towrite the jersey numbers beside thenames and cross out the names ofplayers who aren’t attending thatmatch.

Fitness and sports staff also arelooking for volunteer officials tohelp officiate.

The COTW squash champion-ship was held at STADPLEX from

Dec. 1 to 9, 2011. Units partici-pating in the challenge includedCFMWC/FMFCS, CFNES, LFAAand CF H SVCS(A).

Each participant was seeded A,B, C, or D. Participants played around robin tournament withintheir seed to determine the winnerof each division. The winning teamwas decided by the combination ofpoints from all four seeds in theparticipating unit.

In the round robin, seed resultswere as follows:A Seed winner,LCdr Melnychuk, CFNES; B Seedwinner, LCdr Scurlock, FMFCS/CFMWC; C Seed Winner: CPO1Sicard, FMFCS/CFMWC; and DSeed winner, WO Locke, LFAA.

In final results, FMFCS/CFMWC led with 45 points; LFAAcame second with 35; CFNES inthird place with 31; and CF HSVCS (A) in fourth place with 0.

Sports updatesBy Trident Staff

COTW Squash took place from Dec 1 to 9, 2011. Winners are, fromleft to right: A Seed winner, LCdr Melnychuk, CFNES; D Seed winner,WO Locke, LFAA; C Seed winner, CPO1 Sicard, FMFCS/CFMWC; andB Seed winner, LCdr Scurlock, FMFCS/CFMWC.

CONTRIBUTED

HMC Ships Ville de Québec andHalifax each won five straightgames in this year’s Cock of theFleet (COTF) Ice Hockey tourna-ment which ran during the week ofJan 9 - 13. Each cleared the roundrobin elimination and won theirsemi-final games, and faced offagainst each other in the finals onthe 13th.

A large crowd from each shipfilled the bleachers at ShannonPark Arena, each shouting andcheering for their respective ship-mates on the ice.

The game started at 1 p.m., andthe players from Halifax were

quick to lead the offense againstVille de Québec. Five minutes intothe game, and with lots of earlypressure, Halifax had earned theirfirst point. A minute later, Ville deQuébec had a powerplay that gotthem tied up, and then one morepowerplay goal to make it 2 - 1,Ville de Québec.

Nine minutes in, Halifax had thepowerplay and tied it up again. Theaudience was looking forward to aquick-paced close match up. Bothteams played with plenty of energyas they raced back and forth. Ship’screw cheered at every penalty, ev-ery close call, and every goal withenthusiasm.

At ten minutes in, Halifax shootsa slapshot that hits Ville de Qué-bec’s goalie, but he loses the puck,and it trickles into the net. Halifax-fans go wild with excitement. Tenmore minutes of play leave thescore at 3 - 2, for Halifax.

Due to time constraints eachCOTF Ice Hockey game is split in-to halves instead of periods. Thesecond half gets another goal for

Halifax during the powerplay,making it 4 - 2, but shortly after,two Halifax players get penalties,and Ville de Québec get a shot at a 5on 3; they quickly call a time out.

With six minutes left in thegame, Ville de Québec take advan-

tage of the powerplay and bring thescore to a manageable 4 - 3.

Halifax quickly responds with atwo-man on one play where theymanage to sneak another goal pastthe goalie. Two minutes left in thegame, Halifax breakaway erasesany hope of victory for Ville deQuébec. Halifax wins 6 - 3.

“We have a very strong defen-sive team,” said OS Joseph Claire-

mont, Naval Electronics SensorOperator for Halifax and goalie ofthe game. “They spend a lot of timemaking sure they block shots andclear the front of the net; this gamewas probably the most difficultgame so far.”

Players were awarded the COTFtrophy, and were congratulated bytheir CO, Cdr Chris Peschke whowatched the final game.

HMCS Halifax cleans up in hockey tournament

By Benjamin J. DeLongTrident Staff

HMC Ships Halifax and Ville de Québec faced off for the final game of the 2012 COTF Ice Hockey tourna-ment at Shannon Park Arena on Jan 13. Halifax won the competition, undefeated.

BENJAMIN J DELONG, TRIDENT STAFF

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Comment est-ce que l’ALFCs’assure que les loyers sont équit-ables? Pourquoi est-ce que le loyerpeut être ajusté même si le loge-ment n’a subi aucun changement ouaucune amélioration?

Les changements au marché pri-vé sont la cause des changementsaux frais de gîte. Chaque année, laSociété canadienne d’hypothèqueset de logement (SCHL) établit lesfrais de gîte par l’entremise d’uneévaluation des valeurs d’une sélec-tion représentative de logements àchaque site. La SCHL compare leslogements du MDN à ceux du mar-ché privé, en tenant compte de leurtype, leur taille, leur âge, leur con-dition, ainsi que leur proximité aux

services environnants. Les frais degîtes qui sont établis pour les loge-ments du MDN varient selon cetteévaluation, et reflètent ceux dumarché privé local.

Pourquoi y a-t-il un ajustementchaque année?

C’est la politique du gouverne-ment du Canada de veiller à ce queles frais de gîte pour les logementsde l’État soient comparables à ceuxdu marché privé local. Cette poli-tique assure l’équité pour tous lesmembres des Forces canadiennes(FC), peu importe où ils choisissentde vivre. Si l’Agence figeait lesloyers, ou si ceux-ci étaient établisen dessous de ceux du marché privélocal, plus de 85% des membres desFC qui vivent dans des logementsdu marché privé en seraient désa-vantagés. Les frais de gîte ne fontpas partie du régime de rémunéra-tion des membres des FC, et ils neconstituent pas non plus un avan-tage social. Les politiques de loge-ment du Conseil du Trésor et duMDN sont en place pour garantirque les frais de gîte pour les loge-ments de l’État soient justes et quetous les employés du gouverne-ment soient traités équitablement.De plus, en figeant les frais de gîteon créerait un avantage imposablepour les occupants.

Et si un changement importantau marché local produisait uneforte hausse des frais de gîte?

Des mesures ont été mises enplace afin d’assurer que les occu-pants des logements gérés parl’ALFC ne subissent pas des hauss-es à leurs frais de gîtes tropgrandes. Les frais de gîte n’aug-menteront pas de plus de 100$ parmois, peu importe la valeur évaluéepar la SCHL. Si les frais de gîte re-

présentent plus de 25% du revenubrut d’un ménage, les locatairespeuvent soumettre une demande deréduction de ceux-ci. En outre,l’Ontario, la Colombie-Britan-nique et le Manitoba ont des lois etdes règlements qui contrôlent lesloyers et qui limitent l’augmenta-tion des frais de gîte à un certainpourcentage. Ces lois sont respect-ées lors des ajustements des frais degîte dans ces provinces.

L’ALFC a récemment en-voyédes lettres aux occupants deslogements de l’Étatafin de partager-

les résultats du processus d’ajuste-mentsdes frais de gîte de cette an-née. Ces lettresfournissent un mini-mum de 90 jours d’avis pourleschangements qui prendront effet le1er avril 2012.

Veuillez communiquer avecvotre Centre de services de loge-ment pour obtenir de plus amplesrenseignements ou si vous êtes un

client et vousn’avez pas encorereçuvotre lettre au sujet du rajustementdes frais de gîte.Toutes les coor-données de l’ALFC etde plus am-ples renseignement concernantlerajustement des frais de gîte et lesdispositions relatives à l’abordabi-lité sont disponible surle site Webde l’ALFC au www.cfha-alfc.forces.gc.ca

Pourquoi les loyers des logements du MDN changent-ils chaque année?Par Kristen BustardAgente de communications,Agence de logement des Forcescanadiennes

Les changements au marché privé sont la cause des changements aux frais de gîte. Chaque année, laSociété canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (SCHL) établit les frais de gîte par l’entremise d’uneévaluation des valeurs d’une sélection représentative de logements à chaque site. La SCHL compare leslogements du MDN à ceux du marché privé, en tenant compte de leur type, leur taille, leur âge, leur condi-tion, ainsi que leur proximité aux services environnants. Les frais de gîtes qui sont établis pour les loge-ments du MDN varient selon cette évaluation, et reflètent ceux du marché privé local. Shelter charges are set annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) by appraisingthe value of a representative selection of housing units at each site. During this process, CMHC comparesDND housing units to houses in the private market, looking at factors like type of unit, size, age, generalcondition and how close they are to various amenities. Shelter charges for DND housing units vary be-cause of these factors, and they reflect the rent charged for comparable houses in the local market.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CFHA

Démystifier lesajustementsannuels desfrais de gîtes

Did you know that the CanadianForces Housing Agency

(CFHA) is a part of the Departmentof National Defence (DND) andcannot earn a profit on the housingit provides? In fact, all of the rentmoney collected from occupantsgoes back into the operation andmaintenance of the housing portfo-lio.

These are some common ques-tions and misconceptions about therent adjustment process:

How does CFHA ensure that theshelter charges (or rent) collectedare fair? Why is my rent adjustedwhen there have been no changes orimprovements made to my home?

All rent adjustments are drivenby changes in the market. Sheltercharges are set annually by the Can-ada Mortgage and Housing Corpo-ration (CMHC) by appraising thevalue of a representative selectionof housing units at each site. Dur-ing this process, CMHC comparesDND housing units to houses in theprivate market, looking at factorslike type of unit, size, age, generalcondition and how close they are tovarious amenities. Shelter chargesfor DND housing units vary be-cause of these factors, and they re-flect the rent charged for compara-ble houses in the local market.

Why are rents adjusted annual-ly?

It is the policy of the Govern-ment of Canada to ensure that shel-ter charges for Government hous-ing are comparable to the rentcharged for similar homes in the lo-cal private market. This ensuresfairness for all CF members, re-gardless of where they choose tolive. If the department froze rentsor charged less than market value, itwould not be fair to the more than85 percent of CF members whohave chosen to live in accommoda-tions in the private market. Sheltercharge is not part of a CF member’scompensation package and is not abenefit. Treasury Board and DNDaccommodation policies are inplace to ensure that the sheltercharges set for Crown housing arefair, and that all government em-ployees are treated equitably. Also,freezing shelter charge below mar-ket rates would create a taxablebenefit for occupants.

What if the market changes sub-stantially and results in a high rentincrease?

There are measures in place toensure that people living in CFHAhousing will not experience a rentadjustment that is too large. Shelter

charges cannot be increased bymore than $100 per month, regard-less of the CMHC appraisal value.If the shelter charge representsmore than 25 percent of the grosscombined household income of theoccupants, customers can apply tohave the shelter charge reduced.Additionally, Ontario, British Co-lumbia and Manitoba have rent-control legislation that restricts theshelter charge increase to a certainpercentage. This legislation is ad-hered to when adjusting sheltercharges in these provinces.

The CFHA has recently sent let-ters to DND Housing Occupants toprovide information on the resultsof this year’s shelter charge adjust-ment process. These letters provide90 days advance notice of the ad-justments that will take effect onApril 1, 2012.

Please contact your local Hous-ing Services Centre for more infor-mation or if you are a customerandhave not yet received your let-ter of notification of rent adjust-ment. All contact information forCFHA and more information onshelter charge adjustments and pro-visions on affordability can befound on the CFHA website atwww.cfha-alfc.forces.gc.ca.

Why does rent for DNDhousing change annually?Demystifyingthe AnnualShelter ChargeAdjustmentsBy Kristen BustardCommunications Officer, CanadianForces Housing Agency

Winter has finally arrived andwith it comes an opportunity

to enjoy the many blessings thatthis season brings. I must confessthat I am not a big fan of winter butwhen it arrives we have to make thebest of it and search diligently forGod’s blessings and truly enjoywhat we have. We have the oppor-tunity to go skiing, sliding or skat-ing on the Oval with our kids andfamily or simply a nature hike on afrosty afternoon. God calls us totake time for ourselves, familiesand friends and enjoy and appre-ciate the blessings of the season.

Recently, my daughter and I hadthe opportunity to go skating on theOval which we both enjoyed verymuch. It was a beautiful cold Sat-urday afternoon that was followedby a steaming cup of hot chocolateat a local coffee shop. To top of ourquality time together we decided togo home and bake a cake and enjoyeach other’s company for the rest ofthe afternoon. I have to admit, shewas the baker and I was the helper.We started by adding the most im-portant ingredients first, so sheadded in flour, eggs, sugar and thecake mix, along with the other nec-essary ingredients and mixed themall together into a big bowl. Thenwe baked the cake and after it

cooled, put the icing on the outside.As we were baking the cake I be-

gan to reflect on the significance ofthe key ingredients and how essen-tial they were to baking a greatcake. Our spiritual lives today areno different; we need to add the es-sential key spiritual ingredients inour day to day lives if we want thebest results. As we journey throughlife and as we face the challengesand demands of yet another winterseason there are many spiritual in-gredients that we can use to lift ourspirits and our attitudes. It can be-come all too easy to say, “ It is toocold out today to go skating or it istoo frosty out to go skiing.” If weadd in excuses and negativity as ourkey spiritual ingredients, we mayturn out a little dry and spirituallydeflated.

At this time of year, we are calledto nourish ourselves by stayingpositive, finding time to spend withthose we treasure most, whether itbe skating, skiing or building asnowman on a snow day. When wethrow in time, energy, exercise,positivity, love and support we arewell on the way to rising above thechallenges and demands of the win-ter season and continuing to live ahealthy, enthusiastic and spiritfilled life. As we move forward to-gether let us take a moment and digout our spiritual recipe book whereeveryday key ingredients can beused to support ourselves and oneanother. Let us take time and createa great spiritual recipe for our-selves, who knows, the end resultmay be surprising.

Key ingredientsPadre’s Corner

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On Dec. 14, 2011, the Command-ing Officer of HMCS Athabaskan,Cdr Mike Davie, and members ofAthabaskan’s ship’s company pre-sented a cheque to IWK Founda-tion representative Geoffrey Mil-der.

The presentation is another ex-ample of the hard work and gene-rosity of all members of the ship’scompany in supporting variouscharity fundraising activities overthe past year.

Recently, Athabaskan was rec-ognized as the highest contributingship within the Fleet for fund-raising more than $15,000 in theannual GCWCC. In addition, theship recently sponsored two fam-ilies in the annual OP DASHERevent and contributed another size-able donation to the Cancer Re-search Foundation.

The IWK Foundation was aunanimous decision when the timecame to decide which charitywould benefit from the ship’s char-ity fund. The ship’s company isvery aware of the excellent supportthe hospital provides to familieswithin the province and wanted togive back to an organization thathelps many sailors and their fam-ilies every day.

HMCS Athabaskan donates $2,500 to IWK FoundationBy LCdr Ruth Dagenais LogO HMCS Athabaskan

Following the ship’s successful GCWCC events, representatives from HMCS Athabaskan present a cheque to the IWK Foundation. From left toright: front row: Cdr Mike Davie, Geoffrey Milder (IWK Rep), CPO1 Stephen Strba; second row: Lt(N) Peter Carlos, LCdr Ruth Dagenais; thirdrow: CPO2 Pierre Sevigny, AB Tsanko Tsanov, Cpl Kristy Simms, AB Josh Baker, LCdr Jon Lee and OS Charles Seppanen.

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March is just around the cornerand we are gearing up for our an-nual March 1st I Quit! smokingcessation challenge. The officiallaunch is Jan. 18, during NationalNon-Smoking Week. The initiativechallenges smokers to give up to-bacco. Participation is easy. Just

register, along with two non-smok-ing supporters, using the website athttp://hr.ottawa-hull.mil.ca/health-sante/iquit-jarrete.

You can also fill out a brochure,which you will find all over CFBHalifax, 12 Wing Shearwater andarea. They can be returned to theHealth Promotion Services officeat the Piers Military CommunityCentre at Windsor Park (WP-106).Then stay quit for the month ofMarch. You will be eligible to winone of several prizes from a pot of$15 000 in gift cards, generouslydonated by CANEX and SISIP.

Deadline to register is Feb. 28,2012. Smokers who quit after Sept.1, 2011 are also eligible. So, to allyou current Butt Out self-help cli-

ents, you automatically meet the el-igibility criteria. The challenge isopen to the entire DND team.Please see the website and/or bro-chure for the eligibility criteria,rules, and further details. Non-smoking supporters are also eligi-ble to win prizes.

Make 2012 the year you quitsmoking. It’s not easy, but it is doa-ble. If you have been thinkingabout quitting, I challenge you totranslate your thinking into action.So what are you waiting for? Findtwo non-smoking supporters andregister today.

For more information, callHealth Promotion Services at 722-4956.

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By Health Promotion Staff

Are you up forthe challenge?

Make 2012 the year to achieveyour health and wellness goals.Start by registering for a WeightWellness Lifestyle Programthrough Health Promotion Servic-es (PSP).

Weight Wellness will provideyou with the tools to achieve a bal-anced and healthy lifestyle. Thecourse will focus on:

•Developing healthy eating habitsand portion sizes

•Developing an exercise plan

•Understanding food labels andnutritional content of foods

•Attending a grocery store tour

•Planning healthy meals andsnacks.

Register for the upcomingWeight Wellness program begin-ning Feb. 9 at Stadacona to helpyou achieve your goals. Contact usat 722-4956 or register online atwww.psphalifax.ca.

Weight WellnessLifestyle ProgramBy Pam FrancisHealth Promotion Manager

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