Category: International Operations

• Additional Canadian Forces Memebers Join Operation Unison 2005
  Additional Canadian Forces members will depart Halifax tomorrow to join OPERATION UNISON 2005 as part of the Canadian Joint Task Group (CJTG) now steaming towards the Gulf of Mexico.

• OP APOLLO draw down to facilitate necessary maintenance, training
  After enduring a marathon effort with OPERATION APOLLO in support of the war against terrorism and reducing its commitment in the Arabian Gulf to a single frigate, the Canadian Navy is not only giving its sailors a much needed break, but it is also catching up on already long overdue maintenance and training...

• HMCS Iroquois’ boarding party hears Iraqi sailors tell their story
  With the fall of Iraq’s former regime, the tides may be turning in the region’s illegal oil smuggling industry.  Recently, HMCS IROQUOIS’ boarding party approached a known “bandit” vessel of interest...

• BOARDINGS – THE SEA KING
  The dull-grey form of HMCS OTTAWA’s Sea King helicopter 440 (“Renegade”) roars out of the haze at 300 feet [92 m], quickly overtaking a school of dolphins playing in the calm waters of the approaches to the Straits of Hormuz...

• BOARDINGS - THE TEAM
  A small shudder reverberates through HMCS OTTAWA’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat as it comes alongside Motor Vessel MEMENTO and holds position beneath a wood and rope ladder. Members of OTTAWA’s Boarding Team, clad in green coveralls and blue body armour, clamber up the ladder to the deck of the ship...