Category: Domestic Stories

• Rare third clasp awarded at medals parade
  ESQUIMALT, B.C. — Two hundred seventy-four years of military service to Canada were recognized when Rear-Admiral Jean-Yves Forcier...

• Canadian incidents were “pretty modest affairs”
  In Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An International Perspective, a book that he co-edited with Dr. Bruce Elleman, Dr. Bell dispels such popular myth by examining mutinies in 12 separate navies, including Canada. Dr. Elleman is a professor at the US Naval College in Rhode Island.

• Minister honours veterans champion
  In recognition of his contributions on the behalf of Canada’s veterans, Regional Cadet Support Unit (Pacific) Public Affairs Officer, Lieutenant-Commander Gerry Pash has joined a select group of Canadians to receive the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation.

• Presentation promises to shed light on the “Unlucky Lady”
  Dubbed ‘The Unlucky Lady’, ATHABASKAN was lost in battle 60 years ago following a night engagement near the coast of France, and there has been much speculation surrounding the events of her sinking.

• Several capabilities, one platform:The Joint Support Ship
  When Prime Minister Paul Martin announced on April 14 a planned expenditure of $7 billion towards major capital purchases for the CF, it included one of the most innovative and transformational military acquisition any government has ever undertaken for the CF: The Joint Support Ship.