February 23, 2009 - Tridentnews.ca

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New captains for several MARLANT ships
By Virginia Beaton
Trident staff
Several ships of Canadian Fleet
Atlantic (CANFLTLANT) recently
welcomed new commanding
officers.
RAdm Paul Maddison, Commander
MARLANT and JTFA, announced
changes of command for HMC Ships
Charlottetown, Fredericton, Montréal,
Iroquois and Ville de Québec.
Cdr Richard Feltham is the new
Commanding Officer of Charlottetown.
Cdr Feltham joined the CF in
1985 under the ROTP and has
served in several warships, including
Halifax during a deployment to
the Adriatic Sea in support of Operation
Sharp Guard. Cdr Feltham is
a graduate of the CF Command and
Staff College in Toronto and has a
Masters Degree in Defence Studies
from the Royal Military College.
Cdr Steve Waddell is the new
Commanding Officer of Fredericton.
Cdr Waddell joined the CF in
1990 and served in a NATO task
force deployed to the Adriatic Sea
in the early days of the Yugoslav
civil war.
He also circumnavigated the
globe in 1995 as Calgary’s Navigating
Officer, deploying to the
waters off Iraq and the former
Yugoslavia in order to enforce UN
sanctions against those countries.
Cdr Waddell was Commanding
Officer of Charlottetown in the fall
of 2008 during its deployment up
the St Lawrence River and into the
Great Lakes.
Cdr Chris Sutherland is Montréal’s
new Commanding Officer.
Cdr Sutherland joined the CF in
1987 and served as Operations
Officer in Charlottetown during a
deployment to the Adriatic Sea in
support of Operation Apollo, Canada’s
commitment to the war on terrorism.
Upon graduation from the
CF Command and Staff College in
2005, he was appointed Executive
Officer of Halifax.
Cdr Real Brisson is Iroquois’s
new Commanding Officer. Cdr Brisson
joined the Navy in 1984 under
the OCTP and has served aboard several
warships on the East Coast and
has had several appointments in
Kingston, Ontario and Halifax. In
2007, he was appointed as Commandant
of CF Fleet School Québec.
On Friday, February 13, Cdr Luc
Cassivi assumed command of Ville
de Québec. Cdr Cassivi joined the
CF in 1983 and attended the College
Militaire Royal de St-Jean. He
joined the submarine service and
in 1994 he took up an exchange
posting with the Royal Australian
Navy, serving in the submarine
HMAS Onslow.
Cdr Cassivi served as the Executive
Officer in Corner Brook
before attending the Royal Netherlands
Navy’s Submarine Command
Course in 2004. Subsequently he
was appointed Commanding Officer
of Victoria and then Windsor. In
2006 Cdr Cassivi became the officer
in charge of the Submarine Sea
Training Group and shortly thereafter,
he was appointed Acting
Commander of MOG5. In November
2008 Cdr Cassivi received a
Masters in Business Administration
2008 from the Edinburgh Business
School, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburg, Scotland.
HRM to recognize military community volunteers
By LCdr Pat Jessup
CFB Halifax Community
Relations Officer
On June 3, 1992, Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II sanctioned the modern
version of Mention in Dispatches
(MID) to recognize
valiant conduct, devotion to
duty or other distinguished
service while in combat
or near-combat conditions.
Recipients wear a bronze oak
leaf on the appropriate campaign
or service medal ribbon.
In February 2009 and in
conjunction with the Canadian
Naval Centennial, His
Worship Mayor Peter Kelly
of Halifax Regional Municipality
(HRM) initiated a project
to recognize the significant
contribution that volunteers
within the military family
make to the HRM. “Volunteers
from the Canadian
Forces are our unsung heroes
and form the backbone of
a multitude of community
activities. I believe that their
contribution to the wellbeing
of the HRM should be formally
recognized and the
Navy’s centennial is the perfect
time to do this.” Mayor
Kelly decided that the city’s
appreciation be in the form of
a lapel pin consisting of a
naval crown superimposed
on an silver oak leaf and
asked the Nova Scotia College
of Art and Design University
(NSCADU) to develop
the concept. Bridget Turner,
a recent NSCADU graduate in
Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing
was the winner.
Turner said she is honoured
to have won the commission
and to be part of recognition
of “something extraordinary.”
What is truly extraordinary
is she is part of the military
family with her brother
Gunner Barton James (BJ)
Turner, a member of 1st Field
Artillery Regiment (RCA).
Mayor Peter Kelly congratulates Bridget Turner, who won the design competition at NSCADU.
She said Gunner Turner has
set the standard for her. “BJ
has a strong motivation to
serve and I am proud to play
a small role by designing this
special memento of community
service.”
The Mayor’s Pin will recognize
community service
and will be awarded to members
of the military family,
DND employees and retirees
who complete 100 hours of
community service during the
Navy's centennial year. The
LCDR PAT JESSUP, CFB HALIFAX COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER
project will be coordinated
through the Military Family
Resource Centre (MFRC).
Colleen Calvert, Executive
Director of the Halifax and
region MFRC, is delighted
with the project. “The defence
team and their families make
significant sacrifices and contributions
on behalf of our
nation and also make a huge
difference right here in HRM
by volunteering countless
hours as coaches, at charities
and at schools etc. This civic
recognition from the HRM is a
great honour.”
Jill Clarke, MFRC Volunteer
Coordinator, will oversee
the project. In the fall, CF
members, DND employees
and their families will be
encouraged to register to
record their volunteer hours
through the MFRC web site at
www.halifaxmfrc.ca. For further
information on the Mayor’s
Pin, please contact LCdr
Pat Jessup at 721-1252.
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