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Operational effectiveness<br />
is at the heart PAGE 2<br />
HMCS<br />
Athabaskan<br />
New SNMG1 Flagship’s<br />
first port visit PAGE 3<br />
Force Protection<br />
exercise<br />
Simulations test crew readiness<br />
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TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Sea King ditched off the coast of Denmark<br />
CPL KEVIN DURLING<br />
The ship’s crew is trained for situations<br />
like this and was able to<br />
respond effectively to the emergency.<br />
“In a situation like this, the<br />
ship would go to emergency flying<br />
stations, which brings the ship to a<br />
higher degree of damage control.<br />
They launched the Zodiac rescue<br />
craft with a crew, and they rescued<br />
the survivors of the crash by boat,”<br />
stated Captain(N) Bruce Belliveau,<br />
Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans<br />
and operations.<br />
The aircraft sank in 16 meters of<br />
water, and is currently marked by a<br />
buoy. Athabaskan is anchored in the<br />
area, and the rest of the task group<br />
continued operations.<br />
Athabaskan is the flagship for the<br />
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1<br />
(SNMG1). Commander Chris Dickenson,<br />
Squadron Public Affairs for<br />
SNMG1, stated during an interview<br />
with CTV News that the ship would<br />
continue to be the flagship with or<br />
without a helicopter.<br />
As a result of the accident, a flight<br />
safety investigation team flew to<br />
Denmark last weekend to gather<br />
information about the incident. The<br />
team will observe the area, retrieve<br />
statements and look at tapes from the<br />
ship to find out the <strong>ca</strong>use of the incident.<br />
A heavy lift vessel is conducting<br />
recovery operations. It is not<br />
known whether Sea King 438 will be<br />
returned to flying duties.<br />
The rest of the task group continued<br />
with the operation and went into<br />
port in Aarhus, Denmark, for the<br />
weekend as scheduled.<br />
This was the 14th crash involving<br />
Canadian Sea King helicopters. The<br />
last incident occurred on <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
27, 2003, when a Sea King hit the<br />
flight deck of Iroquois as they were<br />
south of the Grand Banks while en<br />
route to OP APOLLO.<br />
Col Allan Blair, Commander of 12 Wing Shearwater, gives a news briefing after a Sea King Helicopter ditched off<br />
the coast of Denmark.<br />
By A/Slt Stephan Boivin<br />
Public Affairs<br />
On <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 3, Sea King 438<br />
ditched in the Kattegat Strait, 50<br />
kilometres off the coast of Denmark,<br />
during a night landing on HMCS<br />
Athabaskan. All five crewmembers<br />
were rescued within a short period of<br />
time by the ship’s rescue team and<br />
were brought onboard safely.<br />
“The aircraft was returning to<br />
HMCS Athabaskan from a training<br />
flight ashore and was making a standard<br />
night approach to the ship. It<br />
contacted the water and rolled inverted.<br />
HMCS Athabaskan immediately<br />
went to rescue stations and launched<br />
its two Zodiacs. All the crew members<br />
were safely recovered,” said<br />
Colonel (Col) Allan Blair, Commander<br />
of 12 Wing Shearwater, during a<br />
media conference held at 12 Wing<br />
Shearwater’s D Hangar. A Canadian<br />
doctor deployed with the task group<br />
checked the crew, and all crewmembers<br />
appeared to be fine.<br />
SNMG1 sails in close formation during exercises in early <strong>Feb</strong>ruary.<br />
IMAGE TECH
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong> 3<br />
MCPL CHARLES BARBER<br />
Cmdre Rouleau shakes hands with his predecessor, RAdm Kalahne, at the change of command ceremony. To the right is Capt(N) Dave Gardam, the CO of HMCS Athabaskan.<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
During a change of command<br />
ceremony in Kiel, Germany<br />
on Thursday January 26, Commodore<br />
(Cmdre) Denis Rouleau<br />
took command of the Standing<br />
NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1).<br />
Cmdre Rouleau succeeded Admiral<br />
Wolfgang Kalahne of the German<br />
navy. Under Cmdre Rouleau,<br />
HMCS Athabaskan will be flagship<br />
for the Standing Element of the maritime<br />
component of the NATO<br />
Response Force Rotation 7 (NRF7)<br />
until July <strong>2006</strong>, at which time Iroquois<br />
will succeed it as flagship.<br />
In a teleconference after the ceremony,<br />
Cmdre Rouleau described<br />
the SNMG1 as “a unique asset”<br />
within NATO.<br />
“We <strong>ca</strong>n be <strong>ca</strong>lled upon to deploy<br />
at short notice,” he stated, adding<br />
that SNMG1 <strong>ca</strong>n deploy within five<br />
days.<br />
During <strong>2006</strong>, Cmdre Rouleau<br />
and the 21 members of his international<br />
staff will head up a squadron<br />
of NATO ships from the navies of<br />
Canada, the United States, Germany,<br />
Poland, Portugal, Denmark,<br />
and Spain.<br />
Cmdre Rouleau stated that the<br />
Commodore Rouleau takes command of SNMG1<br />
true strength of SNMG1 comes not<br />
only from the ships and their<br />
weapons, but also from the shared<br />
commitment to NATO and its guiding<br />
principles.<br />
In response to a question concerning<br />
the way that the international<br />
navies cooperate while deployed<br />
on such operations, Cmdre Rouleau<br />
pointed out “NATO units have been<br />
operating together for a long time.<br />
We’re talking de<strong>ca</strong>des here.” He<br />
further stated “The commonality of<br />
operating procedures allows them to<br />
be interoperable.”<br />
Immediate plans for SNMG1<br />
included sailing to Denmark, “and<br />
operating in the Baltic Sea... My job<br />
is to get them to work well together.”<br />
Following this, the ships sail to<br />
the coast of Norway, where they<br />
will be near Bergen. The next stage<br />
will involve sailing to the Mediterranean<br />
for OPERATION ACTIVE<br />
ENDEAVOUR, “which takes them<br />
into March,” according to Cmdre<br />
Rouleau.<br />
The first six months of the 12-<br />
month NRF commitment are a preparation<br />
phase, which will be followed<br />
by a six-month standby phase.<br />
SNMG1 is a permanent naval<br />
squadron that trains and operates as<br />
a group in the North Atlantic, the<br />
North Sea and the Mediterranean<br />
Sea, in order to test NATO’s current<br />
maritime procedures and tactics.<br />
SNMG1 comprises destroyers,<br />
frigates and on oc<strong>ca</strong>sion, auxiliary<br />
oiler replenishment ships.<br />
NRF is a high readiness force<br />
including land, sea, air and special<br />
forces components that NATO may<br />
deploy on short notice as a standalone<br />
force to prevent conflicts<br />
from es<strong>ca</strong>lating. Deployed as an<br />
initial entry force, NRF <strong>ca</strong>n facilitate<br />
the arrival of follow-on units,<br />
join a larger force, and contribute to<br />
the full range of NATO military<br />
operations.<br />
New SNMG1 flagship completes its first port visit<br />
By Cdr Chris Dickinson<br />
Squadron Public Affairs Officer<br />
SNMG1<br />
Between January 23 and 30,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>, the Canadian destroyer<br />
HMCS Athabaskan conducted a<br />
port visit to Kiel, Germany where it<br />
assumed its new role as the flagship<br />
of Standing NATO Maritime Group<br />
One (SNMG1).<br />
As of this week, the Force consists<br />
of HMCS Athabaskan, FGS<br />
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ORP<br />
General Kazimierz Pulaski, NRP<br />
Vasco Da Gama, and USS Simpson.<br />
The visit to Kiel was special in<br />
many ways. It was the point of<br />
reassembly for the Force after<br />
Christmas dispersal; it was the<br />
first port of <strong>ca</strong>ll for ORP General<br />
Kazimierz Pulaski, the first Polish<br />
ship to join the Force on a fulltime<br />
basis; it was the homeport of the<br />
out-going Commander of the<br />
Force, Rear Admiral Wolfgang<br />
Kalahne; and the spot chosen for<br />
the turnover of the Force to its<br />
new Canadian Commander, Commodore<br />
Denis Rouleau.<br />
It was an extremely busy week<br />
for the 1000-plus sailors, marines,<br />
soldiers and airmen of SNMG1.<br />
After arriving alongside on Monday<br />
the German and Canadian<br />
Staffs started their turnovers. Meanwhile,<br />
the five international staff<br />
officers, representing Germany, the<br />
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and<br />
the United Kingdom made themselves<br />
comfortable in their new<br />
home onboard Athabaskan.<br />
By Thursday, January 26, <strong>2006</strong><br />
everything had been prepared for<br />
the operational change of command<br />
ceremony held in the Gym of Kiel<br />
Naval Station.<br />
The ceremony was attend by<br />
many dignitaries including General<br />
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the Chief<br />
of Staff German Armed Forces and<br />
and Vice Admiral Glenn Davidson,<br />
Canadian Military Representative<br />
to NATO.<br />
The parade opened with a surprise,<br />
as the Squadron Operations<br />
Officer, Commander Gunnar Wolff,<br />
was promoted to his new rank in<br />
front of the assembly.<br />
In his address to the parade General<br />
Schneiderhan highlighted the<br />
importance of NATO in maintaining<br />
peace in Europe during the Cold War.<br />
As a native of Kiel, the outgoing<br />
Commander, Rear Admiral Kalahne,<br />
recognized the importance of the<br />
Kiel, and thanked his crew and staff<br />
for their magnificent work over the<br />
past 10 months of his command.<br />
After taking over the Force officially,<br />
Cmdre Rouleau commenced<br />
his address with a strong statement<br />
that summed up his commitment to<br />
ensuring that SNMG1 was ready to<br />
respond to its tasks within the concept<br />
of NATO Reaction Force 7.<br />
“As I assume command of this<br />
naval formation of multinational<br />
units, I do so with the firm intention<br />
of bringing it to its highest level of<br />
operational <strong>ca</strong>pabilities, and to<br />
stand ready to respond to the multitude<br />
of possible tasks likely expected<br />
of us.” Cmdre Rouleau went on<br />
to praise the fact that only the<br />
Standing Maritime Groups of the<br />
NATO Response Force <strong>ca</strong>n claim<br />
histori<strong>ca</strong>lly to have proven and<br />
demonstrated a real <strong>ca</strong>pability over<br />
the de<strong>ca</strong>des.<br />
Finally, Cmdre Rouleau completed<br />
his speech with a tribute to his<br />
crews and the loved ones they leave<br />
behind when sailing with the Force.<br />
On the weekend the Force took<br />
the opportunity to open to visitors,<br />
attracting several hundred interested<br />
guests.<br />
On Sunday afternoon, Commodore<br />
Rouleau visited the German<br />
Naval Memorial at Laboe with<br />
his staff.<br />
After a wreath laying and a short<br />
service, in the Commemorative<br />
Hall, the group was given a tour<br />
by Dr Dieter Hartwig of the German<br />
Naval Association (Deutsche<br />
Marinebund).<br />
On Monday, January 30, the Force<br />
joined a Danish naval exercise<br />
(SQUADEX 05-06), which will give<br />
the new ships of the Force their first<br />
opportunity to integrate into the<br />
SNMG1 environment through a<br />
series of maritime warfare exercises.
4<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Community <strong>ca</strong>lendar<br />
Publi<strong>ca</strong>tion schedule<br />
for 2005 and <strong>2006</strong><br />
October 31, 2005 – Remembrance Issue<br />
November 14, 2005 – Holiday Shopping Guide<br />
November 28, 2005<br />
December 12, 2005 – Review of 2005<br />
January 9, <strong>2006</strong><br />
January 23, <strong>2006</strong><br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 6, <strong>2006</strong> – Valentine's Special<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 20, <strong>2006</strong><br />
March 6, <strong>2006</strong> – Home and Garden Special<br />
March 20, <strong>2006</strong><br />
April 3, <strong>2006</strong> – Posting Season<br />
April 18, <strong>2006</strong><br />
May 1, <strong>2006</strong><br />
May 15, <strong>2006</strong><br />
May 29, <strong>2006</strong><br />
June 12, <strong>2006</strong> – Family Days Special<br />
June 26, <strong>2006</strong><br />
July 10, <strong>2006</strong><br />
July 24, <strong>2006</strong><br />
August 7, <strong>2006</strong> – Back to School Special<br />
August 21, <strong>2006</strong><br />
September 4, <strong>2006</strong> – Air show Special<br />
September 18, <strong>2006</strong><br />
October 2, <strong>2006</strong> – Home Improvement Special<br />
October 16, <strong>2006</strong><br />
October 30, <strong>2006</strong> – Remembrance Special<br />
November 13, <strong>2006</strong><br />
November 27, <strong>2006</strong> – Holiday Shopping Guide<br />
December 11, <strong>2006</strong> – Review of <strong>2006</strong><br />
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The SMFRC Extravaganza is back—<br />
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The featured performer is Clary Croft,<br />
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festivals. During the evening, coffee,tea,<br />
soft drinks, and snacks are available in a<br />
relaxed atmosphere.<br />
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Venue.<br />
Shearwater MFRC<br />
Youth Ball Hockey League<br />
We play on Wednesday nights. There<br />
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up prior to the game—for a total of 45<br />
minutes per week. There is no cost to play<br />
in the league.<br />
The Shearwater Military Family<br />
Resource Center’s Henderson Sweetman<br />
Youth Centre runs the league. Adults and<br />
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No equipment is required—we provide<br />
sticks and goalie gear. (Goggles are<br />
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50 cents a night) All skill levels welcome.<br />
The league is co-ed and this is a<br />
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other children. The league is open to military<br />
and civilians.<br />
We currently have 60 children in the<br />
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tournament. The children range in age<br />
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For further information or to register<br />
<strong>ca</strong>ll the Shearwater MFRC Youth Centre<br />
at 720-1776.<br />
Please go to our web site to view information<br />
and pictures on the league at<br />
www.shearwateryouth.homestead.com.<br />
Canadian Cancer Society offers<br />
helpline for smoking cessation<br />
Thinking about quitting smoking The<br />
Canadian Cancer Society has a toll-free<br />
Smokers’ Helpline at 1-877-513-5333. A<br />
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Open House at 33<br />
(Halifax) Service Battalion<br />
The public is invited to attend an Open<br />
House at 33 (Halifax) Service Battalion<br />
on Saturday, March 11, <strong>2006</strong> from 10<br />
a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
The Battalion is lo<strong>ca</strong>ted at Canadian<br />
Forces Base Willow Park on Windsor<br />
Street north of the Bayers Road<br />
intersection.<br />
This will be an opportunity for the general<br />
public to observe static and dynamic<br />
displays, as well as obtain information<br />
on recruitment.<br />
For additional information, please<br />
contact CWO Seldon, Unit Recruiter, 33<br />
(Hfx) Service Battalion at 722-7989,<br />
722-4333, or 430-8702 or fax 722-4641<br />
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Model Show at<br />
Shearwater Aviation Museum<br />
On Saturday March 18, the Shearwater<br />
Aviation Museum (SAM) will host its<br />
eighth annual model show. There will be<br />
a show<strong>ca</strong>se and trade fair on the lower<br />
level of the museum, and the model contest<br />
will be on the upper level.<br />
Model <strong>ca</strong>tegories include aircraft,<br />
armour, automotive, sci-fi, figures, ships,<br />
and dioramas. General admission fee is<br />
$2, and children under 12 are admitted<br />
free when accompanied by an adult.<br />
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For further information please<br />
contact the SAM at 720-1083 or<br />
720-1731.<br />
St. John Ambulance<br />
courses for <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2006</strong><br />
St. John Ambulance NS/PEI<br />
Council will offer First Aid Training<br />
in the Dartmouth area on the following<br />
dates:<br />
Standard First Aid/CPR Level<br />
A: Thursday & Friday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 9 &<br />
10, Saturday & Sunday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 18<br />
& 19, Tuesday & Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
28 & March 1.<br />
Enhanced Standard First Aid/<br />
CPR Level C: Saturday, Sunday &<br />
Monday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 11-13, Monday,<br />
Tuesday & Wednesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
13-15.<br />
Standard First Aid/CPR Level<br />
C: Saturday & Sunday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 11<br />
& 12, Monday & Tuesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
13 & 14.<br />
Marine Basic/Marine Advanced<br />
First Aid: Thursday & Friday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
23 & 24.<br />
Instructor Certifi<strong>ca</strong>tion Program:<br />
Monday – Friday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
20-24.<br />
Automated External Defibrillation<br />
(Full Day): Tuesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
7.<br />
CPR Level A/CPR Level C: Saturday,<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 25.<br />
CPR Level A/CPR Level C<br />
Recertifi<strong>ca</strong>tion: Saturday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
11 (M).<br />
WHMIS: Saturday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 18<br />
(M), Tuesday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 21 (M).<br />
Defensive Driving: Saturday,<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 25.<br />
For further information on courses<br />
contact our training department at<br />
(902) 463-5646 Ext 2201 or toll free<br />
at 1-800-565-5056 Ext 2201.<br />
Family Violence Committee<br />
hosts panel discussion<br />
The Metro Interagency Committee<br />
on Family Violence presents a<br />
panel discussion on Family Violence—Through<br />
a Child’s Eyes:<br />
Prevention; Diverse Needs and New<br />
Visions, in recognition of Family<br />
Violence Prevention Week.<br />
The panel will be held at the Halifax<br />
Military Community Centre<br />
(Windsor Park, Building WP106) on<br />
Thursday, <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 16, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
The panelists will talk about preventative<br />
programming at their<br />
agency/organization/office that support<br />
children who may be exposed<br />
to, or affected by, family violence.<br />
Admission is free and open to general<br />
public.<br />
Contact: Pat Haight, PR & Fund<br />
Development HMFRC 427-4892.<br />
HMCS A<strong>ca</strong>dia reunion<br />
Ahoy Shipmates. The Reunion<br />
Committee is pleased to announce<br />
the commencement of registration<br />
to attend the reunion August 4 to<br />
6, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Registration is by mail only. Mail<br />
the Registration Form with the Registration<br />
Fee.<br />
You will not be required to pay for<br />
accommodation until it is confirmed.<br />
Details on the web site,<br />
www.a<strong>ca</strong>diareunion.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Contact Ray Boudreau at 7 Crest<br />
Road, Halifax, NS B3M 2W1. 902-<br />
443-8682. autocon@hfx.eastlink.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Change of command on<br />
board HMCS Fredericton<br />
From left to right: Mrs. Jean Irving (ship’s sponsor), Cdr Gilles Couturier (incoming CO), Commodore Dean<br />
McFadden (Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic), Cdr John Newton (outgoing CO).<br />
By SLt Meghan Cleghorn<br />
A/DeckO, UIO, HMCS Fredericton<br />
HMCS Fredericton changed<br />
command on December 30,<br />
2005 from Commander John Newton<br />
to Commander Gilles Couturier.<br />
Mrs. Jean Irving, the ship’s sponsor<br />
and Commodore Dean McFadden,<br />
Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic<br />
officiated the ceremony.<br />
The ceremony, held in the <strong>ca</strong>ptain’s<br />
<strong>ca</strong>bin was attended by close<br />
family and friends of both commanding<br />
officers. Commander<br />
Newton joined Fredericton in 2003.<br />
His two years in command<br />
involved a six month refit that<br />
required rebuilding the ship’s company<br />
and ship’s techni<strong>ca</strong>l readiness<br />
to become the workhorse of the<br />
Atlantic fleet.<br />
Cdr Newton said his most memorable<br />
voyage occurred last summer<br />
as Fredericton conducted an Arctic<br />
patrol proceeding as far north as the<br />
Northwest Passage.<br />
Fredericton’s visits to the<br />
Nunavut communities of Pond Inlet<br />
and Iqualuit and Nuuk, Greenland<br />
re-established a frigate’s presence in<br />
these northern waters for the first<br />
time in two de<strong>ca</strong>des.<br />
Cdr Couturier joins Fredericton<br />
from Ottawa where he was previously<br />
the Executive Secretary to the<br />
Chief of Maritime Staff.<br />
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Tickets on sale<br />
for second<br />
annual Fleet and<br />
Garrison Ball<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
Tickets went on sale on<br />
<strong>Feb</strong>ruary 1 for the second<br />
annual Fleet and Garrison<br />
Ball.<br />
The ball is scheduled to take<br />
place at the Wardroom of CFB<br />
Halifax on Saturday, May<br />
27, <strong>2006</strong>, according to Sub-<br />
Lieutenant (SLt) Ann Mech,<br />
comptroller/budget committee<br />
member for the event.<br />
Tickets went fast for the<br />
first Fleet and Garrison Ball,<br />
held in May 2005, and all in<br />
attendance regarded it as a<br />
highly successful evening,<br />
stated SLt Mech.<br />
“We are looking to sell 600<br />
tickets. We did last year and<br />
we sold out very quickly, within<br />
three weeks.”<br />
This year’s theme is Army,<br />
noted SLt Mech. Plans are<br />
underway to create a décor<br />
that will heighten that theme,<br />
“ so there will be an Army flair<br />
to it.”<br />
The evening begins with<br />
hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m., preceding<br />
the formal multicourse<br />
dinner, to be followed<br />
by music and dancing. Several<br />
ensembles in different<br />
rooms will provide music in<br />
varried styles for dancing,<br />
ranging from ballroom dance,<br />
to a room offering contemporary<br />
music with a DJ, according<br />
to SLt Mech. “There will<br />
be something for everyone.”<br />
Rooms will be made available<br />
in Juno Tower for any ball<br />
guests who wish to stay<br />
overnight, stated SLt Mech.<br />
“There will be an<br />
Army flair to it.”<br />
The event is open to all<br />
serving Halifax region officers<br />
of the Army, Navy and<br />
Air Force, both Regular and<br />
Reserve. Mess members and<br />
associate members and spouses<br />
are also eligible to attend.<br />
The dress code is Mess Dress<br />
for members and formal attire<br />
for guests.<br />
Fleet and Garrison Ball<br />
tickets are priced at $75 per<br />
person or $150 per couple up<br />
until March 31, and $85 per<br />
person and $170 per couple<br />
after that.<br />
Tickets are available at the<br />
Wardroom or by <strong>ca</strong>lling function<br />
coordinator Rick Durand<br />
at 721-8616.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.psphalifax.ns.<strong>ca</strong>/OfficersMess.<br />
Helo down, helo found<br />
By Lt(N) S. Moody & MS K. Warren<br />
Early in the evening of December 8<br />
a Coast Guard helicopter returning<br />
to Marystown from routine maintenance<br />
on Go-By Point Light was reported<br />
overdue. The helicopter had reported<br />
its departure but failed to arrive in<br />
Marystown. HMC Ships Goose Bay and<br />
Glace Bay were in the area and commenced<br />
a search in Mortier Bay. Late in<br />
the evening they recovered the pilot and<br />
passenger both of whom were dead.<br />
The Transportation Safety Board<br />
(TSB) dispatched a team of investigators<br />
to the area and using Coast Guard<br />
ships and boats from the area, they<br />
started the search for the helicopter.<br />
TSB began the search by interviewing<br />
witnesses and conducting an underwater<br />
search for an underwater beacon that<br />
was installed in the helicopter. The beacon<br />
was not lo<strong>ca</strong>ted anywhere inside<br />
the bay or its approaches. They then<br />
searched the shallow areas using small<br />
side s<strong>ca</strong>n sonar.<br />
By December 12, the helicopter still<br />
had not been lo<strong>ca</strong>ted. The Trinity Route<br />
Survey Office was <strong>ca</strong>lled for advice.<br />
Some of the TSB investigators involved<br />
in the new search and investigation had<br />
been involved with the Route Survey<br />
Office during the Swiss Air Search and<br />
Recovery and knew of the <strong>ca</strong>pabilities<br />
of the small office.<br />
On December 13 the official request<br />
was made for the Route Survey Team<br />
and a small team from the Fleet Diving<br />
Unit.<br />
The Route Survey Team was asked to<br />
bring along its Klein 5500 side s<strong>ca</strong>n<br />
sonar with which to search and the<br />
divers were asked to bring their Phantom<br />
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)<br />
to identify targets of interest.<br />
Equipment was assembled and loaded<br />
onto a Coast Guard truck on December<br />
14. The two Navy teams departed on<br />
Helicopter being hoisted ashore after recovery.<br />
December 15 and met the truck in<br />
Marystown early on December 16.<br />
The side s<strong>ca</strong>n sonar was loaded and<br />
tested and the underwater search began<br />
on December 17.<br />
Ten targets of interest were passed to<br />
the underwater identifi<strong>ca</strong>tion team. The<br />
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arrived that day and immediately started<br />
surveying the seafloor.<br />
Late in the evening on December 17<br />
the helicopter was lo<strong>ca</strong>ted on the top<br />
of an underwater pinnacle. A video survey<br />
of the helicopter was completed<br />
that night.<br />
The next morning the decision was<br />
made to recover the helicopter as soon<br />
as possible and the recovery planning<br />
began. The helicopter was lifted clear<br />
of the water that evening by the Atlantic<br />
Osprey and then transferred ashore the<br />
next morning.<br />
The helicopter was then loaded onto<br />
the Coast Guard truck along with the<br />
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The investigation into the <strong>ca</strong>use of<br />
the crash and why the beacon didn’t<br />
work continue and is not expected to be<br />
completed for a number of months.<br />
The Route Survey Office and the<br />
ROV Team from the Fleet Diving Unit<br />
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Canadian soldiers hope for a taste of home<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
There are hopes that Canadian<br />
Forces members deployed to<br />
Afghanistan may soon be able to<br />
stop by their lo<strong>ca</strong>l Tim Hortons for<br />
coffee and Timbits.<br />
According to Frank Cleysen,<br />
Canadian Forces Personnel Support<br />
Agency (CFPSA) Welfare Manager<br />
for OP ARCHER in Kandahar,<br />
Afghanistan, negotiations are<br />
underway between his agency and<br />
Tim Hortons headquarters, to open<br />
a franchise in Kandahar.<br />
Shortly after a newspaper report<br />
was published about the negotiations,<br />
Cleysen learned that he had<br />
supporters in high places.<br />
In an email, Cleysen stated that<br />
the secretary of General Rick Hillier,<br />
Chief of the Defence Staff<br />
(CDS), had contacted him that same<br />
Frank Cleysen, CFPSA Welfare Manager stands outside of a Burger King at the Kandahar Airfield.<br />
day to set up a telephone interview.<br />
Cleysen later spoke to Colonel<br />
(Col) Atkinson, senior advisor to<br />
the CDS, and stated “Col Atkinson<br />
advised me that the article was read<br />
with interest by the CDS and that he<br />
was very supportive of the concept<br />
of a Tim Hortons in Afghanistan.”<br />
Cleysen added that Col Atkinson<br />
advised him the CDS was going to<br />
persue the matter.<br />
In addition, Cleysen noted, Col<br />
Atkinson thanked the CFPSA for<br />
their work and all the services they<br />
provide to the deployed CF members<br />
in Kandahar.<br />
General Hillier brings direct personal<br />
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TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Des visages frais à la porte Niobe<br />
Par A/SLt Stephan Boivin<br />
Affaires publiques<br />
Les usagers de la Niobe ont une<br />
surprise lors de la première<br />
tombée de neige de <strong>2006</strong>. Ils ont<br />
eu la chance de voir des ouvres<br />
d’art temporaire en plein air, ce qui<br />
en fait sourire plus d’un. C’est<br />
que les dévoués gardiens de sécurité<br />
de la porte Niobe, rebaptisée<br />
Porte Joyeuse pour l’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion,<br />
ont fabriqué des bonhommes de<br />
neige miniatures.<br />
Matelot de 2ième classe Payman<br />
Ghaysari, commissionnaire Bob<br />
Andrews et commissionnaire Al<br />
Robichaud font partie de l’équipe<br />
que les employés de la Défense<br />
nationale voient à chaque matin lors<br />
de leur arrivée au boulot et le soir<br />
pour le retour à la maison. « Notre<br />
travail est de vérifier l’identité de<br />
chacun et de faire des fouilles au<br />
besoin. Mais la partie la plus<br />
intéressante de notre travail est de<br />
dire bonjour et de saluer les gens.<br />
On esssaie de mettre un sourire sur<br />
chaque visage » a commenté le<br />
commissionnaire Bob Andrews.<br />
C’est donc dans cet esprit que la<br />
joyeuse équipe s’est mis à la fabri<strong>ca</strong>tion<br />
des bonhommes de neige. Il<br />
était tombé environ 3 centimètres de<br />
neige et les gens ont souri à la vue<br />
des bonhommes en passant la porte.<br />
Les artistes; le matelôt de 2ième classe Payman Ghaysari et le commissionnaire Bob Andrews avec le bonhomme de neige représentant<br />
lieutenant-colonel Gary Meisner.<br />
The artists; AS Ghaysari and Commissionaire Bob Andrews with a snowman which represented LCol Gary Meisner.<br />
« Lorsque la circulation a diminué,<br />
nous nous aussitôt mis à enlever la<br />
neige et à s’en servir pour fabriquer<br />
les bonhommes » a dit monsieur<br />
Andrews. « Tout le monde nous a dit<br />
Bravo! » a ajouté le matelot de<br />
2ième classe Payman Ghaysari.<br />
Chacun des bonhommes représentait<br />
quelqu’un qui passe la porte<br />
à chaque jour. On y a donc vu<br />
des représentations du lieutenant<br />
Sonia Conock, du matelôt de 2ième<br />
classe Payman Ghaysari (garde de<br />
la porte Niobe), du lieutenantcolonel<br />
Gary Meisner, du commissionnaire<br />
Bob Andrews et du commissionnaire<br />
Al Robichaud.<br />
« Nous sommes le contrôle d’accès<br />
de la porte. On a besoin d’être<br />
strict et direct mais, en même<br />
temps, il nous faut avoir un bon<br />
sens de l’humour » a commenté<br />
Bob Andrews qui est commissionnare<br />
depuis 17 ans. Il est à la<br />
porte Niobe depuis l’été 2005.<br />
Cet article marque le début d’une<br />
série qui aura pour objectif de<br />
faire connaître différents employés<br />
de la base et sera intituler Rencontrons<br />
la Flotter. Suivez la série de<br />
prêt, vous pourriez bien être les<br />
prochaines vedettes!<br />
A/SLT STÉPHAN BOIVIN, PUBLIC AFFAIRS<br />
Niobe gate<br />
gets new guard<br />
By A/SLt Stephan Boivin<br />
Public Affairs<br />
As they drove through the<br />
gate after the first snowfall<br />
of the new year, the Niobe<br />
Gate users were amazed to<br />
pass by some remarkable<br />
pieces of art. The devoted<br />
Niobe gate security staff took<br />
the time to make miniature<br />
snowmen to entertain.<br />
Able Seaman (AB)<br />
Ghaysari, Bob Andrews and<br />
Al Robichaud are among<br />
those who, each morning you<br />
see as you pass the gates to<br />
come to work or return home.<br />
“Our job is to check IDs and<br />
search vehicles. But meet and<br />
greet is the most fun. We try to<br />
put a smile on everybody’s<br />
face,” said Commissionaire<br />
Bob Andrews.<br />
So, it is in that state of mind<br />
that the team decided to build<br />
the snowmen, after approximately<br />
three centimetres of<br />
snow had fallen on the city,<br />
and have everyone smile as<br />
they pass by.<br />
“When the traffic slowed<br />
down, we wanted to clear the<br />
snow and we started to build<br />
the snowmen,” said Andrews.<br />
“Everybody gave us the<br />
thumb up,” added AB Payman<br />
Ghaysari.<br />
Each of the snowmen represented<br />
someone from the<br />
National Defence. We saw<br />
representations of Lieutenant<br />
Sonia Connock (Public<br />
Affairs Officer), AB Payman<br />
Ghaysari (gate guard), Lieutenant-Colonel<br />
Gary Meisner<br />
(Staff Officer), commissionaire<br />
Bob Andrews and commissionaire<br />
Al Robichaud.<br />
“Everybody<br />
gave us the<br />
thumbs up!”<br />
“We are the access control<br />
to the dockyard. You have to<br />
be strict and assertive but you<br />
have to have a sense of<br />
humor,” stated Commissionnaire<br />
corporal Bob Andrews<br />
who has been a commissionaire<br />
for 17 years working on<br />
different assignments. He has<br />
been at the Niobe gate since<br />
July 2005.<br />
This is the first of a series<br />
of articles about the fleet<br />
personel.<br />
The future series will be<br />
<strong>ca</strong>lled Meet the Fleet, Check it<br />
out, the next one might be you.
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong> 9<br />
LS ANDERSON, HMCS SCOTIAN<br />
Final report on soil tests at<br />
Detachment Aldershot indi<strong>ca</strong>te no<br />
environmental or health concerns<br />
From left to right: Grandfather Gary Dort, Capt Colleen<br />
Hazel, Matthew Hazel, and PO2 Robert Hazel.<br />
Reservist joins the<br />
family tradition<br />
By PO2 Robert Hazel<br />
Damage Control Division,<br />
CFNES<br />
New naval reservist<br />
Matthew Hazel was<br />
sworn into HMCS Scotian by<br />
his mother, Captain Colleen<br />
Hazel of LFAA HQ, on January<br />
11, <strong>2006</strong>. Matthew is the<br />
third generation in his family<br />
to join the Canadian Forces.<br />
His father, PO2 Robert Hazel,<br />
is at the Damage Control<br />
Division, and his grandfather<br />
was also a member of Scotian<br />
as was Capt Hazel, who is<br />
now a Regular Force member.<br />
Matthew’s brother Michael<br />
also attended the ceremony<br />
at Scotian.<br />
Capt Hazel received special<br />
permission to swear in her<br />
son from Scotian commandant<br />
Cdr Mark Cameron, who<br />
was present that evening.<br />
Heating your<br />
home with wood<br />
Ex<strong>ca</strong>vating a site for soil testing.<br />
By Capt John Pulchny<br />
14 Wing Public Affairs Officer<br />
Defence Construction Canada<br />
received Conestoga-Rovers and<br />
Associates’ (CRA) final report on January<br />
5, <strong>2006</strong> regarding samples taken<br />
from three areas of interest where subsurface<br />
metal anomalies were identified<br />
during a geophysi<strong>ca</strong>l investigation<br />
of an alleged former disposal site at<br />
Detachment Aldershot, NS.<br />
Using a tracked ex<strong>ca</strong>vator, 13 test<br />
pits were dug and 35 soil samples were<br />
taken from the 2.67-hectare area at the<br />
intersection of Brooklyn Street and<br />
Lanzy Road, Aldershot. From ground<br />
level to 1.3 metres below grade, fill<br />
material was predominantly found in<br />
the pits along with metal debris including<br />
vehicle components, strapping,<br />
and a portion of a 210-litre corroded/<br />
perforated storage drum that had been<br />
used as garbage burning drum. Immediately<br />
below this fill layer, deposits of<br />
burnt material consisting of glass, textiles,<br />
metal containers, paper and ash<br />
were found.<br />
The results of soil tests for petroleum<br />
hydro<strong>ca</strong>rbons, volatile organic compounds,<br />
polycyclic aromatic hydro<strong>ca</strong>rbons,<br />
polychlorinated biphenyls<br />
(PCBs), toxic heavy metals, and specific<br />
types of pesticides showed that<br />
the site is within Federal guidelines<br />
for a commercial/industrial site. As<br />
well, the report noted that organochlorine<br />
pesticides were not present at<br />
detectable concentrations.<br />
The National Classifi<strong>ca</strong>tion System<br />
(NCS) for contaminated sites was used<br />
to evaluate this site by CRA. The NCS<br />
assigned a score of 36.7 out of 100 and<br />
the site was therefore rated as Class<br />
N—Action Not Likely Required. This<br />
classifi<strong>ca</strong>tion took into consideration<br />
the very low levels of any contamination,<br />
the presence of overburden cover<br />
at the site and the fact that potential<br />
human and ecologi<strong>ca</strong>l receptors are<br />
not exposed to any unacceptable level<br />
of contamination.<br />
An initial report by a former serviceman<br />
noted that he was ordered to<br />
dredge Peach Lake in 1961 and bury the<br />
waste in the possible dumpsite investigated<br />
by this report. In addition to this<br />
investigation, Defence Construction<br />
Canada contracted preliminary surface<br />
water and lake sediment testing.<br />
Results also indi<strong>ca</strong>ted that there were<br />
no detectible amounts of PCBs, pesticides,<br />
explosives or energetic residues<br />
and that in only one sample of sediment,<br />
mercury was identified at a low<br />
concentration in compliance with the<br />
regulatory guideline. To determine if<br />
there are any munitions remnants or<br />
unexploded ordnance within Peach<br />
Lake, a detailed study will be conducted<br />
over the next four months while<br />
training in Detachment Aldershot is<br />
scheduled to be low.<br />
By Cara Nash<br />
Fire Prevention/<br />
Life Safety Officer<br />
As the winter is upon us<br />
and the cold weather sets<br />
in, more people are heating<br />
homes with wood, due to the<br />
increasing cost of oil and electricity.<br />
Just a few simple steps<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n make your winter a warm<br />
and safe one.<br />
A safe wood burning system<br />
consists of the following:<br />
• A safety certified stove,<br />
fireplace or furnace.<br />
• The proper type of chimney<br />
for the appliance.<br />
• A system that does not<br />
compromise safety.<br />
• Installation by a qualified<br />
professional.<br />
• Look for retailers and<br />
installers who are WETT<br />
Certified under the Wood<br />
Energy Techni<strong>ca</strong>l Training<br />
program. Have your lo<strong>ca</strong>l<br />
fire department check your<br />
installation.<br />
Tips for safe operation:<br />
• Ensure you have a batteryoperated<br />
smoke detector in<br />
working order in <strong>ca</strong>se of<br />
power failure.<br />
• Check materials around the<br />
stove or fireplace and all<br />
exposed parts of the chimney,<br />
including in the attic,<br />
for signs of overheating.<br />
Wood starts to darken as<br />
it overheats.<br />
• Ensure all flue pipe joints<br />
are fastened properly.<br />
• Shovel ashes into a metal<br />
container and take outside<br />
immediately.<br />
• The smell of smoke in a<br />
home typi<strong>ca</strong>lly means that<br />
its wood-burning system is<br />
venting improperly. This is<br />
not only a fire hazard—it<br />
could also lead to deadly<br />
<strong>ca</strong>rbon monoxide poisoning.<br />
Rectify problem<br />
immediately.<br />
• It’s not the kind of wood<br />
you burn that makes the difference,<br />
but whether or not<br />
the wood is seasoned. Properly<br />
seasoned wood produces<br />
the most heat, and<br />
produces the least creosote.<br />
Seasoned wood burns hot<br />
and clean.<br />
• The National Fire Protection<br />
Association recommends<br />
an annual cleaning<br />
and inspection of all wood<br />
burning appliances. However,<br />
it all depends on the<br />
frequency of use, burning<br />
practices and the appliance<br />
type. If there is 1/8 inch or<br />
more creosote build-up in<br />
the chimney flue, there is<br />
the potential for a chimney<br />
fire. Check your chimney<br />
regularly!
10<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Members of the 12 Wing Shearwater Fire Department stand<br />
in front of the new fire truck.<br />
(Left to right) Pte Lorne Hicks, MCpl Kelly Martell, MCpl<br />
Michael Walker, Cpl Brian Bowden, MCpl Denis Girouard,<br />
Pte Jeff Hurni, Sgt Kevin Feeney.<br />
New fire truck<br />
for Shearwater<br />
By Capt Dave Devenney<br />
12 Wing Shearwater PA<br />
Firefighters from 12 Wing<br />
Shearwater are enjoying a<br />
new vehicle after accepting<br />
the keys to their new fire truck.<br />
The Fort Garry Trucks Ltd<br />
fire truck was delivered to the<br />
Shearwater Fire Department<br />
November 15, 2005 and was<br />
placed in service on December<br />
12, 2005 following familiarization<br />
training.<br />
“We are very proud to have<br />
been the first recipient of the<br />
new vehicle,” said Shearwater<br />
Fire Chief, Master Warrant<br />
Officer Dana Mullins.<br />
“The modern equipment<br />
ensures a continuation of the<br />
highest level of fire service to<br />
our members and is representative<br />
of the changes that on<br />
going at 12 Wing.”<br />
The new vehicle replaces<br />
the department’s 1984 truck<br />
and is the first in service with<br />
the new paint scheme for the<br />
Canadian Forces Fire Service,<br />
returning the service to<br />
the traditional red.<br />
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By WO Dan Smith<br />
Pipe Band Major<br />
It’s been a quite a year for the 12 Wing<br />
Pipe Band.<br />
The group, which will be entering its<br />
10th year of operation in <strong>2006</strong>, performed<br />
across the Maritimes, Quebec,<br />
Ontario and Bermuda.<br />
This year started somewhat early in<br />
that we were able to join with the Black<br />
Watch Pipes and Drums for their annual<br />
participation in the St. Patrick’s Day<br />
Parade in Montreal.<br />
This is one of the oldest continuous<br />
parades in North Ameri<strong>ca</strong> and is attended<br />
by thousands of spectators.<br />
April marked the 50th anniversary<br />
of the opening of the MacDonald<br />
Bridge. The Regular Force element of<br />
the Black Watch originally opened the<br />
bridge in 1955.<br />
May was our annual pilgrimage to<br />
the Apple Blossom Parade in Kentville,<br />
where we combined with the 14 Wing<br />
Pipe Band to form a very large Air<br />
Force contingent band, which is always<br />
an impressive sight.<br />
June saw the Canadian Football<br />
League’s first visit to Halifax for a wellattended<br />
exhibition game.<br />
The Canadian Forces were featured<br />
throughout the evening, which included<br />
a performance by the 12 Wing Pipe<br />
Band in the pre-game show.<br />
Another first <strong>ca</strong>me in July when the<br />
Pipes and Drums were invited to play at<br />
the closing ceremonies for the first day<br />
of play at the Ladies Professional Golf<br />
Association (LPGA) tournament, held<br />
at Glen Arbour Golf Course in Bedford.<br />
For those not aware, in addition to<br />
the regular parades and changes of<br />
command, the 12 Wing and 14 Wing<br />
Members of the 12 and 14 Wing bands perform.<br />
bands combine to compete at highland<br />
games during the summer months<br />
as the Maritime Air Force Pipes<br />
and Drums.<br />
This takes up most weekends in July<br />
and August but is a great source of pride<br />
for the members of both bands even<br />
though it is quite demanding and<br />
requires a greater level of commitment.<br />
The band fared well and managed to<br />
place at all the competitions, winning the<br />
overall prize for dress and deportment.<br />
Another 50th anniversary celebration<br />
occurred at the Canso Causeway<br />
in August, again attended by the 12<br />
Wing Band.<br />
We finished off the month by traveling<br />
to Quebec City for the invitation<br />
only Quebec Military Music Festival<br />
which was a whirlwind of public concerts,<br />
parades, and a Tattoo at the former<br />
home of the Quebec Nordiques.<br />
Generally, the end of August would<br />
signify the end of the performance<br />
season.<br />
There would be a few weeks of leave,<br />
then into the fall with the Battle of<br />
Britain and Remembrance Day Parades.<br />
This year was a little different since our<br />
friends at 14 Wing had been invited to<br />
participate in a Tattoo in Bermuda.<br />
As anyone in the military knows,<br />
inviting and going are two different<br />
things, but after a series of hurdles and<br />
a lot of practices, in mid-October a<br />
Canadian contingent of 65 musicians<br />
was ready to depart for Bermuda.<br />
For the next six days more rehearsals<br />
were held to coordinate five pipe<br />
bands from across Canada and Bermuda<br />
and four military bands from the<br />
United Kingdom, Jamai<strong>ca</strong>, Bermuda<br />
and Canada.<br />
The Tattoo thrilled sell-out audiences<br />
over two consecutive evenings and<br />
even a torrential downpour on the finale<br />
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the performers.<br />
There was plenty of time to visit the<br />
island and a two-day delay in our return<br />
to Canada didn’t hurt either.<br />
Everyone returned tanned and<br />
relaxed, recharged for the coming cold<br />
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TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong> 11<br />
HMCS Montreal Force Protection exercise<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
It was a cold day to be an enemy<br />
invader in a small boat.<br />
On Monday January 30, I went<br />
along as an observer in a Force Protection<br />
exercise. The scenario was<br />
that a small craft was trying to<br />
approach one of the Canadian Navy<br />
ships alongside.<br />
“This is a whole fleet exercise,”<br />
explained LCdr Scott Tofflemire,<br />
Queen’s Harbour Master (QHM). “It<br />
is sponsored by the Commander of<br />
Canadian Fleet Atlantic.”<br />
He stated that the January 30<br />
Force Protection events had begun<br />
that morning with a simulated bomb<br />
threat onboard HMCS Halifax. That<br />
would indi<strong>ca</strong>te a potential threat to<br />
the fleet and the ships would move<br />
to a higher state of Force Protection.<br />
According to LCdr Tofflemire,<br />
this would be followed by the next<br />
stage, “a water-borne intruder. This<br />
is a slow time scenario. No<br />
weapons, no bullets.”<br />
I went out in the harbour in a<br />
Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (RHIB)<br />
with LCdr Tofflemire, LCdr Tom<br />
Esbaugh and Chief Petty Officer<br />
First Class (CPO1) Denny Flynn,<br />
both of the Seamanship Division of<br />
the Canadian Forces Naval Operations<br />
School (CFNOS). They were<br />
present from CFNOS as observers.<br />
Several other RHIBS were dispatched<br />
bearing Military Police.<br />
Before we departed the jetty, LCdr<br />
LS Richard Griffen mans the .50 <strong>ca</strong>libre machine gun, ready to provide<br />
security for the ship.<br />
Tofflemire stated that one of the<br />
goals was to see how successful the<br />
MPs were at stating the rules to the<br />
pleasure craft and potential invaders.<br />
We were to be the enemy force,<br />
and after cruising about the harbour<br />
in the RHIB for a bit, we would<br />
close on Montreal. Another RHIB<br />
would approach, inquire as to our<br />
intentions, explain the Controlled<br />
Access Zone rules and safe transit<br />
areas, and warn us of the consequences<br />
if we ignored them. Low<br />
temperatures, a brisk wind, choppy<br />
water and the oc<strong>ca</strong>sional snow flurry<br />
made it a bitterly cold day to be<br />
out in the RHIB, though we were<br />
wearing survival suits.<br />
After about a quarter of an hour<br />
of idling in the harbour, LCdr Tofflemire<br />
gave the order and we headed<br />
straight for Montreal.<br />
A RHIB with Cpl Hansen of the<br />
MP aboard approached, and Cpl<br />
Hansen asked our intentions. “We<br />
have a reporter onboard and we<br />
want to take some pictures,” LCdr<br />
Tofflemire told him. “We ask that<br />
you not take pictures,” responded<br />
Cpl Hansen. Additionally, he asked<br />
“Please stay outside 100 metres<br />
from the ships.”<br />
This was followed by a second<br />
approach to Montreal, during which<br />
LCdr Tofflemire, as ringleader of the<br />
enemy force, took a more aggressive<br />
approach. “We’re going to take<br />
Far left with the flag is the enemy vessel. The RHIBs from HMCS Montreal<br />
provide protection and intercept the enemy force.<br />
it a little higher,” he told us as our<br />
RHIB approached the frigate and the<br />
MP’s RHIB again pulled up near us.<br />
Cpl Hansen stated the rules,<br />
emphasizing that security regulations<br />
forbid small craft from going<br />
close to the Navy ships. LCdr Tofflemire<br />
be<strong>ca</strong>me hostile, picking<br />
up a spear and waving it in the<br />
MP’s direction.<br />
“We’re going through, and you<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n’t stop us,” he shouted.<br />
Cpl Hansen performed admirably,<br />
but to continue on with the second<br />
phase of the exercise, Cpl Hansen<br />
was directed to allow the RHIB to<br />
speed towards the frigate, stopping<br />
short so we could see members of<br />
Montreal’s ship’s company out on<br />
deck in Force Protection State.<br />
Although I was not onboard<br />
HMCS Montreal, it appeared that<br />
they were ready to defend themselves<br />
if necessary.<br />
Looking at the other ships alongside,<br />
I could see that they too<br />
had personnel out on deck, armed<br />
and ready to respond to the imminent<br />
threat.<br />
CPO1 Flynn estimated that we<br />
were probably within 15 to 20 metres<br />
of the ship.<br />
As Cpl Hansen’s RHIB <strong>ca</strong>me<br />
across us again, Cpl Hansen assured<br />
LCdr Tofflemire that in reality, the<br />
MPs out in the RHIBs would take all<br />
appropriate actions to keep invaders<br />
away from the Navy ships.<br />
PHOTOS: CPL VEILLETTE, FIS HALIFAX
12<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
New Fleet Club room dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted to aircraft <strong>ca</strong>rriers<br />
From left: Peter Kent, MS Wally Bennett, Bradley Henderson, RAdm Dan McNeil and MS Headley Cullen.<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
The history of two Canadian<br />
Navy aircraft <strong>ca</strong>rriers will live<br />
on in a new room dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted to<br />
their heritage.<br />
On Friday January 20, the Fleet<br />
Club officially opened a room that<br />
commemorates Her Majesty’s<br />
Canadian Ships Bonaventure and<br />
Magnificent.<br />
Master Seaman (MS) Wally Bennett,<br />
Fleet Club President of the Mess<br />
Committee (FCPMC), welcomed the<br />
large audience in attendance, which<br />
included many serving Navy members<br />
as well as former sailors from<br />
both Bonaventure and Magnificent.<br />
MS Bennett stated that former<br />
PMC Petty Officer (PO) Dave Lundrigan<br />
and LS Patrick McMerty<br />
devised the idea for the memorial<br />
room approximately a year ago.<br />
“This room provides a brief look<br />
into our past and present, and a bit of<br />
our military history,” he stated.<br />
MS Bennett extended thanks to<br />
the people who contributed their<br />
time and effort to the setting up of<br />
the new room. Among them were<br />
Peter Kent, Darren Roberts, and<br />
Tom Parsons, who provided the<br />
<strong>ca</strong>binetry that houses the artifacts,<br />
and all those who helped clean and<br />
restore the items on display. He also<br />
thanked members of the Canadian<br />
Naval Memorial Trust (CNMT) for<br />
their help.<br />
Rear Admiral (RAdm) Dan<br />
McNeil, commander Joint Task<br />
Force Atlantic and Maritime Forces<br />
Atlantic, congratulated the Fleet<br />
Club for the successful completion<br />
of the room. “Well done, and thank<br />
you to the Master Seamen and below,<br />
with their Mess, to have done this<br />
with the Bonnie and Maggie room.”<br />
RAdm McNeil stated that he oc<strong>ca</strong>sionally<br />
fields questions from junior<br />
officers as to whether the Navy needs<br />
another aircraft <strong>ca</strong>rrier. Noting that<br />
there are plans for the Navy to<br />
acquire a new ship “that <strong>ca</strong>n <strong>ca</strong>rry a<br />
lot of aircraft,” RAdm McNeil added<br />
“I regret to inform you it will probably<br />
not be <strong>ca</strong>lled an aircraft <strong>ca</strong>rrier,<br />
although it will <strong>ca</strong>rry aircraft.”<br />
RAdm McNeil observed that at the<br />
January 17 change of command,<br />
during which VAdm Drew Robertson<br />
be<strong>ca</strong>me the Chief of the Maritime<br />
Staff (CMS), outgoing CMS<br />
VAdm MacLean arranged for the<br />
ship’s bell from Algonquin to be on<br />
central display, in memory of the late<br />
RAdm Debby Piers. “He wanted to<br />
make a point of saying how important<br />
it is that we look at the past and<br />
appreciate what people have done<br />
before us, and what a great country<br />
this is.” Such memories include<br />
re<strong>ca</strong>lling ships such as the Bonnie<br />
and the Maggie, added RAdm<br />
McNeil. “So, MS Bennett and all<br />
you folks, well done.”<br />
Wendall Brown, commanding<br />
officer of Sackville and a member of<br />
the CNMT, praised the Fleet Club for<br />
setting up the room, stating that is<br />
was a fine opportunity for the Junior<br />
Ranks to learn about Canadian Navy<br />
history. He concluded, “I congratulate<br />
you very much on the initiative,<br />
and the quality of the presentation.”<br />
RAdm McNeil and Master Warrant<br />
Officer (MWO) (Retd) Bradley,<br />
who served in Bonaventure, signed<br />
the certifi<strong>ca</strong>te and cut the ribbon to<br />
formally open the new room.<br />
Artifacts arranged in the display<br />
<strong>ca</strong>ses range from uniforms to photos,<br />
programs and other mementos.<br />
The display items brought back<br />
many memories for David Bakody,<br />
who served in the engineering<br />
department of Bonaventure twice<br />
between 1961 and 1970. The ship<br />
was the scene of a signifi<strong>ca</strong>nt event<br />
in his life, according to Bakody, stating<br />
“I got married onboard the ship<br />
on Friday, January 17, 1969.”<br />
After a brief honeymoon with his<br />
new wife Anne, Bakody re<strong>ca</strong>lled,<br />
“Anne went to Dartmouth, and I<br />
went down south for four months, on<br />
the Monday after the wedding.”<br />
While Bakody re<strong>ca</strong>lled that during<br />
his first posting onboard in 1961, “I<br />
disliked Bonaventure with a passion,”<br />
the atmosphere signifi<strong>ca</strong>ntly<br />
changed during his second posting<br />
there, after the major refit. “It was<br />
like night and day.”<br />
One tragic memory concerns several<br />
crewmembers who died while<br />
they were cleaning out the AV gas<br />
tank onboard the ship, during a trip<br />
to Boston.<br />
“One man got in trouble deep<br />
inside the tank and several more went<br />
in to help him, and they were all overcome<br />
by the fumes. These were men<br />
from my mess.”<br />
It was difficult to <strong>ca</strong>rry on after<br />
such a tragic accident, but Bakody<br />
remembered, “We had a lot of sailors<br />
onboard who had gone through the<br />
Second World War, and they knew<br />
how to handle situations like that.”<br />
It was necessary to keep up with<br />
their duties even as they mourned<br />
their comrades, Bakody explained,<br />
saying “Grieving at sea is different<br />
and more compli<strong>ca</strong>ted than it is anywhere<br />
else.”<br />
CPL HOLLY CANNING, FORMATION IMAGING SERVICES<br />
Bakody was onboard Bonaventure<br />
during the explosion and fire<br />
onboard Kootenay in October 1969.<br />
“We were exercising off England at<br />
the time,” he re<strong>ca</strong>lled. Injured sailors<br />
were taken off Kootenay to Bonaventure,<br />
and Bakody talked to one of the<br />
Kootenay crewmembers who told<br />
him how worried they were, in the<br />
aftermath of the explosion.<br />
“But he told me that when they<br />
looked across the water and saw<br />
Bonaventure, they knew they would<br />
be safe.”<br />
In the aircraft <strong>ca</strong>rrier, according to<br />
Bakody, “It was like being in a small<br />
city. It provided a logistic platform<br />
for the Canadian Navy that was second<br />
to none. We had a full emergency<br />
aircrew, a full medi<strong>ca</strong>l crew,<br />
and a hospital.”<br />
Those were the years when<br />
Bonaventure usually sailed to England<br />
each fall, and a regular routine<br />
was that the sailors usually returned<br />
home with large amounts of chocolate,<br />
Bakody remembered. “Quality<br />
Street chocolates. I remember once<br />
that we brought back 12 tons of<br />
chocolate, in seven-pound tins.”<br />
The Canadian Navy bought Magnificent,<br />
nicknamed the Maggie,<br />
from the Royal Navy. Magnificent<br />
was commissioned into the Canadian<br />
Navy in 1948 and served until<br />
1957. Capable of <strong>ca</strong>rrying 30 aircraft,<br />
Magnificent’s final act was as<br />
a <strong>ca</strong>rrier of Canadian peacekeepers to<br />
Egypt during the Suez crisis.<br />
Magnificent was replaced by<br />
Bonaventure, fondly known as the<br />
Bonnie. Commissioned on January<br />
17, 1957, Bonaventure <strong>ca</strong>rried a<br />
variety of aircraft ranging from Banshees<br />
and Trackers to the Sea King<br />
helicopters when they were introduced<br />
in the 1960s. After many years<br />
of service, Bonaventure was retired<br />
in 1970.<br />
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HMCS Bonaventure monument refurbished<br />
By Lt(N) Pat Jessup<br />
Community Relations Officer<br />
In 1974, the Nova Scotia<br />
Branch of the Naval Officers’<br />
Association of Canada<br />
was instrumental in the creation<br />
of a monument in Point<br />
Pleasant Park featuring HMCS<br />
Bonaventure’s six-ton anchor.<br />
Almost immediately the site<br />
be<strong>ca</strong>me enshrined with commemorative<br />
plaques, which<br />
honour Canadian Forces personnel<br />
from both coasts who<br />
lost their lives at sea during<br />
peacetime. These plaques<br />
were informally affixed to<br />
the monument base and<br />
included the names of the<br />
Kootenay <strong>ca</strong>sualties from<br />
1969 as well as aircrews lost<br />
while serving in Bonaventure<br />
and Magnificent.<br />
After years of general<br />
wear and tear and suffering<br />
the ravages of hurri<strong>ca</strong>ne<br />
Juan, it was identified that<br />
the Bonaventure monument<br />
required major restoration<br />
and refurbishment. As part<br />
of the restoration, the original<br />
memorial plaques were<br />
removed, refurbished and<br />
mounted on plinths before reinstallation<br />
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The work to refurbish<br />
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Although no new plaques<br />
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that there is insufficient<br />
room on the base to accommodate<br />
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ensure that all peacetime <strong>ca</strong>sualties<br />
are properly memorialized,<br />
a Book of Remembrance<br />
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Under the direction of<br />
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who designed the<br />
new stone and plaque, the<br />
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with many outside agencies.<br />
While the actual cutting<br />
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Demone Monuments contributed<br />
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RCN members lost during the<br />
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Bonaventure, affectionately<br />
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By Sgt Todd Berry<br />
Army News<br />
At the Courseware Training Aids Production<br />
Centre (CTAPC) a team of<br />
civilian and military artists, animators,<br />
technicians and multimedia specialists<br />
are busy creating the Army’s newest<br />
weapons refresher training aids package.<br />
“The courseware that we are seeing<br />
developed today represents the new<br />
direction in which the Army is going<br />
with all of its training,” said Major (Maj)<br />
By LCdr M.D. Cope<br />
D Mil C2 Coord<br />
Before June 2005 Lt(N)<br />
David Craig, Formation<br />
Coordinator of Official Languages,<br />
was a CPO1 Electrician<br />
and the Career Manager<br />
for Electricians and Hull<br />
Technicians.<br />
He was commissioned<br />
under the Special Requirements<br />
Commissioning Plan,<br />
as the need for his leadership<br />
and expertise in his current<br />
appointment was immediate.<br />
Consequently Lt(N) Craig left<br />
the Career Shop in Ottawa<br />
before his commissioning<br />
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“Through modernization and transformation<br />
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stated Maj Workman.<br />
“It will help instructors prepare prior to<br />
stepping into the classroom,” said<br />
Sergeant Rod Croucher, small arms<br />
scroll was presented to him.<br />
Mindful of this oversight,<br />
and anxious to right a wrong,<br />
the Career Managers insisted<br />
that Lt(N) Craig present himself<br />
to them during their visit<br />
to Halifax in December where<br />
a small reception was held in<br />
his honour.<br />
During the reception, Lt(N)<br />
Craig was presented with his<br />
commissioning scroll by Cdr<br />
Alain Garceau, the Director<br />
Military Careers for the Navy.<br />
Congratulations to Lt(N)<br />
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instructor at the Combat Training Centre,<br />
Infantry School. “As long as the program<br />
is used for refresher training only and not<br />
the initial training on the weapon, I think<br />
it will be a very good training tool.”<br />
The training package will be released<br />
March <strong>2006</strong> and will be hosted on a server<br />
at CFB Gagetown allowing everyone<br />
access electroni<strong>ca</strong>lly. It will also be distributed<br />
across the Army on a series of CD<br />
and DVDs that will allow soldiers to take<br />
home copies or reproduce lo<strong>ca</strong>lly if they<br />
see fit for lo<strong>ca</strong>l distribution.<br />
Lt(N) Craig receives commissioning scroll<br />
Cdr Alain Garceau presents Lt(N) David Craig with his commissioning<br />
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TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong> 15<br />
IED blast<br />
(Top) Clouds of dust and dirt are visible through the front<br />
window of the vehicle following a G-Wagon, near which<br />
an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated. The<br />
blast happened near a Canadian convoy.<br />
(Bottom) Canadian soldiers with the Provincial<br />
Reconstruction Team Quick Reaction Force examine the<br />
surrounding area for physi<strong>ca</strong>l evidence after the explosion.<br />
There were no <strong>ca</strong>sualties and the G-wagons did not<br />
sustain any damage from the blasts.<br />
PHOTOS: SGT JERRY KEAN/DND<br />
Houseboat floats across the harbour<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
There was an unusual sight in Halifax<br />
harbour on January 26 and 27.<br />
A houseboat that had washed ashore<br />
at the Canadian Forces Ammunition<br />
Depot (CFAD) in Bedford earlier that<br />
month began to drift across the harbour.<br />
According to Lieutenant Commander<br />
(LCdr) Scott Tofflemire, Queen’s Harbour<br />
Master, the houseboat had earlier<br />
run aground at CFAD sometime between<br />
January 17 and 18.<br />
At that time, the houseboat had broken<br />
loose from the lo<strong>ca</strong>tion where it had<br />
been tied up in Wright’s Cove near Dartmouth,<br />
and floated down the harbour<br />
toward the depot. LCdr Tofflemire stated<br />
“There was no risk to the depot, as it<br />
was washed up onto a remote portion of<br />
the property.”<br />
A company had been informed about<br />
the event, with a view to salvaging<br />
the houseboat, and according to LCdr<br />
Tofflemire, “They were trusted to be<br />
responsible for the house, and based<br />
upon several factors, consulted with<br />
DND officials, they determined the best<br />
course of action and a recovery plan and<br />
date was determined.”<br />
But before that company could take<br />
action, the elements acted on the houseboat<br />
again. LCdr Tofflemire stated,<br />
“Military personnel noticed that the<br />
house that was washed onto the shore at<br />
Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot<br />
Bedford drifted away from the shore as<br />
The houseboat <strong>ca</strong>me to rest between Seaview Park and a container terminal.<br />
a result of tides and winds during the<br />
wee hours of January 26.”<br />
It drifted away again, eventually<br />
coming to rest on the Halifax side of<br />
the harbour between Seaview Park and<br />
the Fairview Cove area, near a container<br />
terminal.<br />
DND took actions to alert vessels in<br />
the harbour about the houseboat as it<br />
drifted, LCdr Tofflemire noted.<br />
“We contacted the appropriate folks<br />
at Halifax Traffic and as an extra pre<strong>ca</strong>ution,<br />
decided to dispatch a port security<br />
vessel to the site in the hopes that<br />
we could warn other harbour traffic that<br />
there was a house floating in the waterways.<br />
We felt that this was a prudent<br />
gesture that would provide extra safety<br />
to other marine traffic.”<br />
News reports indi<strong>ca</strong>ted that the<br />
houseboat belonged to Larry Cartwright,<br />
a Lunenburg County resident who<br />
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F A M I L Y F I R S T: H A L I F A X MFRC<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Halifax MFRC offers fun for all famlies<br />
Let us know what you think! This is<br />
our first time sending the Halifax<br />
Military Family Resource Centre’s<br />
(HMFRC) Kisbie as part of the <strong>Trident</strong>.<br />
As we have been mentioning<br />
over the past few months, we are<br />
looking forward to moving to a combined<br />
publi<strong>ca</strong>tion that will be distributed<br />
by the Halifax MFRC to our<br />
mailing list and will also be available<br />
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Military Families—The Strength<br />
Behind the Uniform.<br />
Family March break<br />
activities (March 13-17)<br />
The HMFRC will be offering family<br />
March break activities again this<br />
year. We have many activities<br />
planned for families.<br />
Monday there is a Pig Jig that<br />
includes singing, dancing and face<br />
painting for children. The performance<br />
is dazzling, energetic and<br />
entertaining. The cost for this is $2<br />
per person.<br />
Tuesday, try glow in the dark<br />
bowling. Come join us for some<br />
fun and spend time with family<br />
and friends. The fee is $3 per person.<br />
We have reserved the Stadacona<br />
Bowling Alley from 10 a.m. to<br />
12 p.m.<br />
Wednesday we have scheduled<br />
a family Fear Factor. Everyone<br />
will have the opportunity to get<br />
involved and have lots of fun. Don’t<br />
be afraid, we won’t make you eat<br />
bugs. We will also have many challenging<br />
games for everyone. Families<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n hang out together, laugh,<br />
and have the chance to win the<br />
HMFRC Fear Factor. This event is<br />
$3 person.<br />
Thursday we will have creative<br />
zones set up for all age groups.<br />
These activities are fun, interactive<br />
and trendy. These zones will be<br />
child and family led. Come check<br />
us out, you never know what kind<br />
of fun things we may do. Bring<br />
along a friend and have some fun.<br />
The cost is $ 3 per person.<br />
Friday we will be heading to<br />
the Stadacona pool for a family<br />
swim and pizza lunch. This activity<br />
will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Swimming is from 10 a.m. to 12<br />
p.m. and lunch will be served after.<br />
The cost for this cool activity is $5<br />
per person.<br />
If you are interested in any family<br />
activity or have any questions,<br />
please register your family by<br />
March 8, <strong>2006</strong>. Remember spaces<br />
are limited so register soon.<br />
Children’s<br />
March break <strong>ca</strong>mp<br />
What are your plans during<br />
March break This year the<br />
HMFRC will be offering <strong>ca</strong>mp for<br />
the whole week.<br />
This new program is designed for<br />
children ages five to 12. Our <strong>ca</strong>mp<br />
will be open Monday through Friday<br />
from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day,<br />
and the cost is $85 for the week. We<br />
also offer a great family rate. Lo<strong>ca</strong>tion<br />
is 38 MacDougall Street. Each<br />
day is jammed pack with activities<br />
for everyone.<br />
We have so many cool activities<br />
planned for the week. Come hang<br />
out. Hope to see you there. Spaces<br />
are limited, so please register by<br />
March 3, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Programs for Adults<br />
AWork of Heart. As a follow up<br />
to Strutting Your Stuff—A Fashion<br />
Show about First Impressions, Halifax<br />
Military Family Resource Centre<br />
is pleased to present A Work of<br />
Heart—Creating Impact.<br />
This one-day series of workshops<br />
focuses on providing participants<br />
with tips and tricks to create their<br />
most favourable impact in the job<br />
market, whether it be to land that<br />
new position or a new <strong>ca</strong>reer.<br />
Military Families—<br />
The Strength Behind<br />
the Uniform.<br />
Come and explore the possibilities<br />
on <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 24, <strong>2006</strong>, where<br />
Confidence Counts.<br />
The cost of the full day of workshops<br />
is $25 for military members<br />
and their families and DND employees.<br />
The general public is welcome<br />
at $40 for the day.<br />
Nutrition breaks and a light lunch<br />
will be provided. Pre-registration is<br />
necessary by <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 20.<br />
If you are interested in attending<br />
or have any questions please<br />
contact Lesley Dunn 427-7205<br />
Dunn.LA2@forces.gc.<strong>ca</strong> or Deborah<br />
Noyes 427-7206 Noyes.DM@<br />
forces.gc.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Microsoft Word Level 1: Beginner.<br />
Dates: March 4, 11, 25 and<br />
April 1, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fee: $25,<br />
register by <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 25.<br />
Participants learn word processing<br />
to write personal correspondence,<br />
keep personal records, provide<br />
support for a home-based business,<br />
write term papers and reports,<br />
résumés and covering letters.<br />
Topics include preparing documents,<br />
enhancing and customizing<br />
documents. Lessons are given in a<br />
friendly and non-threatening learning<br />
environment. $25<br />
Scrapbooking. Wednesday,<br />
March 8, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.<br />
Fee: $5 for military family member,<br />
$7 for non-military. Child<strong>ca</strong>re $5<br />
per family, free for deployed families,<br />
register by March 6, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Have you tried scrapbooking<br />
Would you like to learn Are you<br />
already a scrapbooker who would<br />
like to join others You are welcome<br />
to join us for this evening of<br />
scrapbooking.<br />
This session will cover the basics<br />
of scrapbooking and introduce new<br />
techniques. Scrapbooks are a great<br />
way of creativity recording your<br />
accomplishments and activities, or<br />
your children’s growth and activities,<br />
deployments and moves.<br />
Participants are asked to bring at<br />
least 15 to 25 pictures.<br />
Desktop publishing with<br />
Microsoft Publisher. Dates: March<br />
20 and 27 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Fee:<br />
$25, register by March 13.<br />
Participants learn to produce<br />
brochures for business/home business,<br />
create newsletters, and business/<strong>ca</strong>lling<br />
<strong>ca</strong>rds.<br />
Aspects of good design and use<br />
of colour, fonts etc. are discussed.<br />
Come out to our Desk Top Publishing<br />
workshop and learn how to<br />
amaze yourself and your co-workers<br />
with your new-found talents.<br />
Women’s self defense. Saturday,<br />
March 25, <strong>2006</strong> 9 a.m. to 4<br />
p.m. Fee: $15/person, $25/motherdaughter<br />
rate, registerby March<br />
20, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Come join us for an interactive<br />
workshop, which empowers women<br />
to trust their instincts, avoid assault<br />
situations and learn uncompli<strong>ca</strong>ted<br />
physi<strong>ca</strong>l techniques to disable<br />
an assailant.<br />
The focus is on teaching women<br />
to be resourceful rather than relying<br />
solely on physi<strong>ca</strong>l strength. Mothers<br />
and Daughters (12 years and<br />
up) are invited to come together to<br />
this event and pay only $25 for 2<br />
spots. Participants are asked to<br />
wear comfortable clothing that they<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n move in.<br />
Programs for<br />
children & youth<br />
Saturday Child<strong>ca</strong>re: Spend a<br />
relaxing Saturday afternoon doing<br />
coffee, watching a movie or <strong>ca</strong>tching<br />
up on some shopping. Saturday<br />
Casual Child<strong>ca</strong>re is for children<br />
birth to 12 years.<br />
These opportunities permit children<br />
to socialize with their peers,<br />
play with different toys, do activities<br />
such as play games, create artwork,<br />
etc. while being supervised<br />
by professional Child<strong>ca</strong>re Staff.<br />
The details are as follows:<br />
March 11, 18 and 25 10am to 3<br />
p.m. and you <strong>ca</strong>n register by the<br />
hour or for the full day. The cost is<br />
$15 per day or $3 per hour for the<br />
Your marketing strategies <strong>ca</strong>n be this simple.<br />
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Forces Community is a unique publi<strong>ca</strong>tion, and the<br />
first of its kind in Canada. With this one guide you<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n <strong>ca</strong>pture the nation’s attention and reach more<br />
than half a million people.<br />
With a look and feel similar to provincial travel guides,<br />
Voyage targets the military market, by providing<br />
information about base services to<br />
military members and their families<br />
who are travelling across the country<br />
either on va<strong>ca</strong>tion, or on their way to<br />
a new base.<br />
COME TO WORSHIP<br />
SUNDAYS AT CF CHAPELS<br />
St. Brendan’s, Stadacona<br />
Sunday Worship<br />
1015 – French Catholic Mass<br />
1115 – English Catholic Mass<br />
1115 – Protestant Service<br />
1200 Weekday (RC) Mass – Mon,Tues,Wed<br />
- Lt(N) Gaëtan Fortin (RC), and Lt(N) Chris Donnelly (P)<br />
For information – 721-8660<br />
Dave MacNeil<br />
435-4977<br />
Errol MacInnis<br />
440-1139<br />
Shearwater Chapel, Shearwater<br />
Sunday Worship<br />
1000 hrs – R.C. Mass - Lt(N) David Berezowski<br />
1115 hrs – Protestant Divine Worship<br />
- Capt. Bruce Murray<br />
Weekday R.C. Mass – Tues,Thurs, Fri - 1140; and Wed - 1900<br />
For information – 720-1441<br />
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +<br />
Protestant Communion – First Sunday of each month<br />
Baptisms & Marriages – By appointment<br />
“It is a good thing to go to the house of the Lord.”
F A M I L Y F I R S T: H A L I F A X MFRC<br />
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March <strong>2006</strong> activities<br />
Ongoing<br />
My First Reading Club. Thus mornings 11-12 am.<br />
Casual Child<strong>ca</strong>re. Mon through Wed & Fri 9-12 and 1-4 $3/hr register at 722-4663.<br />
Preschool. Tues/Thurs 1-3:30 $9/session reg 722-4664.<br />
Parent & Tot. Thursdays 9-11 $1/child reg at 427-7792.<br />
4th<br />
Microsoft Word Level One session 1 of 4. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. $25.<br />
8th<br />
Scrapbooking. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $5 military $8 nonmilitary. Register by March 6.<br />
11th<br />
Microsoft Word Level One session two of four 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<br />
Gymboree. 10-11:30 am.<br />
Sat. Child Care. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $15 day or $3/hr reg by March 9.<br />
12th<br />
Dad & Me Bowling. 1-3 pm Stadacona Bowling Alley, $3/person. Reg by 12 March.<br />
13th<br />
Pig’s Jig. $2 per person 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<br />
13-15th<br />
Push the envelope. Your feedback is wanted—Survey for Military Families.<br />
13-17th<br />
March Break Kids’ Camp. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, and the cost is $85 for the<br />
week. At the Halifax MFRC Youth Centre 38 MacDougall Street Windsor Park (reg by 3<br />
Mar).<br />
14th<br />
Glow in the Dark Bowling. Stadacona, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. $3 per person.<br />
15th<br />
Family Fear Factor. $3 per person 10-12.<br />
16th<br />
Creative Zones. $3 per person.<br />
17th<br />
Family swim and pizza lunch. Stadacona pool 10 am to 1 pm. $5 per person.<br />
18th<br />
Sat. Child Care. 10-3 $15 day or$3/hr reg by 16 Mar.<br />
20th<br />
Desktop Publishing Session one of two 6-7:45 p.m. $25.<br />
25th<br />
Sat. Child Care. 10-3 $15 day or$3/hr reg by 23 Mar.<br />
Gymboree. 10-11:30 am.<br />
Women’s Self Defence. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $15 per person, $25 mother/ daughter Register<br />
by March 20.<br />
Microsoft Word Level One session three of four. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.<br />
27th<br />
Desktop Publishing Session two of two. 6-7:45 p.m. $25.<br />
Note: All activities take place at the Halifax MFRC in the Halifax Military Community<br />
Centre, Bldg 106 Windsor Park unless otherwise noted.<br />
Please pre-register and pre-pay for HMFRC programs including Child<strong>ca</strong>re. Participants<br />
are not fully registered until they have paid for the program/event. Spaces are<br />
only reserved for paid participants. Refunds and Cancellations: Refunds will be issued<br />
to participants if they withdraw on or before the registration deadline. Late withdrawal<br />
or a no show will result in the forfeit of any paid fees. Exceptions will be considered<br />
for sickness at the discretion of the coordinator. Please note that unless otherwise<br />
indi<strong>ca</strong>ted, programs are offered in English. Please <strong>ca</strong>ll 427-7780 for info. Visit us on<br />
the web www.halifaxmfrc.<strong>ca</strong>. All programs subject to change or <strong>ca</strong>ncellation.<br />
first child and $1.50 per hour for<br />
siblings. (Free for families of<br />
deployed members.)<br />
Lo<strong>ca</strong>tion: Halifax MFRC Child<strong>ca</strong>re<br />
rooms lo<strong>ca</strong>ted in HMCC, Windsor<br />
Park.<br />
Registration: Deadline to register<br />
is Thursday before each date and<br />
payment is due prior to registration<br />
deadline in order to confirm<br />
your spot.<br />
Please provide lunch for those<br />
children staying over the lunch<br />
hour, no nuts please and bring any<br />
necessary gear for infants such as a<br />
change of clothes, bottles and diapers.<br />
Call 427-7788 to register or<br />
for more information.<br />
GymBoree: The Halifax MFRC<br />
has two wonderful and energetic<br />
volunteers who deliver this program<br />
to our families.<br />
At GymBoree, you and your children<br />
will have the opportunity to<br />
play and interact with other children<br />
and their families. Some activities<br />
offered during this time are<br />
tunnel crawl, hula-hoop, circle time<br />
with action songs, hopscotch, snack<br />
and more.<br />
A special area is dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted to<br />
infants with mats and interactive<br />
toys to enjoy with their parents.<br />
This program is offered on various<br />
Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. To<br />
register for the next session please<br />
<strong>ca</strong>ll 427-7788 as spaces fill up<br />
quickly. Next sessions:<br />
March 11 & 25 Spaces are limited<br />
so Register Today by <strong>ca</strong>lling<br />
427-7788.<br />
Dad and Me: Are you a Dad or<br />
male <strong>ca</strong>regiver looking for more<br />
ways to spend quality time with<br />
your child/children Here’s a great<br />
opportunity for just that. The Halifax<br />
MFRC is pleased to once again<br />
offer our Dad & Me program where<br />
Dads/male <strong>ca</strong>regivers <strong>ca</strong>n interact<br />
with their children and develop rapport<br />
with other Dads/Male Caregivers<br />
in a fun-filled atmosphere.<br />
Whether we offer activities on site<br />
or off, we will give you something<br />
to anticipate. Don’t miss out on<br />
these awesome activities. Open to<br />
all ages.<br />
Coming up in March, Glow in the<br />
Dark Bowling and in April we will<br />
be having some springtime fun with<br />
gardening. Sunday, March 12 -<br />
Stadacona Bowling Alley 1 p.m. to<br />
3 p.m. $3 per person.<br />
NEW! My First Reading Club:<br />
Join us and discover a gift of life<br />
long learning.<br />
My First Reading Club promotes<br />
literacy to families and children<br />
between the ages infant to five<br />
years through means of age appropriate<br />
book packages put together<br />
by staff and volunteers of the Halifax<br />
MFRC which parents and children<br />
take home to share.<br />
Please pre-register<br />
and pre-pay for<br />
HMFRC programs<br />
including Child<strong>ca</strong>re.<br />
From birth, babies enjoy sounds<br />
and the one sound they most enjoy<br />
is the human voice.<br />
When sharing books together,<br />
read out loud to your children;<br />
ask questions as this builds on<br />
language, thinking skills and<br />
imagination. Reading—Food for<br />
your Brain...<br />
My First Reading Club Ages:<br />
Infant to 5 years.<br />
Thursday mornings 11a.m. to 12<br />
p.m. Halifax MFRC.<br />
Casual Child<strong>ca</strong>re: Need some<br />
time for you or have an appointment<br />
Perhaps you have some<br />
shopping to do. We have the<br />
answer. HMFRC offers Casual<br />
Child<strong>ca</strong>re. To make an appointment<br />
up to one week in advance please<br />
contact 722-4663. Times: Monday<br />
to Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to<br />
12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday<br />
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $3 per<br />
hour for the first child and $1.50 per<br />
hour for the next sibling.<br />
Preschool: Spaces Still Available...<br />
Our part day preschool is<br />
looking for children aged 3-5 years<br />
to join our fun filled afternoon program.<br />
Sessions run from 1 p.m. to<br />
3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
at a cost of $9 per session.<br />
Please come and join us for some<br />
fun learning.<br />
For more details please <strong>ca</strong>ll Julie<br />
Patterson, Day<strong>ca</strong>re Director at 722-<br />
4664. HMFRC offers a licensed<br />
Preschool Program for children<br />
ages 3-5 years from September<br />
until June. This program provides a<br />
stimulating curriculum that fosters<br />
cognitive, emotional, physi<strong>ca</strong>l and<br />
social development of children.<br />
Activities are led by a qualified Early<br />
Childhood Edu<strong>ca</strong>tor and include<br />
artwork, songs, stories, a music<br />
program and field trips.<br />
Parent & Tot: You are the most<br />
important person in your child’s<br />
life. Parents <strong>ca</strong>n and do influence<br />
all areas of their child’s development<br />
in countless ways every day.<br />
Our Parent & Tot program is<br />
offered at the Halifax MFRC on<br />
Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to<br />
11 a.m. for only $1 per child.<br />
Our program offers parents and<br />
their children the opportunity to<br />
engage and explore in activities<br />
together such as art, circle, songs,<br />
finger plays, snack and free play<br />
fostering their development.<br />
Delivery of this program is a collaborative<br />
effort between parents<br />
and staff and is an excellent time to<br />
model and share positive language<br />
and learning with other military<br />
families and their children. For<br />
more information, <strong>ca</strong>ll your Child<br />
and Family Program Facilitator at<br />
427-7792.<br />
Staying in touch<br />
Help us keep our mailing list up<br />
to date.<br />
We try to keep our mailing list as<br />
accurate as possible, so here are<br />
LAWYERS - AVOCATS<br />
Service en français<br />
Criminal Defence<br />
Military Law<br />
Family Law/Divorce<br />
House Purchase & Sale<br />
(DND Rates honoured)<br />
[902] 492•7000<br />
After hours <strong>ca</strong>ll:<br />
Tom Singleton 483-3080<br />
SINGLETON & ASSOCIATES<br />
Fees reduced 25%<br />
for CF Members<br />
Thinking of<br />
Vous songez à<br />
contributing to<br />
cotiser à votre<br />
your RRSP<br />
REER<br />
Visit us to do your 2005 RRSP contribution by March 1, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Passez nous voir avant le 1er mars <strong>2006</strong> pour cotiser à votre REER<br />
pour l’année 2005.<br />
Halifax: (902) 425-6926 • 1-800-267-6681 • www.sisip.com<br />
SISIP Financial Services <strong>ca</strong>n<br />
provide you with:<br />
• advice tailored to your<br />
military lifestyle<br />
• the expertise of certified<br />
Financial Planner (CFP) professionals<br />
(F. Pl. in Quebec)<br />
• no load (no sales fees)<br />
mutual funds<br />
Les Services financiers du<br />
RARM peuvent vous offrir :<br />
• des conseils adaptés à<br />
votre mode de vie militaire<br />
• l’expertise de planifi<strong>ca</strong>teurs<br />
financiers (CFP)<br />
professionnels (Pl. fin.<br />
au Québec)<br />
• des fonds de placement<br />
sans frais d’acquisition<br />
(sans frais de vente)<br />
Mutual Funds Provided Through /<br />
Fonds mutuels fournis par le biais de
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F A M I L Y F I R S T: H A L I F A X MFRC<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
a few ways that you <strong>ca</strong>n help us<br />
do this:<br />
If you know of a military family<br />
who might be interested in receiving<br />
our newsletters and information,<br />
please have them contact us<br />
and provide their mailing address.<br />
If you are planning on moving<br />
soon, please let us know your new<br />
address and <strong>ca</strong>ncellation of your<br />
old one.<br />
If you are not receiving this information<br />
at home and you would like<br />
to, please provide your home mailing<br />
address.<br />
Please contact us at 427-7780 or<br />
by email at info@halifaxmfrc.<strong>ca</strong><br />
Please note that as per our Privacy<br />
Policy all personal information is<br />
kept strictly confidential and is not<br />
provided to any other organizations<br />
or individuals without prior consent<br />
of the family.<br />
Some exceptions apply. We take<br />
your privacy seriously in all program<br />
and service areas.<br />
Contact the HMFRC for more<br />
information.<br />
Push the Envelope<br />
From March 13 to March 25,<br />
when you participate in any of our<br />
programs/activities the Halifax<br />
Military Family Resource Centre<br />
will have available a survey to<br />
obtain information about your<br />
experiences in your community and<br />
with your MFRC.<br />
Your participation in this survey<br />
is very important. Your responses<br />
will provide feedback that staff will<br />
use to ensure that high quality and<br />
needed programmming is available<br />
for military families.<br />
Your responses will also be used<br />
by the Director of Military Family<br />
Services to manage the entire Military<br />
Family Services Program.<br />
The survey should take about 10<br />
minutes to be completed by one<br />
family member. All information<br />
provided will be anonymous.<br />
So during March 13 to 25, when<br />
you are at the HMFRC, please take<br />
the time to complete the survey.<br />
Du plaisir pour toute la famille au CRFM d’Halifax<br />
Activités familiales<br />
pour la relâche de mars<br />
(le 13-17 mars)<br />
Le Centre a prévu encore cette<br />
année une semaine <strong>ca</strong>ptivante pour<br />
la relâche de mars.<br />
Pour lancer les activités, nous<br />
avons sur place Pig Jig, avec chansons,<br />
danse et surtout grimage pour<br />
les enfants. Elle offre un spectacle<br />
éblouissant et plein d’énergie et elle<br />
adore divertir les enfants. Le coût, 2<br />
$ par personne.<br />
Avez-vous déjà joué aux quilles<br />
(phosphorescentes) dans le noir Si<br />
la réponse est non, vous en aurez<br />
l’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion mardi. Joignez-vous à<br />
nous avec vos amis pour cette partie<br />
de plaisir. À 3 $ par personne,<br />
c’est une vraie aubaine. Soyez donc<br />
des nôtres de 10 h à midi à la salle<br />
de quilles Stadacona.<br />
Pour mercredi, une journée de la<br />
peur. Vous et votre famille pourront<br />
vous amuser ferme. N’ayez aucune<br />
crainte, nous ne vous ferons pas<br />
manger des « bibittes », du moins<br />
pas trop. Nous avons également au<br />
programme des jeux amusants pour<br />
tous. Les familles peuvent participer<br />
ensemble, se distraire et<br />
courir la chance de gagner le concours.<br />
Tout ça pour la modique<br />
somme de 3 $ par personne.<br />
Le jeudi est la journée de la créativité.<br />
Nous aménagerons des zones<br />
pour tous les groupes d’âge. À l’horaire,<br />
des activités amusantes, interactives<br />
et branchées que tous<br />
aimeront faire et apprendre. Les<br />
zones seront dirigées par les enfants<br />
et les familles. Vous verrez le plaisir<br />
d’un amas de bric et de broc peut<br />
apporter pour aussi peu que 3 $<br />
par personne.<br />
Nous avons organisé pour la<br />
dernière journée une baignade à la<br />
piscine Stadacona suivie d’une pizza<br />
de 10 h à 13 h. Les familles pourront<br />
s’amuser dans la piscine de 10<br />
h à midi et ensuite déguster une pizza,<br />
tout cela pour seulement 5 $. Si<br />
ces activités vous intéressent,<br />
veuillez-vous inscrire avant le 8<br />
mars et appelez-nous si vous voulez<br />
des renseignements additionnels.<br />
Les places sont limitées, donc,<br />
inscrivez-vous sans délai.<br />
Camp de jour pour enfants<br />
de la relâche de mars<br />
Avez-vous des plans pour la<br />
relâche de mars Le Centre offrira<br />
cette année <strong>ca</strong>mp pour les jeunes de<br />
5 à 12 ans. Il se tiendra du lundi au<br />
vendredi de 7 h à 17 h. Le coût sera<br />
de 85 $ par enfant. Nous avons<br />
également un tarif familial. Le<br />
<strong>ca</strong>mp, qui se tiendra au 38, rue Mac-<br />
Dougall, comportera une foule<br />
d’activités pour tous. Aimez-vous<br />
cuisiner Avez-vous déjà joué au<br />
jeu de la peur Pouvez-vous concevoir<br />
vos propres bijoux Nous<br />
avons au programme des activités<br />
géniales pour tous. Laissez-vous<br />
tenter. Inscrivez-vous avant le 3<br />
mars, <strong>ca</strong>r les places sont limitées.<br />
Programmes pour les adults<br />
Word niveau 1 : Débutant. 4, 11<br />
et 25 mars et 1er avril de 10 h à midi.<br />
Les rudiments du traitement de<br />
textes pour la correspondance<br />
personnelle, la conservation de<br />
dossiers personnels, le soutien<br />
d’une entreprise à domicile, la<br />
rédaction de travaux de trimestre,<br />
de rapports et de CV. Les sujets<br />
englobent la préparation ainsi que<br />
l’amélioration et la personnalisation<br />
de documents. L’atelier est<br />
offert dans un milieu convivial et<br />
surtout non intimidant. 25 $.<br />
Création d’albums de<br />
découpures. Le mercredi 8 mars<br />
<strong>2006</strong>.<br />
18 h 30 à 20 h 30.<br />
Date limite pour les inscriptions :<br />
le vendredi 6 mars <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Coût : 5 $ par personne (famille<br />
de militaires), 7 $ pour les civils.<br />
Frais de garde : 5 $ par famille,<br />
Gratuit pour les familles de militaires<br />
déployés.<br />
Avez-vous déjà essayé de faire un<br />
album de découpures Aimeriezvous<br />
apprendre Vous vous adonnez<br />
déjà à cette activité et aimeriez<br />
vous joindre à d’autres Vous êtes<br />
les bienvenus à cette soirée de création<br />
d’albums. Cette séance portera<br />
sur les éléments de base d’un<br />
album. On y présentera aussi de<br />
nouvelles techniques. Les albums<br />
de découpures sont une excellente<br />
façon de consigner avec créativité<br />
vos réalisations et activités, la<br />
croissance et les activités de vos<br />
enfants ou encore les déploiements<br />
et les déménagements. Prière d’apporter<br />
de 15 à 25 photos.<br />
Éditique avec Microsoft Publisher.<br />
20 et 27 mars, de 18 h à<br />
19 h 45.<br />
L’atelier aborde plusieurs sujets,<br />
entre autres, la réalisation de<br />
brochures d’entreprise (commerciale<br />
ou personnelle), de bulletins et<br />
de <strong>ca</strong>rtes d’affaires ainsi que la mise<br />
en page et le choix des couleurs<br />
et des polices. Inscrivez-vous et<br />
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épater vos collègues avec votre<br />
nouvelle expertise. 25 $.<br />
Autodéfense pour les femmes.<br />
25 mars <strong>2006</strong>, 9 h à 16 h.<br />
Date limite des inscriptions :<br />
20 mars.<br />
Coût: 15 $ par personne ou 25 $<br />
pour mère et fille.<br />
Cet atelier interactif et divertissant<br />
enseigne aux femmes comment se<br />
fier à leurs instincts, éviter des situations<br />
dangereuses et neutraliser<br />
sans difficulté un agresseur. Il insiste<br />
sur ll’ingéniosité plutôt que sur la<br />
force. On invite les mères et filles à<br />
s’inscrire pour seulement 25 $.<br />
On demande aux participants<br />
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Les Programmes<br />
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Service de garde du samedi. Le<br />
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Ce service permet aux enfants de<br />
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F A M I L Y F I R S T: H A L I F A X MFRC<br />
TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong> 19<br />
pour chaque enfant additionnel.<br />
Lieu: La salle du service<br />
de garde du CRFM de Halifax<br />
MFRC à Windsor park.<br />
Inscription: La date limite<br />
pour les inscriptions est le<br />
jeudi avant le samedi de service<br />
de garde et le paiement<br />
doit être fait avant la date limite<br />
afin de confirmer votre<br />
inscription. Veuillez apporter<br />
un lunch (sans noix) pour les<br />
enfants qui luncheront au<br />
CRFM ainsi que tout le<br />
matériel nécessaire aux nouveaux<br />
nés soit pyjamas de<br />
rechange, bouteilles, couches,<br />
etc. Téléphoner au 427-<br />
7788 pour vous inscrire ou<br />
pour obtenir plus de renseignements.<br />
Service de garde temporaire.<br />
Vous avez besoin de<br />
temps pour vous Vous avez<br />
un rendez-vous Vous devez<br />
faire du magasinage Nous<br />
avons la solution : le service<br />
de garde temporaire du<br />
CRFMH. Pour prendre rendez-vous<br />
jusqu’à une semaine<br />
à l’avance, veuillez composer<br />
le 722-4663. Heures d’ouverture<br />
: lundi, mardi, mercredi et<br />
vendredi, de 9 h à 12 h et de<br />
13 h à 16 h; le jeudi de 13 h à<br />
16 h. Coût : 3 $ de l’heure<br />
pour le premier enfant et 1,50<br />
$ pour les enfants suivants.<br />
Garderie le samedi à l’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion.<br />
Nous sommes de<br />
retour en pleine activité pour<br />
l’automne avec deux jours par<br />
mois pour vous permettre de<br />
finir les emplettes de la rentrée<br />
des classes ou simplement<br />
pour avoir du temps pour vous<br />
durant la fin de semaine. Souvenez-vous<br />
que, si votre conjoint<br />
est parti en affectation,<br />
vous pouvez utiliser vos<br />
heures de répit pour payer le<br />
coût de la garde d’enfants.<br />
Programme préscolaire.<br />
Des espaces encore disponibles...<br />
Le préscolaire du<br />
CRFM d’Halifax est à la<br />
recherche des enfants pour<br />
remplir le programme de<br />
l’après-midi (13h00 à 15h30<br />
le mardi et le jeudi). Le coût<br />
est $9.00 par session. Venez<br />
nous joindre pour une expérience<br />
édu<strong>ca</strong>tive et amusante.<br />
Pour plus de détails veillez<br />
contacter 722-4664. Programme<br />
préscolaire - Le<br />
CRFMH offre un programme<br />
préscolaire reconnu pour<br />
les enfants de 3 à 5 ans, de<br />
septembre à juin. Stimulant,<br />
ce programme favorise le<br />
développement cognitif,<br />
affectif, social et physique<br />
des enfants. Les activités<br />
sont supervisées par une<br />
édu<strong>ca</strong>trice de la petite<br />
enfance qualifiée. Au programme<br />
: arts, chansons, contes,<br />
musique et excursions.<br />
« Gym » boree. Le Centre<br />
de ressources pour les familles<br />
des militaires (CRFM) peut<br />
compter sur deux merveilleux<br />
bénévoles en pleine forme<br />
pour dispenser ce programme<br />
à nos familles. Au « gym »<br />
boree, vous et vos enfants<br />
aurez l’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion de jouer et<br />
de faire des activités avec<br />
d’autres enfants et leurs<br />
familles. Au nombre des<br />
activités offertes, on peut<br />
mentionner la reptation dans<br />
un tunnel, le cerceau, le cercle<br />
avec chansons mimées, la<br />
marelle, les goûters, etc. Un<br />
coin de la salle a été réservé<br />
spécialement aux bébés, qui y<br />
trouveront des matelas et des<br />
jouets interactifs à partager<br />
avec vous. Ce programme est<br />
ordinairement offert le samedi,<br />
de 10 h à 11 h 30. Pour<br />
vous inscrire à la prochaine<br />
séance, composez le 427-<br />
7788. N’attendez pas : les<br />
places s’envolent vite!<br />
Parents et bambins. Vous<br />
êtes la personne la plus<br />
importante dans la vie de<br />
votre enfant. Les parents ont<br />
le potentiel d’exercer une<br />
influence positive sur le<br />
développement de leur enfant<br />
à tous les jours. Le plus que<br />
nous comprenons la petite<br />
enfance, le plus que nous<br />
comprendrons comment nous<br />
pouvons encourager un<br />
développement sain.<br />
Le programme « Parents<br />
et bambins » donne aux parents<br />
et à leurs jeunes enfants<br />
l’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion de passer du<br />
temps de qualité ensemble<br />
tout en rencontrant d’autres<br />
familles de militaires. Au<br />
programme : art, rassemblement,<br />
comptines, contes,<br />
chansons et jeux libres. Le<br />
programme est rendu possible<br />
grâce à la collaboration<br />
entre le personnel et les parents.<br />
Al’oc<strong>ca</strong>sion, des invités<br />
spéciaux viendront entretenir<br />
les parents d’un sujet d’intérêt<br />
pour eux. Pour réserver<br />
une place, communiquez<br />
avec la responsable des services<br />
de garde en composant le<br />
427-7792. Le jeudi, de 9h00<br />
à 11h00. Coût : 1$ par enfant.<br />
Papa et Moi. Etes vous un<br />
Papa/gardien masculin qui<br />
cherche à passer plus de<br />
temps avec votre enfant<br />
Voici votre chance! Le CRFM<br />
d’Halifax est fier de vous<br />
présenter de nouveau le programme<br />
« Papa et Moi » - -<br />
un programme qui vise à<br />
développer des relations positives<br />
entre enfant et parent,<br />
ainsi qu’à développer des<br />
liens avec d’autres gardiens<br />
masculins. Ne manquez pas<br />
ces activités importantes! Le<br />
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Les espaces sont limitées -<br />
- enregistrez aujourd’hui en<br />
composant le 427-7788.<br />
Gardons le contact :<br />
aidez-nous à<br />
tenir notre liste<br />
d’envoi à jour<br />
Nous essayons de tenir<br />
notre liste d’envoi le plus à<br />
jour possible. Voici comment<br />
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Si votre nom figure sur<br />
notre liste et que vous ne<br />
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veuillez communiquer<br />
avec nous (voir ci-dessous)<br />
en nous indiquant votre<br />
adresse telle qu’elle est libellée<br />
sur l’étiquette d’envoi.<br />
Si vous connaissez une<br />
famille de militaire susceptible<br />
d’être intéressée à<br />
recevoir notre bulletin et l’information<br />
que nous diffusons,<br />
demandez-lui de communiquer<br />
avec nous pour<br />
nous donner son adresse.<br />
Si vous prévoyez de déménager<br />
bientôt, veuillez nous<br />
le faire savoir et nous indiquer<br />
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Si vous souhaitez recevoir<br />
l’information que nous<br />
diffusons à votre domicile,<br />
veuillez nous communiquer<br />
votre adresse.<br />
Si vous préférez recevoir<br />
l’information uniquement par<br />
courriel, communiquez-nous<br />
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envoyant un message à<br />
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indiquant comme objet Abonnement.<br />
Sachez toutefois que<br />
certains fichiers électroniques<br />
(bulletins p. ex.) sont trop<br />
importants pour être transmis<br />
facilement par certains services<br />
de courriel gratuits et certains<br />
services d’accès par<br />
ligne téléphonique.<br />
Pour tout renseignement<br />
complémentaire, téléphoneznous<br />
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envoyez un courriel à<br />
info@halifaxmfrc.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
Sachez que, conformément<br />
à notre politique sur la protection<br />
des renseignements<br />
personnels, tous les renseignements<br />
personnels que<br />
nous possédons sont strictement<br />
confidentiels et ne sont<br />
fournis à aucune autre organisation<br />
et à aucune autre personne<br />
sans l’accord préalable<br />
des intéressés. Il y a toutefois<br />
certaines exceptions à cette<br />
règle. La protection des renseignements<br />
personnels vous<br />
concernant est, pour nous,<br />
essentielle dans tous les<br />
aspects de la prestation de nos<br />
programmes et services. Pour<br />
tout renseignement complémentaire,<br />
veuillez vous<br />
adresser au CRFMH.<br />
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à un questionnaire sur<br />
vos expériences dans la collectivité<br />
et vos impressions<br />
sur le Centre. Vos réponses<br />
comptent! En effet, elles<br />
nous aideront à offrir aux<br />
familles des militaires les<br />
programmes de qualité dont<br />
elles ont besoin. De plus, le<br />
Directeur - Soutien aux<br />
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servira pour gérer l’ensemble<br />
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aux familles des militaires.<br />
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en tout anonymat ne prend<br />
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Free yourself once and for all...<br />
By Gloria Kelly<br />
CF H Svcs Gp.<br />
So you made a New Year’s resolution<br />
to stop smoking, or you simply<br />
want to kick the habit To help<br />
you achieve that goal the CF<br />
Strengthening the Forces team is<br />
launching its smoking cessation<br />
challenge for the fourth year in a row.<br />
“Take the March 1st, I Quit! challenge<br />
and free yourself from tobacco<br />
use once and for all,” said Donald<br />
Déry, head of the Tobacco Use<br />
Reduction Program, for Strengthening<br />
the Forces. “The challenge is<br />
to quit smoking for at least four<br />
weeks, from March 1 to April 1.<br />
“The latest CF Health and<br />
Lifestyle Survey indi<strong>ca</strong>tes that 75<br />
percent of CF members do not<br />
smoke.The decrease in smoking rate<br />
in the past four years has been even<br />
greater than that in the general Canadian<br />
population. The large majority<br />
of smokers (91 percent) want to<br />
reduce or to quit smoking. They<br />
know there are important negative<br />
consequences associated with smoking,<br />
but an extra incentive may help<br />
to make the break,” said Déry.<br />
Last year, thousands of people<br />
took up the challenge.<br />
The <strong>ca</strong>mpaign targets CF Regular<br />
and Primary Reserve Force<br />
members, the Cadet Instructor<br />
Cadre, Canadian Rangers, DND<br />
civilian employees, non-public<br />
fund employees, and Supplementary<br />
Reserve Force members who<br />
smoke regularly.<br />
The challenge provides a quit<br />
date for smokers already motivated<br />
to refrain from smoking and who<br />
have not yet set a quit date.<br />
The program also provides an<br />
opportunity for the involvement of<br />
supporters whose job is to provide<br />
encouragement and advice to<br />
smokers enrolled in the program.<br />
Participants and supporters in the<br />
challenge are eligible to share in<br />
more than $16,000 worth of prizes<br />
provided by CANEX and SISIP<br />
Financial Services, partners of the<br />
March 1st, I Quit! Challenge.<br />
“Tobacco use costs the CF<br />
upwards of $36.5 million annually<br />
in illnesses related to smoking and<br />
lost productivity for the Regular<br />
Force only,” said Déry.<br />
“That’s a signifi<strong>ca</strong>nt drain on the<br />
system that simply does not need to<br />
be there.”<br />
Déry said he believes this program<br />
will best meet the needs of<br />
those who have already made the<br />
decision to quit smoking and those<br />
who have quit smoking for less than<br />
six months.<br />
Success in quitting smoking<br />
increases with the number of quit<br />
attempts, averaging 6 to 7 times<br />
before quitting for life.<br />
Support of peers, family and coworkers<br />
is an important factor in<br />
the challenge.<br />
Supporters are encouraged to<br />
help the smoker keep away from<br />
the tobacco products throughout<br />
the challenge and hopefully well<br />
beyond.<br />
“If a person <strong>ca</strong>n stay smoke-free<br />
for a month that is a good start,”<br />
said Déry.<br />
“Tobacco use costs<br />
the CF upwards<br />
of $36.5 million<br />
annually in illnesses<br />
related to smoking<br />
and lost productivity<br />
“If they <strong>ca</strong>n kick the habit for a<br />
year it’s a pretty good bet that they<br />
will remain smoke-free.”<br />
Eligible members attempting to<br />
quit smoking <strong>ca</strong>n access smoking<br />
cessation medi<strong>ca</strong>tion and counselling<br />
programs adapted to their<br />
specific needs such as Butt Out<br />
Programs.<br />
This year, participants in the<br />
March 1st I Quit! will have access<br />
to telephone counselling services<br />
available 24 hours a day through the<br />
Canadian Smokers’ Helpline.<br />
“No one said it would be easy to<br />
stop smoking but the rewards are<br />
worth it,” said Déry.<br />
To register, fill out the form<br />
available at www.cfpsa.com/health<br />
(deadline <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 28) or contact<br />
the Health Promotion director at any<br />
CF base/wing or unit.<br />
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TRIDENT, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2006</strong><br />
CF hockey—not just for guys<br />
By MCpl Paul Murphy<br />
Coach, Team Atlantic<br />
The Atlantic Region held selection<br />
tryouts for Team Atlantic<br />
(F) January 22 to 27 at the Shearwater<br />
arena. This selection <strong>ca</strong>mp<br />
was the largest in the Atlantic<br />
Region in the seven-year history of<br />
female hockey in the CF.<br />
The <strong>ca</strong>mp was very intense,<br />
incorporating a tacti<strong>ca</strong>l classroom<br />
session, a practice and a game each<br />
day for all participants. The players<br />
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and penalty killing parameters.<br />
The players were then assessed,<br />
scored and ranked amongst their<br />
peers in a game that same day to see<br />
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had been taught. This process is<br />
very similar to the way Hockey<br />
Canada chooses Team Canada.<br />
Team Atlantic are all smiles as they head to Borden for the nationals March 4 to 10.<br />
The hosts, Formation Halifax<br />
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nutrition and health.<br />
Once the team was selected the<br />
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The CFNES hockey team emerged the victors of the Cock of the Walk hockey tournament.<br />
By Tracy MacLean<br />
Stadacona Sports Coordinator<br />
COTW hockey was held at Shannon<br />
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It was an exciting week of hockey with 10<br />
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CFNOS defeated FMPS with a score of 7-<br />
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Sidelines sports trivia<br />
1. Which sport involves athletes riding<br />
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or four to a sled<br />
2. Name the sport where two teams<br />
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ice toward a target. Matches consist<br />
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cross country with pauses to<br />
shoot at targets, with competitors<br />
skiing penalty loops or receiving a<br />
time penalty<br />
5. In which event do athletes race<br />
down an ice track singly or in<br />
pairs, sliding on their backs<br />
6. Athletes in this type of skiing<br />
competed in Aerials and Moguls.<br />
7. Introduced at the 1998 Winter<br />
Olympics, what is the name of<br />
the event in which athletes compete<br />
in the halfpipe and parallel<br />
giant slalom<br />
8. Events in this type of alpine skiing<br />
included the ‘Giant’ and ‘Super G’.<br />
9. Athletes race down a track of ice<br />
on their stomachs head first.<br />
10. What sport was part of the<br />
summer Olympics before it was<br />
moved to the Winter Olympics.<br />
— By MS Sherdian, HMCS Halifax<br />
ANSWERS: 1. Bobsled. 2. Curling. 3. Nordic Combined.<br />
4. Biathlon. 5. Luge. 6. Freestyle skiing. 7. Snowboarding. 8.<br />
Slaloms. 9. Skeleton. 10. Hockey.<br />
Formation Halifax Broomball Club<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
Broomball has some things in<br />
common with hockey and with<br />
curling, but it is not the same as<br />
those games.<br />
“Basi<strong>ca</strong>lly, the game is similar to<br />
hockey,” noted broomball player<br />
Jennifer Doyle, president of the Formation<br />
Halifax Broomball Club.<br />
“The key difference is, we don’t<br />
skate. It is a running sport.”<br />
People have been playing broomball<br />
for approximately 100 years,<br />
Doyle stated. The exact origins of<br />
the game are uncertain, but it may<br />
have been established as an alternative<br />
to hockey, or “in communities<br />
where there were no arenas.”<br />
The Formation Halifax club meets<br />
to play on Thursday evenings at the<br />
Shannon Park Arena, and usually on<br />
Monday nights in the town of Windsor,<br />
depending on the schedule. “We<br />
have about 18 members right now, all<br />
female,” stated Doyle. There used to<br />
be a men’s team as well but several<br />
years ago broomball was dropped as<br />
a military sport, so there is not a<br />
men’s team at this time.<br />
Though there is not the number of<br />
broomball players that there was 20<br />
years ago, “We play against some<br />
teams in the Valley, from the Windsor<br />
and Brooklyn areas,” Doyle stated.<br />
“We play in a league with five<br />
The Formation Halifax broomball club at the World Championships, 2004.<br />
women’s teams.”<br />
Broomball is played on an ice rink<br />
but unlike hockey, the players wear<br />
broomball sneakers which have soles<br />
with an inch of soft rubber that gives<br />
the player traction on ice. Broomball<br />
players wear helmets, knee and<br />
elbow pads, and gloves.<br />
The purpose of the game is to score<br />
goals over the opposing team. Each<br />
team has six players and the players<br />
use a stick made of rubber, with<br />
wood or aluminum shafts and shaped<br />
like a paddle, in order to propel the<br />
ball around the rink. The ball is made<br />
of material like that of a basketball<br />
and is about five inches in diameter.<br />
A broomball game consists of two<br />
periods, each one 20 minutes long.<br />
The six players comprise a centreman,<br />
two singers, two defencemen,<br />
and a goalie.<br />
The Formation Halifax club is<br />
affiliated with Broomball Nova Scotia<br />
and also with the Canadian<br />
Broomball Federation. There is a<br />
provincial tournament and the winning<br />
team is eligible to compete in<br />
the national championship.<br />
Formation Halifax Broomball<br />
welcomes players of all ages and<br />
experience levels. “Some of the girls<br />
on the team are in their first year of<br />
playing and there are others who<br />
have been playing for 15 years. So<br />
we have a wide range, and it’s the<br />
same thing with the ages. We have 18<br />
year olds and we have 50 year olds.”<br />
New players <strong>ca</strong>n learn all the basics<br />
of the game, Doyle commented. “We<br />
are trying to promote it and get more<br />
people out to play.”<br />
“Our club has always been about<br />
playing be<strong>ca</strong>use we like to play. If we<br />
win, that’s just a bonus.”<br />
The Formation Halifax Broomball<br />
Club will host a tournament at<br />
Shannon Park on <strong>Feb</strong>ruary 18 and<br />
19. “We are hoping to have at least<br />
12 teams, and coed as well. We play<br />
coed in the tournament.”<br />
The provincial broomball tournament<br />
will be in Tatamagouche from<br />
March 10 to 12, but according to<br />
Doyle, the <strong>Feb</strong>ruary tournament in<br />
Shannon Park is unique. “Right now,<br />
our club is the only other club that has<br />
a tournament in Nova Scotia.”<br />
Be<strong>ca</strong>use the broomball community is<br />
smaller now, there are no longer as<br />
many tournaments, Doyle observed,<br />
adding that the <strong>Feb</strong>ruary event has<br />
created excitement. “I had people<br />
<strong>ca</strong>lling me from New Brunswick,<br />
back in November.”<br />
The Formation Halifax Broomball<br />
Club team won the provincial championships<br />
in 2005. Instead of attending<br />
the Canadian national championship,<br />
the club has decided instead<br />
to attend the world broomball championship<br />
to be held in Minneapolis in<br />
October <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
“So we have been fundraising<br />
since last summer, to attend the<br />
world championship. Some of our<br />
military members who were transferred<br />
last year have already put<br />
their money down, and they will<br />
meet us there.”<br />
For more information, contact Jennifer<br />
Doyle at 864-9272 or by email<br />
at jenniferdoyle@eastlink.<strong>ca</strong>.<br />
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WWW.OREGANS.COM<br />
2477 Robie Street • Halifax • Open Mon to Fri<br />
8:30am-9:00pm Sat 8:30am-5:00pm<br />
902-422-8551
EagleSpirit Marketing<br />
A Proud Partner of HP<br />
EagleSpirit Marketing is an aboriginal company<br />
with 8 years of experience working with the Federal Government.<br />
We are pleased to announce that we are now a premier partner with HP.<br />
We are authorized to sell from the following HP Standing Offers:<br />
HP Desktop<br />
HP Server<br />
HP Notebook<br />
HP Printer<br />
NMSO No: E60EJ-03000D/004/EJ<br />
NMSO No: E60EJ-010003/001/EJ<br />
NMSO No: E60EJ-04000N/003/EJ<br />
NMSO No: EZ107-030001/003/VIC<br />
We also hold a supply Standing Offer where you <strong>ca</strong>n purchase<br />
additional HP toner from RMSO No. 66HAL-040015/001/HAL.<br />
Please visit our website for available NMSO/RMSO products:<br />
www.eaglespiritinc.com<br />
All purchases from EagleSpirit Marketing will count towards<br />
your departments Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business.<br />
Thank you for supporting your lo<strong>ca</strong>l aboriginal business.<br />
Please contact us for all of your requirements, general inquiries, quotes and availability.<br />
Our friendly staff will make the process of purchasing as simple as possible.<br />
For all your computer and printing needs, please contact us at<br />
info@eaglespiritinc.com, or <strong>ca</strong>ll 1-866-542-1435.<br />
We look forward to providing you superior service.