By Naval Association of Canada, 12 October 2022 Established in 1985, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Naval Service of Canada, the Admirals’ Medal award was founded by […]
By P.M. Sanderson, Capt (Ret’d), Canadian Army, Reserve, 9 October 2022 Presently there is no ‘push’ by the Canadian government for amphibious ships nor is there any ‘pull’ from the […]
By Bill Featherstone, 4 October 2022 There has been much rhetoric about the viability and use of the new AOPS/V Harry DeWolf (HDW) class, of which we now have three […]
By David Dunlop, 2 October 2022 The head of the RCN, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, has recently defended and commented to the Canadian Press (CP) that the RCN really needs all […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 30 September 2022 Sweden confirmed on 29 September that there are two more leaks in the gas pipelines from Russia to Europe – two off Sweden […]
RCN Public Affairs, 21 September 2022. Sailors on board His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Margaret Brooke and Goose Bay have been busy with several training exercises since the ship departed earlier this month for […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 21 September 2022 Time passes. As the leaves begin to turn and the temperature falls, it’s time for another issue of Canadian Naval Review. In the […]
On 08 September 2022 the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that […]
By Moderator, 12 September 2022 Canadians of a certain age will remember tv commercials for Participaction, a government program formed to encourage Canadians to exercise more. The commercials involved an […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 1 September 2022 The US Naval Forces Central Command reported that on the night of 29-30 August it prevented the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy […]
By David Dunlop, 27 August 2022 Because of delays of the Protecteur-class Joint Support Ship (JSS) project, the Canadian government is forking over another $187 million for the ‘rental’ of […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 19 August 2022 The United Kingdom published its new National Maritime Security Strategy (NMSS) on 15 August 2022. The full report can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-maritime-security-strategy The […]
By Moderator, 18 August 2022 Colonel Tod Strickland Commandant, CACSC, released a piece in January called “On Social Media.” It’s about the use of social media by members of the […]
By Les Mader, 17 August 2022 The first steel for Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) 6 – the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray – was cut only 47 days (see link […]
By David Dunlop, 10 August 2022 It has finally happened! Canada’s RCN will not be able to fulfill its commitments to either one of NATO’s Task Forces that Canada has […]
By Les Mader, 9 August 2022 From its initial appearance, the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and the warships that it is producing have generated a great deal of public comment. […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 27 July 2022 It’s been said before — and it’ll be said again — that the National Shipbuilding Strategy is not going well. There have been […]
By Les Mader, 25 July 2022 The 19:41 minute video from 2020 [link below] describes the 20-year Australian effort to convert the country’s basic amphibious capability into a world-class regional […]
By Brian Bertosa, 22 July 2022 Another “Dire Threat to Western Democracy”? We don’t have enough of them as it is? And from such a clear and present . . […]
By David Dunlop, 19 July 2022 Here is an interesting read from The New Statesman U.K edition written by Lawrence Freedman. In it he describes both sides of the conflict […]
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