By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 5 November 2021 Madam Justice Louise Arbour has issued some preliminary recommendations as she looks into sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. She supports the […]
Credit: ABC News, 04 November 2021 The Navy has fired the top three leaders who were aboard the attack submarine USS Connecticut when it struck an uncharted sea mountain in […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 4 November 2021 We’ve all watched with horror – mixed with anger – the fallout from the cyber-attack on the health care system in Newfoundland and […]
Credit: Navy News, October 18, 2021 The RCN has released a new, more comfortable and gender-neutral peaked cap for its sailors. Issue of the new cap will be phased in […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 29 October 2021 The Naval Association of Canada has produced another interesting addition to the Briefing Note series. This one is about naval training and exercises. It […]
By David Dunlop, 26 October 2021 The latest issue of the Maritime Engineering Journal (MEJ) contains a featured article on the new Land Based Test Capability (LBTC) facility at Hartlen Point for […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 25 October 2021 On 23 October 2021, the third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) – the future HMCS Max Bernays – was launched into the […]
According to Business Insider, a US Navy amphibious assault ship was destroyed by fire last summer in part because sailors failed to press a button that could have activated a […]
OTTAWA — The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain’s Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada’s Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows […]
Dr. Andrea Charron, 8 October 2021 There has been much in the news about the AUKUS submarine deal and the suggestion that Canada was or was not “left” out. It […]
By Mikaël Perron, 7 October 2021 There are two pages on the Lockheed Martin Canada’s website that display a new CG version of the CSC. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-ca/index.html https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-ca/canadian-programs.html The new CG pictures […]
By Timothy Choi, 1 October 2021 On 1 October, 2021, HMCS Harry DeWolf, first-of-class of the Arctic & Offshore Patrol Vessels, arrived in Vancouver following its 10,050 km long journey […]
By David Dunlop, 20 September 2021 The French government has immediately recalled their Ambassadors to the US and Australia amid the Australian government’s decision to cancel the DCNS Barracuda Block […]
By Brian Bertosa, 19 September 2021 It is said that an unlikely personal friendship between Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN, widely regarded as the person most responsible (in the […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 16 September 2021 Summer has ended and fall has begun. We are now dealing with the fourth wave of this never-ending pandemic saga. But the show […]
By David Dunlop, 16 September 2021 Australia has now done an about-face and scrapped the 12 boat French DCNS Barracuda Block 1A submarine deal. The French/Naval Group naturally are livid […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 13 September 2021 Technology marches inexorably onward. Resistance is futile! Or is it? It’s interesting to see that the President of the US International Longshoremen’s Association […]
By Jeff G. Gilmore, 2 September 2021 During a time of promises related to the upcoming election, it is useful to look at the two major political parties to review […]
RCN Public Affairs, 12 August 2021. Between July 12 and 21, Shawinigan and the U.S. Coast Guard (USGC) completed successful interdictions, seizing close to 2,800 kg of cocaine with an approximate street […]
RCN Public Affairs, 12 August 2021. HMCS Halifax returned to Her Majesty’s Canadian (HMC) Dockyard Halifax on July 19, 2021, after serving as flag ship to Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) […]