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 […]
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 […]
RCN Public Affairs, 18 July 2022. Good morning shipmates, I would like to take a moment of your time to invite digitally creative Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors and their […]
RCN Public Affairs, 12 July 2022 On June 14, 2022, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Vancouver and Winnipeg, and their CH-148 Cyclone helicopter air detachments, departed Esquimalt, B.C., to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) […]
By Roger Cyr, OMM, CD, 12 July 2022 In 2021, Canada was plagued with major natural disasters. The COVID pandemic continued, and there was a deadly heat wave, the worst […]
By Les Mader, 6 July 2022 Given all of the bad news and negative comments linked to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, especially with respect to the Joint Support Ship and […]
By David Dunlop, 28 June 2022 This concept has been bantered about before but deserves a second look for the acquisition of Canadian Polar-class icebreakers and Strategic Sealift Capabilities. The […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 24 June 2022 A timely and trenchantly argued study by Ian Mack advocates a fundamental and urgent overhaul of Canada’s military procurement system.1 Mr. Mack outlines some […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 21 June 2022 As noted in earlier posts to this Forum, several recent media reports have indicated that Irving Shipbuilding is seeking at least $300 million in […]
