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 value of $70 million USD. Bravo Zulu! Shawinigan has been conducting detection and monitoring duties in the Caribbean Basin since June […]
Operation Carribe
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Although navies are primarily designed to fight wars, they perform a variety of other duties as well. Some naval operations focus on security and good order on the seas, and include such things as countering piracy. Another security-related duty in which the Royal Canadian Navy has participated for many years […]
*Moderator’s Note: This article was originally published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald on 03 March 2012. This version contains two corrections of errors that appeared in the original version, which was posted on 19 March. This article, like the first, is reprinted here with the permission of the author. When New […]