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Lead Line Naval Association of Canada Vancouver Island Newsletter September – October 2017 • Volume 32, Issue 5 ORIOLE ON TOUR HMCS Oriole participates in a formation sail past at the Port of Quebec during Rendez-vous 2017 in Quebec City, Quebec, on July 23. Oriole has been on an epic East Coast journey to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary. The CFB Esquimalt-based ship will go through a maintenance refit in Halifax this fall before returning home in the spring of 2018. Photo by Corporal Andrew Kelly, Canadian Forces Combat Camera INSIDE THIS ISSUE President's Message ............................................2 Ottawa conducts layered missile engagement .........6 Veteran's Corner .................................................3 'Proud Boys' return to regular duties ......................8 In Brief ...............................................................4 Interim AOR unveiled .........................................10 Ottawa and Winnipeg return home .......................5 Communication changes on RCN ships................11 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE AN EXCITING YEAR OF CHANGE AHEAD As summer winds down On November 23, Ray further development of our and the fall program builds, Protti, former head of CSIS, Naval Affairs work. This will it’s time to consider our course will be coming to speak on be a good time to explore op- going forward. Forest fires current international security portunities and build a solid keep us in a bit of a haze, but challenges. course going forward. clearing is predicted and our Mike Brossard is our OPI for An e-letter will be out short- schedule of activities is falling luncheons and I ask that you ly featuring our Executive and into place. contact him at mbrossard1@ the various tasks they have Our first luncheon is sched- shaw.ca or 250-544-1425 to taken on in support of our uled for September 28th, again confirm your attendance. members and our Navy. Stay at the Royal Victoria Yacht This October, Rod Hughes tuned. Club in Cadboro Bay. Our and I will be attending the We have an interesting Bill Conconi guest speaker will be Rear NAC National Conference course coming together for the Admiral Art McDonald, and AGM in St. John’s. As we listing of who will be letting next year and will continue to Commander MARPAC. He did last year, we will take as their name stand for election add options in the way of tours will be accompanied by some many proxies as we can back as a Director. Please consider and special events. of his senior staff. with us. To this end, Steve the list of candidates and mark It’s time to consider your On October 26 we will host White will bring copies of the your proxies accordingly. membership renewal and en- Captain David (Duke) Snider, forms with him to the next Issues going forward have courage friends and acquain- who is now the President of luncheon to facilitate your to do with the continuance tances to come on board and the Nautical Institute, an inter- voice at the AGM. The latest of Starshell—long time editor make the trip with us. national representative body issue of Starshell has informa- George A. Moore will produce Yours Aye, for maritime professionals. tion on the conference and a his final issue this fall—and Bill NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND AGM ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND The National Conference is a one-day event host- ed by the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memo- rial University on Oct. 20. The theme is "The North Atlantic: Past and Present". The AGM will be held ACCOMMODATIONS on Oct. 21 at HMCS Cabot. Murray Premises Hotel/St. John’s Executive Suites, Concurrent with the conference will be sever- 5 Beck’s Cove, St. John’s, NL al special events celebrating the 75th anniversary www.murraypremiseshotel.com of the Crow's Nest Officers Club. These include a Phone (709) 738-7773 or (866) 738-7773 naval mess dinner at CFS St. John's on Oct. 21. The group block is under the Naval Association of Canada and delegates should ask for this block when calling. Compli- More details and registration forms are posted mentary continental deluxe breakfast is offered along with com- on the NAC website www.navalassoc.ca/ plimentary parking and Wi-Fi. Delegates should book by Sept. 19, occasions/2017-conference-and-agm. after which date any rooms remaining will be released, but may be booked after that date if still available. 2 • LEAD LINE & VETERANS CORNER FAMILY CAREGIVER RELIEF BENEFIT REPLACED By Rod Hughes community. woman who takes care of her In the last Federal gov- The budget allocated $187.3 grandfather, who is a Veteran ernment budget, it was an- million over six years to cre- and continues to live at home. nounced that a number of ate the Caregiver Recognition Florence is not receiving com- initiatives were being put in Benefit to provide the $1,000 pensation for the care she is place to further support vet- per month to caregivers of ill providing, which includes dai- erans’ families and caregivers. and injured Veterans to better ly supervision, cooking, main- One of the Veterans Affairs recognize their vital role. taining the home, and running Canada (VAC) initiatives is The definition of a Caregiv- errands. The new Caregiver replacing the Family Care- er is a person 18 years of age Recognition Benefit will pro- giver Relief Benefit with a or older who plays an essen- vide Florence with the month- monthly benefit paid directly tial role in the provision or ly amount of $1,000 paid Rod Hughes to a Veteran's caregiver. This coordination of ongoing care directly to her in acknowledge- benefit comes into effect next for that Veteran in the Veter- the benefit will be indexed ment of the care and support spring. an’s home, for which that per- annually to keep pace with she provides. The proposed change de- son receives no other forms inflation. This initiative is intended livers directly on commit- of remuneration. To illustrate the new pro- to provide additional support ments of the Minister of VAC This new tax-free bene- gram, the VAC website to Veterans and their fami- and DND, and was specifi- fit of $1,000 a month will be (http://bit.ly/2vQTIeP) offers lies, and recognizes the inte- cally requested by the Vet- paid directly to a Veteran's an example: gral role of the caregiver in a erans caregiver stakeholder caregiver and, importantly, Florence is a 28-year-old Veteran's well being. NAC-VI Executive Committee President Bill Conconi [email protected] 250-652-1634 Past President Michael Morres [email protected] 250-592-8897 Vice President Rod Hughes [email protected] 250-472-8905 Secretary Mike Brossard [email protected] 250-544-1425 Treasurer Peter Bey [email protected] 250-652-2225 Membership Services Bill Macdonald [email protected] 250-661-3731 Director at Large Diana Dewar [email protected] Director at Large David Cooper [email protected] 250-472-8905 Director at Large Patrick Hunt [email protected] Director at Large Steve White [email protected] 250-652-8215 special appointments Editor Carmel Ecker [email protected] 250-661-1269 Photography John Webber [email protected] 250-920-4159 Historian Stan Parker [email protected] 250-734-3360 Webmaster Eric Griffiths [email protected] 250-537-0608 Naval Association of Canada – Vancouver Island (NAC-VI) mailing address: P.O. Box 5221, Victoria, BC, Canada V8R 6N4 LEAD LINE • 3 & IN BRIEF Naval Security Team working CFB Esquimalt Changes of Command with Fiji The Naval Security Team (NST) of the HMCS Vancouver's Royal Canadian Navy deployed a team outgoing Commanding of a dozen sailors on Aug. 11 from CFB Officer, Capt(N) Clive Esquimalt to Fiji to conduct force gener- Butler is rowed ashore ation training with the Republic of Fiji after passing command Navy. of the ship over to Cdr This deployment was part of the Roy- Christopher Nucci. al Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) POSEIDON –Photo by LS Valerie CUTLASS series of deployments and LeClair, MARPAC provides a persistent Canadian Asia-Pa- Imaging Services. cific presence and an ongoing opportu- nity to engage in numerous exercises with regional partner navies at sea. The NST is a globally deployable na- val team designed primarily to provide enhanced force protection for the safety and security of deployed RCN ships and personnel at home or overseas. HMCS Saskatoon Reviewing Officer, LCdr Lucas Ken- HMCS Charlottetown joins ward (centre), signs the certificate offici- SNMG1 ating the command change between Sas- HMCS Charlottetown joined Standing katoon's Outgoing Commanding Officer, NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) LCdr Todd Bacon (right), and Incoming in early August on its way to the Med- Commanding Officer, LCdr Kristina iterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Gray (left). – Photo by LS David Gariepy, and Baltic Sea as part of Canada’s sup- Fleet Maintenance Facility MARPAC Imaging Services. port to NATO assurance and deterrence Outgoing Commanding Officer, measures in Central and Eastern Europe. Cap(N) Christopher Earl (left) handed On its second deployment under Op- command of FMF to Capt(N) Ed Hoop- eration Reassurance, Charlottetown re- er (right). Commander Maritime Forces places HMCS St. John’s, which arrived in Pacific, RAdm Art McDonald was the its home port of Halifax on July 17 after a Reviewing Officer. –Photo by Cpl Blaine six-month deployment. Sewell, MARPAC Imaging Services. Combat Camera Photo HMCS Kingston sails past a gigantic iceberg as it proceeds northbound in the Davis Strait, north of the Arctic Circle. The Royal Canadian Navy is assisting the Canadian Coast Guard by capturing data on each iceberg to track and assist with reporting to mariners operating in the North. 4 • LEAD LINE & WEST COAST NEWS HMCS OTTAWA AND WINNIPEG RETURN HOME HMC Ships Winnipeg and Ottawa returned home in August after a five-month deployment in the Asia-Pacific region on Poseidon Cutlass 17.