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Joanie Veitch person who likes to draw and paint, they ON, and worked for many years on well- was a fun project, he says, explaining how Trident Newspaper always appealed to me.” known children’s television animation he began sketching ideas for a design to Based out of HMCS Donnacona in series, such as “Arthur” and “The Busy take to his shipmates in the engineering S1 Ron Hiscock has created a lasting Montreal, S1 Hiscock was posted to World of Richard Scarry.” department for feedback. legacy on HMCS Goose Bay, drawing Goose Bay in September 2020 while he More recently, he worked as a techni- Once he’d settled on a final idea, he inspiration from the ship’s name and old went through training for his Marine cian in the Media Arts department at took the drawing to the ship’s Coxswain war movies he remembers seeing as boy Technician trade A-ticket Roundsman Champlain College helping teachers and and the ship’s Commanding Officer, SINCE 1996 IT’S LIKE GETTING MONEY IN YOUR MAILBOX™ with his father. qualification. students with their arts projects before LCdr Daniel Rice, to see if they would He has made a striking piece of gun Hearing the ship often referred to as becoming a full-time reservist five years approve it. shield art, deploying a style of artwork “The Mighty Goose Bay,’’ an image of ago and fulfilling a long-held dream. Getting an enthusiastic green light from a cartoon version of the Canada goose “I always had great respect for indi- that became popular during the Second Goose Bay’s command team, S1 Hiscock image on the ship’s badge began to form viduals who chose to serve their country World War, most notably on the Canadian got to work on his project. He measured Flower-Class Corvettes. in his mind. After thinking more about and community in the Canadian Armed a board to fit the mount on Goose Bay’s Similar to the “nose art” painted on the history of gun shield art on board Forces. I almost joined up straight out of foc’s’le, painted it ship grey for back- the fuselage of aircraft during the First navy ships during the war, the idea of high school, but I chickened out,” he said. ground and then worked on the “Mighty and Second World Wars, ship’s crews, painting something in that style began to The desire stayed with him, but “life Goose Bay” image. especially of the smaller vessels, such as take shape. kept getting in the way,” S1 Hiscock says, SINCE 1996 IT’S LIKE GETTING MONEY IN YOUR MAILBOX™ the flower-class corvettes, began painting “I had lots of time to kill living in until his 45th birthday, when it struck The whole project took three days , cartoon-style designs on the ship’s gun Tribute Tower in a pandemic,” S1 Hiscock him that if he didn’t at least give it a go, completed in late May at the end of S1 shield, often coming up with artwork that says wryly. he would regret it. Hiscock’s contract. played on the ship’s name. Drawing and painting has always been “I figured if I tried and could not do it, “Everyone seemed to like it,” he says. “I have always liked the way the crew of a part of his life. After studying Creative then I’d deal with that; but I had to try. So “The reaction has been great and I’d like military vehicles would paint a picture on Arts at Dawson College in Montreal, at age 47 I joined up, and I have enjoyed to give the crew of Goose Bay a thank you them for luck, or to show how proud they he went on to do a Classical Animation every minute and challenge ever since.” for everything we did together over the were as a team,” says S1 Hiscock. “Being a program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Taking on the challenge of the art piece last eight months.”

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Joanie Veitch band Steve Murgatroyd, began the cer- Trident Newspaper emony by welcoming the guests, which included S1 Shane Cowbrough, father to A memorial flower garden in honour SLt Cowbrough; other military personnel; of SLt Abbigail Cowbrough was officially Kody Blois, MP for the Kings-Hants area; dedicated on July 30 at the Veteran Farm representatives from the Royal Canadian Project in Sweet’s Corner, NS, a veteran- Legion; and farm staff and volunteers. run organization that grows farm produce Miller said the idea of a creating garden for food packages delivered weekly to vet- in Sub-Lt Cowbrough’s memory seemed a erans and families in need. natural fit as the Veteran Farm Project has With about 25 attendees gathered under evolved into a healing space for women tents during heavy rain, Jessica Miller, veterans who volunteer at the farm. who owns the farm along with her hus- SLt Cowbrough died on April 29, 2020, when the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter Photo by Jessica Miller she was on crashed into the sea off the coast of Greece, while returning to HMCS Fredericton after a training flight as part of Operation Reassurance. Photo by Joanie Veitch Five other CAF members also died in the Jessica Miller, left, and S1 Shane Cowbrough unveil a new memorial Stalker 22 crash: Capt Kevin Hagen, Capt flower garden in honour of SLt Abbigail Cowbrough at the Veteran Brenden MacDonald, Capt Maxime Miron- Farm Project in Sweet’s Corner, NS. Morin, Master Cpl Matthew Cousins, and SLt Matthew Pyke. and enjoy nature; a place to think and done on my chest, and she got the same Miller reflected on her own military remember her - a beautiful woman.” tattoo,” he said. experience as a former medic on board S1 Cowbrough, Abbigail’s father, Following the ceremony, S1 navy ships, serving 21 years with the noted the carved image of a bird in flight Cowbrough reflected on how memo- Canadian Armed Forces. She said she felt on the wooden sign at the entrance to rials such as this, and the many other a kinship with SLt Cowbrough and was the garden holds special significance as tributes in his daughter’s honour, speak deeply affected by the news of her death. both he and his daughter had matching to the kind of person she was. “I had sailed those seas and I had flown in tattoos of that same image. “Everybody thinks their kid is special. those helicopters. I knew what it was like to “During Fredericton’s deployment I thought that, for sure, but it’s not The new garden is meant to be a be there and I felt, as a woman, this would they were able to get on shore before until you see how much of an impact space for anyone to come to reflect be a special place for her to feel safe and to COVID took that away from them. she had on so many people in such a on nature, think, and remember SLt be honoured,” Miller said. “This is a space Abbigail visited the town of Chania in short amount of time. She just had such Abbigail Cowbrough. for anyone who wants to come and reflect Greece, which is where I had that tattoo amazing drive and energy,” he said.

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Three HMCS Regina sailors have banded together – literally. Sailor First Class Marianne Mojica, Master Sailor Justin Grant, and S3 Giovanni Bellosillo have It is a morale booster combined their musical talents to and‘ sweet escape for form the 3 Deck Band. They play in the ship’s junior us and something rank’s mess and other locations on our ship can be board where sailors gather during special occasions and events. proud of.” “A lot of people have been – S1 Marianne Mojica excited to hear us play and will join in and sing or even bring their own instruments and jam along with us,” says S1 Mojica, who Grant on Baritone saxophonist plays tenor saxophone. “I started and S3 Giovanni Bellosillo on the the band because I wanted to violin. make things a little bit different When S1 Mojica isn’t playing on board during the pandemic music or performing her Naval and boost people’s moods. It is a Weapons Technician job, she is morale booster and sweet escape looking for art projects. On the for us and something our ship can wall of the junior rank’s galley be proud of.” some of which were paid gigs. Coast Firing range in Nanoose Bay for she painted city skylines of places The 27-year-old has been interested in The favourite genre of 3 Deck Band is Canada Day to test its 57mm guns, the the ship has visited in recent years. She music since she was four; she also plays jazz, but they are not opposed to taking band assembled in the ship’s hangar to also helped make and paint a plaque, piano, oboe, guitar, drums, Ukulele, and requests on anything from rock, pop, coun- mark the holiday with a stirring rendi- which served as a departure gift for does vocals. She has been involved in try to R&B. tion of O Canada. their Commanding Officer during their orchestra bands, concert bands, and choirs, When Regina was stationed at the West Joining S1 Mojica’s saxophone is MS Change of Command ceremony.

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Emily Lindahl atrium a week later. D Air PA The process to hang the biplane securely without compromising its structure was an It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…well…it’s a incredibly delicate process. Metal frames bi-plane. were built to take the aircraft’s weight safely. At NDHQ(Carling) in Ottawa, the Battle The project was coordinated by LCol of Britain Building houses Royal Canadian Jean-Pascal Paris, who is responsible for the Air Force (RCAF) staff, both military and Air Staff RCAF Artefacts aircrafts project, civilian, and a VIP – a very important plane, working in concert with the Vice Chief of a Nieuport XI. the Defence Staff Carling Campus Project This 7/8 scale replica of a Nieuport XI, Director, Mark Ross, and BGIS Manager, C-IPOR comes with the nickname ‘Pokey’ Dave Sprung, as well as a team of aviation and is on a long-term loan from the National technical experts. Air Force Museum of Canada, located at The Nieuport XI is also a tribute to This 7/8 scale replica of the Nieuport XI, The project was coordinat- Canadian Forces Base Alan Duncan Bell-Irving of located at Canadian Forces Base Trenton. ed by LCol Jean-Pascal Paris. Trenton. The aircraft itself Vancouver, a Canadian who was donated to the museum fought with the Gordon Military Cross on Oct. 20, 1916, and Bell-Irving’s story was told in the book in 2017 by a private collector Highlanders during the First received a Military Cross Bar in January Gentleman Air Ace: The Duncan Bell- from British Columbia. World War. In 1915, Bell- 1917. For his battle victories, France Irving Story. His legacy lives on with This Nieuport XI par- Irving was seconded to the honoured Bell-Irving with the Croix de the Canadian Air Cadet program, the ticipated in a commemo- Royal Flying Core (RFC) Guerre. creation of which he played a key role. In rative flight at the 100th where he was posted to No. He was shot down four times, the last 2010, to mark his role as one of the pro- Anniversary of the Battle 60 Squadron. of which resulted in injuries that ended gram’s founders, 135 Squadron, Royal of Vimy Ridge in France, He is known as the first his active combat career. He finally relin- Canadian Air Cadets was renamed 135 quished his commission in 1919 due to in 2017. The biplane also Canadian RFC flying ace fol- Bell-Irving Squadron. lowing his fourth and fifth health concerns. took part in the “Birth of a There are two plaques on the Nieuport Nation Tour” across Canada aerial victories in September But it was not the last that the XI. The first one reads: Presented by for #Canada150. The air- 1916, with a final count of Canadian military would see of Bell- craft was flown by currently Alan Duncan Bell-Irving. seven aerial victories. He flew Irving. During the Second World War, Boeing Canada honouring Duncan Bell- serving pilot, Captain Brent the Morane-Saulnier N sin- he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, Irving of Vancouver, First Canadian RFC Handy. gle-seater, and then a Nieuport 17 fighter serving as the commanding officer at Ace, 30 September 1916. The second ‘Pokey’ moved into the Battle of Britain aircraft. On Sept. 14, 1916, Bell-Irving shot No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School reads: Presented by Air Canada Pilots - Building 7, March 27 when it was re- down an enemy observation balloon over in Jarvis, and the RCAF Central Flying Association honouring Duncan Bell-Irving assembled and painstakingly hoisted to hang Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, France. School in Trenton. When the war ended, of Vancouver, First Canadian RFC Ace, 30 from the ceiling in the building’s three-story Alan Duncan Bell-Irving was awarded the he held the rank of Air Commodore. September 1916.

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New Honorary Captain says Anishinaabe teachings and RCN helped her become a leader Joanie Veitch Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic, pre- Trident Newspaper sented Eisan with her Honorary Captain Scroll and Pin. Honorary Captain (Navy) (HCapt(N)) Deborah “Honorary Captains in the RCN are Eisan’s dream of becoming a nurse and travelling the selected leaders who have distinguished HCapt(N) Debbie Eisan, centre, receives her scroll from world didn’t work out quite as she had envisioned. themselves in their private or public life. RAdm Brian Santarpia at a ceremony on June 21. PO1 Instead, the Anishinaabekwe from the Batchewana They act as ambassadors for the navy to the Katerina Stewart carries the DND/CAF Eagle Staff. First Nation in northern Ontario joined the Royal Canadian people,” he said. we would not know how to love ourselves uncondition- Canadian Navy (RCN) at age 17. He listed her many achievements, including the ally and to love others with the same tenacity; to respect “It was the military that gave me the courage to stand National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Award of each other and the differences we all have, and that each up for who I am and to be proud of my culture and my Distinction, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for her heritage,” she said. “The military gave me the confidence work in advocating for cultural awareness of Indigenous of our spirits are unique and beautiful,” she said, high- to express my thoughts and opinions.” people within the CAF, and her work creating the lighting the teachings of each of the guiding principles. In her 36-year career, she travelled to more than 20 Department of National Defence (DND)/CAF Eagle As one of two military members instrumental in cre- countries and played a key role in recruiting and men- Staff, the travelling symbol of unity among Indigenous ating the DND/CAF Eagle Staff – carried at the scroll toring Indigenous youth through the Canadian Forces people in the military. and pin ceremony by Petty Officer First Class Katerina Aboriginal Entry Program and various summer training RAdm Santarpia said HCapt(N) Eisan has also played Stewart – HCapt(N) Eisan recalled how in 2002 she and programs, such as Raven and Black Bear. She retired from a key role as a “valued advisor” to senior military leader- Petty OfficerMEMORIAL Second Class Chris Innes, PARK from Whitefish the military as a chief petty officer second class. ship on Indigenous matters. River First Nation, each had a dream of an Eagle On June 21, she was officially appointed Honorary “She was, and continues to be, a strong voice for Staff. They shared their vision with each other the next Captain (Navy) at a scroll and pin presentation cer- Indigenous members of the CAF and veterans. Debbie, I morning, andMUSIC the two went FESTon to create 2021 the DND/CAF emony. The event was held in the Admiral’s Conference have to say that we are the ones who are humbled and Eagle Staff as a powerful emblem of unity, honouring Room at Maritime Forces Atlantic headquarters in honoured that you have been appointed as Honorary current and past Indigenous members in the defence Halifax with limited in-person attendance, but many Captain – you are truly remarkable.” community. watching on-line. While her military trainingBring helped your shape lawn her career, chairs, “This bring Eagle Staff your serves picnics, as a reminder of the tenacity Raymond Sewell, a musician from the Mi’kmaq com- the Anishinaabe knowledge, passed downbring through your the dancingand the strong shoes! and proud service of Indigenous people munity of Pabineau, N.B., drummed and sang the generations from the Seven Grandfather teachings of within the CAF,” said HCapt(N) Eisan. “So, you see, Mi’kmaw Honour Song, and Chief Dean Sayers, Chief wisdom, love, respect, bravery,Join us honesty, Tuesdays humility, at and Memorial dreams do Park come fortrue, 4 but weeks not always of in the way you of Batchewana First Nations, gave congratulatory truth, has also shaped her as a person. expect – if we open our eyes and watch for the signals, remarks before Rear-Admiral (RAdm) Brian Santarpia, “Without the wisdom of our eldersmusic, and our fun, ancestors friends we’ll and achieve community our dreams.”

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. . . TIME . . . BASE COMMANDER’SAnnual NSIDE Approx. 8:00 pm GOLF TOURNAMENT Arrive at 7:15 pm I to allow for parking and The shot-gun style tournament includes green fees, practice balls, registration check in. power cart, dinner and a day of fun on and oﬀ the course. . . . LOCATION . . . OU Large Canteen Parking Lot Between Lyall T and Esquimalt Roads.

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CALL 250-363-1009 $80 REGULAR • $87 ORDINARY • $115 ASSOCIATE OR EMAIL [email protected] (COURSE CODE SPO202116001) OR BOOK ONLINE Bkk.cfmws.com/esquimaltpub Course code DRA 212205002 Photo credit GolfBC Group If you are asked for payment please call 250-363-1009. PROUDLY SPONSORED BY

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VICTORIA SHIPYARDS PREPACKAGED SNACKS PROVIDED Online Registration Bkk.cfmws.com/esquimaltpub or call 250-363-1009 ALL COVID POLICIES WILL BE IN EFFECT Applicable COVID protocols will be adhered to. Do not attend if you are unwell. Applicable COVID protocols will be adhered to. Do not attend if you are unwell. Tournament subject to adjustments based on provincial and Base guidelines.