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HMCS Regina ship’s defensive capabilities in one operations and the use of force close the ship. The bridge issued Finally disabled and bullet- combined “day of awesome war- under the direction of NTOG. warnings, yet it continued to close; ridden, the Hammerhead slowly HMCS Regina has transited the fare gunnery”, otherwise known as They trained in distance apprecia- this is when the 57mm gun fired sunk, allowing members of Indian Ocean and is now support- Operation Big “DAWG”. tion, the use of the bridge warning at the Hammerhead. NTOG, the ship’s .50 cal teams ing Operation Artemis, Canada’s These types of serials are com- organization, and the employment As the target continued to close and Bronco to use the oppor- contribution to Combined Task mon within the Royal Canadian of .50 calibre heavy machine gun the ship, the 57mm gun engaged tunity for extra target practice. Force 150, which is responsible Navy to ensure proficiency and warning shots against a fast craft it again. If this was not a train- The serial finally ended when the for tracking, boarding, and inter- maintain the ship’s combat readi- threat. ing serial, the Fast Inshore Attack Hammerhead slipped beneath the dicting the trade of narcotics and ness. This serial was unique as it The second phase was the use of Craft would have been stopped waves. other illegal cargo being smug- was the first time all the deployed the Cyclone and its C-6 machine by this point; however, for the Ultimately, the day was a gled around the African coast and assets onboard Regina were used gun to deter and conduct more exercise it continued to close the resounding success and validated Middle East. in one large layered defence warning shots against the threat. ship and Regina’s layered defence the skills of all personnel involved A few weeks ago, Regina con- exercise against a single threat: a The third and final phase was continued. Once it reached 500 onboard the ship. This intricate ducted a multi-element train- remote-controlled target called a the biggest event of the day; the yards, the NTOG team and the training serial re-affirmed Regina’s ing with the embarked CH-148 Hammerhead simulating a fast use of Regina’s main armament, underway force protection com- unofficial motto of “Three Three Cyclone helicopter (call sign inshore attack craft. the 57mm gun, to engage and ulti- ponent prosecuted the threat Four, Ready for War”, proving that Bronco), the embedded Naval The day was broken down into mately stop the inbound threat. from the upper decks with small the ship and crew is ready for Tactical Operations Group three phases; the first being to During the final run, the arms along with the bridge .50 their mission . 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But the next day Pte McKay Twelve veterans and currently serving was killed by an improvised explosive military members from Western Canada device while on a roadside patrol. were in the midst of a four-day Soldier “Ordering the golf clubs with him On golf camp in Victoria, April 2 to 5. was not something I really remembered Four area golf clubs (Victoria Golf and until I started playing the game again edepot.ca Country Club, Bear Mountain Golf many months later. I was repressing that bottl Club, Highland Pacific Golf and Uplands memory the whole time,” said Wilson. Golf Club) graciously waved their green “From a therapy standpoint, golf has fees and provided free instruction from opened so many doors for me that their golf pros during the camp. were previously closed. The game helps E-FILE FROM The Soldier On program is run by me judge the decisions I make on the the Canadian Armed Forces Transition course, and the decisions in life. 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