Monday June 28, 2021 Volume 55, Issue 13 www.tridentnewspaper.com Operation CARIBBE continues The coxswain of HMCS Shawinigan watches over the bridge wing as the ship departs from Miami, Florida to take part in Operation CARIBBE on June 10. Note the individual pictured and the photographer are not named to preserve operational security. CAF PHOTO 2 TRIDENT NEWS JUNE 28, 2021 www.tridentnewspaper.com Making waves: Trio of HMCS Halifax sailors write music and perform together Editor: Ryan Melanson [email protected] By Joanie Veitch, (902) 427-4235 Trident Staff Reporter: Joanie Veitch [email protected] When Sailor Third Class John Sty- — while playing guitar in the Junior College in Ottawa, he offered to help out (902) 427-4238 miest left on a six-month deployment Ranks mess. with production and sound. with HMCS Halifax on January 1st, S3 Stymiest’s rap and hip-hop style “He started playing with us...and Editorial Advisor: Margaret Conway [email protected] he brought his acoustic guitar, figur- blends with S1 van der Kamp’s sing- integrated perfectly. As he is more of 902-721-0560 ing it would help pass the time on his er-songwriter background to come up a producer he gave us advice on that first deployment. He had no idea that with something they describe as “folk side which is incredibly appreciated as Editorial Advisor: Ariane Guay-Jadah in just a few weeks he would not only rap” — “think Dallas Green meets sometimes that’s what you need to not [email protected] find two other sailors to jam with, the Classified meets Linkin Park,” said S3 get too carried away,” said S1 van der 902-721-8341 trio would create original music and Stymiest, who goes by the stage name Kamp, who plays under the moniker www.tridentnewspaper.com play at an event in front of the entire Johnny GASH, in a nod to his navy VDK. Trident is an authorized military publication distributed ship’s company — including Hali- life (a term used to describe ‘garbage The combination of musical styles across Canada and throughout the world every second fax’s Commanding Officer, Cdr Chris aboard ship’). worked immediately, with MS Puff and Monday, and is published with the permission of Rear Admiral Brian Santarpia, Commander, Joint Task Force Rochon, and Cmdre S1 van der Kamp playing guitar Atlantic. The Editor reserves the right to edit, condense Bradley Peats, the and S3 Stymiest on main vocals. or reject copy, photographs or advertising to achieve the aims of a service newspaper as defined by the Interim current Commander “Johnny would just start freestyl- Canadian Forces Newspapers Policy dated April 11, of Standing NATO ing over whatever we played and 2005. Deadline for copy and advertising is 10 a.m., 11 business days prior to the publication date. Material must Maritime Group One then VDK would sing a random be accompanied by the contributor’s name, address and (SNMG1). phone number. Opinions and advertisements printed hook. The music comes so easy in Trident are those of the individual contributor or Held onboard ship with these guys.” advertiser and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or endorsements of the DND, the Editor or the Publisher. while they were Music offers each of the sailors docked in Stockholm a great stress release while on Le Trident est une publication militaire autorisée par le contre-amiral Brian Santarpia, Commandant la force in April, the talent board ship and the different mu- opérationnelle interarmées de l‘Atlantique, qui est show — dubbed sic influence has added a whole distribuée partout au Canada et outremer les lundis toutes les quinzaines. Le rédacteur en chef se réserve “HMCS Halifax Eu- new dimension. “It has forced le droit de modifier, de condenser ou de rejeter les rovision 2021” — was us to play different styles, so articles, photographies ou annonces publicitaires jugées contraires aux objectifs d’un journal militaire a smashing success. honestly it has just expanded our selon la définition donnée à politique temporaire des “It was something musical libraries,” said S1 van journaux des forces canadiennes. L’heure de tombée des annonces publi- citaires ou des articles est fixée à 1000 special to play our der Kamp. “Playing music brings le jeudi précédant la semaine de publication. Les textes music and see the me back home and is a release peuvent être soumis en français ou en anglais; ils doivent indiquer le nom, l’adresse et le numéro de téléphone du smiles and joy from from the ship life, which honestly collaborateur. Les opinions et les annonces publicitaires the crew during a is really nice to have.” imprimées par le Trident sont celles des collaborateurs et S1 Francis van der Kamp, S3 John Stymiest and MS Colin Puff enjoy agents publicitaires et non nécessairement celles de la deployment where With future plans to record an rédaction, du MDN ou de l’éditeur. the normality of playing music together on board HMCS Halifax while on deployment. EP to release on Spotify, the three S1 BRYAN UNDERWOOD, CAF PHOTO Annual Subscription (25 issues): exploring different musicians are looking forward to • NS: $37.38 ($32.50 + 15 % HST) • ON, NB & NFLD: $36.73 ($32.50 + 13% HST) countries during bringing their music to the local • BC: $36.40 ($32.50 + 12% HST) port visits no longer existed,” said S3 “At first it was just something fun music scene once they’re back from de- • Remainder of Canada: $34.13 ($32.50 + GST) Stymiest. “We knew the ship’s company we would do on our off time, but soon ployment, once the COVID restrictions • United States: $45 US would be surprised, as they had never we realized we had tremendous chem- come down and they can perform at live • Abroad: $65 US seen us play music together before. We istry… and decided we would start shows. Courier address: 2740 Barrington Street, mostly wrote in private so that we could writing original music together,” said For S3 Stymiest, that homecoming Halifax, N.S. give a little shock value.” S3 Stymiest. can’t happen soon enough. B3K 5X5 They won the talent show, of course. A System Manager/Shipborne Air “Two weeks into the deployment I Publication Mail Agreement No. 40023785 S3 Stymiest, who grew up in Controller on his third deployment, found out my partner was pregnant Return undelivered Canadian address to: Bathurst, NB and began playing music Master Sailor Colin Puff heard about which significantly increased the Trident Newspaper Bldg. S-93 at age 12, works as a Sonar Operator their unique musical style and brought pressures of being away from home,” PO Box 99000 Station Forces, Halifax, NS B3K 5X5 on board HMCS Halifax. He first met his guitar along to one of their jam he said. “Music has helped me deal with Return Postage Guaranteed S1 Francis van der Kamp, a Weapons sessions. MS Puff loved the blend of mu- the emotions of being away from my ISN 0025-3413 Engineering Technician from Kingston, sic the two came up with and, having loved ones...it has helped out my morale Circulation: Minimum 8,500 Ont. — also on his first deployment studied music production at Algonquin tremendously.” Base parking resumption By CFB Halifax On April 27, 2021, Maritime Forces public transportation for everyone. · Windsor Park; and HMC Dockyard Security Office along Atlantic transitioned to the Red (Limit) Parking fees have not been collected · Willow Park. Valour Way adjacent to Rainbow Gate posture under its COVID-19 Measured since that time. Personnel who require a parking between the hours of 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 Risked Response Guideline, which As we shifted to ORANGE posture on pass, need to make changes to their p.m., Monday to Friday. reduced the on-site workforce to 50% Monday, June 14, Defence Team mem- parking pass, or contractors who pay Personnel who already hold and wish density at any given time. In response bers have been gradually returning by debit transactions for parking can to keep their parking pass require no to this new posture, CFB Halifax imple- to work and on-site activity has been do so by scheduling an appointment further action. Any parking-related pay mented a “Weekend Parking Posture” increasing across the Base to levels with the Parking Pass Control Section deductions incurred during between effective May 3, which was to remain that necessitate controls on parking located on the second floor of building May 3 and June 14, 2021, will be reim- in place until MARLANT reverted to availability. For this reason, parking S90. Appointments can be booked by bursed automatically. the “ORANGE” (Restrict) posture. This passes are now required at: emailing the Parking Pass Control Sec- We thank you for your continued un- weekend parking posture was meant to · HMC Dockyard; tion at CFBHALIFAXPARKINGCON- derstanding as we gradually and safely recognize the limited numbers working · Halifax Armoury; [email protected] welcome members of our local Defence on the Base, but also to offer increased · RA Park; Personnel who wish to return their Team back to the physical workplace. flexibility and reduce dependency on · Stadacona; parking passes can do so by visiting the TRIDENT NEWS JUNE 28, 2021 3 The Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy performs at the commissioning ceremony for HMCS Harry DeWolf on June 26. MONA GHIZ, MARLANT PA HMCS Harry DeWolf commissioning a celebratory moment after years of work Three cheers from the ship’s company to mark the commissioning. By Ryan Melanson, MONA GHIZ, MARLANT PA Trident Staff For the first time in nearly 25 years, ronments, but that doesn’t take away Other aspects of the commissioning, ipation in Canada’s signature annual the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has from the significance of the formal which was streamed live for viewers Arctic operation, Op NANOOK.