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Snowbirds Flyby Salute This Week Peter Mallett Our Country Fights the COVID-19 on Hospitals and Residential Areas THIS WEEK WATCH FOR • CANADIAN MILITARY’S TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE • Your New Home Specialists Helping You Buy or Sell Snowbirds Volume 65 Number 18 | May 11, 2020 flyby Flight times are updated 24 to 48 hours in advance: newspaper.com www.facebook.com/ MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. 250-474-4800 CFSnowbirdsFC/?ref=br_rs www.WestshoreNewHomes.com or on Twitter @cfsnowbirds www.SouthIslandHomeTeam.com LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news LookoutNavyNews Registered with Brookfield Global Relocation Services Honouring the Fallen A member of the Canadian Air Force carries a pillow with the headdress of Sub-Lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough during a dignified embarkation ceremony in Include contact info & ColdwellTaranto, Italy, on May 6. Capt Brenden MacDonald, CaptMolly Kevin Maids Hagen, Capt Maxime Miron-Morin, SLt Matthew Pyke, SLt Cowbrough and MCpl Matthew Banker logo, and his headshot Cousins were repatriated to Canada the same day. They lost their lives in the crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter in the Mediterranean during Operation too Display 2 (3.322”) x 2” Reassurance on April 29. Photo courtesy of the Forze armate italiane (Italian Armed Forces) Weekly STILL OPEN FOR HARBOUR We proudly serve the • Online Orders • Contacts LANDING Canadian Forces Community • Emergency Repairs WALK TO BASE ! • Tele Health 32 Units from As a military family we understand EMAIL US TODAY AT $379,900 your cleaning needs during ongoing [email protected] service, deployment and relocation. Sales center located at www.mollymaid.ca Mark Rice 3194 Douglas Street is • 189-2401C Millstream Road, 250-588-2339 OCEANSIDE REAL ESTATE Millstream Village [email protected] NOW OPEN! (250) 744-3427 • 119-3039 Merchant Way, Langford Register today at harbourlandingvictoria.com [email protected] 250-474-1941 www.EyeEtiquetteOptical.ca 2 • LOOKOUT May 11, 2020 A MESSAGE FROM THE BASE COMMANDER CFB Esquimalt Defence Team he Chief of the sion remains conditions-based. the year. You can visit the Defence Staff and I understand this is frustrating National Defence COVID-19 the Deputy Minister for some; however, once we Emergency Charity Campaign provided updates are in a position to accurately for more information and to lastT week regarding our cur- determine when this will be donate (www.canada.ca/en/ rent priorities. Both stressed possible, you will be informed. department-national-defence/ that, although many are begin- In the meantime, continue to campaigns/covid-19/national- ning to talk about returning stay focused on our current defence-covid-19-emergency- to work and reopening the priorities of being ready to charity-campaign.html.) economy, our current guid- support by staying home and Last week we recognized ance is to continue to remain staying healthy. Mental Health Awareness focused on physical distancing In response to the unprec- Week under the Canadian and flattening the curve in our edented circumstances cur- Mental Health Association’s communities. rently facing Canadians, theme, Let’s #GetReal about I know some members of the Government of Canada how we really feel. It has been our Defence Team are anxious announced last week that it a challenging few months for to get back to a regular routine has launched an Emergency all Canadians and now, more and I assure you, when the Charity Campaign to give pub- than ever, it is important to time is right, we will be pre- lic servants a way to support be open and honest about pared to gradually and respon- those impacted by COVID-19 mental health issues and the sibly return members to their within their communities. challenges many of us face work sites. CFB Esquimalt has always on a daily basis. In our physi- I continue to liaise closely been a proud supporter of cally distanced reality, it is with labour leadership and our local community, whether important to continue to con- unit command teams to design through our yearly National nect with friends and loved Resumption of Work plans Defence Workplace Charitable ones virtually and to access that are practical, safe, and Campaign (NDWCC) or the the mental health resources in line with provincial and numerous volunteer initiatives when needed. More informa- distancing protocols, everyone In closing, I’d like to thank national policy. Our priority and charities our members tion on Mental Health Week, is invited to take part in a vir- every member of CFB remains ensuring the health support. In this challenging including some great tips and tual run this year completing Esquimalt for your hard work and safety of our members, time, I encourage those who articles, is available through either 5km or 10km runs dur- and dedication, whether their families, and our com- are able to consider support- the Canadian Mental Health ing the week of June 13-21. you’ve been working on-site, munities and we are focused ing this important campaign Association. Visit the www.navyrunesqui- working from home, or keep- on increasing our stocks of as we work to help make a A great way to improve malt.com for details. ing safe at home. The actions PPE, hand sanitizer, and pro- difference for those in need. overall physical and men- I am also pleased to confirm you have taken, since we tective health measure. For those wishing to give, our tal health is to stay active. that Victoria will be one of shifted to critical core services I assure you that, when the workplace name is DND-CAF Many have been following the the locations for the Canadian in March, have been instru- time comes, these plans will – CFB Esquimalt. You can pro- online PSP workouts (www. Forces Snowbird’s Operation mental in ensuring the overall provide clear expectations vide either your home address facebook.com/pspesquimalt- Inspiration, a cross-country health of our team and our for safety procedures and or the Base address (PO Box naden) which is a great option tour to salute Canadians doing community. your chain of command will 17000 Station Forces, Victoria for maintaining your physical their part to fight the spread Stay focused. Stay healthy. be well equipped to provide BC, V9A 7N2) to ensure your activity at home. of COVID-19. Specific details Stay ready to support. Let’s guidance and support as we funds are directed to our In addition, we’ve just on the date and time the keep crushing the curve! adjust to our new normal. At local community. The money announced that our annual Snowbirds will be flying over Yours Aye, this time, it is not possible to raised through this campaign Navy Run is going virtual! In Victoria will be shared on our S. Sader provide a date for when busi- will be included in our 2020 the spirit of maintaining fit- social media pages as soon as Captain (N) ness will resume as this deci- NDWCC total at the end of ness while following physical they become available. Commander watch for Snowbirds flyby salute this week Peter Mallett our country fights the COVID-19 on hospitals and residential areas. Lookout Staff pandemic. Flyovers occur at an elevation of “We’ve been asked to do what no lower than 500 feet above all Victoria residents should look we do best, inspire Canadians,” obstacles. to the skies later this week for said LCol French. “We want When the squadron makes it the Canadian Forces Snowbirds to Canadians to know that we’re in to the West Coast they will have appear as part of their nationwide this with you.” Captain Logan Reid of Victoria COVID-19 salute to Canadians. He noted the squadron’s piloting Snowbird 8. Members of the Royal Canadian thoughts are also with Canada’s Those interested in watching the Air Force (RCAF) 431 Air maritime helicopter community flight are encouraged to observe Demonstration Squadron are and the Royal Canadian Navy the flyovers from the safety of their currently in the midst of their after their recent loss of crew at home, and refrain from travelling cross-country mission dubbed sea off the coast of Greece. to see flyovers in order to maintain Operation Inspiration. Operation Inspiration kicked off physical distancing practices. Exact times and flight locations in the skies over Nova Scotia, New Flight times are updated 24 to are up in air due to the unpredict- Brunswick, and P.E.I. on May 2. 48 hours in advance. For updates ability of weather and flying con- Since then, the tour has gradually on the tour and a full itinerary ditions this time of year. made its way west with Snowbird of their B.C. flight path go to Their fly past operation is a pilots flying their nine-plane for- the Snowbirds Facebook Page salute to front-line healthcare mation of bright red CT-114 jets https://www.facebook.com/ workers, first responders, essen- over major cities and population CFSnowbirdsFC/?ref=br_rs or on tial workers, and all of Canada as centres, with a specific emphasis their Twitter feed @cfsnowbirds. May 11, 2020 LOOKOUT • 3 Sub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke STATEMENT FROM NEXT OF KIN ub-Lieutenant Matthew Pyke, our When we think of Matthew, we recall beloved son of only 34, was lost in the the poem Remember Me: Ionian Sea on the 29th of April 2020, in the crash of HMCS Fredericton’s CH-148 Don’t remember me with sadness, S Don’t remember me with tears, Cyclone. He passed away doing what he felt he was born Remember all the laughter, to do – serve others. We’ve shared throughout the years. Matthew was a proud member of the Royal Now I am contented Canadian Navy, and a patriotic Canadian. He fell That my life it was worthwhile, in the line of duty for his nation, a finality which Knowing that I passed along the way deeply aligned with his ethos of honour, and I made somebody smile.
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