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Wounded Warriors launches new health program STAY CONNECTED Peter Mallett trauma-related injuries. The was very helpful to me, skills training and strategic Staff Writer opening phase is designed and I’m excited to see what use of responses can be to educate attendees on will happen in the second a huge aid in the healing lookoutnewspaper.com A ground-breaking sup- the delivery models of the phase of the program. I truly process. He is hopeful port program for military program. believe this program is going the latest effort will help personnel, veterans and The second and final phase to change things and will to continue the ongoing first responders suffer- of the course, Advanced get other trauma sufferers effort to extinguish the ing from Post-Traumatic Recovery Training, requires lucky enough to get a spot stigma surrounding trauma- Stress Disorder (PTSD) and five consecutive days of in this program the help related injuries, and further other forms of trauma has intensive study with groups they need.” normalize understanding launched in Victoria. of approximately six people. The concept for TRP was and acceptance. With the new B.C. At this phase they will developed eight months “We want to change the Afghanistan Memorial at develop skills, tools and ago by Wounded Warriors culture around PTSD in Pioneer Square as a backdrop, resources needed in their Canada. Dr. Black, who our society, particularly Wounded Warriors Canada recovery. researches and lectures in the with veterans and first announced the introduction “The program is trying field of PTSD and military- responders who are exposed of its Trauma Resiliency to teach people resiliency civilian transition training, to traumatic events on a Program (TRP). through their injury and agreed to volunteer his regular basis,” said Dr. Black. The Oct. 12 announcement learn the skills and tools to services. He is being assisted “We are shifting away from came a day prior to the manage it,” says Maxwell. by Alex Stirling, a clinical the illness models and kick-off of the group-based “There are all sorts of advisor who specializes helping people understand training program in Sooke, recovery tools available, but in group and individual that the ‘blood, sweat and the opening phase of an the goal is to equip each approaches to treating tears’ required for recovering intensive eight-day trauma- individual with the right trauma. The University from PTSD is something resilient skills development tools so they come out of of Victoria Counselling that people can be proud of training program. the process more resilient Psychology graduate had and even share within their Developed by Dr. Tim than before starting TRP.” previously worked with communities. In an era of Black, Associate Professor of Corporal (Retired) Jason Dr. Black after he had violence and ever-increasing Counselling Psychology at Campbell of Chilliwack, co-founded Wounded trauma, recovery becomes the University of Victoria, B.C. took part in the opening Warriors’ Program COPE an act of courage, resistance the program is being phase of the program. (Couples Overcoming and resilience.” administered by the non- He was a member of the PTSD Everyday). For more information profit charity. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Black says living and about TRP visit Wounded The program is designed Light Infantry’s First recovering from PTSD Warriors Canada https:// for people diagnosed with Battalion for over 14 years requires a “tremendous woundedwarriors. trauma-related injuries. and did a tour of Kosovo in amount of resiliency” and ca/how-we-help/ Scott Maxwell, Executive 1999. He didn’t realize he believes effective education, trauma-resiliency/ Director of Wounded suffered from PTSD until Warriors Canada, says all after his medical release CALLING ALL 60 spots for the roll-out at from the military in 2011. four separate trial sites were Campbell has already taken within a few days of participated in three VETERANS! the program’s introduction. separate Wounded Warriors “This is a completely Battlefield Bike Rides, a Mon. Oct. 30, 2017 new and first-of-its kind cycling-oriented treatment program,” said Maxwell. program for military, 7:00-9:00 p.m. veterans and first responders “The demand in the country (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) for TRP is significant, and that takes them to some of with our launch complete Europe’s most famous battle Comfort Inn Hotel and Suites we now need to focus sites. He noticed during this 3020 Blanshard Street, Victoria our efforts on making the summer’s Battlefield Bike program available to anyone Ride in France that one of his PTSD symptoms - an who needs it.” We want to hear from serving and retired overwhelming desire to be The initial phase of the members of the CAF, the RCMP and their TRP, called Regulation for isolated - was getting worse. families. Join us for a town hall discussion to Recovery Training, is a three- “Taking part in the day course on the nature of opening phase [of TRP] share your release and transition experiences. Help us make a difference in the lives of veterans and their families. This is a completely new and first- of-its kind program. The demand in Visit us online for more details the country for TRP is significant. and reserve your seat! Scott Maxwell, Executive Director www.federalretirees.ca/veteransinitiative Wounded Warriors Canada 4 • LOOKOUT October 23, 2017 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE WHATmatters SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 On Oct. 20 base athletes participated in Canadian Armed Forces Sports Day sports [email protected] People Talk tabloid at the Naden Athletic Centre. Lookout asked a few participants: STAFF WRITERS Name your greatest sporting moment or achievement. Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 [email protected]

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Taking advantage of “The Danish sailors are a class act bunch nel handling, and casualty scenarios. They their time operating and were always eager to learn more. practiced moving through a boarded ship closely with NATO allies, the enhanced Meeting new people from different coun- safely and securely, moving up and down naval boarding party deployed in HMCS tries is always a great part about our job, through ladders and hatches, extracting Charlottetown recently facilitated a com- as we get to go to work and be presented casualties from difficult spaces, detaining bined team training exercise for the Royal with new challenges every day,” he added. non-compliant personnel, and engaging in Danish Navy’s boarding team from Her The Royal Danish Navy’s boarding team escalation of force scenarios simulating a Danish Majesty’s Ship (HDMS) Niels Juel. has 10 members, including one boarding hostile boarding environment. Royal Canadian Navy ships each have officer and one assistant boarding officer. The goal of this capacity-building train- a boarding party made up of crew mem- They visited Charlottetown on Sept. 18 and ing exercise was to share knowledge and bers who have other primary duties. An 19 to participate in the exercise. best practices between the boarding teams enhanced naval boarding party is an addi- The training consisted of round-robin of these two NATO countries. tional team with specialized skills. It works style stations, spanning topics including Not only was the two-day session suc- with the regular boarding party to enhance medical considerations, close-quarter bat- cessful in its goal to improve interoper- the ship’s maritime interdiction operation tle, tactical movement, personnel handling, ability, it was extremely useful for the capability. small arms weapons training and search enhanced naval boarding party to have During this exercise, the enhanced naval techniques. As part of the first training day, the opportunity to be exposed to another boarding party worked with Charlottetown’s the Royal Danish Navy’s boarding team country’s approach to boarding operations. boarding party and the Danish boarding demonstrated their national doctrine, and On Aug. 8, HMCS Charlottetown party, sharing knowledge while learning a the enhanced naval boarding party demon- deployed to the Baltic Sea on Operation different perspective. strated Canadian procedures, highlighting Reassurance, joining Standing NATO “This combined training with our Danish recommended modifications to their meth- Maritime Group One (SNMG1). SNMG1 counterparts expands our team’s way of odology that could allow their team to con- is a naval force made up of ships from thinking and problem solving, while allow- duct boardings more safely and efficiently. NATO countries that are working together ing us to see challenges in the mari- Over the course of the two-day train- to reassure allies in the region of NATO’s time environment from a different angle ing program, the enhanced naval boarding intent to support their stability and secu- Members of the Royal Danish Navy’s and cultural perspective,” said Lieutenant party coached their own team and the rity. Charlottetown is the seventh Royal Boarding Party observe a CH-124 Sea (Navy) Jacob Killawee, Enhanced Naval Danish team through weapons handling, Canadian Navy ship tasked to Operation King helicopter preparing to land Boarding Party Team Lead. close quarters battle, use of force, person- Reassurance. aboard HMCS Charlottetown. Photos by Corporal J.W.S. Houck, Formation Imaging Services

Members of the Danish Boarding Party and HMCS Charlottetown‘s enhanced naval boarding party observe one another while conducting Members of the Royal Danish Navy’s Boarding Party climb-up HMCS approach drills aboard the frigate. Charlottetown as part of a cross-nation training exercise during Operation Reassurance on Sept. 18.

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Peter Mallett all the time when you are flying or you will of the tour a little bit of me goes with them today’s world, pointing out that the 10 Vimy Flight Staff Writer get into trouble fairly quickly. It’s a chal- and I almost feel a tear welling up in my pilots have over 230,000 hours of combined flying lenging aircraft, probably the smallest I have eye.” experience. HOSE magnificent men and their First ever flown.” The grand finale in Newfoundland will “You think about it, these young pilots, some as World War flying machines made one last Prior to embarking on their pan-Canadian also feature the third and final film in the young as 17 or 18, would climb into these planes with flight, soaring high over the British Columbia tour in the spring, the Vimy Flight group documentary series A Nation Soars. The final no parachute, no radios, and most of them had as little Aviation Museum, located near the Victoria loaded four Nieuports 11s, two Sopwith Pups, of the trilogy Flight Path of Heroes, produced by as seven hours of training experience before going T and one SE5A from the Canadian Flight Museum Sound Venture Productions, will focus on the 2017 into combat,” said Ricker. “That took a huge amount International Airport. Over the Oct. 14 weekend, Captain (Retired) Larry in Surrey into a Canadian Forces C-17 Cargo plane flight at Vimy and feature spectacular aerial footage of courage, and that is what we dedicated our tour to, in Comox, which transported them to France. Vimy from the cockpits of the planes. those young brave Canadian aviators.” Ricker, lead pilot in the Vimy Flight: Birth of A Nation Flight pilots then performed before an international O’Reilly was unable to fly his plane, nicknamed Ricker said O’Reilly’s plane used for the tour will be tour, delighted onlookers with demonstration flights in audience in a commemorative fly-past during 100th Pokey, and dedicated to former Royal Canadian Air donated to the RCAF, and then he hopes to see it put his replica Nieuport 11, a First-World-War-era bi-plane. Anniversary commemorative events for the Battle of Force (RCAF) Air Commodore Alan Duncan Bell- on public display at the Canadian Aviation and Space Over 200 spectators attended the event that was the Vimy Ridge on April 9. Irving, who became the first-ever Canadian ace in Museum or other museums. final stop in the group of 10 volunteer pilot’s 33 city, Now their travelling air show is coming to an end Royal Flying Corps. A medical condition kept him The weekend-long event at the B.C. Aviation Museum cross-country tour that began in May. with a final non-flying appearance at the Rooms grounded and Captain Brent Handy, an RCAF pilot also included a meet and greet with Ricker and four Ricker is a pilot for Air Canada and says he marvels Museum in St. John’s, Newfoundland on Nov. 11. from 15 Wing Moose Jaw, took O’Reilly’s place for the other pilots in the group, a multimedia presentation at the simplicity of the planes every time he steps in “Now that we can see the end post of this tour in Vimy flyover. on the Battle of Vimy Ridge by volunteer pilot Dale A commemorative inscription on the side of the engine the cockpit. sight, we are starting to realize the enormity of the O’Reilly and Ricker both said the Vimy Flight helped Erhart, and performances by the members of Victoria Tony Austin of the Victoria Esquimalt Military block of pilot Paul O’Reilly’s Nieuport 11 denotes the “The Nieuport is a true delight to fly, it’s a pilot’s journey this group has been through,” said Major raise awareness of what young aviators faced when they Esquimalt Military Re-Enactors Association.. Re-Enactors Association plays a Canadian Major in the replica plane is dedicated to the memory of First World aircraft,” he said after a smooth landing back at the (Retired) Paul O’Reilly, a founding member of Vimy climbed into these warplanes planes with little or no For more information about the Vimy Flight Group Royal Flying Corps during the Vimy Flight: Birth of a War flying ace Duncan Bell Irving. museum. “You need to have your hands on the controls Flight. “Every time I see the planes take off at the end flying experience. Ricker noted the stark contrast to visit their website: www.vimyflight.ca Nation tour stop at the B.C. Aviation Museum.

Canadian pilot Larry Ricker soars high above the Saanich Peninsula during an Pilot Larry Ricker poses for a photo Oct. 13 flight demonstration for the Vimy Flight: Birth of A Nation tour. following his flight demonstration. Credit: Heath Moffatt Photography

Pilot Paul O’Reilly shows off his Nieuport 11 replica warplane nicknamed Pokey during the Vimy Flight: Birth of A Nation tour stop at the B.C. Aviation Museum.

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Canadian Armed Forces CISM Men’s Epee Team, from left: Cpl Hugues Boisvert- Simard, SLt Kyle Deveau, and Cpl Clement Feminias-Metivet.

SLt Terence played hockey throughout pose and the same sort Fencing Championships in on YouTube, fencing at the of the actual tournament. Kazimierczak his 35-year career as an or friendships that can Acireale, Italy, held from Olympics and at World “It was very rewarding HMCS Vancouver Avionics Technician in the only emerge as a result of Sept. 13-17. Cups. I can’t believe that to fence some of the other Royal Canadian Air Force; sport.” The CAF Fencing Team I got to go head-to-head military teams in a ‘just- Public Affairs Officer he always said it was a Two weeks after his had no illusions about with some of them.” for-fun’ bout. And like true great way to maintain father’s funeral, SLt how challenging this event Although there were a Canadians, we brought When SLt Kyle Deveau friendships and strengthen Deveau was fencing com- would be. Several athletes few surprising victories for maple syrup to share with competed in last month’s the bonds within the mili- petitively again. from other nations were the underdog Canadians our new friends from CISM World Military tary family. Inspired by his father’s Olympic medalists, and in the early stages of the other militaries around the Fencing Championships, “After meeting many example, SLt Deveau set most of the Canadians had tournament, most of the world.” it represented a means of the members my dad a goal: to get on the CAF never competed at such a team was eliminated fol- For SLt Deveau, the last to honour not just the had played hockey with, CISM Fencing Team. After high level. lowing the initial poules. several months have been Canadian Armed Forces it became clear to me how showcasing his talents at “If it wasn’t for the CISM In the spirit of the CISM a whirlwind. His transition (CAF) but also his father. important the sport was Provincials in Vancouver, program, I would never event, SLt Deveau and from not competing at all In March, SLt Deveau’s to him and the people in B.C., he was accepted have had the opportunity his teammates challenged to representing Canada at father, MWO (Ret’d) his life,” said SLt Deveau. onto the team and began to represent my country some of the other teams an international sporting Jackie Deveau, died in a hit “I decided to rediscover preparing for the 45th on the international stage. who had been eliminated event was as rewarding as and run. The elder Deveau a similar sense of pur- CISM World Military I’ve watched these guys to a friendly match outside it was challenging.

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