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• CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS • 5KM FORMATION RUN SHARE Volume 64 Number 12 | March 25, 2019 OUR POSTS WHEN: 29 March WHERE: Close to Y-Jetty, CFB Esquimalt TIME: 0815hrs for warm-up, HELP US 0830hrs start time newspaper.com MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. GROWSocial icon Circle Only use blue and/or white. For more details check out our Any further questions please contact: Brand Guidelines. the Fitness Cell at 3-4485 LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news LookoutNavyNews Spring welcomed Bill Stewart (left), a member of the Ahousaht First Nation, and Sergeant Nicolette Ducharme (right), a member of the Metis community, perform a song during the Spring Equinox Sunrise Ceremony at Duntze Head on March 20. See page 5 for details. Photo by Leading Seaman David Gariepy, MARPAC Imaging Services WE’RE STILL OPEN! Okanagan Lounge Hours: Mon.-Fri. Open for Lunch The place to be Wed.-Fri. Opens at 1600hrs before Saturday Opens at 1900hrs downtown Like us on Facebook to nd out about weekly & upcoming events: Facebook.com/ThePaci cFleetClub 2 • LOOKOUT CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS March 25, 2019 Outreach visit strives to eliminate naval blindness Peter Mallett have a job for you.” Staff Writer PCT vessels Orca, Caribou, Raven and Wolf will be staffed by fleet personnel and Venture students A remote community on from the Fleet Navigating and Naval Warfare Vancouver Island is wel- Officers courses needing the fundamental bridge coming vessels of the skills training to prepare them for employment Royal Canadian Navy in operational ships. Each student is seeking to its main harbour the opportunity to advance their professional this weekend. competencies. Four Orca-class While in Port McNeill between March 29 Patrol Craft Training and April 1, two vessels will take residents and (PCT) vessels and 96 community leaders to sea, showcasing interoper- crew members will ability with the Royal Canadian Air Force, who come alongside Small have tasked a Maritime Patrol Aircraft from CFB Craft Federal Marina in Comox, and the Canadian Coast Guard, who Port McNeill as part of have tasked a Bell 429 helicopter. The remaining Exercise Northern Reach. two Orca vessels will remain alongside, and open Located at the northeastern up for guided tours throughout March 30. tip of Vancouver Island on the The outreach effort and exercise will also Queen Charlotte Strait, the former involve 20 reservists from a Canadian Ranger logging town, turned summertime tourism desti- Patrol Group. nation, has a population of approximately 3,000 The Pacific Fleet Commander, Commodore residents. Angus Topshee is also attending the community Lieutenant Commander Todd Kennedy, relations event, along with representatives from Commander Venture Division, says “the exercise the Defence Aboriginal Advisory Group. is a continued effort by the navy to combat the Lastly, a three-person forward logistics site will nation-wide phenomena of maritime blindness” be established in Port McNeill to support the by helping Canadians learn about their navy and exercise, and Canadian Armed Forces recruiting the job it does on behalf of the country. personnel, with a navy recruiting bus, will be pres- “Many Canadians know very little about their ent to give the community insight into the navy. own navy or even that it exists; so, to be relevant The outreach effort will also involve a charita- to the population we need to be out there and ble donation by the Boomer’s Legacy Foundation, visible,” said LCdr Kennedy. “This is an effort to facilitated by LCdr Kennedy on behalf of Maritime showcase what we do, how we train, and to dem- Forces Pacific and the local detachment of the onstrate pride in our diversity as an organization. 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Interested works to exhibit an ebul- 1-902-452-2061 1-902-402-6686 with brief details on the volunteers can contact lient side of Canadian [email protected] [email protected] history and background Lt(N) Melissa Kia at the multiculturalism. 4 • LOOKOUT CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS March 25, 2019 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE WHATmatters SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 [email protected] Women in warships - a fading big deal STAFF WRITERS Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 Lt(N) Katrina Giesbrecht military, LS Dana Kimoto, a member of Experience and leadership are the sole crite- [email protected] HMCS Regina the Operations Department, said, “I joined ria that decides who makes the requisite calls. the navy almost eight years ago. I really had There is an explicit regard and respect for all PRODUCTION International Women’s Day came and went no idea what to expect as a woman in the which makes serving in Regina a fulfilling and Teresa Laird 250-363-8033 military. I’d heard stories of how it was a rewarding endeavour, regardless of whether [email protected] onboard HMCS Regina with little fanfare. The 23 female members of Regina were boy’s club and how ‘boys will be boys’, but one belongs to a demographic majority or Bill Cochrane 250-363-8033 in my experience that hasn’t really been the minority.” [email protected] busy with our respective tasks, either prepar- ing to return to sea after a port visit, provid- case at all. I’ve found the military to be more In short, the common thread that runs ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS/RECEPTION ing support to repairs on the helicopter, or respectful and equal than other jobs I’ve had. through almost every conversation about 250-363-3372 standing duty. Being able to visit countries where women’s’ being a woman in the navy is that while it Each of us joined the Canadian Armed rights are not as advanced, and occasionally is not always easy, it is never boring, and we SALES REPRESENTATIVES Forces (CAF) for different reasons, but all of interacting with women in other navies, has continue to progress with integration in an Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 us view ourselves as professional members of made me appreciate the freedoms we have as organization where there is no gender-based [email protected] the CAF first, and women in the CAF second.