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Building Skills and Respect with Global Partners HMCS Fredericton Departs Malaga, Spain After a Port Visit in Late May The national news magazine of the Royal Canadian Navy CrowsnestVol. 10, No. 3 Summer 2016 www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca Building skills and respect with global partners HMCS Fredericton departs Malaga, Spain after a port visit in late May. Photo: Cpl Anthony Chand Building skills and respect with global partners By Darlene Blakeley “For the RCN, excellence in collaborate in defining future operations at sea hinges upon a requirements and capability hether it’s working with network of strong relationships acquisition. Spain in the Medit- cultivated with our allies and partners “Maritime forces provide the Werranean, sending naval at home and abroad,” says Vice- government with a unique and officers on liaison visits to Tunisia or Admiral Ron Lloyd, Commander RCN. effective military means through sailing with 26 other countries in “Strategic cooperation continues to which its influence and leadership exercises like Rim of the Pacific drive our requirements for high levels can be projected on an ongoing (RIMPAC), the Royal Canadian Navy of interoperability to ensure our forces basis,” VAdm Lloyd says. “The same (RCN) continues to develop and will be able to work alongside one enduring attributes of maritime forces strengthen alliances with like-minded another on missions that are that provide governments with a wide navies, while at the same time becoming increasingly joint, com- range of options to prevent or contain exploring relationships with new bined, and whole-of-government in conflict also make them ideal partners. nature.” instruments of a nation’s diplomatic Within the context of the He explains that these relationships efforts.” Department of National Defence/ are built and sustained not only The RCN conducts global Canadian Armed Forces’ global through complex and realistic engagement by taking part in activities engagement plan, the RCN recog- exercises at sea, but also through that support Canada’s interests nizes that along with maintaining arrangements by which we exchange worldwide, including operations and traditional relationships, it must also personnel, share information and exercises, port visits, personnel engage new partners, including those intelligence, collaborate in maritime exchanges, training, conferences and facing instability or with whom research and development, collec- symposiums, and high-level visits. tensions might exist. tively develop our tactics, and These activities help develop Senior Advisor Crowsnest is published on the authority of the Commander Royal Commander Kris Phillips Canadian Navy, Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd. Comments are welcome and Head, Navy Public Affairs can be sent to: Navy Public Affairs Senior Editor and Writer National Defence Headquarters Darlene Blakeley 11ST, 101 Colonel By Dr., K1A 0K2 Navy Public Affairs or [email protected] For the online version of this publication and for more information about the Royal Canadian Navy, visit www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca. Cover page: HMCS Fredericton, right, sails with allied ships in the Black Sea. Photo: MCpl Sebastian Allain If you would like an email subscription to Crowsnest, send your request to [email protected] to be added to our list. 2 ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca Photo: Cpl Anthony Chand relationships and regional expertise to initiative is focused on the Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton build both security capacity and enhancement of military defence and and two Canadian sailors attached to interoperability with partners and allies security relationships with key NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour at sea. They also develop enduring nations,” he explains. “In this vein, the Special Operations Command and commitments that help support establishment and enhancement of a Control Element (SOCCE), worked regional engagement and permit military relationship with Tunisia will with Spanish, Italian and Moroccan forward deployments that contribute to both demonstrate Canada’s support navies during a Special Operations the RCN’s strategic readiness in for the relatively new democratic Forces (SOF) exercise conducted as maritime hotspots. government of Tunisia, while also part of a scheduled port visit to The ability to understand and promoting stability and security in this Casablanca, Morocco. possibly access the advanced troubled region.” According to RCN Commander capabilities of our allies while In May, Canada entered into a James Strickland, who has deployed allows the RCN to maintain security partnership with Tunisia to aid commanded the SOCCE since a competitive operational advantage in the fight against terrorism. December 2015, the scenario was in a changing maritime security LCdr Lund says the Canadian based around a target ship (HMCS environment, while standing ready to Armed Forces (CAF) are already Fredericton) suspected of transporting deter or move against those who engaged with several other nations in illegal arms that would be used to would act against its interests. Africa in an effort to promote security support terrorist activities. The Recent high-profile activities include and stability in the region writ large. scenario was considered an “opposed RIMPAC, the world’s largest “In contributing to this CAF-wide boarding”, meaning that the ship’s international maritime exercise, and endeavour, the RCN will continue to crew was actively opposing the the Inter-American Naval Conference execute its role as tasked by the NATO/Moroccan attempts to board the held in Halifax in June, where navies Government of Canada in support of ship. The Moroccan and Spanish SOF of the Americas met to discuss how the overarching global engagement teams conducted the initial boarding they can work together to face the initiative. If other countries are and called the Canadian ENBP challenges of the current and future identified to be included in this forward to conduct searches and other maritime environment. initiative, we stand ‘Ready, Aye tasks. “Our sailors and ships are ideally Ready’.” “One of the primary objectives of the suited to visit and engage with other exercise was to facilitate a tactical countries and their navies to promote Facilitating relationships with relationship between NATO SOF and Canada’s security and national Mediterranean partners partner forces in order to set the interests as a normal part of their In the Mediterranean this spring, the conditions for a persistent relationship operational activity,” says VAdm Lloyd. “This engagement helps build practical RCN’s enhanced naval boarding party between them,” explains Cdr skills together with mutual (ENBP), along with Her Majesty’s Strickland. “This is part of NATO’s understanding and respect.” Engaging with Tunisia The RCN’s engagement with emerging partners was highlighted in February when three naval officers travelled to Tunisia to conduct an initial needs assessment and liaison visit with leadership and various elements of the Tunisian Navy (TN). “The visit was a key opportunity to interact with and understand TN capabilities and force generation practices with a view to identifying potential areas where both nations’ navies could benefit from an exchange of personnel, training and best practices,” says Lieutenant- Commander Wil Lund, who spent five days in Tunis, Tunisia. Like many other bi-national relationships, small-scale engagement opportunities, exercises and personnel exchanges could help both the RCN courtesy ofl’Armée de Mer Tunisienne Photo and TN, according to LCdr Lund. Canadian sailors exchange ball caps with a member of the Tunisian Navy during a recent “The RCN global engagement visit. www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY 3 maritime security capacity building with Mediterranean Dialogue partners (a forum of cooperation between NATO and seven countries of the Mediterranean) such as Morocco.” He adds that multinational exposure is essential to the development of the RCN’s niche capabilities. “Oppor- tunities like this exercise are invaluable in the maturation of the ENBP team. Many of us espouse the axiom ‘train as you fight’, so working alongside both NATO and partner nations is a great step forward.” Cdr Strickland suggests that every NATO nation should seize the opportunity to engage with other Cpl Brent Kenny Photo: countries. “In the preparation and HMCS Vancouver departs Esquimalt, B.C., in mid-June for the Rim of the Pacific Exercise execution of this exercise, the (RIMPAC), the world’s largest international maritime exercise. commitment that Spain and Canada displayed was commendable as both While sharpening sailors’ skills, the navy,” says Lieutenant (Navy) Arthur expended substantial effort to ensure REGULUS program also helps Halpenny, former REGULUS Personnel that this exercise was a success.” strengthen relationships with allied Coordinator. “The RCN is now more nations. agile and capable to operate with Exchange visits Canada is currently one of partner navies, as the program not Since 2010, over 150 sailors have 10 countries participating in the only builds relationships at the participated in the REGULUS program, along with Australia, Chile, candidate level, but at the staff level program, which facilitates exchanges France, Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, as well.” with partner navies from around the Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Originally implemented as a way to world, providing unique training United States. get more RCN sailors to sea during a opportunities and exposing sailors to “This growing interoperability is vital period of reduced sailing opportunities
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