MARPACMARPAC NEWSNEWS CFB Esquimalt,Esquimalt, Victoria,Victoria, B.C. Volume 56 Number 01 | January 4, 20112011 WEIGHING ANCHOR ON 2010 Confidential Military Home Evaluations welcome to mcdonald’s 1100 MMINUTEINUTE OOILIL CCHANGEHANGE - Quick, over the net, ready in days! NNOO AAPPOINTMENTSPPOINTMENTS NNECESSARYECESSARY TADPOLES & www.CanadianMilitaryRelocation.com SHELLBACKS Drop by for a coffee We off er those serving in break Tuesday Mornings the military & DND Alex Burns a Special Discount. Not valid with & Associates any other off er. Relocation specialist for Esquimalt DND Cell: (250) 882-33352-3335 2988 Jacklin Rd. (Across from 708 Bay St. Victoria (Douglas & Bay) Toll Free: (800) 663-2121 Westshore Town Centre) 250-474-7133 250-389-1326 Web: www.AlexBurns.ca Camosun Real Estate Colwood, Esquimalt, Sooke, Millstream, Walmart - Langford. 2 • LOOKOUT January 4, 2010 10% off any Truck Rate Call 250-953-5300 www.budgetvictoria.com Alexander Low VOTED VICTORIA’S BEST VIETNAMESE MENU The IMAX crew films segments of “Rescue 3D” at sea in November. VIET Ken & Shelley welcome Naval action at heart of IMAX flick NAM you to their new location Shelley Lipke Garden Staff Writer RESTAURANT A new IMAX movie featuring sailors of the 524 Admirals Road 250-384-3033 Canadian Navy up close and in action during their humanitarian role in Haiti is coming to theatres in April. Family Dental Care “Rescue 3D” features East Coast sailors from HMC Ships Athabaskan and Halifax during the relief mission they took part in after the devastat- ing earthquake in Haiti last January. New patients and “While what happened Emergencies welcome. in Haiti was very tragic, it Check ups and was also an opportunity to Dr. Paul Henn cleanings always available. film the Canadian Navy in action,” said Charles Suite 14 1153 250-386-3044 Brown, public affairs man- county it’s hard to film, but each day and built latrines, depth of the catastrophe Esquimalt Rd www.abacusdentalcentre.ca ager of broadcast for Chief because the [Haitian] mili- rescued people and helped and the adversities people Victoria , BC of the Maritime Staff. “The tary took over the coun- at the hospitals with tri- caught in natural disaster’s V9A 3N7 Navy suffers from a lack try [during the disaster] age, and getting schools face. All the help given was dependent on the taxpay- of public awareness, so we were very successful in functional and operational. the idea was to show the filming,” said Mr. Low. “The Their divers checked dam- ers of the western world. humanitarian aspects and Canadian Navy did won- aged wharfs and jetties.” It’s important they see the spectrum of operations derful stuff in Haiti. They Through all these events the final results and how involved with helping in a fashioned a large water the IMAX cameras rolled. these people were being disaster.” bladder that they con- “When I was flying over helped by the general pub- Canadian filmmaker structed on board the ship Haiti I could see the miles lic around the world. Both Steven Low embraced this and slung beneath a Sea and miles of trucks helping Canadians and Americans idea, and with the IMAX King helicopter to deliver deliver supplies from the played a huge role.” camera strapped to a heli- fresh water to hundreds of ships,” said Mr. Low. “Part Filming of the story copter, the filming began. children. It was very mov- of the ongoing story is that began in November on ing and very dramatic. They it didn’t get better over- board HMCS Toronto, “Typically in a third world sent work parties ashore night. This movie shows the which stood in for HMCS Halifax, currently in refit. A FULL SERVICE AUTO REPAIR FACILITY Commander Peter Crain, Winner of the commanding officer of “2010 BEST SERVICE AWARD” from Esquimalt Athabaskan, is one of four Chamber of Commerce main personalities in the film involved in humani- Induction & Fuel Injection Service Oil service Out of Province Inspection Electrical tarian-related action. Cdr Diesel Fuel Service Exhaust Josée Kurtz, former com- Brake service Tires manding officer of Halifax, is also featured. Ask about BG Protection Plan* This movie is expected to Where Dependability and Trust are a Priority... * under 80,000 km make its debut in Canadian IMAX theatres sometime 784 Fairview Rd. • 250-383-5509 in April. January 4, 2010 LOOKOUT • 3 COMPLETE DENTAL TTableable ooff CContentsontents DR. 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The following is a story of a vaca- Carmel Ecker 250-363-8033 tion that ended with charity and kindness. [email protected] The final day of our week-long Kenyan Shelley Fox 250-363-8033 vacation started out under sunny skies with [email protected] temperatures hovering around 30 degrees. It was a perfect day to lie back on the beach ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT sporting my new $45 Billa Bong shorts and Kate King 250-363-3014 Oakley sunglasses, and reflect on what had [email protected] been a wonderful week. ACCOUNTS Little did I know our most memorable Raquel Tirado 250-363-3127 experience was yet to come. My wife, Capt Yvonne Brierley and I, SALES REPRESENTATIVES along with 48 others from the military Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 community, had travelled to Kenya for a [email protected] week long safari organized by the Canadian Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 Contingent NATO Airborne Early Warning [email protected] Force, better known as CC-NAEWF here in Geilenkirchen, Germany. EDITORIAL ADVISOR After completing our three-day safari Lt(N) Michael McWhinnie 250-363-4006 from Nairobi to Mombasa, we arrived at the Voyageur Beach Hotel for a relaxing Published each Monday, under the authority four days by the pool and beach. It was on of Capt(N) Craig Baines, Base Commander. the last day after my morning swim, with Le LOOKOUT est publié tous les lundi, sous l’égide du Capt(N) Craig Baines, Commandant cocktail in hand, that Yvonne told me of the de la Base. opportunity for us to visit a local orphanage Lt(N) Richard Brierley and wife Capt Yvonne Brierley sit with children who live not far from our hotel. The driver would in Tumaini - The Home of Hope, in Kenya. The editor reserves the right to edit, abridge pick us up at noon. or reject copy or advertising to adhere to I asked myself, selfishly, “But what about Kenya, where she volunteered her time at the age of one through 18, this orphanage is policy as outlined in CFA0 57.5. Views and opinions expressed are not necessarily those my drink and what about lunch?” a hospital clinic for children suffering from their life and, for some, it will end here. of the Department of National Defence. We scrambled to gather articles of cloth- HIV/AIDS. On one particular day, while at Upon entering the building, Anderson Le Rédacteur se réserve le droit de modifier, ing, candies, medications, toiletries and other the clinic, she was asked to help a small girl introduced us to Mary