SAVE on your Home and Auto Insurance with Exclusive rates for the Canadian Forces Community 1-844-999-7687 Compare your current rate with MyGroup’s and receive a free $5 Tim’s Card. mygroup.ca/caf 146526 Monday, March 5, 2018 Volume 52, Issue 5 www.tridentnewspaper.com Memorial Cup comes to MARLANT RCN personnel welcome the Halifax Mooseheads hockey organization and the Memorial Cup trophy to HMCS Char- lottetown as part of Canadian Hockey League’s Mastercard Memorial Cup Trophy Tour to celebrate the 100th an- niversary of the Cup. MONA GHIZ, MARLANT PA CUTLASS EXPRESS BIS Change of Evolving role of Regional Basketball 2018 Pg. 3 Command Pg. 7 PAOs Pg. 10 champions Pg. 19 CAF Veterans who completed Basic Training and are Honorably Discharged are eligible for the CANEX No Interest Credit Plan. (OAC) CANADA’S MILITARY STORE LE MAGASIN MILITAIRE DU CANADA Canex Windsor Park | 902-465-5414 146529 2 TRIDENT NEWS MARCH 5, 2018 Critical HMCS Sackville repair work gets underway By Ryan Melanson, Trident Staff For the first time since 2008, Cana- da’s oldest warship has been hoisted on the Syncrolift at HMC Dockyard and moved inside the submarine shed, where it will spend the next several months undergoing maintenance and repair work. HMCS Sackville was tugged from its winter Dockyard berth and brought up from the water on February 11, and moved into the shed four days later after an initial cleaning of the 77-year- old hull. She’s now in the hands of FMF Cape Scott personnel, who have begun the process of sandblasting, sonic testing and other steps to de- termine the exact extent of the work needed on the ship. With almost 10 years having passed since its last docking, trustees with the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust (CNMT), the non-profit organization that owns Sackville, have become less certain about the condition of the ship, particularly the status of the underwater hull. The worries have yet to impact the ship’s regular summer program at the Halifax waterfront, but its annual committal of ashes service on Battle of the Atlantic Sun- day hasn’t happened since 2014, and without the repair work, the future HMCS Sackville has been hoisted from the water and towed into the submarine shed at HMC Dockyard, where she’ll be undergo- of Canada’s Naval Memorial would ing repair work over the next three months. likely be in jeopardy. SANDY MCCLEARN, CNMT TRUSTEE “It’s critical to get it done now, and we actually determined when pairs, a contribution from the federal the ship’s current Commanding Of- the ship maintained and accessible we left downtown in October that we government of as much as $3.5 mil- ficer. Reddy, along with other trustees to the public. The last of the 123 wouldn’t bring the ship back until lion, was announced in January, put- and members of the ship’s volunteer Flower-class Corvettes delivered to we got the work done, because of the ting an end to questions about Sack- crew, will continue with their regular Canada during the Second World uncertainty of the condition,” said ville’s immediate future that were still duties and provide assistance to FMF War, it serves as a link to the past CNMT Chair Cdr (Ret’d) Wendall in play just a few months ago. staff through the process. for visitors whose relatives served Brown. “Navy headquarters has really gone A previous arrangement in place in Flower-class ships or during “This work is very significant for us to bat for us to achieve what’s been since the late 80s saw the ship brought the Battle of the Atlantic in other and for the ship.” achieved so far, and we’re very appre- to HMC Dockyard every six years for capacities. Brown even recalled a The funding to carry out the re- ciative,” said LCdr (Ret’d) Jim Reddy, a quick refit that involved sandblast- visit last summer from a 91-year-old ing and checking the integrity of veteran who served as a stoker in the steel. This latest docking period Sackville when he was only 17, and will be more extensive, and a signifi- who was still spry moving down the cant portion of the steel hull may be narrow ladder to the engine room. replaced entirely. The main problem Cruise ships with American or Brit- isn’t corrosion from saltwater on the ish passengers also tend to bring outside of the hull, but rather humid- along Second World War enthusiasts ity, which has caused problems in who either seek out the ship directly some of the less protected interior or find it as a welcome surprise. areas on the port side of the ship, spe- “The interest is still very much cifically the engine and boiler rooms. there, and that’s why we want to “With all the machinery, it’s very get it preserved, so we can carry on difficult to get in and around that to indefinitely down on the waterfront,” properly sandblast and paint. That’s Brown said. an area where we think there will be a While the full extent of repairs is fair amount of steel being replaced,” yet to be determined, those involved Brown said. estimate the project will take about Sackville’s popularity over the three months, allowing Sackville to be summer months – the ship wel- ready for its 2018 tourist season. comed more than 25,000 visitors at “We expect she’ll be in better shape the waterfront in 2017 – is a testa- than ever and ready to go,” Reddy 146538 ment to the importance of keeping said. MARCH 5, 2018 TRIDENT NEWS 3 RCN concludes participation in CUTLASS EXPRESS 2018 By Lt(N) Linda Coleman, from January 31 to February 8, and MARLANT Public Affairs briefings from the RCN included top- ics such as Law of the Sea, the RCN’s It wasn’t a routine international role in search and rescue, and board- tasking for four Royal Canadian Navy ing operations. (RCN) sailors from MARLANT. “During the capacity building ses- Dressed in desert combats, LCdr sions, we listened to the local military Paul Smith, CPO2 Dale Yerardi, Lt(N) and civilian operators in order to un- Ted Marr and I participated in CUT- derstand how they run their maritime LASS EXPRESS 2018 (CE18), a U.S. operations centres,” LCdr Smith said. Naval Forces Africa-led engagement “This allowed us to gain an appre- designed to assist in improving mari- ciation as to how they currently oper- time law enforcement capacity and ate, listen to what they need or want promote national and regional securi- help with, and offer assistance on how ty in Eastern Africa. Leaving Halifax they can improve. We’re here to listen in late January, the sailors travelled and provide assistance.” halfway around the world to South- In Tanzania, the participants repre- east Africa with LCdr Smith and I sented all the major players for mari- arriving in Maputo, Mozambique, and time security including the Tanzanian CPO2 Yerardi and Lt(N) Marr arriv- People’s Defence Force, the Tanzanian ing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Maritime Police, the International LCdr Smith, senior RCN assessor Maritime Organization, the Tanzanian for CE18, was the Task Force Com- Maritime Coordination Centre and the mander during HMC Ships Summer- Sara Nhacuongue, Emergency Response Coordinator at the National Maritime Au- Dar es Salaam harbour authority. In side and Moncton’s deployment to thority of Mozambique, provides LCdr Paul Smith and Col Darwin Ziprick, Cana- Mozambique, the participants includ- West Africa last year. Their mission dian Defence Advisor at the High Commission of Canada in South Africa, a tour of ed members of the Mozambique Navy was to foster relationships and mari- the Maritime Operations Centre in Maputo, Mozambique. and the National Maritime Authority time security capacity building in SUBMITTED of Mozambique (INAMAR). the Gulf of Guinea region, as well as The capacity building sessions participate in Exercise OBANGAME year included strategic engagements torship on maritime security aware- provided an opportunity for the lo- EXPRESS. with Mozambique and Tanzania to ness, passing on Canadian expertise cal maritime organizations to come “I’m honoured to be back in Africa promote maritime security capacity in this field. The aim was to encour- together and engage. The sharing of with the RCN, continuing the great building at the Tanzania and Mozam- age engagement and cooperation, and information between the organiza- work we started last year in West bique Maritime Operations Centres to inform their MOCs of new ways tions is a challenge that they hope to Africa,” said LCdr Smith. (MOC). Sent as advisors, the RCN they can apply modern maritime overcome one day. The RCN’s contribution to CE18 this members provided support and men- security concepts. The sessions ran Continued on page 4 Now you qualify for a discount on a Share EverythingTM plan from Rogers1 With a Share EverythingTM plan, you’ll have the freedom to share data between family members and devices, as well as unlimited Canada-wide talk and text2 and tech support directly from Rogers. 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