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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Proud navy appointment Peter Mallett develop his ethics and self- Staff Writer discipline needed to be suc- cessful in life.” The Honourable Janet Last Monday, she had her Austin, B.C.’s Lieutenant first uniform fitting at Base Governor, said if her father Logistics clothing stores. were alive today he would She’ll return in a few weeks be proud of her recently to try on her uniform to appointed Royal Canadian ensure it fits. Navy (RCN) role, which Honorary members of the serves as a continuation of Canadian military are dis- her family’s naval tradition. tinguished Canadians that That’s because the vice- act as ambassadors. Their regal representative of responsibilities include per- Queen Elizabeth II has forming public outreach officially joined Victoria’s for the organization they The Honourable Janet Austin visited Base Logistics last week naval reserve unit HMCS represent while also help- to be fitted for her new Honorary Captain(N) uniform. Malahat as their Honorary ing foster esprit de corps Photo courtesy Lieutenant Governor’s Office Captain. for the troops. She said she Her father, Lt Grey is “extremely delighted and Howick Merivale Austin looking forward to support- served in the Royal Navy ing the navy.” Before Base Logictics appreciation in being able greeting dignitaries, and ing in regional planning and during the Battle of Atlantic. The appointment of (BLOG) staff moved to welcome the Honourable opening sessions of the public consultation com- Later in his naval career, Lieutenant Governors to in with their measuring Janet Austin as a member of Legislative Assembly as munications for the Alberta he was the senior officer in honorary Captains and tape for her fitting, LGov our ship’s company.” some of her main tasks. government. charge of bringing British Colonels in Canada’s mili- Austin and her represen- Dubbed a stone frigate, Prior to her appointment, She says her latest role naval ships to Halifax. tary is a customary tradi- tatives from Government Malahat is a land-based she spent 15 years as Chief for the navy is one she will “He lived in Barbados, tion of those who hold House were greeted by naval training establishment Executive Officer of YWCA greatly relish. enlisted in the Royal Navy that office. She hoped her Capt(N) Sam Sader, Base for naval reserve sailors. It Vancouver, one of the prov- “I will do whatever I can when he was 18 on the appointment would be with Commander, and repre- is one of 24 Naval Reserve ince’s largest and most diver- in my new role to encourage same day Pearl Harbor was the Royal Canadian Navy sentatives from BLOG and Divisions operating in major sified non-profits. She has young people to consider attacked, and served on a because of CFB Esquimalt’s HMCS Malahat. cities across the country. In previously served on boards careers in the naval reserves number of ships as a young prominence and importance “Honorary Captains fact, the genesis of the Naval of TransLink, the Greater and develop their skill and officer,” said LGov Austin. to the City of Victoria, and are valued members of Reserve began in Victoria in Vancouver Board of Trade, knowledge as their service “He would be absolutely to honour her father. our naval family and are 1913. the Canadian Paediatric is a wonderful opportunity thrilled to see that I have LGov Austin was officially committed to making LGov Austin was Society, and several non- to learn and grow. I am become an honorary mem- named to the Honorary a difference for Canada appointed as British profit organizations. highly impressed by the ber of the Royal Canadian Captain post in March. Due through their support,” Columbia’s 30th Lieutenant A graduate of the RCN’s efforts to support Navy. That’s because he to the COVID-19 pan- said Cdr Cameron Miller, Governor in March 2018 University of Calgary’s women in the advancement always credited his naval demic, Her Honour’s uni- Malahat’s Commanding replacing Judith Guichon. English program, LGov of their naval careers and training and career as being form fitting and many of Officer. “On behalf of all Her role is both symbolic Austin spent the early part to promote diversity within a crucial formative moment her duties were put on hold HMCS Malahat, we want and ceremonial with hand- of her career in public sec- its ranks and hope to help in his life, and helped until last week. to express our pride and ing out medals, citations, tor roles in Calgary, work- enhance this goal.” Call, email or pop by with your questions or take a test drive. 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H Photo by MS Dan Bard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera purpose of this exercise was to provide an opportunity for sailors to gain experience working with international forces, practicing group and task force Below: Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in the RIMPAC exercise sink tactics, and using important equipment and weaponry. the decommissioned amphibious cargo ship ex-USS Durham (LKA 114). Photo courtesy U.S. Navy DND (SSM), which is an all-weather, over- the-horizon, anti-ship missile used by As part of the finale for RIMPAC, most NATO member states. HMCS Regina participated in a sink- The missile launched from a plat- ing exercise, or SINKEX. A SINKEX form situated on the ship. It has occurs when an environmentally the ability to travel at high subsonic clean, decommissioned hulk is pur- speeds and skims across the surface posefully sunk to provide a unique of the water to lower the chances of opportunity to improve coalition interception by air defence systems. partners’ warfare readiness. It this case “It is a difficult and perishable it was ex-USS Durham, a decommis- skill, so any opportunity to plan and sioned amphibious cargo ship. execute exercises with combined “With an ever-changing and com- forces increases our skills, proficiency, plex global environment, inter-opera- and overall capability,” says Lt(N) bility with partner nations is essential Vanderveer. to maintain the rules-based interna- This is the latest Sink Exercise con- tional order,” said Lieutenant (Navy) ducted by the Royal Canadian Navy Mike Vanderveer, Weapons Officer on (RCN) at RIMPAC. At RIMPAC board Regina. “This engagement not 2018, HMCS Ottawa participated only proved the technical readiness of in a SINKEX using the same weapon Regina and the Royal Canadian Navy, system with great success.