182406 Monday, March 23, 2020 Volume 54, Issue 06 www.tridentnewspaper.com HMCS Fredericton on patrol SLt Kyle Barber (right) practices his firing skills under the supervision of a Naval Tactical Operation Group mentor aboard HMCS Fredericton during Opera- tion REASSURANCE, 2020. CPL SIMON ARCAND, CAF NBP course evolves Sailor of the Year Posting season MEGA Curling PRINT TC RES PRINT AD TridentPg. Ad March 3 2020.pdf 2 2020-02-18 2:21 PM Pg. 5 Pgs 11-14 Pg. 20 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 182596 PRINT UNI TC Print Ad Trident March 2020.indd 1 2020-02-18 2:26 PM 2 TRIDENT NEWS MARCH 23, 2020 Take care! - are you high voltage aware? By SLt Joe Cheng, Naval Warfare Officer, HMCS Harry DeWolf As you drive over the Macdonald or the MacKay Bridge, one can’t help but notice the two new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPV) alongside Irving Shipbuilding Indus- tries just North of HMC Dockyard in Halifax. The future HMCS Harry DeWolf (HDW) and HMCS Margaret Brooke will soon be delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). They are the first of six HDW Class AOPVs HV hierarchy that will soon join the RCN Fleets; of trained two more have been ordered by the personnel government to augment the Canadian pyramid Coast Guard. SUBMITTED These very modern vessels have a host of capabilities that will allow them to perform their multi-faceted roles, in the most extreme of climates AOPV HV Identification Signage will be and remote conditions. The operation- similar to that seen in the hierarchy of al capabilities range from Sovereignty trained personnel pyramid. Note the yel- and Fishery patrols, to Maritime low and black markings. No person other Domain Awareness, Support to Joint than a certified CP or higher shall enter Forces and Law Enforcement, Search HV compartments unless such person and Rescue, Humanitarian Assistance is accompanied by at least a CP or is in and Disaster Relief, and as Ready receipt of a Limitation of Access (avail- Duty Ship. able from the APC). The HDW Class utilizes an Integrat- SUBMITTED ed Electrical Power and Propulsion (IEPP) plant to not only supply power Codes that oversee everything from to its main propulsion motors but also discharge, to ergonomics, to opera- all other power consumers onboard. tions, to equipment tolerances and to Obviously with a 6500 tonne ship of specific materials used. The operation this size, you can imagine the amount of HV onboard RCN vessels is man- of electrical power that would be dated by NAVORD 11100-1, Qualifica- required, up to 13.2 mega watts, to be tions and Access Requirements for exact! Electrical voltages range from High Voltage (HV) Ships and HDW the standard 24V DC, to 440V AC for Class Safety and Environmental Man- most systems, to upwards of 6,600 V agement Systems (SEMS) Standard (for main propulsion). In a Marine Operating Procedure #13 (SOP) S13 environment, any working voltage -- High Voltage Switching Program. that exceeds 1000V AC or 1500V DC What does that mean for you as a between any two circuit connectors visitor or fellow sailor coming and (or 600V AC / 900V DC between a cir- going on to one of the new AOPV cuit connector and ground) is defined ships? It will mean that in certain by NATO Standards as High Voltage circumstances you may not be al- (HV). The voltage employed by HDW lowed onboard and / or in certain Class vessels is much higher than compartments. The ship may be in what we currently use across the fleet one of two ship-wide states – HV LIVE and has its own inherent risks and or HV DEAD. At the brow there will safety protocols. be a state board (fig.1) that indicates However, do not fret! The new ships the current HV State and displays the are extremely safe and built to mod- name of the Authorized Person in ern Lloyd’s Register’s Standard Rules Control (APC) and the special mark- and Regulations for compliance with ings to identify HV spaces. The APC is International Maritime Organization the person responsible for the status (IMO) Standards; as well as a myriad of HV systems on board and all work strict National and International related to it. When the ship is ‘HV DEAD’ anyone can come onboard; all sources of HV supply are disconnected, isolated HV safety info and stateboard and earthed for safety. The ship is SUBMITTED no longer capable of generating HV. However, when the ship is ‘HV LIVE’, The HV AWARE brief can be given to come onboard HDW, you will need it is capable of generating HV. Anyone by qualified Authorizing Engineers, to plan accordingly and observe HV on board who has not received the typically from HDW staff or the Fleet States. Additionally, when coming HV AWARE brief will need an escort Technical Authority (FTA), and the onboard to perform work in an HV from the ship’s company in order Lock Out – Tag Out (LOTO) Coordina- compartment or on HV equipment, to be onboard or else they must be tor. not only must you prove the necessary landed from the ship. There is a High These rules are important to keep level of enhanced training required, Voltage hierarchy of trained person- everyone safe, the HDW quarter mas- but you shall report to the APC before nel onboard as described in NAVORD ter and brow staff will be extremely any work starts. Safety begins with HV hierarchy role descriptions 11100-1 and replicated in the figures 2a strict, enforcing 100% compliance. you and our due diligence and vigi- SUBMITTED & 2b. Therefore if your work requires you lance. -- Ready, Aye, Ready! MARCH 23, 2020 TRIDENT NEWS 3 Naval Boarding Parties: A tactical revolution By MS Matt Swain A sea change is underway for the Royal Canadian Navy as it force generates Naval Boarding Parties to prepare for operations. To meet the demands of an ever-evolving global security environment, and ensure in- teroperability with its own capability, the Naval Tactical Operations Group (NTOG) has been tasked with updat- ing and delivering the training for the RCN’s Naval Boarding Parties (NBP) via the NBP Basic and Supervisor courses, as well as Team Training. Over the last five months, with the successful completion of three NBP Basic courses (two in the west, one in the east), both the east and west coast fleets have transitioned to NTOG instructed NBP courses. Following a fully updated instruction program delivered by staff that have the back- ground and experience teaching these skills throughout the world, this fast-paced, physically demanding, Sixteen sailors graduated from a Naval Boarding Party course in Halifax on February 20. This was the first course taught by six-week course teaches students a Naval Tactical Operations group instructors on the east coast. wide variety of skills including, legal LS JOHN IGLESIAS, FIS considerations, searching techniques, personnel control skills, tactical oping assertiveness through team shooting, comprehensive close quar- focused skills.” ter battle (CQB), and Combat First In keeping with NTOG’s culture Aid. of invested Small Team Leadership, Each phase of the course ends with officers are expected to both lead a challenging exam that students the team and, by creating a positive must pass in order to progress. If training atmosphere, mentor junior the student is unsuccessful, they are sailors to overcome any challenge returned to their respective units they may encounter. For SLt Tori and, depending on the nature of the Brown (NWO), one of two women who failure, may be given the option to successfully passed and were badged reattempt. The course ends with an upon graduating the course, the NBP exciting and realistic final exercise Basic course delivered challenges and designed to test all aspects of the exposure to the tactical aspect of the course. As the Senior Instructor, PO1 RCN. Chris Nowlan is tasked to ensure that “When I heard I was going to be on the course provides tactical realism the first NBP Basic Course taught by and a challenge that leaves successful NTOG, I was a little intimidated.” students with a sense of accomplish- In terms of meeting her expecta- ment from their hard work. tions, she stated, “I knew that the Earning the new NBP badge is not NBP course was challenging, but I a free pass. Each badge is earned by wondered what was to come now that achieving progressively more chal- NTOG was taking over. This was the The physically demanding course includes training in searching techniques, tactical lenging course milestones that ensure most challenging course I’ve done in shooting, comprehensive close quarter battle, and more. students have the right attitude and my career, but it was also the most LS JOHN IGLESIAS, FIS motivation, regardless of rank. For rewarding. I take a lot of pride in AS Saif Morsy (WENG TECH), after myself and everyone who graduated heights or in confined space. Finally, and mental challenge will enjoy the completing the course on 20 February the course. The instructors had high an NETP qualification (including the challenge far greater than those who 2020 in Halifax, this was just the case. expectations but were 100% invested OJT mod), and currency in standard struggle on day one. “What set the tone for me at the in everyone’s success and worked first aid are also prerequisites. It For any further information, please start of the course was how [the Staff] hard to ensure all students reached should also be noted that, while there contact the Senior Instructor, PO1 made a point to say that they wanted their full potential.” is no minimum physical fitness stan- Chris Nowlan or Lt(N) Jacob Killaw- to give us a product that we could NBP training is an exciting and dard, past graduates would concede ee.