Family Gingerbread • CANADIAN MILITARY’S TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE • HouseHouse DecoratingDeeccora Saturday, December 14 Volume 64 Number 49 | December 9, 2019 10-1 p.m., CPAC $10 per house $5 each for additional house MAINTENANCE REQUIRMENT newspaper.comnewwsspapaperr..com NAC Gym will be closed MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. Dec. 16-20 Pre-registration required: LookoutNewspaperNavyNews @Lookout_news LookoutNavyNews Full NAC closure 250-363-1009 Dec. 21-22 JUNIOR RANKS HOLIDAY Ordinary Seaman William Bain, the youngest sailor, and Commander Annick Fortin, Commanding Officer of Naval Fleet School (Pacific), prepare to carve the turkey. Junior Ranks members enjoyed the festive meal at the Work Point mess last week. 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CPO1 Ian Kelly, Base Chief Petty Officer, and Doug Grant season the rum sauce. Victor Wong smiles for a photo. Naval Fleet School (Pacific) Ordinary Photos by Leading Seaman Mike Goluboff, MARPAC Imaging Services Seaman William Bain, youngest sailor in the fleet, exchanges ranks with Commander Annick Fortin, Commanding Officer of Naval Fleet School (Pacific), along with CPO1 Malcolm Conlon. It is a long standing military tradition for senior and junior members to exchange ranks at CPO1 Malcolm Conlon has his mustache the yearly shaved off to raise money for charity. Christmas dinner. December 9, 2019 CANADIAN MILITARY’S TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE • CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS LOOKOUT • 3 Corporate leaders experience navy life in HMCS Regina Janice Lee steep-angle turn. up the escape hatch. MARPAC Public Affairs When the ship slowed and In the evening, as the sun righted itself, a small speck passed the day to the moon, One by one, seven in the sky grew as a Cyclone they ventured to the bridge. Canadian community leaders helicopter approached from Each took a turn at a station, slid out of their “rack” just the air, hovering a few yards meeting and talking to the before the sun crept up over away to hoist ship divers. The sailors at work, and even try- the Pacific Ocean. The civil- whirl of rotors heightened ing their hand at their jobs, ians were on board HMCS the already icy gust on to the such as driving the ship for a Regina to experience life at spectators. few minutes. sea and earn their sea legs One by one the divers The next day they were as the warship traversed the jumped from the Cyclone shown some of the weapons waters for three days from into the icy water where the used by the ship, such as the Nov. 26 to 28. ship’s zodiac retrieved them. Bofor 57mm MK III gun on A unique Royal Canadian Completing the outside the bow that thundered when Navy program called demonstrations was a person fired, with a plume of smoke Canadian Leaders at Sea overboard exercise. “Oscar,” filling the air. On the deck, brought the upper echelon a well-stuffed dummy, was after much safety instruction business leaders on board. As tossed to the sea. Within sec- and donning safety gear, they the days at sea progressed, onds, a team of sailors rushed each gripped a .50 calibre they got an up-close look at to their stations to make the machine gun and squeezed a sailor’s experience, which rescue. Moments later Oscar the trigger releasing a rush they could bring back and was plucked from the water of shots across the ocean share in their corporate and brought back on board. surface. environment. Below deck the civilians Each hands-on experi- Their first taste of the had to be mindful of the ence, each discussion with a salty life happened as the hatches and avoid clunking sailor, each day meandering ship headed from the safety head to metal as they wan- through the passageways all of Esquimalt Harbour to dered the passageways. added up to one fact, one the open ocean. As Regina To experience the scariest the navy wanted them to slipped into a high-speed of situations in a ship – a fire, walk away with – that life manoeuvre demonstration, they entered a smoke-filled in the Royal Canadian Navy the civilian sailors were room, so thick it was impos- is one of constant training Leaders at sea – left to right: Dave Doroghy, Chris Scipio, Del Elgersman, thrust against the frigate’s sible to make out the shape to ensure expertise in order walls and railings, trying to of others. To exit the room, to be “ready aye ready” for Andrée St-Germain, Robin Kerbel, Lucy Sager and Kent Klaufield in the find their balance with every they had to find and clamber anything. ship’s engine room for a tour. Del Elgersman, Robin Kerbel, and Kent Klaufield try their hand at fixing a pipe break. Kent Klaufield holds a weapon used by the naval boarding party. AFFORDABLE OFF BASE LIVING! Bachelors, One Bedrooms, Two Bedrooms, & Three Bedrooms available ASK ABOUT OUR MOVE IN BONUS FOR DND/CF! 250.381.5084 CAPRENT.COM 4 • LOOKOUT CANADIAN MILITARY’S TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE • CELEBRATING 76 YEARS PROVIDING RCN NEWS December 9, 2019 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE WHATmatters SAY YOU MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 On Dec. 3, the base recognized the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by [email protected] People Talk hosting a wheelchair sports event at the Naden Athletic Centre. With that in mind, STAFF WRITERS Lookout asked participants in a wheelchair basketball game the following question: Peter Mallett 250-363-3130 What was the most important thing you learned about partici- [email protected] pating in today’s event? PRODUCTION Teresa Laird 250-363-8033 [email protected] Bill Cochrane 250-363-8033 [email protected] ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS/RECEPTION Jennifer Barker 250-363-3127 SALES REPRESENTATIVES Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 [email protected] Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORS Capt Jenn Jackson 250-363-4006 Inclusion and the right of every- A recent illness has prevented me The most important thing I have I have seen wheelchair basket- Katelyn Moores 250-363-7060 one to participate in sports is the from using my quad muscle; if you learned is to better understand the ball played before but never really big take home for me. Getting put the right amount of effort into challenges individuals in wheel- understood the difficulties of Published each Monday, under the authority people out here and involved in chairs have in accessing build- being in a wheelchair. The skill of Capt(N) Sam Sader, Base Commander. it you can pretty much overcome wheelchair sports, being seen, and ings and participating in sports. and stamina required to manipu- Le LOOKOUT est publié tous les lundi, sous anything. l’égide du Capt(N) Sam Sader, Commandant building understanding are very Maj Patrick Levis, This event, and learning how to late a wheelchair and then over- de la Base. important aspects of this event. Canadian Armed Forces play wheelchair basketball and lay a sport on top of that is CPO2 Mark Turchyn, Transition Unit BC maneuver around, has helped me quite impressive, along with the The editor reserves the right to edit, abridge MARPAC HQ become more conscious of it. adaptability and skill level of these or reject copy or advertising to adhere to policy as outlined in PSP Policy Manual. LCdr Judith Harlock, athletes. Views and opinions expressed are not nec- Canadian Armed Forces Capt(N) Scott Robinson, essarily those of the Department of National Transition Unit BC Canadian Fleet Pacific Defence. Le Rédacteur se réserve le droit de modifier, de condenser ou de rejeter les articles, photographies, ou annonces plublicitaires pour adhérer Manuel des politiques des PSP. WHAT SAY WE Les opinions et annonces exprimées dans le journal ne réflètent pas nécéssairement le point de vue du MDN. What grinds my gears - drive-throughs SLt M.X. Déry This surprises many when I little around the rest of the city. a stop sign and slam into the Contributor complain openly to them about There are no bike lanes for my side of your car? Why can’t you poor cyclists who ignore traffic entire ride to and from work. recover damages through ICBC Circulation - 3,550 signs and/or seem to think they Most bicycle racks have a min- and my premiums increase? plus 300 pdf downloads per week A story ran in a local paper a few weeks back about a Saanich are entitled to the right of way iscule amount of available spots It is a broader question than at intersections. Crosswalks are and space, making a bicycle jut the one at issue, but it is a valid Follow us on Facebook, Twitter resident riding her bicycle through a Tim Hortons drive- for pedestrians not timid cyclists out into pedestrian traffic.