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Commodore David Mazur, Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific, presents Sailor 1st Class Michael Fung with Sailor of the Quarter Coin aboard HMCS Ottawa docked at CFB Esquimalt on July 16. Photo: Sailor 3rd Class Mckayla Ryce, MARPAC Imaging Services

Sailor of the Second Quarter revolutionizes shipboard living

Kateryna Bandura, Lookout Editor — A groundbreaking initiative by HMCS Ottawa Marine Systems Engineer (MSE) has set a new benchmark for quality-of-life improvements on Canadian warships. Sailor 1st Class (S1) Michael Fung led a project to install nearly 200 120-volt power outlets in Ottawa’s Non-Commissioned Members’ mess decks. The initiative has earned […]

Sailor First Class (S1) Corwin Nemeth (left), a member of the Raven Indigenous Program’s general duties team, and S1 David Inglangasuk a weapons instructor with this year’s program. Photo: Anna Muselius, NTG Public Affairs

Summer is here and so is Raven

NTG Public Affairs  —  Summer training is about challenging yourself and making lifelong memories! Staff and instructors have been ramping up their preparations over the last few weeks to welcome this year’s Raven recruits. Raven is one of a series of Indigenous summer programs offered across the country by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and […]

Historic green jacket connects Navy’s past and present

Historic green jacket connects Navy’s past and present

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  —  More than 30 years may have passed since his days as a young sailor but Lieutenant (Navy) Richard Rowe and his faded Green Navy Flight Jacket are back at square one. Lt(N) Rowe proudly wore his jacket in the early 1990s as a Bridge Watchkeeper aboard Restigouche-class destroyer HMCS Kootenay. […]