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![Historic green jacket connects Navy’s past and present](https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Koot1-200x200.jpg)
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. […]
![Commander Darren Sleen (left) and Chief Petty Officer 1st Class André Aubry (right) invite Josée Lafontaine and Laura Brackenbury to cut the cake.](https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NTG-ANN-3-200x200.jpg)
Naval Training Group turns ten!
NTG Public Affairs — “Everyone in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) shares the same professional goal: to force generate maritime capabilities for employment at the direction of the Government of Canada,” said Commander (Cdr) Darren Sleen, Commander Naval Training Group (CNTG), during a recent address. The assembly of military and civilian members gathered at Work Point’s […]
![Members of the Victory Oar Duff racing team gather for a team photograph on Apr. 10 at the Seamanship Training Centre in Naden. (L-R): Lieutenant (Navy) (Lt(N)) Jeff Phillips, Lt(N) Ellery Down, Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A/SLt) Benjamin Roth, Sailor 1st Class (S1) Evan Helgason-Thorpe, A/SLt Maxwell Lucas, and S1 Maxime Vandal. Photo: Peter Mallett/Lookout Newspaper.](https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Whaler21-200x200.jpg)
It’s ‘Victory Oar Duff’ in race to Alaska
Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — vic·to·ry /ˈvikt(ə)rē/ | nounan act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition. oar /ôr/ | nouna pole with a flat blade, pivoting in an oar lock, used to row or steer a boat through the water. duff /dəf/ adjective, informal 1. Dessert 2. Indicates that something […]