Author Archive for Lookout
The Lookout Newspaper can trace its history back to April 1943 when CFB Esquimalt’s first newspaper was published. Since then, Lookout has grown into the award winning source for Pacific Navy News. Leading the way towards interactive social media reach, we are a community resource newspaper growing a world wide audience.
Author recalls Cold War-era career
Peter MallettStaff Writer–– A retired Royal Canadian Air Force member has penned a book of his firsthand account of Canada during the Cold War, a period between the end of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Mud on My Boots: Dares and Ventures of a Canadian Airman During […]
Museum windows shine light on Naden’s past
Peter MallettStaff Writer–– CFB Esquimalt’s Naval and Military Museum is offering a window into history – literally. The glass panes of Naden building 29, the museum’s workshop, have been transformed into a pictorial gallery visible from the outside. Island Graphics staff were contracted to print and install black and white historical images to eight exterior […]
Private (Trained) captures Sailor of Quarter award
Peter MallettStaff Writer–– HMCS Calgary was in the final leg of its deployment last July when Pte(T) Alison Tso was called to the Coxswain’s office on board the ship. She was surprised to find CPO1 Mark Chambers and the entire ship’s command team assembled, so her first thought was a worried “Uh oh.” That thought […]
