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Sapientia Ex Diciplina, NWO III Fraser Steps Off the Parade Square 

Sapientia Ex Diciplina, NWO III Fraser Steps Off the Parade Square 

SLt Simon Gonsalves, MARPAC PAO  —  The long path to becoming a trained Naval Warfare Officer is notoriously not for the faint of heart. However, on the Dec. 11, after four months of challenge and adversity, Naval Warfare Officer (NWO) III Fraser Division had their formal graduation ceremony HMCS Venture’s Nixon Drill Deck. This event marked the […]

Sapientia Ex Diciplina, NWO III Fraser quitte la place de parade 

Sapientia Ex Diciplina, NWO III Fraser quitte la place de parade 

Ens 2 Simon Gonsalves, OAP FMAR(P)  —  Le long chemin qui mène à la formation d’un officier de guerre navale n’est pas, on le sait, pour les âmes sensibles. Toutefois, le 11 décembre, après quatre mois de défis et d’adversité, l’officier de guerre navale (OGN) III de la division Fraser a tenu sa cérémonie officielle de […]

Sailor 1st Class Dante Brun-Letourneau, winner of the ship’s first kiss, greets his partner, Nadia, at the brow of the ship as the first to disembark HMCS Vancouver on Dec. 5. Photo: Sailor 1st Class Koller

HMCS Vancouver, a homecoming marked by tradition

Paul Dagonese, Staff Writer  —  After a six-month deployment starting in Hawaii and continuing throughout the Indo-Pacific region, HMCS Vancouver returned to CFB Esquimalt early in the morning of Dec. 5. As the ship waited just outside Esquimalt Harbour, excited onlookers gathered early at Duntze Head for the ceremonial sail-past, catching distant glimpses of their friends and […]