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Sapper Carter Marcotte, Canadian Army Combat Engineer, participates in a landing site reconnaissance with NATO Combat Divers. Photo: Master Sailor Valerie LeClair, MARPAC Imaging Services

Combat Divers return to Metchosin waters

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  — After a four-year hiatus, Exercise Roguish Buoy returned to Metchosin on Jan. 29 for two weeks, allowing 65 Army Combat Divers from Canada and worldwide to test their teamwork skills. Working in the tides and currents of the Strait of Juan de Fuca provided a new dynamic as Combat Divers normally work in inland […]

Chief Petty Officer Second Class Chris Carisse who won this year's NDWCC Chilli Cookoff.

Le champion du chilli con carne sait comment 

Peter Mallett, Rédacteur  —  Le gagnant du grand concours de chilli con carne de la BFC Esquimalt a quelques conseils culinaires importants pour les chefs en herbe qui tentent d’atteindre le nirvana des papilles gustatives.   Le communicateur naval à l’Entraînement maritime du Pacifique (EMP) a remporté le premier prix de la troisième édition annuelle du […]

Chief Petty Officer Second Class Chris Carisse who won this year's NDWCC Chilli Cookoff.

Chilli champ knows how to ‘handle the heat’

Peter Mallett,  Staff Writer  —  The CFB Esquimalt’s Great Chilli Cookoff winner has some important culinary advice for would-be chefs attempting to achieve taste bud nirvana. The Naval Communicator at Sea Training Pacific (STP) took the top prize in the third annual Great Chilli Cookoff at STP last fall. He shared a few chilli cooking tips […]