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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. […]

Sandra Witt, Formation Safety and Environment Indigenous Relations Officer.

5 Questions with the Formation Safety and Environment Indigenous Relations Officer

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer  — Sandra Witt is the Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) Formation Safety and Environment (FSE) Indigenous Relations Officer. Her job is an entirely new position created in January within MARPAC’s FSE unit. The Indigenous Relations Officer acts as a liaison between Indigenous communities potentially affected by military operations on the water and […]