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![A/SLt Kayvan Aflaki stands with a landmark signpost at Captain Arturo Prat Base, a Chilean Antarctic research station located on Greenwich Island, after completing a replenishment with the crew members of Chilean offshore patrol vessel Marinero Fuentealba. Photo: ST Felipe Olea.](https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Aflaki_Antarctica_2-200x200.jpg)
RCN sailor traverses the Antarctic waters with the Chilean Navy
A/SLt Kayvan Aflaki, NWO — As a Naval Warfare Officer with the Royal Canadian Navy, my career has involved sailing Canada’s territorial waters, but nothing could have prepared me for the extraordinary journey that unfolded in November 2023—an expedition to Antarctica as an attaché to the Chilean Navy. This unique opportunity, through a program called Regulus designed to […]
![NDWCC exceeds fundraising target and expectations](https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NDWCC_1_web-200x200.jpg)
NDWCC exceeds fundraising target and expectations
Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — Charitable organizations in our community have received another financial boost from the National Defence Workplace Charitable Campaign (NDWCC). Members of CFB Esquimalt’s NDWCC fundraising team gathered on the front lawn of the Base Commander’s Office on the afternoon of Feb. 6 to present a cheque for $109,404.11 to representatives of the […]