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Artist Spotlight: Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Currie
Barbara Brown, Steel Spirit — “I’m a very impatient artist. I’m the guy with the hair dryer on watercolour and I’m drawing [something else] between coats.” Lieutenant-Colonel (LCol) Andrew Currie is a military physician with the Canadian Armed Forces and has always moved through time with a determination to make progress – whether it be in […]
Rear-Admiral Hugh Francis Pullen: A legacy of naval excellence and philanthropy
Sabina Kukurudziak, Communications Officer, NTG — Hugh Francis Pullen joined the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) as a Naval Cadet in 1920. He had no idea he had just embarked on what would be remembered as a life of naval legacy. His legacy is acknowledged today through the Pullen building at CFB Halifax Stadacona, which houses […]
Storm clouds part for CFSA opener
Peter Mallett, Staff Writer — On their opening day, Zeus, the Greek God of rain and wind, sympathized with the Canadian Forces Sailing Association (CFSA). While the blustery conditions persisted, a brief respite from the heavy rains at precisely the right moment allowed CFB Esquimalt’s recreational sailing club members to move forward with its official […]
