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At the risk of reopening a very old debate, after doing a lot of digging the best explanation I could find is that ship names were always meant to be italicized, and the lack of this option on most typewriters led to the adoption of a "supposedly" temporary measure of typing in all-caps the...

Sorry, to be more specific, the Naval Dress Committee. Minutes are up on sharepoint.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but to answer the question posed a while back, the latest minutes of the dress committee confirm that the RCN will soon have a similar pin.

The Polar Medal states under eligibility "It also honours those individuals who have withstood the rigours of the polar climate to make significant contributions to polar exploration and knowledge, scientific research, and the securement of Canada’s northern sovereignty." So I would expect *if*...

FYI MARS sublieutenants no longer go on the NOC; the operations lectures have been moved to MARS IV. Maritime Warfar Basic course is not mandatory but recommended if you can get loaded. I took it last year and quite enjoyed it, though it is basic as the name would suggest.

The sailors of the future HMCS Queenston and HMCS Chateauguay are already facepalming.

Assume I'm in Halifax; off the top of your head does the base tailor have the buttons/flashes/loops required or should I be looking for them separately?

Looks like I may be attending a fleet week later this year and will be looking for a high collar white tunic. I went through Andrei Tailors for my mess kit however was wondering if there may be a less expensive option online. The links I have found here don't seem to work anymore, and the last...

http://upkprod.desc.mil.ca/hrmsp/eng/data/toc.html

I looked at this a little but am concerned about quality. Never know if they are new/used/stolen.

Thanks for merging all these topics although it looks like my original message got lost in the shuffle? Anyway just wondering if Joe Drouin is still the preferred source for miniatures or if anyone has found a cheaper/faster/better in some way site? (Seeing as posts are 5+ years old it's not...

According to this site it's the Patrol Vessel Wood.

Also might be worth merging with the older thread here

Another FRE sailor here. NATO article 5 medal for Active Endeavour is only if you have 30 days continuous or 60 total on OAE. If you weren't with the ship for that much OAE you won't get the NATO medal. April 25th a CANFORGEN went out saying that the Honours Committee is looking at creating a...

released 25 April: UNCLAS CANFORGEN 073/16 CMP 037/16 SIC WAC SUBJECT: RECOGNITION - OPS REASSURANCE AND UNIFIER BILINGUAL MESSAGE/MESSAGE BILINGUE REFS.: A. CANFORGEN 118/15 CMP 054/15 301812Z JUN 15, PARA 1.F. B. FRAG O 001 TO CDS DIRECTIVE - OP REASSURANCE, 26 FEB 16 1. AT REF B, THE CDS...