The Harley Davidson Motorcycle which travelled more than 7,000 kilometers by sea after the Japanese tsunami arrived by truck at Steve Drane Harley Davidson dealership in Langford on May 6.

[caption id="attachment_826" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by Cpl Charles A. Stephen, MARPAC Imaging Services"][/caption]KwaGulth First Nations Chief Tony Hunt addresses dignitaries and guests at the start of the traditional blessing ceremony.

[caption id="attachment_823" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by Cpl Michael Bastien, MARPAC Imaging Services"][/caption]Cdr. Allyn Holborn salutes Rear-Admiral Nigel Greenwood for God Save the Queen in front of the Empress Hotel.

[caption id="attachment_820" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by MCpl Angela Abbey, MARPAC Imaging Services"][/caption]Navy’s longest serving commission ship, HMCS Oriole, is re-launched at Point Hope Shipyard.

[caption id="attachment_816" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by Cpl Ronnie Kinnie, Formation Imaging Services"][/caption]Drugs recovered by HMCS Charlottetown that were dumped in the Gulf of Aden while the ship was on Operation Artemis.

[caption id="attachment_808" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by N/A."][/caption]Exercises in tactical manoeuvre and live fire scenarios in Idaho.

[caption id="attachment_812" align="alignnone" width="630" caption="Photo by Shelley Lipke, Lookout"][/caption]LCdr Kathryn Hodgson had her head shaved for Sailors for a Cure - a fundraiser created by PO2 Bruce Bevil in honour of his sister-in-law who is still battling cancer after 9 years.

A small boat in the vicinity of the Canadian warship was suspected of illegal activity, and the ScanEagle Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) was being sent to investigate.

The focus of Navy transformation Bound II is a move towards a quote one-navy unquote model, where the Navy’s core mission processes, including training, readiness and new capability introduction, are realigned around new pan-naval authorities.

Tactical manoeuvre and live fire scenarios.

Last Monday, Auxiliary Fleet Staff said good bye to ferrying CFB Esquimalt personnel across the harbour. 

Victoria Harbour Ferries President Nick Samson, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Base Commander Capt(N) Craig Baines cut the ribbon to officially open the new Baseline Ferry service.

Members ofHMCS Charlottetown boarding party get lowered to a RHIB using the Billy Pugh transfer basket during a boarding exercise during OP ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR.

MS Sebastian Arsenault (left), clearance diver from the Fleet Dive Unit (Pacific) and Deputy Commander Canada Command, Major-General John Collin dive beneath the six-foot thick arctic ice in Gascoyne Bay, Nunavut, during OP NUNALIVUT 2012.

Rick Hansen visited CFB Esquimalt a “Difference Maker” medal to PO1 Cliff Rose who is taking action to change the world.

Twenty-five years after starting his Man in Motion World Tour, Rick Hansen is once again on the road. This time on a tour aptly called Many in Motion.

“What I enjoy most about being in the Navy is the things that I have been able to participate in,” says Hawco. “The places in the world that I have been able to see, I know if I worked at a civilian job I wouldn’t be able to see half of them.”

Base Construction Engineering (BCE) employees had a “whale” of a day April 26 when they celebrated a milestone reached by the Canadian Military Engineer Branch – their 109th anniversary.

HMCS Winnipeg sits in the drydock at Victoria Shipyards where it will undergo Frigate Life Extension Program (FELEX).

As the coxswain of the Patrol Craft Training Section, he tells his sailors, “There are three reasons why you go to the gym. You owe it to yourself, you owe it to your family and it’s the right thing to do for your job.”

Before sending HMCS Winnipeg across the harbour to Victoria Shipyards for its rotation in the Frigate Life Extension program, a team from Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) had to ensure it could be safely docked in the PWGSC drydock.

Effective May 1, Dockyard and Naden will each have 10 prime parking spots available for carpoolers who join the base program. The base will create more as needed. Saving gas and time, and treading a bit lighter on the environment are all good reasons to fill your car seats says the Base Chief of Staff, Michael Morrison.

[caption id="attachment_476" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Larry Sullivan from Rogers' Chocolates, and RAdm Nigel Greenwood officially launch the navy chocolate bar.[/caption] The product launch of the Roger's Chocolate bar with the Navy wrapper. Please click here if you are interested in purchasing a ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY MILK CHOCOLATE BAR

Traumatic Brain Injury: Listening to the symptoms Two individuals suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with the same level of severity. Yet their recoveries are markedly different.  Why? A TBI can occur when a person experiences sudden brain trauma.   Although a blow to the head is a common cause, injury to the head is not the determining feature of any brain injury. Over the years, scientists have been studying the factors that play a role in TBI recovery. Dr. Donald Stuss and his colleagues, originally at the University of Ottawa and later at the University of Toronto, have focused primarily on the impact of TBI on behaviour.   The journey for Dr. Stuss started some 30 years ago in his clinical practice. He noticed that patients who appeared to have returned to normal abilities on standardized psychological tests continued to complain of problems.  He reviewed the evidence on where brain damage was most likely to occur after TBI. He found that frontal-temporal regions of the brain were most likely to be injured, regardless of what the mechanism of brain damage was. Once he started to focus on tests particularly sensitive to these regions, the lingering problems the patients were describing were clearly evident.  The frontal lobes, which constitute some 23-33% of the entire brain, were once considered as one functional entity.  However, with the help of funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Dr. Stuss has identified at least four functional regions within the frontal lobes. One region is important for drive and activation. Damage here results in significant slowing of behaviour. If damage occurs in another area of the frontal lobes, the patient may have notable personality changes. In still another region, decision making, planning and monitoring of behaviour may be affected.  And damage in the very front, just above...

HMCS Victoria conducted a series of weapon system trials at sea at CFMETR in Nanoose Bay, B.C. March 2012.

General Walt Natynczyk, Canadian Chief of Defence Staff, fires a Lee Enfield rifle at the firing range under the watchful eye of MCpl Audry Pardy, a Canadian Ranger with the Cartwright Patrol.

From April 7 to 11, 2012, a contingent of 105 CF members took part in ceremonies in Europe commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.