Commander Royal Canadian Navy’s Year-End Review and Holiday Message As we look forward towards the approaching holiday period, I wish to acknowledge your tremendous accomplishments over the past year, as well as to share my perspective on what those accomplishments meant to the RCN.
NATO Service Medals presented The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, accompanied by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Associate Minister of National Defence, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie), and General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, presented 210 Canadian Forces members with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Operation Unified Protector - Libya medal during a ceremony held at Canadian Forces Base Halifax.
Veterans’ Week: November 5-11 The Royal Canadian Navy joins our fellow Canadians in marking Veterans’ Week from November 5-11.
Sailors honoured on Parliament Hill Six members of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) who have performed acts of heroism or exceptional achievement of their duties in service to Canada were honoured on Parliament Hill October 30, as part of Navy Appreciation Day.