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Sharing fire safety messaging
It was a busy week of passing on fire safety information – and opportunities to try your hand at a fire-extinguishing hose! 14 Wing Greenwood Fire and Emergency Services personnel took their gear on the road to visit several local schools, and partner with the Kingston District Fire Department at community displays, and also hosted… Read more
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Poppy workshop just in time for Veterans Week
Join the Greenwood Military Family Resource Centre November 7, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for a unique opportunity to create a beautiful wooden poppy craft to hang in your home or office during Veterans Week in November. This workshop will include all materials you need to create this visual sign of respect and appreciation for… Read more
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Message of remembrance lasts a whole season
November 11 as one day to remember years – centuries – of Canadian military milestones has been expanded in one 14 Wing Greenwood workspace. 14 Operations Support Squadron’s Communications and Information Systems Flight is well into its “Ramp up to Remembrance” presentations: every Thursday, from September 14 to November 9, one flight member will take… Read more
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VPI aviators maintain international bond
“These are interesting times,” said 14 Wing Greenwood Commander Colonel Jeff Davis, as patron of VP International, during the October 5 annual VPI memorial service at the international monument in Greenwood. “At this moment, VP crews around the world are on missions, largely out of the public eye, that contribute to public security. Crews are… Read more
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Combined Charities heads into 2023 campaign
A number of thank-you cards are arriving at 14 Wing Greenwood, following the recent issuing of 25 donation cheques worth $40,000 to local non-profit groups and programs doing great work in the community. The wing’s Combined Charities tallied up its 2022 National Workplace Giving campaign efforts, funds raised from raffles, craft sales and special events,… Read more
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Poppy cascade a ‘visual pledge for all of us: never again’
The fall of over 2,200 handmade poppies over the red brick exterior of the Kings County Museum in the days leading up to November 11 will be a stunning community symbol of remembrance. The Four Seasons Fibre knitters behind the Kentville museum’s 2022 exhibit, “Wartime Knitting: Remembrance and Recognition,” have been working steadily on this… Read more
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Saturday night hockey shows off military appreciation
The Valley Wildcats Junior A hockey organization invites military members and veterans to be their guests for the Saturday, November 4, home game in Berwick, at the Kings Mutual Century Centre. The Fredericton Red Wings are in town. Royal Canadian Legion Ortona 69 Berwick and Canadian Armed Forces leadership from 14 Wing Greenwood and 5th… Read more
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Inherent danger not far from memory
404 Squadron marks 70th anniversary of crew loss close to home October 6 at 10 a.m., a small group gathered at a small black stone beside the VPI building in the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum’s Memorial Gardens. This stone has been hidden from casual view due to an overgrowth of greenery, which Real Property Operations… Read more
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Deep dive on Lake Pleasant
On a bright and sunny October 3, search and rescue technicians from 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron conducted a dive exercise at the 14 Wing Greenwood-owned Lake Pleasant Campground in Springfield. This was the only serial to use Lake Pleasant and provided an opportunity to clean up some neglected litter on the lake bottom while… Read more
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Poppy season sign of shared remembrance
Trevor Campbell was excited October 20, honoured to be making the first presentation of a 2023 poppy to the 14 Wing Greenwood command team. But, not as honoured as Commander Colonel Jeff Davis and Wing Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan Proulx were to welcome representatives of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 098 Alvin H. Foster Kingston to… Read more
















