• CAF pic contest looking for your best shot!

    CAF pic contest looking for your best shot!

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    All you photographers out there, this is your chance to show off what skillful photography can do! The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Imagery Contest 2023 is open for submissions to October 15. Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Image Contest. We received 511 submissions. Send in your best shots from anywhere around…

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  • Merchant Navy vet, life-long seaman ‘has lived life to the fullest’

    Merchant Navy vet, life-long seaman ‘has lived life to the fullest’

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    “I was cook for about 50 years, on ships. Six million, six hundred and some thousand meals.” But that’s only 50 years’ worth Aubrey Ingraham’s 102 years. The Middleton man – seaman, Merchant Navy veteran, volunteer, husband and father – turned 102 August 5. He has not simply lived a full life; he has lived…

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  • Aircraft firefighting takes multi-tasking training

    Aircraft firefighting takes multi-tasking training

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    The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) mobile aircraft fire trainer (MAFT) spent time this summer with 14 Mission Support Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services team, enabling annual re-qualification training. The MAFT is a CAF-wide asset that travels from wing to wing, giving firefighters the opportunity to train in aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) using realistic scenarios.…

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  • 14 Wing band looking for music-makers

    14 Wing band looking for music-makers

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    The 14 Wing Greenwood Band (brass and reed band) is looking for volunteer musicians, military (any rank) and non-military included. Previous playing experience is required. Music is generally between a grade 3 and 4 level. All instruments are welcome, but the band currently needs the following instruments: flute, clarinet, trombone and percussion. The band performs…

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  • Semi-final loss knocks women out of Atlantic regionals

    Semi-final loss knocks women out of Atlantic regionals

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    14 Wing Greenwood’s women’s slo-pitch team had a great time at the Canadian Armed Forces Atlantic Regionals in Shearwater August 14 to 18. While the team played hard, and initially held the lead in the semi-finals, Gagetown was able to push back, take a 10-8 win and move on to the finals. The Greenwood women…

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