• NATO space now has place for Canadian First Nations gift

    NATO space now has place for Canadian First Nations gift

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    An opportunity to learn about multinational military environments at the NATO school in Germany was an opportunity for 404 (Long Range Patrol and Training) Squadron Chief Warrant Officer Jean Plamondon to add some Canadian First Nations content. Senior non-commissioned military leaders may be nominated for the Non Commissioned Officer Programmes in Oberammergau: Plamondon was one…

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  • 14 Wing scene – in gingerbread

    14 Wing scene – in gingerbread

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    Down the snowy hillside, keep your eyes peeled for SAR-Tech gummy bears dangling from a rope overtop a gingerbread house roof. There’s a helicopter sitting atop a nearby house’s gingerbread chimney. A fire truck sits beside structure fire: flames are coming out underneath the gingerbread eaves. Candy bits spell out the names and signs and…

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  • Milestone 105th birthday for ‘proud, modest’ military man

    Milestone 105th birthday for ‘proud, modest’ military man

    Captain Rob Albert,404 (Long Range Patrol and Training) Squadron Flight-Lieutenant (retired) James M. McRae DFC CD celebrated his milestone 105th birthday in the presence of friends and five generations of his family, including his five-year-old great-great-granddaughter, and the wider community. November 28, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 61 Yarmouth, hosted a birthday celebration McRae, with…

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  • Moving mail important part of keeping morale high

    Moving mail important part of keeping morale high

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    If there’s anything Santa Claus knows about, it’s how to run a mail room. Important packages and letters, from all around the world, coming and going in a steady flow of paper, stamps, scales and mailbags. He cast his expert eye over the operations of 14 Wing Greenwood’s Central Registry earlier this month, as Canadian…

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  • Badminton foursome rep 14 Wing at regionals

    Badminton foursome rep 14 Wing at regionals

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    Second Lieutenant Meagan Duncan Racquets were swinging and birdies were flying, as the 14 Wing Greenwood badminton team attended the Atlantic Regional Championship tournament December 5 to 9 at Canadian Forces Base Halifax. This was the first regional tournament in several years due to pandemic restrictions. “It’s a good chance to get back on the…

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