Royal Canadian Air Force personnel and CASARA (Civil Air Search and Rescue Association) members were all in on assistant searchmaster training March 1 to 5, presented by the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney. Class sessions turned into practical use, as the final course exercise challenged them to manage all the facets of a missing…
March 31, 14 Wing Greenwood hosted an International Transgender Day of Visibility flag-raising event outside the 26 Canadian Forces Health Services building. The day is an opportunity to learn more about the transgender community and acknowledge some of the unique challenges transgender community members face.
With a captive crowd for the February 18 opening ceremony of the 14 Wing Greenwood Winter Carnival, Colonel Luc Vachon and Wing Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan Proulx presented the 14 Wing Greenwood Leadership Awards. Presented annually, the awards recognize the accomplishments of 14 Wing personnel, including officers, non-commissioned members and civilians; who demonstrate the highest…
Master Corporal Neil Kigutaq, 2IC of the Canadian Rangers in Iqaluit, getting up to stretch his legs; shook the hands of 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron members ringing the back of the room. Several members of the 60-person “Nunavut, Nunavik and Nerds” Arctic search and rescue roundtable contingent covered yawns and kicked off heavy winter…
Two flags raised in tandem this morning highlight 14 Wing Greenwood’s commitment to equity. March 21 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, set by the United Nations in 1966 to mark the 1960 death of 69 protesters in Sharpesville, South Africa, killed by police in a demonstration against apartheid “pass laws.”…