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During the forenoon of July 26, Captain (Navy) (Capt(N)) Matthew Coates, Commander Naval Training Group, presided over a ceremony that saw the command of HMCS Venture pass from Commander (Cdr) Mike Stefanson to Cdr Darren Sleen.Guests, including friends, family, and military colleagues past and present, gathered before the Collier Building at Work Point. The site was selected for its proximity to an important artifact, the mast of a past HMCS Venture that served as a naval officer training vessel just before the outbreak of the Second World War. ....
Soldiers prepared to deploy as part of Operation Lentus to help combat several wildfires burning in the Central Interior region of British Columbia. A two-day S-100 Firefighting Course at CFB Esquimalt’s Urban Search and Rescue Training Centre on July 20 and 21 involved approximately 20 Army Reservists representing various branches of the 39 Canadian Brigade Group. ....
Four handlers and K9s from Vancouver Island Search and Disaster Dogs Association of Canada (VISDDAC) worked with 25 members of CFB Esquimalt’s Medium Urban Search and Rescue (MUSAR) team in the weeklong exercise at Work Point at the beginning of June. ....
Wearing safety equipment, six members of CFB Esquimalt’s Medium Urban Search and Rescue (MUSAR) team train for a search and rescue operation in a make-believe disaster scenario. ....