WELCOME TO THE

HMCS VANCOUVER Family Brief4 Dec 2016

Singapore

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Darwin, AUS Pago Pago, American Samoa

Auckland, NZ

Kaikoura/OP RENAISSANCE

Brisbane, AUS

Ex Kakadu

Where we’ve Been

Vietnam

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Most exotic port we have visited. The Commodore and

Fleet Chief visited us to attend a Reception.

There was so much traffic in this port.

Because traffic is so bad most people drive

scooters. There are about 3 million scooters

in Ho Chi Minh

Vietnam Reception

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Vietnam allowed us to have a fun reception that

was well attended.

It also allowed the High Commissioner to reach out to

local Vietnam residents and local business to attend.

Outreach - Teenagers Village

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Vancouver attended a local orphanage called Teenagers Village. 20

– 25 members of Vancouver played with

children in the orphanage for the day.

Teenagers Village - Painting

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Another 10 people spent the

day painting

the rooms where the children sleep. This

allowed us to build

Canada's profile in the area

Teenagers Village

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SOS Village Vietnam

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The CO and the COXN visited a local village called SOS village.

It’s place where children are placed with mothers who tend to the children from the time they

are placed in the orphanage until they leave.

1 mother could be caring for upwards of 10 children.

Boomers legacy a local Canada Navy fund donated $5000 to the village and the CO presented on

behalf Boomers.

Rugby

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Our ships rugby

team has played all over the pacific.

Canada Sports Day

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On 22 Oct, Vancouver participated in the CAF sports day. CAF

encourages all units to organize some form of sporting event to

promote sports and fitness. This day was organized by our PSP staff

Nick Pyke.

Halloween

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Vancouver celebrated Halloween with squash carving. We couldn’t get pumpkins in the area so we

carved squashes. We had a department wide carving contest and the Engineering department

won

Brisbane

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On our transit from Darwin to Brisbane, Vancouver transited the

Great Barrier Reef, it was a difficult transit, but a great view.

We were able to get ships company members in the

helicopter over the reef. We did about 10

flights that day, so many people got the

opportunity to see the reef from the sky.

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Reception

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Vancouver conducted

another river transit to reach Brisbane and

hosted a reception.

Commander MARPAC RADM McDonald attend

as well as the High

Commissioner Mr. Maddison, who is ex Commander

RCN VADM Maddison.

Divisions

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RADM McDonald handed out awards to deserving

sailors

Remembrance Day

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Vancouver conducted a

Remembrance Day ceremony

outside Auckland harbour.

Two NZ sailors that sailed with

Vancouver during

Southploy were able to visit that day

and partake in the ceremony

Ex Ngatahi

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We then moved to the NZ operation

area and conducted OP Ngatahi. It was an Anti-Submarine

exercise that allowed us to work with an Australian Submarine and NZ

ships.From the

pictures you can see how

the weather is very similar

to Vancouver Island

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OP Renaissance

As we were preparing to

visit Auckland for the

International Naval Review, we were asked by NZ to assist

with an earthquake

affected area. We then sailed

with a task group of 5 ships to the effected

area to distribute

supplies and provided

assistance. We arrived during a massive storm,

making it difficult to fly Helicopters.

Took about a day before we could

fly and get ashore to provide

assistance.

OP Renaissance

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When the earthquake hit, mud slides blocked roads, damaged water and

sewer lines and cut the town off from the rest of NZ. Our sailors went

ashore to hand out food and water and go door to door to see how the community was doing and offer any

assistance they needed.

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Sailors also fixed sewage lines, distributed

chemical toilets and dug up sewage/water lines so they could be repaired.

7 Ships, 5 helicopters and 1000s of sailors

assisted.

Wellington

We conducted a formation entrance and anchorage

into Wellington harbor and were visited by VADM

Lloyd, NZ High Commissioner and the

Deputy Prime Minister of NZ to thank us for our

assistance.

Auckland

Though we missed the International Naval

Review, we conducted our own mini review by

conducting a formation entry into Auckland. You

can see the ships company in their dress uniforms as

we pulled in.

Pago Pago

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We didn’t end up making it to Fiji so we went to Pago Pago

for a brief fuel stop.

Crossing The Line

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We were able to conduct another

crossing the equator line

ceremony. This is the 3rd ceremony

conducted by Vancouver this year.

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Homecoming - Timings

• 7:30-8:30am Families gather at Chief and Petty Officers Mess for ID Checks– MFRC will have activities and

refreshments at C&POs• 8:30am Buses start moving families to

Dockyard• 9:30am HMCS VANCOUVER passes Duntze

Head• 10:00am Tied up alongside A Jetty • First Kiss.

Signal Hill

Chief and POs

Parking (spaces marked

with PFC)

TIPS FOR HOMECOMING DAY• Arrive early - allows time for

parking, ID checks and a light snack• For ID checks remember picture

ID for those over the age of 13)• Dress warm - it's colder than you

think on the jetty • Bring strollers for the smaller

children• Communicate with your member

about who will be on the jetty • NO PETS.

We have steamed over 34,000 nm on

Westploy so far, and over 50,000 nm this year. Almost there!