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After sleep studies Submarines went to an 8 &4 1 and 2 for CSE and Ops while the MSE do a 1 in 3 with no split dogs. It does make for long stretches between meals with breakfast at 0300, dinner at 1100 and supper at 1900. the 4 hour watches are 1130 -1530 and 1530 - 1930.

But are they recruited into the right trades?

Correct. CSF is CanSubFor or Canadian Submarine Force. The picture was of CPO1 Langlois the CSF Chief

That is the CSF Chief

At the RCN Command Team Training in Oct, CRCN talked about a possible new naval base in eastern Quebec. possibly Rimouski or Sept-Ilses.

I sent you a DM with some info.

When we transitioned to the VICTORIA class we started with the MK48 Mod4M that the O boats had and ran VIC, WSR and CHI with them after their first EDWPs. Canada then paid to upgrade most of our 4M stock to the MK 48 7AT which required changes to the fire control system and WSR and COR have...

They are talking the Naval annex next to the MacDonald bridge, not CFAD Bedford.

The rumors I have heard, and I have seen nothing on paper, is that for the east coast they are looking at NAD in Dartmouth and on the Colwood side of the harbour for the west coast. But again I have seen nothing official.

For the record submarines hasn't been a must be volunteer service since the 80's, however the preference is to only use volunteers.

Canada’s naval commander wants submarine provider chosen by end of year Looks like if CRCN gets his way we could have a decision by the end of the year.

With a follow on decrease in CFHD payments but at least it will be pensionable.

That was the plan with the project already, take them with the weapons and sensors that the build country is already using, the only canadianization would be the crypto suite.

That was probably my favorite deployment to date.

The ship hasn't actually launch yet, Friday was just the naming ceremony and the actual float off launch will happen later this week.

There might but it is going to happen in the middle of the night / early morning.

A bunch of Preserver's blocks are sitting next to her waiting to be moved over.

The Seaspan Careen arrived at VSY last Friday and Mammoet is busy getting the SPMTs in place to roll the ship onto Careen next week prior to the naming ceremony next Friday with the plan to have the ship floating on the 21st of December.

That was one of the nice parts of standing periscope watches is I have seen sunset from the periscope at sea.