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• ↓ THE LOOKOUT VOL 71, ISSUE 16
• ↓ SHIP TO SHORE INDUSTRIAL TRADESHOW
• ↓ FORMATION FUN DAY
• ↓ The Life of Canadian Armed Forces Veteran Ross Fetterly
• ↓ Sharing the Sea: Wolf 59 Encounters Whales During Ex GOLDRUSH
• ↓ RCN Sailor Stops to Help After Local Truck Fire
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"Archana Cini, Lookout Newspaper “We have a really good team here. We’re not in any significant danger.”  - Ross Fetterly, on a phone call he made to his superior hours before the Second Intifada began  At 66-years-old, Ross Fetterly has a story for almost everything — a smelter tunnel in Kitimat; a night in a Kabul-bound convoy; a tour with a Ukrainian colleague who traded a Jesuit seminary for a career in Defence. Through 34 years of service in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Ross has built a distinguished career in logistics and finance, alongside a repertoire of stories that have only gotten better with time. Today, Ross attends the Veterans Health Centre day program at the Veterans Memorial Lodge, a Broadmead Care Home.  Ross was born in northern Quebec, where his father worked as a chemical engineer. Here, Ross attended the town’s only English school.   “When I went outside, it was all French, and I learned French very quickly because of this,” said Ross. The family later moved to Kitimat, B.C., where his father then began work at an aluminum smelter fed by water piped 17 kilometres through a mountain. To him, this time of his life was “heaven for a young boy.”  As a young adult, Ross attended McGill University to complete a Bachelor of Commerce undergraduate degree, after which he landed a banking job. However, interest rates soon climbed to 17 per cent and Ross was left without a job after a mass layoff.    “I remember asking myself, ‘Do I really want to work in a bank? I’m a young guy. I want to be,’” said Ross. The next day, he sat down with a military recruiter and began his career with the CAF.  Ross was halfway through basic officer training in Chilliwack, B.C., when instructors pulled him aside to tell him that he’d already passed. His new job, they said, was..."

"Lt(N) Krystal Fleury, MARPAC Public Affairs PCV Wolf 59 stopped during Ex GOLDRUSH after whales were spotted near the vessel off the coast of Comox. The crew followed marine mammal mitigation protocols, allowing the whales to safely approach and continue their route. The sighting was reported to the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Mammal Response Program to support conservation research. - The B.C. coast is one of Canada’s most remarkable environments, defined by dramatic shorelines, rich forests, and diverse marine life. For Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) sailors, operating in these waters means upholding a deep responsibility to the communities and wildlife that depend on them.   [caption id="attachment_353763" align="alignleft" width="300"] The tail of a whale above water as spotted by a sailor aboard PCT Vessel Wolf 59. Photo: Lt(N) Krystal Fleury[/caption] On July 21, residents near Comox may have noticed Patrol Craft Training Vessel (PCT) Wolf 59 paused during Exercise (Ex) GOLDRUSH. The ship’s lookout spotted a whale fin in the distance and announced the sighting to the crew. Even though the whales were initially outside the mandatory mitigation range, Wolf 59 was heading in its direction. Lieutenant(N) (Lt(N)) Jason Wychopen, commanding officer of Wolf 59, immediately ordered the vessel to a stop to ensure the whales could pass safely.   Under marine mammal mitigation protocols, any sighting within 1,000 yards requires a vessel to slow and stop for at least 15 minutes. In this scenario, Wolf 59’s crew monitored the whales for approximately 30 minutes as the whales approached, investigated the ship, and then continued along their feeding route.  Once the whales moved on, the crew resumed their course and reported the encounter through the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Mammal Response Program (CCG MMRP), contributing valuable data to conservation research. For many of the sailors still early in their careers, the experience was a memorable reminder of the extraordinary wildlife..."

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THE LOOKOUT VOL 71, ISSUE 16

SHIP TO SHORE INDUSTRIAL TRADESHOW

FORMATION FUN DAY

The Life of Canadian Armed Forces Veteran Ross Fetterly

Sharing the Sea: Wolf 59 Encounters Whales During Ex GOLDRUSH

RCN Sailor Stops to Help After Local Truck Fire