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This is a free sample of RCN News Magazine issue "March 2016" Download full version from: Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id705144925?mt=8&at=1l3v4mh Magazine Description: RCN News Magazine, which stands for Royal Canadian Navy, was launched in September 2011 and is rapidly growing in popularity. Each issue combines historical articles and photographs as well as current and future plans for the Royal Canadian Navy. In addition we have a model columnist for the latest in modeling and related publications for the hobbyist, book reviews by a variety of reviewers of new books of interest to the naval sector. The magazine is edited by Greg Curtis, a former Navy Pub... You can build your own iPad and Android app at http://presspadapp.com
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RCN News Magazine
March 2016 RCN News Magazine is published by SeaWaves Press Inc. ISSN 1929-4050 Copyright 2015 Dave Shirlaw Publisher Greg Curtis Editor [email protected] Jim Bates Scale Trap-pings [email protected]
John MacFarlane Nauticapedia Articles
Melissa Martin Employment Matters Columnist 418-145 West Keith Rd. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 1L3 (778) 968-7447
Cover Photo PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2015) The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), composed of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) along with HMCS Vancouver (FF 331) and HMCS Calgary (FF 335) steam in formation. U.S. and Canadian Sailors, along with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are participating in a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) and a Task Group Exercise off the coast of Southern California Oct. 19 - Nov. 6. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Debra Daco/Released)
Contents
Letters 4 Legion Enters the Blogosphere 4 First and the Last 5 A Harpoon Chronicle 17 Vancouver Visitors 18 Prince Charles and Princess Anne Appointed
Commodores-in-Chief of RCN 18
US Navy River Class Built in Montreal 19 Moncton Park Home to Magnificent Anchor 19 Canada’s Naval Fuel Crisis 20 Scale Trap-pings 21 Naval Funnies 22
