Another first for the Canadian Forces:
Woman flies high as new Snowbirds leader Squadron's 1st-ever female pilot makes history as 1st-ever female boss Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 10:56 AM CT Comments22Recommend28 The Canadian Press
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael takes command of the Snowbirds on Thursday. She is the first woman to ever run the popular aerobatic team in its 40-year history. (Troy Fleece/Canadian Press)
The first female boss of the renowned Snowbirds aerobatic team walks toward her CT-114 Tutor jet and laughingly glances at the rudder to make sure it hasn't been painted pink.
There have been rumours it might happen, jokes Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael.
But the rudder isn't pink. The only thing that distinguishes this jet from a dozen or so others lined up on the tarmac are the black letters on the tail, CO, for commanding officer.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/05/02/sask-snowbirds.html#ixzz0mnTV4KzD
The RCN is now 100 years old and it is a fine year to name PEI's new school. The Captain F T Peters VC School as the only Islander to win the Victoria Cross. A Naval man of great distinction.
On Sunday our MND Peter MacKay announced some new uniform changes for our seagoing personnel:
Navy gets uniform changes Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 1:06 PM AT Comments2Recommend9 CBC News
The Canadian navy will honour active service by introducing one new feature and reinstating another for its uniforms, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Sunday.
The navy will add a badge called a Sea Service Insignia, to recognize those who have spent significant amounts of time at sea.
Four different levels have been designed, with members receiving the first badge for 365 days logged.
In addition, the government will reinstate the executive curl, a loop on the braid of a naval officer's rank insignia, worn on the topmost stripe of a tunic sleeve or epaulette.
The executive curl was adopted by the Royal Canadian Navy when it was formed in 1910.
The executive curl provides a distinct naval officer identity that was lost when the National Defence Act unified the three services in 1968. What better time to bring back this tradition than in the year of the Canadian Navy's 100th anniversary, MacKay said.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/02/canadian-navy-uniforms.html#ixzz0mnVWwXNO
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