Volume 63 Number 44
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November 5, 2018
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MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C.
THE END OF THE SEA KING ERA
REMEMBERING PA I N T I N G B Y A R T I S T J O H N H O R T O N , O P E R AT I O N A P O L LO PAT R O L
This painting is from behind the Sea King, which is just banking to land on HMCS Ottawa. Ottawa is with a Sudani line freighter, which they have just completed an on board interdiction. The painting shows the interdiction work of Operation Apollo and the air side of the operation. Ottawa and its embarked Sea K i n g we re d e p l oye d to t h e
Persian Gulf region from Feb. 17 to Aug. 17, 2002. Their key operational focus wa s to p reve n t A l - Q a e d a a n d Ta l i b a n m e m b e rs fro m escaping the area of operations in merchant ships and fishing boats operating from Pakistan a n d I ra n . Ca n a d i a n s a i l o rs hailed vessels, identified them, pursued and boarded them
when necessary, and searched them for material and activity i n d i ca t i n g t h e p re s e n ce o f Al-Qaeda or Taliban members. This year marks the retirement of the Sea Kings. A final fly past will take place Dec. 1 at the 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron in Victoria, followed by a special evening dinner. Visit skr18.ca for more information.
T H E L A R K S , S T I L L B R AV E LY S I N G I N G , F LY S C A R C E H E A R D A M I D T H E G U N S B E LOW. W E A R E T H E D E A D . S H O R T DAY S AG O W E L I V E D , F E LT DAW N , S AW S U N S E T G LOW, LOV E D
H A N DS W E T H ROW T H E TO RC H ; B E YO U R S TO H O L D I T H I G H . I F Y E B R E A K FA I T H W I T H U S W H O D I E W E S H A L L N OT S L E E P, T H O U G H PO P P I E S G ROW I N F L A N D E R S F I E L DS .
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW, THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
, AND WERE LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE IN FLANDERS FIELDS. TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE: TO YOU FROM FAILING
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