Officials from the Canadian Armed Forces, serving with the Royal Canadian Navy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, were invited by the Naval Chaplaincy School (NCS) Commanding Officer to attend the first week of Basic Leadership Course (BLC) to evaluate the suitability of such training for their incoming or junior Naval chaplains. Over the space of five days, 24-29 February, our NATO partner to the North, represented by senior Royal Canadian Navy senior leaders Chaplain (LCol) Dennis Newhook and Chaplain (LCdr) David Jackson of the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service, attended numerous Basic Leadership Course modules and met with the Commanding Officer, CAPT Charles Varsogea, to rekindle agreements disrupted by the Covid phenomenon, and forge new training alliances.

(U.S. Navy photos by Lauren Bickings