1. The Royal Canadian Navy Today and Tomorrow
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2. AGENDA Why Canada needs a Navy The RCN’s Mission The RCN Today
The RCN Tomorrow
The RCN is right now in a tremendous period of transition.
2014 announcement of the retirement of four of our major ships, which have reached the end of their very successful operational lives.
But make no mistake, Canada has, and will continue to have, a very capable, medium-sized Navy…
… A combat-capable, multi-purpose force that can support Canada’s efforts to participate in maritime operations and security anywhere in the world.

3. Why a navy?

4. Why a navy? Canada is a Maritime Nation
World’s longest coastline: 243,000 km over three separate oceans
An ocean estate covering over 7 million km2 – 3.7% of planet’s surface
Most of our major cities enjoy direct access to the sea
24% of our ocean estate is in the Arctic
Seaborne trade is key to our prosperity as a nation
And when you have the world’s longest coastline, as we do, it’s understood that seaborne trade is key to our prosperity and future as a nation. You probably know that 90% of global trade in goods and 2/3 of the world’s oil travels by sea, as well as 95% of intercontinental communications runs through cables placed along the sea floor.

5. Why a navy? Domestic Considerations Economic Offshore Resources
Canada is part of a global system of commerce
Safeguarding our prosperity: almost 40% of GDP generated by exports
Security
Support to other government departments
Law enforcement
Environmental protection
Humanitarian assistance / disaster relief
Offshore Resources
Around 50% of Canada’s frontier oil reserves are found offshore
Fishing industry generates $5B in export income
Untouched Arctic resources

6. Why a navy? The Arctic Heart of Canada’s identity
Navigation season getting longer
Increased activity
Inaccessible by land
Exploitation of resources
Nanisivik (ship berthing and refuelling)
Arctic / Offshore Patrol Ships

7. Why a navy? International Considerations
Globalization has changed the world
90% of global commerce and 2/3 of the world’s oil travels by sea
Canada First Defence Strategy: Canada’s commitment to global security and upholding Canadian values abroad
95% of intercontinental communications runs along cables on the sea floor

8. The RCN’s Mission Having a navy allows Canada to:
The mission of the Royal Canadian Navy is to generate combat-capable, multipurpose maritime forces that support Canada’s efforts to participate in security operations anywhere in the world, as part of an integrated Canadian Armed Forces.
Having a navy allows Canada to:
Act independently of other nations to protect and defend our own territory and ocean estate
Act across the spectrum of operations –humanitarian assistance, conflict prevention and combat
Demonstrate that Canada is a key player in the world that can extend its reach far beyond its borders
Protect Canada’s interests worldwide
First choice for rapid intervention:
Held at high readiness
Globally deployable and self-sustaining
Multi-taskers
Rapidly re-tasked
Having a Navy allows this country to demonstrate that we are a key player in the world and that we can extend Canada’s reach far beyond its borders. This is important because it allows us to protect our interests worldwide – to act across a whole range of operations – from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, all the way to combat.
It also ensures that we can act independently of other nations to defend our own territory.
The Prime Minister described it this way …
“To be truly sovereign, we must be able to deploy our forces and equipment where they are needed, when they are needed. To put it bluntly, hitchhikers may get to their destination, but they don’t get to pick the route or the timing.”

9. The RCN Today

10. The RCN Today: One Navy
8,400 Regular Force, 5,300 Reservists, 4,300 civilians
Maritime Forces Pacific responsible for training and Naval Reserve
Maritime Forces Atlantic responsible for operational readiness
24 Naval Reserve Divisions
2 Fleet Maintenance Facilities
Fleet: 38 vessels (29 warships, 9 training)
24 Naval Reserve Divisions
Maritime Forces Atlantic (Halifax)
7 Frigates
2 Submarines
6 Coastal Defence Vessels
1 Destroyer
Maritime Forces Pacific (Victoria)
5 Frigates
2 Submarines
6 Coastal Defence Vessels
8 Orca Class Vessels
1 Sailing Ketch 10

11. The RCN Today “Ready, Aye, Ready” the RCN motto Ready to deploy
Ready to serve
Ready to defend
Ready to fight
A fighting service; a national institution with more than a century of excellence in operations at sea and ashore, both in peace and in conflict.

12. Protecting Canada’s interests
The RCN Today
… anywhere, in any waters
Protecting Canada’s interests

13. The RCN Today Platforms 12 Frigates – Halifax class
Backbone of surface fleet
Robust/mobile platform
Enhanced command and control system
4 Submarines – Victoria class
Most strategic military asset
Effectively define the battle-space

14. Platforms (cont’d) 12 Coastal Defence Vessels – Kingston class
Domestic and continental operations
Flexible platform
Interagency support
Search and rescue
1 Destroyer – Iroquois class
Continental operations
Training

15. Platforms (cont’d) 8 Orca class vessels HMCS Oriole
Excellent training vessels
Capable of surveillance, search & rescue, domestic maritime security operations
HMCS Oriole
Sailing ketch used for sail training and public outreach events
The RCN’s oldest and longest-serving commissioned vessel
Launched in 1921, commissioned in 1952

16. Maritime Aviation CH-124 Sea King –
Maritime Helicopter: extending ship’s reach
CP-140 Aurora –
Long-Range Patrol Aircraft: upgraded capabilities

17. People – Sailors & Maritime Aviators
Right people. Right skill. Right job. Right time.
Full & Part-time personnel
Who We Are:
Navigation & Watchkeeping Officers
Mechanical & Combat Systems Engineers
Electronics & Communications Specialists
Seamanship & Weapons Specialists
And much more!

18. Operations

19. Vessel detection / interception Fisheries / sovereignty patrols
Domestic Operations
Surveillance
Vessel detection / interception
Fisheries / sovereignty patrols

20. Domestic Operations Annual and ongoing 2012 2011 2010
Op NANOOK (Arctic – annually since 2007)
Fishery Patrols (recurring since 1910)
2012
Op CONNECTION (Great Lakes Deployment)
2011
Royal Visit
Op LOTUS, LUSTRE & LYRE (Floods in QC & MB)
2010
Op PODIUM (Olympic Games)
Op LAMA (NFLD hurricane)

21. Projecting Canada’s Power and Influence Abroad98
Search & Rescue
Embargo Enforcement
Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief
Maritime Interdiction
Escort Duties
Intelligence Gathering
Counter-terrorism
Counter-piracy

22. International Operations
Op REASSURANCE (NATO Standing Maritime Forces in the Mediterranean)
2013
Op ARTEMIS (CTF 150 – Arabian Sea, since 2012)
Op CARIBBE (drug interdiction – recurring since 2006)
2012
Op METRIC (counter-terrorism in the Mediterranean)
2011
Op MOBILE (Libya)
2010
Op HESTIA (response to Haitian earthquake)
Op SAIPH (counter-piracy)
The Royal Canadian Navy is very active in international operations.
Since 9/11, the RCN has deployed a ship to the Arabian Sea region more than 30 times as part of multinational maritime security and counter-terrorism missions.  
This decisive action by the Government reflects an appreciation of the value of seapower and the flexibility and options that a combat-ready Navy provides to a country like Canada, in circumstances such as this.

23. International Operations
In September 2014, HMCS Toronto made history as the first Halifax-class frigate to voyage into the Black Sea. Toronto deployed to the Black Sea for 19 days to conduct patrols alongside our NATO partners as part of Operation REASSURANCE.
The was the first time a Canadian warship had visited the Black Sea in more than 20 years.
Op REASSURANCE continues, as HMCS Fredericton has replaced HMCS Toronto, and is tasked with tracking, reporting and boarding vessels of interest that are suspected of involvement in or support of terrorist activities in the Mediterranean Sea.
HMCS Fredericton is the first of the RCN’s newly modernized frigates to be deployed on operations.
Operation REASSURANCE
The Canadian Armed Forces participation in allied reassurance measures in Eastern and Central Europe, in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

24. International Operations
According to the United Nations, heroin and hashish are the currencies of terrorism in many parts of the world, funding insurgency and high-profile terrorist attacks, including the Madrid bombings.
By preventing the flow of illicit drugs from reaching its destination, through operations like ARTEMIS, we are effectively interrupting that criminal supply chain, and denying organized crime and terrorist networks use of the sea.
The UN asserts that maritime seizures are where the largest quantities of drugs are intercepted. The average maritime seizure is almost 30 times larger than those by air, and almost four times larger than seizures by road or rail.
Operation ARTEMIS
The Canadian Armed Forces participation in multinational maritime security and counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea.

25. International Operations
Operation CARIBBE
Canada’s contribution to an ongoing U.S.-led, multinational effort to stop drug trafficking in the waters of the Caribbean Basin and East Pacific.
But it’s not just about what’s going on in the Indian Ocean. We have had enormous success in our own backyard on Operation CARIBBE, Canada’s mission in the Caribbean region.
Over the past few years, dozens of Canadian ships and submarines have contributed to significant interruptions of narco-trafficking, here in the western hemisphere.

26. The RCN Tomorrow Canadian Surface Combatant Joint Support Ship
The RCN fleet is right now undergoing the largest recapitalization ever in its peacetime history. Over the next 20 years, virtually the entire fleet will be either modernized or replaced. More than 15,000 direct jobs will be generated, with an economic benefit worth nearly $2.5 billion annually.
In addition, Canada is overcoming the boom / bust cycle that has plagued shipbuilding in this country for generations, and helping to create a sustainable industry with technically skilled people. This is the beginning of decades of technological innovation and renewal for the RCN.
And real progress is being made on that future fleet – today. Both major shipyards – one on each coast – are now making significant investments in infrastructure and new technology.
Arctic / Offshore Patrol Ship

27. The RCN Tomorrow Effective at home and abroad, in all three oceans
Halifax Class Modernization
Victoria Class In-Service Support
Shipbuilding: A/OPS, CSC, JSS
Arctic: Nanisivik Fuelling Station
People: Highly Skilled, Flexible, Adaptive
Independent studies suggest that the shipbuilding program will benefit the economy of the entire country over the next 30 years. Industrial, technological and manufacturing firms from across Canada all stand to benefit.
We expect to be cutting steel on our Harry DeWolf-class Arctic / Offshore Patrol Ships in 2015.
This patrol ship will be capable of travelling great distances up north to work in first-year Arctic ice. It will enhance the government’s ability to assert Canadian sovereignty and provide surveillance and support to other departments.
The Queenston-class Joint Support Ship, which will be our replenishment and supply ship, will follow shortly thereafter, and then, we’ll transition to the Canadian Surface Combatant, our major combat ship, at the beginning of the next decade. .
Effective at home and abroad, in all three oceans

28. Conclusion
The world will not be the …but rather the way we are way we wish… prepared to help make it.
The Royal Canadian Navy will play a part in that.
In conclusion, I hope I gave you a brief snapshot of the Royal Canadian Navy, its composition and operations. It is a fleet in transition but has contributed greatly to global security and domestic operations. I would be pleased to take any of your questions, thank you.