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To: ElkGroveDan
LOL, not quite. Here are some shots from last Tuesday ...


General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, addresses the crew of HMCS Athabaskan and thanks them for all their efforts as part of Operation UNISON.


General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, gets some one-on-one with some the crew of HMCS Ville De Quebec.


Another shot of General Rick Hillier with some of the crew of HMCS Ville De Quebec.


HMCS Athabaskan heads out of Halifax harbour accompanied by a Sea King helicopter. HMCS Toronto, along with HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Ville De Quebec and the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir William Alexander, will depart with over 1000 personnel from Joint Task Force (Atlantic) in support of Operation UNISON, which will provide humanitarian aid to the areas in the Gulf of Mexico affected by hurricane Katrina.


HMCS Athabaskan sails out of Halifax harbour.


HMCS Toronto sails out of Halifax harbour.


Departure of HMCS Athabaskan, Ville De Quebec, and Toronto. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir William Alexander will also accompany the Canadian Navy ships.
31 posted on 09/12/2005 6:27:10 PM PDT by NorthOf45
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To: All
A couple more images of the convoy enroute ...


USS Patuxent, centre, fuels HMCS Toronto, right, and HMCS Athabaska on the Atlantic Ocean on route to the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. A Sea King helicopter hovers above. (CP)


Two Canadian ships restock their fuel supplies from the American tanker Patuxent. (L-R) HMCS Toronto, USS Patuxent, and HMCS Athabaskan.

Hmmm ... I guess there was a photographer in that there Sea King (seen in the first shot).
33 posted on 09/12/2005 8:42:08 PM PDT by NorthOf45
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