Recap of the Commanding Officer's presentation for families from October of 2019.

1. HMCS Ottawa
20 Oct 19
Sunday Session
Cdr Alex Barlow
Commanding Officer
HMCS Ottawa

2. Overview
• Ottawa’s Achievements to Date
• Where we’ve been and Life at Sea
– with more pictures!
• Current Program / Operational Focus
• Questions

3. Achievements to Date
• 47 days Op PROJECTION – Members now qualify for
the Special Service Medal (SSM) - Expeditionary
• 29 Days Op NEON
• Port Visits in:
– Dutch Harbor (USA)
– Maizuru (Japan)
– Pyeongtaek/Incheon (ROK)
– Laem Chabang (Thailand)
– Busan (ROK)
– Sasebo (Japan)
– Yokosuka (Japan)

4. From Ordinary to Able Seaman Boyd

5. From Ordinary to Able Seaman Edwards

6. AB Miles achieves his Weapons Engineering Tech Cert II
qualification

7. MS Edwards – Sailor of the Quarter

8. Where We’ve Been and Life at Sea

9. Community Relations
Father Rays Foundation (more photos from Thailand)
Father Ray Foundation

10. Father Ray Foundation

11. Father Ray Foundation

12. Paper chart navigation through the Taiwan Strait

13. Laem Chabang, Thailand
Trauma Team Training

14. Arriving in Busan, South Korea

15. Ottawa in front of the Chilean Flag Ship ESMERELDA

16. RAS With USNS PECOS

17. The bridge team prepares to make the approach

18. AB Kappel shoots the gun line

19. USNS PECOS passes the fueling probe

20. Breaking away in traditional fashion

21. Still staying fit at sea

22. Proper technique is key, especially when on ship!

23. Flag hoist competition (doesn’t just include flags)

24. Its all about precision, strength, control, and discipline

25. It takes a team to maintain 341

26. Firefighting can also be fun

27. Pyeongtaek/Incheon, ROK
Our dedicated canteen servers

28. OS Demeester’s NAVCOMM right of passage

29. LS Nijsse and AB Poole giving the gun a good clean

30. Video game tournaments are a weekly staple in the JR’s

31. Painting the side gets everyone involved!

32. Keeping a lookout as we enter port

33. Preparing to slip the lines

34. His hair came off too!

35. The ship’s barber, LS Coyne, is nice enough to give him a touch up

36. Alongside Yokosuka

37. CCFPAddresses Ottawa

38. Operating with Japanese Navy during KAEDEX

39. Super Typhoon Hagibis

40. Strongest storm in the WORLD this year

41. • Ottawa continues to
support UNSCR 2397
• Ottawa has been a key
contributor to the
recognized maritime
pictures in the South
China Sea.
Op NEON

42. Fun Facts about the Sail
• Ottawa has burned over 1.9 million liters of fuel
– That enough to fuel the car of all 230 sailors for 4 years!
– The last time Ottawa fueled, we were able to pump at 10,000L per minute. It would
take on average .3 of a second to fill the gas tank on most cars
• Ottawa has successfully evaded 2 regular Typhoons and 1 Super Typhoon
• Ottawa has sailed 16,500 nautical miles or 30,560km
– That’s enough to do to drive to Newfoundland and back TWICE!
• The Padre has given out almost 150 bags of hard candies
• During our last storing, Ottawa embarked 21,000 eggs!
• The healthy and hungry sailors on Ottawa have consumed:
– 1 Metric Tonne of Bacon (2,200 Lbs)
– 4,800 L of milk

43. Previous Sunday Session Questions
• Is it possible to set up an acquittance roll to pay for Brown’s the Florist flowers?
– Rectified: the AR process is now available
• Is it possible to increase the number of “Sailors at Sea” Facebook pictures?
– Although Ottawa has been limited to 3 posts per week due to vetting by HHQ, we have increased
the number of photos per post. Post election we will re-assess what the new policy is on Social
Media posts
• Lack of access to make phone calls home in privacy
– Departments have been informed that if privacy is required for a phone call, there are phones in a
few offices that are available
• Can the Padre facilitate conversations between sailors and their family back home?
– Padre Klinger has indicated that he is able and willing
• Will Ottawa be having a Ship’s Christmas Party?
– Ship’s Fund has voted in $2,000 for a Children’s Christmas part at the Flying Squirrel on 8 Dec to
include food, drinks, and Santa. Tracey Barlow has offered to coordinate; I’m sure she’ll gladly
accept volunteers to help

44. THE NEXT SUNDAY SESSION
WILL BE:
17 NOV 19
SEE YOU THERE!