WENT TO "STADACONA AGAIN"
All my postings to Stad are on this page"
(I'll Refer to it as STAD)
Went to Stad awaiting posting and
moving back to Halifax Sept/56
Went to Stad for Eng. course April/63
Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School
The mission of the school is to provide naval engineering and damage control education and training in support of Canadian Naval Operations. The school has several divisions that include: Engineering and Technology, Marine Systems Engineering, the Damage Control School and Combat Systems Engineering.
Tour overview: Students will have short hands-on tours of a variety of trade labs in the school including the gas turbine lab, hydraulic lab, woodworking and the welding shop among others.
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=809
Posted to Stad Eng. course Jan/67
Went to Stad july/70
Bonnie scrapping,or
decommisioning
Next, Firefighting school part
of Stad, but in boondocks,
Feb/71 Outside Halifac
Last posting before Release
280 Shop in Dockyard,
The shop for the
280 ship engines
Gas Turbine
Nov/80
Stadacona
The Stadacona Barracks,
frequently referred to as "Stad", is an adjunct to HMC Dockyard
located west of the waterfront in the North End of the Halifax peninsula.
Stadacona contains the naval communications centre HMCS Trinity,
the Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School, the Canadian Forces Naval
Operations School, the base hospital, the base gymnasium, the Canadian
Forces Maritime Warfare Centre, the Fleet Club, the Chief and
Petty Officers’/ Warrant Officers’and Sergeants’ mess, the Wardroom
and Atlantic Block, housing for junior non-commissioned members.
Stad is the main part of CFB HALIFAX
Introduction
Canadian Forces Base Halifax (CFB Halifax) is Canada's East Coast naval base and
home port to the Atlantic Fleet. It is the largest military base in Canada in
terms of the number of posted personnel. It is formed from a variety of
military properties around strategic Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia.
CFB Halifax provides construction engineering, general and specific mandated
safety, environmental management, logistics, harbour support and emergency
response services to Maritime Forces Atlantic and assigned lodger units.