The Department of National Defence is the department of the Government of Canada which supports the Canadian Armed Forces in its role of defending Canadian national interests domestically and internat
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The Royal Canadian Navy is the naval force of Canada, and one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Armed Forces. The command's official strength includes 8,400 Regular Force sailors, 4,100
An RCN sailor at a gun aboard HMCS Assiniboine, while escorting an HX convoy, 1940
F2H-3 Banshees fly overhead HMCS Bonaventure aircraft carrier, c. 1950s
A CH-124 Sea King helicopter landing on HMCS Assiniboine with a beartrap on its deck, 1964
A CH-124 Sea King of Maritime Command's Maritime Air Group, flies towards HMCS Skeena, 1972. In 1975, control of the Maritime Air Group was transferred to Air Command.