[Newsbot]

Title: HMCS Protecteur marks 40th birthday
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-08-31 18:08:44
Canadian

[sookite]

Best ship I have ever served on....hope to sail on her again

[saturn_656]

There comes a point where you start dreading your birthdays.

This ship has reached that point, along with the Sea King, Iroquois destroyers, etc.

[saturn_656]

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“Forty years of service is a very rare occurrence in any navy,” says Commander Stan Bates, Protecteur’s commanding officer.

Not in ours, and he is someone who should know that...

[sookite]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

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“Forty years of service is a very rare occurrence in any navy,” says Commander Stan Bates, Protecteur’s commanding officer.

Not in ours, and he is someone who should know that...

I was thinking the same thing too....of course, the standard politically correct officer response to the media. I guess they have a course in that in RMC.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

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“Forty years of service is a very rare occurrence in any navy,” says Commander Stan Bates, Protecteur’s commanding officer.

Not in ours, and he is someone who should know that...

Now now, he said forty years of service, not just forty years old