The Naval Security Team ( NST ; French : Équipe de sécurité navale; ESN ) is a deployable and self-sustained Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) force protection unit established in 2016 tasked to augment the Canadian naval fleet's existing force protection assets in expeditionary or domestic environments.
6-532: Directly reporting to Maritime Forces Pacific at CFB Esquimalt , in addition to force protection the NST also provides intelligence support and opportunities for Canadian Forces Naval Reserve members to deploy overseas. Primarily composed of naval reservists, with Regular Force augmentees, the 60-person unit of selected personnel train for and deploy on individual missions and are then stood down following mission completion. The NST first deployed in 2017, supporting
12-539: Is at CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt, British Columbia , near Victoria . Whiskey 601 is the regularly used name for an often used naval weapons exercise area off the west coast of Canada. The area's official title was "W-601". The name was usually shortened to "Whiskey" by sailors in the Royal Canadian Navy . Whiskey 601 was notorious for rough seas and bad weather. Whiskey 601 was decommissioned as an exercise area in
18-532: The Canadian Armed Forces , Maritime Forces Pacific ( MARPAC , French: Forces maritimes du Pacifique, FMAR(P) ) is responsible for the fleet training and operational readiness of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific Ocean . It was once referred to as Canadian Pacific Station . The commander of Maritime Forces Pacific (COMMARPAC) is also the commander of Joint Task Force Pacific (COMMJTFP), holding
24-742: The crew of HMCS Winnipeg during their port visit to Busan , South Korea. While in Busan, the NST provided on-water security for Winnipeg with two Defender-class patrol boats and shore-based sentries working alongside Republic of Korea Navy personnel. In 2018, the NST provided enhanced force protection for HMCS Vancouver in Suva , Fiji, HMCS St. John's in Copenhagen , Denmark, and HMCS Ville de Québec in Piraeus , Greece. Since then, in June 2019
30-474: The first group of NST personnel received new qualification badges and the unit provided support to RCN port visits to the United Arab Emirates and Italy. The NST operates 5 Defender-class boat equipped with two C6 machine gun. These boats are used for harbour security patrols. NST members are armed with a SIG Sauer P225 pistol and a Colt Canada C8 carbine. Maritime Forces Pacific In
36-531: The rank of rear admiral. COMMJTFP is responsible for all Canadian Forces operations (such as search and rescue or disaster aid) in British Columbia and its adjacent territorial waters. Reporting to the commander is the commander of Canadian Fleet Pacific (COMCANFLTPAC), holding the rank of commodore. This officer commands Canadian Fleet Pacific (CANFLTPAC), and is responsible for the operation and readiness of all warships, auxiliaries and support vessels. MARPACHQ
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