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Jeff Ivany on
September 20, 2005
Not needed, Canadian warships head home from hurricane-battered coast
The ships are heading back but the army guys are still there. They are a little annoyed that they aren’t being put to more use but there are a lot of people there to help. That includes many people there to try and make a buck [...]
Posted in Operation Unison
| Tagged army, Canada, Louisiana
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By
Jeff Ivany on
September 16, 2005
edmontonsun.com - World - Little need left for Canadian troops
Well, sounds like my father-in-law might be back sooner than everyone originally thought. Nothing wrong with that! It all seems sort of funny though if they do come back after only a couple weeks. That boat trip down took a lot of time and [...]
Posted in Operation Unison
| Tagged army, Canada, Louisiana
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By
Jeff Ivany on
September 12, 2005
It sounds like Pensacola Florida might be the base of operations for the Canadian crew. Not entirely sure if it’s the whole contingent but it sounds like at least the army engineers and construction crews might be. Pensacola is pretty close to the whole area but it would mean trucking in supplies. [...]
Posted in Operation Unison
| Tagged army, Engineers, Florida, Louisiana, New Orleans, Pensacola
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By
Jeff Ivany on
September 7, 2005
Steaming to the rescue
Well, my father-in-law is on his way to the Gulf of Mexico now. Sounds like he’s in for a bit of a rough ride as Tropical Storm Ophelia is going to be directly in their path.
I guess he got in a little trouble though when the ships were leaving Halifax. Apparently it’s [...]
Posted in Hurricane Katrina, Operation Unison
| Tagged Acadian, army, Canada, Gulf of Mexico, Halifax, HMCS Toronto, hurricane, Katrina, Louisiana, navy, Operation Unison
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By
Jeff Ivany on
September 3, 2005
CBC News: Canadian warships to sail to Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina is getting closer to home. We just found out this evening that my father in law is being deployed to Louisiana. He’s a military engineer and will be leading a group of engineers likely in rebuilding efforts.
He’s looking forward to it but I don’t think he’s [...]
Posted in Hurricane Katrina, Operation Unison
| Tagged army, Canada, Engineer, HMCS Toronto, hurricane, Katrina, Louisiana, military, navy
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