CAREERS
Sailor Profiles
Corporal Fernand J. Gaudet
Combat Department: Meteorological Technician
I have three jobs on board HMCS WINNIPEG. I'm a yeoman, working for the navigator correcting and ordering charts and pubs. I'm responsible for all the navigational equipment on the bridge. I'm a meteorological technician, so I take all the weather data for the ship's weather reports. I do continuous weather observing during flying stations, and keep the equipment and spaces clean. I'm also the ship's postmaster, taking care of the ship's company's incoming and outgoing mail.I'm still single-no family-and my relatives are all from the East Coast of New Brunswick. I like mountain biking in the Greater Victoria area and around Comox, and I give to the Lung Association of B.C. What stands out over the past several weeks is how fast the time passed with the three jobs I have. I keep busy pretty well all day and parts of the night. Because of the length of this deployment, there's a lot of extra work in all three jobs. The first week in the Arabian Gulf, the increase in temperature took a little getting used to, like wearing shades and drinking more fluids. We get a lot closer to and see a lot more container ships. On board the ship, you are ultimately responsible night and day for the jobs you are required to do, so the schedules and hours are a lot longer, but flexible. It was my first time in these different areas of the world, i.e., Australia, the Arabian Gulf, India and Indonesia. I found it quite interesting. With 23 years in the CF I'm used to it. I did NATO and Standing Naval Force Atlantic on the East Coast, and I've also done a few Army deployments, so no, I don't miss home, except for the rest and frecuperation you get when you arrive back in Victoria. We are here to represent Canadians, and will be doing a tough job for them. Anything they do on their part is greatly appreciated. The rewards are the experiences, and travels to new places, and the extra pay we receive.
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