Life aboard Canadian warship HMCS Montreal on patrol in the South China Sea

People serving in Canada's military find it challenging to avoid being homesick when deployed on overseas missions for long stretches.
This is one of the primary reasons why recruitment numbers are low, especially considering deployments typically last three years.
With exclusive access to HMCS Montréal, Mackenzie Gray hears how some sailors cope with life at sea and what the Royal Canadian Navy is offering to new recruits, with no strings attached.
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[@shannonb4011]

This is my big brothers ship 😢 I knew he was deployed, and a memeber of the serving military - but up until a few days ago, and that close call with the Chinese ship in the Taiwan straight, it hadnt really sunk in how dangerous it really is. Ive never fathomed a world where i would lose a brother before a parent

[@JustinTurnerman]

Thanks to all troops looking out for us here in Canada. Much respect.

[@441rider]

They are looking out for economics in the China sea no Chinese off the coast of Vancouver in jets and ships. LOL! Kicking the dragon will result in Amazon stuff doubling in price if they want too.

[@gemrocks2421]

They are looking for trouble!

[@Caesar316]

​@@youtubemusic1790remember bot...your navy is still mostly old soviet ships that can't sail.

[@NBAFan18]

@@441rider did you really forget about the Taiwan-Chinese aggression? LOL! does the dragon have any military experience? Nope.

[@jianyang6281]

@@NBAFan18 does Canadian navy have any military experience? Nope.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Under the Trudeau government, the Canadian Armed Forces have reached a point of near collapse.

[@sierravortec2494]

In all fairness, Trudeau is just following the lead of government after government after government that preceded him. Canada just doesn’t care about a military

[@Caesar316]

Trudeau government has increased spending on the military compared to the conservatives. Facts matter.

[@alpearson9158]

hmm 15 new warships , 88 new fighters , 16 new maritime patrol p-8's, 9 mrtt aircraft interesting the previous crew only ordered the 4 aops ships wonder who does what must be done and who does not !

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@alpearson9158 And a Canadian military that is 16,000 personnel short, and declining. When will we be getting all these lovely new ships and planes? When will those 15 ships be received and enter service? Not to mention, why is the Trudeau go with the F-35, when previously they stated it was completely unsuitable for Canada? 🙃

[@Fred-vy1hm]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 if we had bought into the first batch of F-35's we would have been stuck with an inferior rendition at a higher unit cost and with all the teething problems of a new design. It's much better to get this third generation with updated weapons and sensors and most of the problems already worked out.

[@dsab381]

Thank you for your service, Canadian troops!

[@sergeikhripun]

They have no business being there. Did they get lost?

[@dsab381]

@@sergeikhripun It's international water.

[@sergeikhripun]

@@dsab381 Do you see Chinese or Russian ships close to Vancouver or NF? Do you know that Russia has hypersonic missiles that can’t be intercepted? Russia can sink all American aircraft carriers that have between 4k-6k personnel in one go? If Russia has hypersonic missiles then so does China.

[@dsab381]

@@sergeikhripun In international waters, yes. I know they're a threat to us. Thank you for confirming why we spy on them.

[@sergeikhripun]

@@dsab381 Also, as if Canadian ships would go to the South China sea without getting an order from their puppet masters in Washington.

[@justinleon3509]

6 month deployment is tough....imagine being a submariner. amazing ppl and i hope to join them soon

[@eanerickson8915]

In canada, you will have to imagine being a submariner.

[@frogdu]

That ship was laid down in 1991, and was launched in Feb 1992.

[@LibertyEater]

considering the size and arm of HMCS Ottawa vs Chinese Navy, the "patrol" here literally means a kid swing swiss army knife in front of a 2 meter tall 120kg guy with claymore

[@jy3ster]

Why are you even patrolling South China Sea? Miles away from Canada? What would we do if China started patrolling the Pacific Ocean?

[@RaymondLi604]

Their GPS was hijacked by NATO+. Don't worry, lots of angry biz fishermen out there to escort you out, as needed 🎣

[@ohsnap6506]

The US would handle it lol

[@jbqu3142]

The ocean belongs to nobody or to anyone.

[@1982mikedn]

China is free to patrol anywhere they like in international waters.

[@good2goskee]

come and find out

[@somewhereinagalaxyfarfaraway]

With a military budget and operation as dismal as ours these days its amazing the ship is still seaworthy. All 2 of them.

[@somewhereinagalaxyfarfaraway]

@KZbin music ya ain't that the sad reality of Canada's army. No support I the field and even less after you get out. It's disgusting.

[@jameson1239]

@KZbin music that was the anti malaria drug with the awful side effects right?

[@wallacegrommet3479]

Thanks buddy,

[@jimwuhan5336]

Man, i am so happy you guys are still alive. The Chinese sent you guys clear message "don't come back again, otherwise you may not be able see your daughters again".

[@Caesar316]

Yeah, next time we might have to give the Chinese a bloody nose to teach them a lesson. Remember, if you've never fought a battle...don't challenge a nation that's never lost a war.

[@taowang2731]

Well said 🎉

[@ayomidebusari5881]

@@Caesar316 How many wars have Canada been involved in…?? WW2…the alllies(US, Russia, China, France and UK)did most of the job. Invasion of Afghanistan… Canadian troops ran out faster than they came in Invasion of Iraq and Libya… Alliance of NATO gangsters bullying one nation. You should be ashamed

[@JeremySwany]

Dont forget that Trudeau forgets to feed our troops in Poland. Oh yeah Trudeau also forgot to pay and house our veterans. Oh yeah Trudeau also forgot to provide heating for active millitary personnel during the PSAC strikes.

[@alpearson9158]

now if you could learn not to spew political lies like a child you could then cope

[@sergeikhripun]

They have no business being there. Did they get lost?

[@jbqu3142]

What are you talking about? Do you own the ocean dude?

[@conrad5985]

@ jb please go get educated I know queerbec is the land of idiots that we should have let separate years ago lol

[@davidgetchell630]

Dont join. As a 10 year veteran of the navy i can guarantee you they wont take care of you if you get hurt.

[@davidgetchell630]

@youtubemusic4071 yes

[@davidgetchell630]

@youtubemusic4071 my story was in the news a few years back

[@conrad5985]

@ KZbin music. Sure you are I am a veteran of special forces and our military is Ill equipped to enter any theatre of combat….out dated tanks, out dated small arms, out dated air craft, out dated navy. And the military is full of fat queerbecers so ya there is no fixing this issue in the foreseeable future

[@healingv1sion]

What a sweet guy

[@thomasaderamostrinidad7327]

They didn't have people Terminal feeding

[@GeoPoliticsCommentry]

Underpaid to put up perverted officers old equipment mediocre food Oh those were the days. .

[@SaHlGood]

@@youtubemusic1790not true and they raised there pay the navy has more deployment then the army. If you want to talk about useless, and a waste of taxpayers money let’s talk about the reserves.

[@GeoPoliticsCommentry]

@KZbin music Yup

[@SaHlGood]

@@youtubemusic1790o I’m stating that in a reservist regiment there’s 300 to 1,000 in a regiment only a hand full go on tour and the rest of the time there useless, and a waste of ammo if people wanna play army, they should go Reg Force

[@SaHlGood]

@@youtubemusic1790 think of the money the federal government could save think about the equipment they could purchase for their regular forces members if we abolish reserves, and if World War III ever happens, people will just sign up the fires that are currently happening 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) are being used in 1999 when we had that big snowstorm, and the mayor of Toronto called in the reserves to shovel snow so yes I will say they can be useful I will retract my comment, but I still think we need to abolish them take the money and put it towards regular force members, and if any of them want to actually be soldiers, they can go reg force

[@SaHlGood]

@@youtubemusic1790Thank you for your service and for making KZbin aware of your service BUDDZ what reservist unit do you belong to?

[@stevenseibel9216]

If u want recruits just take on Filipinos in exchange for citizenship

[@SaHlGood]

There only doing this because there numbers are dwindling they even raised the pay

[@esparda07]

You got it.

[@mnufeld8448]

​​​​​​​​@KZbin music Canada has about 6th largest surface fleet in Nato (out of 31 likely to be 32 countries ), approximately as big as Spains navy , also almost as big as russias Northern fleet and with the new frigates,those state of the art, will be about as large or bit larger than northern flt.. and the Halifax class frigates with class wide refit giving new weapons, sensors communications and countermeasures and are viable and effective platforms still ,and the new frigates pending,nd the new Arctic patrol ships coming in

[@mnufeld8448]

@KZbin musicboarding party he says .. but I tell you what is entertainment is russia with 1950s T-55s in Ukraine, and can barely get control of lil ol Bakhmut, which you cant find on a decent scale map btw, the battle of which for Bakhmut as long or longer than the Battle of stalingrad ,Progozhin having literaly screamed for ammo in front of his dead men, very publicly chewing out both Gerasimov and Sholgu ,and wagner withdrawing from bakhmut. and russia not in or near Kyiv or Kharkiv or Odessa ,or even Dnipro , some russian conscripts also with century old Moisin nagant rifles. So thats entertainment . meanwhile Canada about always with ships in both the Western pacific and also in the Baltic, or Med working with the Allies in all those regions , in with large, or huge exercises like that of Rimpac last yr , 22 countries with 25000 personnel and over 40 ships and subs,the worlds largest naval exercises ,and incl Canadian ships ,as many as Japan ,or Australia had in that exercise , and a Canadian admiral as deputy / second in command overall, second only to the US commander

[@mnufeld8448]

@KZbin music 🤣that old schtick again LOL

[@mnufeld8448]

@KZbin music 🤣same ol same ol ,, n mickey mouse stuff like about boarding party and that when russia with literal stacked bodies and a battle almost a year for a before the war nobody ever heard of place like bakhmut .. thats called people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones . I almost wish you could see how funny you look.. 😆

[@chazar338]

Bravo Zulu

[@derekheuring2984]

Quit pushing that DEI nonsense and you might get more recruits.

[@L.L]

Illegal blanket on his bunk

[@user-ye6gd3zy8q]

Get those manpons in you guys! Canadian Navy

[@jianyang6281]

I dont understand, what if HMCS Montreal sinked in South China Sea? I mean, HMCS Montreal is a really old warship. it sinks itself somehow.

[@alpearson9158]

not that old and the neocons won't build anything

[@niweshlekhak9646]

It's 30 years old, 2 years younger than America's first Burke class destroyer.

[@kumaroadking1580]

CPO Surrey ,get a hair cut.poor example.I was old nevy.

[@JC-oj5tz]

Dude shave

[@persperctiverish2611]

All this is great but you know the biggest bottleneck here? The recruitment process. I am in the pool for about 3 months now. The recruitment centre can't provide me with a timeline and the process seems to be broken. If there are shortages, etc then improving the recruitment process will go a long way. There needs to be an analysis as to why does it take so long? And if they are in such dire needs should they not expedite the process? The only news I see is of shortage, why dont you cover the abysmal recruitment process which is a dark spot for anyone to enter.

[@gordongreen1193]

It is definitely a rare sight to see Canadian sailors at sea😂

[@mnufeld8448]

Nearly always is a frigate ,and maybe a sub in the Western Pacific ,nd almost always a frigate in either the Baltic or the Mediterranean .that plus w/ the new Arctic patrol ships coming ,patrols in the High Arctic .so usually are at least 2 ships & maybe a sub forward deployed, plus patrols in the Arctic, not counting ships on training like near Hawaii

[@Caesar316]

Canadian Sub shadowed a Russian carrier group and got VERY close...they never knew. Keep sleeping on the Canadian Navy lol

[@good2goskee]

buddy.... go have a tea. Your CCP boss says its break time.

[@alpearson9158]

get informed

[@alpearson9158]

people do not have a clue about h/k subs in the diesel class surprise surprise!

[@sutsokunthealifetv]

❤❤❤

[@441rider]

Maybe the money would be better spent patrolling our shoreline instead of China's? LOL! Is Taiwan a country independent from China? One China policy makes things fuzzy.

[@good2goskee]

Taiwan has their own money, they have their own passport, they have their own friendship and business center (ie embassy) in our an other countries, they have their own visa when entering Canada and are less restricted than people from the PRC, they have their own navy, army, air force, and export weapons to other countries too. They identify as Taiwanese not PRC. They are known as Taiwanese by everyone I know and everyone I know that is not CCP Chinese.... = Taiwan is a sovereign country ..... the countries rolling their eyes and stating one-china-policy are simply playing along with the charade en par with the "Emperor Has No Clothes" to not upset silly China (yet we are all just snickering at the CCP when they leave the room). The situation reminds me of the pretense of a trans man pretending he is a woman and everyone is pretending he is a she to be polite but the reality is different.

[@Spitfire_Cowboy]

Life at sea seems far more preferable than being a landlubber. *Especially* given the existence of tools like *Amesit (NTC Vulkan report by Mandiant)* being used across social media platforms to get people to vote a certain way. It is much better to work on a ship where mobile devices and the internet are restricted to prevent social engineering by foreign adversaries. Civies have no cyber protections against those tools that are used to infest their social media feeds to divide them from their fellow Canadians.

[@RaymondLi604]

So sad, China should really stop popping out Navy ships like dumplings 🥟😋

[@good2goskee]

unfortunately they are about as effective as dumplings and proven in battle as much as my neighbour's little sister

[@GoldSpot-pf1yb]

Who is this Crocker? Is he of royal bloodline ?

[@esparda07]

Probably related to the Betty Crocker dollar store items...hehh

[@pedrolplgm]

España pagará billones a los vacunados del covid.

[@esparda07]

For anyone thinking of attacking Canada...this is probably a good time. They're weak!

[@441rider]

and half way around world.

[@mnufeld8448]

RCN ,Royal Canadian Navy ,has about 6th largest surface fleet in Nato or 6th after the US(and nobody as big as the US) that out of 31 ,likely soon to be 32 countries, RCN approx as big as the Spanish Navy .. same with the Air Force ,Canada approx 6th or after the US in Nato . so in both cases ,and approx same rank in defense spending ,Canada in the top 18-20% in Nato , coming in just behind the big powers of Europe ..UK France Germany Italy and Spain nd as said Canadas surface navy about as big as Spain's . and Canada being a North American country ,n power,2nd only to the US ,invests primarily in naval and air power to protect airspace and waters as the approaches to Canada, from say russia or china n both esp. russia having a lot facing them at own territory

[@441rider]

@@mnufeld8448 ...and thousands of homeless here and legal drugs sold by government from shady companies. We have a great navy just not ready to go to war with China as well as Russia or fight for Taiwan so waste of fuel really all political. One China policy on US state dept site no real change. North Korea has attacked no one in a while,

[@jbqu3142]

Good joke! Just try’s!

[@Caesar316]

Famous last words hahaha

[@ThePowerline101]

No one joining with Trudolf in office