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<v ->Today we're meeting with
Lieutenant-Commander Shane</v>

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Kavanagh, a Marine Systems
Engineering Officer at

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CFB Halifax.

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Let's go find out what it takes

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to run a combat ship from the inside out.

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Shane, ready for your walk &amp; talk?

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<v ->Oh, hey. Yes, absolutely.</v>

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<v ->All right. First off,
what's your job like?</v>

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<v ->So engineering officers fulfil a number</v>

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of critical roles both on ship

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but also ashore at
facilities like this one here

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at FMF Cape Scott.

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<v ->Okay. And this is a pretty cool</v>

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view. What's going on down there?

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<v ->Yeah, so this is one
of the shop floors here,</v>

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and this is where ship repair
technicians execute critical

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work planned by engineering
officers like myself.

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<v ->Very cool. And what's
on the books for today?</v>

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<v ->So we're gonna pop down to one of the ships</v>

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and see some surveys in action.

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<v ->Oh, all right.</v>
<v ->First we gotta put on</v>

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our safety equipment.

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<v ->Okay.</v>
<v ->Here you go.</v>

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<v ->Thank you.</v>
<v ->All right, let's get going.</v>

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<v ->Let's do it. So Shane,</v>

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how much time do you spend on a ship

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as a marine systems engineer?

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<v ->So in your early career,</v>

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about the first five to seven years,

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that's when engineering
officers are really on board.

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This is where they learn the basics

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to be an engineering officer

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and to lead a department at sea.

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<v ->Okay. And how is what you
do different from the Naval</v>

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Combat Systems engineers?

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<v ->There's an old damage control
adage: float, move, fight.</v>

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We take care of float and
move. They take care of fight.

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<v ->Ah, gotcha. Okay.</v>

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This ship behind you, it
looks real new. What is it?

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<v ->This is HMCS Margaret Brooke.</v>

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It's one of our new Arctic
offshore patrol vessels.

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This ship means a lot to me personally,

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'cause this is where I did my head

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of department tour about three years ago.

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Would you like me to go
on board and take a look?

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<v ->Absolutely.</v>
<v ->All right. Come on.</v>

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<v ->Okay, welcome to Margaret Brooke.</v>

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<v ->Thank you, thank you.</v>

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So Shane,

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do you ever get lost in here?

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<v ->Oh yeah. People get lost all the time,</v>

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especially when they're new to the ship.

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I like to tell them, walk

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to the stern and you'll find the water.

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Alright, before we go down below,

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we gotta check in with the MCR.

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Hey Ryan, Brandon should have

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been around doing some surveys.

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Did you see him? - Yeah, it's
all, we're all good.

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<v ->Awesome, thanks. I'll head out now. - Great.</v>

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Alright, we're gonna head down to the

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ENG room and check in with Brandon.

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Okay. We just left the aft ENG
room. We're here in the forward ENG room.

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We should find
Brandon somewhere in

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here. Oh, here he is now.

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<v ->Hey Brandon.</v>
<v ->Hey. How's it going?</v>

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<v ->Good. Okay. So I heard you
were most recently at sea.</v>

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Walk me through what a typical
day looks like for you.

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<v ->Yeah, you bet. So
sunrise to sunset at sea</v>

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for someone like myself,
an engineering trainee,

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we're constantly in

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and around looking at systems,
learning about system design

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and the organisational
structure of our department.

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<v ->Very cool. And what are
these monsters behind you?</v>

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<v ->So what you can see here
behind me, this is two</v>

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of our diesel generator sets.

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These are what we use to
provide the electric power

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that powers our propulsion system, as well

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as everything else you can
see around us at this moment.

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<v ->And why choose an
engineering career in the CAF?</v>

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<v ->So for me personally,</v>

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I was dead set on going
into an engineering field,

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and I love working with
these kinds of environments.

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And in addition, it's also
the fact that there was the,

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the fitness aspects and the travel

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and the benefits associated

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with the military that really drew me in.

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<v ->Awesome. Well I'll let you
get back to it. So thank you.</v>

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<v ->Thank you very much. Have a good one.</v>

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<v ->Oh, hey, you guys found me.
How's your time with Brandon?</v>

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<v ->It was awesome. Super knowledgeable guy.</v>

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<v ->Yeah, they really know their stuff.</v>

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<v ->And at sea, how does your team fit into</v>

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the big crew picture?

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<v ->So at sea, my department
would be the marine</v>

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systems engineering department.

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So it's a team of
technicians and engineers.

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They all work together to both maintain

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and operate all the mechanical,

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electrical, hydraulic
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<v ->Wow, that's a lot.</v>

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And what's your favourite part of the job?

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<v ->Well, that's a hard question to answer,</v>

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but if I was to make it
as simple as possible,

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every day I have boundless opportunities

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for technical challenges.

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And when I overcome them,
I can go home at the end

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of the day and truly understand

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that I've made the ship
more capable of going

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to sea to complete its mission.

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Speaking of which, I got

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something really interesting to show you.

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How about you come along with me?

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<v ->Let's do it.</v>
<v ->Okay.</v>

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<v ->Wow, this is impressive.</v>

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I've never seen a sub out of the water

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before. What's your role here?

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<v ->So right now we're on
what's called a ship lift.</v>

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This entire platform we're
standing on is actually lowered

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to the bottom of the ocean floor here.

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And then we bring a ship in over it

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and we raise the platform
with the ship on it.

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That way we can do maintenance on the ship

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that you normally can't do
when it's floating in the harbour.

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So right now, as you see behind me,

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we actually have HMCS Windsor.

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We're currently preparing it
for a five-year work period.

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And what's gonna happen in about a month,

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we're gonna pull it into
that building right there

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so we can complete that work.

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<v ->Wow, that's really cool.</v>

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And talking about, wow, do you have a wow

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moment in your time in the Navy?

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<v ->Yeah, absolutely. A whole pile of them.</v>

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But if I was to pick just one,
that would've been, I was the head

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of department on HMCS

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Margaret Brooke and we're up in
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breaking trials and one evening
we went into a thick field

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of ice, we shut the ship down

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and just looking out over
the vast fields of ice

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with the northern lights
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that was truly a wow moment.

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<v ->It sounds magical.</v>
<v ->Absolutely.</v>

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<v ->Okay, I'm at my last
question. You ready?</v>

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<v ->Yep.</v>
<v ->Why should someone choose</v>

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to be a marine systems
engineer officer in the

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Royal Canadian Navy?

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<v ->So that's the easiest question today.</v>

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You can be an engineer anywhere.

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You can be a marine
engineer almost anywhere.

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But you can only be a
marine systems engineering

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officer in the Royal Canadian Navy.

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The unique challenges that you get

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to overcome, the team you work

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with here, like no other in the world.

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<v ->I love it. All right,
we'll let you get back to it.</v>

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<v ->Thank you. Pleasure
today. Have a good day.</v>