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- I'm Lieutenant Navy
Christine Hyrve from Edmonton, Alberta.
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I'm a Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officer
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currently posted to Canadian Forces Base
Esquimalt in British Columbia.
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- The Royal Canadian Navy deploys regularly
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to reassure Canada's allies
in the global community
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as well as to deter those
who might wish us harm.
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This is accomplished using state-of-the-art
tracking and weapons systems.
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Maintenance of these systems is managed
by Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officers,
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who ensure that the ship is always combat-ready.
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- Missile away!
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- They lead the Combat Systems Engineering Team,
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responsible for the operational readiness
and maintenance of Naval Weapons,
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Navigation, Communications, Radar, Sonar,
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and Command and Control Systems.
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- Range, 4,000 yards.
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- The job of the Naval Combat
Systems Engineering Officer
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is to ensure we are ready to fight anytime.
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We are responsible for the Combat Systems
engineering department
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and the technicians themselves who are fixing
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and doing the maintenance on the equipment.
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As the officers, we are the managers
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for the department,
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ensuring the coordination
of all preventative maintenance
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as well as all parts,
and briefing command on all requirements.
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Our technicians are our authorities
on the equipment.
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We take their advice all the time
on issues and how to fix them.
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However, we are the ones reporting to command
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and assisting in achieving everything.
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- Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officers
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are an integral part of the vessel's
Emergency Response Team,
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performing important damage control tasks
while the ship is at emergency or action stations
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to ensure that it can still fight.
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(Hyrve): What I like most
about my job is the variety.
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It can change from year to year
or even day to day on the ship.
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And I love learning something new.
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All that I've done since I joined the Navy
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as a Naval Combat Systems engineer
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has been new to me,
and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
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My favourite experience so far
has been the deployment,
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Operation Projection 2018,
when I deployed with HMCS Calgary.
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I had the opportunity to go to Australia,
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Vietnam, South Korea and Japan.
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It is wonderful when you get to a port
and you get to explore.
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You get to try all the foods, which are so good!
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And you get to travel and be a tourist
and explore everything,
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all the different cultures that you wouldn't
have normally been exposed to.
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You get to see everything.
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- On completion of their military
and occupation training,
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Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officers
will be posted to a ship
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as a junior officer
on the Combat Systems Engineering team
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and learn the ropes of becoming
a Combat Systems Engineering Officer.
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On board, they are part of the crew,
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and with that comes additional responsibilities,
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such as ship evolutions, or being a part
of the ship's Boarding Party or Dive Team.
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For their next posting,
Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officers
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will return ashore to fulfill numerous
challenging roles for the Navy.
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These could include working at a coastal
Fleet Maintenance Facility,
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teaching new engineers
at the Naval Fleet Schools,
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or providing their expert engineering assessments
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towards new ships and equipment
purchases for the future fleet.
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These important roles all work to prepare them
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to take on their most important
and challenging role
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as the head of the Naval Combat Systems
Engineering Department
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on board another ship or submarine.
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As their career progresses,
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Naval Combat Systems Engineering Officers
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can move into project management
or research & development,
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involved in the design and application
of new weapons technologies.
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There can also be opportunities
for engineering specialization
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through fully funded post-graduate education
in Canada or abroad.
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(Hyrve): As a Naval Combat Systems
Engineering Officer,
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I
feel I have a lot of control over my career.
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If I wanted to do a masters,
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I would have the opportunity
and it would be supported.
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It's quite amazing when you see
all of the systems and weapons
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come together and everything works out great.
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You realize that it's been your department,
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your planning, your people,
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and all of that has been coordinated so well.
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And then you get to see it just come to fruition
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and operate smoothly.
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I'm really proud of what I've achieved so far.
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I've been in the Navy for five years
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and I've had the opportunity
to do so much and learn so much,
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and I'm really looking forward
to the rest of my career.