Frequency Check: Inside the World of Naval Communicators
Video / June 13, 2025
Transcript
Hi. I'm Sailor 1st class Mason, Naval communicator posted at HMCS Fredericton. Up on the bridge here, I'd like to go over a few of the responsibilities that we have as naval communicators.
Person overboard. Bring the ship to rescue stations.
Collective. This is Fredericton. Break, Bravo, Alpha, Tag...
So the person overboard exercise that we initiated, I made aware of what our intentions were that we were conducting person overboard drills at that time. It was relayed to the collective, so all the ships that we were sailing in company with.
Sécurité, sécurité, sécurité. All stations, all stations, all stations. This is Canadian Warship 337.
The Sécurité call was sent out as well to inform everyone what was going on and to be able to respond accordingly. A lot of information that's sent out via signals is basically coded through documents. There's certain signals that are common that you get used to sending out, so that kinda comes as second nature.
There's really two different bases of the NAVCOM trades. If you're an IT person, it's a good fit for you. And if you like using your voice, communicating with people, up here, it's great on the bridge. If you exude that confidence and you're able to fuel that stress the right way, it makes the officer the watch job a lot easier.