Interview with Chief Petty Officer First Class (Ret'd) Sylvain Jaquemot (February 23, 2022)

Interviewer: Samantha Olson Interviewee: Chief Petty Officer First Class (Ret'd) Sylvain Jaquemot An interview/narrative of Sylvain Jaquemot's experiences serving in the Royal Canadian Navy. Interview took place on February 23, 2022 over a video call. ABSTRACT: 0:44 – 2:50 – Growing up in Laval, Quebec, schooling, and enlistment. 2:50 – 9:03 – Basic training, path from Ordinary Seaman (OS) to Chief Petty Officer First Class (CPO1). 9:03 – 17:53 RCN-wide changes in leadership training, professional development as a Chief Petty Officer, time as a Strategic Capabilities Analyst in Ottawa, Op Projection (2017). 17:53 – 28:33 – Defining ‘Chief Petty Officer,’ leadership in the Command Team, responsibilities of a Fleet Chief, relationship of NCM Corps to Officer Corps. 28:33 – 33:09 – Relationships with commanding officers, shifting role and empowerment of CPOs. 33:09 – 41:25 – Chief Petty Officers as mentors to NCMs and Officers. 41:25 – 49:45 – Recollections and highlights, WWII 50th Anniversary Commemorations in 1995, trip to Moscow, HMCS Oriole 1992 sailing from Esquimalt to San Diego, retirement experience. 49:45 – 55:00 – Promotion to Chief Petty Officer First Class and challenges, friendship with XO Landon Creasy. 55:00 – 1:06:00 Revisiting earlier questions on morale boosting and activity planning for NCM Corps, relationships with sailors, goals as a leader, Somalia’s impact on shifting NCM roles, Military Family Resource Center

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Jaquemot, Sylvain, 1968-
• Olson, Samantha

Subject

• Military history
• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Jaquemot, Sylvain, 1968-
• Armed Forces--Petty officers
• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Interview #SC141_JS_897

Keyword

• Canada Remembers
• Chief Petty Officer First Class
• WWII 50th Anniversary Commemorations
• Op Projection
• HMCS Kootenay
• Fleet Commander
• Officer Corps
• Enlisted
• HMCS Winnipeg
• Non-Commissioned Members
• Op Forward Action
• CPO1
• Electronic Warfare Supervisor
• Op Apollo
• Fleet Chief
• Above Water Warfare
• St Jean
• Fire Control Operator
• Coxswain
• NESOP

Date created

• March 15, 2022

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews (HIST 426, Spring 2022).

Resource type

• Moving Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 01:06:55

Alternative title

• The Roles, Duties, and Recollections of Chief Petty Officers in the RCN

Geographic coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• video recordings (physical artifacts)
• interviews
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2022-020; Series: V; Item: 897

Fonds title

• Military Oral History collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• March 15, 2022

Technical note

• Interview done through an online video call, MP4, 980 MB. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/7kds-z070