Drent, Jan: my Cold War and Gulf War recollections (March 22, 2011)
PublicInterviewer: Roberts, Evan
An interview/narrative of Jan Drent's experiences during the Cold War and the Gulf War. Interview took place on March 22, 2011.
Interviewee: Drent, Jan
ABSTRACT: Joining the Navy — 0:41 University, and UNTD (University Naval Training Division — 1:28 Use of his degree in career — 2:17 Motivation for Joining the Navy — 2:35 Career Aspirations — 3:06 Early Sea Command — 4:16 Anti-Submarine Warfare — 4:55 Capelin Fish and Fisheries Patrols — 6:00 Boarding Parties — 10:00 NATO Training & Operations — 12:00 Attachment to Moscow as a military attaché — 14:00 Submarine Threat — 19:10 Directing Staff at RN Staff College — 20:20 Defence Analyst Posting / Integration of Government Fleets — 26:05 NATO and It's Influence on the Canadian Navy — 34:12 Work at Brussels NATO Headquarters and Standardization — 41:42 The diminishing Soviet Threat / Force Goals and Cooperation at NATO — 45:20 Advantages of NATO — 54:48 NATO isn't Everything — 59:00 Public Perception of the Navy in 1980s — 1:00:27
- In Collection:
- Provider (Auxiliary oiler replenishment )
- Drent, Jan Jansz, 1935- --Interviews
- Qu'Appelle II (Destroyer)
- Naval attache--Iceland--Helsinki
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Naval operations, Canadian
- Annapolis II (Destroyer)
- Columbia II (Destroyer)
- Royal Naval College of Canada (Halifax, N.S.)
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Equipment
- Crusader (Destroyer)
- Stettler (Frigate)
- Canadian Forces Language School
- Restigouche II (Destroyer)
- Chaudiere II (Destroyer)
- Canada--Royal Canadian Navy--Personal narratives
- Antisubmarine aircraft
- University Naval Training Division
- Standardization
- Canada--Dept. of National Defence--Headquarters
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Military attache
- Operation Friction, 1991
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Influence
- NATO Headquarters
- Fishing--Canada
- Naval attache-- Russia (Federation)--Moscow
- Anti-submarine warfare
- Cold War
- Saskatchewan (Destroyer)
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Operational readiness
- Boarding parties
- Naval attache--Poland--Warsaw
- Fisheries--Canada
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Canada--Royal Canadian Navy--H.M.C.S. Discovery
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Organization
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Maritime Command
- Capelin fisheries
- Canada--Royal Canadian Navy--H.M.C.S. Stadacona.
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991
- Public opinion
- Canadian Forces College
- Anti-submarine warfare--Equipment and supplies
- Athabaskan II (Destroyer)
- 1 sound recording (MP3)
- 33.13906, 35.85869
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- Original sound recording (MP3) also available.
- Canadian Military Oral History Collection
- DJ_696
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection
- August 9, 2011
- Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 128 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. Migration metadata by KD and MT.
- 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
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