Need for speed: the future of the Navy reserve should be fast boats

A fleet of high-speed, hard-hitting boats would be a better Navy reserve recruiting tool.
The mainstay ship type for Naval reserve personnel to serve at sea has been the fleet of Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, which have never had a ‘cool’ factor, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Corporal Felicia Ogunniya
Opinion
BY SCOTT TAYLOR
October 20, 2026

OTTAWA—During the second week of October, I had occasion to be visiting Halifax, N.S., for the annual DEFSEC Atlantic military trade show. 

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