NAC News – Edition 243

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Rod Hughes
Editor NAC News
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NOTICES
- 2018 Battle of the Atlantic Gala Dinner at the Canadian War Museum on Thursday 3 May 2018. NAC members who wish to attend may register here on or after March 1.
- Welcome to Canada’s Global Defence and Security Trade Show (EY Centre 4899 Uplands Drive in Ottawa, Ontario on May 30 – 31, 2018)
- 10th Annual Canadian Underwater Conference & Exhibition returns to Vancouver (in Richmond, BC, March 25-27, 2018)
- NAC Endowment Fund Grants – 2018 Request for Grants
Applications for this year’s grants should be submitted by May 15th, using the form that is online. Applications must be submitted through the local Branch President. The form can be found here. - 2018 NAC National AGM – 15 June 2018
The 2018 NAC AGM will be held 15 June 2018. This will be done via electronic means (teleconference/videoconference). Details in regard how this will be conducted will be posted to the National website by end Mar as well as in NAC News and Starshell. There will be no conference or social program associated for the 2018 AGM. All required information and other material will be posted not later than 15 April to the NAC website.
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CANADA
- The latest on Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
- ★ The changing face of recruiting
- Departing ships mark 12th year of Op CARIBBE
- New Zealand frigate arrives in Canada for major upgrade
- Canadian Navy’s Resolve-class ship Asterix enters service
- DND needs an extra $54M — just to evaluate bids to build it a new fleet of warships
- Asterix more survivable than her immediate RCN predecessors, says institute
- ★ Attempt to improve Cyclone helicopter caused problems related to sonar equipment
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USA & AMERICAS
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 5, 2018
- Navy Won’t Ramp Up Deployments to a 131 Ship Average by 2023
- VIDEO: Marine F-35Bs Arrive on USS Wasp for First Pacific JSF Deployment
- Navy, Lawmakers Debate How to Best Leverage, Protect Shipbuilding Industry
- Navy to Congress: Block Buy Contracting Saves Money and Time
- ★ The Navy’s new Fleet problem experiments and stunning revelations of military failure
- ★ Panama Canal Sets New Milestone with 3,000th Neopanamax Transit
- Why Trump’s new steel and aluminum tariffs are controversial (play the podcast)
- Shipbuilders Worried About Navy Plan for 1 LCS in 2019 Ahead of Frigate Transition
- Dominion’s Cove Point LNG Ships First Cargo
- Potential for a Large Cruise Ship on the Upper Great Lakes
- The U.S. Coast Guard’s Ice Pilots
- University researchers gain further understanding of ocean turbulence
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INDO-ASIA PACIFIC
- Trump says he’ll meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
- China increases military budget and pegs GDP growth at 6.5%
- China NPC: Government sets trillion Yuan military budget
- A sign of the times: China’s recent actions and the undermining of global rules
- US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in historic Vietnam visit
- World War Two – USS LEXINGTON Wreck Found – Battle of Coral Sea
- Why Vietnam welcomes America’s return
- Australia and East Timor sign historic maritime border deal
- US Navy, JMSDF Participate in MultiSail 2018
- Taiwan lawmakers make waves after Japanese attack on boat
- USS Dewey visits Sasebo ahead of up-gunned ESG patrol
- North Korean Ships Change Names to Evade International Sanctions
- Japan seeks help to block North Korea’s smuggling at sea
- PLA’s HK garrison holds naval drill with French frigate
- Chinese submersible goes deep in Indian Ocean
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- ThyssenKrupp blocked from warship tender
- Russia’s Icebreakers Make It King Of The Arctic And America Is Just A Pauper (Old article but too good to pass up)
- Green berets play with the yellow dogs as 847 NAS French mission begins
- AECO Represents Cruise Industry in Arctic SAR Network
- Fjord1 Orders Seven Battery-Powered Ferries with Havyard
- ★ A Tug Like None Other
- Cyber-enabled information and influence operations—it’s not just Russia
- X-ray probe to save Mary Rose cannonballs
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MIDDLE EAST & REST-OF-THE-WORLD
- ‘Significant’ consequences if China takes over Djibouti port, says US general
- U.S.’ Tillerson says African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully
- What’s behind the sudden ouster of top Saudi military commanders
- Seatrade Cruise Global 2018: Excited, Energized and Optimistic
- Royal Canadian Navy concludes participation in CUTLASS EXPRESS 2018
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- Wreckage from the USS Lexington Located in the Coral Sea
- The Fraser River Industrial Association
- Historic Victoria Cross Photo – Victoria Cross (Royal Navy) (old article) and amplification
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