NAC News – Edition 257

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Rod Hughes

Editor NAC News

rhughes@shaw.ca (comments welcome to help improve this service)

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NOTICES

• The 2018 NAC National AGM will be held Wednesday 27 June 2018, (1200 Ottawa time), and will be via video/teleconference using the GoToMeeting conferencing tool.  Relevant reports/information for the AGM have been posted on the webpage link below. The polls are now open to vote and nominate a proxy. We have tried to keep the process simple and all can be done in a simple email if you wish. No need to mail or attach PDF files. If you intent to participate in the teleconference please email the Executive Director. A phone-in option is also available; details to follow. If you have questions/issues- let me know!
• GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor –Need a push to finish, but progress in 4 months with 1050 people contributing $131,380 of $200,00 goal)
• UNTDA – 75th Anniv. Reunion – Sept 9-12, 2018 – St John’s, NL – Registration now open
• The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) 21st Annual Graduate Student Symposium between Sunday, 30 Sept and Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018 at RMC.
• Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference 
  (MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC)

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CANADA

• DeMONT: ‘The guy who thinks about worst-case scenarios’’
• HMCS Windsor in Crete 2018 (English) (Short video)
• Call for proposals: CDA institute 21st annual graduate student symposium Canada in the world: where are we now?
• The Acting VCDS (VAdm Darren Hawco) recently gave his thoughts on the one-year anniversary of Defence Review (Editor YouTube video)
• Canada’s Defence Policy: Strong, Secure, Engaged highlights of 2017-2018  (Editor –  complimentary to YouTube video above)
• Arctic Experience & Operations – Episode 2: Speed Equals Power (Editor – English YouTube video, second in series)
• Canada Wants More Seafarers
• It’s raining generals – two public affairs Brigadier Generals each costing up to $173,000 a year
• The Company of Master Mariners of Canada (Editor – like-minded mariners celebrating 50th anniversary)    (May “From the Bridge” Newsletter)
• Visitors to Victoria’s inner harbour get rare orca whale show
• Video clip of Seaspan’s gantry crane, Big Blue working on bow of Off-Shore Fisheries Science Vessel #3

USA & AMERICAS

• ★   GAO Report on U.S. Navy Future Shipbuilding Investment (Editor – open the pdf presentation)
• USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 11, 2018
• The discrepancy between U.S. Administration rhetoric and navy strategy
• U.S. Coast Guard Signs $117 Million Contract for Small Unmanned Aircraft
• VADM Lewis Nominated to Lead U.S. 2nd Fleet; Maj. Gen. Jansen Nominated as Marines’ Top Budget Officer
• Report to Congress on Chinese Maritime Disputes
• Navy Brings Back Warrant Officer-1 Rank for Cyber Sailors
• Navy Ranks – Enlisted and Officer, from Lowest to Highest (Editor – ref article above)
• On Patrol with Cutting Edge Technology
• Next Offshore Wind in U.S. Can Compete With Gas, Developer Says
• Metal Shark Acquires Horizon Shipbuilding’s 35-Acre Alabama Shipyard
• Charleston Harbor Deepening Project Receives $49 Million in Federal Funding

INDO-PACIFIC

• ★  Trump-Kim shake hands, commit to ‘complete denuclearization’
• SECDEF Mattis: U.S. Military Not Leaving South Korea Anytime Soon
• Thornberry: Exercises With South Korea Important, But Could Be Suspended to Allow North Korean Talks to Succeed
• North Korea sanctions remain until complete denuclearisation, says US
• How the West Can Counter China’s Maritime Expansion
• Russia-China naval cooperation in an era of Great Power completion
• US unveils de facto embassy in Taiwan amid China tensions
• China’s Naval Master Plan: A Military Threat In The Pacific And Beyond
• Chinese Paper Slams US Stance on Taiwan, Says Should Prepare for ‘Crisis’
• What do the new (Australian) National Security and Defence Strategies mean for maritime security?
• Australia cements Solomon Islands deal amid China influence debate
• 22 Rescued from Containership Ablaze in the Bay of Bengal
• Huawei highlights China’s expansion dilemma: espionage or profit?
• Chinese vessel believed to be spy ship docks next to HMAS Adelaide in Fiji 
• SA shipyard redevelopment in full swing

ATLANTIC & EUROPE 

• Alarm-drill: 36 Russian warships sail out to Barents Sea – Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy attack.
• NATO Ministers Announce 1,200 More Bureaucrats
• Four RAF F-35 fighter jets land in UK
• Why the RAF’s new F-35 jets matter 
• Europe’s Dispute Over Maritime Migration Deepens
• MSC Cruises Orders Another Newbuild at STX France
• Chinese money for Northern Sea Route 
• Aeolus: Wind satellite weathers technical storm
• New Oil Discovered in the North Sea

MIDDLE EAST

• Saudi-Led Alliance Set for Battle Over Yemen’s Biggest Port
• Saudi Arabia and UAE Announce Plan to Protect Shipping Lane to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port
• Amphib USS Iwo Jima Now in Persian Gulf; First U.S. Capital Ship in Region Since March

GLOBAL ISSUES 

• Togetherness at Sea: Promoting 21st Century Naval norms of cooperation
• LNG Trade Grew 10% in 2017 –EIA
• Why landlocked Ethiopia wants to launch a navy
• International Maritime Law Institute Graduation Ceremony
• ★   New Studies Warn How Antarctic Ice Loss Tripled Over the Last Five Years (Editor –amazing video)
• OSI Signs Contract with Damen to Provide INTS to the South African Navy MMIPV Program
• Poll: less than half of fleet ready for sulphur cap
• Cameroon military and separatists fuel ‘cycle of violence’, says Amnesty
• Nigeria Needs $12 Billion to Avoid Missing the LNG Boat