NAC News – Edition 261 Mackenzie and J261 Kelowna WW2 Bangor Class Minesweeper
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Share with your friends and lets get this campaign to our goal of $200,000!” After 5 months 1,092 people have contributed $137,550 towards the $200,00 goal)
- NAC members have the opportunity to submit an article on naval and/or maritime issues to the Royal Canadian Military Institute’sRCMI journal “SITREP”, which for the September edition is intended to be a Navy edition. SITREP is the RCMI bi-monthly professional journal. It is published online and distributed in print to RCMI members across Canada. SITREP publishes articles that engage with current Canadian defence and strategic topics, foreign and defence policies, international relations, and military history.
- Shearwater as birthplace of maritime aviation in Canada and introduced a century of service by all those who served there. Aug 1-3 events.
- 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) - MARITECH Full Speed Ahead: Firing on all cylinders (Call for papers opportunity) Conference and Exhibition Ottawa ON April 23-25 2019
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CANADA
- RCAF’s Cyclone helicopter to go on first international deployment next week
- Canada will not double its defence budget despite calls from Trump: Trudeau
- PM Trudeau bills 10-year defence spending plan as answer to Trump’s persistent demand
- ★ Law: NATO defence spending in perspective
- The thinning ranks of Canadian Second World War veterans
- ★ Twelve truths about tanker traffic…by Robert G. Allan (Editor – Robert Allan Ltd. is a firm of internationally-recognized Naval Architects in Vancouver. Since 1930, they have built a reputation for innovative designs for vessels of almost all types, from high-performance tugs to ferries to sophisticated research vessels.)
- USS Halsey, HMCS Ottawa kick off RIMPAC 2018 Soccer tournament
- Arctic Experience & Operations – Episode 3: Icebreaker
- Master Mariners of Canada backs three icebreaker purchase
- Flurry of Activity Raises Optimism that $30 Billion LNG Canada Project Will Be Greenlit
- Live action videos aid in training
- Expedition gives live look at underwater mountains off B.C.’s coast
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USA & AMERICAS
- Essex Amphibious Ready Group Quietly Deployed on Tuesday with Marine F-35s
- Navy Hopes for Commonality – Or at Least Interoperability – With Frigates in Australia, Canada, U.K.
- Report to Congress on Navy Columbia-Class Submarine Program
- Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Frigate (FFG(X)) Program
- Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs
- Report to Congress on Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Program
- Bollinger Would Build New Coast Guard Icebreakers in Tampa
- VIDEO: Sen. John McCain Added to Destroyer’s Namesake Along with Father, Grandfather
- Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Passes Final Critical Design Review
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 9, 2018
- ★ Teaching Maritime History – a suggested reading list
- The surface navy: still in search of tactics
- Panama and China Kick Off Free Trade Talks With Eye Regional Hub
- ESSM Block 2 Successfully Flown with New Active Seeker
- Kearsarge ARG Completes First East Coast SWATT Advanced Training Event
- Coast Guard Opens Forward Operating Location Kotzebue for Arctic Shield 2018
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INDO-PACIFIC
- P.W. Singer: Adapt fast, or fail
- Outgoing Defence Chief: China has breached its neighbours’ trust
- U.S. accuses North Korea of U.N. sanctions breach, demands end to fuel sales
- ★ Unpacked: The US-China Trade War
- Two U.S. Destroyers Sail Through Taiwan Strait
- Taiwan’s submarine program failing to make any waves
- China’s First AIP Submarine Unit Breaks Records
- Australia’s Most Advanced Submarine Rescue System Goes into Service
- New Zealand to buy Boeing P-8 patrol planes to boost South Pacific surveillance
- Proposing maritime dialogue with China: Chinese media welcomes India’s step
- Fire Stricken Box Ship SSL Kolkata Sits Aground
- US Oil Exports to India Soar Ahead of Iran Sanctions
- Pacific leaders sign on to Australian internet cabling scheme, shutting out China
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Trump-Nato summit: EU’s Tusk warns president to appreciate allies
- In combative start, Trump claims Germany ‘totally controlled’ by Russia (Editor – the following is a complimentary article about the pipeline) The Russian pipeline to Germany that Trump is so mad about, explained
- Reinhard Hardegen: Last of the U-boat aces
- U.S. Navy Command Ship, Destroyer in Black Sea for Annual Sea Breeze Exercise
- Royal Navy hands over command of SNMG2 to Dutch Navy
- Royal Navy frigate heads for Finland for centenary celebrations
- World Maritime Day Theme 2019: Empowering Women
- Sir David Attenborough polar ship ready for launch
- Hull Vane Retrofit Improves OPV’s Performance
- Nazi U-boat wreckage found off Galicia by Spanish divers
- KONGSBERG to Acquire Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine
- World’s first round-the-Arctic luxury cruise could set sail in 2020
- Vladimir Rusanov Completes First Northern Sea Route Transit (Editor – intersting video included)
- ABB Wins Order for World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
- Photos: 326-Meter Norwegian Breakaway Completes Dry Docking at Damen Shiprepair Brest
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MIDDLE EAST
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Tunisian Navy commissions latest Damen OPV and locally built patrol boat
- Manning Costs in Shipping Rises: Drewry
- The ‘monster’ iceberg: What happened next?
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- HMS Victory | Walkthrough Tour April 2017 | 4k (editor 28 min video)
- New navy tactical unit confronts danger on the high seas
- Lundi Leadership – Ltv Britney Bourgeois
- Heavy weather off Scotland, October 2017 (English)
- #TradesTuesday – Sonar Operator (English)