NAC News – Edition 268 HMCS Truro WW2 Bangor Class Minesweeper
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Excerpt from fund post “VAdm Norman will next appear in Court on 4 September. Unfortunately, it could be as much as a year for the trial date to actually occur. That is going to be a very long wait for VAdm Norman. However, on the good side, that gives us lots of time to keep building this Defence Fund to help VAdm Norman defend himself against the unlimited resources of the Federal Government.” After 6 months1,107 people have contributed $138,910 towards the $200,00 goal)
- 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) - ★ The NAC-VI Branch will host the first of what is hoped to be an annual RAINBOW Dinner on Saturday 20 October 2018 from 1730 – 2200 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The cost for this gala event is $100 per person and limited to 100 dinners. To acquire tickets email the Treasurer at treasurervina@gmail.com
- 2018 Submariner’s Gathering – 50th Anniversary of HMCS Okanagan & Rainbow Commisioning 4 November 2018 in Victoria. To Register call 250-812-1840 or visit the link
- 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
- HMCS Charlottetown makes trip to Iqaluit (Editor – CBC News YouTube video)
- Ch-148 Takes to the Skies of Vancouver Island
- Canada’s first Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship expected in October
- Canadian Special Force – We Will Find A Way (Editor – video, check out all their gear)
- Passenger Ship Runs Aground in the Arctic
- Great Lakes Deployment 2018: HMCS Oriole in Windsor (Editor – video)
- CAE’s Advanced Training Solutions for Naval Forces (Editor – Commercial but fun video)
- Study: Heat held in Arctic doubles over 30 years
- No need to ensure purchased military equipment actually works, government officials argue in procurement dispute
- Canadian Coast Guard sends seven vessels to Arctic to conduct operations
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USA & AMERICAS
- US Navy Adds Sioux City and Wichita to its Fleet
- VIDEO: F-35Cs Operating in First Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Air Wing Test Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 27, 2018
- Navy’s Next Large Surface Combatant Will Draw From DDG-51, DDG-1000 — But Don’t Call it a Destroyer Yet
- Harry S. Truman Strike Group Back Underway After More Than a Month in Port
- Navy Making Room for Railguns in Next Warship, But No Extra Investments
- Navy Picks Boeing to Build MQ-25A Stingray Carrier-Based Drone
- Fleet Master Chief Russell Smith Named Navy’s 15th MCPON
- Brazil’s new helicopter carrier arrives home
- Report to Congress on Shifts in the International Security Environment
- BAE Systems Wins $146.3 Mln US Navy Contract
- Venezuela migrant crisis: Peru tightens border controls
- Photos: Check Out the Bridge on Crowley’s New LNG-Powered ConRo El Coquí
- Houston Eyes Exotic Bonds To Pay For A $15 Billion Dike
- ACL’s Newest Riverboat Passes Sea Trials
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INDO-PACIFIC
- Philippine navy ship runs aground in disputed South China Sea
- Is anyone winning the US-China trade war? (Editor – not a maritime article (30 min video), but a great summary of the US-China trade wide-ranging implications)
- China’s homemade carrier undergoes second sea trial
- China markets ships to navies in SE Asia and Africa
- China’s Unipec to Resume U.S. Oil Purchases After Tariff Policy Change –Sources
- Sailors benefit from industry outplacements (Australia)
- Russia in talks with Philippines on conventional submarines’ delivery
- PLA’s version of Black Hawk to fly to Tibet, land on carriers
- Indonesia sinks 125 foreign illegal fishing vessels
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Cammell Laird’s Leander Frigate Generates Global Interest
- CNO: New 2nd Fleet Boundary Will Extend North to the Edge of Russian Waters
- US Warns Russia Against ‘Harassment’ of Ships Headed to Ukraine
- A Turkish headache for the West
- Russian Navy to focus on unmanned warships (Editor – the cold-warrior in me never thought I’d be using TASS as a link)
- Black Sea Fleet missile frigates to join Russia’s Mediterranean task force
- HMS Hurworth shadows second Russian ship through English Channel
- Russia working on nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- Costs Melt As LNG Traffic Picks Up In The Arctic Circle
- Russian and American scientists team up to study Arctic Russia’s weakening sea ice
- Finland: A Hot-Bed of ICEBREAKER Technology
- Shipbuilder in Focus: DAMEN
- Maersk Braces For A $5+ Billion Fuel Bill In 2020
- Refiners Struggle As Low Sulphur Upgrade Costs Approach $1 Billion Per Plant
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MIDDLE EAST
- ★ Russia’s fleet to counter US moves ahead of Syrian offensive
- Operation Sea Shield seen as a Russian power projection
- Russia to hold Mediterranean drills involving 25 warships and 30 aircraft
- Russian Navy makes over 180 sorties in Syria operation — top brass
- Iran Says It Has Full Control Of Gulf, U.S. Navy Does Not Belong There
- China Constructs New Terminal in Suez Canal
- Report to Congress on Iran’s Threats, the Strait of Hormuz, and Oil Markets
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Eritrea Considers Building A Port
- Missing Tanker Docks in Togo After Suspected Hijacking
- Japanese bid to change law could end 30-year moratorium on global whaling, campaigners warn