NAC News – Edition 270 – K270 HMCS Nene WW2 River-class frigate – J270 HMCS Brockville Bangor-class Minesweeper

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Rod Hughes

Editor NAC News

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

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NOTICES

• ★   GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (After 7 months 1,145 people have contributed $142,925 towards the $200,00 goal)
  Dear Friends,As I said to reporters Tuesday after my most recent court appearance, I’m truly grateful for your generosity. You have no idea how much your kindness has meant to my family and me.  Over the past seven months your contributions to Lee’s GOFUNDME page, coupled with some private support have allowed me to maintain sufficient “fuel and ammunition” stocks to get us to this important point in the process.  Sadly, we still have a long and difficult battle ahead of us.  The demands of next 12 months will increase significantly.  As in any military operation, the hard work happens long before the first shot is fired.  This, sadly, will mean that the next several months leading up to the trial will require significantly more “fuel and ammunition” than is currently available.  I thank you all, and especially Lee for his spontaneous decision to start this initiative.  You have all already given more than I ever imagined.  We need to convince others to join the team – “We Fight As One”.    Yours Aye,  Mark
• 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
• The RCN, CAF, RCAF, and Canada will say farewell to the workhorse of the RCAF, the CH-124 Sea King helicopter 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2018. Tickets are going fast, here are the programme details
• 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

• Operation NANOOK 2018: Canadian Armed Forces strengthen joint Arctic capabilities
• Harry Dewolf Launch this Week
• Canadian military unveils pot policy
• HMCS Oriole on display – Great Lakes Deployment
• Veterans Affairs Canada announces return of service card for retired members
• VAC Education and Training Benefit
• Veterans Watchdog: Liberals Are Making Injured Vets Wait Months For Support
• Trudeau Government Proposes $100M Settlement To End Legal Battle With Disabled Veterans
• HMCS Calgary first to use freshwater ballast
• Ship’s bell honouring Battle of Atlantic fallen on display

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USA & AMERICAS

• These are the Three U.S. Navy Ships Built to Always Remember 9/11
• US, Canada Commence Bilateral Maritime Ops
• USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 10, 2018
• Navy Seeks To Retain Senior Submarine Officers with New Bonus Program
• ★   WATCH Kings Point’s New U.S. Merchant Marine Ad Campaign   (Editor – excellent video)
• Navy Will Sortie 30 Hampton Roads Ships to Escape Hurricane Florence
• New Authorities Helping Navy Save Money on New Weapons; Sustainment Costs Still an Issue
• ★   Topic Week on bringing back Sea Control kicks off on CIMSEC (Editor – ★ articles below)
• New Forms of naval operational planning for earning command of the seas
• Sea Control at the tactical level of war
• Bringing back Sea Power from the deckplate on up
• For Sea Control, first control the electromagnetic spectrum
• The Nature of Sea Control and Sea Dominance
• Fighting for Sea Control in the next war
• Adjusting to new conditions for Command of the Seas

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INDO-PACIFIC

• ★   Russia launches biggest war games in decades involving China
• Vostok 2018: sending a powerful message to NATO and its partners
• The cost of defending Taiwan
• Kakadu 2018 underway – including China
• ★ Canadian refuelling a first for Stuart at Kakadu 18
• Navy members enjoy Canadian hospitality, Calgary style
• PLA’s fighter jet a drag on carrier’s combat capabilities
• State Department Notifies Congress of Potential $2.1B P-8A Sale to South Korea
• Japanese Navy Successfully Tests Latest Aegis BMD Upgrade from Destroyer JS Atago
• Logistical support ship Soyang to be delivered to Navy
• Japan requests sale of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft from US
• Rising seas and Pacific maritime boundaries
• New Chinese carrier inching closer to going into service 
• Sea-air drill off Taiwan’s Pacific coast to beef up defense
• Indonesian Navy Loses Second Ship in Less Than a Year
• China Launches Icebreaker Xuelong 2
• China eyes South Pacific islands
• 14,000-TEU ONE Aquila Delivered

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ATLANTIC & EUROPE

• Ukrainian Armed Forces strengthen their presence in the Azov Sea
• First sea-going captain of HMS Prince of Wales takes the helm
• Keel Laid for Dream Cruises’ New 204,000 gt Ship
• CMA CGM Takes Delivery of France’s Biggest Ship, the 20,600 TEU ‘Antoine De Saint Exupery ‘

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MIDDLE EAST

• Marines Deploy First F-35Bs to the Middle East; 13th MEU, Essex ARG Test Battle Readiness
• Marines Prepared to Use F-35Bs in Middle East Combat If Needed; No Other Naval Aviation Nearby
• US Navy Seizes Aden Pirate Booty
• U.S. Navy Conducts Military Exercises in Gulf Amid Iran Tension
• ICTSI Basra Builds Up Umm Qasr Port Capacity

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GLOBAL INTERESTS

• ★   Safety and Shipping Reviews 2018 – An annual review of trends and developments in shipping losses and safety (Editor – an excellent and extensive pdf report to download)
• Maritime Accidents & Confidential near-miss Reporting
• ★   Migration: how many people are on the move around the world?
• Migrant crisis: Scores drown off Libyan coast
• Robots ahoy! Mapping Earth’s surface
• Djibouti Government Nationalizes Port Company
• TT Club Says Still More Needs to Be Done to Ensure Container Safety
• ★   ‘Climate change moving faster than we are,’ says UN Secretary General
• South Africa’s Transnet to Deepen Durban Port to Accommodate Larger Ships
• Giant plastic catcher heads for Pacific Ocean clean-up

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