Welcome to the Naval Officers Club website

A group of officers, with a strong RANVR content, founded the Naval Officers Club in 1946, initially to retain and encourage comradeship among both serving and retired Royal Australian Navy officers.

The objects of the club remain unchanged – to preserve and stimulate the spirit of comradeship that has been engendered among naval officers by their close association with the Service, and for this purpose to arrange periodical member reunions.

LinkedIn

A significant objective of our Vision 2018 to revitalize the NOCA is to have a trusted social media platform which can be used to engage with potential new, younger members.  A Naval Officers Club group has been established on LinkedIn as the preferred social networking medium.   The processes for joining the group and for setting up profiles, communications and privacy have now been tested and the links below explain the process.

•     About LinkedIn 
•     Guide for Joining the NOCA LinkedIn Network Group
•     Setting up Profile Guide
•     Setting up Privacy & Communications Guide

In parallel we are establishing the business rules and collaborating with other Ex Service Organisations so that members of other ESOs can join the NOC Group as LinkedIn joining the noc group guide for websiteNetwork Members, thereby expanding the community and, potentially, enlightening a broader demographic on the operations of the NOC.  We intend to use LinkedIn to open up discussions on matters of interest to the Group.  We also expect the Group to open up opportunities for officers transitioning out of Navy as well as providing a network which can support former officers through the stages of their commercial careers and into the retirement phase.

Our Patron

We are honoured to have the Chief of Navy, currently Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, RAN as our Patron. In accepting this position, Admiral Noonan wrote:

“The Security and Prosperity of Australia is tied directly to the Maritime Domain. Australia’s $1.6 trillion economy remains dependent upon the security of our international trade routes, shipping and vast marine resources.

“For Australia to efficiently, safely and securely access and defend the maritime domain now and into the future, the Navy must be an agile, resilient and lethal fighting force, able to contribute to complex, joint missions in a dynamic region. It is both an honour and challenge to lead the Royal Australian Navy as we face this formidable task.

“It a great honour to be the Patron of the Naval Officers Club. An inportant part of knowing where we are going as a Navy is understanding where we have come from. I consider it a core part of my duties as the Chief of Navy to make sure the rich traditions and history of the men and women of the Navy are understood, inform our future leaders and ensure that Navy’s ties with our nation are forever cherished. The men and women of the Naval Officers Club have a vital part to play in supporting me and our Navy in this task as part of our Navy family.”

Pics from the Past

Updated 10 Nov 16