Author: Geoffrey Cole

Born 1945, joined RANC 1961, graduated 1964. Trained as a Supply Officer and retired in 2000.

29 November, 2024 By News, Uncategorized No Comments

CMDR Jen Parker is the NOA guest speaker at the forthcoming NSW Parliament House Lunch. This is an opportunity to read her latest paper before she speaks.

The maritime domain, including Australia’s maritime domain, faces unprecedented challenges, as highlighted by recent reports of suspected sabotage to undersea cables off the coast of Germany. The incident raises urgent concerns for Australia, where over 99% of internet traffic relies on subsea cables – a critical vulnerability yet to be adequately addressed in the nation’s […]

4 February, 2024 By News, People No Comments

Understanding Prostate cancer

While this item is not related to the normal business and interests of the Club, it is of interest and concern to all us aging sailors and is added in the members’ interest.   Prostate cancer happens when abnormal cells develop and grow in the prostate. These abnormal cells can continue to multiply in an […]

3 February, 2024 By Uncategorized No Comments

OPINION | IS AUKUS PILLAR I UNWORKABLE?

An Opinion piece from “Shipping News”. To engender discussion on probably the most significant Defence issue of the day. – February 1, 2024. Photo: US Navy/Michael C. Barton) The AUKUS security pact is an ambitious undertaking. The sale of three to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia in the early 2030s would be […]

30 January, 2024 By News, Uncategorized No Comments

RN Logistic headaches

  Courtesy of Maritime News 26 Jan 24 Fort Victoria will not participate in STDE24 as had previously been hoped and she is officially now “in  refit until Autumn 2024” and she is still expected to support the 2025 deployment. She has been laid up and  handed to the care of Cammell Laird and has […]

29 January, 2024 By News No Comments

‘Disbelief’ as under-manned Royal Navy seeks to re-deploy officers to diversity and inclusion team

Courtesy of Maritime News Former First Sea Lord calls for the roles to be scrapped as the service faces personnel shortfalls and missed targets The Royal Navy is redeploying marines and sailors to become diversity and inclusion officers to enhance the “lived experience” of personnel amid ongoing recruitment challenges in manning its ships. Three internal […]

16 August, 2022 By International, News, Ships No Comments

HII Set to Install First Hypersonic Missiles on USS Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor during Repair Period

HII Set to Install First Hypersonic Missiles on USS Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor during Repair Period Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., on Aug. 4, 2022 USNI News Photo A Mississippi shipyard is set to install the first long range hypersonic weapons on a U.S. warship in an upcoming repair period, […]

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