The Legacy of Commodore David Porter, USN: Midshipman David Glasgow Farragut Part One of a Three-Part Series
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Air Commodore Rob Woods OBE Chief of Staff (Air), Defence Equipment & Support Royal Air Force the Team…
A Warfighters View: Weapon System Availability – A Collaborative Challenge Air Commodore Rob Woods OBE Chief of Staff (Air), Defence Equipment & Support Royal Air Force The Team….. Air Cdre Rob Woods Mr Richard Hamilton MoD DE&S BAE Systems plc Gp Capt Simon Vicary Mr Geraint Spearing MoD DE&S MoD DECA Mr Ian Manley Mr Ian Cole MoD DE&S MoD DECA UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) “To equip and support our Armed Forces for operations now and in the future” DE&S’s Role • Procure & support equipment, through life, for UK’s Armed Forces for both current & future operations • MOD’s lead department for commercial activities • Manage relationships with MOD, the Front Line & Industry DE&S HQ, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, UK DE&S Budget to Spend 2019/20 • £10.8 Billion Core Spend: − £5.4 Billion for Purchase of New Equipment − £5.4 Billion for Equipment Support • £3.9 Billion budget for Air Domain, 56% of which for Support Air Domain Portfolio Backdrop for Transformation in Support: 2000-05 • Strategic Defence Review 1998 • Similar lessons learnt over multiple –Smart Acquisition operations; urgent need to improve • DLO Strategy • Increasing demand for UK military –20% Savings & ‘Transformation capability across the globe Staircase’ • Nature of operations changed • Air & Land End-to-End Review • Defence White Paper 2004 • Need to find efficiencies • Government Efficiency Review 2004 – Preserve current & future capability • Formation of DE&S End-2-End Review of Air & Land Logistics - 2003 • Simplified lines & levels of support - From 4 x Lines of -
AUGUST 2021 May 2019: Admiral Sir Timothy P. Fraser
ADMIRALS: AUGUST 2021 May 2019: Admiral Sir Timothy P. Fraser: Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, May 2019 June 2019: Admiral Sir Antony D. Radakin: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, June 2019 (11/1965; 55) VICE-ADMIRALS: AUGUST 2021 February 2016: Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin J. Key: Chief of Joint Operations, April 2019 (11/1965; 55) July 2018: Vice-Admiral Paul M. Bennett: to retire (8/1964; 57) March 2019: Vice-Admiral Jeremy P. Kyd: Fleet Commander, March 2019 (1967; 53) April 2019: Vice-Admiral Nicholas W. Hine: Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, April 2019 (2/1966; 55) Vice-Admiral Christopher R.S. Gardner: Chief of Materiel (Ships), April 2019 (1962; 58) May 2019: Vice-Admiral Keith E. Blount: Commander, Maritime Command, N.A.T.O., May 2019 (6/1966; 55) September 2020: Vice-Admiral Richard C. Thompson: Director-General, Air, Defence Equipment and Support, September 2020 July 2021: Vice-Admiral Guy A. Robinson: Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Command, Transformation, July 2021 REAR ADMIRALS: AUGUST 2021 July 2016: (Eng.)Rear-Admiral Timothy C. Hodgson: Director, Nuclear Technology, July 2021 (55) October 2017: Rear-Admiral Paul V. Halton: Director, Submarine Readiness, Submarine Delivery Agency, January 2020 (53) April 2018: Rear-Admiral James D. Morley: Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces, NATO, April 2021 (1969; 51) July 2018: (Eng.) Rear-Admiral Keith A. Beckett: Director, Submarines Support and Chief, Strategic Systems Executive, Submarine Delivery Agency, 2018 (Eng.) Rear-Admiral Malcolm J. Toy: Director of Operations and Assurance and Chief Operating Officer, Defence Safety Authority, and Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority, July 2018 (12/1964; 56) November 2018: (Logs.) Rear-Admiral Andrew M. -
Florida Historical Quarterly
Florida Historical Quarterly V OLUME XXXVIII July 1959 - April 1960 Published by the FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXVIII Anderson, Russell H., The Shaker Community in Florida, 29 Arnade, Charles W., Florida On Trial, review of, 254 Bashful, Emmett W., The Florida Supreme Court, review of, 355 Beater, Jack, True Tales of the Florida West Coast, review of, 175 Book reviews, 74, 172, 252, 347 Boyd, Mark F., Historic Sites in and Around the Jim Woodruff Reservoir Area, Florida-Georgia, review of, 351 Camp, Vaughan, Jr., book review of, 173 Capron, Louis, The Spanish Dance, 91 Carpetbag Rule in Florida, review of, 357 Carson, Ruby Leach, book review of, 252 Carter, Clarence Edwin, (ed.), The Territory of Florida, review of, 347 Contributors, 90, 194, 263, 362 Corliss, Carlton J., Henry M. Flagler, Railroad Builder, 195 Covington, James W., Trade Relations Between Southwestern Florida and Cuba, 1600-1840, 114; book reviews of, 175, 254 Cushman, Joseph D., Jr., The Episcopal Church in Florida Dur- ing the Civil War, 294 Documents Pertaining to the Georgia-Florida Frontier, 1791- 1793, by Richard K. Murdoch, 319 Doherty, Herbert J., book review by, 78; The Whigs of Florida, 1845-1854, review of, 173 Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, Hurricane, review of, 178 Dovell, J. E., book review of, 351 Dodd, Dorothy, book review of, 347 “Early Birds” of Florida, by Walter P. Fuller, 63 Episcopal Church in Florida During the Civil War, by Joseph D. Cushman, Jr., 294 Florida - A Way of Life, review of, 252 Florida Handbook, review of, 172 Florida on Trial, 1593-1602, review of, 254 Florida Supreme Court, review of, 355 Foreman, M. -
Information Regarding Who Has Succeeded Air Commodore N T
Air Command Secretariat i Spitfire Block Headquarters Air Command Royal Air Force High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 4UE Ref: FOI 2020/00701 10 February 2020 Dear Thank you for your email of 17 January 2020 requesting the following information: “1) Who has succeeded Air Commodore N T Bradshaw as Assistant Chief of Staff Media & Communications in November 2019? With regards to today's London Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62888/data.pdf, 2) Is the appointment of Assistant Chief of Air Staff Plans a new appointment? 3) What are the responsibilities of this appointment? 4) Who has replaced AVM L S Taylor as Head Rapid Capabilities Office?” I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence, and I can confirm that information in scope of your request is held. 1) The process for recruiting the replacement for Air Commodore N T Bradshaw is currently ongoing. Under Section 16 (Advice and Assistance) you may find it useful to know that this post has now been civilianised. 2) Please note that Section 1 of the FOIA gives an applicant the right to access recorded information held by public authorities at the time that the request was made. It does not require public authorities to answer questions, provide explanations nor give opinions unless they are held on record. However, under Section 16 (Advice and Assistance) I can inform you that the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Plans is a new position. -
Commander Commodore José António Mirones Spanish Navy Commander of Standing Nato Maritime Group Two (Snmg1)
COMMANDER COMMODORE JOSÉ ANTÓNIO MIRONES SPANISH NAVY COMMANDER OF STANDING NATO MARITIME GROUP TWO (SNMG1) José António Mirones was born in 1965 and joined the Portuguese Navy Naval Academy in 1983, graduating with the class of 88. After Fleet training, including involvement in disaster relief in the North Sea, in the aftermath of Piper Alfa oil rig disaster, and exchange with the United States Navy, in USS Joseph Hewes, his early years were spent at sea as a bridge watch-keeper, carrying out fishery protection and maritime securityoperations. Principal Warfare Officer in several frigates, was also Head of Department (Operations) and Executive officer with operational deployments to the Adriatic, supporting EU and NATO embargo operations; Mediterranean, namely Operation Enduring Freedom, in the wake of September 11th; Baltic; Artic Ocean and wider Atlantic. He completed the specialist ASW´s course in 1999. Took command of the frigate Bartolomeu Dias, in January 2009, as her first Commanding Officer. Promoted to Captain, acted as CTG (EUROMARFOR TG) for two occasions and, more recently, as Commodore, was the force commander for the EU naval operation ATALANTA, in the Indian Ocean. His staff appointments have included two tours at the Naval Staff (Plans and Policy and External Affairs Division). His last shore assignment was as Military Assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff. José António Mirones personal decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Cross as well as various campaign ribbons and foreign medals. @NATOMaritimeCommand @NATO_MARCOM @NATO HQ MARCOM Allied Maritime Command I Public Affairs OfficeI [email protected] I www.mc.nato.int. -
Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert MILLER, CC, CBE, CD Air Member
Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert MILLER, CC, CBE, CD Air Member Operations and Training (C139) Chief of the RCAF Post War Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff and First Chief of Staff 01 August 1964 - 14 July 1966 Born: 30 April 1908 Kamloops, British Columbia Married: 03 May 1938 Dorothy Virginia Minor in Galveston, Texas Died: 20 October 1997 Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (Age 89) Honours CF 23/12/1972 CC Companion of the Order of Canada Air Chief Marshal RCAF CG 13/06/1946 CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire Air Vice-Marshal RCAF LG 14/06/1945+ OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire Air Commodore RCAF LG 01/01/1945+ MID Mentioned in Despatches Air Commodore RCAF Education 1931 BSc University of Alberta (BSc in Civil Engineering) Military 01/10/1927 Officer Cadet Canadian Officer Training Corps (COTC) 15/09/1931 Pilot Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 15/10/1931 Pilot Officer Pilot Training at Camp Borden 16/12/1931 Flying Officer Receives his Wings 1932 Flying Officer Leaves RCAF due to budget cuts 07/1932 Flying Officer Returns to the RCAF 01/02/1933 Flying Officer Army Cooperation Course at Camp Borden in Avro 621 Tutor 31/05/1933 Flying Officer Completes Army Cooperation Course at Camp Borden 30/06/1933 Flying Officer Completes Instrument Flying Training on Gipsy Moth & Tiger Moth 01/07/1933 Flying Officer Seaplane Conversion Course at RCAF Rockcliffe Vickers Vedette 01/08/1933 Flying Officer Squadron Armament Officer’s Course at Camp Borden 22/12/1933 Flying Officer Completes above course – Flying the Fairchild 71 Courier & Siskin 01/01/1934 Flying Officer No. -
Neptune's Might: Amphibious Forces in Normandy
Neptune’s Might: Amphibious Forces in Normandy A Coast Guard LCVP landing craft crew prepares to take soldiers to Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 Photo 26-G-2349. U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Courtesy Naval History and Heritage Command By Michael Kern Program Assistant, National History Day 1 “The point was that we on the scene knew for sure that we could substitute machines for lives and that if we could plague and smother the enemy with an unbearable weight of machinery in the months to follow, hundreds of thousands of our young men whose expectancy of survival would otherwise have been small could someday walk again through their own front doors.” - Ernie Pyle, Brave Men 2 What is National History Day? National History Day is a non-profit organization which promotes history education for secondary and elementary education students. The program has grown into a national program since its humble beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio in 1974. Today over half a million students participate in National History Day each year, encouraged by thousands of dedicated teachers. Students select a historical topic related to a theme chosen each year. They conduct primary and secondary research on their chosen topic through libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and interviews. Students analyze and interpret their sources before presenting their work in original papers, exhibits, documentaries, websites, or performances. Students enter their projects in contests held each spring at the local, state, and national level where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators. The program culminates in the Kenneth E. Behring National Contest, held on the campus of the University of Maryland at College Park each June. -
Appointing Warrant Officers, Comdtinst M1420.1
__________________________________________ Appointing Warrant Officers COMDTINST M1420.1 June 2017 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK Commandant US Coast Guard Stop 7907 United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, D.C. 20593-7907 Staff Symbol: CG-1331 Phone: (202) 475-5375 Fax: (202) 372-8473 COMDTCHANGENOTE 1420 18 SEP 2020 COMMANDANT CHANGE NOTICE 1420 Subj: CH-1 TO THE APPOINTING WARRANT OFFICERS, COMDTINST M1420.1 1. PURPOSE. This Commandant Change Notice publishes a change to Appointing Warrant Officers, COMDTINST M1420.1. 2. ACTION. All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officer-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements must comply with the provisions of this Commandant Change Notice. Internet release is authorized. 3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. With the addition of this Commandant Change Notice, Appointing Warrant Officers, COMDTINST M1420.1, is updated. 4. DISCLAIMER. This guidance is not a substitute for applicable legal requirements, nor is it itself a rule. It is intended to provide operational guidance for Coast Guard personnel and is not intended to nor does it impose legally-binding requirements on any party outside the Coast Guard. 5. MAJOR CHANGES. Adding the AST rating to the AVI path. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS. a. The development of this Commandant Change Notice and the general policies contained within it have been thoroughly reviewed by the originating office in conjunction with the Office of Environmental Management, Commandant (CG-47). This Manual is categorically excluded under current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) categorical exclusion DHS (CATEX) A3 from further environmental analysis in accordance with the U.S. -
Commodore John Barry
Commodore John Barry Day, 13th September Commodore John Barry (1745-1803) a native of County Wexford, Ireland was a Continental Navy hero of the American War for Independence. Barry’s many victories at sea during the Revolution were important to the morale of the Patriots as well as to the successful prosecution of the War. When the First Congress, acting under the new Constitution of the United States, authorized the raising and construction of the United States Navy, President George Washington turned to Barry to build and lead the nation’s new US Navy, the successor to the Continental Navy. On 22 February 1797, President Washington conferred upon Barry, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the rank of Captain with “Commission No. 1,” United States Navy, effective 7 June 1794. Barry supervised the construction of his own flagship, the USS UNITED STATES. As commander of the first United States naval squadron under the Constitution, which included the USS CONSTITUTION (“Old Ironsides”), Barry was a Commodore with the right to fly a broad pennant, which made him a flag officer. Commodore John Barry By Gilbert Stuart (1801) John Barry served as the senior officer of the United States Navy, with the title of “Commodore” (in official correspondence) under Presidents George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The ships built by Barry, and the captains selected, as well as the officers trained, by him, constituted the United States Navy that performed outstanding service in the “Quasi-War” with France, in battles with the Barbary Pirates and in America’s Second War for Independence (the War of 1812). -
Adventures of a Landing Craft Coxswain Sterling S
Adventures of a Landing Craft Coxswain Sterling S. Funck United States Navy, 1941 - 1945 Boatswain Mate 1st Class Golden Shellback Christian A. Funck Contents Preface........................................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... v Introduction.................................................................................................................................. vi Key Concepts............................................................................................................................ vii Common Abbreviations...........................................................................................................viii Chronology ................................................................................................................................vi Operations in North Africa and Europe..................................................................................... ix Operations in the Central Pacific ............................................................................................... x Pre-War Years .............................................................................................................................. 1 The War Begins............................................................................................................................. 2 Boot Camp -
Revised Tri Ser Pen Code 11 12 for Printing
ARMED FORCES PENSION SCHEME - UPRATING OF 2011/2012 TRI SERVICE REGULARS BENEFITS 1 I am directed to inform you that the existing rates of Service Retired Pay and Pensions, Service Invaliding Retired Pay and Pensions, Service attributable Retired Pay and Pensions, certain Gratuities and Resettlement Grants have been revised. 2 The revised rates, which are contained in the attached Annexes, apply to all personnel who are members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme and whose last day of service is on or after the 31st March 2011. There has been no pay increase for 2011. 3 The tables are compiled in a tri-Service format based on NATO grade codings. The key to their equivalent ranks is shown here. 4 These revised tables will be available within the Personnel-Miltary-Pensions Website. Service Retired Pay - Officers Annex A Gratuities - Officers Annex B Pensions - Other Ranks Annex C Gratuities - Other Ranks Annex D Attributable Pensions and Gratuities Annex E Resettlement Grants - Officers, and Other Annex F Supplements for Professional Aviators Annex G Supplements for Nurses Annex H ROYAL NAVY ARMY ROYAL AIR FORCE OF 2 Lt (RN), Capt (RM) Captain Flight Lieutenant OF 2 Flight Lieutenant (Specialist Aircrew) OF 3 Lt Cdr (RN), Major (RM) Major Squadron Leader OF 4 Commander (RN), Lt Col Lt Colonel Wing Commander (RM), OF 5 Captain (RN) (less than Colonel, Deputy Chaplain Group Captain 6 yrs in rank), Col (RM) General OF 6 Commodore (RN)«, Capt Brigadier Air Commodore (RN) (6 yrs or more in rank (preserved)); Brigadier (RM) and Col (RM) (OF6) (promoted prior to 1 July 00)«« Chaplain Chaplain Class 1, 2, 3, 4 Below Principal Chaplain Principal Chaplain Principal Chaplain Principal Chaplain « Relates to the introduction of substantive 1 Star rank in RN/RM as outlined in DCI Gen 136/97 «« Relates to rank realignment for RM, effective from 1 Jul 00 as outlined in DCI Gen 39/99. -
U.S. Coast Guard Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Manual
U.S. Coast Guard Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Manual Volume I “Train, Maintain, Operate” COMDTINST M16114.32E February 2020 Commandant US Coast Guard Stop 7324 United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7324 Staff Symbol: CG-731 Phone: (202) 372-2515 COMDTINST M16114.32E 05 FEB 2020 COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION M16114.32E Subj: U.S. COAST GUARD BOAT OPERATIONS AND TRAINING (BOAT) MANUAL, VOLUME I Ref: a. U.S. Coast Guard Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Manual, Volume II, COMDTINST M16114.33 (series) b. U.S. Coast Guard Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Manual, Volume III, COMDTINST M16114.42 (series) c. Rescue and Survival Systems Manual, COMDTINST M10470.10 (series) d. Telecommunication Manual, COMDTINST M2000.3 (series) e. United States Coast Guard Regulations 1992, COMDTINST M5000.3 (series) f. Naval Engineering Manual, COMDTINST M9000.6 (series) g. Safety and Environmental Health Manual, COMDTINST M5100.47 (series) h. U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Law Enforcement Manual (MLEM), COMDTINST M16247.1 (series) i. Risk Management (RM), COMDTINST 3500.3 (series) j. Reserve Policy Manual, COMDTINST M1001.28 (series) k. Reserve Force Readiness System (RFRS) Staff Element Responsibilities, COMDTINST 5320.4 (series) l. Auxiliary Operations Policy Manual, COMDTINST M16798.3 (series) m. U.S. Coast Guard Addendum to the National Search and Rescue Supplement (NSS) to the Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR), COMDTINST M16130.2 (series) n. AN/PVS-31A User Manual, BMG-TM-ITI Revision 1 o. Boat Forces Operations Personnel Qualification Standard, COMDTINST M16114.30 (series) p. Military Assignments and Authorized Absences, COMDTINST M1000.8 (series) DISTRIBUTION – SDL 170 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A X X X X X X B X X X X C X X X X D X X E X X X X F G X X H X NON-STANDARD DISTRIBUTION LIST: COMDTINST M16114.32E 1.