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A TALE OF TWO
Manifold benefits to be had from maritime course
WO Wade Green with a backdrop of Fleet Base West. Pic by ABPH Nadia Monteith
By Barry Rollings*
Warrant Officers Wade Green and Simon
Kelly say the benefits are manifold from
attending the Maritime Single Service
Module of courses conducted by the
Australian Command and Staff College at
Weston Creek in Canberra.
The two – based on opposite sides of the
Australian coastline - are among the most
recent graduates of the course from July
to October last year and were generous in
their praise of what students can derive by
attending.
Putting a human face to the Navy,
understanding the philosophy of its
procedures and inter-acting with overseas
students at the college were just some of the
benefits the duo listed.
WOCSM Green, of HMAS Stirling, and
WOET Kelly, of HMAS Penguin applied for
the course as a result of the signal from the
Directorate of Sailors’ Career Management
calling for volunteers.
After providing career summaries and
putting their cases why they should be
selected and the benefits to their positions
and future career options, the two passed the
DSCM selection process.
During their time at the college, which
included a three-day excursion to Fleet HQ
in Sydney, the pair studied such diverse
topics as the Law of the Sea, Regulations
of Shipping, Ocean Governance, Naval
History, Command and Leadership, Strategy
and Sea Power, RAN Governance and
Management, Contemporary Maritime
Issues, Maritime Operations and Future
Maritime Technologies.
WO Green, the Ship’s Warrant Officer at
Stirling, expected the course to be difficult
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SeaTalk Autumn 2007