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SUBMARINE FLEET ELEMENT GROUP
(SMFEG)
"The Squadron"
Commander Australian Navy Submarine Group
(CANSG) - CDRE Rick Shalders RAN
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SMFEG's Captain SM
 One of Australia’s highest-ranking submariners
operates fromthe Australian Submarine Squadron’s home at HMAS Stirling. CAPT
Mark Sander took up the two-year posting as Captain Submarines (CAPTSM) in WA in
January 2004 after the billet was relocated from Maritime Headquarters in Sydney.
“I’m probably the last operational submariner who has come to the west,”
he said. CAPT Sander had spent his 27-year Naval career in the East, based
mainly in Sydney or Canberra. Before taking up the CAPTSM posting, he spent two
years at Navy Systems Command in Canberra as the Director General Navy
Certification Safety and Acceptance.
CAPT Sander’s main responsibilities in his new job are to manage the
day-to-day activities of the Submarine FEG and to maintain its operational
standards on behalf of COMFLOT. While most of his work is administrative, he
will also spend some time at sea.
“I expect I would ride in every submarine at least twice a year conducting
their safety assessments and perhaps at least once a year conducting their
operational evaluations,” he said. CAPT Sander emphasised the importance
of his billet being at HMAS Stirling with the Sea Training Group and the
Submarine Arm. This ensures high safety and training standards are maintained.
He said he enjoyed the different focus of the CAPTSM job.
CAPT Sander’s career started in Sydney and highlights have included three
submarine commands: HMAS Ovens, 1992-94, HMAS Onslow, 1994-96 and HMAS Otama,
1998-99. He also spent 12 months in Hawaii on exchange with the USN in 1997 as a
tactical development officer on the staff of the Submarine Forces Pacific Fleet,
the same job that former Submarine FEG Chief of Staff, CMDR Ian Salter, is
currently filling. By SBLT Tim
Slater - Navy News
Congratulations
Commodore Michael Edward Deeks CSC RAN (Rtd)
Awarded the CSC for outstanding achievement as Commander Australian Navy
Submarine Group and Senior Naval Officer Western Australia.
Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Arthur Wadley CSC RAN
Awarded the CSC for outstanding achievement and exemplary leadership as
the Executive Officer of HMAS Dechaineux in 2002 and 2003.
HMAS Rankin Crew
For being awarded the
Duke of Gloucester Cup, Voyager Trophy and the Submarine Fighting
Efficiency Shield in 2004
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