VADM Scott D. Conn, OPNAV N9 Media:What pay grade will command a LSM and where do you see them Homeported? CAPT Brad Busch:“That is a FERS [Federal Employee Retirement System] and Fleet question. We’re aiming at O-4 command [Lieutenant Commander] and we’re looking at Forward Deplo...
The French force under famed commander François Thurot were brought to battle in the Irish sea between the Isle of Man and the coast of Ireland at 9 am. After a close-fought action, Thurot's force was battered into submission, with his ships dismasted and reduced to a...
a mine countermeasuresvessel, between 1993 and 1994. In his last years of active duty, he worked in London for the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy. He retired in 2001 with the rank of commander but maintained his naval affiliation, reaching the honorary rank of vice admiral in 2015...