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Bubele Mhlana
Rear Admiral Bubele Kitie Mhlana is the current serving Deputy Chief of the South African Navy, he was also the longest serving Flag Officer Fleet. He has had numerous Commands of South African warships including being the first black South African naval Officer to Command a Valour-class Frigate, the SAS ISANDLWANA F146, then later SAS MENDI F148. He was born in the Ngangelizwe township in Mthatha. Military career He is a former Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) operative and joined the South African Navy in 1994. He assumed command of the minesweeper in 2003 In 1999 he attended the Officers Course at the South African Naval College and spent 9 months attending the International Principal Warfare Officer (A) course with the British Royal Navy. He commanded the Valour Class Frigate in 2007 In 2009 he attended the United States Naval War College He then commanded as well as serving as Commander of the Frigate Squadron He was appointed Flag Officer Fleet and promoted to rear a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral
Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is usually equivalent to the rank of major general in armies. In the U.S. Navy and some other navies, there are two rear admiral ranks. The term originated in the days of naval sailing squadrons and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. Each naval squadron was assigned an admiral as its head, who commanded from the centre vessel and directed the squadron's activities. The admiral would in turn be assisted by a vice admiral, who commanded the lead ships that bore the brunt of a battle. In the rear of the squadron, a third admiral commanded the remaining ships and, as this section was considered to be in the least danger, the admiral in command of it was typically the most junior. This has continued into the modern age, with rear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Sibango
Ashton may refer to: Names *Ashton (given name) * Ashton (surname) Places Australia * Ashton, Elizabeth Bay, a heritage-listed house in Sydney, New South Wales * Ashton, South Australia Canada *Ashton, Ontario New Zealand *Ashton, New Zealand South Africa *Ashton, Western Cape United Kingdom England * Ashton, Cambridgeshire * Ashton, Cornwall *Ashton, Devon * Ashton, Hampshire *Ashton, Herefordshire **Eye, Moreton and Ashton, a civil parish in Herefordshire *Ashton, North Northamptonshire, near Oundle *Ashton, West Northamptonshire, near Northampton * Ashton, Somerset, a hamlet in the parish of Chapel Allerton, Sedgemoor district *Long Ashton or Ashton, North Somerset **Ashton Court **Ashton Gate, Bristol **Ashton Vale, now in Bristol **Bower Ashton, now in Bristol *Ashton Common, Wiltshire *Ashton Green, East Sussex *Ashton Hayes, Cheshire *Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire *Ashton under Hill, Worcestershire *Ashton upon Mersey, Greater Manchester *Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval War College Alumni
A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of a navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications ( brown-water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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South African Admirals
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', ), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). South is sometimes abbreviated as S. Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Wiesner
Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Karl Wiesner is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Director Maritime Warfare. He attended the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island where he earned a diploma in National Security and Strategy and was awarded the Vice Admiral Doyle prize for International Law and Peacekeeping. He commanded from 2002 to 2007. He also commanded the Warrior class strike craft The Warrior-class strike craft (ex Minister class) are in service with the South African Navy, with the design being a modified Sa'ar 4 (''Reshef'')-class fast attack craft. The class was initially known as the Minister class as all the boats w ... . He is currently the chief commercial operations officer of South African Shipyards. Awards and decorations * * * * * * * * References South African admirals Living people Naval War College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musawenkosi Nkomonde
Rear Admiral Musawenkosi Nkomonde is a previous serving Flag Officer Fleet of the South African Navy 2020 - 2025. The has previously Commanded SAS UMKOMAAS and SAS ISANDLWANA F146. Background He joined the Navy in 1997 after school. After military training he attended the South African Military Academy where he earned a BSc degree. He then completed combat training before joining SAS Fleur as a gunnery officer and later navigation officer. He joined SAS Umzimkulu as a navigation officer before attending International Mine Warfare Course for Commanders in HMS Collingwood in 2004. He was appointed Officer Commanding of SAS Umkomaas in September 2007 and of the frigate SAS Isandlwana SAS ''Isandlwana'' (F146) is the second of four s for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium. SAS ''Isandlwana'' was named after the Battle of Isandlwana at a ceremony held in Kiel in December 2002, by Deputy ... in June 2011. On 1 April 2017 he was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Schoultz
Rear Admiral Philip Schöultz is a retired Rear Admiral in the South African Navy The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force. The Navy is primarily engaged in maintaining a conventional military deterrent, participating in counter-piracy operations, fishery prote ..., who served as Flag Officer Fleet. He joined the Navy in 1972 and served on minesweeper , the destroyer , and the frigate . Later on, he joined the strikecraft flotilla, serving as weapons officer aboard the strike craft and as operations officer aboard before taking over command of . He served as SSO Personnel at the Strike Craft flotilla before being posted to Navy Headquarters in 1988. He also served as SSO Surface Warfare, Sub Surface Warfare, Director Maritime Plans and Chief Director Maritime Strategy at Naval Headquarters. He was promoted to rear admiral in January 2004. Additionally, he served as Chief Director Operational Development a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Operations Division
The Joint Operations Division is a component of the South African National Defence Force tasked with conducting Joint Operations involving the various arms of the SANDF. History The Joint Operations Division was established on 1 August 1997 during a major reorganisation of the armed forces. Before the re-organisation each arm of Service had an operations staff responsible for deploying its units as directed by the Service chief and the Chief of the SANDF. The Chief of the SANDF had an operations staff, playing a co-ordinating role. Following the re-organisation, each arm of service had to provide properly trained and equipped forces to Joint Operations. Joint Operations would then deploy these forces as necessary and revert to their parent service following the mission. The exception is the Special Forces Brigade, which is directly under the command of the Chief of the SANDF and is permanently allocated to Joint Operations. There are nine joint operational-tactical headquarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monde Lobese
Monde Lobese is a South African naval officer, serving as Chief of the South African Navy. Military career He left South Africa in 1985 to join Umkhonto We Sizwe and underwent training in East Germany before being selected for naval training in the Soviet Union. He integrated into the South African Navy in 1994. In 2009, he was appointed Director Fleet Logistics at Fleet Command as a Rear Admiral (junior grade). In 2015 he joined Joint Operations Division as Director Operations Support where he stayed until being appointed Deputy Chief of the Navy in September 2021 and served as acting Chief after the retirement of Vice Admiral Samuel Hlongwane Mosiwa Samuel Hlongwane (born 6 July 1962) is a South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Navy. Early life and education Hlongwane was born on 6 July 1962 in Frankfort, Free State (Orange Free State), but he grew up in the Vaal Tr .... He was appointed Chief of the Navy from 1 November 2022. Awards and decorations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mthatha
Mthatha ( , ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima. Mthatha derives its name from the nearby Mthatha River which was named after the sneezewood (umtati) trees, famous for their wood and medicinal properties. History The settlement existed in the 1870s as a buffer-zone, in response to reported tensions between Mpondo and neighbouring Thembu groups, and in 1875 a magistrate's office was opened. The first magistrate, appointed that year, was a man named J F Boyes. The settlement developed during the next few years, becoming a military post for the British colonial forces in 1882. The town itself was founded in 1883, along the banks of the Mthatha River. Nearly a century later, the Mthatha Dam was constructed about eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
