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Royal Australian Navy Sailors graduate Submarine Officer Basic Course: next step, assignment to U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines
April 19, 2024 — (April 18, 2024) — In a first for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), three RAN officers graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC) on Apr. 18, 2024, at the Naval Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut. The RAN officers’ graduation represents a significant step toward realizing Pillar 1 of the trilateral AUKUS... MORE

U.S. Naval Submarine School hosted a graduation ceremony for students in the Submarine Officer Basic Course at the USS Nautilus and Submarine Museum, April 18, 2024.

Annapolis Visits Australia
March 11, 2024 — ROCKINGHAM, Australia--USS Annapolis (SSN 760) arrived in HMAS Stirling in Perth, Western Australia Sunday.This marks the second visit by a U.S. fast-attack submarine to HMAS Stirling since the announcement of the AUKUS [Australia, United Kingdom, United States] Optimal Pathway in March 2023. The Optimal Pathway is designed to deliver a... MORE

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and HMAS Stirling Port Services crewmembers prepare the submarine to moor alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, March 10, 2024.

Royal Australian Navy personnel receive training at the home of the U.S. Submarine Force
February 20, 2024 — NEW LONDON, Conn. — Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers began the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn to tactically employ nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs). This represents another step forward for the trilateral AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States)... MORE

(240202-N-KB946-1014)( NEW LONDON, Conn -- Royal Australian Navy Lt. William Hall, Lt. Cmdr. Adam Klyne, and Lt. Cmdr. James Heydon are the first Aussie officers to attend the U.S. Naval Submarine School’s Submarine Officer Basic School in Groton, Connecticut, Feb. 20, 2024. These sailors are part of a decades-long plan that will see Australia fielding its own fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

In AUKUS First, Royal Australian Navy personnel report to U.S. Submarine Tender
February 6, 2024 — Washington, DC (Feb. 6, 2024) — More than three dozen Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sailors and officers reported aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) as part of the ship’s crew under a Personnel Exchange Program (PEP) effort. The RAN personnel will support Emory S. Land’s mission to repair, rearm, and resupply forward-deployed U.S... MORE

AUKUS-Related Foreign Military Sales Case Goes to Congress
December 11, 2023 — WASHINGTON – The Department of State endorsed, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered congressional notification of, a proposed Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case for submarine training devices, personnel training, planning, and nonrecurring engineering (NRE) services in support of the AUKUS Pillar One Optimal Pathway. The case will... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Welcomes First Contingent of AUKUS Personnel
August 15, 2023 — Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- Personnel from participating nations reported to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF) in support of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) security partnership’s Pillar One initiative, Aug. 14.The Pillar One initiative is delivering a conventionally armed nuclear... MORE

The trilateral AUKUS Advanced Verification Team at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility

RADM Goggins Turns Over AUKUS Integration and Acquisition to CAPT Reifsteck
June 20, 2023 — WASHINGTON – Capt. Lincoln Reifsteck relieved Rear Adm. Dave Goggins as Program Manager of the AUKUS Integration and Acquisition Direct Reporting Program Management office today at the Washington Navy Yard.Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition Jay Stefany presided over the ceremony and welcomed Reifsteck... MORE

Mr. Jay Stefany, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition receives honors during the Change of Office ceremony for the AUKUS Integration and Acquisition (AUKUS I&A) Program Office at the Washington Navy Yard. During the ceremony, Capt. Lincoln Reifsteck (center) relieved Rear Adm. Dave Goggins (second from left) as the AUKUS I&A program manager. (Courtesy Photo)

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