Submarines are both our greatest deterrent and our
last line of defence. They are the best, if not only, way
to defend against a devastating adversary submarine
capability that, without submarines of our own, may
only be unmasked when they launch their highly capa
-
ble weapons systems into the heart of North America.
SUBMARINE
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Force, Commander United States
Northern Command and North
American Aerospace Defence Com-
mand before The Senate Armed
Services Committee 24 March 2022
(USNORTHCOM and NORAD
2022 Posture Statement FINAL
(SASC).pdf (senate.gov)) pg., 6,7 ac-
cessed 28 June 2022
6. C. Von Clausewitz, On War. pg. 83
7. G. Washington, First Annual Address
to both Houses of Congress, Friday
January 08, 1790. First Annual Ad-
dress, to both Houses of Congress
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Washington's Mount Vernon accessed
28 June 2022.
Reprinted with permission, Starshell,
Summer 2022, Issue 95, Naval Association
of Canada
Jamie Clarke, a native of Sarnia Ontario,
is a retired RCN Commodore, the grand-
son of a First World War Army Officer and
a third generation Canadian Armed Forces
member. During his 34 and half years in
the RCN, he saw service during the first
Gulf War, specialized in navigation and
eventually saw the light and volunteered
for the Submarine Service.
In the fall of 2003, Jamie became the first
Canadian and only second foreign student
on the United States Navy's Submarine
Perspective Commanding Officer's
course. In the fall of 2004, he became the
first Canadian to attend the Norwegian
Submarine Command Course aer which,
he was fortunate to enjoy an extended,
split command tour that saw him com-
mand both VICTORIA and CORNER
BROOK. His other commands include
the Halifax Class frigate ST. JOHN's, the
Fourth Maritime Operations Group, and the
Canadian Submarine Force. His final post-
ing in the RCN was as the Deputy Director
of Strategy, Policy and Plans at NORAD
Headquarters in Colorado Springs.
A 2008 graduate of the Canadian Forces
College and a 2018 graduate of the United
States Naval War College's international
Naval Command College, Jamie also
holds an undergraduate degree from the
University of Western Ontario where he
majored in mathematics and Master's de-
grees from the University of New Brunswick
(engineering) and the Royal Military College
of Canada (Defence Studies).
Jamie retired from the Canadian Armed
Forces in July of 2021 and joined Lockheed
Martin the following month.
www.rheinmetall.ca
• Reconnaissance and sensor systems
• Command and control systems
• Weapon systems and ammunition
• Countermine technology
• Protective systems and passive protection
• Simulation and training systems
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