Presenter: – Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods, RAN

Desmond Woods has served for more than 45 years in the RNZN, the RN the British Army and the RAN asan education officer teaching naval and military history to junior officers. From 2003 – 2010 he was theCourse Officer for the Strategic Studies Course at the RANC. While on the staff of the Australian Commandand Staff College he ran the CDF’s 2010 International Counterinsurgency conference.He was the Military Support Officer to the Defence Community Organisation in Canberra for two years beforejoining the staff of the RAN’s International Fleet Review in 2013. This was followed by a year as Staff officerCentenary of Anzac (Navy) before joining CN’s personal staff as his Research Officer. After time as aHeritage Research Officer at the RAN’s Seapower Centre in Canberra he became the Navy’s BereavementLiaison Office in which role he is still serving.He is a councillor of the Australian Naval Institute and the Australian Institute for International Affairs (ACT)a member of the USI (ACT) and is a regular contributor of naval articles and book reviews to Australian andinternational naval historical journals.