Sub Specialist Option
Graduate, Undergraduate, Australian Defence Force Academy
During your career there may also be opportunities to undertake further academic study in Explosive Ordnance Engineering to specialise as an Armament Engineer. In addition, Weapons Electrical Engineer Officers have the opportunity to specialise as a submariner.Submarine Service
Application to transfer to submarines is open to all male and female sailors and some officers. Volunteers for submarine service may apply as early in their careers as during initial sailor trade and officer primary qualification training. If Submarine Service interests YOU let the Interviewing Officer know at your Recruiting Centre.
Service in submarines is extremely demanding, both emotionally and physically. Submariners work and live in very close proximity to each other and personal privacy is extremely limited, except when ashore. Submariners work long hours and are constantly subjected to emotional and physical pressures not found in surface ships. Many a new recruit to the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy believes that he /she has what it takes to become a good submariner. However, until you have been tested and have experienced the arduous conditions and life inside a submarine, you won't fully appreciate the difficulties. Today's Submariner is a unique breed of sailor/officer. They have met the challenges, been tested to the limits of their endurance and abilities and found to have what it takes to be members of a very demanding arm of the Royal Australian Navy.
If you think you have what it takes, then you must be prepared for some very demanding personal challenges throughout your training and employment. If you come through these you will be willingly accepted into the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy and welcome to wear 'The Dolphins' (the submariner's badge of distinction).
