U.S. Navy Stands Up 2 Australian Commands in Support of American, U.K. Subs

The U.S. Navy recently stood up two new commands to operate at the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Stirling naval base in Western Australia in support of Submarine Rotational Force-West. Submarine Squadron 3 (CSS-3), which previously operated out of Hawaii, was re-established Wednesday at HMAS Stirling to lay the groundwork for maintenance, logistics and operational support rotational U.S. and U.K. submarines as part of SRF-West, a trilateral military initiative between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom to have nuclear submarines operate out of Perth. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Stirling is a new command established on May 30 to provide