Summers, Kenneth: my Cold War and Gulf War recollections (April 1, 2011)
ABSTRACT: Joining the Navy — 0:36 Royal Roads and RMC / Education — 2:15 Career Aspirations — 4:06 Interdiction and Anti-Surface Warfare Prior to Op Friction — 5:46 Communication and It's Force Multiplying Advantage — 7:54 Task Group Concept — 10:32 Judiciary Vs. Blue Water Navy — 11:27 Boarding Operations — 12:22 Canada and ASW — 14:43 Advantages of NATO — 16:15 NATO effects on Operation Friction / Interoperability — 20:15 Canada as a Coordinator — 21:36 Vertical Repelling and Boarding Operations Guidance — 22:22 MEF Manning and Sectors / Interdictions — 27:18 Interdiction Preperations Shift — 28:55 Littoral Operations and Shift from ASW navy — 29:40 Protectuer and Female Crews — 31:18 Protecuer and New Command / Destroyer Roles — 35:55 Weapons Control and AA Warfare — 37:55 Operational Mentality — 41:38 Maritime Warfare Centre — 42:15 Other Agencies involved in Op Friction — 44:05 Communcations and Command — 48:20 Admiral Crickard's Comment — 53:00 Sea Training — 55:58 Army Air Defence — 57:00 Concluding Comments — 59:40
Interviewee: Summers, Kenneth, b. 1944
Interviewer: Roberts, Evan
An interview/narrative of Kenneth Summers's experiences during the Cold War and the Gulf War. Interview took place on April 1, 2011.
- In Collection:
- Canadian Naval Task Force
- Naval tactics
- Antisubmarine aircraft
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
- Women sailors
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Destroyer Squadron, 2nd
- Ordnance, Naval
- Royal Roads Military College
- Anti-submarine warfare--Equipment and supplies
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Influence
- Naval maneuvers
- Naval interdiction
- Canada--Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre
- International agencies--Cooperation
- Communication
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Maritime Command
- Communications, Military
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Athabaskan II (Destroyer)
- Naval warfare
- Communication--International cooperation
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Organization
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Operational readiness
- Protecteur (Auxiliary oiler replenishment )
- Canada--Dept. of National Defence--Headquarters
- Crickard, Frederick William, 1930-
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Royal Military College of Canada
- Operation Friction, 1991
- Morale
- Boarding parties
- Canadian Forces Middle East
- Royal Naval College of Canada (Halifax, N.S.)
- Naval convoys
- Canada--Royal Canadian Navy--Personal narratives
- Military Liaison Officer
- War games, Naval
- Annapolis II (Destroyer)
- Naval gunnery
- Fire control (Naval gunnery)
- International cooperation
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Naval operations, Canadian
- Anti-submarine warfare
- Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991
- Summers, Kenneth James, 1944- --Interviews
- Cold War
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Equipment
- 1 sound recording (MP3)
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- 33.13906, 35.85869
- Original sound recording (MP3) also available.
- Canadian Military Oral History Collection
- SK_697
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection
- April 2, 2011
- Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 128 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2011. Migration metadata by KD and MT.
- Rights
- This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca
- DOI
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