Edward Davis

After completing my Year 12 education at Trinity College Perth, I commissioned into the RAN as a Naval Officer, and I started my New Entry Officers Course on January 22nd, 2024. This course greatly enhanced my leadership, teamwork, social, and public speaking skills. The course included 16 weeks of training, including 3 leadership challenges and many lectures on the ADF values and acceptable behaviors in the ADF. After completing this course on May 9th, 2024, I was then posted to HMAS Adelaide for work experience, where I spent six weeks learning the basics of my profession in the RAN. I also learned about many operational and technical principles while posted to this ship. After my posting to HMAS Adelaide, I was then posted back to Perth to HMAS Stirling to commence the Maritime Warfare Officers Course, where I learned the principles of ocean navigation, planning, and how to apply those principles in a real-world context. As of January 20th, I have been posted to ADFA to start the first year of my mechanical engineering degree, but I wish to transfer to UWA in semester 2 of this year.