Greetings from the Superintendent
Rear Admiral SHIRANE Tsutomu,
The
Superintendent, First Service School
Welcome to our Home Page! I am Rear Admiral SHIRANE, Superintendent of
the First Service
School of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF). I was assigned to
this post on Dec 22 2021.
This island, Etajima, is considered a Mecca
of naval education in the JMSDF. In addition to the First Service School,
the Officer Candidate School is on the same campus.The schools which are on a beautiful campus with
many evergreen trees amidst white sand face Etajima inlet and are surrounded
by Mt.Furutaka,Mt.Tsukumo,and other hills.
The school has a long history and a great tradition of education which
we are very proud of. Since the I mperial Naval Academy
was transferred from Tukiji in Tokyo
to Etajima in 1888, thousands of naval officers have graduated from this
school. Now, as the largest educational facility in the present day JMSDF, we provide
various training courses for commissioned and noncommissioned officers. Accordingly,
we still use a number of historical buildings and facilities; some of them are
more than hundred years old.
There are four Service Schools in the JMSDF: the 1st Service School is here in Etajima, the 2nd Service School
is in Yokosuka, the 3rd Service School
is in Chiba and the 4th Service School is in Maizuru. Each school
provides different type of specialized training and instruction. Examples of
the subjects that the First Service School provides for commissioned and
noncommissioned officers are gunnery, torpedoes, sonar, minesweeping and,
communications
I hope that you will understand the spirit of the Imperial Naval Academy
and our idea of national defense through your visit. In short, please enjoy the
beautiful landscape of Etajima full of naval history and tradition.
Superintendent`s Profile
Date of assignment |
Dec 22. 2021 |
Birth place |
Tokyo |
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