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Home to over 100 Royal Naval Reserves, the unit recruits right across the North East of England - from the Scottish Borders to the River Tees.
The units long association with Tyneside was formally recognised in 1985 when HMS Calliope was awarded the Roll of Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle.
There has been a Royal Naval Reserve presence on Tyneside since 1905. Its first training ship, HMS Calliope was a veteran of the Samoa Hurricane, which was berthed at Elswick.
In 1951, the original HMS Calliope was replaced by HMS Falmouth which was renamed Calliope.
The unit moved ashore in 1968 to its current location, retaining the name HMS Calliope. In Greek mythology, Calliope was the muse of epic poetry and the Royal Navy has given this name to six ships.
HMS Calliope formally re-opens after a £3.1 million upgrade to become a major hub for Reserve Forces in the region. This move allows it to host RMR Scotland for the first time.
Renovations include improvements to the external appearance of the building, a state of the art fitness suite with climbing wall, boat store, new classroom and office facilities.
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1991 – Commissioned into the Territorial Army as Second Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, The (Durham) Light Infantry, as a platoon commander in Bishop Auckland. 1993 – Graduated from Northumbria University having studied Physics, he joined the Regular Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. 1998 – Specialised in aviation, following 4 years in 1st(UK) Armoured Division in Germany.2003 – Promoted to Major and assigned to the Lynx Project Team based at RNAS Yeovilton.2004 – Deployed on operations in Iraq as second command of the Joint Helicopter Force. 2006 – His experience of helicopter desert operations were essential in assistant the JHC deploy Apache into its first combat operations in Afghanistan.2006 – Transferred to the Royal Navy as Lieutenant Commander.2011 – Selected to be the Air Engineer Officer of 829 Naval Air Squadron. A highlight was acting as the MoD Silver Command Advisor for the 2012 Olympic Flame arrival at Culdrose.2013 - Assigned to be the Chief of Staff of Deputy Commander-Army, as an acting Commander, in the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan.2016 – Chris joined the Maritime Reserves via Project FIREFLY as a Lieutenant Commander in the Air Branch.2018 - Afforded the opportunity to be seconded to HMS CALLIOPE2020 - Selected for promotion to Commander and appointed as the Commanding Officer of HMS CALLIOPE in October 2020.
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