Commander Glyn Owen Royal Navy


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Commander Glyn Owen Royal Navy Commander Glyn Owen joined the Royal Navy in September 1992. Following his Basic Officer Training a short holdover in Scotland allowed him to qualify as a mountain leader and then subsequently work extensively with the RAF Mountain Rescue Team. He then went on to complete his Observer Flying Training, having been streamed into the Lynx Helicopter Force at Portland, Dorset. Awarded his Wings at 702 Naval Air Squadron as a Lynx Observer in 1996, he went on to serve in 815 Naval Air Squadron on Front Line helicopter flights, initially deploying to the West Indies with HMS Liverpool in direct support of humanitarian operations in Montserrat post the devastating 1997 eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano. Moving to colder climes, he went on to the South Atlantic, operating around the Falkland Islands and Antarctica onboard the Ice Patrol ship HMS Endurance. Continuing with Front Line operations, he then deployed with HMS Cumberland to the Mediterranean and Middle East in support of the NATO Standing Naval Force employed on Op Active Endeavour as well as Air Operations in Iraq. During this period, he was also involved in Search and Rescue operations in Greek waters recovering the passengers from MV Express Samina, a ferry which had sunk at night with several hundred people onboard. Qualifying as a Helicopter Warfare and Observer Instructor in 2002, he returned to 702 Naval Air Squadron as the Warfare Officer, primarily teaching advanced warfare and tactics to Lynx students, before subsequently returning to the South Atlantic and Caribbean as a Flight Commander onboard HMS Iron Duke and RFA Wave Knight, where his team achieved the UK’s first counter narcotics intercept utilising airborne snipers. Outside of core aviation he has served in Brussels as the Aide de Camp and Assistant to the UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, as the Air Operations Officer in HMS OCEAN during deployments to Norway and the Far East, and then back to flying as the Senior Observer and Executive Officer of 815 Naval Air Squadron. Selected for promotion to Commander in 2012, he was assigned to the Joint Service Command and Staff Course at the Defence Academy to complete the Advanced Command and Staff Course. Cdr Owen lives in Hampshire, where his 9 year old daughter remains the focus of his life away from work. He continues to pursue his love of mountain sports, especially climbing and mountaineering when the opportunities present themselves, whilst remaining a keen cyclist.