Commanding Officer HMAS Sirius
Commander Brian Delamont, RAN
Commander Brian Delamont, RAN was born and raised in Bowral, NSW, and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1981. Graduating from HMAS Creswell with a Diploma of Applied Science, he proceeded to the Fleet for navigation and seamanship training onboard HMAS Tobruk (LSH 50), Cessnock (II) (FCPB 210), Perth (II) (DDG 38) and Hobart (II) (DDG 39), where he was awarded his Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate. Following an Officer of the Watch posting to HMAS Parramatta (III) (DE 46), he completed Intelligence Analyst training for assignment to the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
Returning to sea as Communications Officer onboard HMAS Swan (III) (DE 53), he then completed the Principal Warfare Course and specialist qualifications as a Signals Communications Officer, undertaking these roles in HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) and Canberra (II) (FFG 02). He was then posted as Chief Communications Officer at the Multinational Headquarters, Integrated Air Defence System at Butterworth, Malaysia. He returned to the Directorate Of Naval Warfare as project manager for new Fleet communications systems, before moving to the USA as RAN representative to the Coalition Interoperability Council. During this period he also completed self study for a Masters Of Business Administration. Living in Washington during the 11 September 2001 attacks, LCDR Delamont returned as a Warfare Officer onboard HMAS Sydney (FFG-03) and deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
This was followed by a posting as Executive Officer, HMAS Success (AOR 304), after which he joined the Fleet Battle Staff (FBS) as Communications and Operations Officer. His deployments included Battle Watch Captain and Communications Officer with Task Force 158 (Commander Iraq Maritime Forces) embarked in USS Mcfaul (DDG 74) and Phillipine Sea (CG 58). Promoted on return from Iraq, CMDR Delamont was elevated within FBS as Chief of Staff.
Following a third Iraq deployment as CTF 158 Operations Officer, CMDR Delamont was selected for exchange duties with US Central Command in Tampa, Florida. He was embedded with Task Force 236, responsible for designing the communications, command and intelligence network for US forces in Afghanistan. In 2011 he deployed to Bagram to lead a team of US engineers fielding the new network linking the 101st Airborne Division Regional Command with combat outposts, for which he was awarded the US Joint Service Commendation. CMDR Delamont returned from CENTCOM to assume Command of HMAS Sirius (AO 266) in late 2011.
CMDR Delamont is married to Robin, formerly of Woodbridge, Virginia USA, and lives in Rockingham, Western Australia, with their three children.
