Mark Tandy

Commander Mark Raymond Tandy, is an officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He joined the RAN as a radio operator in 1982 and rose through the ranks to become Warrant Officer of the Navy in 2008. He relinquished the post in 2012 and was subsequently commissioned as an officer. Early years Tandy was born in Roebourne, Western Australia, and educated in Tennant Creek and Darwin. He joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1982 as a radio operator. Naval career Tandy has served as either the Communications operator or supervisor at a number of establishments and ships of the RAN. Shore postings have included (Nowra), (Darwin), (Canberra), (Western Port Bay), ADF Recruiting Unit (Townsville) and Strategic Headquarters (Canberra). Sea postings have included , , , , and . In December 2002, Tandy was promoted to warrant officer and assumed the role of Operations Officer at the Naval Communications Area Master Station Australia (NAVCAMSAUS) during the Iraq War. In 2004, while posted as an instructor to the Royal Australian Naval College at , he received a Commanding Officer's Commendation, and a Navy Systems Command Quarterly Contribution award. On exchange with the Royal Navy in 2005, he spent four months at as a lead instructor at the Command and Training Group.