Image Gallery: February 2008
Gap Year recruits welcomed on board
08 February 2008
The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP, today visited the first 15 Gap Year recruits attending the Navy’s Recruit School at HMAS CERBERUS, Victoria.
The Minister is taking a great interest in the Gap Year program and wanted to personally welcome the participants to the Australian Defence Force.
Minister Snowdon said that meeting with the Gap Year recruits three weeks into their training gave him the opportunity to find out first-hand their motivations for participating in the program, what they expected to get from it, and their experiences to date.
"The Gap Year program is an incredible opportunity for young Australians to experience life in the ADF, and I hope to be able to speak with these recruits several times over the 12 months to track their progress, and to get their insights into both the ADF and Gap Year.
"These recruits are fully integrated into the regular recruit training system for 11 weeks, which will be followed by an appropriate posting ashore or to sea to ensure they are provided with a true and accurate understanding of what it takes to be a sailor in today’s Navy.
"It is anticipated that some Gap Year participants will go on to serve in the ADF, and I am very encouraged to see that more than half of the successful Navy applicants are women," said Minister Snowdon.
This year 100 Gap Year recruits will undertake RAN recruit training. The initial group of recruits at HMAS CERBERUS joined the first intake of the year on 14 January 2008 and come from all over Australia: Grafton, NSW; Ashmore, Bundaberg, Carrara, Kirwan, Narangba and Southport in Queensland; Oakden and Para Hills West in SA; Traralgon and Dereel in Victoria, and; Cottesloe, Kingsley, Mundaring and Yangebup in WA.
| 20080208ran8100662_013 (L-R): Recruit Daniel O'Connor, Recruit Grace Ransley, Recruit Simon Mallion, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Recruit Simone Mackintosh, Recruit Samuel Wood and Recruit Cassandra Cogan. (Date taken: 08 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080208ran8100662_022 (L-R): Recruit Daniel O'Connor, Recruit Grace Ransley, Recruit Simon Mallion, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Recruit Simone Mackintosh, Recruit Samuel Wood and Recruit Cassandra Cogan. (Date taken: 08 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080208ran8100662_048 The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, chatting with the Gap Year recruits at HMAS Cerberus. (Date taken: 08 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080208ran8100662_049 The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, chatting with the Gap Year recruits at HMAS Cerberus. (Date taken: 08 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080208ran8100662_068 Recruit School Chaplain Christine Senini with the Hon. Warren Snowdon, MP at Recruit School HMAS Cerberus. (Date taken: 08 February 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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