Youth input high
Youngsters learn basic skills, go aboard ships, take part in sport and learn Navy life....


Tinshakers terrific $17K
More than 270 RAN “tin shakers” went off to the football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a few weekends ago and came back with $17,000.


Calling all shutterbugs
Are you a keen snapper or do mates comment you should enter your photos in competitions? Here’s your chance to show the ADF what you are capable of with a camera in your hand.


Sustainability is a key word–CN
Almost 300 Navy personnel representing all ranks gathered for Chief of Navy VADM Chris Ritchie’s first annual leadership conference at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on October 1-2.


E–Navy News now on-line
Navy News can now be read in full on the internet, thanks to Evolver Pty Ltd.


Melville rescues capsized tug’s crew
Duty watch personnel from HMAS Melville’s White Crew recently rescued two crewman from a sinking vessel.


STARDEX training invaluable
HMA Ships Geelong (LCDR David Moncrieff) and Cessnock (LCDR Matt Moncrieff) recently crossed the line on their way north, welcoming in a number of ‘Shellbacks’ into King Neptune’s realm.


Arunta reaches boardings milestone
HMAS Arunta has only been on station in The Gulf for two months and already her ship’s company has done 150 boardings.


Leopard loose on Garden Island
A very large leopard came a’ prowling to the Garden Island dockyard in Sydney the other day.


Service families group renamed
The Defence Families of Australia (DFA) is the new official name for the National Consultative Group of Service Families (NCGSF).


Biodiversity hard yakka but pleasant
South Australian-based Navy personnel have helped plant more than 500 plants at Adelaide’s West Beach coastal reserve in support of National Biodiversity month.


Band recitals great prelude to Navy Week
The RAN Band recently captivated its audience with a performance at Adelaide University’s Elder Hall.


Logistics: anything, anywhere, anytime
...we have to move stores, mail, spare parts and people around the world and across the Middle East utilising every available means possible...


Swift Eagle demands swift amphibious support
Almost 1000 local role-players from central Queensland were evacuated from their homes in ships, helicopters and aircraft last month, as part of the Australian Defence Force’s regular evacuation operation, Exercise Swift Eagle.


Case managers oversee your move
In recent months, Defence and Defence Housing Authority (DHA) have been working together to improve the quality of relocation services provided to families on the move.

Toll appoints removalists panel
If you have relocated more than once, you will know there are a variety of removalists.


Hydro therapy
The Hydrographic Force Element Group (Hydro FEG), plays a vital role in the RAN, and yet few people really understand who they are and what it is they do.

LEUT James Cook not out by much
When the RAN’s Hydrographer, CAPT Bruce Kafer, was sent out to make sure Norfolk Island was in the “right” place, he found it wasn’t.


Funnels now Navy grey
The RAN’s “white funnel” line ships, those of the Hydrographic Survey Group have gone “grey”, the Hydrographer, CAPT Bruce Kafer, reports.


Accurate charts essential
Most “landlubbers” would have never heard of the “Brother’s Patches”, “Gannet Passage” or the “East Cardinal Mark.”


Wyatt Earp readied for Antarctic challenges
An expected boost in eco-tourism to the Antarctic is just one factor prompting an expansion of shipping lane charting in the region.


Navy best customer for penmanship
Ray Johnson says the Royal Australian Navy is his best customer.


Jove smiles on vocational education
Midshipmen who successfully complete the entire Supply Application Course (SUAC) or Seaman Application Course (SEAAC) can receive credit for the equivalent of a half semester of university study (12 unspecified credit points).


Brian visits his far flung flock
RAAF Base Wagga (LCDR Pat Nolan) is where the ADF’s young men and women learn about aircraft. Many are members of the RAN recently graduated from the basic recruit school at HMAS Cerberus.


Brisbane immortalised
Among the sea riders on the final voyage of DDG HMAS Brisbane was marine artist Robert Carter.


Cairns parades for Navy
September’s HMAS Cairns (CMDR Peter Metcalf) Navy Week provided colour, music, sport and fun for both the ship’s company and the city’s residents.


Cairns storbies look for sea postings
The sea itself was the last unknown element for two SMNSNs from HMAS Cairns in relation to their careers in the RAN.


Great grub
The galley of HMAS Kuttabul recently won an award as the most outstanding kitchen within the Sydney Central Region.


Navy service judged five star
RAN cooks and stewards from HMAS Kuttabul and HMAS Watson, recently won silver and bronze at the Salon Culinaire Restaurant of Champions competition at Darling Harbour.


A ceremony of farewell
The funeral on Friday Septemer 13, following the death of VADM Rod Taylor, was an event of much Naval tradition.

Gun carriage highest accolade
The Royal Australian Navy’s use of the naval gun carriage in State and other Flag Officers funerals, is derived from Royal Navy tradition and influence.

Evans family has RAN in it’s blood
When SMNCSO Leah Evans recently graduated from recruit training at HMAS Cerberus, she became part of a growing naval tradition in her family.

New GPS a first for RAN divers
Clearance Dive Team One recently became the first of the ADF’s Clearance Diving Teams to field an underwater GPS capability.