Ahoy
me hearties
Young
endeavour provides action and adventure on the high seas.


Wild
sea horses tamed - Lighter side
Navy divers recently helped in the search for the Hippocanthus
Datel Seahorse in Darwin.

Mildura's
busy post-war role - History
The
history article titled “Recalling Mildura” relating to the ship
of that name in the July 29 edition of Navy News didn’t go into
much depth about her main post-war role.

Greycliffe
recalled -History
For
such a busy waterway, Sydney Harbour is remarkably safe.
New
book to bring peace keeping ops into focus
-History
Captain Reuben (Ben) Bowd of the 10th Force Support Battalion
in Townsville has recently embarked on a project sponsored by
the Army History Unit (AHU) to research and publish a book on
two of Australia’s most successful and unique peace support operations.

Guns
get face lift - History
A telephone call in July last year through the ‘Old Boy’ network
has seen the preservation of two important examples of colonial
naval guns in Western Australia.

Overtures
on lapsed rec leave - Personnel
Members and followers of the federation’s activities would be
well aware of our stance in regard to the lapsing of accrued recreation
leave, which is that no-one should forfeit or have their leave
credits lapsed where it has been beyond their control to clearaccumulated
leave.

Family
matters to be studied - Personnel
A study is to be conducted into the family related issues facing
personnel in the warfare categories and specialisations.
