Survey the catalyst for Navy to become a.....SAFE HAVEN
While 80 per cent of RAN personnel believe they are encouraged to work safely, nearly 40 per cent are concerned to varying degrees about the level of risk in their job.


Black Knight rides home in fine style
HMAS Rankin returned to Fleet Base West recently with plenty of stamps in her passport.


Rare visits to Russian port
In just the second time since World War II, an Australian warship is going to Russia.


Crane driver trapped in accident
A Royal Australian Navy sailor was trapped for more than three hours in the crushed cabin of his mobile crane after it toppled on a wharf at HMAS Waterhen earlier this month.


New navy floated
The world’s newest navy, the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force, is up and running with a lot of help from the Royal Australian Navy.

Greasing the wheel for fledgling fleet
When the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force (ICDF) conducted their graduation ceremony on September 30, CPOMT George Massouras knew there would be no technical hitches.

Helping hand for orphans
The sight of underprivileged children at an orphanage at the Iraqi coastal city of Umm Qasr spurred one member of the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force – Training Team (ICDF-TT) to lend a hand.

Fourth time lucky
Iraqi Senior Sailor Haki Allbahaer certainly likes being in the navy.

New safety initiative goes mobile
About to make a call on your mobile phone? Then think safety.

Positive feedback
Eighty per cent of the Australian public like the Navy,according to a poll taken in August.

PR presenters search shores
An exciting new video depicting life in the RAN was shown at the Navy Symposium.

Lab coats shed for course
Fifty-five DSTO personnel from as far away as Perth discarded their lab coats and headed for the surrounds of Nowra in what could only be described as the experience of a lifetime.

CMDR to learn from top US counsellors
A Royal Australian Navy commander who provides trauma counselling for the Navy and Victoria’s Country Fire Authority will soon head to the United States to study how his New York Fire Department counterparts are handling the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on their city.

Briefs

High flyers earn their wings
Twelve new RAN and RAAF pilots graduated from the 38 week RAAF Advanced Pilots course at 2FTS, RAAF Pearce, on Friday September 10.

Deeply devoted
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) went to great depths to ensure that anyone who was eligible to vote in the federal election on October 9 had the opportunity to do so.

More motor choice for ADF members
In the second instalment to the SmartSalary series on salary packaging, Maria Cavallo looks at packaging a vehicle through a Novated Lease.

High honours for aviators
One of the founding members of Naval aviation recently attended the unveiling of a new plaque dedicated to the Fleet Air Arm at the Australian War Memorial (AWM).

Dazzling career highlighted
The passing of the former Chief of Defence Force and three-time recipient of the Order of Australia, Admiral Alan Beaumont has been sad loss for the Navy.

The never show that had everyone on the know
This year’s Navy Week in the Top End was held from October 3 to October 9.

Lighting a spiritual path
LSCSO Jason Wright has been ordained as a Deacon in the Anglican Church in the second ceremony of its kind within the RAN, held on September 28.

In the public eye
About 9000 people made good use of perfect weather conditions to look over their Navy earlier this month.