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Shining
the light of hope on...
BLACK
DAYS
New
year to remember, Kanimbla answers the call
Nurse extends healing hands
Helos help bridge distance
Hydro team aid landing
Facts about beryllium
Defence is investigating the extent to which Jasons pistol
needles containing beryllium were used in the Navy, in which
ships and over what time frame.
Marathon
effort by Adelaide
Although
they were thousands of kilometres away in The Gulf, the ship’s
company of HMAS Adelaide (CMDR Bruce Victor) remembered those
lost in the tsunami and how they might help the survivors.
Ballarat
back safely
HMAS
Ballarat has berthed at Fleet Base West following her passage
from Christmas Island where she ran aground in late January.
'Imposing'
Armidale
“Imposing.” This is the
word LCDR Andrew Maher has used to describe his new charge,
the NUSHIP Armidale.
Happy
new year
Thousands of people streamed
on to Garden Island/Sydney on New Years Eve to view that city’s
spectacular fireworks display
Posting
are warranted
Ship’s Warrant Officers
(SWOs) are being posted to 16 of the RAN’s largest ships in
2005.
Briefs
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Defence
members blood challenge
Defence
members in Victoria are urging members to take part in the
2005 Red Cross Blood Service Summer Blood Challenge by making
a donation.
Back
in the family fold
After
180 days away deployed on Operation Catalyst duties in the
Persian Gulf, HMAS Adelaide arrived home last month to an
enthusiastic welcome from more than 400 family at Fleet Base
West.
Darwin
takes up the reins in Gulf
Guided-missile frigate HMAS Darwin has taken over duties from
HMAS Adelaide in The Gulf.
Quick
fix applied to boat
As
patrol boat HMAS Launceston (LCDR Paul Koerber) came down
the East Coast on her way to an FOE in her home town late
last year the head of a valve in her port engine snapped off.
Day
of celebration
An
estimated 300,000 people lined the shores of Sydney Harbour
on January 26 to celebrate Australia Day 2005.
Sea
of white on display
Some
1,000 officers and sailors paraded at FBE for Fleet Divisions
on January 21.
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