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ANZAC SPIRIT
Fifteen
Royal New Zealand Navy sailors were hurt and taken to hospital
when their two-tonne lifeboat plunged 10 metres from HMNZS
Endeavour into Sydney Harbour and overturned last week.
Divers clear way for new careers
Two of the RAN’s most experienced clearance divers have hung
up their fins and masks after lengthy careers in the service.
Peter
Mitchell competition
In
the July 1 edition of Navy News, we incorrectly published
one of the questions in the 2004 Peter Mitchell Essay Competition.
Ship’s
effort hits home
The
Royal Australian Navy asked 500 Solomon Islanders to go off
to church recently so they could destroy an unexploded 250-
pound Japanese World War II bomb which had lain beside an
inter village pathway for 60 years.
Success
in Hawaii
The quiet achiever, HMAS Success (CMDR Mark Mc- Intosh), has
returned to Australia from RIMPAC 2004.
Birdies
take to sea
Two
hundred HMAS Albatross “birdies” have found themselves bobbing
in the briny of Jervis Bay in the last three months.
Briefs
Parading
with pride
The
Navy “family” gathered on the streets of Sydney on August
7 as the culmination of the National Naval Reunion 2004.
Pinned
down for Legacy cause
ADF
members will be taking to the streets on Friday September
3 for Badge Day, part of this year’s Legacy week campaign.
Tiny
tot highlights need for Bluey Day
There
was special meaning behind some of Navy’s fundraising efforts
for this year’s Bluey Day.
Sea
dogs add bite for buck
The old sea dogs in Darwin
are helping out some wayward young pups.
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Iroquois
travels the full circle
In 1968, a young LCDR Neil Ralph flew US Army Iroquois Serial
Number 66- 16290 on four combat missions out of the US Bearcat
Base 40 miles from Saigon.
Broom
sweeps the Witch
The
refit broom has swept through the Witch - HMAS Ipswich - and
doesn’t she look great?
Fledgling
navy gets ready to sail
Known as the Iraqi Coastal Defence Force (ICDF), the world’s
newest Navy, will soon grow to approximately 400 personnel
operating from five patrol vessels and 10 Rigid Hulled Inflatable
Boats (RHIBs).
Busy
time for patrol boat
Patrol
boat HMAS Gawler (LCDR Gavin Baker) set sail on August 3 for
what looked to be a routine maritime patrol in support of
Operation Relex It was not to be.
Showing
how it’s done
The ship’s company of HMAS Gawler has shown a group of international
Air Force officers how it is done when comes to intercepting,
hailing and escalation of force needed to stop a suspect vessel.
Shark
snares four healthy catches
Shark 22, an 817 Squadron Sea King helicopter, made four good
catches in Sydney Harbour recently.
Sharks
and laser beams
Laser
threat systems have been put to the test in a series of DSTO
experiments.
On
the western front
Imagine
hurtling headlong down a bush track on a mountain bike, battling
the raging torrents of furious river in a canoe, or even throwing
yourself from the precarious heights of a sheer cliff face
with nothing but a rope to stop you.
Bulletin
Board
Sharp
advice by elder
An
Aboriginal elder visiting HMAS Shepparton (LCDR Peter Mellick)
has warned the ship’s company not to cook pigs on the beach
because the smell will attract crocodiles.
New
chapter for oldest veteran
A
new book was one of the presents the RAN’s oldest veteran
William Allen received as he celebrated his 105th birthday
recently.
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