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LEEUWIN about
to join RAN Nuship LEEUWIN, the first of class and namesake of the LEEUWIN class hydrographic ships was delivered to the Commonwealth and provisionally accepted into the RAN on March 9 2000. |
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Search is on
for an angel Returning to Papua New Guinea as a nurse with the Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville had a special meaning for Navy Lieutenant Belinda Mitchell. As a four-year-old Belinda migrated from PNG... |
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William fulfills
dream Navy veteran Ron Hamilton-Smith had been looking forward to receiving a Philippine Liberation Medal but his death in 1999 aged 74 cut short that dream. Ron, of Melbourne, served in HMA Ships ARUNTA... |
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GERALDTON to
rescue The RAN patrol boat HMAS GERALDTON has saved 61 suspected illegal immigrants from a sinking Indonesian fishing boat found in the Indian Ocean. |
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CN instigates
a course for officer development The Chief of Navy, VADM David Shackleton, has called for a status report on present officer development processes. He has also asked for a broad plan for the future of officer development. |
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More aid for
E.T. HMAS MANOORA is on her way to East Timor with vitally needed humanitarian aid. Transporting two vehicles, tonnes of rice, hospital equipment, medicines, clothing and school books is, however, just one facet of her seven-week northern deployment. |
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Warm welcome Wollongong's warm summer weather was matched only by its warm welcome when HMAS ARUNTA visited Port Kembla in NSW. The visit was the ship's last before homeporting to HMAS STIRLING. |
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Cooma to get
$30m centre The Minister for Defence, Mr John Moore, has announced that a $30 million Defence Service Centre will be established in Cooma, New South Wales. The service centre will be a telephone call centre offering... |
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HC 723 Squadron
gets new pilots The RAN now has three new helicopter pilots. The three, LEUT John Raffin and SBLTs Andrew McCole and Andre Van De Beek, have graduated from the Australian Defence Force Helicopter School... |
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Our divers
in Olympic role RAN clearance divers will be used to search beneath vessels and across waterways for suspect devices during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, two senior Federal ministers announced. |
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Unique visit
for children For most of the 35 children from outback NSW who visited HMAS WATERHEN the nearest they had come to water was the dam on the family property. Likewise they had never been on a warship. |
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Posting review
on way Do a quick personal check on your posting history. It was reported in the Defence Efficiency Review (DER) that ADF members are, on average, posted every 18 months. This can be great if you like moving... |
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Diver chairman
of Hydrographic Society In a move interpreted as intentionally opening the Hydrographic Society to similar maritime disciplines, a member of the RAN's Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving community, CMDR Paul Hornsby, has been elected chairman of the society in Australasia. |
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Y2K update
for watchkeepers In early February 2000 the Maritime Commander endorsed a proposal by the Training Authority Maritime Warfare (TAMW) at HMAS WATSON to restructure and modify the Seaman Officers' Application... |
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Chief of Defence
Forces ADML Chris Barrie Let there be no misapprehension, our support to OPERATION GOLD, the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year is a serious matter. It is critical that we do not underestimate the commitment required of this operation. |
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ARUNTA home Beneath blue skies, HMAS ARUNTA glided alongside the Diamantina Pier at HMAS STIRLING to announce her arrival for homeporting on March 10. Played in by the Kolbe Catholic College Swing Band, ARUNTA was met by a large crowd of families and friends. |
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UNTAET changeover RAN planners are aiming to change over Australia's heavy landing craft in East Timor every four to five weeks. Australia is providing two of the 316 tonne craft to the ongoing UNTAET mission on the island. |
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Quite a haul The RAN patrol boat HMAS IPSWICH has made quite a haul arresting and bringing to port four large stern trawlers and their crews totalling 76. LCDR Peter Martin and his team made the arrest in the Gulf... |
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They called
it a day March 1, following almost six month of round the clock service, marked the end of business for the RAN's Darwin Logistics Support element. In those six month the element had supported RSN and foreign... |
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East Timor
art Two marine artists, one a former RAN member, are hard at work painting the Royal Australian Navy in action in East Timor. Former sailor Ian Hansen of Sydney's Hunters Hill and John Downton of Gerringong in NSW spent two weeks on the island capturing naval images... |
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Weighty affair
in PENGUIN Changing the "weight" was a weighty affair at HMAS PENGUIN. Emerging from a walk along the bed of Sydney's Middle Harbour in a vintage standard diving suit, the commanding officer of CDT1... |
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Given their
wings Four young sailors have received their aircrewman's wings after completing an intensive eight month course of training on the ground and in the air. They were ABWTR Sam Naisby, ABWTR Justin Poole, LSBM Lee Sallaway and LSBM Andrew Tabrett. |
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More reasons
to stop dieting now Part one of Dump the Diet questioned the necessity of a specific or if you will, a "fad" diet. If you are still not convinced here are five more reasons to ditch dieting; |
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Elegant psychological
thriller The Talented Mr Ripley is the long awaited new picture from Anthony Minghella, the writer and director who brought us the academy award winning The English Patient. |
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Book tells
history of women in the Navy A book telling the story of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was launched at HMAS KUTTABUL late last month. Titled Ships Belles, the book, written by former WRANS member, Shirley Fenton Huie, was launched by the Commanding Officer of KUTTABUL |
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Sailors to
aid of street girls Sailors from two navies are continuing their links with "No 64", a Kings Cross drop-in centre in Sydney for the district's street prostitutes. But they are doing it in the nicest ways. |
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Dixie Foord
Shield for physical fitness AUSCDT One has taken the RAN's new physical fitness policies on with vigour. Team One has instigated a new competition among its members, to encourage excellence in physical fitness, to be known as the Dixie Foord Shield. |
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Navy talk of
Brunswick The RAN Dragon Boat Team entered two teams of eight personnel in the inaugural Tram Track Challenge which was held in conjunction with the Brunswick City Festival last month. Teams were divided into a professional section and a community section. |
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Navy cyclists
raise $251,000 for charity The Navy Charity Bike Ride Team raised a total of $251,000 during its recent 2000 kilometre ride from Rockhampton to Nowra. Apart from raising the cash, described as the best charity fundraising effort ... |
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KANIMBLA wins
the Jubilee Shield The 2000 Jubilee Shield hockey competition was contested at the Little Bay Sporting Fields at the University of New South Wales late last month. |
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