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Pace quickens
for Olympics The RAN has quickened the pace in its preparations for the Olympic Games. Not only are the security measures for the Games being honed so are the more public preparations such as ceremonial, music, transport, catering and public affairs. |
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Submarine to
test ships capabilities In an Australian first the RAN's new Collins class submarine HMAS WALLER is heading for the Hawaii to put 50 surface ships from six nations to the test. |
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ADF a real
showpiece The Australian Defence Force has won the Best Exhibit of the 2000 Sydney Royal Easter Show. With comments by visitors that the display was the best part of the Easter Show and cheers of "Go Navy"... |
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Award for ADELAIDE Their outstanding support of children and young people in Adelaide has won the ship's company of HMAS ADELAIDE the Navy League's Perpetual Trophy Community Award for 1999. |
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Queen's Medal
to supply officer A 23-year-old supply officer attached to the Darwin Navy Base is the recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for 1999. The medal is for outstanding achievement and exemplary performance. |
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Tongue studs
- the unpleasant reality If you've ever even vaguely thought about getting a tongue stud hopefully this story will make you think again. A sailor off a DDG recently sheepishly presented to HMAS KUTTABUL Dental Department. |
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Pilots search
for walkers Police have called on RAN support to help them find four missing teenage bushwalkers lost in dense parkland near Ulladulla in NSW. The request saw No 723 and No 817 Squadrons based in ALBATROSS... |
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DHA takes on
housing responsibility Since 1988 the Defence Housing Authority has worked closely with Defence to provide housing for service families. It has provided a maintenance service to families and managed the Defence Home... |
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Spirit alive
in Bougainville The spirit of the ANZAC was commemorated by more than 150 sailors, soldiers and airmen from Australia and New Zealand on the war-torn island of Bougainville as the multi-national Peace Monitoring Group... |
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He was with
Mum and Dad This year's ANZAC Day march through the streets of Sydney was very special for CAPT Warwick Gately. Not only was he leading 100 officers and sailors from HMAS ADELAIDE, CAPT Gately knew that his father Arthur and mother Dorothy were also marching. |
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Keeping an
eye on weather is a must Keeping an eye on the weather is a must when it comes to those who ply the oceans. The predictions of weather forecasters will determine when a ship should keep going or seek shelter. |
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Bofors as good
as new In May 1999 FIMA CAIRNS was approached to undertake the refurbishment of a pre-WWII Bofors that resided at the cadet unit TS CORAL SEA in Townsville. |
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Team continues
to evolve In July 1999 the Tomorrow's Navy Team (TNT) started an environmental scan where your opinions were sought on what you saw as Navy's difficulties, the Navy's future and also gathered your... |
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Formidable
flag A RAS flag designed by professional graffiti artists will now flutter from the mast of HMAS MANOORA (CMDR Chris Frost) every time she completes a replenishment at sea and peels away. |
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PERTH'S bell
to Perth The ship's bell of the former RAN guided missile destroyer, HMAS PERTH, has been presented, on long term loan to the City of Perth. In an informal ceremony held at HMAS STIRLING DCN... |
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Platypus goes
west After a brief period of R and R on Spectacle Island, the platypus mascot from the former naval base HMAS PLATYPUS in Sydney has finally migrated to its new home in the foyer of CASS Headquarters... |
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Housing developments News of the latest developments affecting housing policy was reported in the previous edition of Navy News. Full details are given below. The review of housing policy also addressed the cashing-out of housing... |
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Bravo Zulu
for marchers ANZAC Day celebrations were well attended by Navy people and their families throughout the country. It was good to see so many sailors attending services or marching. BZ, for your efforts. |
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ComSuper information This is the first in a regular series of articles on superannuation issues for members of the ADF. In these articles we will inform you about the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB). |
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FFG exercises
right The ship's company of HMAS MELBOURNE has invaded the City of Melbourne as part of an ancient military tradition. MELBOURNE exercised her freedom of the city by marching down Swanston Street. |
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Flag renamed The Joint Service Flag was renamed as the Australian Defence Force Ensign by proclamation on April 14, 2000, by the Governor General. The ADF Ensign is to take precedence over the Australian White Ensign |
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Running with
injuries As more and more serving members take up running for the first time in a long time, or increase current mileage in a bid to pass the RANPFT (fit test), leg injuries are becoming more frequent. |
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RAN Ski Club After long negotiations the RAN Ski Club has purchased the Army Alpine Lodge at Thredbo Village in the Snowy Mountains of NSW. The lodge, built in the late 1960s and renovated in the early 1990s... |
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DDGs clash
in Mons Cup, HARMAN wins Father Mac Sydney's Drummoyne Oval was the venue for this year's Mons Cup which attracted 12 teams from Canberra, Nowra, Sydney and Newcastle. The teams were divided into two sections... |
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Our runners
in good form Four personnel from Nuship NORMAN have competed in the inaugural Host City Marathon. ABCSOMW Rowan Walker, LSCD Dean Garrett, ABCD Jason Harp and LCDR Simon Glastonbury... |
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HMAS WORT Find out what the crew are up to! |
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