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DARING DEED SAVES TWO Sailors brave blizzard in Tasmanian rescue bid. A sailor from HMAS Sydney literally crawled off a snow-covered and blizzard-swept Tasmanian mountain last month to save the lives of two bushwalkers. Before AB Damien Cann attempted his lifesaving trek, he joined his mate LSCSO Brett Anderson... |
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Crash sail for Arunta The 3,600-tonne frigate HMAS Arunta was 'crash-sailed' from her home port, Stirling, last week to provide assistance to the Tampa crisis off Christmas Island. "She had just come in ... was refuelled ...and went back out again," the Maritime Commander, RADM Geoff Smith said of the rapid dispatch... |
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Scuttlebutt audience gets bigger Navy's showcase program to all ships and shore establishments, Scuttlebutt, will now go to an even wider audience with the official merger between Scuttlebutt and Defence Watch. The new Defence Watch is a 30-minute program produced in Canberra by the Directorate of Digital Media. |
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Immigrant processing set for Coonawarra The RAN's shore establishment in Darwin, HMAS Coonawarra, is to have a 900-person temporary immigration reception and processing centre, the Immigration Minister, Mr Phillip Ruddock announced last month. The centre will be used on an "as required" basis. |
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Battle cat flies proud again A happy CAPT Campbell Darby, with Chief Yeoman Mark Gerrey took delivery of the RAS flag from Tony Rees, Executive Producer of Coral Sea Productions Pty Limited. Tony is on board HMAS Brisbane filming a series of television documentaries with the Ship's Company. |
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LSA SAVES 19 IN FERRY DISASTER Sea state four adds to hazard. A young RAN sailor descended 19 times from his hovering helicopter into a "state four" sea to rescue 19 people, four of them young children, after their inter-island ferry sank near the Solomon Islands late last month. The people had been inside or were clinging to... |
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Eagle eyes save two off north Qld Two "eagle eyed" sailors in the patrol boat HMAS Gladstone have potentially saved the lives of two fishermen clinging to an upturned tinny off far north Queensland. LS Ben Harding and AB Perry Taylor were lookouts on the bridge of the 250 tonne patrol boat when at 9.10am on Thursday... |
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Old ordnance closes port of Sydney The need for the RAN's AUSCDTONE to destroy a stick of ancient ordnance forced the closure of Sydney Harbour to arriving and departing merchant ships and small craft last month. Carried out successfully, the demolition provided one surprise. |
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NOT GUILTY No systemic avoidance of due discipline. The three primary centres where RAN officers and sailors are trained, ADFA, HMAS Creswell and HMAS Cerberus are now free of "bastardisation", the Burchett report announced last month. |
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200-page report hits hard on justice issues Recommendations stemming from the Burchett report will be implemented as soon as possible, the Chief of the Defence Forces, ADML Chris Barrie said. Speaking at his press conference on Thursday, August 16, ADML Barrie said the Military Audit Team under the leadership of Mr Burchett... |
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Go ahead for global task force Ships for the Atlantic. 'Operation Boomerang', the six-month deployment of RAN warships to the Atlantic and Britain next year, has been given the green light by the Minister for Defence, Mr Peter Reith. Five vessels, HMA Ships ANZAC, Darwin, Melbourne, Success and Kanimbla, are to go. |
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Hunters paid off The White Ensign has come down for the last time on two of the RAN's warships, HMAS Rushcutter and HMAS Shoalwater. The pair of 170 tonne inshore minehunters was decommissioned in a ceremony at their home base, HMAS Waterhen, on August 14. The pair had been in reserve for... |
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Lismore cadets seek to be best Training Ship Lismore, the Australian Navy Cadet unit in Ballina, is targeting the top spot in the country. The unit currently hold the Peter Ballesty Trophy for the most efficient Navy cadet unit in New South Wales & ACT. |
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Tragedy spins off into fire understanding The fire in HMAS Westralia which claimed four lives was the catalyst for a formal ceremony at Fleet Base East late last month. It saw the signing of a formal "memo of understanding" between the Royal Australian Navy and the NSW Fire Brigades. The Maritime Commander, RADM Geoff Smith… |
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PERSAT runs its course - Chief calls time The Navy Personnel Action Team (PERSAT) will be withdrawn from active service after 18 months in operation. PERSAT was formed in December 1999 with a mandate to identify and action any issues contributing to high separation rates and low recruiting. The issues addressed by the team… |
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Navy work to keep air links open Sailors from HMAS Wewak have gone beyond their regular call of duty to help repair an airstrip with the Peace Monitoring Group's small engineering detachment on Bougainville. The Kieta Airfield has recently deteriorated to a point that further rains would seriously erode the strip and sever the… |
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Base resident checks out coming events For some weeks Sammy the seal made his home at Fleet Base Five in Sydney. Oblivious to the movement on the wharf, the crowds lining for pies and peas at the adjoining Harry's Café de Wheels and the traffic in Cowper Wharf Roadway, the seal was often spotted asleep on a sea wall or… |
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The Centenary Naval Review Centenary Naval Review 2001 is a celebration of the Royal Australian Navy's service to the country over the last 100 years. Navies from around the world will be represented in what will be an "awesome display" of international ships, submarines, aircraft and navy people. |
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HMAS Hawkesbury on a high The coastal minehunter HMAS Hawkesbury has returned from a rewarding three-month deployment full of achievements after demonstrating its skills on a local and world stage. Hawkesbury sailed into Sydney Harbour on July 27 with the morale of the Ship's Company on a high following recent… |
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Kakadu 2001 A maritime battle exploded in the waters of the Timor Sea during August as the enemy forces of Mauve and Green went to war. A multi-national fleet of 15 ships, 50 air assets and almost 4000 personnel was drawn into the battle - Kakadu 2001. This was the fifth in the Kakadu series, pulling together… |
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Historical Highlights - Food in the Navy - bad to best The food of the navy has changed over its times, and most would agree - from bad to good to best! As one of the original sailors' training ship Tingira recalled, they received for breakfast '… a steaming bowl of hot cocoa, and a hard sea biscuit'. But every trainee had to be quick for meals, and it… |
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Letters to the Editor Keeping watch, Model enquiry, Publishing giants merge, Incat US move not the first... |
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Copping it sweet at Stirling A Western Australian Police rugby union side upstaged some fancied opposition to win the HMAS Stirling annual rugby union competition at the FBW Sports Pavilion Field recently. Invitations were this year extended to the Police, Army, Air Force and the Emergency Services (Fire Brigade… |
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From addicted to smoking to addicted to racing and now...WORLD CHAMP When ABDIV Kevin Fergusson first took up triathlons almost ten years ago, he did it to help beat a packet-a-day smoking habit. These days, he's quit smoking but has a new addiction that has paid huge dividends after he… |
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