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Wolfe bites hard The 10.50pm Sunday telephone call from the officer-in-charge of Australian Clearance Diving Team One, LEUT Damien Scully, to his second in command, LEUT Chris White, was concise - "there's a British warship gone aground near Lord Howe Island. We've got to fly there. We've got 4 hours." |
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Newcastle home safe Three hundred cheering, placard-waving, streamer-throwing, family members and friends greeted Novocastrian CAPT Davyd Thomas when he brought HMAS Newcastle and her 220 officers and sailors safely back from operations with the MIF. |
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Cadets in big splash A group of Australian Naval Cadets splashed into Sydney Harbour even though the water temperature was down to about 17 degrees. They didn't mind however. Each was wearing one of the RAN's survival-at-sea suits. |
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Our Navy at work From the Gulf - Operation Slipper. Photo montage. |
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SYSCOM focuses on the future Navy Systems Command has launched its strategic intent for the command, titled Our Focus, before a small gathering at HMAS Harman on June 26. The Systems Commander, CDRE Russ Crane, noted that Navy SYSCOM was established in March 2000 as part of CN's reinvigoration... |
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Farewell from ADML Chris Barrie Today I hand over command of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to General Cosgrove, thus completing 41 years of service in the RAN, and four years as Chief of the Defence Force (CDF). Throughout my term as CDF I have been reminded constantly of the professionalism and dedication of... |
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Tobruk's weight changes mid maintenance June 18 saw a change at the top aboard HMAS Tobruk when her Commanding Officer, CMDR Brenton Smyth, formally handed over the keys of the ship to CMDR Peter Laver. The change of command occurred while the ship was alongside Fleet Base East. |
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They're racing The ship's company of HMAS Manoora has conducted the "Golden Op Slipper" race day with a six-event program as the 8,450-tonne warship headed for Mauritius on the way back to Australia from The Gulf. Instead of horses, however, they raced mock camels. |
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ASRU overcomes allies The Australian Services Rugby Union (ASRU) team bounced back from its recent defeats with a strong victory against the might of the USA when it defeated the US Combined Services team 29-25 at Victoria Barracks in Sydney. ASRU coach LCDR Mike Hogan said it had been a hard day... |
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Tradition continues RAN dragon boat teams succeed again in Malaysia. The tradition has continued for the DEFCREDIT-sponsored Royal Australian Navy Dragon Boat Team, when it recently attended the 24th Penang International Dragon Boat Festival at Penang Island, Malaysia from June 14-16. |
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