By
LCDR Andy Schroder
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You
want me to do what? You must be joking. LEUT Grant White,
Bunbury’s navigation officer wearing the goggles and
about to enter one of the tunnels.
Photo by LCDR Andy Schroder
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Tunnels
dug beneath Darwin during World War II to hold vitally needed
oil, became a training venue for LCDR Andy Schroder and his ship’s
company of the patrol boat HMAS Bunbury.
They
didn’t even have to switch on the lights. The training was
in the use of night vision goggles.
After
the Buffer, POBM Tim Oscar gave theoretical instruction on the
goggles, the ship’s company moved to the tunnels built near
the Stokes Hill Wharf.
All
officers and sailors undertook the training as part of their posting
pre-requisites, continuation training and preparation for workup
and ORE later this year.
Personnel
have completed “use of force”, damage control, first
aid and gunnery courses in readiness for the workup.
The
tunnels are a tourist attraction in Darwin.
