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ABBM
Andrea Bucci and ABBM Cameron Waugh, closed up on the 50cal
machine gun, during a VIP/media day onboard HMAS Anzac during
Ex Bersama Lima.
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Photo:
LSPH Brad Fullerton
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Jebat2,
the Malaysian’s RHIB, alongside Anzac ready to transfer personnel.
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Photo:
LSPH Brad Fullerton
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Anzac
personnel conduct a Replenishment At Sea with Royal Fleet
Auxiliary Grey Rover, in the South China Sea near Malaysia.
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Photo:
LSPH Brad Fullerton
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LSATA
Derek Bunt marshalls in Anzac’s Seahawk onto the flightdeck
as the flight delivers much anticipated stores to the ship
during Bersama Lima.
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Photo:
LSPH Brad Fullerton
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Anzac’s
boarding party receive a brief from SBLT Post, on the Gun
Direction Platform, as the media look on during a Media VIP
sea day onboard HMAS Anzac.
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Photo:
LSPH Brad Fullerton
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Below
right: Jebat conducts flying operations during the exercise.
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HMAS
Westralia conducts an underway replenishment serial with HMNZS
Te Kaha (top) and RMSN KD Jebat (bottom) during Exercise Bersama
Lima off the coast of Singapore last month.
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Lima
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Exercise
Bersama Lima roared to life last month in Singapore with 3,500 personnel
from five nations testing the domains of network-centric warfare
and building the capacity to deal with nonconventional threats.
Australians, Malaysians, New Zealanders, Singaporeans and personnel
from the United Kingdom descended on the tiny nation for the Five
Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) exercise.
The RAN provided a significant contribution to Bersama Lima with
more than 800 personnel involved including HMA ships Westralia,
Arunta, Anzac, Yarra, Hawkesbury, Gladstone, Dubbo, Dechaineux and
Clearance Diving Team One.
The ADF provided seven of 31 ships involved in the exercise, 13
of 60 aircraft, one of two submarines, an ADF leased electronic
warfare training squadron Lear Jet, a RAAF control and reporting
unit and an army ground based air defence company.
Deputy Maritime Component Commander for the exercise, CAPT Peter
Leschen, said, “Bersama Lima 2004 is the largest exercise yet in
this series.
“It is moving into the area of Maritime Interception Operations
and is also expanding to include operational level planning as well
as tactical operations.
These initiatives are both exciting and challenging.
Their success in 2004 bodes well for future exercises.” This year
for the first time a maritime security drill was performed at sea.
Units conducted search, tracking and eventual interdiction and boarding
of simulated target vessels at sea.
The drill was described as an important step in building up the
capacity of FPDA nations in dealing with non-conventional threats.
HMAS Anzac, HMNZS Endeavour, and RMSN’s KD Jebat provided RHIBS
and boarding parties to board HMS Grey Rover.
HMNZS Te Kaha provided its SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter to provide
simulated aerial gunfire support to the boarding parties.
HMAS Westralia provided a key resupply role in the exercise, with
Anzac leading the Command Task Group for the ‘red force’.
The simulated threat of mines were neutralised by the “blue” multinational
Mine Counter Measures force including Yarra, Hawkesbury and Team
One.
Prior to the exercise, a banyan was held with food and drinks provided
from each nation including an Aussie barbeque, a Singapore noodle
bar, Singapore Slings, Tiger beer and VB beer.
Entertainment included performances from a detachment of the RAN
band, a singer from the UK Navy and a Malaysian martial arts expert.
There was also a lion dance demonstration by the Singaporeans and
a Haka performed by New Zealand Navy Maori Culture Group.
A friendly multinational sports event, the Perth Cup was held the
following day, with Navy ships providing teams for volleyball, touch
football and soccer and Team One providing a team for the Tug of
War.
The RAN managed to place second overall after being pipped at the
post by the
Kiwis.
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