Divers breathe life into...
WAYAMBA
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) recently demonstrated its latest technology for undersea navigation and surveillance capability by taking an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) through its paces in Portland, Victoria.


Ceiling lifted on housing contributions
A review of housing related charges and allowances will see a total increase in contributions for Service Residences of 5.42 per cent.


Lightning strikes sword during sea ceremony
Four sailors from HMAS Leeuwin have survived an unusual act of nature which saw a bolt of lightning strike the upheld sword of a guard commander and then arc to his own body and two of his shipmates.


Harpoon added to the armoury
HMAS Warramunga has become the first Australian warship to have the harpoon surface-to-surface missile system installed.


Young and old remember together
Tri-service cadets did the honours by providing the cata-falque party for a very special Remembrance Day ceremony in the grounds of Sydney’s Avalon Beach RSL Club.

Australia-wide Navy scheme to provide...
New help for assault victims
A workshop to be held at HMAS Waterhen in a few days will be a significant step towards a compre- hensive Australia-wide scheme to support RAN members who make a complaint of a sexual offence.

Fallen four remembered
Four sailors who lost their lives in the fire in HMAS Westralia six years ago were remembered during a special memorial service at the Monument Hill Memorial Reserve in Fremantle on November 22.

Cocktail mix fatal recipe
An alarming number of drugs are now available to spike drinks. Some of them can be fatal.

Close call for Gladstone
HMAS Gladstone (LCDR Michael Moore) has detained three large Indonesian “ice boats” that attempted to escape apprehension off the Northern Territory coast.

Parra open for all
Several hundred people took the opportunity to inspect one of their warships in Cairns recently.

Gulf provides good lesson
When HMAS Adelaide’s LEUT Elena McEwen studied the warfare and major ves-sels phase of training for her bridge warfare certificate, Operations Slipper and Catalyst in The Gulf provided the ideal classroom.

Chaplain tends to large flock
For chaplain Chris Aulich, onboard HMAS Adelaide in The Gulf, providing chaplaincy support extends further than the ship’s company.

CPO plants feet firmly on land
For Chief Petty Officer Steve Angus, Sergeant Major for the 19-strong ADF medical contin-gent attached to the US Air Force’s (USAF) 332 Expeditionary Medical Group in Northern Iraq, the deployment marks his fourth in the Middle East, but the first with his feet on dry land.

School’s in for Betano
School will soon be in at a new and improved facility at remote Gawa on Elcho Island thanks to some help from the Navy.

Bulletin Board

Final fling for Nock at home
HMAS Cessnock has gone home for the last time.
LCDR Richard Stevenson led the officers and sailors
of Cessnock in a march down the main street of the city of Cessnock on November 6 to exercise the vessels right to the Freedom of the City.

Seahawk soars with flying docs
A Seahawk helicopter from 816 Squadron was called upon to take medical personnel from the Royal Flying Doctor Service to a seriously injured patient on November 16.

WO Chill service rewarded

Western workhorse keeps on smiling
At nearly twenty years old, the dental van at HMAS Stirling is starting to show its age.

Instructor churns out the medics
Over 400 students have walked through the doors of the Medical School Annex - West at HMAS Stirling this year under the direction of one very busy instructor.

Geelong shares Army’s catch
HMAS Geelong has played a part in Army’s apprehension of a supsected Illegal Fishing Vessel.

Mermaid has proud history to reflect on
HMAS Mermaid (LCDR Bowden) will have time to reflect when it cel-ebrates 15 years since commissioning on December 4.

CN opens sub centre
Addressing a mixture of contractor and uniformed personnel, the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie opened the Submarine Escape and Rescue Centre (SERC) at HMAS Stirling on November 12.

Island anniversary marked
Navy, Army and Air Force person-nel have come together to acknowledge Remembrance Day on spectacular Lord Howe Island.

Crowds on the rise at remembrance events
As with Anzac Day attendances at Remembrance Day services are increasing.

Absolute bulldust
You don’t have to be riding on roads or tracks every day of the week to be a competitive cyclist.