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PREPARED:
The ships sea boat from HMAS Parramatta fends off a small
craft from HMAS Melbourne as part of the Force Protection
Exercise held at FBW.
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Photo:
ABPH Brenton Freind
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By
Graham Davis
Ship’s companies from eight RAN warships have taken part in an
extensive force protection exercise at Fleet Base East.
As our image shows, the exercise was taken very seriously.
It shows sailors in a RHIB warning off a “protestor’s” craft found
inside the restricted Defence zone adjacent to Garden Island.
Defence Maritime Services provided the protest craft and crew.
“The waterside intrusion was just one of the scenarios visited
upon the sailors and their officers,” said LCDR Nick Doyle who
was responsible for coordinating the exercise on behalf of Sea
Training Group.
“In all eight ships with full compliments were involved in the
overnight exercise which was designed to test the flotilla’s reactions
against intrusion and protestors,” LCDR Doyle said.
