Take it to the Top - Centrespread
Exercise Kakadu VII was the culmination of many month of planning and cooperation between different nations. SBLT Anthony Lutz reports on the action up north.

Recruitment: everybody’s business - Personnel
Newly appointed Director General Defence Force Recruiting, BRIG Simon Gould, has called on every ADF member to assist in recruiting quality people to the Services.


Crash victims urge ‘buy a badge’ - Personnel
LS Scott Bennet lost his life in the Sea King helicopter crash while on a humanitarian relief mission to the tsunami affected areas of Indonesia in April. When Scott died, he left behind a wife and two children.

CDF Iraq visit an ‘uplifting’ time - Personnel
In his first visit to the MEAO as the new the Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, had nothing but praise for the sailors working in the hot and dangerous environment.

Back to school - Personnel
HMAS Stirling is committed to help Rockingham Senior High School with its Maritime Studies program. The school is recognized as one of two centres of excellence in maritime studies in Western Australia.

Great timing - Personnel
CMDR Andrew Hamilton will never be short of time again. RAN Chief Engineer CDRE Richard Longbottom presented CMDR Hamilton with a clock recently in a lowkey morning tea at Campbell Park as a parting gift in appreciation for over 40 years service to the RAN.

Ready to clock off - Personnel
Systems Commander CDRE Geoff Geraghty has driven an initiative to ensure all people who have given 20 or more years of their lives to the Navy will be suitably rewarded.

Trafalgar victory events to begin - History
Commonwealth Navies throughout the world will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar where VADM Lord Nelson RN defeated a combined French- Spanish fleet on October 21, 1805.

Discovering Nelson - History
Retired Royal Navy officer Richard Hawkins, now living in Victoria, has penned a new book for those interested in discovering Nelson in the lead up to this, the 200th anniversary of his greatest victory.

Solomon’s stars - Lighter side
As dawn broke over RAAF Base Townsville on July 20, a sleepy-eyed contingent of performers boarded a C-130H bound for the Solomon Islands for the 3rd Tour de Force to the region.

Getting sharked - Talking points
During a recent sailing trip up the Queensland coast, a friend and I, we’ll call him John, stopped at Tangalooma on Moreton Island for some fun in the sun.

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