Sombre Lament
Nation pauses to remember Nias tragedy


Westralia to get 'Sirius'
Future beyond final berth
Many of the ship’s company of the RAN underway replenishment ship, HMAS Westralia, (CMDR Tim Crawford) are about to get “Sirius”.


King Island visit repays promise
Former King Island resident, LEUT Suzie Bishop, fulfilled a childhood promise made to her father, Steven Bishop, when she returned home with the RAN’s biggest ship recently.


Ready to rock and roll
The ship’s company of HMAS Westralia (CMDR T.G. Crawford) were determined to ensure her last RAS would not be a sad occasion.

Warfare community rallies
Hard yards for change
It is no secret that many positions critical to the fighting effectiveness of Navy, both at sea and ashore, are significantly underborne, and under Sea Change, many organisations within Navy are working hard to improve this.

All eyes on Sydney
The eyes of the Navy have been firmly fixed on HMAS Sydney (CMDR Peter Quinn) since February when she commenced operability demonstration and formal acceptance sea trials after being the first Adelaide Class warship to participate in the FFG Upgrade Project at FBE.

Bulletin board

Boats assist blitz
Armidale and Fremantle Class patrol boats spearheaded the Navy’s contribution to a Joint Offshore Protection Command operation that targeted border incursions by foreign fishing vessels (FFV) off Australia’s northern coastline recently.

On patrol

More eligible for medal
Since Federation, the actions of Australian servicemen and women have been permanently reflected in history - on the battlefield and in support of operations in Australia and overseas.

Melville carries on up the jungle
HMAS Melville (LCDR Reg Sowter) recently completed a deployment that covered the majority of Papua New Guinea in support of the PNG Hydrographic and Charting Redevelopment Project.

Flexible learning with Defence
Singing along to a hearty rendition of Rawhide is not something you would normally expect to do at a workshop on online learning – well at least not before morning tea.

Have a say on your pay
CDF ACM Angus Houston has opened consultation on the next Workplace Remuneration Arrangement (WRA). In a command message, the CDF encourages members to have their say on pay issues.

Lifting the silence on sub service
In a scene reminiscent of the cult-movie Das Boot (The Boat), about a German submarine in WWII, the excited crew of HMAS Dechaineux wait in silence as the “enemy” guided missile frigate passes over-head with ASW systems working overtime.

Network sails into future
Continual advances in the technologies of digital communications and computing provide an excellent opportunity for military forces around the world to improve their war fighting abilities.

Whistling Dixie over find
WWII kit returned to family
A chance meeting has seen a 65-year-old mystery solved, and a personalised piece of kit returned to a veteran’s family.