Volume 50, No.4, March 22, 2007

Spanish ship out to impress us
The Alvaro de Bazan, a Spanish Navy F-100 multi-purpose frigate equipped with the state-of-the-art Aegis combat system, berthed at three Australian ports including Sydney’s Fleet Base East as part of a goodwill visit Down Under recently.

  
SHIP SHAPE:
The Spanish Navy’s F100 Class ship, Alvaro de Bazan, berths at Garden Island on the final leg of its Australian tour. The Spanish warship is one of the options being developed by the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Program for the Navy.

Photo: LSPH Nina Nikolin

Soldier's remains recovered
A Defence Maritime Services vessel based at HMAS Kuttabul (CMDR Mark Todd) has recovered the remains of SAS Trooper Joshua Porter and the Army Black Hawk from a depth of almost 3,000 metres off the coast of Fiji.
Nurses visit the original
RAN nursing sisters from Balmoral Naval Hospital at HMAS Penguin wound back the hands of time to a by-gone era when they visited one of the Navy’s originals recently.

High seas rescue
HMAS Mermaid (LCDR Mike Pounder) lived up to her motto of “No Task Is Too Arduous” when she defied rough weather to rescue seven people from a sinking fishing boat in the Torres Strait on March 5.


Future fleet officers graduate
Motto matches deed
Gascoyne returns to Top End
Lark Force honoured
Sirius goes back to the future at Norfolk Island
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Features
Yarra's bravery recalled
Happy 106th - (Centrespread)

It was standing room only in the Dutch submarine K11 after she picked up 13 survivors five days after the sinking of HMAS Yarra II on March 4, 1942.
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The Navy has celebrated not one, but two simultaneous birthdays with cake cuttings and other activities in establishments around the nation.
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Pay changes set for engineers The Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT) has made an interim decision that affects ADF engineering officer’s pay.
Rowdy retirement After a career spanning 26 years, the Medical Regulator at Fleet Base West Health Centre HMAS Stirling, CPOMEDX Richard ‘Rowdy’ Wells (right) has hung up his stethoscope.
SEAWORTHY Op STAYSAFE 29 – SMALL BOAT HANDLING, BZ Locker, Incidents in the Fleet, Wet Weather Driving.
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Lifestyle
Is your mouth deployable?
Reading on an imposing scale
Health

Your dental care could affect your general health. Sqn-Ldr Andrew Draper checks out your oral regime.
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 Off the shelf

ANZAC Day on Mount Everest is a book much in keeping with military form.
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Rev up - Miles cheaper Petrol prices too high? Capt Val Kim looks at three affordable fuel savers that could save you money, and the environment.
Slipped disc- Loose and unplugged tunes 'Loose' and 'Korn unplugged' reviewed.
Sweaty palms - In the zone for games liberation 'Killzone: Liberation' reviewed for PSP

Sports
ACE RIVALRY
Dusty trail-blazers

Hot battle for Navy tennis supremacy
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A team from HMAS Stirling has taken out the mixed team event in the Medibank Private Great Karri Ride.
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Breakers glide into season The Navy Breakers rugby team rolled into season 2007 by competing with success in the recent Bondi 10s competition held from February 9-10.
Harman forced to surrender Navy’s blocking tactics
Trying triathlon for trio Strong bike legs from Navy’s trio of competitors was not enough to propel them into the top three at the Australian Defence Sports Triathlon Association’s long course championship on February 24-25.
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