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Facility nears completion
By LEUT Angeline Lewis
Volume 50, No. 17, September 20, 2007 |
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| CHECK IT OUT: CPO Col Marshall (STO) and LSNPC Merv Hughes. |
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The Crew Facility for the Patrol Boat Group is nearing completion on the sunny shore of HMAS Coonawarra, ready for an official opening in late spring attended by dignitaries from Navy, government and the region.
HMAS Coonawarra Port Services will also share the building, continuing their work of supporting northern Navy operations from the state-of-the-art facilities.
The Crew Facility Manager, LEUT Peter Bird, who has been overseeing the project from the members’ perspectives, praised the new facility.
He said it was designed to provide IT and administrative facilities for up to five off-rotation crews simultaneously (a total of 105 personnel), including office workspace, DRN connectivity, conference facilities, changing and ablutions rooms and a meals area” on top of general storage and workspace.
LEUT Bird said the building was a “great facility and one of the last things needed to cement the multi-crewing concept. And you get panoramic views of the harbour while working.”
The opening will be none too soon to accommodate the last of the ACPB crews in Aware division.
Aware 1 (LCDR Savvakis) and Aware 2 (LCDR Watson) have just been stood up and are now undergoing their platform training.
When Aware 3 is stood up on October 1, the rejuvenation of the Patrol Boat FEG will be complete — just in time to move into a brand new and well-outfitted Crew Facility. |
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