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16 July 2010 Soldiers from Bravo Company 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 108 Battery 4th Field Regiment, and 16 Field Squadron 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment are embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland for the amphibious phase of Exercise RIMPAC 2010. The Cleveland is operating in company with the landing helicopter dock ship (LHD 6) USS Bon Homme Richard and HMAS Kanimbla off the coast of Hawaii as part of the Exercise RIMPAC 2010 sea phase.
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| 20100712ran8247532_068_drn The sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band play for the assembled ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, who were joined on the flight deck by embarked United States Marine Corps, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_071_drn The ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, were joined on the aft flight deck of the Cleveland by embarked United States Marine Corps, a sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_076_drn Commander of the Australian Command Element of RIMPAC 2010, Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, receives a slute as he steps onto the flight deck to join the ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, along with embarked United States Marine Corps, a sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_078_drn The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, addresses the ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland. The ships company were joined on the flight deck of the Cleveland by embarked United States Marine Corps, a sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. Captain Couch was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_085_drn Executive Officer of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, Commander Christopher Kipp, USN, acts as Master of Ceremonies for a change of command ceremony aboard the Cleveland. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. Behind Commander Kipp are the sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Band, aboard to support the ceremony. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_142_drn From front to rear: Able Seaman Musician (ABMUSN) Melissa Ballantyne,ABMUSN Greg Smith, ABMUSN Ellen Zyla, ABMUSN Stephanie Hutchinson and the sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band play to the assembled ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, who were joined on the flight deck by embarked United States Marine Corps, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20100712ran8247532_144_drn From front to rear: Able Seaman Musician (ABMUSN) Fletcher Mitchell, Leading Seaman Musician David Coit, ABMUSN Karen Baker, ABMUSN Douglas Ross and the sea deployment group of the Royal Australian Navy Band play to the assembled ships company of the US amphibious transport dock ship (LPD 7) USS Cleveland, who were joined on the flight deck by embarked United States Marine Corps, and soldiers from the Australian Regular Army for a change of command ceremony. The outgoing Commanding Officer of the Cleveland, Captain Kevin J. "Bud" Couch, USN, was relieved by Captain S. Robert Roth, USN, in a formal ceremony attended by officers commanding elements of Exercise RIMPAC 2010, including Australian Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Stuart Mayer, CSC, RAN, and Commanding Officer HMAS Kanimbla, Commander Tim Byles, RAN. (Date taken: 12 July 2010) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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