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08 August 2006
HMAS Manoora soccer team

HMA Ships RANKIN (submarine), STUART and MANOORA participated in Exercise RIMPAC 2006, a bi-annual multi-national exercise conducted off the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. RIMPAC aims to enhance key war fighting skill sets and interoperability to enable RIMPAC nations to participate in advanced real world litteral operations. RAN ships took part in RIMPAC 06 in conjunction with over 40 other units from the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Peru and Chile.

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HMAS Manoora soccer team, group photo.

(Date taken: 30 June 2006)

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HMAS Manoora's soccer team plays USS Pinckney. Manoora won the game, and made the final of the soccer tournament, but went down 3-1.


(Date taken: 30 June 2006)

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POn the 3rd of July the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters - Maritime participated in RIMPAC 2006 sports day. The sports included golf, tenpin bowling, and surfing.

(Date taken: 03 July 2006)

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