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LEUT Alexandra Rayner and LEUT Anthony Martin
AFTER completing the longest transit by Australian minehunters, HMA Ships Gascoyne and Huon contributed to Multi-National Navy Mine Warfare Exercise 2018 (MNMIWEX) in South Korea.
The contribution to the exercise at the end of October was a key com-ponent of the minehunters’ north-east Asian deployment.
It is the furthest north RAN mine-hunters have deployed and the first time units of this type have visited South Korea.
The visit of the minehunters to the region follows the recent RAN contribution of HMAS Melbourne attending the Republic of Korea Navy International Fleet Review.
Gascoyne and Huon conducted a lengthy transit of more than 4000mn to the exercise via stops in Darwin and Subic Bay.
The transit presented an opportu-nity for both units to conduct navi-gational training in confined waters while conducting in-company force protection drills.
The first element of MNMIWEX was a mine warfare symposium, where 13 nations gathered to share mine countermeasure warfare knowl-edge.
The symposium culminated in ‘table-top’ exercises and scenarios of shared skills and experiences to further build on multinational mine warfare interoperability.
It provided an opportunity to gain an insight into the Korean and US minehunting communities and develop an understanding of the role, tactics and capabilities of the United Nations Sending States Mine Hunting Force.
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Member was accused of mov-ing and modifying restricted data held in a computer. Member pleaded guilty to the charges and was found guilty of the charges.
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CO HMAS Gascoyne LCDR Richard Brickacek said minehunting conditions in the exercise area posed a challenge to both the mine warfare
and clearance diving departments in Gascoyne and Huon.
“The local environment was sig-nificantly different to those typically
Our minehunters sail new horizons
experienced in Australian waters,” LCDR Brickacek said.
“This included minimal underwa-ter visibility, deep mud and varying weather.
“Additionally there was high ship-ping traffic density and foreign seabed conditions with numerous underwater hazards.”
Both units quickly adapted and overcame challenges, with Gascoyne locating and identifying the first mine of the exercise and Huon identifying the first mine by clearance divers.
Success for the Australian mine-hunters continued, with both units clearing designated search boxes within allocated time to a clearance rate of 85 per cent.
“This exercise demonstrated how all nations have worked hard and strived to understand each other’s capabilities and limitations in a new and unfamiliar environment,” LCDR Brickacek said.
At the conclusion of the exercise, units from the South Korean Navy, US Navy and RAN formed up in company for photographs in the waters cleared by the MNMIWEX that week. Republic of Korea Ship Wonsan led the other mine warfare vessels and two aircraft, forming the largest formation of mine counter-measures capability in the history of the exercise.
Members of HMAS Huon’s ship’s company mix with officers and sailors from the Republic of Korea Navy during the exercise.
HMAS Gascoyne at sea off South Korea and (inset) Gascoyne CO LCDR Richard Brickacek, at right.
Republic of Korea Ship Wonsan leads the other mine warfare vessels in formation at the end of the exercise.
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THE US Chief of Naval Operations has praised our Navy for its regional leadership and its game-changing new capabilities.
ADM John Richardson was in Canberra on November 1 for high-level talks on maritime security issues.
Hosted by CN VADM Mike Noonan, ADM Richardson met with a range of senior leaders, including CDF, the Secretary of Defence and the Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
VADM Noonan and ADM Richardson also discussed emerg-ing regional issues at the National Security College before ending the day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in honour of Australian and US per-sonnel who have given their lives fighting for a common cause.
ADM Richardson said Navy remained a key partner globally as well as in the Asia-Pacific region.
“There is probably no closer partnership that we have, particu-larly as we think about maintain-ing a free and open Pacific,” ADM Richardson said.
“We had a lot of discussions about the dynamic nature of the maritime domain around the world.
“The South Pacific and Indo-
Pacific is changing as fast as any-where and so we really just have to stay on our toes and be responsive to that changing dynamic.”
ADM Richardson also praised Navy’s growing fleet of destroyers, with HMAS Brisbane becoming the second Hobart-class guided missile destroyer to be commissioned in late October and HMAS Hobart under-going weapons testing off the US west coast.
“These ships are a prime exam-ple of exactly how interoperable we are,” ADM Richardson said.
“They are at the very highest end of naval capability, integrated together, and it doesn’t get any closer than that.
“It takes it up to the very art form of naval manoeuvre, naval operations and naval warfare.”
VADM Noonan said his discus-sions with ADM Richardson were further evidence of the enduring nature of the RAN’s relationship with the US Navy and the impor-tance of interoperability for both nations.
“We are working in a very com-plementary way with the US and other allies and partners,” VADM Noonan said.
“We will have the ability to have an even greater presence in our region as our new capabilities come on line.”
Close and capable mates
Australian War Memorial Director Brendan Nelson shows CN VADM Michael Noonan and US Chief of Naval Operations ADM John Richardson a display of 62,000 handcrafted red poppies.
CN VADM Michael Noonan talks to students from Avondale Primary School, Victoria, while visiting the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Photos: LSIS James McDougall
Tests with US a firstIN a first for our respective navies, HMAS Hobart III has successfully tested a communications capability with the USS John Finn.
The test proved Hobart’s abil-ity to share sensor information and real-time combat system data with the US Navy.
During training and testing near Hawaii, Hobart established secure data links with John Finn and shared tracking and fire control data.
Defence Minister Christopher Pyne said the trials were a signifi-cant milestone in the testing and qualifying of Hobart’s combat and weapons systems.
“These trials are the culmination of 12 months of preparations and demonstrate Hobart’s formidable capability,” Mr Pyne said.
“Australia is the first country
outside the US with cooperative engagement capability, so this dem-onstration marked the first time this
capability was proven between two navies.”
CO Hobart CAPT John Stavridis said the training proved how closely the Australian and US navies can work together.
“Connecting and sharing data with the US Navy like this is an important step in increasing our interoperability with them, especial-ly during linked task group opera-tions at sea,” CAPT Stavridis said.
“Sharing information like this between ships at sea means that ships in a task group can know and respond to what is going on, includ-ing sharing tracking and targeting data.
“It means a ship can detect and, if needed, engage a threat identified by another ship or aircraft, creating greater flexibility and better protec-tion for all the ships involved.”
CO HMAS Hobart CAPT John Stavridis on the destroyer’s bridge. Photo: LSIS Nicolas Gonzalez
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DCN, you have written a letter to the leading seamen, what’s the reason behind that?
I joined my first ship about 31 years ago as a junior sailor and as soon as I joined the ship I was welcomed by the leading seamen of the mess. There were three or four very strong lead-ing hands and I felt that I was welcomed into the team from day one. That experience set me up for the rest of my career. I’ve always viewed the Navy as being a team enterprise.
Everything we do comes down to teamwork and now that I sit here in this role as the head of Navy People, it strikes me that every single jun-ior sailor who joins a ship out there is mentored through their initial stages by a leading seaman. It’s an incredibly powerful rank within Navy and a great opportunity to, I think, leverage their energy and intellect to strengthen Navy’s capa-bility at sea and ashore, and a reinforce the sig-nificance of that position – there is great oppor-tunity for the individuals that hold that rank.
There has been some criticism from some quarters about your decision to write the let-ter, breaking the divisional chain, what’s your response to those critics?
It has been an interesting social experiment in Navy. As one of the most senior officers in Navy, when you individually sign over two and a half thousand letters to some of the most junior people in Navy inevitably there are a lot of peo-ple out there with a view. I would just commend to anybody who’s concerned about the process, that we’re all part of one team.
This is a genuine attempt from me to under-stand what the deck plate issues are for the con-temporary leading seamen; a genuine attempt to make sure that cohort of junior leaders are setting the right culture from day one, so that when our most junior people come through the recruit school and category training schools and they get to their first ship, or their first unit, they experience the right culture; they experience a workplace environment that makes them want to get out of bed, be part of a team, get to work, and where they feel valued, supported and, frankly, where we get the best out of them.
That’s all it is. It is just a genuine attempt to try and make Navy a better place and to get the best out of our workforce.
Navy has changed, it’s changed a lot in my 31 years and I’ve seen it from a lot of different
perspectives, including from the position of one of the lowest ranks as a seaman electronics tech-nician on my first ship, all the way to my current vantage point, which is an extreme privilege. Navy does change. We all change as individu-als. The whole point is to try and challenge the organisation to grow, to become stronger, to learn from mistakes.
To the people who are serving, I thank them for their service. We are completely dependent upon the commitment of our people and I hope that the message that both VADM Noonan, myself, the Fleet Commander and all the Admirals are sending out there is resonating, because I can assure you, it’s sincere.
Family issues and the lack of allowances are the most common reasons given for leaving Navy, what’s your advice for people who are considering leaving?
For anybody considering leaving Navy my key advice is, before you make a decision, let’s have a conversation. Use the divisional system first and foremost and if we’re unable to find a solution that meets your requirements then let’s just elevate the conversation. Articulate what it is that you need in order to continue serving. Perhaps we can find a compromise.
At the moment Navy’s working really hard. We’ve got a lot of people at sea working very hard, and that does place stresses on the family unit. I’ve been married for the majority of my career, in fact since I was a midshipman, so I can relate to a lot of those stresses, a lot of those challenges.
I’m pretty confident for the most cases we can actually find a solution. But if we can’t there’s a number of other flexible workplace arrangements we can put in place and under the total workforce model there are opportunities to actually step out of Navy for a short period of time and then rejoin. There are opportunities to render less than full-time service and still enjoy the benefits of full-time medical and dental cov-erage and the other benefits of serving in Navy.
So I don’t think it’s a binary situation, it’s not a ‘yes/no can I continue to serve?’ I think there are a few more colours to the conversation in contemporary Navy and we need to encourage people to have those conversations before they make decisions about leaving Navy. That’s my key ask. Let’s have a chat.
You’re holding forum discussions with lead-ing seamen around the country, what’s the thinking behind that?
Again it’s part of this team ethos. There’s no
point me sitting here in my role writing policy and trying to shift the direction of culture within Navy if I don’t understand what the issues are at deck plate level. Having a conversation with some of our most junior leaders will hopefully bring to my attention and sharpen my focus on contemporary issues that perhaps aren’t front-of-mind for me. It also serves as a great opportuni-ty for a Q&A session where I can address some of the myths that are out there, or grab hold of some tasks that are important to them that I can run with and genuinely solve some of the issues and problems that they perceive.
I believe in the strength of a conversation. If you want to get at issues you need to talk to people. You need to understand what the issues are, so for me, talking to people who live within Navy, who get the job done, who represent Navy overseas constantly, that’s really important to gain a better understanding of the contemporary issues and then focus Navy’s efforts accordingly.
Speaking of the word contemporary, what does the modern sailor look like?
That’s a really good question and it’s some-thing that we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. The Navy has changed. It’s changed a lot since the first ship that I joined, where the main armament was a 4.5-inch gun and missiles were relatively new to the fight.
Today everything depends upon technology and we are increasingly dependent upon the intellectual capability of the modern sailor to get the best out of our systems. So today I would say the modern sailor is intellectually astute, culturally aware, very much focused on the fact that we represent Australians day in, day out all over the globe and very much representative of the Australian population.
We’re a very diverse workforce. We’re increasingly deployed at the front end of ADF operations around the globe, where the maritime domain is one of the most complex, congested and contested environments that we’ve seen for quite some time, so I think the contempo-rary sailor today is diverse, complex, in high demand, highly capable and we need to make sure that we keep that front of mind as we reshape Defence policies.
What do you see as the biggest challenge Navy faces in ensuring it has sufficient numbers of qualified personnel to man the next-generation fleet?
I think it’s competition, to be honest. We’re in a new era within the Australian industry envi-ronment. We have a continuous shipbuilding
DCN RADM Mark Hammond is holding a series of Leading Seaman Forums. Here he talks with Richard Mihaich about his mission to maintain the best team Navy can muster.
Bringing out the best in our workforce
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program where industry would love to get their hands on some of my best sailors and officers. I don’t blame them for that, but the reality is the whole industry can’t be sustained without a very strong, capable Navy. So it’s always going to come down to workforce. Everything we do starts and ends with workforce and I think one of the most important things we can do is create an environment where people just want to get out of bed and go to work in Navy because what we offer energises and motivates them.
In terms of technology, do you think train-ing is keeping up with the pace of change in Navy?
It’s a constant struggle. I would love to see more virtual reality, more use of simulation, to reduce our demand on seagoing positions to actually qualify people through the various posi-tions within Navy, but there’s a balance that’s got to be struck. The naval environment is a challenging environment. You need to be able to be measured and assessed in a seagoing environ-ment for us to be able to validate that our train-ing systems are right and we are generating the right capability, so I’m comfortable with the tra-jectory. I’m impatient by nature, I wish we were much further down the bearing then we are, but we’ve got some good programs in place, some good leaders getting after the issues and I’m confident we’re heading in the right direction.
Do you think most sailors are aware of how important their role is in Navy?
I think that’s a good question and that’s cer-tainly one of our responsibilities as senior lead-ers within Navy. As I mentioned, it’s a complex, challenging and rapidly changing environment. The geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific region has changed significantly in the last five years. We’ve put a lot of effort into understand-ing that at the senior officer level. I think there’s always more we can do to make sure that every-
body in Navy understands that there’s a lot of work going on in Fleet Command making sure that our highest levels of readiness are achieved and sustained and my key message for the work-force is, be in no doubt, these are complex, chal-lenging times. We have a highly capable Navy, extremely capable workforce and we just need to make sure we put our efforts into training and preparation.
What are some of the most common questions you get asked by personnel?
One of the most frequent questions is work-force-centric: ‘How are you going to grow the number of submariners required to crew a work-force centred on 12 submarines?’ and the easiest answer to that is we’re doing it. We set ourselves a target of about 780 uniformed submariners by this time next year. We’ve already achieved that earlier this year. So we’re ahead of our target. And again that comes down to putting the right settings in place, including the right culture.
On a personal note, do you miss serving in submarines?
Of course. I’m only human. I love serving at sea full-stop. I’ve served in ships and subma-rines. The key difference for me is the subma-rine crew is a very small crew. It’s a very tight crew. There’s a lot of coverage and overlap in the training that we do. The ability of the ship’s company to pull together as a team is absolutely phenomenal. There is a saying, ‘there are no passengers on a submarine’. You either get stuck in and get on with it, and you’re good at your job, or you’re not, and if you’re not, you tend not to last very long. So it’s the team ethos, the small team environment.
I think you see that in other small teams like the patrol boat community. You see it in the special forces environment as well. There’s something about that small team construct that’s particularly appealing and it’s really challenging
operations. It’s a great challenge if you’re a jun-ior leader and you want to get stuck into lead-ership opportunities and high-end operations; the submarine force is replete with opportunity. There is an elite quality that we expect from our submarine force. Very high standards. It’s an unforgiving operating environment being a thousand feet below the surface of the ocean. There’s a degree of complexity, intellect and energy required in order to be successful in that environment, and then throw in an operational
‘‘ – DCN RADM Mark Hammond
Every single junior sailor that joins a ship out there is mentored through their initial stages by a leading seaman. It’s an incredibly powerful rank within Navy.
Sailors listen as DCN RADM Mark Hammond addresses them at the first forum discussion with leading seamen at HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney, on November 6. Photos: LSIS Peter Thompson
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context – in shallow water, in congested waters – it’s a great challenge where we set ourselves very high standards and I’m pleased to say that we achieve them day in, day out.
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MIDN Ayla Williams
HMAS Success II completed her final external maintenance period (EMP) alongside Fleet Base East in October before her planned decommissioning in 2019.
After extended deployment to South-
East Asia, Indo-Pacific Endeavour and Exercise RimPac, the crew of Success enjoyed some well-earned respite upon their return on August 24 before going into EMP.
The six-week process included a sig-nificant amount of corrective maintenance, which allowed the ship to return to sea.
Liquid Cargo Officer LEUT Daniel
Khayat said the successful EMP was achieved through the combined efforts of contractors and ship’s staff.
“The EMP was challenging to complete all the tasks and ensure the capability was available on time to allow us to proceed to our next tasking,” LEUT Khayat said.
Success will return to Sydney for the Christmas break.
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HMAS Success on return to Fleet Base East in August after her five-month deployment through South-East Asia and the Pacific. Photo: LSIS Peter Thompson
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LCDR Kelli Lunt
THE contribution of families and friends was acknowledged when HMAS Ballarat and her ship’s company of 190 officers and sail-ors departed Fleet Base West for maritime security operations in the Middle East region on October 28.
COMAUSFLT RADM Jonathan Mead joined the crowd to farewell loved ones as the ship departed for a nine-month deployment to Operation Manitou.
“Thank you to the families and friends who provide great support to these highly professional men and women during their preparation and throughout the deployment. I wish
Ballarat all the best for safely com-pleting her mission,” RADM Mead said.
CO Ballarat CMDR Paul Johnson said the ship’s company was highly trained and motivated to carry out the tasks ahead.
“The men and women who serve in Ballarat have worked very hard preparing the ship for this long deployment,” CMDR Johnson said.
“This will be the ship’s second deployment to the Middle East and we carry forward a considerable legacy.
“We sail with the knowledge our friends and families will support us the entire way as we work to make the world safer and more stable.”
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HMAS Ballarat departs Fleet Base West after her company, including ABML-PO Ellen Storie-Gregory (inset), said their farewells. Photos: ABIS Christopher Szumlanski and LSIS Kylie Jagiello
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A NATIONAL approach to plan-ning by Fleet Support Unit (FSU) is facilitating delivery of a simple goal: to enable seaworthiness through maintenance and repair.
FSU assisted the patrol boat fleet in Darwin recently despite an unex-pected problem with their onsite FSU welders. The welding task involved attaching specific mounts in the armoury of Armidale-class patrol boats (ACPBs).
Project Planner at FSU-North CPO Darren Harkin said two weld-ers were originally available to undertake the aluminium welding task.
“One then posted out and the other became temporarily unavail-able at short notice, so we had a problem,” CPO Harkin said.
“We didn’t want to cancel the work and hand the task back to Patrol Boat SPO (Systems Program Office) to deal with. That might have been past practice but it is not how we do things now.”
This meant looking nationally within FSU to find two welders. LSMT Cameron Campbell and ABMT Matthew Gates travelled up from FSU in Sydney to assist the patrol boats.
In mid-October, the pair welded the necessary items. LS Campbell had experience with the complexi-ties of welding on the aluminium ACPBs.
“I really welcomed the chal-lenge of working on a task that
required different techniques to what I normally employ at FSU,” LS Campbell said.
AB Gates, who ventured to Darwin for the first time, was excit-ed that the task allowed him to see another part of the country, work on a different class of ship and expand his trade knowledge.
“The flexibility of FSU is on show and I am grateful for the opportunity and privileged that we could be part of this job,” he said.
Patrol Boat SPO Director CAPT Christopher Eggleton said he was impressed with the ability of the FSU to provide resources at a national level.
“Having booked the FSU for this task, this gives me a heightened level of confidence in their ability to deliver and I’m glad to see FSU here to carry out the work,” he said.
“Reallocation of the work so close to the activity would have necessitated going to market which, with such short notice, would have had cost penalties.”
Deputy Director National Operations for FSU CMDR John De Bomford said FSU had fully adopt-ed the national approach and was becoming a more agile organisation.
“It is important that if FSU takes on a task that we complete that task,” CMDR De Bomford said.
“It’s up to us to deliver what we promised and I am glad to see that we have been able to assist the patrol boats in maintaining their capability.”
Keep calm and solder on
LSMT Cameron Campbell, left, and ABMT Matthew Gates, of Fleet Support Unit, at work on board HMAS Glenelg. The pair stepped up when the patrol boats needed their welding skills in Darwin. Photos: POIS James Whittle
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HMAS Adelaide arrived in Port Moresby Harbour on November 3 as part of an ADF triservice commitment to provide maritime security support to Papua New Guinea during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week.
The helicopter landing dock, with embarked Navy, Army and Air Force personnel and assets, is anchored off the coast in full view of APEC House, with patrol boats HMA Ships Glenelg and Larrakia.
Commander Joint Task Force 658 MAJGEN Paul McLachlan said Adelaide and her crew symbolised the ADF’s com-mitment to supporting one of its closest neighbours to deliver a safe and secure leaders’ summit from November 12-18.
The summit is the culmination of a program of APEC meetings the PNG
Government has hosted during the year.The ADF is providing advisory and
other assistance to PNG security forces at the request of the PNG Government.
“The most visual aspect of what we have in country at the moment is HMAS Adelaide, which provides a maritime security effect in support of the Papua New Guinea Joint Security Task Force,” MAJGEN McLachlan said.
“The relationships between the PNG Defence Force and the ADF, borne out of the Defence Cooperation Program, have been really important in the planning and conduct of Op APEC 18 Assist over the last 18 months.
“Since the majority of our joint task force arrived in late October, we have continued our close bond with the PNGDF by setting up a partnered operations centre to coordinate security arrangements in close consultation with the JSTF.”
The ADF is providing high-end secu-rity capabilities and assistance, includ-ing a partnered and joint headquarters, airspace and maritime security, and additional Army capabilities in support of the PNGDF.
The ship will also provide operational logistics support to deployed ADF per-sonnel and assets.
Operation APEC 18 Assist Mari-time Component Commander CAPT Paul O’Grady said the interoperability between the ADF and PNGDF had been extended in other areas.
“The capabilities of the joint task group have been tailored to complement those of the joint security task force so that we can work effectively together with the Royal PNG Constabulary and PNG Defence Force,” CAPT O’Grady said.
A small team of sailors from the PNG Defence Force’s maritime division boarded Adelaide’s embarked land-
ing craft to assist Australian personnel unload marker buoys at HMPNG Basilisk Naval Base in Port Moresby.
The marker buoys indicate the maritime exclusion zones around APEC House for the duration of the event.
Australian Army Corporal Joemike Almoguera, a cargo specialist serving in Adelaide, said he was grateful for the opportunity to work alongside members of the PNGDF.
“As an Australian soldier working on board a Royal Australian Navy ship with my PNG counterparts, it’s an incredibly unique and rewarding experience,” CPL Almoguera said.
POB Matthew Jarvis, of Adelaide, said the collaboration between the two nations had developed into an excellent working relationship.
“We’ve only been here a short time but already we are interacting really well and getting things done,” he said.
A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT
Video of ADF assets arriving in
PNG can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/5945
ADF and PNGDF personnel work together to unload marker buoys from one of HMAS Adelaide’s landing craft at HMPNG Basilisk Naval Base in Port Moresby.
HMAS Adelaide anchored in Port Moresby in view of APEC House during its maritime security support of Operation APEC Assist. Photos: ABIS Kieren Whiteley
‘‘ – MAJGEN Paul McLachlan, Commander Joint Task Force 658
The relationships between the PNG Defence Force and the ADF ... have been really important in the planning and conduct of Op APEC 18 Assist.
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AFTER a week of inspi-rational athletic and human performances, the Invictus Games fin-
ished in Sydney with a spectacu-lar closing ceremony on October 27.
Though the Games focused on the recovery and rehabilitation of the wounded, injured and ill, they also highlighted the impor-tance of family and friends.
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, said the Games were mag-nificent.
“Your example goes beyond the military community,” he told the competitors.
“It is about more than your inspiring stories of recovery from injury and illness. It is about your example of determination, of optimism, of strength, honour and friendship or, as the Aussies call it, mateship – a core value that has the power to inspire the world.”
In the final days of the Games at Sydney Olympic Park, Team Australia dominated with its results and sportsmanship during the two days of athletics compe-tition in front of the home crowd.
Highlights included Heidi Joosten demonstrating her fit-ness to win the 100m, 200m and 400m finals and adding to her gold medal collection in the women’s long jump.
Daniel Parker achieved a per-sonal best and a silver medal in the 200m and followed up with another silver in the long jump.
During the IJ3 long jump final, Michael Lyddiard reached out to spectator and fellow ampu-tee 11-year-old Knox Gibson for help. Together they shared the silver medal and the unconquered spirit of the Games.
Matt Brumby pushed hard to win four gold medals in his wheelchair for the IT4 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m finals.
The athletics team captain, Brigid Baker, claimed gold in the IF4 discus and shot put, while Peter Brown picked up bronze in the seated discus and Carrie-Anne Bishop threw a personal best in the women’s seated shot.
LSEW Vanessa Broughill took home the silver medal in the IF4 discus.
LS Broughill said her field
events were at the end of what had been a long five days after she competed in the rowing and swimming competitions.
“It would have been unrealis-tic to be amazing in every event, and I even surprised myself to win the bronze in the IJ5 long jump,” she said.
“When I heard long jump was a sport for the Games I remem-bered having fun doing it as a kid so I decided to give it a red-hot crack.
“It was definitely a lot harder than I remember, but I still enjoyed it and so did the crowd.”
LS Broughill achieved per-sonal best scores in both of her rowing events (306m in the 1min sprint and 1018m in 4min endur-ance), where she placed fifth.
In swimming, she shaved three seconds off her best in the 50m freestyle heat, dropped 10 seconds in her 100m freestyle heat and knocked even more off her best in the 50m freestyle final.
“This whole process has changed my life. Without those training sessions I wouldn’t be where I am now,” she said.
LS Broughill said it was a long 10 months preparing for the Invictus Games.
“I plan to keep training and hope to keep going with the sports and competing as well,” she said.
“I’m even thinking of taking up powerlifting after seeing the competitions at the Games.
“My kids are with Little Athletics, so I will still be involved, but I also plan to start cycling to prepare for my next goal – competing in a triathlon.”
LS Broughill said the best part of the Games was being sur-rounded by so many people who were supporting her recovery journey while watching other people succeed.
“We may have come away with a lot of medals but at the end of the day they just sit on a shelf,” she said.
“It’s the experiences and the memories of the Invictus Games that are life-changing.
“Being around so many inspi-rational people helped me realise I actually inspire others.”
ADF personnel joined the team of passionate volunteers who made the Invictus Games a memorable and inspiring experience for the competitors, their families and spectators.
The 1000 volunteers, wearing yellow shirts, helped at all venues with enthu-siasm and smiles to ensure the Games’ success.
They travelled from as near as Parramatta and as far as the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Ghana and the Netherlands to be part of a unique experience and to give back to the defence community.
Among them was CPONPC Charmaine Edwards, of HMAS Albatross, who volunteered for the Games because it was an opportunity to acknowledge veterans and the serving military.
“My role was to guide the competi-tors during the opening and closing cer-
emonies and provide them with any assistance,” she said.
“The guidelines we were given were to smile and be friendly.
“The best part was eve-ryone at the Games was so friendly. It was such a posi-tive atmosphere.”
CPO Edwards said a highlight of the Games was seeing the reality of what some people had experi-enced in combat.
“I’ve been on operations but I’ve not been subjected to anything close to what some of the competitors have dealt with,” she said.
“One of the reasons I volunteered was to acknowledge and respect these people who have seen or experienced the horrors of war. The
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The spirit of the Invictus Games shone even more brightly than the medals, SGT Mark Doran reports
No less than their best
Chance to pay it forward
CPONPC Charmaine Edwards, centre, with fellow volunteer Monique Hardman and Australian team member Brendan Hardman. Photo: SGT Mark Doran
wars we are involved in are real and they can affect people mentally and physically.”
LSEW Vanessa Broughill hugs a Team USA swimmer after a final at the Invictus Games.Photo: CPL Jake Sims
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CN VADM Mike Noonan present-ed the 2018 Chief of Navy Awards for Safety Excellence at a ceremo-ny in Canberra on October 23.
Out of the four Navy Safety Award categories for 2018, three entrants were chosen as winners in their respective section.
The Fleet Support Unit Australia was recognised for work on its safety management system and HMAS Adelaide’s Fan of Safety won in the Early Intervention category.
LEUT Lee Lawson, of 816SQN, received the CMDR Dave Allen Award for Safety Excellence.
VADM Noonan said there was a positive safety culture in the Navy that continued to develop.
“Safety is an integral part of a more effective and efficient warfighting Navy,” VADM Noonan said.
A team of technical staff from HMAS Success made the jour-ney to Russell Offices to receive a commendation from VADM Noonan for their skill in develop-ing a rescue device in the aviation fuel pump room.
VADM Noonan also recog-nised the achievement of POB Cameron Symons, the 2018 winner of a Comcare Individual Contribution Award, for introduc-ing workplace heat-stress manage-
SGT Dave Morley
INNOVATION was the big winner at the Fleet Commander’s inaugural Maritime Shark Tank (MaST).
The MaST, held at the Centre for Innovation at Fleet Base East on October 15, was conducted by COMAUSFLT RADM Jonathan Mead and hosted by the Directorate of Navy Continuous Innovation.
Director of Navy Continuous Innovation CMDR Adam Allica said MaST was inspired by the TV show Shark Tank.
“MaST is an opportunity for
anyone in Fleet to ‘Come before the MaST’, and present developed and analysed innovative solutions to challenges that present barriers, or new opportunities to improve maritime warfighting,” CMDR Allica said.
“To succeed, each concept must stand on its own merits, with resources offset by benefits gained from another MaST concept or a separate initiative.”
CMDR Allica said RADM Mead had agreed to support the three ideas presented.
CMDR Allica also presented awards to two outstanding innova-tors.
They were LS Sarah Battenally, for her work in establishing HMAS Newcastle’s innovation program, and LS Duane McCurdy, for implementing a WEE Department upskilling program that he devel-oped and which might now be deployed across Navy.
Members wishing to bring innovative ideas to notice should visit the Centre for Innovation or send an email to [email protected]
Navy Safety Award winners
Category 1. Prevention: Winner – Fleet Support Unit (FSU) Australia, for the Work, Health and Safety project enhancing FSU’s entire safety management system.
Category 2. Early Intervention: Winner – HMAS Adelaide, for Fan of Safety remediating impeller fans.
Category 4. The CMDR Dave Allen Award for Safety Excellence: Winner – LEUT Lee Lawson, of 816SQN, for individual efforts in improv-ing and enhancing the safety management system, under-taking corrective actions and delivering training.
TOP EFFORTS
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ment protocols to the RAN School of Survivability and Ships Safety.
The annual awards were estab-lished in 2004 to recognise Navy personnel (military and civilian) or organisations who have made, or will potentially make, a consider-able contribution to Navy safety.
More information on the awards and categories can be found at //drnet/navy/NSEPC/Awards/Pages/Safety.aspx
Sharp minds on show
The winning ideas:
LEUT Ashley Wallin (MO) – Health Promotion for the Navy, incorporating education, a low- carbohydrate diet, high-intensity interval training and objective body composition analysis.
LCDR Mike Jagger and CMDR Karl Brinckmann – Task Group Operational Optimisation Tool software to be developed with UNSW (ADFA) to provide an optimal route for a task group in an anti-submarine warfare environment.
CPOET Luke Porter – Maintenance Kit Proposal for fault-finding localisation and diagnosis in fleet units.
SMART STUFF
CMDR Karl Brinckmann, left, and LCDR Mike Jagger present their innovative idea during the Fleet Commander’s Maritime Shark Tank. Photo: LSIS Kayla Jackson
CN VADM Mike Noonan with HMAS Success commendation recipients, from left, LSBM Stephanie Hourigan, LSML-SC Joshua Allport and LEUT Matthew White at the Chief of Navy Awards for Safety Excellence ceremony. Photos: LSIS James McDougall
LSBM Stephanie Hourigan takes a selfie with CN VADM Mike Noonan at the awards.
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THE Navy Engineering Career Continuum (NECC), set to redefine how engineer officers and technical sailors drive and manage their own careers, went live on October 29.
The NECC was launched with go-live events in HMAS Coonawarra, HMAS Albatross, HMAS Stirling and HMAS Kuttabul.
The events included in-depth dis-cussions on all things NECC, two videos featuring inspiring career jour-neys, question time and an opportu-nity for networking.
Members of the Navy engineer-ing community were hand-picked, for their leadership and involvement in the community, to attend the events.
New processes and tools are now available to engineer officers and technical sailors, aiming to address skill gaps, encourage recognition and deliver predictability and mentoring opportunities.
The NECC will enable officers and sailors to enhance their engineer-ing and technical skills and knowl-edge and take more control over their careers.
PO Lionel Murphy, who attended the Fleet Base West go-live event, said he was proud “to drive the change that we need in our commu-nity”.
“I now urge everyone to get on board and complete their baseline assessment, so that for the first time we can get an understanding of the engineering and technical skills of our workforce,” PO Murphy said.
The NECC delivers self-sustaining areas of employment for engineering officers and career pathways for tech-nical sailors.
All engineer officers and techni-cal sailors have a month to complete an initial assessment to establish a baseline of Engineer and Technical Mastery for the Navy engineering workforce.
Assessments are due on November 29. Officers and sailors can book in their engineer or technical mastery discussions with their mentors.
For more information or support, go to the NECC website on the DRN or email [email protected].
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Officers and sailors at the Naval Engineer Career Continuum go-live event at HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney. Inset: Head of Navy Engineering RADM Colin Lawrence speaks at the Kuttabul event. Photos: ABIS Kieran Dempsey
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THE annual review of ADF members’ housing assistance will be completed by the end of this year and new rates will be published early next year.
This includes contribution rates for service residences, rental allow-ance and living-in accommodation, rent ceilings and other allowances and charges.
Payments to, and contributions from, members are reviewed and adjusted annually where necessary.
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DEFENCE Minister Christopher Pyne said the ADF would be better supported by a new high-tech facility in Sydney. At the official opening of Safran Electronics and Defense Aus-tralasia’s new state-of-the-art work-shop in Sydney on November 6, Mr Pyne said Safran already delivered and supported complex systems to a variety of ADF platforms, including the Collins-class submarines and the MRH-90 and Tiger helicopters. It has also developed apprenticeship programs covering mechanics and logistics.
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THE Defence Force Recruiting Cen-tre Sydney has relocated from Par-ramatta to Rhodes Corporate Park. Defence Personnel Minister Darren Chester said the central position of the centre ensured better access for recruits from the broader Sydney metropolitan region. “The Defence Force Recruiting Centre Sydney is critical to driving ADF capability and is responsible for 12 per cent of the new recruits into permanent posi-tions each year,” he said.
Centre centralised
AS THE school year draws to a close, military volunteers are needed to present students with ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Team-work (YLT) Awards. At least 4000 students from more than 2250 schools are expected to receive the awards this year. ADF members are invited to visit www.adflongtan awards.gov.au and register to be-come a voluntary military presenter.
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SIX teams – three ADF and three civilian – went head-to-head in a gruelling water polo tournament at Kapooka on October 27.
In a nail-biting grand final, the local Wagga Wagga Octopusses defeated ADFA Avalanches 1 6-5.
Another Wagga Wagga team, Dolphins 1, defeated ADFWP Vipers 11-5 for third, with Dolphins 2 coming in fifth and ADFA Avalanches 2 in sixth.
MIDN Olivia Veal, in her third year at ADFA, has played water polo for 11 years and said she enjoyed the sport.
“It’s quick and rash and can change at any given point,” she said.
“I could have done better by getting out of the water a bit more,
SGT Mark Doran
ADF surfers rode a wave of suc-cess during the International Surfing Festival in Cornwall, UK.
At the surf capital of the UK, Tolcarne Beach in Newquay, members of the ADF Surf Riders Association competed against the UK Armed Forces on October 16 after a week of training and acclimatisation.
The military surfing competition was held across all four disciplines – male open shortboard, female open shortboard, longboard and bodyboard.
The UK Armed Forces fielded a much stronger team after being defeated at the inaugural International Surf Festival held in Australia in 2017.
They were well represented in the finals, with its longboard team even winning in that discipline, but after a commendable fight it was not enough to stop the Australian charge.
The 17 ADF surfers triumphed
as the Champion Military Surfing Association with a score of 10,948 to 10,475 and also received trophies for the male open shortboard, female open shortboard and bodyboard dis-ciplines.
Vice President of the Air Force Surf Riders and Team Captain, FLTLT Jason Griffiths, said a highlight of the tour was former world champion Australian surfer Mark Richards join-ing the military surfers for a memorial paddle-out following the competition.
“We had more than 60 surfers at the local Cornish beach, includ-ing veterans with disabilities, who took part in the sombre ceremony to remember those we have lost,” FLTLT Griffiths said.
“When we started the competition the weather forecast meant we needed to compress the competition into one day to ensure we had the best possible conditions for the heats and finals.”
ABCSO Freya Dodd, of NPCMA
West, said the conditions of the swell contributed to her winning the wom-en’s open shortboard competition.
“It helped to spend the week prior training in a new surf and acclima-tising to the colder water, though it wasn’t much colder than where I surf in WA,” she said.
AB Dodd has been free surfing for about 18 years and has won several Navy and interservice surfing titles.
“I’ve competed in the Navy cham-pionships, the competitions this year and the International Surf Festival last year,” she said.
“Surfing for me is like meditation – it distances me from everything else in life, not that life’s bad – I just for-get about everything else.”
PO Zoey MacQueen placed third in the women’s open shortboard.
For more information about ADF surf-ing contact WO Dion Blair at [email protected]
ADF on wave of success
ABCSO Freya Dodd receives her trophy from former world surfing champion Mark Richards, who was on hand for the presentations at the International Surfing Festival in Cornwall. Photos: CPL Dave Blackburn
Close tussle in finalMIDN Olivia Veal prepares to block a goal attempt during the Kapooka K-Series Fast Fives water polo competition held at Kapooka. Photo: SGT Dave Morley
but I’m really happy just to be here representing ADFA.”
Patron of ADF Water Polo BRIG Stephen Jobson said the event was a great success.
“In all of the many sports Kapooka runs, water polo tends to have fewer players in the field, which means the tempo is high,” he
said. “I’d encourage anyone who wants to both dramatically improve their fitness and wellbeing, and also play sport well into their service life, to get involved in water polo.”
The Wagga Water Polo Association provided referees for the day.
ABCSO Freya Dodd in winning form as she cuts back in off the lip of a wave in a heat of the women’s open shortboard competition.
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CPO Warner Barries in action at the International Surfing Festival in Cornwall, UK.Photo: CPL Dave Blackburn
