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to the sea wheN! it was recovered ror re-use . The recently acquired Kalkarll does not need II

runway, as does its predecessor, the Jlndivik, to la unch.

By co-incidence it was NEWCAS­TLE which fired on the last orthe Jindivik nights.

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They were not forgotten ~!'o;;;=J

W~~k~~~ii~~S ::~ It~:n~~~~~n :!~ down on Cairns the personnel at HMAS CA IRNS knew il had 10 look after the wives, families .and homes of serving per­sonnel, particu larly those away at sea.

"There is nOlhing more lonely and worry­ing for a wife than sitting in a house during a cyclone," CAIRNS operations comman­der, LCDR Peter Kraus, said.

Peter was the man to coordinate an out· standing cyclone operation by the officers and sailors of the base. With PO Brian Green and LElIT Christine Wooten he worked in the base's command centre for 33 hours.

A further 30 officers and sai lors were deployed or put on standby.

"Normally we have about 48 hours to prepare for a cyclone. Rhona was on to us within hours," Peler said.

"First we had to get our ships to safety. HM AS GLADSTONE with LCD R Vaughan Rixon and the new sh ip LEEUWIN with CMDR Bruce Kafer, put 10 :;ea and headed north to Cape Melville .

"We put TARAKAN into a creek sur­rounded by mangroves, used the trees as bollards and left a watChing crew of three to look after her.

"A tug towed the old FLINDERS to a buoy.

"Ashore Christine phoned the 150 Navy homes in Cairns 10 check on the occupants.

"Most said they were all right but 50 were nol so sure.

"We formed three teams of five personnel with a vehicle and a trailer carrying chain­saws, ropes, rations, tarpaulins etc.

"A team was assigned to check on homes in Ihe north , south or west of Cairns.

"The sailors tied down loose objects. removed awnings and fallen debris and cut up trees which had blown over.

"As the cyclone moved towards the coast at Port Douglas our teams were still on the road. They wanted to keep going but I called Ihem home about 9.30pm on the Thursday ... it was gelling dangerous."

Not all the action was ashore however. Peter continued: "Off the coast the 40 metre tourist yacht Atlantic Clipper with 36 pas-

sengers and four crew aboard had lost an engine.

'The second was working but the yacht was going backwards . Because of our com­munications we were able to act as a relay between the Volunteer Coast Guard and the Maritime Safety Centre in Canberra," (The yacht survived)

AB Robert Williams was a member of the "south" rescue and repair team, "We went from married quarter to married quarter checking on the occupants. We brought down awnings which were likely to blow away and tied down anything which was likely to go.

"At one place we cut up a palm tree which had blown across a fence and was

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~~~@il~~ @~Cill[Jij~ITU~ [}l] ffiJ @ @ ~fi(ill ~ ffiJ \YAY1 (ill fi @ ~ ti~c~nlYlhle8 m;:~~~ Paci fi c is land of Bougainville has begun to emerge from a lrau­matic eight yearso(vio­lenceaooconnict.

Two hundred and fifty Australian peace­keepers are in Bouga;n. vi lle leading a multina­tional force from New Zealand. Vanuatu and Fiji to monitor the for­mer warring pani cs' co mplian ce with th e Ap r il 30 ceasefi re agreement and promote confidence in the ongo­ing peace process.

Among the force is a man who can make a valuable contribution to the fumreofthi s island.

CPO Jeffrey Langham. from Cairns. is part of the RAN hydrographic

,service. His job is to

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FJOh~ exam ine the ex isti ng naut ica l c harts of the waters off Bougainville 10 provide safe passage for his ship. the Heavy Landing Crafl HMAS LABUAN.

The charu of the waters around Boogain­vill e are poorly sur­veyed and much of the hydrographic informa­tion wasoblained by the RAN during the Second World War. Some of the current charts have not been updat ed for 30 years and a c loser look at many of them will create a fee ling of dread for any mariner.

Such terms as unsur­veyed. inadequate ly s ur veyed and former mined area are a com-

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mon descnption on the chans.

"No captain would ever risk hi s ship or cargo in some of these waters:' CPO Langham said.

Working in conjunc­tion with the RA N hydrographic office in Wollongong. NSW, CPO Langham is pro­ducing accurate naviga­tional charts to provide information that will eventuall y assist with the safe passage of ship­ping in Bourgainville.

He compiles anchor­age c hart s using LABUAN's radar fit. echo s ounde r and G loba l Positioning System (CPS) as we ll as his own sp'ecia lised surveying equipment ­constantly adding the

to the cUlTent data avail­able.

It is the first time in 10 years anyone has updated Ihe Bourgain­vi lle chart s. Much of \he localinfrastructure

• LF.:UTs Philip Dolan, Meg Ford and Tammy Thomas ... four monlhs in Bougain\·ille. Picture: AIU'H 1I1'1"na Charier.

lion is an important step have made many roads to enhaoce the island's impilSsable to vehicu lar abil ity to recover from traffic. the re ce nt conf li ct CPO Langham accu-because com me rcial rate ly depict~ Bougain-s hippin g move ments vi ll e's coas11ine and will be safer for all." harbours usi ng a level

Since the area was and a tachemetry staff. originall y su rveyed in He also takes posi tion 1968 sate lli te naviga- fixes for navigational tion technology has features and depth improved dramatically soundings 10 confirm and more systems have the location of shoo Is. come into service. He was orig inally to

Asaresultlhedegree ha\'espent Iwo ..... ecks in of accuracy of charts is Bougain vil le but with now down 10 me tres ali lhe data that needs to rather than tens of hun- De collected he will now dredsofmetres. 5 t a yo n boa r d

CPO langham 's sea- L ABUAN fo r th e based activities in volve remainder of h e r coast lining beach land - deployment. ing poin ts so thaI He is certainly happy LABUAN and her s iSler with the results so far. ships are able to Deach " 1 can see the results and unload vita l s up- of my work strai g ht plies to the monitoring away. It is very satisfy-teams in remote parts of IIlg to know that what I the island. am achie\'ing will make

The heavy land i ng the job sa fer for th e

Team off to Bou ainville ""'''''',oo" d,o ~:~;:,,~:::E:~':~: 17r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~b'~'k~O~'"~. "~"~"~"~'~,".~ .. ~

A;~;~:y ~:~~C:~utr~~:nlt~a ~:; ,:~~~~~~ I;~ Bougain l'jlle.

Fh<e nurses, a pathology technician and a theatre technician will make up the learn.

The men and ..,omen are dra\\n from the Balmoral Naval Hospita l in Sydney. the medical cen lre at HMAS CERBERUS and the recruiting unit in Perth,

The sCluad will replace simil'lf sl:lff from the o th er armed se rvices as part of the multi-national peace monitoring force on the island.

"Our poople will work al a field hospilal set up at Loloho," the Deput) Fleet l\ lcdical Officer, LC DR Mark Parrish said.

Senior medical officer at the 8:llmoral Na\':11 Hospital , LEUT 1\'likc Loxton. said senior nUfsil)g officer, LEUT l\lcg Ford. would be team leader for the deployment.

The group is belie\Cd 10 be the l:trgest single RAN medical team to go O\cr\cas for man~ ~ cars.

T he SCl en \1 ill do some specific tropielll medicin e trainin g in TO\ln s lill e before making the fli ght to Bougaimille,

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ercise biggest or many years

and ' HMAS WARNAMBOOL (LCDR M Shelvey) were 10 join the larger ships later as was the US n~1 oiler USNS YUKON.

M::t~~S~::r:~~~~il~:e:~~I~ N:~~::~gb:!:~n~~e~h p~~nO~:en~. a~i~~I~:e~! largestf1eellrainingexercisesofflheNSWC03S(foryears , was a s imila r sce ne at 81 Win g 3t RAA F

Lead ship for the exercise HMAS ADELAIDE under Williamtown where Hornets were checked. the command of CAPT Lee Cordner. CAPT Cordner is 111e F Il ls of No 82 Wiog were readied at Amberley.

also lask group commander. HMAS ALBAnOSS was also a hive of KP activity, In groups ofthKC the warships cast off from Ready 10 join the fray ..... ere the $eahawks of 8 16 Fleet Base East and WATERHEN and head· Squadron. the Sea Kings of 8 17. the HS 7485 of No cd to exe rci se areas north and so uth of 723 Squadron and the Skyhawks of the New Zealand

Sydney. No 2 and No 7S squadrons. Also preseni were the Joining ADE· newest K series variant of

S~~:~E w',;~,~~~ 2000 personnel 15 ships ~:;~'~'~;~:::'h' (CAPT M Bonser). , week long preliminary

SUCCESS (CAPT R phase with ships travtJ· Crane), TOBRUK (CMDR A Du Toil), CANBER· ling from HMA S STIRLING doing "shakedown"

RA (CMDR G. James). BRISBANE (CMDR P. exercise on the way. Leschen), NEWCASTLE (CMDR S Hamilton) and Phase one saw the ships companies do a harbour

MELBOURNE (CMDR Plones). training phase at FBe and WATERHEN. This was

t~~~t~~t:;[<~f""~~i!i;iiilaj Also todeparl was a floti lla of sma tier vessels includ· followed by phase IWO workup. which saw ships con· ing liMA Ships RUSUClITfER (LCDR 0 Hughes). duCi basic sea tmlning and mariner ski tis.

SI-IOA LWATER (LCD R D Waldie). WALLA ROO Phase th ree saw 3dv3nced sea Imining 3nd we3pon (WOCS M G Dennien). BERMAGUI (C POCSM S firing drilll> undenaken. Ph35e four saw the shops

..:==="""'"""=-~=="""-=-="""""-''=-""'''''===-> ~~a~1~G~~~~~~~ ~~~~f.~ R McKay) and r;~Ft.~r~:~i~~h:er~~~;:t:~~ :~e f~~;~~:i~~e:~~ Patrol boats HMAS BENDIGO (LeDR M Parsons) aClUat war exercise.

Id termite heaven in $1J2 m upgrade T~~:;~n:e:: ~I~;~~ cers and teenagers 01 TS HAWK ESBURY ncar Gosford was so badly rid· died .... llh termites It .... ·3~

dubbed "term lie he3\-en". hwas31~descnbcdas

anOl1 andSllIghlrnare. Bulthe bUIlding bc~lde

the Bri sbane Waler al Point Claire is no longer.

Late last year II W3S bulldoled and in lIS pl:k:e a new 5500.000 steellwo· ~torey headquarte". bUilt.

"We were r.:ertalnly glad 10 see Ihe old pl3ce go and lhe new one erect· .. d."' unit CO. WO Palnr.:l M3rsh told N(II,,·Ncll's.

bers. Federal rootP Mrs Bronwyn Bishop formal· Iyopcnedlhecomplex.

TS HAWKESBURY is une of the mosl d)"n'amic Naval Cadet UnLIl> in AU~lraha wllh an enrol· menl of 42 cadets 3ged trom 13 10 19.

It ha~elghlomcers. Youngslers Imvel from

wide an:as of the Central Coa~1 of NSW to attend pamdes and salhngdays.

11\ boa t ~hed houses ,even ~malt crali mclud· ing a Zodiac while'atlhe end oflhejl!tty stand 3 12 metre lelch and a seven melreBlueblrdY'll"hl.

Before a large croVld of c3dets. officen. locai VIPs and fanilly memo

The cadets received grea l support from the Na\'y and local org301S3' lions fortne proJcct . .

• The udel$ celt'brate th e opt'ning o r Ihei r ne w headquarters. PictuN!: CI)()I'II Cameron Martin.

Viet visit for RAN pair T~:s v~~~nr~:l;~CI~eO~;~;l:en~ v isil 10 ~I o Chi Minh City by HM AS PERTH (CAPT L(lu Rago) and HMAS ARUNTA (CMDR Greg Yorke).

The vis it i ~ ~cheduled to take plar.:e from April 24 10 2R.

For PERTH il was nol be Ihe first lime she ha~ ~en Ihe wHlers of Vielnam, PERTH and her 4720 lonnc siSler ~hip~. HOBART and BR ISBANE saw sen'ice during Ihe Vietnam War.

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clearance divers?

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~ignal 10 the \Vornen in Ihe RAN :lllhe beginning of February.

The ~urvey of inlere,1 i,

~ought as a guide 10 the Chief of Naval Stalf'~ Advi~ory Committee "",hkh will soon con· s ider the i~~ue of opening Ihe Clear:lnce Diving branch 10

fernalc~ .

The l>ur\-cy cornel> ;L~ Defence chiefs ~uggel> t Ihe nced for more women In Ihearrneliscniccsand whelher Ihey lake full combul roles.

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• POC D Marshall and his son , ABCD Atkins, after diving on the bombs. Picture: AHPH Torrin Nelson.

Divers take out wartime bombs ["&Oii"n!' o:v;J ~!Ut~ d:~a:::: :n: ~~:~e ~~~~ St:tPhe~S~ T~=~o~do~:~i ~~~~D1~X~~ gOf~~: no~eors~~;~:e~sed as

=~~n~eritii:~I~~~~ :e~~ =~~o~sn la~1 :o~l,:r of ~~e:~i~ha::s"~~~o~ bomb, at the entrance 10 'fhe i ncidents took on the southern headland one of Australia's most place in the waters off of the port during World

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as a training area for Australian and US troops in amphibious landings and as such was fortified,

'"Then the police informed us there were another four to eight de ... ices in the waler on the Seaward side of the island," PO Marshall told Na ... yNews.

"Due to inclement weather conditions the disposal of these items was postponed."

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On Wednesday, January 20,a fonuerCPOCDdi ... • ing off the island found the first of 1wo unexplod· ed de ... ices, later identified as mortars.

One lay in six metres of waler and the other 10 metres. They were 20 melreSapar1.

On Thursday, January 28, PO Marshall and fi ... e di ... ers left HMAS WATER­HEN aboard the di ... e launch SEAL to spend se ... eral days of( the island detonating the bombs.

"After a search we found a British made 250 pound aerial bomb lying in 18 metres of wale·r." PO Marshall said.

" It was barnacle co ... -ered and still ... ery lethal.

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1bc fomJer sai lor con· tacted authoriries and the following day PO Gavin Marshall took four di ... ers to Port Stephens.

Using the local Water Police launch the detach­ment located the mortars, attached explosi ... e charges and destroyed them.

"On Saturday. January 30. after a NOTAM was issued to ships and planes to keep clear, we deSIToyed the bomb.

'1l!ere was a real thump in the water and some bubble acti ... ity," he said.

A:ica~~~~~~~yna~; HMAS STIRLING, in No ... ember has seen the MV SEAHORSE STAN­DARD. a 2090 tonne Canadian-builtmotor ... es­sel.join the Na ... y's sup­port team . Na ... al Chaplain Barrie Yesbergconducted the ccremony of blessing.

company established by P&O Maritime Australia and Serco Defence Services, which has been pro ... iding port and sup­port craft services to the RAN since July last year.

The SEAHO RSE STANDARD was built at the Marystown Shipyard, Newfoundland. in 1980.

She is only the second Austra lian registered dynamic positioning ... es­sel, the other being her sister. SEAHORSE SPlR­JT, which is supporting the trials program of Austral ia's new Collins­Class submarines in Adelaide.

Before dOing so a NOTAM was issued to pla,!esand ships and the police circled to keep ci ... ilianeraftclear.

1'0 Marshall saiddete­riorating weather forced the squad to postpone the search forll.nddcstruction of other World War II de ... ices known 10 be around the island.

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MELBOURNE's day R~:B~~RN~~6~ ~~.~~:s~ played the roleofoflkial host ship for the Australia Day Regatta, a colourful cele­bration of sail on Sydney Harbour.

From an ouistanding central ... antage position MELBOURNE entertained an runy of ViPs including the Governor of NSW. Mr Gordon Samuels, the acting Minister for Defence, Mr Bruce Scott, and Ausrralia Day Council president RADM Peter Sinclair.

Also embarked were Ihe Maritime Commander, RADM Chris Ritchie, Commander Australian Theatre, MAJ­GEN Jim Connolly, Land Commander MAIGEN John Hartley and Air Commander AVM Alan Titheridg~ .

Guests enjoyed a f1ypast of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets, an aerial display from

PC-9 trai~rs ' from the RAAF Central Aying School and a parachute jump into the harbour by the AJ:my's Red Berets.

1bc: Australia Day Regatta reech'ed a powerful start with the Go ... ernor rtring the ceremonial saluting gun from MEL­BOURNE.

Always a traditional fa ... ourite, the har­bour feny race passed close to the assem­bled ... isitors as feny masters jostled for glory amid streamers and foaming wakes.

Later RADM Sinclair presented a painting of the barque iamt$ Craig to the CO in recognition of MELBOURNE's support of the regatta.

The association has also become a prominent feature of MELBOURNE's January program and has fostered friend· ships between the RAN and the wider nautical community. - LEtrr Rick Allen

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Nearly scooped pool The ship's company of HMAS

PERTH (CAPT Lou Ragol almost scooped the pool when il came to awards last year.

1be 47ZO tonne DOG was runner-up in the prestigious Gloucester Cup for

overall efficiency. She took the Voyager Trophy for

anti-submarine warfare prowess. 'The ship also received the Pakistan

Shield (or sport for ships with more than 100 personnel.

T~~ou~~:~ C:!!:~t~~;~;;~IY ~=:~~~: JlMAS ADELAIDE by the Governor General, Sir Willi!lmDcan.

The FJo'G a nd ber sbip's company also received the Commodore Wardle Cup.

The Commanding Orneer or ADELAIDE, CAPT Lee Cordner, accepted the cup in a ceremony on the night deck or his ship.

The Gloucester Cup is presented annually to the ship or submarine displaying best overall emcieney_

The nert'tly CODtested award entiUes the holder to display gold stars on her bridge wings for the fol­lowing year_

The Commodore Wardle Cup is awarded to the sbip, establishment or communications centre pro­viding the most outstanding communications ser­vice in or for the neel_

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I mplementing arrangement signed [EiLT!:?;~ ~:~"~~:~li~;;:~~~i with New Zealand T~:gis~~sZ~7fic~la~~ fri~~~es. arrangement, Will iamstown. Victoria, signed by respective was the venue for the Navy chiefs VADM s-igning of the imple- Chalmers. RAN. and menting arrangement RADM Wilson, RNZN. between the Royal has been developed by Australian and Royal the ANZAC class logis-

lics office over Ihe paSI 12 months in eonsulla­lion wilh both signatory navies.

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oyer wrang l in g about wurk sharing and who'!> company ge ts to budd what piece s. The RN, stating down the band of haYing to rellrethe Type 42s without a replacement in sight ye t. IS makmg noi~es about pulllOg oot and bui lding an "alternatl\e national program" Apparently a number of sclllor people 10 the RNcan remember y,hat operation .. carried out In the lace 01 hoslile air attack arc li~e the F a I ~ I and ~ and the \tedllerranean In the Seconu World War) and the po~"lbihty of ha\ing nO;lrea alrdetence mi,­'ilecapabilit) leaH' them ~cry 1II11mpre\\ed

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16 Fighting Falcon air­c raft that were neve r delivered. due to the US nOI apprec i ati fi g Paki stan's in terest in things atomic. The air­c ra ft. origin ally due 10

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H MASGEELONG. under the com­mand of L e DR

Malt Cawsey. has started the new yeu as she ended the old ... with a dramatic fore ign fi shing vessel apprehension,

A boarding party con­sisling o f L e DR Jeff Williams, POD larnd Weaving, AB Sam Parez and AB Miclr::-oUlDington then swung into action.

A searcb of the vessel revealed a large amount of shad:: fin hidden below decks deep in her stem.

LCDR Jeff Williams, took . control of the silual ion detailing his team 10 drop the sai ls and prepare for oonnocting the toW.

The mlSlcr, a lready agita ted . a tte mpted 10 interfere with the board­ing pany's efforts and a scuffie followed. He had to be reun ined and removed from the FFV to GI3ELONG fo r h is own safety allowing the board­ing party to proceed wilh the tow umhampered.

you're returned to his vessel the following morning after his promise 10 !be ro thai he woukI '"behave himSelf".

procedures and remaining alcrt:apoteotially difJ'lCult board ing was completed without serious injury, he Wd.

nabbe NT Fisheries Officer

Mr Mick Munn informed the master thai he would be towed to Darwin for furthetinvestigation.

The FFV was handed over in Darwin harbour two days late r without further incident_

While on palrol in the vicinity of Ashmore Reef. Coastwatc h a irc raft reported an Indones ian Type II FFV well inside the AUSlralian Fishing Zone. Guided 10 the posi­tion by the aircraft GEE­LONG quickly intercept-ed the vessel. .

1be mastc:I" became IIDCO­

operative refusing to drop his sails. GEELONG's XO.

He s pent the n ight aboard GEELONG heing

LCDR Cawsey praised his ship 's company after the boarding for its efforts.

By observing standard

_ Mea nwhil e, HMA S STIR LING in Wesle rn Australia registered . first on December IS, when it had six FREMANTLE­class patrol boats berthed in its small ships harbour.

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Alongs ide were the """"'""""",,,,",HMAS BUNBUR,Y and HMAS GERALDTON along wilh four Darwin-based visitors, HMA ShiPs CESSNOCK , OAWLER. LAUNCES­TON mel WOUONOONG.

The four visiting palTOl boats had aU been a sea off the northern Western Aus­tralian coast when !be emer­gence of !be flCfCe tropjcal cyclone Thelma saw their program changed and their diversion to Aoct Base West

They departed from Garden Island aJle r two days iopon.

It was the largest number of patrol boats seen a1ong­side at AeetBase West at any one time since the base commissioned in 1978.

• In tbe HMAS STIRLING small ships ha r bour a re, lert to riZht , "MAS GAWLER (No 21 2), HMAS LAUNCESTON with HMAS WOLLONGONG outboard , I lMAS GERALDTON with HMAS CESSNOCK

outboard and HMAS 8UNBURY (No_ 21 7)_

LAND WARFARE STUDIES CENTRE CONFERENCE 1999 National Convention Centre, Canberra

Wednesday 24 March and Thursday 25 Man:h 1999

PROGRAM Day I: Wcdncsday, 24 March 1999

THEME: FEAR OF DEATH AND FEAR OF .,UING 0800-0900 Registration

0900-0930 Lieutenant Gener al Fr-ank Hickling Opening Remarks by the Chief of Army

0935- 1025 Lieutenant Colonel Dave G rossman Stresses on the Soldier: Fear of Death, Fear of Killing, Fear of Being Thought a Coward in Modem Battle

"M"'O"'RNIN="'G'"'T"'E""A 1050- 11 40 Colonel Steven Tetlow

British Army Il1CQrpornting Human Factors in Simulation: Modelling Fear, Surprise and Shock

JJ45- 1235 Dr Michael Evans lAnd "hifare Studies Centre Close Combat: Lessons from the Cases of Alben Jacka and Audie Murphy

LUNCH

1350-1440 Associate Proressor Hugh S mith Australian Defenu Force Academy The Casualty Factor: Public Perceptions of Bearable Cost in a Democracy

1445-1535 Colonel Peter Warfe Defence Health Se,-.·ice Branch Post-traumatic Stress: The Australian Experieoce in Recent Multinational Peace Operations.

AFTERNOON TEA

1555-1645 All presenters Open forum

Day 2: T hu rsday, 25 March 1999

THEME: WORKING IN CHAOS 0840-0930 Proressor J ohn English

US Na\'al War Col/ege Balancing Deep and Close Battle: Will We Still C lose With the Enemy in the Future?

0935-1025 Dr Paddy Griffith Fighting Spirit: Leadership and Morale on the 'Empty Battlefield' of the Future

M ORNING TEA

1055-1145 Brigadier Jim Wallace Australian Army lllc Effect of Digitisation on Commanders and the Structure and Workings of Headquarters

11 50-1240 Dr David Horner

1400-1450

1455-1545

1605- 1655

1700-1715

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Stress on Higher Commanders in Future Warfare

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Dr Eleanor Hancock Monash University Killing Women and Women as Killers: The Implications of 'Gender Neutral' Armed Forces

Dr J eremy Manton Defence Science and Technology Organisation Il1CQrporating Human Factors in Field Training: Realistically Rcproducing Chaos

AFTERNOON TEA

All presenters Open forum

Closing remarks

W.~:~h;O~~~~. ~:!t~~~n;~~t%~n1te~~;~f~~ become a hands on affair ... as our photograph from Navy News photographer Helena Charter shows.

CORE Robertson is pictUred, screwdriver in hand, as he checks (he engine room of the 316 tonne heavy land­ing cnfi BRUNEI.

BRUNEI , (LEUT R. Stevenson), sister ship BETANO (LEUT M. Willmore) and the 5800 tonne heavy landing ship TOBRUK (CMDR A. Du Tout) are all based in Sydney.

Just days after her audit. BRUNEI headed for the Solomon Islands and Bougainville.

Of the BRUNEI, CORE Robertson said: HDe.spite some setbacks last year it would appear that BRUNEI is now ready ror her deployment and able to fulfil her commit­ments.

"You arc to be congratulated for the hard work under­taken so far. Keep it up."

Of BETANO. CORE Robertson said: "I was very Impre ssed by the quality and enthusiasm of you r people and by the very high standards of eompanments, particularly the engine room which was gleaming.

OfTOBRUK, he said: "The hard work and lremendous efforts put in by the ship's company over the .Iast few months were most evident.

"TOBRUK has obviously -shaken off the cobwebs and is in good shape to tackle the challenges ahead .

" I was most impressed by the positive attitude and enlhusiasm of your people, obviously a major ingredient that has made such advances in the ship materiel condi­tion, possible."

The Navy, Army and Air Force in Perth we re on hand to

lend a touch of pomp and ceremony at the ~au nc h

and maiden voyage of the replica sai ling s hip Duyjken in Perth last month.

River to take prominent posi tion in Pe rth Waters for the Australia Day Sky Show.

The patrol boat HMAS GE R;\LDTON was in posi tion in dress rig to s ignal a si ren salute and escort th e vesse l from Fishing Boat Harbour to the Inner Harbour.

were Warrant Officer Don Ph i llips and Sergeant Mid: McDona ld, both armou rers, and Corpora l Darren Gould. an amm u­ni t io n tec hni cia n , the three from Joint Logistic Unit - Perth provided cer­emonial firepowe r for the day fir ing sa lutes from three brass miniature can-

A taste

loan to various organisa­tions in Perth , including Defence.

On Duyfken's upr iver maiden voyage Ihe minia­tures were aga in put to good use with the soldiers firi ng more than 60 salutes using black pow­der charges they had pre­pared thcmselves.

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LEUT d eRuyter. The o'riginal Duyfktn,

Uttle Dove, made the fi rst recorded landfall by Europeans in Austral ia in 1606 when she dropped anchor off the tip of Cape York peninsula after sai l­ing from Banda, lndonesia.

Naviga to r o n the GERALDTON was Leut Mic hae l deRuyter, a descendan t of famous Ad miral Michiel deRuyter. who in 1661 commanded the Du tch

non. rI~:::=:::';=;:;;;:;:;:;~~~~~~~ The can DOn. one single and one double, were

Construction of the 64-

loaned to Ihe DuyjUn for the occasion and were three of a dozen des.igned and built by Army trades-

tonne, S3.1m replica in fl ee t that sailed up the men and apprentices of, Fremantle. be gan in Rive r Thames and gave then , Perth Work shop

:~~~::o : ~~ - .-------------- ~o~p~ny; ;:::~Pl,'::: Defence salutes ;:;::;~; 61,000 hours use in the

:r~~~'";;b~"; Duyfken replica r::;::: frUi tion early and pre-on Sunday, sen ted to January 24. when Duyfken the English Navy a the Roya l Perth Yacht was l aunched at bloody nose. C lub . T he c lu b s ubse-Fremantle's Fishing Boat On board Duyfktn for Harbour. the voyage up the Swan

On hand to provid~ appropriate musical su p­port was the 26-member Australian Army Band -Penh. Under (he baton of Warrant Officer Chris Mullin , the Reserve band, in military scar let uni­forms provided 30 minutes o f incidental music before the lunch and sounded a fanfare entitled "Dignified Occasion" as Duyjken was lowered into the sea.

Overhead. the RAAF Roulettes put on a spcctac­ularaerobatic display. The six PCJ9 aircraft , flown by in s tructors from the RAAF 's Cen tral Flying School 3t East Sa le in Victoria. then performed a flypast in salute.

On January 26 the Duyfken was afforded navel recognition as she made he r fir s t ve nture from harbour under tow. heading up the Swan

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While there are a number of issues slill to be resolved. iocluding decisions on whether a medium calibre gun is necessary for peacetime tasking, and therefore whether the 40/60 gun mounting should be retained, replaced or removed, the LOTE will encompass the following principal areas:

• Hull - repair/replacement of hull structure nec· essary to achieve an additional eight year life.

• Propulsion - replacement of the main .engines and gearboxes.

• Systems - electrical rewiring and renewal of swi tchgear, install re verse osmosis uni ts. replace the windlass and air compressors, refurbish the gal­Icy, install new H 2S and Freon alarm system. replace the internal communications and SRE sys­tems and replace the gyro system.

• Boat and boat handling - replace the seaboal with a new craft and replace the handling system for it .

The director o f the project, Mr Sam Yamunar.ljan, said the first step in the program was for the appointment of a project management team which will be supplemented by external consu l. tants. That learn will define the won.: package and assemble the documents needed to call tenders few a cont ractor to carry out the actual wewk.

• AustTlllhln sailors and Singaporcan cadets ~'ith the Stcyr rines i"n the Port Jackson Room at

W\IAS KUTfABUL PiCIUrt' : ABI'H Torrin Nelson.

Cadets' first Aussie visit S ~i~~e~ ,~:~:~~:~r~~~ bl";[\"all:adeh from Ihe Sill~;tptlre Corps 01

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11\1 \S Sl'CCESS \lhile OIl II\IAS KL'TTABll Ilh~) "ere put through th<'lr p;\~e., \lilh the Steyr ritle

Our solution to Y2K B ug T~~~!~~~eiS ~~::~~ Ilgaung Deknce faelhlle" for Y2K problems. DEO has conU'acted a consult:l.fl[ to conduct an assessment of equip men I and fac ill­t iCS. As such. Reglon:a! E~lateCentrcs. l hrough l he • Regional Est:l1e managers ;lIld staff will contact all uni t commanders to arrange ac(.~S$ to nommat­ed bulldmgsforin~pection and follow up act ion a~ necessary.

The DEO Y2K Project Will adopt a risk manage­ment approach to the Y2K problem.

For example. a compo­nenT may not be Y2K compllant·bUl II rna) be Y2Ksafe

If a change In dale(s) dO('s 1'101 affect the fune­tionahlY of the s)'Mcm and dOl.".'> nol pose an (JCcujXl­tiona I health and ~afely risk then that component recei\cs a low pno!'!t)' to replace.

Pnonty will b.! gwen to systems and eqlupment which Impact on ocr.:upa· lional health and safety andoperJtiooa[\:apabi li ty,

Fire [>I'Oll'ctlon sysll'fllS:

T~~::Sp~:~i:~ ag:~;:lotn:~~~: tion and highlight everyday Navy issues relating to the Millennium Bug.

The Millennium Bug or Year 2000 problem stems from the repn5Cnta­tion of year "alues with only two digits instead of four in -databases, software lIpplications and computer c hips, The effect is that the year 2000 will be treated as though appli­cations are in the year 1900. This will result in erroneous date-based calculations. inevitably leading to a failure of aITected systems.informa. tion on Y2K issues can be found at:

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InH:slIgallons mdicate that Y2K wil l not be a major problem as alarm mOll1lOnng systems only use the datcltirne functIon as an ellent logging process,

8uilding management systems: Some bUlldmg management s)'~tems arc noIl'Omptianl.

but are dependent on bluidmg management sy~­tem~ and power for open­tlon~

Failures of these 5)'S­

tem~ win resuh in a WOOl case of tile hfT ~hUlllng the doon. and not lellmg any-

TIle woot case scenario would be an alarm e\'em ha\Ulgthecorrecttimebut . wrong date. Regardless. this i ~ looked upon as an

"The new butklmg man­agement system at RJ IS

compliant. Lend Lease. for exam­

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shopping centre~ and dis­tribution centres are com­pliant by mid 1999.

Lifts: Most htlssystem~ in Aus.trar ia arecompham

Arm o uri es: Defence has three different types of armourie, security alanfls which are all behe\'ed to becompJiant.

Regardless, noncompli ­ance will not render the

• DEO has contracted a consult.ant to conduct a n assessment of RAN equipment a nd fa cilit ies.

armoury non functional. nor will the doors revert to open or shut, The only tmpact is for the amlOOry system to indicate lII\:or­rect years or days, The IIItegrity of the armoury will remain.

Securit y syst e ms: I n\'eSfigati~smdicatelhat Y2K wi ll not be a major problem in thc older tech­nology security systems. The fa":,i l) of new tech-

IIOlogy high se,::unly ~)'~­tcm~ bemg mstallcd III the ADF is Y2K comp1i:lm,

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There is a large number o f man u fac t urers of HVAC control compo­nents, no t al t of which contain embedded date

functioo!>. Uowever. the DEO

Y2K Project will identi fy those syslems that have the potential to cause problems and take t he appropriate3Ction.

Emergm cy power gen­er.Hion systems: Controls for power generation and distribution have the pllIen­UalfIX Y2K problems

As emergency power is generally associated with ;\CII\'ltles II) buildings that are part of the l'ore func­lion of an establishment (eg C3). they wIll be gillen the highest poont)',

Jt well maybe thaI I f this type of facility IS nOi fitled \\uh an emergency generator. and there is no firm guarantee thai the local supply authonty will not rule OUI Interruptions 10 the supply. then an emergenc)'geocr.lllXma)' halle 10 be prollided.

A ccess Control S ys­tems : Wilhtheexception of the access control sys­Tems Installed in Defence bu il d i ngs in the ACT. all other access con tro l .,ystems are not Y2K com­pliant.

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NAVY NEWS, February 22, 1999 (39) 11

The two sides of youth

• SMN .()Uvia Munzer from F1MA gets on with cleaning gramU from the War Memorial in Sydney, watched by· the manager of the memorial , former \\'0 Pat Marsh. Picture: ABPH Simon MeteaUt .

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~nv:=~:g~~~~ graffi ti on the walls-and steps of the War Memorial in Sydney ear­lier this month the com­munity, including a group ofyoungsailorsat FIMA , Garden Island. Sydney. wasoUlragcd .

The sailors. however ,turned outrage into ac tion.

11tey put up their hands and said: "We'll clean up the mess."

Within hours a team of four young sailors themselves just a liule older than those responsi­ble for the damage ... was hard at work wi th scrub­bing brush, hose and detergent.

LCDR Peter Gorman . the Com-manding Officer of Fleer Intermediate Maintenance Activity, said: "Just after we started work on February 10. AB Tom Gleed came to me.

" He had heard · about the damage to the memor­ial on the radio and sug­gested he and some of our pe1)ple could help clean it "p.

'"There are 50 young sailors on the staff and they all wanted to help. We could only send four.

" I called Bob Durbin at the RSL, offered our help and he accepted." LCDR Gomlansaid. -

AB Gleed acoompanied by AB Justin Allan. SMN Mark Smith and SMN Olivia Munzer joined a contract cleaner at the memorial to be faced with metre higll tag lines

scrawled on all faces of the memorial and on the stairs.

Under the watchful eye of the manager of the memorial. former Navy WOPatMarsh,thesailors got to work.

With the memorial closed to the public because of the use of chemicals in the cleaning process. the sailors and contractor worked for many hoors to erase the ink from the felt pens.

During the clean-up the Premier of NSW, Mr Bob Carr. and the president o f the NSW RSL, Mr Rusty Priest. arrived to survey thcdamage.

Pat Marsh told Navy N~lthegraffitiT3idwas

tbe second in under a y=.

"Last April vandals painted on the memorial.

"Hopefully what hap­pened today will nOt be repeated.

."There is a plan to put closed circu it security eameras on four buildings overlooking the memorial and Hyde P3.rk. ' .

"Security guards may also be inltOduced," he

""dOO. Police arrested a youth ,

16, from Lane Cove fol ­lowing the incident and charged him wi th damag­ing the memorial. . 11tey seek anOther three

young people. Police said when they

checked a bag the arres ted youth was canying it con· tained felt pens and a book containing tag lines.

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In uled for unit census co-ordinators 10 issue to all uniLs and work groups,

I Co-ordinators will manage the distribulion and

recovery of Ihe census by the end of MaKh. In the census everybody remains anonymous and nobody can be identified from data collected.

Most members will be asked to fill out the cen· sus on the night but personnel who rmd tbis diffi· cult ean fill out their form at a convenient time as I long as they give the information as if they were filling it out on Marml6, 1999.

The I>f:feoce FOrtt Census-1m wiD make sure tbere is up to date infonnation about members and their families to help make d~ions and argue cases which Include housing, working con- I ditions, pay and allowances, removals, spouse employnlent , education and child care.

For the first time the ~nsus wiD include Active Reserve members, renecting Defence's commit· I mentto the Total FOKe Con~pt •

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Car was waiting Sir, I wish IOrcclIfy a!;lale-

1'T'ICIl! by LCDR A. LisIcr in the article, The nightlhc caJJ

~~:Z~:Js::e:~hat there was no Navy car available 10 late himself and staff to UMAS ALBATROSS. The fact is that Sydney Transport had 12 vacant vehicles on the day mentioned including a stand-by vehicle which is available for such emer­gencies.

Funher to this I am also available by phone 24 hours per day to assist in these typeSofrequiJ'cments.

This statement may only seem minor, howev­er. my staff pride them­seives in giving assistanc:e when required and I know this has offended them.

Max Formann Sydney Transport

Pool Manager

A grand project

Sir, I am and have been for

mOTC than two years try­ing to gel recognition for the crews and caplainsof HMAS PROTECTOR .

As you will know. she was dumped, unnecessar­ily, 00 Heron Island, Queensland. in 1944 and practically forg()(ten .

Her captains ... one of which was Captain. then Vice Admiral. twice knighted (the only person

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to be knighted twice) W. Editor last year' (Novy R. Creswell. "Father of News, November 30) and the Royal Austral ian lik.e many more past and Navy" .. , and crews also prescnt RAN and RNZN have been forgollen. people share Gus' sadness

Are there any interested al Saily EcKel's passing. people or parties. naval or I'm surc: the question of civiliaJI, who would be awards 10 worthy recipi-inlen::Sled in building a new e nts is often wondered PRCYTECTOR as a IOUrisl about. cruise ship or adventureAUs- All I know is that per-101)' ship? Around such a sonally reading the replica a movie or television eulogy at Salty's funeral series could CverJ be 00sed. and assisting in the scat·

I re.al.ise Ihis would be a tering of his ashes off TS grand projcc1. bill with the MORETON BAY,I was a right parties involved. I witness 10 a crowded believe it would be rman~ church and an equally ciallyviabJc. lhaveconsid- crowded jelly of family ercd the fcasibilily of such and frie nds who knew, a project and I believe il loved and respected Salty. would be IOtally viable. I 1be greatest award of know of hundreds of peo- all is that he will never be pte interested including (orgolten,whichofcourse some in government and I is why an ell-shipmate am sure there arc many Gus Russell would write more unifonncd people out such nice words. there who would be intcr- At the ashes scanering ested if PROTECTOR's. ceremony at Salty's her crews' and captains' beloved TS MORETON historieswcrcknown. BAY. RedcJiff. Queens-

Towism and cruising is l and. on Saturday, risingl2pcrcenteachyear November 7, 1998, and there arc IJ(J( enough presided over by Padre UDKillC towist ships. Bill Pearson, the Naval

T he recently.passed Cade~ were a credit in Remembrance Day is a their unifonns and Ihanks very sad day indeed and also go to the local branch what 1 am seeki ng is of the Naval Associalion. remembrance for our Many former RAN

Transferred . original naval boys. people made the Irip, to or from By the way, did you local aod interslate. and Canberra? know our military badge, stories of Salty's life

the Rising Sun, was actu- abounded, sometimes to Ha.ve your pets cared ally made aboard PRO- the amazement of his

fO~~'~~~~n:;:.IO TECTOR by her then civilian fami ly. engineer .. Creswell? I apologise 10 many __ ._ L _ __ --~-

and deliver to the Victor Harbor SA munication did n()( know Canberra airport. about the funeral and

school, then aged 12. atlended (Sally al 12 wilhout rugby forward ears was quite handsomc) and his Elvie from recent limes attended along with manyfarnily members.

LElITBryanllull Brisbane

Thanks to all

Sir, I have had the most

mcnlorable and reward· ing ellperience. It was the occasion of the committal of my father's ashes to the sea on Saturday. November 7. 1998.

I write this letter in gratitude to all in the Navy thaI made the day possible. LEUT Bryan Hull has been a real source of inspiration from the untimely death of my father 10 the carrying out of his lifetime wish,hav· ing his ashes committed 10 the sea. I would like panicularly to thank the Naval Association, the members of TS MORE· TON BAY and the Padre for the wonderful service andaffernoon tea.

I believe WO Ron Giveen and CPO Brctt Quinn were offiCially released by Maritime Headquaners. with travel arranged by the CO of IIMAS WATSON. It was great having them at the ceremony and to thank them personally.

I would appreciate it if you would pass on my fam ily's heanfelt thanks to all concerned.

Mark Eckel MilduraNSW

Wall of names Rates lor boarding Salty 's ashes ceremony. but Sally

on application. had a huge official and Sir,

Tony and Chris's SerVICe unofficial family and it l am wri ting as a repre-

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a memorial wall at our Memorial Park contain· ing the names of all members of the armed forces past and present from the local area. including. Ungarie. Kikoira,Girral,Wejaand surrounds.

We ask that anyserv· ing member let us know of themselves or (!Dyone they know of from this area so their names can be included on the plaques. The cut off date for casting is mid February although facili· ty is being made fOTlater inclusions jf necessary. Any form of service will qualify. The only requirement is thai they are from this area.

David A. Haynes Ungarie NSW

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• From left, CM DR David Garnock,CO of HAlAS KUTIABUL, CMDR Richard Tighe RANR RId, CMDR Andrew Dale, the RANR Reserve Utilisation Manager Supply and LeDR Peter Lyons. at Gol't~rnment Ho use with a

commemor .. uive nag signed by Sir Roden Cutler.

[ffi~~~ITW~ [Q)CIDW n@ ©@ffiJnDffiJQlJ~ T~~~~: ~:~:a~a~~ man~S~~:nti~e~~~~ parndes and join the RSL

as their Jong-tenn viability would rely in part on their "'ppM.

Sir Laurence Street. says said organisers were the commemoration of encouraging serving aod Reservists' service will former Reservists to lake continue following its part in ANZAC Day

~~Ct;;~. across Australia r-;:============::; Sir Laurencc's state·

ment followed a Govern­ment House function in Sydney where NSW Governor Mr Gordon Samucls honoured 50 ReS"erve Forces Day committee members and 100 serving and fonner Reservisls and panners with the presentation of 150 Australian flags.

The July I march in Sydney was led by a con­lingent of school cadets carrying 50 Australian flags which were donated 10 the Reserve Forces Day Committee by the Federal Government

The Governor spoke enthusiastically about the parades in Sydney. Ncwcastle and Albury and throughout Australia and Ihe concept .of the march ofn.-cognising ser­vice 10 the nation.

A former Chief Justice of NSW, Sir Laurence was a WWII sailor and Naval Reservist and says he is still proud of his days as an ordinary sea­man. He said hc had been proud to be involved and lead the Sydney parade.

Following the interest generated by the 1998 marches. Sir Lilurence formally advised that Reserve Forces Day would continue .

In 1999 and 2000 the Reserve Forces Day national executive wilt liaise with State RFD coun­cils for the day 10 be com­memorated by wreath lay­ings al appropriate war mernorials.In 2OO1.as July 1 falls on a Suoday. a parade is proposcd as part of AustroJia's Centenary of Federation

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NAVY NEWS, February 22, 1999 (41) 13

Not forgotten -From pa~ l.

likely to land on the roof of the house next door." Alrho ug h the cyclo ne moved inland and los t

intensity on the Friday, the Navy was recalled on the Saturday whe n it was learned that Cooktown was without elec tricity.

"We readied TARAKAN with c ranes and gener-

Kiwi reminder for wardroom

~~~~ ~~d hr:l:,o~~ ~:;e;,,,c~~;;s:a~~e~~~1 the V;~~~s t~:heH:~ds He commended the 5 I st NQ Regiment which PENGUIN will now be

used its Un imog high clearance trucks and crews ~~i~~:~ ~~~:~~ ~~~~ to take food and medicine through floodwaters to marines and submariners, isolated homes and villages. . somc:of them Kiwis. .

" We had army liaison officers with us in the As a parting gift. New command centre." he added. He sa id not ship was Zealand officer CMDR

damaged, no injuries sustained by Navy personnel :i;:~i !;~~:;c::rn:~ or familie s a nd no major damage caused to submarines. a Royal Navy homes. bOat , the HMS TAC I-==------------, TURN leaving the jetly in

HMAS LEEUWIN 18th INTAKE PROSPECTIVE REUNION

A lise of names is being compiJod 10 see if there is SlJ fficierM inleresllO hold a reunion of.he above intake:.

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RANHFV MARCH RANHFV membel$ are ,'wned 10 mardl WIth

HMAS MElSOURNE this ye31 on ANZAC Day 25th April

1963. Marine a rti st Ian

Hansen painled the image. It is a reminder of how the 41h Submarine Di vision

operated in Australasian waters form 1949 to 1967 and how the three HM ships provided ASW train­ing for both the RAN and RNZN.

The operating costs of the di vision were funded by Au stalia and New 'U:aland.

1be New Zealand Navy made: a practice of posting junior officers to the di vi­sion.

CMDR Jackson spenl two years al the staff col­lege at PENGUIN ~ part oflhe education staff. He re turns to New Zealand

and reli res 10 the Reserves ... butOOIfromtheNavy.

He plans to take up a c ivilian post ion in the RNZN·s publ ic relaTions unit.

CMDR Jackson said many Kiwi naval officers were poste<fto PENGUIN for duty on the sub­marinos. Many had gained their dolphins at the base.

Afler the RN bOats

Mo.rslenng 1$ al MLC b\I,1doog III Elizabeth Stroot. SYDNEY at 8.30.m;m ... e h offaI9.30.

Davod6enge • CMDR J ackson presenlS th" painting to PENG UIN XO, LCDR Suzanne Smith.

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exc ressoons 01 ,nwesl and suggesllonsto Patsy LudW1Ck (nee Hogan. 1953). 349 Station Strllet. Chelsea. Vietol,a 3196.or Lyn Mitchell (Kyte. 1965). 2B Jacquel ine Road.

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Wes tun Australia _ Marilla House i\ up and running again. Anyone wantlng the 1999 pro ­gram can contact Tina on 95279850 or e·mall mar­illa@cheuful.com

For information on a ll the sh ips' co·ordlnalOrs comact your lo(·al FLO office.

NCGS Io- - If you have any is~ue~ dlrcc' [hem to Michele Legge. NCGSF WA Delegate. 3 Cardrnal Gardens. Warnbro. WA 6 169. phone 9593 0373.

South AuSlralia _The Na\al Families Club of SA has a great program organised for thl'" year. On March 9 there b a vi~it 10 the Clarl.. Shoe Factory. 264 Richmond Ruad. Marlslon. Par~ing :\\ailable, lOur60-'.KI mln­utes. No charge. faclnry \aLe ... available. For fur­ther infurmation plea ... e contact Benyon 8298 2720 H~I ,\S CERlJERlIS

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[KUWIWilii:WJ evcry Wednesday 9.30am-II.30am at Cerberu, Collage. Cook Road. HMAS CER­BERUS. ContacT A.leen on 5983 6242 for more rnformallon.

Sydnl'Y - K I~lIlgpolllt COllage and Ihe Defence CommullIty Orgamsallon wrll host a community IOforma l loll day on Wednesday February 24 trom 10.30am 10 2pm Those allend.ng IIIclude Sma r t .... over. ADCU. Ollnves!. RED L O. K l\Jsnet. NurSing Mo[hers's Associalion. va r i ou ~ .... 0 II n c i Is. Nauonal Consultative Grou p uf Service Fallllhes and the Defence Special Needs Support Grouprepre;.entatl\e~.

Kissmgpolnt COllage is a community hou~e for Defence Force personnel anu the'lr famlhes. offer­Ing a "'eell) pla)group

and crafl group a~ well a~ monthly coffee mornings. courses and othcr activi­ties. It is next to Timor Barracks in Dundas.

Medilife ··Kid Care·· fi rs,_aid course (recog· nised by and com pli es wllh regulallons of D e par t men t 0 f Co mmunity Sen Ices. ) Krss ingpolOt Conage, 282 Kissingpoinl Road. Dundas. Wednesday March 10 and March 17, lOam 10 2pm. Cost 530. Child care provided by H NBS and Defence Health; BYO lunch and snacks. tea and coffee prov ided. Book wuh Nerida Murray by Febru:lry 26.

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Brian takes his second bia·thlon A~~~no~~i!:n~!e ~3C~~ led the 3nnu a l [I MAS WATSON bimhlon.

With a new formal for the long course entrants (50Q m swim , Sk m TUII .

SOOm swim. 5km run), the day promised 10 provide plenty of compel it ion and entertainment.

We':lIher conditions were cloudy and humid and the balmy condit ions ensured thaI rhe harbour remained

t1at for the swim kgs. A ll co mpcli lOTS we fe

given rugby jumpers and winners of each category wefe aw ard ed hea lth products. This was possi~ ble. thanks to the major spo nso rs. Au s tra lian Defence Credit Union and a new A ustralian-owned company specialisi ng in health and nutritional sup­ple me nl s. LEe. who donated $2500 worth of its products.

The pace was hOI from the Slart an d with in 26 mi nutes. the fir st short courseleam was urxkr the fi nishbanoer.

[n a great effo rt . LS PT Bri an G arre u y won the men 's o pen lo ng course ti tle for second year in a row. with a timeuf 50.57.

A large nu mber of WAT S ON pers o nne l entered the event for the first time and thb ye:u 's bia thlon sho uld prove to

bee\·enbl¥gerandbeller. Cate~ory winners: Shon

course - WATSON male. M. Hutc hesson 29 .02: WATSON fe male. J . Baker 36. 17; ve teranmaie. R. Va nce 27.32 . LOll g cou~e - WATSON male. P. Hurst 56.45: ve teran mal e . M. Emmerto n 53 .32 : WATSON team . Page/Ba l lard 1.02 . 12: open team. Dog~~7.36

_I..SP'Tl\1ark Barretl

• The sta rter 's gun sends the field oft in the WATSON biathlon.

Classic end to country titles T~r~ ~~;~~tS~Sc~~~~ ducted its inter-area touch championships at RAAF Wagga

The lirsl dayof compe­tilion was the qualifyi ng seri es wh ic h saw e ach learn play al lea SI fo ur games

Finals day began y,l1h se mi ·flnal s whi c h fe a­lured contrastIng resul ls. BOlh Ihe wo men's semi­fin a l and Ihe men 's 30s seoll-final we nt to drop­o fl. w hile bo th me n 's o pe n se ruis we re ralher one Sided aft :ll rs

The fi h l fin a l of the d ay. men 's 40s. wenl 10

Wagga w ho defeated ACT 6·]

T he ncx1.lhe men\3(}' between Wagga and Wi lliamtown. W:b a game played with pa\sion and nlofC llianaloudlof li:el ing.

Wi lli am!O\\ 1\ led 3- 1 at h:1 ll· timc! but b)' mid-way through Ihe ~econd half. WaggaappcarciJ[()bcon a rull and gOI back to6·S

WilIiamlOwn'lcadieiJ and c\'c!nlUall)' s~'()(]led ay,3y\(lWln9·~

Th!.' n!.'\1 filial \\.:l~ the men', J.'h bet\\.een WaggaandlheA('T

Wagga led 3-2 al half­ti me and te ns io n was beco min g pa lpabl e a s ne ith e r s ide could g et

across the line again. 3-2 \las how the score

re mained at the final whistle.

The women's final pil­ted Williamlown against theACf.

Willialllto\ln cootrolled play fo r Ihe majority o f [he fir st ha lf :1n d descn edly led 2-0 al Ihe break.

Ho wever. ACT hl1 back from the tap-off 10 cut the lead to one

Nc\ ert h c l ess. Wi1h:1mtown were qui"k­Iy back in q rideaniJ kepI [he ACT g irl s :11 arm's Ic!nglh to win S-]

The l:1st and be,1 final or the day W:1S the men's opell.bet .... een Wagga agamafldWilliamlown

The game started at a hecti,' pace and Williamtoy,nopened the

scoring early. But Wa gga ste adi ed

a nd Ih roug h we ll con ­lrolled play went into the

break leadmg3- 1 Williaml ow n )cored

from the lap-off and wllh· in f i ve mlnul es o f t he resumptio n of play had le \ elJed the ~reboard at ,·3

Wagga surged again 10

lead S-3 o nl y 10 have Wil l ia mlOwn clo~e i n again to have the score al 5-4.

Th:11 W:1S how the score remained for Wagga to actueve:1marvellousvX.10r)

The ove rall c ha mpio n reg l on \la~ Wagga.

From Adelmde. Ga\1n Schnc! ider rcport\ lhatthc SADFTA tlnJh amacted :1 good sileJ. apprcciamc crowd

The ("-grade bnal wa, bel ween ("ro., .. key, and GoIJGu:1 llo

The \Core, were lied]· 3 a1 full ume and

C ross keys ma naged to get up. 4·3 in drop-off.

Th e B-g ra de was be t we e n C PS Allso ris and Jafts, with Jafts prov­mg slightly the better on the day. winning 6-4 .

The mamevent. Ihe A­g rade final. was rig htly cO n1 e~ t e d be ty,eell [h e t\\. o bes l s ides of th e competition Classics and Dra£ons

Cl assics pro\ed much bel\er on lhe day and \Ion Ihegame6-3.

The best and fairest tro­phies went 10: A-grade . J us ll n M c ln e rn e) (Cla~sics): B-grade. Nihil Duong (CPS Alborts); C­grade. Mlck Fari na (Gold Guano).

T here was also aspe­c ia l award. prese nted 10

~ta l wart Ste .... 'e Free man in apprec iat ion for his scn i,e" 10 t he RA AF Ed i nb u rg h T ouc h A~,ocial,on.

At Ihe AGM. the ne w s latc cumm inee was elected wit h president. FSGT Barry O'('onnor. \lce·pre,idenL SGT Gann Schneider. ,ecre­I a r). (' P L (" a r I Thulllp .. on. trea~urer.

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standards of accommodation including cottages, units,

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similar commercial holiday resorts.

BUNGALOW PARK Localed at Burrill l ake. 4km south of Ulladulla on the mid South Coasl of NSW. Bungalow Park fronts the shores of Burrill lake and is' only minutes from Ihe beach.

Burrill Lake offers safe swimming for children and is ideal for fishing and all waler sports.

A highlight at Bungalow Park is the speclacular daily bird feedings.

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Situated 240km south west of Perth, on the Bussell Hwy just south of Busselton. Amblin Park is right on Ihe shore 'Of Geographe Bay which offers safe swimming for children and is ideal for fishing and all water sports. Amblin Park also has a fully enclosed healed swimming pool.

Contact the manager, Frank Frimston for bookings or further information. Amblin Caravan Park, PO Box 232 Bussellon WA 6280

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FORSTER GARDENS Occupying a prime location in Forster on the mid-North Coast of NSW, 331km from Sydney. located at 1-5 Middle Street, Forster Gardens provides a pleasant village atmosphere with all the delights and attractions of Forster only a few minutes walkaway.

Contact the manager, Ian McLaughlin for bookings or further information. Forster Gardens, PO BOl20 Forster NSW 2428

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Bookings for Holiday Units accepted up to TEN months ahead for Navy Personnel and up to NINE months ahead for all other patrons. Bookings for Caravan and Tent sites will be accepted up to TWELVE months ahead for all patrons. Retired RAN personnel (20 years or more) are elligib/e for full Service discounts and all those with less than 20 years are entitled to up to 20% discount at all Holiday Centres.

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III Drawn match ~~~:;:f~ a costly loss "";:~Y~::OC!:,,,, for C A I R N S used by Para Olympic yachtsmen to train for the games to follow the Olym-pics Games neJlt year.

'The yacht was buill in a garage behind the Sal­vation Anny's Suny Hills complex during 1998.

II was the work of the Anny's Oasis Youth Sup­pan Network with sponsor­ship by many companies.

The RAN's AMA Garden Island became involved when 15 young sailors were needed to roll the hull onlO its keel in the cramped garage.

This was done without ind denl and since then the finished louches have been carried OUI to the sleek

H~~ti~s m~R~~ te~. game of the day

on a cbance at the annual proved 10 be tbe first touch football knockoul game belween Logistics cup at Mann St Oval in and the Cairns Police, Cairns by scoring second which ended in a one all in a drawn match. draw, though the police

The bot weather had went through to the cup once again set in with because they scored the constanl driving rain and first try. a waterlogged field. This There were many great just added to the excite· efforts on the day espe­ment and fun of the event dally by some of the and also made competi- s mall boats such as tion a lot more even. BENALLA and BENOI-

Fourteen learns nomi- GO. naled in this year's evenl 1be defending champi­which is an impressive ons , LEEUWIN, once increase on lasl year's 10 again pUl upa slrOng fighl

making the semi- rmals only to be defeated by the police.

Logistics made it suc­cessfully through to the· plale final and wcnt on to defeat HMAS BENALLA.

AMA Barbarians made the final of the cup against the Cairns Police after playing good football through the rounds, but they could not continue with their good form and were beaten by the Police.

Busy sailing program D:V~ hav~a:::: program ahcad for the Navy's recreational sailors in Sydney.

Highlight of the March calendar is the Captain's Cup one day dinghy series. this year to be sailed on Sydney Harbour from 8am on March 17.

Nominations close on March 10, with the OMS sai ling administrator, Mr C. Gribben, on (02) 9960 0566 or fax (02) 9960

0589. The RAN Sailing

Association is also holding its twilight yacht racing series each Friday in March from 5pm to 8pm.

Crew members partici­pating must hold as a min­imum qualificalion the TI.A introduclorycertifi-

For information and nominations. contact CPO Greg Stewart on (02) 9926 2239.

OMS is also conducting

a numberoftraioiogcows­es for both 11.1 dinghies and TIA yachts during the mooth.

A novice introductory course will run from March8toMarchl2.with nominations closing on February 26.

An introduclory and intermediate course will be conducted from March 22 to March 26. Norni-nations close on March 12.

A TIA novice competent crew course will be run

from March I 10 March 4 , followed by an inshore skipper course for sailOlS with prior experience from March 15 to March 19. Aspiring skippers can nominate up to March 5.

OMS coastal cruising consolidation training will be conducted from March 22 to March 24. with nom­inationsclosingMarch 12.

Mr Gribben is the point of contact for all OMS

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• SMNl.i Mark Smith and ABET Tbomas G leed a re happy with nMA's 2 1·UI upset ag~t HOBART. Picture: A.BPH Simon Metcalfe.

At the volley F~~:ed !y~~~g!: figbtback 10 come from just about out to win the midweek volleyball com­petition.

Continuing bad weath­er in Sydney saw the series moved from Bondi Beach to the Navy Indoor Spons Centre al Garden Island, bUI play was stilI hard and fasl with 12

learns from both ships and establishments laking part.

In the early rounds HMAS HOBART under LSPT Cross was firin g and looked favourite to takethelit le.

It went easily to the final againSI the HMAS KUTIABUL Ships' Husbandry side, who had a tougb time defea ting

HOBART 2 byjust21-20. The final looked like

going wilh fonn as HOBART took an early lead 12-6, bUI surprisingly PIMA clawed its way back to trail by fou r points at 18- 14 .

HOBART still appearcd to have the game in the bag.

But no-one had told AMA's LSBM Roy who served a remarkable six straight aces to clinch the match 21-18.

Tennis titles '"T1le NSW interscrvice .1 tennis competition will

be contested at Nowra Tennis Club next month.

Those interested in nomi­nating for the series from March 15 10 Masch 17 can contact LEllT Stephen Dickfos at HMAS ALBA· TROSS on (02) 4421 1484 orfax(02)44211848.

PI::rsonnelselec1edwiUbe accommodated at ALBA­TROSS.