ROYAL AUSTRALIAN

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Navy News, 2 Madeay 51. Potts Point. 2011 , or PO Bo~ 706. Oarlonghursl, 2OtO. Phone. (02) 359 2308 Fu (02) 359 2199

D,stributed througllOut all RAN shIps and estal)iishm&nts and 10 servIng personnel wherever they may be August 13, 1993

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Tlrr hisiory-mDiilfg CONSOL RAS bttwttll SUCCESS aM WESTRA.UA.

was made during Fleet Concentration Period 93· 2 wh en

Ships SUCCESS a nd WES­met to conduct the fi rst consolida-

replenishment·at-sea (CONSOL RAS) two RAN tankers.

somewhat of a role reve rsal. the Commanding Officer of SUCCESS. Captain Jim O' Hara, manoe u vred SUCCESS into station a lo ngside WESTRALIA (Commander Bill Gamer) to com· mence RAS number 1298 as recipient rather than provider.

As well as being the first hook-up between the tankers RAS 1298 also marked the first occasion WESTRALIA received STREAM SURF (Standard Tension Replenishment Alongside MethodlStandard Underway Replenishment Fi:((ure) - ie the rig used for the transfer of heavy s!Ores.

Both hook.ups proceeded smoothly and SUCCESS embarked 1000 lonnes of fuel from WESTRAUA.

On completion both ships conducted practice RAS approaches before joining opposing forces for the WAREX phase of the FCP.

As if once was not enough the two ships met again for a , in the dark .

On this occasion SUCCESS took 3000 tonnes of fuel from WESTRALlA,

During this evolution both ships remained connected by two rigs on a passage whic h commenced off Shoal haven Bight and ended off Sydney.

During the FCP SUCCESS conducted 49 replenish­ment e\'olutions and the ship's embarked Sea King helicopter proved once again a highly valued ASW asset.

After a short break in Sydney SUCCESS has now deployed "Up Top" fOf' exercises New Horizons and Starfish, before returning to Sydney in October.

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!Inaugural Top End logistics exposel Commissioning for Newcaslle , -- -Newcastle, Ihe second

largesl cily in Ne w Soulh Wales and the sixlh city of Australia, has been seleeled as the , 'enue foc the commis­sioning of the second Australian-built FFG-7 class frigale. FFG 06. as HMAS NEWCASTLE on Saturday, ~mber 11.1993.

:: AI the invitation of the Commanding Officer of :: - , E "MAS COONAWA RRA (Captain Ian Watts) a :: E senior delegation of logislks' personnel (rom Naval E E Support Command attended the inaugural "Top E - -E End Logistics Expose". E , fUET SUPPOlIT BASE , - -§ To round out the Top End experience. LCDR Clint - Dol § E Thomas (Ole LOG HMAS CAIRNS). and CMDR Brian §

Of paniculu relevance to the commissioning o f FFG 06 in Newcastle is the fact that about 50 per cent of her hull was built in the City' of Newcastle by a local con· s truction firm, EGLO Newcastle.

E Warner (HLS HMAS STIRLING) also anended. i i ~ Purpose of the invitation was to familiarise senior NSC ~ § personnel with Top End operational facilities. discuss § E logistic mailers of mutual interest and provide an E E o\'crview of the Darwin business and industrial environ- E :: ments. = - -- -:: As an added bonus, exposure 10 Top End fauna was ~ ~ also gained during a two-day patrol boot familiarisation :: - . r fi h ~turrd (right) on Iht ,.,ilIing ~ipont! a/tht Tap End visil: LCDR C. W. TholfUU, M, ::

EGLO constructed two large hull modules at their Kooragang Island site during the period February 1989 to June 1991.

,_- in the form of some excellent species 0 IS . = B.F. HafllUl/o,d, LEUT D.M. Wait/ing, M, A. THOMAS, MR W. THOMAS, LCDR G. T. ~ ~ Overall il was a very worthwhile week and it is hoped Smith, LEUT P. Gilchrisl, M, LM. Hampton, M, M. S. Andtrson, M, R.K. Ftrmri, Mr w.l.. ~ ~ further such visits become a regular feature in the Navy Coombrs, CA PT I.M. Watts, M, R.S. Collins, CMDR B. W. Warn tr, LCDR E. F. Ktamy, ~ ::; calendar. LEUT S. Thompson, LEUT A.X. Davidson. ~ ~I1III I IIIIII I II II I11II I IIIIIIIIIIII II IIIIUI I I II IIIIIIIII11111/111111111111111111111111111 1 1 1 1111111111111111111111111111 .. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111<

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However, there is a conse­quential effect 011 the higher yearly earning in as much as the taxation instalment deduction tables. provided to DEFPAC by the the Australian Taxat ion Office ( ATO), use calculations based on the annual rate of salary. projecting into the nonnal 26 pay fortnights in a given year.

This could mean in certain circumstances that taxation instalment deductions made during the year may be insufficient to fully cover the lallation liability arising from the increase in pay received.

news Branch has produced a table of recommended additional tax instalment deductions that may be taken from each fortnightly pay.

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It is assumed that a mem­ber wou ld have minimal work related deductions from total income to produce a taxable income close ill value to what is shown in column one of the group cer­tificate.

"MAS ORION (CMDR R.A. Shalders) has once again nt.II.de an attempt on tbe lind-speed record durIng a dock­Ing at Australian S hipbu i l ding Industries ' syncro-lih in Cockburn Soun d , Western Australia.

The t ync ro-lift facility allows vessels of up to FFO size to be docked on the west coast, saving the cost of a lengthy passage to the east and separation for the ship's company from their familics.

T o those Of you who are more used to Ihe more traditional method of a docking Ihe idea of being lifted out of tbe wate r must seem strange. but ASI has proven over the last few years that it is more than capable of doing the job.

It has conducted a number of dockings on ORION. and before her OXLEY, all wes t -coaSt based dest royer escorts and recently HMAS ADE­LAIDE, the first west­coast based FFG.

Once the vessel is clear of Ihe water it is coupled to a large bulldozer and, as can be seen. a ship of the seas becomes one of the land.

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Senator McMullan stressed to senior managen attending Ihe launch that purcbasing was powerful and extremely important to the economy. He urged APS managers to invest the time to ensure Ihat their staff were professional­ly trained to do the job wise­ly and competently.

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2m . ADElAlDE (08) 264 3545 • CANBERRA (06) 282 45B6

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Tbt guided ml,uUt de~troyer (DDG) HMA S PERTH, lulded ml,uUe rriplt (FFG) lL'\IAS CAN­BERRA nd d tst toyu escort HMAS SWAN ban sailed ror I round of uet

Support for the ships will be provided initially by the Replenishment Ship HMAS SUCCESS and then by HMAS WESTRAUA.

DUring the five -month­long deployment the ships will VUlt Ma l.ysia. Singapore, the Philippines , Japan, Hong Kong and K~

Prior to !he ships' $ailing. control of the RAN Fleet Band was banded over at the Fleet Base to Commodore Murny Forrest , of Navy Slippu:t Command.

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Nara' Support COlfllfla"d. Cltitllll Stall, COIfIIfIOd.OU Mu~y Fonn', (uft) IUSUIfI;", to"trol olilte Flul bGttd.

Tltt tdi"ltf11l.1" L5.1ofSN Paul DtJIfIIfI$ pLaJf"d Oft d.urill, Iht Flur baNllullU/Ont. (~Iurt by A.BPH Go" PtttroSt).

Naval Support Command is concerned at the growing number of assaults on RAN personnel in the vicini ty of Fleet Base East.

A senior officer, wal k ing to work f rom the Woolloomooloo car park to Remington CenlTe at 0600. was the latest victim.

Three men attacked and assaulted him j ust off Cowper Wharf Road.

He fought them off but suffered multiple jaw fractures

Five ptBOf\nel from the frigate HMAS MELBOURNE "" ~,;, victims in other ass.aults, aooording to polic:c: .

Naval Support Command Chief of Staff, Commodore ForTest, has i$Sued a memo warning of the danger

in the Fleet Base East area. the NSW police and Nava] Police COJl.5wain

patrols visited the area regularly during the "si lent when assaults and acts of violeooc were most likely

However. WIlli IlIJuted resource!!, they eouldn·, guaran­tee compkte coverage of the atea at 811 tllnes.

CORE Forrest saKI that notwllll~tandlDg the police pres­ence in the atea. responSibility for personal s.afety "rests willi the individual".

"Foolhardy practices. such as walking alone lIIrough the back streets of an atea renowned for street crime. should be actively discouraged," he added.

He urged divisional offi cers to regularly warn personnel of the dangers of living and workmg near a "traditionally high crime risk atea".

CORE FOrTest said pen;onnel should be advised to: " Travel back onboard in a group. " Catch a talIi If possible. "Avoid back streets and unli, atelS. "sticking instead to

safer routes through fIUIn streets". He said all assau lts should be reponed ,0 NSW Police

and Fleet Base East NPCs to ensure an ongoing reVieW of parrot routes.

TARAKAN'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY Tbt Llndlng Cu rt

Hnvy (LCH) "MAS TARAKAN (LeDR M .B. Burling) bas celebrilN bt t 20th anniversary.

To mark the occasion, the s h ip 's company hosted a cocktail pany to thank those in the Cairns area for the ir e fforlS in support ing the ship.

Tbe tropic al wo rk horse could not rest and a week later TARAKAN was steam· ing south to SOOalwater Bay for "Operlltion Beachcomber 1993".

The operatio n involved Navy and Anny personnel in a beach reconnaissance 5ur­vq over a three wcck period in July.

TARAKAN's crew swello;l from I , ...... IIW 15 to 30 willi the influll of pnsonnel from the Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit (HODSU), C1earnnce Diving

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SMNMTP "BtH 'S" Bu(toft e,tt lilt ed,.

Team One and an attachment from the Army Water Transport Urnt in Sydney.

The link dec k was con­verted 10 I mini-village ..... ith accommodation modules. portable fridges, stores con­Wnen. boal.'li and motorbikes

to mee t the o~ration's

n:q~menl.'li.

Thi s yea r·s operat ion invoh·ed surveying the Anny Shoal water Bay Train,ng Area north of Rocl:hampton. Queemland. Despi~ the lMer bay being

dominated by mI.Id flats. the area has kft a ilSllng Impres­sion by its beauty and rugged tctT1lJ n.

The beac hes on the TratDlng Area headlands are ~uperb . and judgmg by the areas visited by TARAKAN. me Anny Ueserves c-redit for lIS environmen,al manage­ment.

The philosophy of "work hard play hard" is alive and well, and the 0ppoiluruty was !.aken to pursue a wide r1Iflge of recreat ional activi ties as each beach sUl"'o'ey was com­pkled.

They inc luded the ship·! company giv ing theA rmy UelaChment and Navy divers a ~n(ln in beach touch foot·

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for I maint~ period. A hectic program Iwails

the shIp for the remainder of !he year.

More Ihln 2000 sallon and a irmen "'ill partkipllltt In I combined marilime uerdu known u Nt'" Horizon (Cakra"'ala Baru) VlI/ 9J In no rthern AU5traUIn ""lieU nul "'ttk.

Eleven visi ting ships are expc<:ted to arrive in Darwin at the 51art o f the IO-day exercise. !he latest in I series whic h lims to enhlnce Australian and Indonesian co-operation and inter-oper­abili ty in mlritime o perl­tioGS.

The fim was he ld in 1978 and the ITIOS'I recent in 1991.

After in·h.arbour tnlining. the ships. will put 10 sea willi AUllnlian Ind Indonesiln personnel prac ti s ing Ihe slr.iII s req ui red for surface wlThre , ai r defence, and IIIli ·submarine warfare.

Other spc<:iaJist units will busy themselves with mine­countermeasures and c lear­IIJICe diving.

Nine ships of the Royal Aus tralian Na vy will be working with six ships of the Indones ian Navy. elements of the RAN's Flcct Ai r Arm. a Republic of Indonesia patrol Blrcraft and clear:mce diving teams.

RAAF all·craft from three States will provide maritime patrol s hip strike, In lL -sub­manne and combat ai r sup­pon to the ellerclSC.

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Orion maritime stri ke air­crafl from Edinburgh. SA, F/ A 18 Hornet mult i-role fighters from Tindal NT and Fill strike aircraft .

"Ellercises such as those in the New Horizon series assist gre.at]y in maintain ing stabi lity in the region ..... hich is not only c ritical to our strategic situation oot essen­ti ll also for eCOliomic growth Ind development. · Austnlil' s Mariti me Commander. Rear Admiral Rob W.alis &aid.

-rile focu s on economic growth in turn tnhances regional security.

" It IS important that Ausnlia and Indonesia COII­tinue to develop practic.aJ. c0-

operation in areas of shared strategic interest. The New

Horizon exercises are specif­ically aimed at developing lIIis CG-OpCr:l.tion in the mar-itime arena."

This exercise will be the first visit to Australia by t ..... o of the Indonesian s hips and .he fi rst time an Indonesian Nomad mari time patrol ai r­craft will operate from a n Aumalian airfield. (Nomad aIrcraft were designed and t>u llt in Australia.)

The Australian c raft involved IIldude HMA Ships PERTII . SUCCESS, CAN­BERRA. SWAN. DUBSO GA WlER . SHOALWA­TER and BALlKPAPAN.

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When HMAS WES­T R ALIA (CMDR Bill Gamer) was nrtoated aI'l:er 151 days slUing high and dry In Forgac's noatlng dock, It WIl$ nol Unmedlalt­Iy the end oftbe rdiL

In {act. the pace increased markedly to ge t final jobs completed while at the same time preparing the ship 's oompany to go back to sea,

With I. large pClccntage of the crew having never been to SCI in WESTRALIA before, and only living bal:k onboard for two weeks, it W85 no small feat to pass pre-sail checks and a fIS t cruise and proceed to sea on the morning of Saturday, June 19,

After spending j ust over five months in Newcastle, it was with mixed fee lings thl t the ship sailed,

11Ic people of Newcastle opened thei r a rms 10 the sbip 's company and many frie nds bad been made in the previous montbs,

At the same lime everyone W IS looking forward to being OU t of refit mode and gening back to sea.

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CAPT Mok tMls UI II '"~ntMr III ORlON 's sllip 's com­/Mil' d"rillg ,II~ WA jllsp«tUm,

HMAS ORION has rung up anolher nnt as Australian Submarine Squadron's sole live in Western Australia,

O RION'. omc~rs Ind sailors we re Inspected Dennis Mole, Commlnder I

WESTRALlA's refit was a large-scale and successful job for ForgllC's dockyard, WESTRAUA rehmrs tQ Sydnq/olJq.,ing II visit tQ Alletlolld.. Picture: ABPH Gary P~lfroS~,

I Squad ro n, in the car plrk or the AuSlrllliln Submarin~ Squadron building at H eel W~L

Tbe ship was in tbe dry dock fo r j us t under fi ve months during which several records were broken by the ,.ro,

WESTRALIA required more gri t to be blasted onto ber bull and upper decks than any ship prevKlusly and sbe needed more paint than most ~ips,

Wb ile WESTRALlA's period in the actual dock was not the longest on reC«d it

was oonsiderably loop than the aVCTIl.gt 10 to 14 day turn around most complete.

Looking in mucb better condition tban sbe had on entering in January and sporting her new RAN ship s ide grey body, WES ­TRALlA sailed past Nobby's Head into a beautiful sunny morning,

The seas were calm and

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the wes blue, mating {or I.

perfect re-eouy 10 W,.

However, the gentle oon­ditions were destined nOi to I.st and before Ions WES­TRALIA .... as ploughing through the SOft of seas IIl(n

suited to winter off the ellSt -, It was small comfort to

most tbat with in days the ship's tanks would be fu ll

.g. in and the sbip could ooce Ig.in be uptcled 10 push through the swell instead of over the top,

After two days of accep­lance trials with no major problems the sbip entered Sydney Head5 for only the secood time since her enuy into the RAN,

On berthing at Qorr, Bay, fueling began I t tbe SbelL termin.l to "£ill 'er up,

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WESTRALIA headed elSt for I. weekend visit to Auckland picking up HMNZ Ships WA IKATO and WELLINGTON and then she commenced workup in .......

The IItW buildlns. ror the m(ljl pan still bome of the Comm.nder Auslralian

q •• d,~ Ind bis statrrrom 1995, ORION's 5hlp's company WIS weU lurned oot on a nne

lulumn day In Wert~m Auslrlllla,

Cllpilin Mole S POke!~'~'~b~':~'E'~~~~~~ upcoming upa.mioa "" • • JnlJ'Oductlon ottbe lion to bome port III six veswls In WA,

He I lso spoke or tbe squadron 's move to W~stern Aust""la from ib Irlldilional home or HMAS PLATY­PUS and bo,," ORION Willi way tor F1eet Base

After the O RE she took part in the Fled Cooo:enfJ'alion Period before finally return-ing bomr; to STIRUNG, , , , , , ,

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Three of the Royal Australian Navy's nt w Landing Crall Vebicle and Personnel (LeVi's) haH~ shown their pace on Sydney Harbour.

llle craft arrived in Sydney for delivery to HMA Ships TOBRUK and SUCCESS, two being carried by the former and one by SUCCESS.

Fully laden, the new LCVPs can transpon onc 4 :K 4 Land Ro ver and one half tonne trailer or four and a half {onnes of cargo.

llle thne landine craft performed rami.­i";sation training. including high speed leSt and formation runs, inclLiding line abreast and line astan.

Each can travel through the water al 22 -. A three·man crew operates each vessel

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One of the H]drographen ' If'''' skek 5MBs.

Hydrographers' 5MBs cost .92m

The Australian Navy Hydrographic Service has just completed accepting a new class of Survey Motor Boat (SMB) Into service.

The six vessels are the newest o f their type in the world and ~ designed and buill in-cou ntry by Pro Marine_ Seaford, Victoria to meet the Navy's specifica· tions.

They were built between Cktober 1992 and lu ly 1993 at Btotal cost ofSI.92m with the final two boats being de livered in late July.

In addition a smaller Antarctic Survey Vessel (ASV). based on the same design. was also constructed by Pro Marine at a cost of $0.41'01.

The ASV was designed sp«irK'ally for opcnuions in Antarctica and was accepted by the Navy on Septembt; r 26. 1992 prior 10 its deploy­ment to Antarctica in Nov. ember that year.

T he new 5MBs will be used to replace the Navy's aging f\eet of 5MBs - three in HMAS MORESBY, o ne in HMAS FLINDERS and two a t the HydroSraphic School, HMAS PENGUIN.

'The first IWO 5 MBs were delivered to MORESB Y in early Apr il. one to ruNDERS in late May and one to the Hydrographic School in early June.

'The remaining twO boats were delivered in late July.

'The 5 MBs are aluminium monohulls powered by two Vo lvo Penta inboard/out­board engines drivins con­ventional propellers, with a design speed of 2.5 kOOls.

They are similar in size and layout to the cu rrent 5 MBs, hut wi th vastly improved visibil ity. habit ­ability and ergonomics.

MOB I • MUPPET OFFICERS

DECOMMISSIONING MESS DINNER The Naval Suppon Commander RADM Tony Hunt AO RAN has agreed 10 be the guest 01 honour at a mess dinner 10 lareweU Ihe old "Alma Mater" to be held in the wardroom HMAS N1A1MBA Friday September 17, 1993.

Expressions 01 interest kom Serving Officers who com· menced their naval cafeer as a MOBtnAUPPET should be 1000arded 10: LCDR Ctvis Luscombe 626 4577; or LCDR Jes James 626 4148.

AS NUMBERS ARE UMlTEO TliE EARlY BIRO GETS 1lIE GUEItNSE!

!ATTENTION! ALL DEFENCE MEMBERS

They Sydney DiStrict Army RIfle I' ssoclitlon (SOW) will be holding 1toeIr AII •• al .303 UE ENFtELD SIIootI •• Ctm,etl1l1Hl on

SATURDAY 11 SEI'TEMIER 1"", commtncing at D800 firs at Holsworthy ClASS 2 Ri1Ie ~.

All ammun~ion Is supplied by SDARA. Only Lee Enfield Ma~ III Of III' may be used.

All Units art encouraaed and W1!1come to enter teams. TliE MORE TliE MERRIERI

1'TIm: TrtlPhies and ~tches are up tor grabs in lICIt malCtllor indi­vId~ and team entfJnts.

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l1ic general features of the 5MBs are:

• Construction: Marine gndc aluminium alloy built to Lloyds Hutl Construction Certificate and Unifo rm SlIipping Law Standards

• Le ngth (OA): IO.7m, beam: 2.9 .. draught: 1.7m, speed: maJl 29 knots. transit 2S knots a nd su rvey 12

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In addition to the MSS. the boats arc fillcd with a Doppler Log and a side sean sonar towfish is provided as SlIlIdard fi t.

All seven vessels have been named with a view to commemorating the consid­erable efforlS of previnus surveyors, explorers and sllips that have worked tile coasts of Australia and Antaretica..

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• Hydro,Tlpllic School's 5 MBs TOM THUMB and JOHN GOWLLAND.

• HODSU"s ASV WYATI EARP.

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Chris Dodd) has hosted a visit by Kathryn Frcw who is a participant in the l\tiss Australia awards (NT Division),

The awards are for ach ievemenl, communily service and commitme01 to excellence.

(n the NT, the awards are oo-ordinated by Advance NT and are a joint fund raising ventun: between Carpentaria Community Services and Disabled Persons' Association.

place. Not ooly does the Miss

Australia Awards raise money for people born with a disability such as Cerebral Palsy. but also those people with a disability as a result of an illness or a serious accident.

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CO HMA S ORION Commander Ric ShaWtrs r:ongrotulnits LSMTP Ktlrin Harris on his commtndation. (PholO: LSPH

&on ConnoU:f).

These two major benefi­ciaries are doing a temen­dous job in providing ser­vices to people in the Northern Territory with dis· abilities in the home, io schools and in the work-

Kathryn was shown over Ihe Fremantle class patrol boat by the Executive Officer, LEUT Chris Slattery aod was very interes ted to see how life is onboard and find out the role that RCPBs play in the TOP END.

XO LEUT Chris Slalttry tscorting KaJhryn Fnw onboard HMAS WOUONGONG.

Well done, Maritime Comma nder

Australia , Rear Admiral R .A. K. Walls, has com · mended Leading Seaman Kelvin Harris for his out· s tanding profusionalism and devotion 10 duty while Sl'rving as the Naval Stores Yeoman in "MAS ORION from March 1992 _ March 1993.

In particular, LS Harris' exceptional effons io n:spe<:t of the onboard co-ordination aod accountability of Naval s tore s prior 10 HMAS ORION' s homeporting to HMAS STI RLING 00 May 24, 1992 enahled the subma­rine to deploy from HMAS PLATYPUS with no critical demands outstanding.

Kel On arrival in HMAS

STIRLING. LS Harris inde­pendently established a very close working liaison with base staff 10 establish a high­ly effective naval ston:s sup­ply and return system which has been of panicular value 10 HMAS ORlON's ongoing operational effectiveness.

"The exceptional stan­dards of management. ioitia­tive and perserveraoce dis­played by LS Harris in the performance of his duties are an example to others and in the finest traditions of the Royal Australian Navy." according to RADM Walls.

1993 Newcastle Tri-Service '",." ," The Newcastle Diuricl Anny Rill. ,,"oei_lion

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Born in Cairns 2S years ago, Ka thryo moved to Groote Eylandt wheo s he was one.

She has attended school in

Happy award winners SMNSN Nyuw, Nicole FalIy, LEUT Paull Gall, CPOCK Bellman and LSQMG Lindsay wuh CMDR Robson (second kft).

PAT team recognised In accordance with

HMAS KUTfABUL's poli­cy or encouraging NQM initiatives, an establish­IUl'nl Process Action Team has bee n ~warded for its e rrorts and Idelll5 by KUITABUL's Commanding

Off'lCCr, Commander Derek Robson.

Each member of the team received a CO's Fund Award for hislber respective NQM contributions and ioitiatives.

CMDR Robson congratu­lated them on their example and inspiration.

the NT apart from years II and 12 in which she boarded at Brisbane Girls' Grammar.

She is s ponsored by KPMG Peat Marwick and

keeps fit and active by swim­ming, walking. aerobics and horse-ridiflg·

o Story and photo: LSPHOT Bill McBride.

Cc. c .rdinator rewarded LEUT Albert Crescitelli (below) is the proud recipi. ent or a Commanding Officer's commendation from Commander Derek Robson at HMAS KUTTABUL.

LEUT Crescitelli has s pent the lasl two years as KUTTABUL's Supply Officer Cash and Finance and Work Experience Co-ordinator.

His enthusiasm has been ren~led in improved public n:la­tions. according \0 his commendation.

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Applications after 29th October 1993, are subject to a late fee.

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Cater ing and base support services at the RAN CoUege HMAS CRESWELL are to be performed under contract in future. The deeisioo follows a

thorough evaluation of five commercial tenders and an in-house proposal submitted by the local management.

"The most cost-effective bid is that of S HRM (Australia) Ply Ltd." accord-

ing 10 the Navy's Comrnen::iaI Support Program Imple­mentation Officer, Captain Mike Kaminski.

The contract, should save the Navy in excess of $3 million over Ihe contract period. he added.

Expert retires After a distinguished

cafetr which spanned 42 years Dr Peter Dunn, Chief of tbe Protective Chemical Divis ion at DSTO's MaterIals Resear c h Laboratory a nd represen­!alh'e orthe United Nations Special Commission for C hemical Weapons, has retired.

Dr Dunn's expenise in Defence Science, panicular­Iy in the area of chemical protection aod world peace initiatives, has promoted Australian defence: in nation­al and international fields.

As C hief Inspector in June 1991 he led the firsl UN chemical weapons inspection team into Iraq after the Gulf War to inspect chemical weapoo facilities.

He was ioyolved in inter·

national collaboration on chemical defence and disar­mament throughout his career.

He made several visilo; 10

the Middle East during con­flicts between Iran and Iraq from 1984 as a UN team member to investigate the alleged use of chemical agents in the Iran-Iraq war.

His panicipated 10 atomic trials al Maralinga in research on organic materials used io defence equipment aod was iovolved in many aspects of chemical and bio­logical defence and ouclear effects activities.

Dr Dunn has an active interest 10 Occupational Health and Safety and has advised the ADF on the safe handling and dispo ... 1 of chem­icals and relata! materiaIs.

contract Captain Kaminski sa id,

however. that mon: than 100 Navy persoonel - 77 sailors aod 30 civi lians - would be affected by the change to commercial operations.

"We expect thai many will be offered employment by SHRM," he said.

"However, extra sailors will be transferred to other duties either on base or at other units.

"Redeployment aod retrainiog prospects will be discussed with civilian staff.

"Where these prospects are poor for civilian staff or employment has not been obtained with the contractor. voluntary retreochment paclr.:ages may need 10 be coosidered .•

Commercialisation of catering and base support serv ices at HM AS CRESWELL is in Hoe with the Government's May 1991 Defeoce Force Structure Review which di rects pri­vatisation of as many sup­port services as possible without detriment to combat capabil ity as a means of achieving major cost sav­mgs.

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Kingdom from July 3-7 to represent Australia at Ihe celebrations for Ihe Coronalion Silver Jubilee and 7Sth Binhday of Ki ng Taufahau Tupou IV and to officiale at the recommis­s ioning of the Tongan Defence Service naval base M asefield al T ouliki.

The recommissioning by

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The new naval base was buill at II. cost of more than SA2 million and features a 35m sheet-pile wharf, a 50m

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The new base was quickly put to the test when Tonga hosted the multi-national mari time surveillance exer­cise Late Tofua from July 9-19.

Eight Pacific patrol boats (three Tongan boats VOEAs SAV EA, PANGAI and NElAFU; Western Samoan boat MV NAFANUA; Vanuatu an boat R VS TUKORO; and Cook Island boat C IPPB TE KUKUPA and the two Fiji an boats RFNSs LEVUKA and VAl) all berthed in the new basin with HMAS GLADSTONE berthing at Queen SalOle wharf. (The basin requires a final survey before accom­modating FCPBs).

and a locally contracted amphibious light aim-aft..

Two other Tongan Of:fence. Co-operation pro­jects have kept lhe advisers busy over the past year.

T he technical advisers have been implementing a computer based maintenance and logis tic management system called Mainpac which is modernising main­tenance in the Tongan Navy.

The Mainpac system is installed in HMAS TOBRUK and is being con­sidered for other RAN units.

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The gathering of nine sur­vei llance vessels was the largest regional exercise to date and featured the partici­pation of an RAAF Orion P3

The result is a modified Australian Rollbeam sted kit home featuriog four bed­rooms. eosuite, walk-in pantry and verandah all sized to Defence scales and stan- tors supervised by the MSA.

The dcsign concept has bccn adopted for 15 "h,,, adviser houses in thc Pacific - eight in Fiji. three in Wes tcrn Samoa, three in Kirribati and one in Tuvalu. , , I I I I , , , , 11 II 11

Crew visits GG HMAS OVENS (LCDR M.A. Sander) bas com·

pleted ber Mid Cycle Survey Docking (MCSD) at ADI(NED).

It commellCed on April 16 and has eoabled OVENS to con­tinue Iter role for a funher two years.

The MCSD provided a chance for the crew to take lcavc and undergo continuation training following a busy running period earl ier in !he year.

Highl igh t of thc dockiog was an inv i tat ion by His Excellency Thc Governor Gencral to tlte ship's company to attend Admira1ty House for drinks .

This followed a sca day for His Exccllency earlier in the year during which OVENS showed him a day in thc life of a submariner.

OVENS returned to sca in late Junc for a Safe ly and Operational Wortup and on its successful completion the boat is again operating out of the EAXA for !he remainder of !he y=.

SOM hand­over to RSA

A pl"'e-production SimuialorlData Monitor (SDM) has been b a nd ed ove r to Rockwell Systems Australia (RSA) ror use in the New Submarine Land Based Test Site at the Submarine Warfal"'e Systems Centre (SWSC) at HMAS WATSON.

Thc SDM is capable of s imulating both UGM 84 Encapsulated Harpoons and MK 48 Torpedoes as well as moni!Oring and recOfding all communications between thc Submarine Firc Contro l System and weapons.

The unit is suitable fOf bo th Oberon and Col lins c lass submarincs and, wi th software modification, will be ab le to s imulate future weapons introduced into thc RAN invcntory.

The technical specifica­tion for the SDM was wrincn by SWSC in 1985. The ten­de r for SDM hardware development was awarded to Staniljtc Electronics Ply LId in 1989 arK! operational soft­ware devc lopment was undertakcn by the Submarine Warfa re Systems Ccntre

making the projcct a 100% Ausffalian developmenl

T hc Combat Sys tems Section at S WSC has been responsible for the full devclopmcnt of a ll ope ra­tional software and the intc­gration of that software onto !he hardware platform.

Thc combat sys tems sec­tion will take on the task of through- life operational soft­ware support of the SDM.

Land based System Tcsti ng on the S DM has been complcted at SWSC hy the Systems Testing Section.

Sea tria ls conducted onboard HM AS OTWAY and HMAS OVENS includ­ed a successful demonstra­tion of the SDM's capabili­ties under operational condi­tions during R1MPAC 92.

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They· 1001:: a bit up in the air but the de'Xll' is 100 luxurious for a Hercules.

Where was the photograph taken?

ANSWER: CAPT Blazey and CMDR MilChell were in a former COtpo­

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A liule trivia:

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Also inclu<kd are 14 com- General Office r comma nd-prehensive annexes covering ing Tra ining C ommand. c a re er goal ana lys is, j o b w rites : " I strongly recom-search tools and techniques. mend Clwnging Step to reg-compilation of resumes (with ular servicemen and women example resumes for military conte mplating discharge or personnel from rank and file re tire ment. to Ready to t w o-Slar office r ) and Rese rvists planning return 10

pre para t ion for job inter- civilian li fe. and to ADF per-Views. sonoe l pla nne rs committed

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ACROSS 2. What <I pestl Puts 00 airs and joins those other hangen-on l (9.) 6. Some patriots create I distu ro.ance (4.) 9. Granted to an ollender in ~i (4 .)

10. That's one mean ftower in tile windl (7.) 13. Ou.antities as produced by Lister (6.) ' 5. Numbll'd drop~ . tflen! (6.) 17. You can count on an ally ijlining in to ~I All tile time l (11.) 20. I'd sooner have her art displayed hefe (6.) 23. 1m out ot gear? That's just an ilIusion l (6.) 25. Ed and I final ly have an office in I big bu ilding (7 .) 26. How 10 look at a lord (4 .) 27. Behold! Morning is Oood for the soil (4.) 28. Cut across ~ or sit In tile centre (9.)

DOWN 1. fatller has a part In oetaini ng my release (6.) 3. Capone joined a sailor in church (5.) 4. That'S a lot ot land 10 hold races inl (5.) 5. Had to get gin in a bar (5.) 6 The hottest part of December (5.) 7. 1Iiness suffe red by my motller and another woman (6.)

11. Said 'Let's end it all!' and settled h imse~ cosily down (7 .) 12 How mild! Tosses a COin to see who is to be wandering (7.) 14 Poor tish needs a tutorl (5.) 16 (] K .. pal! Get out and dancel (5.) 18 I'd get pert but remilln qua king (6.) 19 Tim is With he r but preters being alone (6.) 21, Here's another one looking lor a bird! (5.) 22. Weapon used by a fi le r (5.) 23 l"d employ Sam but he s so oo!d-hungry l (5.) 24 More licences required to keep a souvenir! (5.)

CluJnging Step, written by Paul Stevcns and Lieutenant

a gem e nt and ~'~';';";'~P~';';h:~""'~~W~_~~'~'~f~"";~A;';';mo1;iW;:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ planning. Defence Force."

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9.3Opm. A Thrift Shop opens on Monday. from 12.30pm 10 2.3Opm and coffee mominp.. For more informatioo "oo la~1 Yvonnc on 23 1471.

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* * * ConlK1 Grouptl _ WA: 'The Adelaide Contact Group is hav­ing • bu. trip 10 Jarn.hdale 00 Au,u.1 15 . nd also a Mystery Bus Toor 00 AuJUS' V . Contacl Sue on 592 ~11'i6.

NAVY GIFTS WITH A DIFFERENCE

nexl oollng will be beld on &plember 14 for a Birthd. y Trip to Proof Range at. Port WakefICld. lbis trip if to be confirm~ d. pl~ .. ~ comac l Fail h Gr~en on 332 2~36 or Belly Thomas On 298 2720. A &bow If scheduled for &plembcr 3- 11.

Tuggeranoo8 Tri-Se rvice Spou.o;e. Group """,I on a re,u]ar baSIS al Ihe TUllgcraoon, Communily Centre al 10.00arn. ContaCl ElJzabeth on 291 4258. DIane on 291 60SS or Cbcryl 00 291 0953.

The Swan Conlacl Grou p i. , oi ng to Mini Golf on AuJUS' ]4 and a trip to Pioneer World will be held on September 12. Qxua<,1 Laureen Oft SV :US3.

Discounts - Bulk Orders - Social Clubs - Messes PosUHandling $7. Overnight to 3kg $10.50

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* * * CANBERRA: An InfOf1ll.1[jon Gel To,e l h~r will be held on August 19. Bookio,. are nOw being W en for IlIe Father'. Day SlCam Train lrip 10 Mich~lago.

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Olhe. aCl iv ili .. include : Brid.., Qub - conlaCl Daphne 00 286 3940. cofree moro ings 00 Mondays be'WetO ]0am. 1200011. PI.y,roup opera le' 00 Wedoe.day morn In" 10am-12nonn and Friday aftern oon. 1.3Opm·3.JOpm and Craft classes

* * * Spouses i n NorthuD Sydney: On Ihe firsl and third Thundays of every monlb. Ihesc . pou .... meel at the SI. Alhans Church Ha ll . 67 Ban lTy Bay Road.. Frenchs Forest from lOam to midday. For n'IOI'e information conlaCt eilhe r janelle on 452 2693 orOlristine on 975 6 196.

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* * * Please fetl free In call me. a leller is 001 al ..... ys necessary. Until ne:<t time. I look forwaro 10 receiving your updaled articles al 16 SI Michael's COUll . Cooioongu.p WA 6168 ... calI me on (09) 5V 4373 _ JLilic Dlows.

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ness. high winds and storms and snow which often covered their camp sites.

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Congratulations to four Navy women who .. -e re select­~d in the Australian Services ht)(key lram. The Navy reps are LEUT Nicky Roach, LSRO Donko. ABDEN Allison Willie and SBLT Penny Urquhar t. The tram com~tes in the championships this month then takes on New Zealand Combined ~rvices in a Test match here in St-ptem~r.

During the expedition, the II-man team comprising two Navy and three Army officers and six civilians. endured high altitude sick-

Tbc climbers did not reach the summit. but despite this il was a successful expedition.

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healthy lifestyles altitude. As wel1 as panicipating in the midweek spons competition and all knockout competitions the barracks personnel and outstations now compete in weekly inter-depanmenlal spons and .... eekly depanrnental PT sessions. Sports days for the office workers has increased from once annually 10 four times a year and adventure train­ing and projcct Duwan courses an: regular activities. All this has been introduced \0 unite KIJITABUL personnel in dif­ferent environments rather than the daily office routines to which they are accustomed.

• * • Golfers are advised places are still avai lable for the inaugural Rear Admiral Sir David Martin Foundation C harily Golf Day at the Rugby League GoU Club, Narellan, on ~plem~r 23, The nrsl 120 starters " i ii ~ accepted. Cost is $20 and lee times are available by tele­phoning CPO Bob Bowen on (02) 359 2650.

• •• The 1993/94 Sydney area Navy sports (summer) meeting

will be at the Navy Indoor SportS Centre on Friday. September 3, at 1(0). At this meeting PT staff will nominate their establishments for the summer midweek spans compe­tition. If you are interested in participating in a summer spon for your establishment you should contact your PT slaff. They need positive commitment from you before they can nominate teams for the competition.

• •• Salty in the North At 1000 on a rec:ent Sunday a brn e and enthusiastic

band of wives from the CRESWELL married quarters emba r ked for a day in the bay In the Alexan'd er of Cr eswell . T he 10 women, who fo rmed tbe crew, were Michelle Gleeson. Helen Immes, J udy lawler, J oan Rose, Ba rbara Davis. Jo T homas. Ka ren T ur ner, C hrist ine Hobley. Desily Walsh and Marion Dunchue_ T he fool­ha rdy skippers and ma le " 'e r e Bill Rose and Nigel Dunchue. As usual. on Jf' r vis Bay, the morning was windless so a "Cook's Tour " of the local areas was neces­sary under motor, At 1300 a northerly breeze a rrh'w and sails were set much to the delight of the crew. Thr views of Bowen Island, Hole in the Wall and Greenpatch were fantastic on such a line day. At approximately 1530 Alexa nder was secur~ at her mooring and the erew despatched to frantic husbands who gladly handed over screaming children and household chores.

From September 26 to October 8, 1994.. the World Mas ters Gam es will be he ld in Brisbane, It Is intended to enter teams in rugby, touch , maybe squasb and individual atb­letic e.·ents. Contacts down south are Denny Hill (G_I, gym), Dimples Sheargold, Canhel"Tll (DNA TS 8663158), or myself up here on (07) 2834397.

••• You may remember I applied to some ships and establishments last year to help send ex-able seaman Allan Godersleave to the paraplegic games in Majorca where he won a bronze medal. Allan has now been selected to represent Australia at lawn bowls in the elite paraplegic games to be held in London later this year. The Naval News Association at Pine Reserve.

Call for relay entries

Tbe 1993 Logistic Command Lake Relay will ~ held on Sfptember 22.

The relay is run on a 5km track around McJbourne's scenic Alben Park Lake and has enjoyed the support of the Defence community, both service personnel and civilians over the past 10 y=.

Entries Ihis year are restricted to Defence teams. to a maximum of 100 teams.

Entries close on August 31).

Entry fee for the relay is $50 a team. with a late entry fee of$70.

Entry forms are available from the \VO Co·ord, HQ LOG COMD. 350 St Ki lda Road. MelbOurne or phone (03) 282 5528.

headed by P res ident Pan Ringold and Gus Dundas. is again holding a sports night to hcJp him. Any donations can be forwarded to me.

••• Ex-Bnbbly Jacko Leonard info r ms me he went to see an under-III rugby league game at Reddiffe outside Brisbane. The teams were Redcliffe and a side from Western Australia , Coach of the

West AUSIlie side was for­mer Navy Bubbly Ha r ry Branks tone. Harry sends hls best to h is old mates.

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The Australian Services Rugby Union squad has completed a six -match tour of NS W and Vic t oria w ith a n impressive

fo u r wins a nd only two losses.

Navy 's representatives in the side were Bob and Paul Wi lliams (WATERHEN), John

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Runners to take on RN

mined Tasmania Hnd strong forward play provid­ed a plethora of possession for the backs who capitalised accordingly. The final score favooud the servicemen 58-13.

Then came the more-fancied Victoria who had great expectations of a win.

Four wins, two losses Unfortunately the expectations were unfou nd­

ed and ASRU won 13-9. In the third game of the carnival ASRU met a

strong ACf B lineup.

The ACT team had the betler of the first half

and at the hreak led 16-5. But in the second half Services bounced back and fi nally took the match 29- 16.

The final. against Western Australia. was a hard fought and close contest.

Again ASRU got away to a slow Start and at halftime WA held an 8-0 lead. In the second half Services staged a comeback and got to within four points at 14- 10 but at the final whistle WA held a 19-10advantage.

ASRU's other loss was a 50-20 defeat hy NSW Country prior to the laner taking on the touring Springboks.

Navy players to stand out during the tour were five-eighth Holden and centre Plath.

An under-2 1 fixture between AS R U and Victoria was also played as a cunain-raiser to the Victoria-South Africa game with Victoria narrow IS-II winners.

Navy athletes beware; a R oyal Navy cross­country team will visit A u s tra lia f or a s h o r t

tour from Septem ber 6-19.

It will be the first visit by a RN team.

The tour has the backing of the ADF Sports Couneil and is oo-hosted hy lbe RAN and the Austral ian Combined Services Association.

Runners

The RN team will fly into Brisbane o n Se ptembe r 6 and stay there looked after by the Army until September 10.

During this time the run­ners will be shown around Bri sbane and So uthern Queensland and will have one race agai ll.'lt Anny un its in Brisbane.

T he team the n fli es to Sydney and stays at HMAS KUlTABUL.

On Saturday, September 11. it will compete in the NSW cross-country relay c hampionships at Bankstown.

A NSW Combined Services team will also com· pete.

The v isi tocs then,go to Canberra staying at HMAS HARMAN and. RAN ru n­ners please note. the inaugur­al RN v RAN cross-country teams' race will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday September IS on a course in from of Navy Office.

A visi t to the Australian Institute of Sport is planned before the team returns to Sydney.

LCDR CluJpman

The fin al race of the tour will be in the Royal Botanic Garde ns at lunch time on Friday, September 17, when the RN takes on teams from Fleet/Naval Base. RA AF. Army, Police and Fire.

Navy athletes are wanted for the mets in Canberra and Sydney and nomi na tions s ho uld be gi ve n to the Comnl1!. nd Recreation Officer as soon as possible.

Organiser of the event is LCD R Bob Chapman on Level 22, Remington. Naval Support Conunand HQ (tele­phone [02)266 2008).

Bob is a RN o ff ice r o n exchange and is an athlete himself. He was the RN ath­letics team captain before coming to Australia.

medal ner Leading Seaman Mick Partridge (HMAS SUCCESS) is

the recipient of the inaugu ral " Blake Medal" awarded 10 the best and fairest Aussie Ru les p layer a l the national inler-Ser" ice carnh·al.

LS Panridge then went on to tour with the 1993 SAFA team and proved a valuable asset in the forward drive of the team.

A character on and off the

field he is congratulated on achieving the award, named after SAFA's patron. Major General Murray Blake, (MC, AO). the curre nt Land Commander. Australia.

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