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NavyVolume 53, No. 8, May 13, 2010 The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Navy

NIGHT MOVESABOVE: LS Liam Fitzgerald and AB Ty Shield keep HMAS Maryborough in contact with Indonesian warship, KRI Wiratno, during a night time communications exercise.

INSET LEFT: AB Darren Loveday looks on from one of HMAS Maryborough’s seaboats during a boarding exercise with Indonesian Warship KRI Wiratno during the first Australian-Indonesian coordinated patrol.

INSET TOP: HMAS Maryborough during a patrol in company with Indonesian warships.Photos: SGT Rob Nyffenegger

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Successful joint patrol a firstSee page 6 for story and photos

Service & Bravery

Welcome Home Baby Pg 5 —

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By CMDR Steve Dunning

THE POPULARITY of the saxophone ensemble of the RAN Band (SA Det) at a short notice engagement last year brought a Vice Regal request for a return visit to South Australia’s Government House.

The ensemble, under the direction of POMUSN Clayton Tschirn, performed the official music at SA’s Order of Australia Investiture ceremonies.

“The saxophone ensemble performed at short notice last year and was such a hit that it was invited back to perform at sub-sequent Investiture ceremonies by the Governor, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce,” said Bandmaster CPOMUSN Doug Antonoff,

For band members SMNMUSN Siobhan Finney and SMNMUSN Ivan Cooper it was their first Government House ‘gig’ and gave them the opportunity to perform at before some 56 award recipients and several hundred family and friends of recipients as well as official guests.

For SMNMUSN Cooper, a student at Adelaide University and an accomplished brass musician described it as “…a fantas-tic opportunity to perform in a completely different environment before the State Governor and award recipients on such a pres-tigious and important occasion .”

“One of the highlights was meeting the Governor and per-forming the Vice Regal salute,” he said.

EX-SERVICE members have one more calendar month to apply for entitlements under the Defence Home Ownership Scheme (DHOS).

Defence replaced the scheme in 2008 with the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (DHOAS). But, DHOS has remained accessible to enable personnel who separated from the ADF prior to its replacement on 1 July 2008 to access entitlements.

Acting Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions, People Strategies and Policy Group, Peter Bavington said that this access to DHOS will officially close on 1 July 2010.

“As the date of closure nears, we want to inform any Ex-service members who have an outstanding entitlement to submit and application for an entitlement certifi-cate,” Mr Bavington said.

He highlighted that in particular Reservists who served prior to 1 July 2008 should look into their entitlements under DHOS.

“The older scheme operated with a different definition of ‘serving member’ to the current DHOAS and members who were in the Reserve prior to the cessation of DHOS may be entitled to subsidies if they meet certain other eligibility crite-ria,” Mr Bavington said.

“Anyone that this applies to has until 30 June 2010 to submit an application or they risk loosing this entitlement.

“There will be limited extenuating cir-cumstances where an applicant who miss-es this deadline may be able to access a similar benefit to the DHOS offer under the DHOAS,” he said.

Mr Bavington advised that this ces-sation of access would not impact on the ongoing payment of DHOS subsidies to existing recipients.

Gov’t house encore for southern sax stars

From left, SMNMUSN Siobhan Finney, SMNMUSN Ivan Cooper, POMUSN Clayton Tschirn and LSMUSN Luke Townsend. Pic by CMDR Steve Dunning.

Vice Chief of the Defence Force, LtGen David Hurley, (left), speaks with WOET Allan Sharpe as they discuss issues involv-ing the Asbestos Inventory Tiger Team, during a tour of the facilities at Joint Logistics Unit - West at HMAS Stirling as part of his visit to Western Australia.

VCDFdrops in on Navy for a look see

For further information on the closure of DHOS, the scheme’s eligibility require-ments and the extenuating circumstances for late applicants visit:www.dhoas.gov.au.

Last call goes out for DHOSDECISIVE ACTION by the ship’s

company of LCH “landing craft heavy” HMAS Labuan (LEUT Steven Noakes) saved one of four dugongs they found caught in a net near Cairns on April 23.

Violent splashing in the main navigation channel out of the port caught the vessel’s attention but three of the four rare creatures were already dead.

“We were on our way to Cooktown for ANZAC Day when at about 1500 CPOMT Andrew Morris spotted the dugongs,” LEUT Noakes told Navy News.

“Conditions were not the best for launching the seaboat in a 1m choppy sea and a 20-25kt wind but we launched with three personnel aboard.

“We informed the Cairns VTS (harbour authority) and asked per-mission to help the dugong because there was a danger to navigation with the number of yachts using the channel.

“Cairns VTS liaised with Parks

and Wildlife and we received approval to set the live dugong free.

“LSMT Nathan Byast, LSMTE Andrew Kenny and ABBM Tristan McPherson did an excellent job to free the animal considering the weather and the animal still trying to free itself.”

LEUT Noakes said the Parks Service dispatched a boat to meet Labuan on the scene and its officers asked the Navy to recover the dead animals.

“We managed to manoeuvre Labuan into a good position and scoop them on to the bow door.

“We returned to Cairns, were met by the Port Services Manager/ Cairns and further Parks officers, and offloaded the animals for fur-ther investigation.”

The ship sailed at 1800 and arrived in Cooktown the following day for involvement in successful ANZAC Day activities.

LEUT Noakes said the ship’s company was understandably upset at the rare creatures being found in such a manner but were consoled by being able to save one.

Labuan makes sad start to Cooktown journey

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OUTSTANDING service and bravery were recognised for 18 Australian Defence Force per-sonnel honoured in Darwin on May 4.

Commendations were present-ed to Darwin-based Servicemen and women who helped rescue, treat and evacuate those injured in the explosion onboard Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel (SIEV) 36 on April 16 last year.

Commander Border Protection Command, RADM Tim Barrett, presented Commendations to the personnel who are current or former members of the Darwin-based ACPB crew Assail Two, or who were serving with Transit Security Element 52 or with the Cairns-based crew Ardent Four at the time.

The commendations were awarded for the outstanding serv-ice, courage, drive, dedication and compassion shown by those involved.

A D F G o l d ( C h i e f o f J o i n t O p e r a t i o n s ) G r o u p Commendations have been award-ed to all 51 personnel from Navy, Army and Air Force who were embarked in HMA Ships Childers and Albany on April 16, 2009, as part of the crews of Ardent Four and Assail Two.

Chief of the Defence Force Commendations were also award-ed on May 4 to LCDR Barry

Learoyd (CO Assail Two), and Air Force CPL Sharon Jager. An ADF Silver (Deputy Chief of Joint Operations) Commendation was presented to PO Cheryl McCabe, and an ADF Bronze (Deputy Chief of Joint Operations) Commendation was awarded to PO Rachele Karmiste.

LCDR Learoyd was honoured to be formally recognised and extremely proud of what his crew and the members serving with Ardent Four did in the face of extreme adversity.

“What both crews did that day embodied the Navy values of loyalty, honesty, integrity and courage as well as the Australian values of helping a mate or any-body in need.

“When the vessel blew up, I declared ‘Mass SOLAS’ (Save Our Life At Sea). That was the last order I gave. Everyone just swung into action and went to work and they didn’t stop until we reached Darwin the following day.

“The compassion of our peo-ple in dealing with things that no person should ever have to endure was truly remarkable.”

Five Afghan men drowned but every other person who was pulled alive from the water after the explosion survived despite some suffering life-threatening burns.

TOP RIGHT: LCDR Barry Learoyd, CO Assail Two, with his grandchildren Jake, 7, Taylah, 4, and Brendan, 8, after receiving his commendations from RADM Tim Barrett, Commander Border Protection Command. The children are the sons and daughter of Sean and Anne Learoyd both of whom are former members of the Bosun category in the RAN.

TOP LEFT: CPOB Gregory McCallum of Assail Two with his com-mendation certificate for his involvement with SIEV 36, aboard HMAS Maitland.

ABOVE: Members of Assail Two after receiving an Australian Defence Force Group Gold Commendation.

Photos by ABIS James Whittle

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LIFE ON the ocean wave, or even under it, will do just fine for a submariner couple who have rejoined Navy after 18 months sailing their yacht around the north of Australia.

POCISSM Damien Goodman and LSETSM Melissa Henry, who married in Port Douglas during their sabbatical, have adjusted to their new Navy life at HMAS Stirling.

PO Goodman has returned to the Submarine FEG, and LS Henry is working in the Submarine Support Group.

“We didn’t leave Navy with any bad feelings — we just needed some time away and felt it was time to do it,” PO Goodman said.

“We’d sold our house and all of our furniture to buy the yacht, and we wanted time to enjoy it — so we discharged and sailed around Queensland and the north of Australia, which was an incredible experi-ence.”

PO Goodman and LS Henry joined the Navy in

1994 and 1993 respectively, and both undertook exten-sive sea time and deployments. PO Goodman origi-nally qualified on the Oberon class before working on the Collins class, and LS Henry originally served in the surface fleet in HMAS Newcastle, and became a submariner in 2002.

PO Goodman said their Navy training stood them in good stead for the rigours of sailing the yacht.

“The knowledge we gained of diesel engines, OH&S, and survival at sea was invaluable – we were better equipped and could recognise potential dan-gers,” he said.

After considering Reserve time towards the end of their sabbatical — as a way of earning some extra money — the couple were contacted by the Rejoin Case Management Team and offered the opportunity to rejoin full-time for three years. They agreed, and signed their contracts in Darwin on their way back to Western Australia.

“Having these individuals rejoin the service is of

immense benefit to Navy,” WO Russ Benham of the Rejoin Case Management Team said.

“This is the purpose of our team, to ensure that trained people can be placed back in fleet and Navy as a whole can benefit from their experience.”

“It was great to be asked, and because we have so many Navy and submariner friends, it felt like we’d never really left,” LS Henry said.

PO Goodman says that while he still gives his job “100 per cent” his holiday gave him a chance to relax, which meant he now managed stress and the balance between work and life better.

LS Henry has also adjusted well to the change. “There have been a few changes since we left, such as NGN, and it’s good to see more young people in sub-marines,” she said. “I just like being able to go to sea - when I’m on a boat, I’m happy.”

The Rejoin Case Management Team member is dedicated to smoothing the way for re-joiners to Navy. For more information contact [email protected]

Marriage set to take a dive

LEFT: Rejoiners: POCIS Submariner Damien Goodman stands with wife, LSET Submariner Melissa Henry on Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West with HMAS Collins in the background.ABOVE: LSET Henry and POCIS Goodman leading the good life aboard their yacht.

Design a memorial and win

immortalityTHE INJURED Service Persons Association (ISPA) is inviting ADF personnel to submit their designs for a memorial to honour and remember the Australian Defence Force (ADF) men and women who have died or been injured in training to go to war, on duty in peacetime service or on humanitarian aid overseas.

The project has the backing of the Chief of the Defence Force and the Australian War Memorial and it is hoped to have a design chosen and finalised by June 30 this year.

Once a design is approved and costed the fundraising can begin in earnest.

“The memorial design needs to reflect the Navy, Army and Air Force service within Australia,” National President Ray Brown said.

“It’s to be built at Russell Offices which is, if you like, the ADF’s HQ.

“Ongoing maintenance is an impor-tant aspect of the design and water features and illumination should be avoided other than one or two spot-lights to highlight an important or prominent aspect of the memorial,” he said.

“We want the memorial completed by February 10, 2014 which will be the 50th anniversary of the collision of the HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager.”

As an incentive, the ISPA will present the winning designer a $250 gift voucher.

Please direct any questions regard-ing the memorial design to Lawrie Heath on 0408 182 375 or email [email protected]

Southern divers provide rapid responseIT’S NOT being too frivolous to say that Naval Reserve Diving Team Ten (CMDR Paul Gregg, RANR) went overboard to assist HMAS Manoora (CMDR Stephen Dryden, RAN).

A call to the Hobart-based Australian Naval Reserve Diving Team Ten resulted in the ship being met, as she berthed, with divers ready to go.

Armed with video equipment divers were able to inspect and

record a suspect shaft and propel-ler. That provided the CO and the engineering department with foot-age to help determine if damage had occurred.

DT 10’s assistance did not end there, thanks to Manoora’s last-minute program change to partici-pate in Exercise Croix Du Sud in New Caledonia.

Hearing that the ship had a lim-ited diving capability for this deploy-

ment, DT10 again responded to the ship’s request for assistance. Within 48 hours, a member of DT10 had joined the ship and two more joined in Sydney just days later.

The rapid response ensured that the ship didn’t deploy overseas with-out a diving capability. It was the second time in the past year that a detachment of DT 10 had deployed overseas.

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SAILORS onboard HMAS Stuart were welcomed home after a six-month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations.

The Anzac-class frigate carrying 185 men and women arrived back in her homeport of Garden Island, Sydney, in time for Anzac Day.

The ship and its sailors were received by Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Materiel and Science and Commander Australian Fleet, RADM Stephen Gilmore, along with family and friends.

Mr Combet congratulated CO HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew Masters) on the ship’s successful deployment.

“Stuart contributed to maritime operations in the Persian Gulf, coun-tering piracy off the Horn of Africa and providing maritime security,” Mr Combet said.

“Stuart also contributed greatly to coalition efforts in the Middle East, undertaking operations in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman as part of Operation Slipper.

“I congratulate the Ship’s Company for their professionalism and com-mitment throughout the long deployment. Their efforts have built upon the outstanding reputation of the Australian Defence Force in the Middle East.

CO CMDR Andrew Masters commended the crew for their outstanding work during the deployment.

“The crew of Stuart has worked tirelessly and conducted themselves with professionalism and dedication in challenging conditions. It is won-derful to be back in Sydney and to see the family and friends we have all missed,” CO Andrew Masters said.

This was Stuart’s third time to deploy to the Gulf, with the frigate’s return marking the completion of Navy’s 22nd rotation since September 2001.

HMAS Stuart has been replaced by HMAS Parramatta (CMDR Heath Robertson) which left Garden Island in March this year.

Stuart homefor Anzac Day

PIPERED HOME: XO HMAS Stuart Ryan Gaskin is welcomed home by his daughter Piper. Family and friends gathered at Garden Island in Sydney to welcome home their loved ones who have been away for six months whilst delpoyed to the Middle Eastern Area of Operations. Photo: ABIS Hayley Clarke

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THEY’RE not particularly elderly, but Aware 2 — recently crewing HMAS Maryborough — have ‘gone grey’ for a particularly good cause.

Since last November, the 25-strong Armidale class patrol boat crew have joined together in support of The Grey Man, a registered non-profit charity spe-cialising in the rescue and prevention of children being sold into the sex industry of South East Asia.

“We first became aware of The Grey Man through the ABC’s Australian Story,” said the CO of Aware 2, LCDR Shane Doolin.

“The suffering and misery that child trafficking is causing around the globe is appalling - The Grey Man organisation combats this. As a crew we decided this was something we wanted to support.”

Human trafficking is the third largest source of criminal income worldwide, behind weapons and drugs. UNICEF esti-mates that around 1.2 million women and children are trafficked each year.

“I am very proud of the crew’s efforts,” LCDR Doolin said. “To date, through sales of merchandise, charity events and auctions we have raised more than $2500.

“Every dollar is helping children escape slavery and giving them a chance to live a happy and fulfilling life.”

The Grey Man works with registered organisations to help victims rebuild their lives and earn a living, free from the threat of human trafficking. All projects are supported and endorsed by the Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS).

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AUSTRALIA and Indonesia have joined forces to con-duct a Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol.

Although Australia and Indonesia have a long history of martitime security operations it was the first time a joint patrol was conducted.

The operation ran from April, 16-27. It focussed on improving coordinated maritime security between the ADF and Indonesian Armed Forces, in order to strengthen secu-rity along shared maritime boundaries.

Each defence force contributed maritime patrol aircraft, naval vessels and headquarters staff to two task groups. The ADF supplied HMA Ships Maryborough and Albany and an AP-3C Orion. The Indonesian Armed Forces pro-vided corvettes KRI Wiratno and Hasan Basri and an NC-212 aircraft.

As well as coordinated enforcement operations, the patrol included information sharing, interoperability and search and rescue exercises designed to build confidence and improve combined operational performance on the water and in the air.

The success of the Coordinated Maritime Security Patrol was celebrated by both defence forces during a clos-ing ceremony at Larrakeyah Barracks.

The Commander Northern Command and Officer in charge of the ADF Task Group, CDRE David Gwyther was pleased with the countries’ combined maritime efforts.

“Over the past 11 days, Australia and Indonesia have been operating at sea, on land and in the air together, to address shared maritime security threats along our exclu-sive economic zone boundaries,” CDRE Gwyther said.

“It sends a message to those who may contemplate conducting illegal activities in our maritime zones, that the Indonesian Armed Forces and the ADF are working together — so beware,” he said.

The Indonesian Eastern Fleet Sea Combat Commander, CDRE Widodo spoke highly of the combined martitime operation.

“Our Defence Forces made great progress in improving our communications, information sharing techniques and maritime security interoperability. It has been a very suc-cessful activity and a great step forward in the military to military relationship between our nations,” CDRE Widodo said.

Indonesia and Australia are committed to a secure regional environment and intend to plan for similar activi-ties in the future to build on the success of this inaugural Coordinated Maritime Security Patrols.

Neighbours join for first timepatrol ex.

EXERCISE: ABOVE: Indonesian and Australian Navy personnel welcome the crew of HMAS Maryborough in Kupang Harbour. ABOVE AND INSET: HMAS Maryborough’s seaboat crew conducting boarding exer-cises with Indonesian Warship KRI Wiratno during the first Australian-Indonesian coordinated patrol.

THE CO of HMAS Arunta has used the launch of the highly anticipated TV series, The Pacific, to remind VIPs and guests of the role played by the Royal Australian Navy in World War II.

Arunta’s ship’s company hosted the event during a visit to Newcastle after the local Prime Television network approached Navy to host a small group of local VIPs for a sneak peak at the new series.

CO Arunta CMDR Stephen Bowater told the gathering of the often-overlooked but important role played by our Navy in WWII.

“When ordinary Australians think back to this country’s role in World War Two – particularly the Pacific campaign - they are likely to hark back to the Anzacs who fought at Kokoda, the bombings of Darwin, and those men and women captured in the fall of Singapore, so many of whom were later to die in Japanese POW camps,” he said. “These Australians and the legacy they left behind have made this country the nation it is today.

“From the outbreak of war until the cessation of hostilities in August 1945, the men, women and ships of the RAN served in every theatre of operations, from the trop-ical Pacific to the frigid Russian convoys.

“They took part in almost every major naval battle from the hunting of the Bismarck, the landings on D Day through to the savage kamikaze attacks in the Philippines, in which this ship’s predecessor HMAS Arunta (1) took part and lost three sailors in action. Arunta and other RAN ships also took part in the Battle of Okinawa and of course the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

“Some historians will tell you the Battle of the Coral Sea was a turning point in the Pacific campaign. The Royal Australian Navy’s overall contribution to the battle may not have been as spectacular as that of the American carriers, but the work done by the coast watchers, intelligence staff, RAN cruisers and other support ships and person-nel all contributed to the final result, not just at Coral Sea but throughout the Pacific War.

“Whilst Australian’s today may scoff at the fears of a Japanese invasion during 1942 the fact is that for many Australians during the 1940s that fear was real. The Pacific region after all, is our backyard.

The RAN paid a heavy price during the WWII. A total of 2,176 men and women died during the war. This represents more than five percent of the peak wartime strength of the RAN — 1,740 Australians died serving in RAN ships.”

Arunta urges VIPs not to forget RAN’s Pacific contribution

Hugh’s puffed out for the PostNAVAL cadet musician AB Hugh Gillespie, 14, needed plenty of “puff” for six renditions of The Last Post at public and semi-public Anzac functions.

A Brisbane Year 10 student and a member of the ANC unit TS Paluma, he’s competent with the trumpet but also plays tuba with a Concert Band.

His first Anzac appearance was at his school’s remembrance before perform-ing The Last Post at a retirement village service and on Anzac Day he rose at 0300 to do the Post at the Geebung-Zillmere dawn service before further commitments at Bald Hills and Aspley and an evening rendition at the City’s Masonic Temple.

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SENSIBLE flexible work arrangements offer a win-win for all stakeholders, says CDF ACM Angus Houston.

Voicing his concern that the ADF was not mak-ing enough use of the many policies available, ACM Houston said when not on operations or in key training activities, the ADF must work harder to allow its people to make use of the arrangements available.

“Commanders should understand my intent and use it to inform their decisions,” ACM Houston said.

“We are working hard to ensure that the ADF com-pletes the missions we are given by Government but does so in a way that ensures our people can balance the demands of their military service with their commit-ments to their families.

“The key is to offer longer-term career options that take into account the challenges and demands of an ADF career and the challenges and demands of family and home life,” CDF said.

Having heard that some people had been denied access to some of the policies and others had not asked to use the policies out of concern that they would be rejected “out of hand”, ACM Houston reiterated that flexible working arrangements were a key tool for com-manders at all levels to “look after our people”.

“The Service Chiefs have agreed that implementing flexible work practices is a high priority for them. They will, as a priority, ensure that flexible arrangements are approved when requested,” ACM Houston said.

“The key change we have to make is to shift from a single unit perspective to an ADF-wide and career-long perspective.”

CDF encouraged those thinking of using the flexible working arrangements to approach their chain of com-mand. He wanted commanders to think about how they could make flexible work arrangements work for them and their people.

“Service in the ADF makes unique demands of our people in operational theatres and on major exercises. These deployments and key training events require a 24/7 commitment over long periods of time, away from home, in tough and often hostile environments,” ACM Houston said.

“To balance that we need to make sure we look after our people and ensure we understand that at different times we need to offer flexible work arrangements to meet their needs. That way we can all win.”

Wollongong crew score first up catch

A seaboat from HMAS Wollongong (LCDR Anita Sellick) comes alongside SIEV125 to transfer suspected illegal immigrants back to HMAS Wollongong for passage to Christmas Island. The Armidale Class Patrol boat was conducting her first operational patrol of the year. INSET: CO HMAS Wollongong, LCDR Anita Sellick, at the helm of her patrol boat at Christmas Island. Photo: SGT Rob Nyffenegger

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Tribal destroyer seeks old boysTHE HMAS Arunta Association invites all former and current crew members, families and friends to celebrate the 70th anniversa-ry of the launching of HMAS Arunta 1.

The first Arunta was launched by Lady Gowrie, wife of the (then) Governor General, in 1940.

The Tribal class destroyer was commis-sioned, after sea trials, in March 1942.

Often referred to as a greyhound because of her turn of speed, Arunta 1 saw active service in the period 1942-1956 and

remained in operation reserve from 1957 until 1968.

The current Anzac class frigate, HMAS Arunta II, was commissioned in 1998.

To mark the launch of Arunta I, the association plans to host a lunch at HMAS Cerberus in Westernport (Vic) on November 28, including a tour of the base.

For further information contact Secretary HMAS Arunta Association Bruce Roberton at [email protected] or on 03 9764 0336.

A S S I S TA N T S u p p l y O ff i c e r w i t h H M A S Newcastle LEUT Shane Savy is the latest winner of the Chief of Navy Sword.

The sword is awarded to the overall dux of the junior non-warfare officers application courses.

“I congratulate LEUT Savy for his exceptional achievement and exem-plary performance,” said the Chief of Navy, VADM Russ Crane.

CN gives lieutenant the sword


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NAVY personnel from HMAS Waterhen in Sydney heeded the Call to Greatness on April 23 and in doing showed off their choral expertise and helped raise much-needed funds for four children’s charities.

As the media looked on, 100 young Navy officers and sailors sang the chorus to the Call To Greatness anthem along with a choir of about 20 students from Dulwich Hill High School and celebrities MC Blue from the Potbelleez, Wallaby and ACT Brumbies rugby union great Stirling Mortlock, Luke Jacobs from the TV series Home and Away and Australian and NSW cricketer Burt Cockley.

C2G, as Call to Greatness is known, is a fund-raising initiative of four Australian charities (KidsXpress life, Youth off The Streets, Inspire Foundation and Musicians Making a Difference) that support young Australians in need.

The CO of HMAS Waterhen, CMDR Jason Sears, said that his personnel had become involved through one of the sailors, LSMW James French, approaching the welfare committee with the idea of supporting the rally. The committee took it to the XO, LCDR Jaye Harris, and it snowballed from there when everyone saw what a great cause it was.

“It was a fantastically positive experience,” CMDR Sears said. “Everyone got involved and felt really good about supporting these worthwhile charities.

“Our welfare fund donated $500 to the cause.“We’ve now also established a relationship with

KidsXpress life and will take some groups of them on tours of the base and ships and perhaps offer some more work experience opportunities to them.

“All the visitors donned Navy ball caps which we had presented them with during the safety briefings.

“Margo Ward the CEO of KidsXpress life also gave a great speech about the charity and how Call to Greatness would make a real impact on the lives of thousands of disadvantaged Australian kids.”

After filming of the anthem on the fo’castle of HMAS Gascoyne and along the wharf, sailors lined up to the whirr and click of lens shutters for photos with celebrities and to obtain their autographs.

Waterhenheeds thethe Call to Greatness

GREAT CHORUS LINE: Celebrities, Dulwich Hill school students and sailors from HMAS Waterhen belt out the Call To Greatness chorus from the bow of HMAS Gascoyne. Call to Greatness is a fund-raising initiative of four Australian charities.

Cadets remember

Cadet AB Stephen Geniale, of TS Southport, lays one of 135 remembrance crosses on the chapel lawns at The Southport School (TSS) on April 23. The crosses, bearing the names of old boys of TSS who fell in battle, were planted as the Honour Roll of those who gave their lives for their country was read. The TSS ceremony included singing of the National Anthems of Australia and New Zealand. Photo: Angela Hughes


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WITH senior sailors encouraged to take a leading role in the New Generation Navy program, 24 sen-ior Warrant Officers from around Navy and Defence seized the invi-tation with a passion recently.

They were part of a strategic update at HMAS Harman on the progress of the NGN program and needed no second bidding to enter into enthusiastic, spirited discus-sion of the roles senior sailors play in Navy.

“Warrant Officers are great influencers in our Navy and it is a great opportunity to be involved in the strategic issues affecting Navy, advise on the implementation of NGN and discuss the issues affect-ing Navy’s sailors,” Warrant Officer of the Navy, WO Mark Tandy said.

Workshop facilitator CMDR Nigel Carlton from the NGN Program said the workshop covered issues such as job satisfaction, team work in Navy’s workplace, and how Warrant Officers could support and mentor senior sailors.

“By having all of these Warrant Officers here in one room, we have a rare opportunity to access the col-lective experience of Navy’s most senior sailors,” CMDR Carlton said.

“We are looking for ways sen-ior sailors can be better supported wherever they work, to ensure they have the full benefit of the leader-ship training now being delivered through the Navy leadership pro-gram, as well as their professional skills.”

Workshop participants discussed the issues that sometimes affect senior sailors, including career management, the different roles in sea and shore postings, professional training and how they can be best supported.

“We are investigating options where additional support may be required and deliver this through the NGN program,” CMDR Carlton said. “Our first step is to consult the people who have the knowledge that can help. The senior Warrant Officers are among those groups we need to consult.

“The workshop has been a great success. It was very pleasing to see the passion and insight that the Warrant Officers provided in dis-cussing these issues.

“Based upon the workshop it is very clear that there are some great ideas on how Navy can better sup-port senior sailors and contribute to their job satisfaction.”

WOs engage NGN concept with passion and insight

WORKSHOPPING AWAY: CMDR Nigel Carlton talks through the points brought out by Warrant Officers Angela Hillis, Brian Collins, Mark Edwards and David Cooke during the senior sailors New Generation Navy workshop at HMAS Harman. Photo: CPL Chris Moore



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By LCDR Fenn Kemp

A CANCER battle and the love of his family inspired a RAN sailor to embark on a bruising fundraising quest by signing up to a two day go-karting mara-thon.

Last Christmas, Brendon Andersen was told his mother had breast cancer.

“It hit us pretty hard,” Brendon said.

But the 29 year old and his family decided to fight back, by working towards a cure.

“It certainly has opened doors, and made us all stronger.”

Brendon has been racing karts since 2007, out of the Tiger Kart Club in Perth. He decided to use his hobby to raise money for the McGrath Foundation.

Brendon i s a Lead ing Seaman based at RAN Recruit School HMAS Cerberus near Melbourne. The school’s exec-utive officer, LCDR Mathew Ferguson says the school was well and truly behind Brendon’s campaign.

“We like to think of ourselves as belonging to a Navy Family,” LCDR Ferguson said.

“Brendon and his family have

gone through a tough time and they deserve our support.”

After weeks of intensive training, Brendon set out for what he knew would be a gru-elling ordeal. He set his sights on the 48th Australian Karting Nationals at Puckapunyal , Victoria – the biggest event on the Go-Kart scene this year.

Brendon got off to a solid start, qualifying 18th out of 24 entries. But in the opening heat, he was taken out by another com-petitor. Things didn’t improve much by Heat 2!

“I just set everything up wrong,” Brendon admits, “it was the same situation with the pre-final.”

But he didn’t give up. Brendon rallied for one last push over the line. But there were more thrills and spills to come.

“The morning warm up for the final, I had a kart spin in front of me and I collected them as I went past, spinning myself and damaging the kart and myself! We got back out there rather sore for the final.”

As soon as the race began, Brendon manoeuvred himself

into 15th spot, before being involved in yet another bingle.

“I had another driver forget what a brake pedal was and he ran up and over top of me and took me out!”

That crash brought Brendon’s race to an abrupt end – but he is looking on the bright side.

“The experience and thrill of nationals coupled with the fun-draising effort for the McGrath

Foundation made it all worth it,” Brendon said.

And with Brendon’s team raising an impressive $4444.40, the McGrath Foundation was the real winner.

Family cancer battle drives go-kartSTART YOUR ENGINE: LS Brendon Andersen from HMAS Cerberus joined in on the two-day go-karting marathon to Cerberus joined in on the two-day go-karting marathon to Cerberusraise funds for cancer through the McGrath Foundation.

JUST AS composer Henry Purcell immortalised sea-farers in his musical anthem They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships, the AWM wants a lasting record of the Navy experience.

“The memorial would love to hear from RAN per-sonnel about their experi-ences in warlike and peace-keeping operations,” Ms Alexandra Orr of the AWM said.

“Objects and publica-tions such as cruise books provide details on deploy-ments which will become valuable to your relatives and researchers in years to come,” she said.

“Cruise books in par-ticular are of great interest as they are rich in photo-graphs, personal stories and show something of the activities of the crew during work and downtime.

“The memorial would be happy to purchase copies from future print runs and accept your donations of pre-owned copies and other items.”

For more in forma-tion contact Alexandra Orr on (02) 6263 6610 or at [email protected].

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By Graham Davis, CMDR Steve Dunning, LEUT Ray Smith and SBLT Carolyn Docking

FROM a sea of white in the north to a blan-ket of winter rig in the south, the Navy was obvious in virtually every main centre of Australia on Anzac Day.

It was also well represented overseas. CN VADM Russ Crane, was on duty in Gallipoli, while his deputy, RADM Davyd Thomas, was Navy’s senior representative in Canberra. Fleet Commander RADM Steve Gilmore led the main march through Sydney.

Naturally, the major turnout was in the cap-ital cities. But, from Darwin, Cooktown and Cairns to the southern and western capitals, full-time members proudly showed the flag, while reservists and cadets did the honours in centres where PN personnel are scarce.

In the far north, the CO of HMAS Labuan, (LEUT Steven Noakes) sailed the heavy landing craft to Cooktown, where the ship’s company joined soldiers from 51 Far North Queensland Regiment and members of RAAF No. 38 Squadron to participate in Anzac Day activi-ties and officially open the Cooktown RSL sub-branch’s new office.

The 170 Naval personnel on parade in Cairns formed just part of HMAS Cairns’ (CMDR Bob Heffey) Anzac commitments. In all, more than 400 personnel from the base and its home-ported fleet units took part in dawn services and march-es within a radius of at least 300km.

In Brisbane, the Director of Naval Reserve Support – Queensland, CMDR Andy Clowes, led more than 100 RAN members (mostly reservists) and the Queensland Detachment of the RAN Band in a snappy “eyes-right” to the Governor, Ms Penelope Wensley, who was flanked by the CO of Navy Headquarters South Queensland, CMDR Geoff Fiedler.

Navy’s march through Sydney was the larg-est. Companies of ships and establishments, reservists veterans and ships’ associations were all represented.

Down south, a crowd of more than 40,000 made the dawn pilgrimage to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

Soon after, the Navy platoon of more than 300 led the morning march, undaunted by the threatening skies. The sailors were bathed in warm sunshine by the time they ascended the steps to salute the Eternal Flame.

The main contingent was from HMAS Cerberus, but many local reserve officers and sailors also took part, including members of the Clearance Diving Branch’s resident diving team, ANRDT6.

South Australia might not boast a large Navy presence, but 130 crew from the visiting frigate HMAS Arunta (CMDR Stephen Bowater) nearly tripled the local numbers. A 20-member contin-gent from 817 Squadron (LCDR Scott Palmer), along with personnel from NHQ-SA (CMDR Michael Doherty) and outstations, helped to form Navy’s biggest presence in the commemo-rative march through Adelaide to the Cross of Sacrifice.

State RSL boss and Reservist LCDR Sam Jackman said more than 8000 people turned out for the dawn service, which was attended by the Governor, RADM Kevin Scarce, service chiefs and other dignitaries and guests.

“This year we also recognised the contribu-tion of younger veterans and we had a contin-gent of Iraqi veterans lead the march,” he said.

In Hobart, about 3500 braved chilly condi-tions to attend the dawn service.

CO NHQ-Tas, CMDR Steve Bliss, later joined the Governor, Mr Peter Underwood, on the dais for the salute and the well-attended march, led by XO NHQ-Tas, LCDR Simon Gourlay.

One of Tasmania’s longest-serving reservists, LS Chris Schott (a total of 38 years’ service), car-ried the NHQ-Tas lifebuoy in the main parade.

And, as proof that no parade is too small, reservist WO Jim Hart attended a service at Snug, about 20 minutes south of Hobart.

“I was the only ADF uniformed person at the event and I assumed the role of parade com-mander and led a small parade made up of ex-servicemen, family members and scouts onto the venue arena to the sound of bagpipes,” he said.

All hands on deck

Commanding Officer, cadets and parents of TS Manoora Naval Cadet Unit, Taree

Sunday 25th April, Anzac Day 2010: Pouring rain, who cared. Sitting with my mates from years gone by, having a quiet drink, a laugh, and sharing stories as we do each year.

A group of young men and women arriving in the rain in black-and-white uniforms, laughing and smiling regardless of how wet they looked. My eyes were locked on this group. My

mates nudging each other and whis-pering, “Have a look.”

We all took in a breath and our chests filled with pride. Long ago we looked like that group of young people. We wore uniforms similar and we had smiles on our faces.

From an old Navy dog to the Commanding Officers and cadets, I want to take this time to say thank you all for making my Anzac Day special. You all wore a uniform with pride, acted in a manner I thought was beyond the younger generation and

that was respectful. You all should be proud of yourselves for the display of unity, friendship and respect that you portrayed on Sunday out at Old Bar.

Keep up the good work and thank you once again for showing what I went through many years ago in serv-ice was worth it just to know that it’s carried on today in you young men and women.

Regards

Neville Hartley

Enough to make an old dog proudA letter from a veteran to the future ...

DISPLAY OF RESPECT: Cadets from TS Manoora, who marched in Old Bar, Taree and Tuncurry on Anzac Day.

AT THE READY: The ship’s company of

HMAS Tobruk practice their Anzac Day drill at

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GREETINGS: SMNBM Sam Goth with WWII veteran Tom Hartgrove during the Anzac Day march held at Bomaderry, NSW. Photo: LSIS Kelvin Hockey

ALL ASHORE: The Ship’s compa-ny of HMAS Waller march through Albany while on a port visit. Photo: ABIS Lincoln Commane

GENEROSITY: Sailors from HMAS Cerberus do the tin shake at the MCG. Photo: ABIS Andrew Black

ON SHOW: XO HMAS Cerberus CMDR Shane Glassock leads the guard to Melbourne’s Shrine. Photo: LSIS Nina Nikolin

IN STEP: HMAS Warramunga’s ship’s company passes the saluting dais in Perth. Photo: ABIS Dove Smithett

OUT AND ABOUT: Members of the patrol boat group turned out in Darwin.Photo: ABIS James Whittle

LIFE PRESERVER: Members of HMAS Sydney’s ship’s company marched in the city of the same name. Photo: ABIS Hayley Clarke

FINE STYLE: Personnel from HMAS Albatross marches through Bomaderry NSW. Photo: LSIS Kelvin Hockey

PENSIVE: A sailor from HMAS Watson takes part in the Sydney parade. Photo: ABIS Hayley Clarke

GOOD SCRAN: Members of the school of catering provided a traditional gunfire breakfast in Melbourne. Photo: LSIS Nina Nikolin

LOW CLOUD: HMAS Cairns’ ship’s company turned out for the parade. Photo: Bernard O’Connor

BRIGHT DAY: Members of NHQ South Queensland marched in Brisbane. Photo: LACW Jessica Smith

CEREMONIAL: Federation Guard at Villers Bretonneaux, from left, AB Glen Brassington, LS Matthew Spencer, Cpl Werner Schenk and LAC Dave Hilton. Photo: POIS David Connolly

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NAVY will use its system of “signature behaviours” to steer a course through the challenges of the ADF’s Strategic Reform Program (SRP).

The signature behaviours have been the primary achievement of the New Generation Navy’s (NGN) cultural change program, launched a year ago.

The application of the signature behav-iours is intrinsically linked to the prin-ciples of SRP and is expected to be the driver for effective reform within Navy.

Changing Defence’s financial prac-tices has been high on the agenda since the release of the Defence White Paper last year, and the Government’s direc-tion to create $20 billion in savings for reinvesting in Defence capability over the coming decade.

These savings are to be reinvested in current and future capabilities through the SRP.

In a speech to the Senior Leadership Group on March 31, the Secretary, Mr Ian Watt, said the SRP was “above all else ... about cultural reform”.

“By this, I mean it will require change in behaviours and the way in which we engage with the reform process itself,” he said.

While SRP is a joint venture, Navy is off to a strong start with its signature behaviours and the leadership develop-ment programs it has created for all ranks based on these behaviours.

In implementing reforms across Navy and the wider organisation, Defence aims to build a culture of innovation, with com-petent, cost-conscious people, and the signature behaviours are expected to go some way towards achieving this.

These behaviours are seen as a power-ful personal tool which, along with their

values, will characterise Navy people into the future.

But, where the signature behaviours are concerned with actions around what needs to be done, SRP is about doing it.

Every individual will be asked to take ownership of the SRP to ensure savings are made in every possible area.

The Secretary agreed the New Generation Navy program had positioned Navy well to achieve the SRP objectives.

Chief of Navy, VADM Crane, RAN, said “Navy’s signature behaviours will be the enablers for SRP. By demonstrat-ing the signature behaviours in the per-formance of their duties, each member of the Navy can contribute to achieving the reforms we need,” he said.

“We need to be cost conscious; we need to challenge and innovate; we need to fix problems and take action, and develop a culture of continuous improve-ment in all of our workplaces, both at sea and ashore.

“These signature behaviours are par-ticularly applicable to SRP.

“Everyone in the Navy has a part in using our signature behaviours to do things better and save money.”

Navy is embedding these behaviours through its “Making the Change” work-shops.

The signature behaviours are being used in assessing suitability for progres-sion, and as part of all Navy Officer Performance Appraisal Reports and Sailor Performance Appraisal Reports.

The focus for the second year of NGN will be on leadership. The aim is to gen-erate change all Navy personnel can see – training smarter, leading by example, and establishing a culture that supports its people.

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By Barry Rollings

AN ENVIRONMENTAL group has produced a timely documentary to commemorate one of the most signifi-cant naval victories of World War II.

The Protect our Coral Sea Campaign has released the eight-minute documen-tary, Lest We Forget, to coincide with the 68th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

The documentary marks the engage-ment of Australian and United States forces which prevented a Japanese sea-borne invasion of Port Moresby.

The Battle of the Coral Sea was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast of Australia from May 4-8, 1942.

During the battle, allied and Japanese aircraft attacked four different major groups of warships. Although some of the aircraft were land-based, most were from carriers.

It was the first aircraft-carrier battle and the first naval battle in which the opposing forces of surface ships never sighted or fired at each other. All attacks were carried out by aeroplanes.

It was also the largest naval battle fought off Australia’s shores.

The battle not only saved Port Moresby, but was Japan’s first taste of defeat in a major operation in WWII.

The P ro tec t Our Cora l Sea Campaign’s communications manager, Elise Hawthorne, said two veterans of the battle featured in the documentary.

“Tommy Simms says ‘Looking back I don’t think I have ever done anything

more important than the Coral Sea battle. It makes me very proud. I get a very satis-fied little feeling inside me — enough to keep me alive ’til I die.’

“Ted Simpson says ‘I think it should be some sort of maritime reserve … be protected more than it is.’

“There is a very moving scene near the end where Tommy and his great-grand-daughter, Tahila, talk about the battle, which used to be remembered in class-rooms and homes across Australia but now seems to receive less recognition,” Ms Hawthorne said.

Lest We Forget can be viewed at www.protectour-coralsea.org.au

OLD FRONT, NEW FIGHTTHE battle of the Coral Sea is sometimes referred to as the “battle that saved Australia” but the environmental group Protect Our Coral Sea Campaign, is now battling to protect the sea itself. The group’s communications manager, Elise Hawthorne, said the Coral Sea was one of the last places where large marine animals lived in great numbers, yet less than one per cent of it was protected.

The group – comprising the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Pew Environment Group (Australia), Project AWARE Foundation, Queensland Conservation Council and the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre – is campaigning for a fully-protected marine park in Australia’s portion of the sea, in honour of the environment and those who fought and died there.

A US ship (right) stands by to pick up survivors after the carrier USS Lexington is fatally damaged by two Japanese torpedoes during the battle of the Coral Sea. Inset: a diagram of the Coral Sea action.

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HMAS Cairns (CMDR Bob Heffey) hosted the MG Car Club of Queensland Far North Queensland Chapter.

The event held on April 11, showcased a variety of vintage vehicles against a much younger Armidale Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Bundaberg.

Twelve vehicles in convoy streamed on to the base to be greeted by HMAS Cairns Public Affairs Officer, Bernard O’Connor and ABBM Lloyd Mais.

Eight of the cars were MG’s with vintages spanning 1950 to 2006, accompanied by an

Austin Healy 3000, a Triumph Stag and a Porsche 911. A red 1950 MGTD attracted a lot of attention too.

A tour of the base along with HMA ships Bundaberg and Benalla was part of the club’s visit.

The visit provided an opportunity for the cars’ owners, drivers and friends to gain first hand what life can be like at sea particularly aboard a patrol boat and survey vessel.

The club expressed thanks to the team at HMAS Cairns for ensuring their experience with the Navy and HMAS Cairns was a mem-orable one.

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By AB Melanie Schinkel

PROFESSIONAL artists, sculptors, architects, engi-neers and surveyors have been challenged to design a memorial that commemorates a war that occurred more than a century ago yet appeals to generations today.

The National Boer War Memorial Association offi-cially launched the National Boer War Memorial Design Competition on April 7 at the Duntroon Officers’ Mess in Canberra.

Boer War Memorial Committee Chairman Col John Hayes (retd) said the memorial would acknowledge the first war Australians fought as a nation.

“The Boer War is important for all Australians, past, present and future. It is our heritage and our history,” Col Hayes said.

VCDF Lt-Gen David Hurley, Col Hayes and Dr Craig Wilcox, author of Australia’s Boer War, opened the competition and announced $74,000 would be dis-tributed among the winning designs.

The design competition is a two-stage process, which will lead to the winning design being built on Anzac Parade between the New Zealand Memorial and Desert Mounted Corps Memorial in Canberra.

Lt-Gen Hurley said the competition would push designers to express the roots of Australia’s formation to both modern Australian and foreign audiences.

“Designers who enter this competition are in for a challenge as they need to capture the realities and myths of the war campaign and the thinking of the Australian people at the time,” he said.

“The design also needs to speak to modern genera-tions, 110 years after the war.”

In 1901, halfway through the fighting, Australia was federated. More than 20,000 Australians fought overseas and 26,000 others joined the militia and rifle club, just in case the conflict expanded. Almost 50,000 horses left Australia to assist the Army. Two out of every three of those horses died from disease or overwork and the rest never returned home.

Lt-Gen Hurley said the Boer War Memorial would cost about $3 million to complete.

“Members of the ADF have already donated about $10,000 towards the memorial’s construction, which indicates a lot of interest among the military and young people in particular,” Lt-Gen Hurley said.

National Boer War Memorial Design

Competition officially launched

To donate towards the memorial’s creation or to enter the design competition visit www.bwm.org.au

HMAS Anzac has become one of the first ships to use Navy’s latest communications tool.

Flickr allows any ship, establishment or member to place an image online in quick time.

The man in charge of the site is Navy’s web master, Ray MacNeill.

“The pictures are monitored to make sure they adhere to Navy values,” Mr MacNeill said, “but it’s a great, more relaxed way to show your mates and family what you are up to.”

Crew members in HMAS Anzac captured their ANZAC Day Dawn service on board and managed to turn around the imagery in 24 hours. The collection has attracted hundreds of hits.

All Navy personnel are invited to send their imagery to:[email protected] take a look at Navy’s Flickr site:http://www.flickr.com/photos/royal_australian_navy

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Kurt Ploszczyniec (don’t know wheth-er I’d rather spell that or pronounce it) says: “At a guess I would say she is HMS Victorious.”

Joseph Blansjaar offers HMS Hermes. Ex-POMUSN Jim Hawkins tosses up between HM Ships Victorious and Ark Royal, plumping finally for Victorious.

And A/PO Dave Rickard (reckons he’s been demoted because of recent trans-gressions), who’s normally spot on in identifying mystery ships, says: “My best guess for Miss April is … HMS Hermes.”

All of these entrants and a Pom him-self, CPOA(AH) Peter Cassar RN, rec-ognise one basic fact – that Miss April is a Royal Navy ship. I suspect he’s on exchange from the UK at HMAS Albatross. He’s from of the Nostris in manibus tuti side of the RN (the motto, which translates as ‘Safe in our hands’, is the one adopted by the RN Aircraft Handler Branch, members of which are sometimes, impolitely, referred to as ‘chockheads’). Welcome Pete - and you reckon Miss April is HMS Victorious?

But CPO Cassar, LEUT Ploszczyniec, Joe Blansjaar, Ex-PO Jim Hawkins and A/PO Dave Rickard are all wrong.

First in with the correct answer, pre-fixed with a somewhat monarchistic, jin-goistic “Rule Brittania, Britannia rules the waves …’, was David ‘Guns’ Manolas.

He says: “I believe the Royal Navy carrier featured as Miss April is the HMS Eagle.

“The excellent publication The Royal Navy in Australia 1900 - 2000, by Ross Gillett and Vic Jeffery, provides brilliant photos of these ships and there we see ‘the 20-year-old carrier Eagle sailing through Sydney Heads in 1971on her final visit to Australia’.

“We are also told she was paid-off in 1972 and eventually towed to the break-ers in 1978. Arranged on her flight deck we can see Sea Vixens, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneers (‘Where are your bucca-neers - on me buccan-head’ we cried as they swooped very low overhead during our FESR deployments), Gannets and I believe the helos are Wessexs. The Eagle had been identified to operate the US Phantoms but on the assertion it would cost too much to make the necessary changes she was withdrawn from serv-ice.” Congratulations on a fine effort.

ILS Manager Mark Edmistone, in his usual thorough manner, also correctly identifies HMS Eagle and goes on to say: “She was refitted at Devonport once more to give her the more powerful cata-pults and wires to operate the McDonnell Douglas Phantom. She re-commissioned in 1967. Eagle had more advanced elec-tronics and 984-series radar then her sis-ter ship Ark Royal.

“However, by the mid-1960s, the British Government had decided that the days of the large Royal Navy aircraft car-rier were limited. The fleet was swiftly run down, with Eagle being the penulti-mate to decommission.

“Initially it had been intended that Ark Royal be decommissioned before Eagle, but when Eagle shed a propeller blade the decision was taken to remove her from

service instead of Ark Royal, rather than construct a new propeller.

“She was paid off in 1972, and towed to Devonport where she was placed in reserve. Up until 1976 she was officially still in reserve but had been used as a source of parts for Ark Royal until the latter decommissioned as well in 1978. Eagle was then swiftly scrapped.”

Others correct, in the order their entries were received, include: Tony Woodland, LEUT Jonathan Corker, The 83-year-old Salt (Mike Pollard), LSCSO Carmen Macfarlane, Greg Clifford, Mark Biega, MAJ John Vetuna, CAPT (AAC) Lee Clarke, CPOUS Rob Sweet, ex-RO Sandy McNab, CMDR Stuart Kaye, Steven Atkinson, SBLT Scott Derrington, LCDR Mark Taylor, LCDR Peter Doré, CMDR James Tobin, Ex-POETP SM Peter O’Donohue, CPO Owie Maloney, John Cowlishaw, Richard Jones, SQNLDR Jimbo Stewart, CPL Chris Russell, Vic Jeffery, John ‘Skinhead’ Kelson, Alan Baddams and Peter Hounslow. Well done all.

Regular Mark Biega offered some additional background on Miss April’s service with: “Eagle flew off Sea Hawks, Wyverns, and Sea Venoms during six days of attacks on Egyptian forces during

the Anglo-French action to take control of the Suez Canal.

“Fresh from an extensive refit between 1959 and 1964, she took part in the Indonesian Confrontation providing air cover over the Malacca Strait, provided air defence for Zambia during an invasion threat from Rhodesia, and spent 71 days at sea blockading oil from Rhodesia.”

I’d like to welcome a newcomer who may become a regular … if we’re not using photos from his extensive collec-tion of naval ship pics.

The recently retired historian, WA Defence Public Affairs Manager and Naval Reservist Vic Jeffery has deigned to identify Miss April (it’s not a pic from the Vic Jeffery emporium of obscure naval ship images).

He says: “I believe Miss April is the post-WW2 aircraft carrier HMS Eagle which served with distinction, world-wide between 1951 and 1972. She was laid-up in the River Tamar until 1978 when she was towed to Cairnryan in Scotland for breaking-up.”

Finally, I like to thank ex-RO Sandy McNab for his kind words and sentiments which I agree with entirely but am not at liberty to share with other mystery ship-pers here. Suffice it to say that I’m not allowed to call anyone “…a real Whiskey Alfa November Kilo Echo Romeo” in this column.

~ LCDR Antony Underwood

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➤ Never do internet banking on public computers.Public computers may have less security than your own

and the details of your activities may be stored.

➤ When you use a secure website on your computer make sure you always log out fully.

➤ Disable pop-ups in your browser so that scammers cannot install a key-logger program on your PC. Most internet browsers let you block pop-

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Identity theft is becoming common. ASIC Chairman Tony D’Aloisio says protect your personal information.

THE Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that in 2007 there were more than 620,000 victims of identity

fraud and identity theft in Australia.Identity theft is where someone

wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in a way that involves fraud or deception.

Typically, it’s when a criminal steals or comes into possession of your per-sonal information such as your name, passwords, credit/debit card details, address, date of birth, bank account or driver’s licence and assumes your identity to commit fraud.

If you use online banking you should be part icularly careful . Scammers can use software to spy on your computer.Case study

Pte Jones receives an email that appears to be from his bank asking him to re-confirm his personal details and re-set his password. The email looks genuine and he thinks it is a good idea.

Clicking on the link he is taken to a plain-looking website where he is sup-posed to enter his details. Alarm bells ring and he decides to phone his bank to see if the request is legitimate. They say it’s a scam where criminals collect personal details and passwords.

The bank also says that they would never ask someone to provide personal details through an email. Protect your identity➤ Check your credit report at least

once a year. This way you can make sure no-one is using your name to borrow money or run up debts. You can get a free copy of your credit report from Veda Advantage and Dun and Bradstreet.

➤ Thoroughly check your account statements and make sure you receive all expected mail. Follow up any unfamiliar transactions on your bank account statement.

➤ Destroy personal information – don’t just throw it out. You should shred or cut up old bills, account statements or cards to prevent scammers from getting hold of your personal information.

➤ Lock your letterbox and check it regularly. If you are going away ask a neighbour you can trust to collect your mail for you or ask the post office to keep it until you return.

➤ Make your passwords for online activities such as banking, hard to guess.Use combinations of let-ters, numbers and punctuation and change your passwords frequently.

➤ Never put financial information

There are a number of differ-ent ways scammers can steal your identity. They can easily get a lot of personal informa-tion about you from:➤ Your wallet or purse;➤ Rummaging through your

rubbish or stealing your mail.

If you think your identity has been compromised you should contact the following organisations:➤ Your financial institution to

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Driver’s licenceGun licenceMedicare card

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JUST as fitness training is known to provide numer-ous health benefits such as lower resting heart rates and

increasing musculoskeletal strength, incorrectly applied training can lead to raised resting heart rates and injury.

The terms health and fitness are often combined when considering the physical well being of an individual.

One of the key factors tipping fit-

ness training from improving health to degrading health, is training intensity or ‘how hard’ the training is.

Unfortunately, many ADF person-nel often train long and hard to ensure they are at their physical best. Every session is a nose-bleeding, lung-bust-ing session.Go hard or go home

Within this mindset lies a poten-tial problem. Consider the elite ath-lete. They train hard to ensure they are the best they can be, but not continu-

ously. Unlike an ADF member, they don’t try to maintain peak performance indefinitely.

Elite athletes are on specially designed programs that include peri-ods of low-intensity training in order to allow their bodies to recover.

These athletes only train near maxi-mal intensities for short periods around their competitive season.

Remember that elite athletes are often injured. Think of Shane Warne’s shoulder or Jana Pitman’s knee.

Even with specialised training pro-grams and diets, hard continuous train-ing will take its toll.

A road to injuryLong, hard, repetitive fitness work

may not necessarily increase your health but may lead you on the road to injury. What does this mean for you? While hard training sessions are important for physiological and psy-chological hardening, avoid training hard endlessly.

Monitor your session intensity and understand what training intensities you should be working in for your sessions.

Contact your local PTI for some great advice on determining and moni-toring your session intensity.Think about it

To build solid career-long fitness takes time and it should be approached progressively and thoughtfully. After all, how do you eat an elephant? One mouthful at a time.

When fitness isn’t healthyWhile fitness may increase health, LEUT Rob Orr says it can also decrease it.

➤ Mix your training program with sessions of lower intensity exercise and recovery.

➤ Follow sessions of high intensity (like forced rep-etitions with weights or high-intensity interval train-ing) with easier recovery sessions.

➤ Gradually progress in train-ing to the higher intensity sessions.

➤ Listen to your body (exces-sive tiredness, loss of appetite and constant nig-gling injuries are all signs that you are overdoing it).

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FAMILY SNAP: CPO Rohan Pugh, BM with his children Amily (left), Ethan (right) and Bryce (kneeling) in the gardens of Government House in Perth.Photo: ABIS Dove Smithett

HEADING ABROAD: LS Mathew Spencer, a member of Australia’s Federation Guard, heads off to Turkey and France for the ANZAC Day services.Photo: LAC Luke Morris

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Zealand onboard HMAS Arunta.

PROUD AS PUNCH: CPO Greg Langshaw with his father Neil and mother Sue in the gardens of Government House, Perth.Photo: ABIS Dove Smithett

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Body building alertORGANISERS are considering adding the Female Sportsmodel category to the 13th annual Natural Physique Titles at HMAS Cerberus on September 15. Other categories will include the usual male Bodybuilding and female Figure competitions. Novices and beginners to the sport are encouraged to enter, and the organisers are strongly promoting senior competi-tors of 40 years plus. This event is open to all full-time and reserve servicemen and women from all three serv-ices as well as Defence civilians. For more information and to be added to the Cerberus Natural Physique Title e-mail database to receive regu-lar competition updates, e-mail LEUT Marty Karow, [email protected] or POPT Joe Carroll, [email protected]

Defence hockey titlesMALE and female teams representing each state will contest the Defence Hockey championships in Sydney from June 5 to 11. At the end of the titles, a Defence team will be selected to compete in the Australian Country Championships later in the year. Newcomers are welcome for the Defence titles. If you are interested in playing, administrating, participating or support-ing the event or a team, and are either a permanent or reserves member or part of the Defence public service, contact the Defence Hockey representative in your state. The State reps are – ACT: WGCDR Richard Launder 0433 938 492; NSW: LCDR Barb Parker 0418 298 652; Northern Territory: WO2 Craig Webb 0419 714 982; Queensland: FLTLT Davina Norris 07 5361 0048; South Australia: SQNLDR Phil Telfer 0425405286; Victoria/Tasmania: LS Nick Cherry 0424 699 866; Western Australia: Aren Gissing 0400 406 655.

Navy comes in secondNAVY finished a close second in the annual NSW inter-service hockey competition at Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre from April 21 to 23. It beat a depleted Army team (boosted by Air Force players) 3-1. And it gave Air Force a run for its money, losing 2-1 after the scores were locked at 1-all for much of the match. This win gave Air Force the title. No women’s competition was held this year due to lack of players.

Finding sparkling touchTHE Australian Defence Touch Association (ADTA) senior mixed team O27 team finished fourth in its section at the National Touch League at Kawana Waters, Queensland, in March. The National Touch League is the peak domestic competition for the sport in Australia. The annual four-day competition attracts regional and state teams and international teams to compete in 13 divisions including open, mixed and sen-ior categories. ADTA, known as the Defence Warriors, fielded one of the biggest squads -- six teams compet-ing in the men’s O30, men’s O40, men’s O45, senior mixed O27 and for the first time men’s and women’s open.

Footballers ACEdAN address to the players by South Australian football legend Graham Cornes was not enough to stir the ADF All Stars team to victory In the Anzac Challenge game at AAMI Stadium on April 24. The game was the curtain-raiser to Port Power v St Kilda AFL fixture in Adelaide. The ADF All Stars, selected from the best available players at the tri-services carnival in Melbourne from April 14 to 18, succumbed to the Australian Combined Emergency Services (ACES) side. In a fast-paced game, ACES won 17. 12 (114) to All Stars 4 .1 (25). ACES boasted a number of former AFL and current VFL and SANFL players. Aspiring players from all services can make contact at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/armyweb/sites/ASAFA/

Volleyball build-up plansTHE RAN Volleyball Association (RANVA) is planning a big buildup to Combined Services competition at RAAF Amberley, Queensland in late October when it hopes to have a good sprinkling of players from all states. The first stepping stone will be the Red Anchor Volleyball Shield Competition at Homebush Sport Halls on July 28. Traditionally this competition has been attended by Navy volleyball talent scouts looking for players to represent Navy, this year in the inter-service competi-tion at Garden Island in late August. For more informa-tion, contact CPOET Michael Mackenzie at [email protected] or 02 9359 2001.

By John Martin

SNATCH the snowball from my hand, grass-hopper. Well, not quite. But reservists CMDR

Martin Linsley and CAPT David Michael are working on becom-ing World Loppet Masters.

The Loppet, if you didn’t know, is a series of cross-coun-try skiing events in 14 countries around the world.

To earn Master rank, you have to have contested in 10 countries.

It’s a tall order, but not impossible. There are 75 Global Masters worldwide who have raced in all countries and seven of them are Australians, includ-ing one of Navy’s own, CDRE Mark Purcell.

“He’s younger than us and he made good use of an overseas posting,” CMDR Linsley said.

They have a plan to catch up though.

In February, CMDR Linsley, 58 and CAPT Michael, 53, from the Navy Nordic Skiing and Biathlon Association and recently transferred reservists at the Australian Defence College, embarked on a tour that involved 400km of cross-country skiing in three countries.

They knocked off the Japanese Loppet in Sapporo, the Gatineau Loppet in Ottawa, Canada, and the American Birkenbeiner in Wisconsin, US.

Both have previously done the 42km Australian ‘Hoppet’, so they have six to go.

Next January, they are plan-ning a European trip to do just that.

“Wives, fitness and bodies permitting,” CMDR Linsley said.

“We’re not trying to win them, just complete the courses as best we can.”

They intend entering up to eight races: Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Finland and

Switzerland. Fingers crossed the weather isn’t bad. “We don’t want to have to go back the fol-lowing year.”

CMDR Linsley isn’t expect-ing the red carpet to be rolled out in Estonia, but the two Reservists do have a bit of an ‘in’.

One of their fellow competi-tors in Sapporo was the prime minister of Estonia (another com-petitor was his bodyguard).

“We had an interesting chat to the Estonian prime minister, who was a professional cyclist before entering politics.”

The three events on this trip were all over 50km, which was longer than the pair had continu-ously skied before.

But they trained hard for the trip and made sure they arrived early in their first destination, Sapporo.

They practised hard there too – covering 115km while regain-ing the balance and techniques necessary for skiing the hills, val-

leys and trails of a cross-country ski course.

They were among 770 entries, 85 of them international competitors. The Australian contingent included Navy’s cross country ski coach, Greg Paul, a member of the Victorian Police Force. He too is pursuing Loppet mastership.

Although CMDR Linsley and CAPT Michael finished a long time after the winner, they were delighted to finish in 4hr 27min and 5hr 27min respectively.

Their next stop was Canada. The event was held in a national park and they had to be on the lookout for the moose, beaver, otter and wolves that live there.

Then they travelled to Wisconsin. The American Birkebeiner was BIG, with more than 8000 skiers. CAPT Michael and CMDR Linsley were the only Australians racing.

The American Birkebeiner is a point-to-point race. The 3km approach to the

Master blasters

finish is across a frozen lake, and the finish itself is on the main street of the township of Hayward. This required the road to be blocked to traffic and then covered with snow.

For details about the three races reported here, and all the World Loppet events, see www.worldloppet.com/.For information about Navy’s Nordic Skiing and Biathlon Association, see www.skinavy.com/.

FOUR DOWN: CAPT David Michael, above, and CMDR Martin Linsley, right, on their overseas cross-coun-try skiing pilgrimage.

Two reservists on a skiing

mission

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SMNCK Turuva was the winner of the Ron Giveen Most Valuable Player award at the Mons Cup and is likely to figure at fly-half in Canberra. He was the captain of the Navy’s under-21 team which toured New Zealand in March and narrowly lost to the New Zealand Navy under-21s.

CPO Doherty, who is also sec-ond-grade coach for Royals in the Canberra civilian competition, steps up into the role of coach this year as a replacement to WO Geoff Stokes, who coached the team for five years.

CPO Doherty was coach of the combined Navy/Airforce women’s team at last year’s titles.

Army retained the title but had to work a lot harder than a 63-0 white-wash of 2008.

He is relishing taking control of the men this year.

A squad of 36 was scheduled to go into a training camp at HMAS Albatross in the leadup to the titles.

The squad will be cut to 26 play-ers for the games at Viking Park in Canberra

Kuttabul’s gutsy effort brought the curtain down on Albatross’ Mons Cup dynasty.

The Mons Cup is one of the RAN’s most prestigious sports com-petitions and was first contested in 1969 and has since been won by

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IMAGINE the entire playing lists of all 16 AFL clubs being wiped out all at once.

That’s the vision that Sydney Swans co-captain Adam Goodes car-ried on to the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, April 24 when his side battled West Coast for the inaugural HMAS Sydney II Cup.

Six hundred and forty-five sailors were lost when the HMAS Sydney II was sunk off the coast of Western Australia in November, 1941 and the ship’s wreckage was only discovered in March, 2008.

In a joint initiative supported by the AFL, the Finding Sydney Foundation and the Royal Australian Navy, the Swans and the Eagles will play annually for the HMAS Sydney II Cup, which honours the sacrifice made by those sailors.

The trophy was unveiled on April 21 on the deck of the HMAS Sydney IV (CAPT Peter Quinn) at Fleet Base East, where members of the Ship’s Company kicked the footy with Swans players Goodes, Rhyce Shaw and Jesse White.

“There are 650 players in the AFL and on HMAS Sydney II, there were 645 players on the ship before it sank,” Goodes said at the launch.

“They lost 645 men and women that day ... that’s equivalent to losing all the AFL players in the League. When you put that into context and how much you value lives, it’s a huge amount of people.”

The Swans co-captain said it was an honour to play for the inaugu-ral cup in the Anzac Round, but the strength of the Swans-Eagles rivalry would ensure the clash was a special occasion, regardless of when it was played in future years.

For the record, the Swans won the game 17.14 (116) to 9.9 (63).

The man of the match, Jarrad McVeigh, was presented with an an

Navy rugby coming through

Kuttabul ten times while Albatross has dominated for the past three years.

In the end it all came down to two missed conversions by Albatross and one high kick right on fulltime that could have seen the visitors snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Kuttabul played with great courage and determination to win the annual competition that was played in extremely warm weath-er.

Kuttabul were particularly well served by SMNCK Turuva and POPT Matt Hilyard, who was inspirational throughout the day.

Albatross raced to a 5-0 lead but lost the plot after their full-back dropped two high kicks from SMNCK Turuva which allowed

Kuttabul to post two converted tries.

SMNCK Turuva said the expe-rience he gained from the Navy Colts one-point defeat to archrivals New Zealand enabled him to turn the tables on Albatross.

“It was a great game but now we will come together for the tri-service championship with the aim of toppling archrivals Army,” he said.

Kuttabul earned its finals berth with a 25 point flogging of a com-bined Darwin/Sydney team while Albatross disposed of HMAS Waterhen 32-0.

However, Waterhen lifted to a new level of courage and determi-nation to beat Darwin/Sydney 12-0 in the Plate final.

The day’s rugby featured hard running and ferocious tackling as the players were also bidding for selection in the Navy team to con-test the Australian Services Rugby Championship in May, which will help build the ADF team for the Defence Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2011.

LIKELY PLAYER: SMNCK Cook Veniasi Turuva, who was the stand-out in the Mons Cup. Photo: A. J. MacLeod

AFL remembers Sydney II

engraved 76mm shell casing fired by Sydney’s main gun.

CAPT Quinn said at the launch that the Sydney II Trophy commemo-rative game would promote and pre-serve the courage and sacrifice of Sydney II’s crew as well as the fight-ing spirit of Anzac.

CAPT Leavy said Anzac Day is extremely important for all Australians, “particularly for those of us who are in uniform today”.

“There is no sport more uniquely Australian than AFL, so it is very fit-ting that a sport that requires those same attributes that the Anzacs had – teamwork, loyalty and dedication – is associated with both Anzac Day and HMAS Sydney in this annual match,” he said.

He said the man of the match award would be presented to the player who shows the greatest courage and skill in adversity, teamwork and fighting spirit.

Goodes said the Sydney II Trophy and the Anzac Day weekend clash would inspire the Swans for years to come.

“When you hear the Last Post and the National Anthem, it really height-ens the emotion of the game, along with the realisation that you are com-peting for the Sydney II trophy,” he said.

RED AND WHITE TRIBUTE: Members of HMAS Sydney’s company provide the Catafalque party for the HMAS Sydney II inaugural commemorative match.

Photos: LSIS Phillip Cullinan

THE PRIZE: Above, an Agusta A109E Helicopter lands on the SCG to deliver the HMAS Sydney II Cup.Left: Commander Australian Fleet RADM Steve Gilmore helps Sydney Swans co-captain Craig Bolton lift the winners trophy.

MOVED: Adam Goodes talks to a sailor at the launch.

Photo: ABIS Evan Murphy

THE PRIZE: Above, an Agusta A109E Helicopter lands

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Volume 54, No.8 May 13, 2010

INSIDE SPORT

In search of the snow master touch

AFL players remember Sydney II at a stirring gameat the SCG

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By John Martin andMichael Brooke

NAVY certainly has rugby on its mind – which should sound a warning for its rivals in the services car-nival in Canberra from May 16 to 22.

With a new coach, CPOET Tony “Doc” Doherty, and an injection of talented young players, the team is primed to do well against Army and Air Force.

“We’re in a rebuilding stage – but we’ll be more than competitive,” CPO Doherty said.

Army holds the title and might be the team to beat again. Navy beat Air Force 28-14 last year but lost to Army 33-8.

Navy selectors have had

plenty of chances lately to see prospective players in action.

On March 25, Fleet beat RAN Establishments, 26-21, in the Eastern Australian Area Annual Perry Cup at Randwick Army Barracks.

And at Woollahra Oval on April 19, HMAS Kuttabul edged HMAS Albatross 17-12 to win the prestigious Mons Cup rugby champion-ship.

CPO Doherty watched both events with great inter-est. It confirmed what he already knew about some players and unearthed a cou-ple of new prospects.

He was pleased by the excellent form of one person already on his mind, SMNCK Veniasi Turuva, of Kuttabul.

Navy rugby coming through

RUNWAY TRAIN: Outside back LS Daniel Capilli, playing for Fleet and likely to represent Navy again at the services carnival, is tackled by SMN Phillip Samuelu during the Perry Cup. Photo: ABIS Lee-Anne Mack

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