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Volume 51, No. 20, October 30, 2008
DIVERS ON SHOW
Clearance
divers focus
of four-part
TV doco
By Michael Brooke
LEAGUE DRAMA
BACK PAGE
NEW RECRUIT
GOVERNOR SIGNS ON – PAGE 2
FAMILY HEALTH
NEW INITIATIVE – PAGE 4
THE mental and physical stamina of
being an elite RAN clearance diver on
the frontline of national security will be
on show in a four-part documentary to
be screened on the ABC.
The documentary, Navy Divers, follows 27 young sailors who are pushed
to the limits of their mental and physical
ability as they tackle the Basic Clearance
Divers Course.
Navy Divers follows the successes
and failures of the sailors – only 13 will
survive the gruelling training course
designed to separate the ‘wheat from the
chaff’.
The documentary was launched in
grand style by the Commander Australian
Fleet, RADM Nigel Coates, Australian
Clearance Diving Team personnel, and
the cast of Prospero Productions Pty
Ltd at HMAS Waterhen (CMDR Larry
Menon) on October 17.
RADM Coates told Navy News that
the series would not only educate the
Australian public about the unique role
of clearance divers but would also attract
recruits to Navy.
He added that the series gives viewers
a rare insight into the gruelling selection
course the trainees must survive in order
to join the ranks of one of the Navy’s
elite and mostly unseen units.
“For the first time the RAN has
given exclusive access to the Navy’s
most intense training program for its
Clearance Diving Branch,” he said.
“The role of clearance divers is
necessarily secretive and this is a rare
chance for the Australian public to see
the elite level of training that divers must
undertake.”
The series superbly illustrates the
strength of character, fitness and mental
determination required to become an
elite Navy clearance diver.
From terrifying long-distance swims
across shark-infested waters to nerveshredding bomb disposals at depths of
60 metres, the candidates are pushed to
the limit.
The series showcases how the trainees somehow summon the strength of
character to face the cameras and provide deeply personal insights into their
background despite their complete
exhaustion.
Continued Page 3
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Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir appointed
the RAN’s first Honorary Commodore at Watson
By Michael Brooke
A NEW chapter in the Navy’s proud
history was written at HMAS Watson
(CAPT Ray Leggatt) recently when
the RAN appointed its first honorary
Commodore.
In a gesture that recognises the strong
historical links between the Navy and the
Office of the New South Wales Governor,
Professor Marie Bashir was appointed
as the first Honorary Commodore in
the RAN by the Acting Chief of Navy,
RADM Davyd Thomas, during a ceremony at the Wardroom on October 9.
“It was a great honour that I was
able to appoint Her Excellency as a
Commodore in the RAN,” he said.
“Sailors found, settled and protect
Australia and this appointment further
strengthens the ties between the Navy
and the Office of the NSW Governor; it
The Office of the Governor of NSW has always had
strong ties to the Navy with the first four Governors
– CAPT Arthur Phillip, CAPT John Hunter, CAPT Philip
King and CAPT William Bligh – all serving as officers
in the Royal Navy. In more recent times, RADM Sir
David Martin and RADM Peter Sinclair have served as
NSW Governors.
highlights the historical link between the
Navy and that office.”
RADM Thomas said it was the first
time in the history of the RAN that someone had joined the Navy and been promoted to Commodore on the same day.
Professor Bashir said she was honoured to be appointed an Honorary
Commodore and that she had close family links to the Navy with two cousins
serving on HMA Ships Warramunga and
Shropshire in World War II.
She said she also vividly recalls
attending HMAS Sydney’s victory parade
at Martin Place in February 1941, and
grieved with the nation when the ‘pride
of the Navy’ was lost with all hands on
November 19, 1941.
One of Professor Bashir’s roles and
responsibilities as Honorary Commodore
will be to support official Navy ceremonies and functions of national significance.
CAPT Leggat told Navy News that
it was a privilege to host the appointment of Professor Bashir as Honorary
Commodore, especially considering the
close links that would now be developed
between Watson, as the home of warfare
training, and the Governor – whose position is ‘Navy Warfare Training’.
Following the ceremony Professor
Bashir was given a VIP tour of Watson’s
training facilities, which included a visit
to the FFG and Bridge Simulators – both
of which are used to train junior warfare
officers.
Professor Bashir already holds
the ranks of Honorary Colonel, Royal
New South Wales Regiment, Australian
Army, and Honorary Air Commodore, 22
Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
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HISTORIC MOMENT: NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir receives her appointment from the Deputy Chief of Navy, RADM Davyd Thomas, on October 9.
Photo: ABPH David McMahon
CDF seeks family feedback on ADF lifestyle
By Samantha Atkins
ADF families will have the opportunity to provide feedback about their experiences, attitudes and needs in November
thanks to the first ADF Families Survey.
Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief
Marshal Angus Houston, is encouraging
ADF families to take part in the survey.
“The ADF Families Survey is the first
of its kind. The survey gives families an
opportunity to provide Defence with a
more current picture of the modern ADF
family,” said ACM Houston.
“Your views will help us improve our
existing family support programs and
policies, which assist members and their
loved ones deal with the unique challenges of military life.”
The Minister for Defence Science and
Personnel, Warren Snowdon, said Defence
had a wealth of information about how
military service may affect families, but
it wasn’t based on information obtained
directly from their spouses and partners.
“There can be no doubt ADF families
face a lot of challenges as a result of the
military lifestyle,” said Mr Snowdon.
“The work our military does would
not be possible without the love and
understanding of their families. Retaining
our Servicemen and women also means
supporting their families – this survey
will help us in that work.”
Requested feedback will cover various
topics, including how separation, workload and mobility impact on partners and
children, and will help ensure Defence
continues to focus on the right issues and
should also help improve ADF retention,
capability and quality of life for ADF
families.
Spouses and ADF recognised interdependent partners of permanent full-time
ADF members (spouses or partners may
be ADF Reserve members); permanent
full-time ADF members who are single
parents; and, both members of dual ADF
couples (where both are permanent fulltime ADF members), can complete the
survey.
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/
ACCESSING THE SURVEY
The survey will be posted to the home
addresses of all those on the mailing list of
Defence Family Matters from late October.
Completed surveys must be returned
via the reply paid envelope supplied by
December 19, 2008. The survey can also
be completed online from October 30 to
December 19 at http://www.defence.gov.
au/dco/ or http://www.dfa.org.au/
Need extra copies? Call
Samantha Atkins on (02) 6127 2159, or
Paula Sear on (02) 6266 2313 or email
[email protected] with
“FAMILIES SURVEY” in the subject line.
October 30, 2008
03
NEWS
Accommodation reform
for deployed sailors
By Patrice Ravell
MEMBERS will no longer have
to move from their rented accommodation before they deploy overseas
for six months or more.
Previously, deploying members
without dependants (MWOD) and
members with dependants (unaccompanied) (MWD(U)) were
required to vacate their living-in
accommodation or rent allowance
accommodation and have their
effects stored at Defence’s expense.
“Many members were concerned
as tight rental markets made it difficult to find new accommodation
on their return,” said Rob McKellar,
Director Housing and Removals
Policy.
“This policy change means
members can now either choose to
have their effects removed to store
at Defence’s expense, or to remain
in their living-in accommodation or
private rental accommodation and
A PLACE TO REST YOUR HEAD: Sailors like ABMT Rhys Buckeridge, pictured onboard HMAS Sirius, no longer have to move out of their rental accommodation when they deploy.
Photo: ABPH Nadia Monteith
receive RA for the duration of their
deployment.
“It reflects Defence’s commitment to support ADF members by
minimising the disruption to a member’s life during the work-up to, and
return from, a deployment.”
Minister for Defence Science
and Personnel, Warren Snowdon,
agreed.
“It’s a positive move. It means
everyone on deployment will know
they’ve got a place to put their head
down when they come home,” he
said.
Members who choose to keep
their living-in accommodation or
rent allowance will continue to pay
their normal rent contribution — but
Defence will retain the discretion to
waive member contributions where
a member has received short notice
to deploy.
Members in living-in accommodation may still be directed to vacate
their accommodation for operational reasons. Members who elect to
retain their rental accommodation
while deployed should check with
their insurance company to ensure
they have adequate contents cover
during their absence.
Members may arrange for a
house-sitter to look after their rental accommodation while they are
deployed without reduction in their
RA, providing the member receives
no payment for the accommodation
and the house-sitter moves out on
the members return.
If a member chooses to sub-let
their rental accommodation during their absence, their RA will be
reduced by the value of the sublease.
This policy change came into
effect on October 15, 2008, and is
not retrospective.
For more information check out http://
intranet.defence.gov.au/pac/ or www.
defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/
Divers on show
From Page 1
The extensive training and mental
anguish of the trainees has been brilliantly captured by Prospero Productions,
while the dedication, skill and professionalism of the instructors is an equally
consistent theme throughout the series.
The launch ceremony was attended
by the personnel of CDT1 and the RAN
Dive School, many of whom make cameo
appearances in the documentary.
SMNCD Brodie Lymbery, 20, of
Longreach, QLD, told Navy News how
the first episode, “Hell Week”, focused
on the pressure and physical challenges
placed on the candidates, many of whom
were eliminated.
“In the first two episodes I am one
of the trainees who struggle to survive
elimination while all the time the instructors are questioning my motivation and
determination to be a clearance diver,”
he said.
SMNCD Lymbery has since posted
to HMAS Gascoyne (LCDR Michael
Parker), where he serves alongside
SMNCD Istvan Dobo, who also appears
in the documentary series.
“The documentary provides a deep
understanding of the demands placed on
those who choose to defend their country,” SMNCD Dobo said.
RADM Coates said the Navy was
always looking for opportunities to promote our people and tell their stories to
the general public.
“Navy Divers is a chance for the
Australian people to see first hand how
highly skilled, disciplined and committed
to the team our people are,” he said.
Navy Divers premiered on the ABC at 8pm on
Tuesday, October 28, and will screen every
Tuesday for the next three weeks.
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October 30, 2008
04
NEWS
Pacific neighbours
join for Kuru Kuru
By Annabelle Haywood and
LEUT Emma Gaudry
FUNDED under the Pacific Patrol
Boat (PPB) Program, Operation Kuru
Kuru was recently hosted in the Solomon
Islands and was a resounding success.
Kuru Kuru is a coordinated maritime
surveillance operation in which Pacific
nations cooperate to detect activities such
as illegal, unregulated and unreported
fishing, smuggling and people trafficking
within their exclusive economic zones.
Twenty of the 300 foreign fishing vesHIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL:
SIPV Lata departs
Honiara.
sels in the area of operations were considered worthy of further investigation.
Senior Sargeant Luke Waikawi, CO
Solomon Islands Police Vessel Lata,
said that, in the Pacific, the activities of
some vessels were not known.
“Because of this, we set up the
operation to try and identify any activity that may happen in our waters,” he
said.
Covering an area of 10.6 million
square kilometres of land and ocean,
surveillance was conducted by PPBs
from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa,
the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and
Vanuatu, as well as some assets and
personnel from New Zealand, France,
the US and Australia, which provided
AP-3C Orions for aerial surveillance.
Five hundred people were involved
in the operation, which ran from
September 1-12.
RAN Maritime Surveillance Advisor
to the Solomon Islands LCDR Scott
Mason said the personnel from all
nations worked together extremely well.
“A comment made by one of the US
Coast Guard officers was that he was
pleasantly surprised to see the regional cooperation, with everyone coming
together in the headquarters and working as a team after only a couple of
days in the country,” he said.
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LOOKING AFTER ADF FAMILIES: The trial of free health care for ADF dependents will roll out in
2009. Here CPOMT Walter Baumhammer holds his family close after his six-month deployment in
Photo: ABPH Evan Murphy
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Free health care for
more ADF families
A TRIAL of free basic health care
for ADF dependants will be rolled out
in 2009.
The initial phase of the trial begins
in May 2009 and will cover 2700
ADF dependants within the Singleton,
Cairns, Katherine, East Sale and the
Karratha/Pilbara regions.
Minister for Defence Science
and Personnel Warren Snowdon has
announced that the scheme will cover
a total of 16,000 ADF dependents by
the end of 2009 when it is expanded
to include Townsville, Darwin and
Puckapunyal.
“Approximately a quarter of the
total ADF dependent population will
be eligible to participate in the trial
by the end of next year,” said Mr
Snowdon.
“Australia asks a lot of ADF families, and we are committed to easing
the pressures on them.”
Under the trial, eligible ADF
dependants will be able to visit general practitioners at no cost for standard
consultations.
ADF dependants will also receive
a benefit of $300 per dependant per
annum for basic dental services.
“One of the biggest challenges
currently facing the ADF is the shortage of the right people with the right
skills,” said Mr Snowdon.
“The Family Healthcare initiative
forms part of the Government’s retention and recruitment strategy.
“I know some people will be
disappointed that it’s not happening
in their location straight away, but we
need to develop a health care model
that will best serve ADF spouses and
dependents.
“Modern ADF families need
choice, flexibility, and accessibility and
that is why we are trialling an alternative to the originally proposed health
clinics in order to ensure the development of evidence based policy.
“We are committed to progressively extending free basic health care
to ADF dependants.”
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October 30, 2008
05
NEWS
Sailors sing praise Whale of a time on searide
for new tech course
By LEUT Gary McHugh
By Michael Brooke
SIX sailors recently graduated from
the inaugural FFG Marine Systems
Technician Preparatory (MST Prep)
Course conducted by the Combat Systems
Maintenance School (CSMS).
The course is designed to greatly
accelerate marine technicians obtaining
their FFG MST operator qualification at
sea.
The six graduates of the MST Prep
Course sang the praises of the training initiative because it could help them obtain
their operator competencies as an MST
in as little as two months and not the 12
months typically needed in the past.
There were six graduates, with two
posted to HMAS Sydney, two to HMAS
Newcastle and two from FSU-Sydney,
who will join HMAS Sydney this month.
The MST Prep Course graduates were
LSMT N.D Cook, ABMT D. Narvo,
ABMT N. Pickersgill, ABMT D. Haynes,
ABMT P. Vosaki and SMNMT M. Bland.
The advantage of the MST Prep
Course is that it has thoroughly prepared
SMNMT Bland and ABMT Vosaki, who
are relatively new sailors, for the chal-
lenge of serving in an Adelaide class
FFG.
SMNMT Bland said the course gave
him the skills and confidence needed for
his first sea posting in HMAS Sydney.
“The training has not only provided
me with important skills and fast-tracked
my career progression but has given me
the confidence that I can do my job properly when I go to sea for the first time,”
he said.
SMNMT Bland, 21, said the instructors and supervisors provided a lot of ‘one
on one’, which accelerated their learning
curve.
CDRE Ian Middleton, Commander
Surface Combatant Force Element Group,
said the MST Prep Course is all about
getting young sailors to sea and getting
them fully employable much quicker than
before.
“The MST Prep Course will increase
sailors’ job satisfaction, as well as their
knowledge and skill sets, as they complete their task journals quicker,” he said.
“This is morale boosting for the sailors but it also ensures that our frigates are
properly maintained and at sea to deliver
vital capability for the Fleet.”
LYN and Bruce Sampey were
hoping for something out of the ordinary when they successfully bid for
a searide on an Anzac class frigate
– and they weren’t disappointed.
The couple, who bid for the ride
at a Fremantle Dockers Football
Club charity auction, joined HMAS
Warramunga (CMDR Andrew Gordon)
at Fleet Base West for an action-
packed day at sea, complete with
whale watching.
The Sampeys were treated to a
host of evolutions throughout the day,
including a live firing of the 5-inch
gun, launch and recovery of the ship’s
Seahawk helicopter and boarding
exercises.
CMDR Gordon even managed to
give Mr and Mrs Sampey their very
own whale spotting cruise later in the
afternoon as the ship sailed past a pod
of migrating Humpback and Southern
Right whales.
The ship’s ‘big-eyes’ binoculars certainly came in handy as the mammals
breached and spouted not far off the
ship’s starboard quarter.
On leaving the ship, Mr Sampey
congratulated CMDR Gordon on the
professionalism of his ship’s company.
“Everybody we met today was
polite, professional and extremely
helpful,” he said.
LUCKY: Warramunga CO
CMDR Andrew Gordon,
middle, with Bruce and Lyn
Sampey on Parkes Wharf at
HMAS Stirling before departing on their searide.
Photo: ABPH Lincoln
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WELL PREPARED: ABMT Peni Vosaki, left, and SMN Mathew Bland
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October 30, 2008
06
NEWS
Huon sailors
free turtles
By LEUT Sean Frost
turtles were carefully cut free from the
net and then released to swim away.
DURING a recent surveillance patrol
Such nets are often encountered by
of the northern approaches to Australia, vessels at sea and it is a special occasion
HMAS Huon, with Hunter Two crew when marine fauna trapped in the nets
embarked, encountered a 20-metre section are freed. The nets are often much longer
of floating ‘ghost net’ some 200 nautical than 20 metres and capable of trapping
miles north east of Cape Don, Arnhem marine life with no regard for endangered
species.
Land.
The two Coastal
Huon stopped to
Mine Hunters HMA
recover the net in order
Such nets are
Ships Huon and
to remove the hazard to
often
encountered
Hawksbury were consmall vessels and, in parverted to General
by vessels at sea
ticular, marine mammals
Purpose Patrol Vessels
and it is a special
and other larger sea creain 2006 and have since
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To avoid the risk of
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supporting Operation
the net becoming snagged
RESOLUTE, conducttrapped in the nets
on the underwater fittings
ing maritime surveilare freed.
of Huon, the ship’s boat
lance and response in
was sent to inspect the
northern Australia.
The ships remain
net to confirm whether
it was practical to get it onboard for dis- based at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney and
deploy north for 18 weeks at a time. The
posal in Darwin.
T h e b o a t c r ew, c o n s i s t i n g o f two seagoing crews, Hunter One (LCDR
ABCSO(MW) Holly Whitney-Wylde and Ben Esler) and Hunter Two (LCDR Mike
Gough) deploy for nine weeks, changing
SMNBM Todd Wareing, found that, apart half way through each deployment. The
from a large number of dead fish, two live third crew, Hunter Three, are a ship-keep- ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS: ABCSO(MW) Holly Whitney-Wylde, right, and SMNBM Todd Wareing
green sea turtles were ensnared in the net. ing crew who look after whichever ship is work to free the green sea turtle from the net in which it was entangled. The sailors were aboard HMAS
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With the help of the sailors, the two off-task alongside HMAS Waterhen.
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police agreement
Solving Australia’s Most Enduring Maritime Mystery
By LTCOL Geoff Young, Phuong Nguyen
and Belinda Head
DEFENCE and the Australian Federal Police (AFP)
recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
on interoperability.
The document was signed by the Chief of the Defence
Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, Defence
Secretary Nick Warner, and the AFP Commissioner Mick
Keelty in Canberra.
“The MOU between Defence and the AFP is a significant achievement and reflects a whole of Government
approach to operations in the region,” ACM Houston
said.
“The MOU promotes a shared vision and provides a
framework for cooperation between Defence and the AFP
in preparing and conducting offshore operations.”
“The AFP welcomes this MOU as a step forward in
strengthening its relationship with the ADF and engendering mutual respect for our operational capabilities,”
Mr Keelty said.
“Better understanding our roles helps us to work
more effectively side-by-side protecting Australian interests, where and when it really counts.”
The requirement for greater interoperability between
the two was identified during an analysis of lessons learnt
from previous operations. Defence and the AFP took steps
to further develop the ability to interoperate by reviewing the requirements of stabilisation operations before
progressing to develop the MOU and joint directive on
interoperability.
The ongoing relationship between Defence and the
AFP will be managed jointly by the Commander Joint
Operations and the AFP National Manager International
Deployment Group, through the Joint Steering Committee
on Defence/AFP Interoperability.
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NAVY NEWS
October 30, 2008
07
NEWS
Like father like son
Tradition continues for clearance
diving family at Penguin
TOP EXPERIENCE: The NFP group toured HMAS Creswell as part
of the program.
All things Navy
By Alisha Welch
WHAT do random Shannon Noll sightings, ‘blue steel’ impersonations and hair
straighteners have to do with Navy? Not
much – that is unless you were part of the
diverse group of APS members who recently
participated in the Navy Familiarisation
Program (NFP).
Aimed at offering APS members who
work in support of Navy the opportunity to
see the work of the RAN’s sailors and officers first hand, the NFP saw participants visit
a number of ships and shore establishments
across Canberra, Sydney and the South
Coast from September 22-26.
Beginning in Canberra at the Sea Power
Centre, participants received high level briefings about the broader organisation before
heading for HMAS Albatross where pilots
and observers provided a warm welcome
and happily guided the group through their
squadrons.
Group Coordinator Shane Hind said the
aim of the trip was to increase awareness of
Navy issues among civilians from a number
of Groups across Defence.
“By exposing participants to what is
happening on the establishments, it is
hoped that the tour will give each person a
new appreciation of the work being done
across Australia and the world,” he said.
From the home of Navy aviation at
Albatross to the home of officer training at
Creswell, participants engaged freely with
sailors and officers alike to increase their
knowledge of ‘real’ Navy issues.
While in Sydney, participants toured
HMA Ships Waterhen, Watson and Kuttabul.
HMAS Albatross’ First Lieutenant LCDR
Kevin Hartigan was the group’s Navy escort.
“Your feedback and the benefits you
have gained will ensure the continued
improvement and success of the NFP,” he
said.
“That’s what the NFP is about – developing, understanding and appreciating the
many roles we play in supporting Navy and
its people.”
PROUD FAMILY: (L-R) Jason’s uncle, Mike Ey (ex-LSCD), ABCD Jason Ey and his dad, Tony Ey (exCPOCD), pose for the camera at the recent clearance diver graduation ceremony at HMAS Penguin that
saw Jason continue his family’s proud tradition.
By Michael Brooke
THE RAN clearance diving
motto of ‘United and Undaunted’
well describes the father and son
duo of Tony and Jason Ey.
CPOCD Ey (Rtd) and ABCD Ey
are not only ‘united’ as father and
son but ‘undaunted’ as RAN clearance divers prepared to venture into
harms way to do their job.
The shared values of this father
and son duo were illustrated when
ABCD Ey graduated as a Navy
Clearance Diver at HMAS Penguin
on September 26.
Not only was CPOCD Ey (Rtd)
in attendance but he had the distinction of presenting his son with his
course certificate and rate badge,
which triggered a wave of memories
for both men.
ABCD Ey told Navy News that
it doesn’t seem like that long ago he
was telling his father he wanted to
be a clearance diver when he grew
up.
“Obviously my dad was a big
inspiration in me becoming a diver,
which is pretty much becoming a
family tradition,” he said.
Tony Ey, who was a clearance
diver from 1965 to 1985, told Navy
News he couldn’t be more proud of
his son.
“It seems like only yesterday my
son was a kid boldly announcing his
plans to join the Navy as a diver,”
he said.
Being ‘united and undaunted’ as
RAN clearance divers is a bit of a
family tradition with the Eys, who
have racked up nearly 40 years of
combined service.
Although ABCD Ey is still cutting his teeth as a diver, his father
and two uncles, Michael and David,
were divers in the 1970s, with Tony
and Michael having had the distinction of serving in CDT-3 in Vietnam.
CANSC RADM Stephen
Gilmore congratulated the 14 new
divers before presenting them with
their course certificates and shoulder
patches. He also praised the graduates for their dedication and the staff
of the RAN Dive School for their
mentoring, which enabled the students to reach such a high professional standard.
COMAUSNAVMCDGRP CAPT
Martin Brooker presented SMNCDs
J. Lavis and T. Buchanan with the
J.N. Ingram Memorial Shield as the
most outstanding students on BCD
Courses 68 and 69, respectively.
SMNCDs Lavis and Buchanan
were also presented with Warfare
Community Medallions by TAMW
CAPT Ray Leggatt .
SMNCDs Lavis and B. Lymbery
were jointly awarded the ‘Gutz’ prize
for the ‘Best Performer at Physical
Training’ during BCD Course 68
while SMNCD J. Bridge received
the ‘Gutz’ award for BCD Course
69.
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time to consider your security clearance
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“Waiting until you start your next
job will be too late if you require a
higher clearance,” said Neil Porter of
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“You will be unable to do the job
while you wait for your clearance to be
upgraded.
“The posting period is always a
busy time for the Defence Security
Authority and clearances can take
some time to process.
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of time in 2009!”
Make time now to find out about
the clearance you’ll be requiring – call
the person you are replacing or ask
the Unit Security Officer (USO) at your
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October 30, 2008
08
RAN in good showing
at Defence Air Show
THE RAN’s Fleet Air Arm made an
excellent showing at the 2008 Defence
Force Air Show held over two days at
RAAF Base Amberly on October 4-5.
Five RAN aircraft and more than 20
personnel headed north from HMAS
Albatross for the show – one of the largest in decades.
No 723 Squadron dispatched one
of its new Augusta Westland A109Es
and three of its Squirrels, while No 816
Squadron sent Tiger 75.
Navy’s legal minds
RAN’s courtroom prosecutors
lovin’ life in the senior Service
GOOD SHOW:
HMAS Albatross’
ABATA Patrick
Cossio was on
hand to chat to the
public about the
N22 Squirrel helicopter at the recent
Defence Air Show
in Queensland.
Photo: CPL
Andrew Eddie
By Graham Davis and
LAC Aaron Curran
NEWS
By Steve Ridgway
Perfect weather attracted huge
crowds, with more than 90,000 visitors
flooding through the gates to see Defence
aviation at its best.
The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal
Mark Binskin, said he was “extremely
proud” to see the ADF team at work during the show.
But it was the sheer volume of attendees that proved this was one of the best
air shows yet. In the words of visitor
Adrienne Montague, “I don’t know how
anything can top this show; it was just
superb.”
LCDR Miles Dickson’s job is to
prosecute ADF wrongdoers but he
admits he has his own dark side.
“It’s true,” said LCDR Dickson.
“Back in 1986 I started off in the
Army. By the time I’d reached the
rank of Major in 1999 I felt like a
change so I switched tracks, became
‘LEUT Dickson’ and joined the
Navy’s graduate program in 2000 to
study law.
“Since joining the Navy I’ve
served in various legal positions,
including the Fleet Legal Office,
Defence Legal Division, Command
Legal Office, HQ NAVSYSCOM,
and as the Academy Legal Officer
at ADFA.
“Most of my other jobs have
been advisory – working at a desk,
checking documents, finding precedents and so on. But here in the
Directorate of Military Prosecutions
– it’s a Tri-Service unit – I work as a
prosecutor.
“Here I am actually on my feet
in court and making submissions to
support a case – it is the best job I
have had during my service in the
ADF. Advocacy in a courtroom is
very dynamic, very exciting – all the
superlatives!
“The Directorate is based in
Canberra and it’s also a great place
socially. We can run up Black
Mountain or around Lake Burley
Griffin, or take advantage of the restaurants on our doorstep. If the Navy
decides to keep me here till 2011
that will be fine with me!”
At LCDR Dickson’s side for the
next three months is newly-joined
LEUT Jacqui Swinton, who graduated from HMAS Creswell in 2007
and was posted to Canberra at the
start of this year to undertake legal
rotations for 12 months.
“I went to Flinders University
in South Australia and obtained my
Bachelor of Law and Legal Practice
and, after a little time in the cutthroat civilian legal world, I saw
the light and joined the Navy,” said
LEUT Swinton.
“In our first year after Creswell
we have four three-month rotations
experiencing the broad types of military law. After two postings in Navy
Legal and one in Navy Systems, this
is my last ‘training’ posting.
“Joining the Navy as a Legal
Officer has been the best decision I
have ever made and I am still loving
every minute of it.
“I haven’t got to the courtroom
yet but I have thoroughly enjoyed
preparing for upcoming trials. It’s
very full-on, but very exciting and
different to anything I have done in
my naval career.
“I’m off to HMAS Albatross
in the new year as their Personnel
Legal Officer.”
LOVIN’ LIFE: LCDR
Miles Dickson and
LEUT Jacqui Swinton
love their jobs as
Navy Legal Officers.
Big-hearted Guard
AU STR A LIA’S Fe de ra tion
Guard (AFG) hung up their formal
dress and retired their drill routines
in September, hitting the streets of
Canberra to raise $23,783.50 for the
annual Legacy Week Badge Appeal.
Accepting the donation in
Canberra was Legatee President
Brian Edwards and Chairman of
the Fundraising Committee Legatee
Murray Vogt.
Both members thanked the AFG
for their overwhelming support
and enthusiasm, while Mr Edwards
said he was pleasantly surprised
by the generosity displayed by the
Canberra community.
“This year’s fundraising exceeded the 2007 efforts and, without the
efforts of the ADF, this year certainty wouldn’t have been as much of a
success,” Mr Edwards said.
Charity organiser Bombardier
Brad Giles said his colleagues were
excited by the opportunity.
“It was a great feeling to give
something back to the community
and to feel like the AFG can contribute in ways other than strictly
ceremonial occasions,” he said.
The AFG has a hectic schedule ahead with members hiking
the Kokoda Track and contingents
deploying to France, Singapore and
Brunei.
TOP EFFORT: LSBM Andrew Raffan presents a cheque for $23,783.50 to Legatees (L-R) Murray Vogt
and Brian Edwards on behalf of the AFG. BDR Brad Giles and CPL Fiona Morrison were also on hand
to assist.
NAVY NEWS
October 30, 2008
09
NEWS
Maryborough returns from across the Tasman
By LT William Heck
IN WHAT was a first by a RAN
Armidale class patrol boat, Darwinbased HMAS Maryborough returned
home on October 12 following a landmark five week deployment to New
Zealand.
Crewed by Aware Three, the
deployment saw the ship’s company
visit the ports of Noumea in New
Caledonia and Auckland and Nelson
in New Zealand, engaging with locals
and strengthening ties with Australia’s
regional neighbours.
The main reason for the deployment was to participate in Exercise
Maru, a multi-national, multi-agency
exercise under the Proliferation Security
Initiative, which is aimed at preventing the shipment of Weapons of Mass
Destruction.
Aware Three CO, LCDR Jeff
Davison, said the ship’s company thor-
oughly enjoyed the milestone deployment and the opportunity to show off
their state-of-the-art patrol boat and
capability.
“What is particularly pleasing
is that we were able to balance our
engagement with our international
audience while also engaging with our
home audience through the Navy Open
Day in Sydney and two naval cadet sea
ride events as we transited north from
Sydney,” said LCDR Davison.
SUCCESSFUL
TRIP: LCDR Jeff
Davison stands in
front of the Rafael
Typhoon 25mm Gun
onboard HMAS
Maryborough after
returning from
deployment to New
Zealand.
Photo: LT William
Heck
Navy stars in
recruiting expo
PROMOTING THE SERVICE: Some of Navy’s finest were on hand at the
recent DFR Expo that promoted ADFA to potential applicants in Sydney.
Photo: Michael Brooke
By Michael Brooke
THE RAN connected with a captive audience of more than 500 potential recruits from six Sydney schools as
part of the inaugural ADFA Invitational
Schools Challenge (ISC) held recently at
Scots College in Sydney.
The DFR Expo featured 12 displays
of Navy, Army and Air Force equipment
where prospective ADF candidates spoke
with Service personnel about numerous
career opportunities.
A Seahawk Helicopter from 816
Sqn got the show on the road when it
swooped from the clouds to allow three
CDT-1 members to fast rope onto the
cricket pitch, which triggered thunderous
applause from the gob-smacked spectators.
LS James McCathy-Cole, of FSUSydney, told Navy News he spent several
enjoyable hours at the RAN survivability display answering a lot of intelligent
questions from students.
LCDR Adrian Lister, Senior Military
NAVY NEWS
Recruiting Officer – Sydney, said the
event promoted the many challenging
and rewarding careers available in the
ADF.
“The major aim of the event is to
improve ADFA/officer entry intakes in
the Sydney area by establishing a competitive and engaging medium for ongoing DFR contact and recruitment of the
Year 10-12 target market,” he said.
The expo concluded with the ADFA
ISC – contested by two of each school’s
representative athletes over a military
obstacle course. The course tested the
teams’ strength, endurance, initiative and
lateral thinking – attributes that are integral to service in the ADF.
In a thrilling grand final the Kings
School edged Newington College to
win the inaugural ADFA Challenge
Cup, which was presented by the
ADFA Commandant, Brigadier Wayne
Goodman.
October 30, 2008
10
NEWS
US ‘colossus’ berths at Kuttabul
By Michael Brooke
THE USS Peleliu is nick-named
the ‘Iron Nickel’ but the Tarawa class
amphibious assault ship was more like
the ‘Colossus of Kuttabul’ when she
steamed into Sydney recently.
The 40,000 ton Peleliu totally
dwarfed the RAN ships she berthed
alongside when both she and the USS
Halsey, an Aegis class destroyer, visited Kuttabul (CMDR Bryan Parker)
from October 10-14.
Her awesome size and war-fighting
capability provided many curious RAN
officers with an opportunity to better
understand the challenge facing the
Navy when it introduces into service
two Canberra class LHDs from 2012.
While most of Peleliu’s ship’s com-
pany of 930 and the 1300 personnel
of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
(MEU) were enjoying liberty, several
dozen Navy, Army and Air Force personnel were treated to a comprehensive tour.
Peleliu is not the biggest US warship to visit FBE but nonetheless
is a colossus that delivers plenty of
amphibious warfare capability, with
the capacity to lift 1300 US Marines
in 24 landing craft and 25 Sea Stallion
and Sea Knight helicopters.
CO USS Peleliu, CAPT Marcus A.
Hitchcock, told Navy News that the
voyage to Sydney for a routine port
visit was part of their regularly scheduled deployment in the US 7th Fleet
area of responsibility.
“Australians have warmly wel-
comed the US Navy to this wonderful
country for 100 years and we are honoured to have such a strong ally and
such a steadfast friend in Australia,”
he said.
“Sydney is always a favourite place
for our sailors and marines to visit. We
are looking forward to experiencing,
first hand, the culture of a great nation
and the friendliness of its people.”
ALLIES VISIT: USS Peleliu makes its way
through Sydney Harbour to berth at Garden
Island, Fleet Base East, Sydney.
Oberon sub surfaces
at Fleet Base East
By Michael Brooke
AN OLD warrior with the ‘Silent
Service’ triggered much scuttlebutt among scores of excited sailors when she ‘surfaced’ at HMAS
Kuttabul (CMDR Bryan Parker)
recently.
One of the Navy’s six former
Oberon class submarines, ex-HMAS
Onslow glided majestically to the
Captain Cook drydock on October
16.
The scuttlebutt was that Onslow
would be recommissioned as an
‘enemy’ boat for anti-submarine
warfare training exercises – but this
rumour was quickly ‘torpedoed’ by a
wise ‘old salt’.
Onslow had merely made a
‘cold move’ from her berth at the
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at Sydney’s Darling Harbour to
Kuttabul for her first major refit in
six years.
The refit will span four weeks
and will include loading an additional torpedo, which will bring
Onslow’s armament to two Mk 8
torpedoes, two Mk 23 torpedoes and
one Mk 9 torpedo.
The maintenance work to be
undertaken will include scraping the
bottom of the hull clean after six
years of marine growth, high pressure blasting to remove rust, and a
new coat of jet-black paint.
When Onslow is again ‘ship
shape’ she will return to the
Australian Maritime Museum where
she is a key exhibit alongside the
former HMAS Vampire.
Onslow and the five other Oboats were regular sights on Sydney
Harbour until 1999 when HMAS
Platypus was decommissioned
and the Submarine FEG moved to
HMAS Stirling.
Onslow clocked up more than
358,000 nautical miles and took part
in many international naval exercises
during her RAN service.
Ex-RAN submariners who would like
to be involved in hands-on activities to maintain the appearance and
authenticity of the Onslow are invited to
contact Steven Adams at the Australian
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What is RSL Legal Aid?
The RSL Legal Aid Scheme is an initiative of the RSL
in cooperation with National Legal Aid (NLA). It is a
scheme designed to facilitate the provision of free legal
information and preliminary legal advice to Australian
Defence Force personnel wherever they may be serving.
Information about civilian law is available from a
number of sources, including legal aid commissions and
law societies in each state and territory of Australia.
Sometimes an understanding of the law relating to your
problem will enable you to decide how best to handle
it. Sometimes you may also need legal advice. The
RSL Legal Aid Scheme is designed to help you obtain
information about the law and preliminary advice about
your problem.
For information about how to access the scheme, visit the
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http://www.rsl.org.au
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Morale depends on mail
THE provision of postal services to
deployed sailors provides massive benefits to the morale and well-being of
members and their families, especially
during the Christmas period.
For Christmas letters and parcels,
mail should be posted early enough to
arrive at the Australia Post Defence Mail
Facility in Sydney by the following dates:
for AFPOs 1, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,
18 and 20 – Monday, December 8. For
AFPOs 2, 5 and 11 – Friday, December
12.
Cultural awareness
Consider whether items are prohibited or restricted in certain countries. All
mail is subject to normal border agency
scrutiny upon entry into a foreign country and items like magazines and alcohol
can cause offence in some countries. In
some cases, items have been delayed
simply because they have been wrapped
in paper with a Christian theme.
Customs documentation and
prohibitions
Normal dangerous goods, prohibitions and restrictions apply to mail sent
through the Defence Postal Service.
Details on country-specific regulations
can be found by calling Australia Post
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Senders must also ensure that all
packets and parcels have the appropriate completed customs documentation
affixed.
MISSING HOME: LCDR Tim Watson
reads his Christmas mail in Baghdad.
Photo: CAPT (Army) Kate Noble
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All mail sent through the Defence
Postal Service must comply with international mail security requirements, including ‘proof of identity’ requirements.
Articles that do not comply will be subjected to a security-related delay.
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The world financial crisis
is making many people
nervous, so the ADF’s
employee representative
on the Military Super Board
of Trustees, WOFF Robert
Swanwick, here provides an
update on your super fund
and explains why there is
no need to worry.
MANY Navy members are concerned about their superannuation in
these turbulent financial times. But
it’s worth remembering two things:
superannuation, like any investment, is a long-term proposition
and all past market downturns have
been followed by a period of strong
recovery.
We are also benefiting from the
Trustee’s strategic decision several
years ago to reduce its exposure to
listed equity markets. This means
your fund has weathered the storm
much better than most.
By far the most valuable part
of your Military Super is the
unfunded employer component,
which is guaranteed and funded by
the Government – it remains unaffected by movements in investment
markets.
Annual report goes online
Members have started receiving
their Annual Member Statement
and can access the 2007/08 Annual
Report online at www.militarysuper.
gov.au
The Government regulator (Australian Securities and
Investments Commission) has
granted superannuation funds more
flexibility around how they communicate with their members. As
a result, you will still receive your
Annual Member Statement in hard
copy but you can now access the
NO NEED TO WORRY: Military Super is in a good state.
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Annual Report online (unless you
specifically request a hard copy).
‘Other’ management fees
Some members have already
queried the ‘other management fees’
disclosure on their statement. Don’t
worry – it’s not a new and additional fee.
In the course of investment the
costs of brokerage, custody and
related charges have to be paid by
the fund prior to the declaration of
daily unit prices.
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now require all superannuation
funds to disclose all fees and
charges that have an impact on
investment returns. They must be
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Centrespread Pages 14-15
When a bunch of blokes got permission from Command to string up a boxing ring
in the helicopter hangar of HMAS Adelaide, something big started. Adelaide was
decommissioned in January but the boxers have come together again at HMAS Stirling,
spearheaded by LS Lincoln Stewart, who is working towards a crack at a world title.
Keeping
a mate in
check
To Sir
with
glove
By John Martin
I
F IT’S a cold morning, don’t ask
LSCSO Lincoln Stewart to open
your Vegemite jar. After years
of boxing, his hands are a bit
arthritic and not as dextrous as
they used to be.
But ask him if he’s still got the fire
in his belly to pursue a world title and
his answer is as quick as a left jab.
“Absolutely,” he says, just six
months after breaking a bone in his
right hand in a fight yet again. “It
doesn’t change the goals at all – I still
have the same determination.”
That’s good news for his fans and
the band of boxers who helped him
relaunch his career in a makeshift ring
in the helicopter hangar on HMAS
Adelaide.
LS Stewart, who is based at HMAS
Stirling, is due to fight Filipino
Orlande Orlate in a lightweight
(61.23kg) bout in Melbourne on
November 21. If he wins that he hopes
his next tilt will be for the Australian
lightweight title. Then he’ll have his
eye on regaining the Oceanic title that
he held for five years but relinquished
in 2005 when, sick of repeated injuries
to both hands in a boxing career that
began in Lillydale in Victoria when he
was 12, he retired. If the Oceania title
comes his way again, the next stop
will be the ultimate goal – a shot at a
world title.
The last time Navy News spoke to
LS Stewart he was preparing for his
second comeback fight and he had
good reason to be confident. He had
won his first comeback fight easily, his
hands seemed fine again, and he was
due to fight a little-known Ugandan.
He had spent five years out of the
ring and he was hungry for success.
He hadn’t retired because he was
no good at the sport any more. He
had won a swag of titles since turning
pro when he was 18, including that
Oceania title that no one had been able
to take away from him.
But he was thoroughly sick of finishing most of his fights with broken
bones in his hands.
So he retired, tossed in his day job
and sought a new life in the Navy – a
sea change, if you like.
Things changed a few years later
when LS Stewart realised that he was
putting on a few unwanted pounds.
(Must have been all that good Navy
scran eh?)
In a bid to get his weight down, he
began training again onboard HMAS
Adelaide. At first he had no intention
of boxing again, he was merely training the way he knew yielded the best
results.
But then he got the bug again and,
more importantly, realised his hands
were not giving him trouble any more.
It was then he decided on the
comeback, with new determination.
He had unfinished business.
POPT Scott Gallon saw the ferocity of his training on the ship.
“Lincoln decided to return to boxing while we were at sea and, as such,
it was difficult for him to return to full
on training,” he recalls.
“At that stage it was unclear if he
was able to do so and the timeframe
involved. He sought approval from
Command to spar on the flight deck
with other ship’s co.
“These comprised AB Osborne, AB
Hunt and ABBM Pearce. AB Pearce
had previous boxing experience, but
AB Osborn and AB Hunt did not
– although both had a good physical
ability and fitness level.
“Lincoln was very dedicated to his
training, fitting it in around his watches and other ship responsibilities.
“He would rope off a section of the
helicopter hangar and the flight deck
itself into a makeshift ring – it actually
looked the part.
“He used the sparring sessions
to not only try and regain some fitness/technique, but also to teach the
other lads about boxing to help them
develop their skills.”
His first fight back gave him
great encouragement. It was held on
November 16, 2007, and LS Stewart
caught his opponent on the chin early
in the first round, the referee calling an
eight count.
The boxer got up but the ringside
doctor intervened and the referee
stopped the fight on technical knockout (TKO) two minutes and 35 seconds in the round.
So far, so good. The fairytale
comeback was on track.
His second comeback fight did not
go to plan though.
The first setback happened two
weeks before the fight against the
Ugandan. While he was sparring, LS
Stewart broke a metacarpal in his right
hand.
PACKING A PUNCH: ABBM Bevan Osborn, left, spars with LS Lincoln Stewart in the HMAS Stirling gym in the lead up to his latest fight. Photo: ABPH Lincoln Commane
Then, just one week before the bout,
his opponent was switched to the highly
acclaimed lightweight Jun Paderna.
Paderna had had four fights and 36
rounds in four weeks; LS Stewart had
had less than one round in five years.
Two days before the fight, LS
Stewart flew home to Perth from his
training base in Melbourne for a cortisone injection. That jab took the swelling down so he could squeeze his right
hand into his glove but then he needed
another injection just before the fight to
numb the pain in that hand.
The fight went the full distance, but
Paderna won on points.
The good news is that LS Stewart’s
ranking did not suffer. Paderna has gone
on to win an international title.
The bad news is that the prolonged
fight did a power of damage to his
numbed hand.
He was back training the very next
week but it forced him to have a fourmonth lay-off from actual boxing.
He admits his latest hand injury had
affected his mind a bit. “I’m a little
more more conscious of it, especially
because I thought my hands were so
good. It’s now made me more conservative.”
But his only physical concession
now is extra strapping around his hands;
he is determined not to hold back in
LS Stewart
had to have
a cortisone
injection
for his last
fight just
so he could
get his right
hand into
his glove
sparring. There’s too much at stake to
pull his punches during training.
The fight against the world-rated
Orlate at Malvern Town Hall will be on
LS Stewart’s 30th birthday, so a win will
present him with an extra-special gift.
The Navy, too, will have a strong
ringside presence.
LS Stewart has elite athlete status
in the Navy. Before the fight, he will
wear a shirt with ‘Navy’ emblazoned
on the breast pocket and when he fights
he will have the word ‘Navy’ across the
front of the belt on his shorts.
His corner assistant will be LSET
Chris Lange. And POBM Andrew
Grant and ABBM Gary Hunt will act as
security, ushering him to and from the
weigh-in and in and out of the ring.
And back at HMAS Stirling, not a
lot has changed.
HMAS Adelaide was decommissioned in January and LS Stewart
wasn’t the only one posted to HMAS
Stirling.
His ship sparring partners, amateur
boxers AB Bevan Osborn and AB Dean
Pearce, are also now based at Stirling.
Both men have had recent fights
themselves.
AB Osborn, a light welterweight, is
in the early throes of his boxing career,
having never thrown on a glove before
his posting on HMAS Adelaide.
AB Pearce, a welterweight, is an old
hand at the sport.
He had had 11 amateur fights
before joining the Navy, but stopped
boxing for a couple of years until he
joined HMAS Adelaide and his interest
was rekindled.
Capping off the old team at HMAS
Stirling these days is POPT Gallon,
who is a physical training instructor
there.
“Since being back on land, the
boys have come to the gym to spar
and train, and commented on how
easier it is without the ‘ground’ moving,” he says.
AT FIRST glance, it might seem
that LSET Chris Lange’s sole job for
boxer LSCSO Lincoln Stewart will
be washing the spit and blood from
his mouthguard between rounds on
November 21.
LS Lange will be one of three people
in the corner when his HMAS Stirling
colleague fights Filipino Orlande
Orlate in a professional lightweight
bout in Melbourne. The other two are
LS Stewart’s trainer and his cuts man.
But LSET Lange’s role is no less
important. He’s there to keep LS
Stewart in check.
Yes, he does have to clean the
mouthguard and pass all the required
equipment to the trainer during
the actual fight – but his real value
is before and after the fight when he
stays with LS Stewart in a five-star
hotel near the venue, where he has everything he needs close by.
“It’s a mental thing,” LS Stewart
said. “He gives me an honest outside
perspective of things.
“I need a friend who can put up
with my crap and bite his tongue when
needed, but tell me to pull my head
in and get the door myself after the
fight.”
In the leadup to the fight, LS
Stewart can be like a tightly coiled
spring. He might not be able to eat
or drink for a long period before the
weigh-in and, he admits, he can become
almost impossible to be around.
For his past two fights, ABCCO
Chris Murray had filled this role but
due to work commitments, LS Lange
has been drafted for this bout.
They have been friends since serving together in HMAS Canberra more
than four years ago, and then were
posted to Adelaide at the same time.
It was an even longer friendship
with AB Murray. They met at HMAS
Watson as trainees, then their paths
crossed again when he was posted to
Adelaide.
“The corner assistant has to be
someone who has few pet hates or
things that annoy or frustrate me,” LS
Stewart said.
“Someone that can keep me focused,
but not only talk about the fight coming up as a trainer normally would.
Someone that can still crack a joke or
stop me dwelling on the fight – break
the nerves so to speak.
“He comes for a walk if I want, he
stays in the hotel with me and pretty
much keeps me company.
“He answers my phone or the door
and stops me being interrupted when I
do manage to get some rest.
“But he also tells me to pull my
head in when I snap at people because
I am starving.
“After the weigh in, he wakes me
up at the right times through the night
to make me eat as ordered by my dietician.”
16
RESERVES
Still filling vital need
By LCDR Mick Gallagher
Photo:
Graham
Davis
Early lessons
learnt well
YET ANOTHER ROLE: CPONPC Warren Perkins of Assail Five.
and transferred to the ANR in October
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has served as a Reservist in ‘small
boats’ HMA Ships – Ipswich, Labuan,
and the survey motor launch (SML)
HMAS Mermaid before joining Assail
Five and Six, which crew the Darwinbased patrol boats HMA Ships Pirie,
Ararat and Maitland.
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during the 1960s. The ship is now
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Apprentice Training School, HMAS
Nirimba, the training ship HMAS
Jervis Bay and HMAS Sydney IV
before completing his coxswain course
at Sydney’s Garden Island in 1989.
Further postings included HMAS
Penguin, a return to Sydney IV,
Stirling, Coonawarra, Wollongong,
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Reservists might be asked
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craft or amphibious
ships during the RAN’s
transition to two highly
capable multi-helicopter
and watercraft carrying
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(LHDs) to be delivered
between 2013 and 2015...
New roles on
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FUTURE
ROLES? LCHs
HMA Ships
Brunei, top left,
and Balikpapan,
top right, and
LPA HMAS
Kanimbla.
By LCDR Antony Underwood
THE upgrading of the RAN amphibious capability may open widespread
job opportunities for suitably trained
Reservists. Responses to the most recent
NR attitude survey revealed considerable
interest in learning more about the possibilities that may materialise for Reserve
participation.
The Staff Officer Navy Reserve
Capability, CMDR Glenn Tinsley, discussed the possibilities for Reserve
employment at a NR briefing in Canberra
on October 14.
He said that the delivery of the two
new highly capable multi-helicopter and
watercraft carrying amphibious assault
ships (LHDs) between 2013 and 2015
will pose many challenges, as well as
being a major step forward in Navy’s
maritime technology.
“One of the difficulties of transitioning between an old capability and the new
is how to maintain an amphibious capability while also creating opportunities
for officers and sailors to undertake the
training required to run the new LHDs,”
he said.
CMDR Tinsley said there were four
possible areas where Reservists might
assist the transition – through:
partial manning of heavy landing craft
(LCHs);
participation in a new aviation support
branch;
partial manning of a currently serving
amphibious ship (LPA); and
general support positions.
“Partial manning of LCHs is our preferred option at present,” he said. “We’ll
be looking to create a pool of trained and
willing personnel who will partially-man
the LCHs thereby freeing up PN personnel to undertake their transition training.
“The way that the LCHs operate and
their relatively low level of technology
means that they’re Reserve-friendly. So
hopefully we’ll be able to provide half the
crew of each LCH with Reserve personnel.”
CMDR Tinsley said the LHDs also
presented the challenge of being the first
time the RAN would have to operate ‘carrier flight decks’ since the decommissioning of the Majestic class carrier, HMAS
Melbourne, more than 26 years ago.
“It’s a high-risk environment that
requires dedicated professionals to oper-
EARLY DAYS YET: CMDR Glenn
Tinsley, who identified at the briefing
four possible ways for Reservists to
help.
ate and manage it and the aviation support branch is being formed accordingly.
“There may be opportunities for
Reservists to become involved and we
are watching the development of the
branch carefully to ascertain what level
of contribution can be made. Reservists
who have previous aircraft handling
skills may well be useful in standing up
the new branch and, depending on the
level of training required, there may be
opportunities for ab initio recruits or for
current Reserves to cross train.
The third element, similar to the
LCH option, will be to provide personnel to supplement the crew of an LPA to
allow PN personnel to fulfil their LHD
training requirements.
The fourth option is a general
requirement for Reserve personnel with
a suitable skills to become involved in
the many elements of the transition plan.
Details of such requirements will be
published in the usual manner.
CMDR Tinsley said that the planning for NR participation in the amphibious transition was ‘very embryonic’
at the moment but he promised to keep
Reservists informed of developments
through Navy News and other publications.
He said anyone interested in learning more about the opportunites for
Reservists during the amphibious transition should contact their Regional
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October 30, 2008
18
RESERVES
Navy helps Milang remember
By CMDR Steve Dunning
HONOURING THE FALLEN: OIC Guard CPOB Howie Marshall with, from left, LSCSO Toby Wilson, LSCSO
Angela O’Loan, LSBM Mick Horsnell and LSMUSN Belinda Tucker.
Photo: CPOB David Lyas
NAVY Headquarters-SA personnel
travelled to the lower reaches of the
Murray River for the opening of Anzac
Park in the Lake Alexandrina township
of Milang and the rededication of the
Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens there.
XO NHQ-SA LEUT Adam Milburn
said occasions such as these provided
a great opportunity for Navy to engage
with the local community and support
an event that recognised the service
and sacrifice of the men and women of
Milang during times of conflict.
“It was an honour to represent the
Navy at the opening and rededication,”
he said. “While Milang is a small community with a proud tradition of service to the nation, I was interested to
learn that it had the greatest loss of life
per head of population of any town in
Australia as a result of service in the
two world wars.
“The Navy was well represented
on the day by personnel from the
RAN Band (under CPOMUSN Doug
Antonoff) and NHQ-SA’s Parade
and Ceremonial section (OIC CPOB
Howie Marshall). CHAP Graham
Pitman presided over a moving ceremony, enjoyed by all, followed by
speeches from a number of local dignitaries.”
BENEATH THE
WHITE ENSIGN:
Cadets from TS
Southport with
their officers, left,
on the stern of
HMAS Melbourne in
Brisbane.
Also in attendance as Chief of
Army’s representative, COL Craig
McCarthy (DAPA-SA) who, despite
being surrounded by a sea of Navy
uniforms, was full of praise of the predominantly Naval Reserve contingent
and cadets.
COL McCarthy said he was also
impressed by how the whole community of Milang had come together to
redevelop the memorial gardens and
he felt the military presence on the day
added significantly to the occasion.
“Milang like many rural Australian
communities takes great pride in its
military history and not surprisingly
the work involved in the Anzac Park
and Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens was
completed after many months by volunteers from the Milang Progress
Association,” COL McCarthy said.
After the official proceedings,
members of the community, veterans
and descendants and relatives of the
fallen welcomed the opportunity to
meet and mix with Navy personnel
and ADF representatives at a function
in the Milang Institute.
The significance of the occasion
on the local community was such that
the story made front page news of
The Southern Argus, the local district
weekly newspaper, which referred to
the event as “a grand occasion”.
Climbing ladder
to heaven
By Graham Davis
A BOAT transfer from police launches and a
rope ladder climb set the scene for a great searide
in HMAS Melbourne for 15 Australian Navy
Cadets from TS Southport.
TS Southport is based within The Southport
School, an all-boys school.
The training ship has 60 cadets and is commanded by teacher, LEUT Bryce Goldburg.
The opportunity for 15 lucky cadets to searide came when HMAS Melbourne visited
Brisbane for five days from September 19.
After a very early start the cadets and their
officers were taken by bus to the Queensland
Water Police Headquarters at Whyte Island from
where they were taken in three police craft to
where Melbourne waited west of Moreton Island.
Wearing Queensland Police Service safety
vests, the lads scrambled from the primary police
launch up a rope ladder to where sailors brought
them aboard.
For the next hours as Melbourne, and sister
RAN ship HMAS Leeuwin, entered the Brisbane
River, the cadets were split into groups, assigned
a guide and given a tour of the 4300 tonne guided
missile frigate (FFG).
RIGHT: A cadet
climbs a rope ladder
from a police launch
to the deck of HMAS
Melbourne.
Photos:
Graham Davis
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October 30, 2008
19
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WELCOME:
POMUSN Mike
O’Loughlin, his
brother Rory, Chief
of Navy VADM
Russ Crane and the
Senior Naval Officer/
South Queensland,
CMDR Forbes
Peters.
Technical refocus
UNDER THE CRESWELL CLOCKTOWER: Tasmanians on the Reserve Entry Officers’ Course at HMAS Creswell, from left, SBLTs
Chris Sykes and Carolyn Docking and LEUTs Carol Baines and Kim Hambly.
Photo: ABPH Brenton Freind
Tasmania
comes to
the four
By SBLT Carolyn Docking, one of
four Tasmanian trainees on REOC
TASMANIA was well represented at
the recent Reserve Entry Officers’ Course
(REOC) at HMAS Creswell.
Four Tasmanians attended the course
from September 19 until October 3.
Former Permanent Navy LSCSO
Chris Sykes was able to put his skills to
good use and provided great help to other
students with no military background.
SBLT Sykes spent seven years in the
PN and then came back for a second
period of three years, finally discharging
in August 2007.
SBLT Sykes works for Customs and
spends six weeks at work and six weeks
off, which gives him time to spend with
his partner Jade Garland, a LEUT in the
Naval Reserve, and his two-year-old
daughter Isobel.
“I joined Reserves as the Maritime
Trade Operations (MTO) role works
closely with my current employer,
Customs, and I wanted to keep in touch
with the Navy community but at the
same time learn new skills for my civilian employment,” he said.
I made the step from able seaman and
will become a public relations officer.
I currently work as a public relations
officer for Forest Industries Association
of Tasmania and as a casual photojournalist at The Mercury newspaper and
regularly contribute articles and images
to Navy News.
It’s a big step up in responsibility and
career direction for me but I am looking
forward to all the new challenges and
opportunities that life as an officer in the
reserves will bring.
The support and encouragement
from all the team at Navy Headquarters
Tasmania has been amazing and I have
all of them to thank for my promotion.
LEUT Carol Baines works as a hyperbaric chamber nurse at the Royal Hobart
Hospital and was previously a lieutenant
in the Army Reserve.
LEUT Baines said she worked with
two Naval Reserve divers who both influenced her to join them in the reserves.
All three Reservists are based in Hobart
whereas LEUT Kim Hambly resides in the
north of the state at Launceston.
LEUT Hambly spent nine years in the
Royal Navy as an air engineer artificer
before discharging in 1988.
In 2004, she came to Tasmania to live.
She is the only federally appointed
disability discrimination lawyer and
joined the NR to broaden her legal experience.
LEUTs Hambly and Baines have
remained at Creswell to complete their
phase-three course with five other classmates, putting them one step closer to
their goal of working as officers in the
RANR.
FOR the past 19 years, Rory O’Loughlin,
39, a “master technician” has been keeping
the “greyhounds of the roads”, Jaguar cars,
purring.
Now he gets the chance to keep the “greyhounds of the sea”, the Royal Australian
Navy’s frigates and patrol boats, ready and
able.
In Brisbane recently, Rory joined the RAN
and is now doing his basic training at HMAS
Cerberus.
On completion he will specialise as a
marine technician.
Rory’s enlistment can be put down to his
euphonium-playing brother, Michael, aged 37.
A petty officer musician attached to the
RAN Band Queensland Detachment, Michael
“enthused” Rory into joining up.
Rory was one of 26 newcomers to the
RAN welcomed into the Service by the
Chief of Navy, VADM Russ Crane during an
enlistment ceremony on the flight deck of
HMAS Melbourne during Navy Week in the
Queensland capital.
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CONGRATULATED: RADM Nigel
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LETTERS
Service Direct phone agony
Response from AIRCDRE Maher:
FOR the last two days I have been trying to find
out why I’m paying for living in meals while I am on
long service leave.
Once upon a time a writer would have given me
an answer quickly. But these days I have to contact
Service Direct.
Anyway, after 15 minutes of phone agony, a
request for information was sent to the centralised
pay section. No response.
The next day I rang the Service Direct number
again. After checking my incident number, another
request was forwarded (with a much higher priority).
At the time of writing this letter, I still haven’t
heard back.
So I was wondering if somebody somewhere
could answer a few questions for me:
1. How is this system improving things?
2. Why are there no uniforms left in ship’s offices/
orderly rooms/CSCs ?
3. Why is it that one phone call to a friend, who
happens to be a RAAF clerk, fixed my problem in
a flash?
4. If No. 3 is the method (snidely) recommended by
a Customer Service Officer for fixing pay issues,
what do we do for all the sailors who don’t have
their own friend who is a RAAF clerk (and should
we be paying the friend extra for doing Service
Direct’s job for them)?
5. Why am I paying for living in meals while I am on
long service leave?
CPO Bruce Campbell
Kokoda Barracks
CPO Campbell has questioned
a number of issues about how
personnel administration is being
conducted by the Defence Support
Group (DSG).
Some of his key issues are why
personnel administration cannot be
dealt with on the spot, and why
uniformed members are no longer available to conduct personnel
administration.
DSG provides personnel administration to 50 per cent of ADF
members and the remainder are
supported from within their own
Service.
Nonetheless, Defence cannot
rely on members in uniform being
available to undertake this type of
work as the Services must give priority to meeting capability requirements in their workforce deployment.
Centralising the processing
of personnel administration that
CPO Campbell refers to allows
Defence to meet a number of goals.
These include greater audit and
compliance requirements set by
Government, operating in the most
effective and efficient manner possible and increasing consistency in
service delivery.
It is worth noting that the
improvements DSG have made
over the last five years has allowed
us to increase our throughput in
ADF personnel administration by
30 per cent, now totalling over one
BETTER EFFICIENCY: DSG is planning to implement a number
of improvements to help ADF members with their enquiries.
million transactions per year, with
reduced staffing. These benefits
are redirected towards supporting
capability.
DSG has considered the impact
on ADF members of centralising
personnel administration and, as
a result, is planning to implement
a number of improvements to the
current system. One of these is
to allow the ‘first contact’ staff to
undertake some processing of personnel administration without having to refer them elsewhere.
We are also increasing the
training of our service centre staff
urgent inquiries within 24 hours
while resolving them within five
days.
When an ADF member contacts
the Defence Service Centre, the
operators will transfer the member
to talk directly to one of our personnel administration processing
teams when the matter is urgent or
time critical in relation to pay.
Our records show that CPO
Campbell did not feel the matter
was urgent enough to warrant this
and his query was answered within
three days. We regret that we did
not make contact within 24 hours.
We understand concerns such as
those expressed by CPO Campbell
that there may be a more effective way of dealing with simple
requests from ADF members.
We consider it unsatisfactory if
members are forced to use ‘back
door’ approaches for pay and
leave matters in the way that CPO
Campbell describes in order to get
things done.
We are improving the current
arrangements and will make the
changes needed to ensure that
we operate an effective system.
Feedback is therefore welcomed
so that we can address any deficiencies promptly.
to allow them to deal with more
enquiries personally.
These improvements and a
number of others under way will
reduce the need for multiple handling and provide a faster and more
effective service to ADF members.
We have set a number of performance targets for our processing
centres that are being met, resulting in 99 per cent of pay and leave
being processed in the fortnight of
its receipt with a small error rate.
– AIRCDRE Michael Maher
We also expect that queries are
dealt with quickly, so our target Director General Regions and
is to respond to urgent enquiries Bases, National Operations
immediately and to respond to non- Division, DSG.
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LIFESTYLE
HEALTH
It’s hotting up
The importance of replacing lost fluids in the heat
By LEUT Tracey Elliot
W
HEN exercising in the heat
the body is faced with two
competitive demands: muscles require oxygen to sustain energy
metabolism and metabolic heat must
be transported by the blood from deep
tissues to the periphery.
As demands are placed on the
body’s fluid reserves, a relative state of
dehydration frequently occurs.
KEEP IT UP: Watch your fluid
levels when exercising in warm
conditions.
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mia – absorption of more heat into
the body than it can dissipate – can
only be achieved with adequate water
replacement.
Drinking extra water before exercise, especially in the heat, provides
some protection because it delays the
onset of dehydration, increases sweating during exercise and brings about a
smaller rise in core temperature.
But it is still important to continually take in fluid during exercise.
Sorting out how much water is right
for you is pretty easy: weigh yourself
prior to endurance exercise then weigh
yourself when you finish.
If you weigh less then you should
have drunk more; if you weigh more
you drank too much.
DEHYDRATION
In a few hours of hard exercise in
the heat, water loss or dehydration can
occur quickly.
The magnitude of fluid loss for an
acclimatised person may reach a peak
of about three litres per hour during
severe work and average nearly two
litres an hour on a daily basis.
HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD WE
Several hours of intense sweating AIM TO DRINK?
can also cause sweat gland fatigue,
Cold fluids are absorbed by the
which makes it very difficult to regubody at a faster rate than fluids at body
late core temperature.
temperature.
FLUID REPLACEMENT
A volume of about 250mls ingested
The aim of fluid replacement is to at 10-15 minute intervals is probably a
maintain plasma blood volume so that realistic goal – larger volumes tend to
circulation and sweating can progress make you feel full.
To obtain a high rate of fluid
at optimal levels.
Prevention of dehydration and its absorption, don’t get full and make
consequences, especially hyperther- sure the water is cold.
SPORTS DRINKS AND
ELECTROLYTE REPLACEMENT
The value of sports drinks is in
their carbohydrate content – the carbs
top up the blood glucose levels and
delay fatigue.
But sports drinks often do not
address the replacement of large electrolyte losses because they have a low
sodium content.
In the case of post-exercise rehydration, there is evidence that the replacement of electrolyte losses, particularly
sodium, must occur before fluid balance is fully restored.
So fluid intake should be accompanied by electrolyte replacement,
particularly sodium, to optimise fluid
retention.
Sodium replacement can be
achieved through the consumption of
salt-containing foods eaten at meals or
as a recovery snack (bread, cereal, and
processed savoury foods) or by adding
salt to meals and snacks.
Electrolyte replacement during and
after sport is really an issue for a selective group of people and should be
conducted under the supervision of a
sports physician or dietician.
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Khanna flies flag
at hockey titles
ADFA’s SBLT Aditi Khanna
won the women’s team player trophy presented at the end of the
recent Australian Country Hockey
Championships at Busselton in
Western Australia.
Her commitment to the team
showed every day in Busselton and
her efforts on the field were outstanding. Asked to play in several
different positions, a daunting prospect at this level, she rose to meet
the challenge.
Defence Hockey has been competing at these titles since 1989,
originally as an invitation team on a
yearly basis but now as highly competitive teams in both the men’s and
women’s competition, with a tradition of being among the toughest,
fittest and well organised teams at
the championships.
The women proved their consistency and depth with a strong show
in the finals but were frustrated not
to make the big match on the last
day and finished fourth.
The men had high hopes for this
year after making the final last year
but were thwarted by a Victorian
draw in the last of the round games
and missed the finals by one goal on
goal difference! They finished fifth.
The Defence women’s team was
acknowledged as the friendliest team
at the championships, demonstrating their high-calibre dedication and
professionalism.
The late additions of PO Derek
Bunt and SCDT Ben Harvey mean
that FLGOFF Mark Ross is no longer the sole Defence Hockey representative selected for the Australian
FIJI BOUND: PO Derek
Bunt who won representative honours at the country
championships.
LEFT: AB Scott Duffey.
Country teams’ international matches in 2009.
FLGOFF Ross was selected after
the Australian Country championships recently in Busselton, Western
Australia.
Several Defence Hockey players
have been selected in past years but
this year FLGOFF Ross, from 2OCU
at RAAF Base Williamtown, was
to fly the Defence flag on his own
until PO Bunt from 816 Squadron
at Nowra and SCDT Harvey were
Charlotte braves
Bass Strait again
THE crew members of Charlotte, from
HMAS Cerberus, have once again have
braved Bass Strait to compete in the annual
Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Cerberus to
Flinders yacht race.
Charlotte finished sixth on division 2
handicap, beating several division 1 yachts
over the line.
The crew started the race from
Queenscliff against 30 other yachts all
eager to manufacture a quick start and
make their way through the rip of Port
Phillip Bay.
While conditions peaked around 30
knots the prevailing weather was from the
north west making it ideal for the fleet to
hoist kites and run to Cape Schanck.
This proved to be a fast and exciting
leg with Charlotte recording speeds reaching 13 knots, which is quite good for her
vintage.
Once Charlotte made Cape Schanck it
was up with the headsail down with the spinnaker, and an equally fast reach going into
Westernport Bay and then through to the finish line off Flinders Wharf.
The finish proved to be a tactical game
that Charlotte played particularly well and, as
a result, she picked up a few places by playing
the tide and covering the finish line right till
the end.
Once again the crew of Charlotte displayed a unique dedication to the team, the
yacht and the individual tasks allocated to
each member.
belatedly called into the squad to
tour Fiji.
Australian Country teams will
travel to Fiji for the Oceania Cup
and to Malaysia for international
matches next year.
For further information visit the Defence
Hockey intranet page on the DRN
http://intranet.defence.gov.au/armyweb/
Sites/Hockey/ or contact LEUT Stuart
Cayzer on 0411107865 or email stuart.
[email protected]
Bamford, Donlan take golfing honours
WINNERS TOGETHER: PO Ian
Bamford (scratch champion) left, and
WO Mark Donlan (net champion).
PO IAN Bamford and WO
Mark Donlan took centre stage
when the inaugural Navy Golf
Championships were held on
October 2 and 3 at Sydney’s
Cumberland Golf Club.
PO Bamford, from HMAS
Waterhen, won the Navy championship and WO Donlan, of Garden
Island FBE, claimed the net championship.
Previously contested over
one day as the NSW Navy Golf
Championships, the new format
was implemented by the Naval
Golf Association (NGA).
The 36-hole stroke championship was contested by more than
30 starters, varying in handicap
levels and experience across Navy.
The NGA annual meeting was
also conducted on the morning
of the second day with the NGA
patron, CDRE Grant Ferguson,
attending. The Cumberland course
was tough with tight fairways and
plenty of hidden danger, including water and strategically-placed
bunkers.
Few Navy golfers had previously played on the course.
Temperatures on both days were
well above 35, with strong winds
on the last day making scoring
difficult for the majority.
The ADF National Golf
Championships will be held in
Canberra at Federal Golf Club from
December 8 to 12, 2008.
For further information and an entry
form visit the Australian Defence
Organisation Golf Association website http://www.sportscentreoz.com/
adfga/adfganationalindex.htm
2008 Navy Championship winners:
Champion, PO Ian Bamford; net champion, WO Mark Donlan; A grade, scratch,
SMN Brett Bishop; net, CPO Raymond
Macey; B grade, scratch, PO Thomas
Power; net, PO Paul Wilson; C grade,
scratch, LS Lee Thomas; net, CPO Brad
Paull.
IN BRIEF
Rugby annual meeting
THE Australian Services Rugby
Union annual general meeting
will be held in Williams Theatre
at the Australian Command and
Staff College at Weston Creek,
ACT, on Friday, November 14.
RSVP by November 8 to the secretary, MAJ David Edwards, david.
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Soccer championship
THE Australian Defence Football
Federation will hold its annual
national carnival at Sefton in Sydney
from November 1 to 7. The carnival
will include teams from Army, Navy,
Air Force and Defence APS. Each
service will enter teams in the men’s
open, women’s open and men’s over35 divisions and after the carnival a
representative team will be selected
from each division to play the NSW
Emergency Services representative
teams. For more information, contact
the secretary of the ADFF, WO2 Mark
Ninness on (02) 9349 0389 or mark.
[email protected]
Search for coaches
THE Australian Defence Football
Federation is seeking nominations for
the coaching postions of the ADFF
open men’s, open women’s and over35s teams for the national carnival in
Sydney in November. Qualification
required for the three positions is
senior licence and above. Contact the
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SPORT
Conquering the Upper Murray
THREE Navy personnel from
HMAS Albatross pooled their talents on October 4 to finish third
in the men’s team section of the
annual Snowy Hydro Upper Murray
Challenge.
LEUT Kye Hayman, SBLT Chris
Broadbent and LS Nathan Haythorpe
contested the multi-sport race, which
was open to relay teams and individuals and staged in the foothills of
Mt Kosciuszcko.
The Navy trio completed the
challenge as a team with each
member completing one leg of the
race.
“Kye is a keen cyclist and Chris
is an enthusiastic runner so the competition seemed suited to us entering
as a team,” LS Haythorpe, who is an
accomplished kayaker, said.
“It was at once the most enjoyable and the most punishing run I
have ever completed and I would
not hesitate to do it again,” SBLT
Broadbent said
The race consists of three legs
– mountain biking, kayaking and
running – and takes between 5.5 and
nine hours to complete.
The event, described by organisers as Australia’s most scenic and
challenging one-day event, began
in Khancoban with a 38km mountain bike leg, passing over hilly
forest trails and through prime cattle country before providing some
BY BICYCLE: LEUT Kye Hayman.
very tough climbs to a high ridge
with stunning views of the district.
Transition from the bike to the
kayak is conducted beside the spillway for the Khancoban Pondage on
the Swampy Plains River.
Eleven kilometres downstream
after negotiating 0.5m standing
waves and some tricky chutes, the
Swampy Plains merges with the
Murray River and the course continues a further 15km to the transition
for the run leg.
The 26km run is set among rolling green pastures and also takes in
the summit of Mt Elliot, which pro-
vides runners with a gruelling 500m
climb.
LEUT Hayman highly recommended the event to Defence members looking for a challenge.
“The location for the race was
ideal with stunning scenery, great
atmosphere, superb organisation and
a competitive field with about 150
entrants,” he said.
If anyone is interested in participating
in next year’s Upper Murray Challenge
on Saturday, October 3, they should visit
www.uppermurraychallenge.com.au or
contact Peter Dikschei on 0409 022 242.
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NAVY NEWS
BY KAYAK:
LS Nathan
Haythorpe
negotiates
the swirling waters,
above.
BY FOOT:
Runner
SBLT Chris
Broadbent.
October 30, 2008
27
SPORT
Selected for the
Navy Titans
Waterhen’s reward
ABCD Arnel – HMAS Penguin
AB Wetton – HMAS Penguin
LS Robson – HMAS Penguin
ABCD Drennan – HMAS Penguin
AB Arnold – HMAS Waterhen
ABMT Coleman – HMAS
Waterhen
ABMT Ruiz – HMAS Waterhen
ABCIS Kaye – HMAS Waterhen
SBLT Little – HMAS Stuart
LSCSO Robinson – HMAS Stuart
AB Jones – HMAS Stuart
ABSN Hoare – 817 Squadron
LSATA Simpson – 817 Squadron
AB Struber – 723 Squadron
SMN Diachkoff – 816 Squadron
LSET Capilli – HMAS Darwin
LSPT Trudgett – HMAS Darwin
ABCSO Morton – HMAS
Newcastle
ABCIS Woodcroft – HMAS
Newcastle
AB Willis – HMAS Kuttabul
AB Tuitupou – HMAS Kuttabul
ABCD Armfield – AUSCDT One
ABCD Thornhill – AUSCDT One
LSBM Jones – HMAS
Toowoomba
SMNCIS Lupton – DEFCOMMSTA
Sydney
ABCIS Ryan – DEFCOMMSTA
Sydney
LS Evans – DEFCOMMSAT ACT
LSMT Briggs – HMAS Creswell
CPOCK Dwyer – DFR Darwin
AB Rex – HMAS Gascoyne
ABET Ashman – HMAS
Melbourne
ABSN Derrick – HMAS Manoora
LSCD Maihi – ANRDT Six
ABCSO Prince – HMAS Watson
By Michael Brooke
FOUR of the hard-running and
fierce-tackling players who helped lift
HMAS Waterhen to a surprise victory in the Patron’s Cup rugby league
championship have been rewarded
with berths in the Navy Titans representative team.
Waterhen pipped the Bulls from
HMAS Kuttabul 4-0 in a thrilling
final to win the Patron’s Cup that was
contested by eight teams at Concord
Oval in Sydney on October 10.
Waterhen won the tournament
without losing a game against some
very tough and determined opposition.
Waterhen edged the Divers 8-4
in their opening game and then
ambushed the tournament favourites,
Albatross, 4-0 in the second roundrobin encounter.
Waterhen beat Manoora 18-4 in
the semifinal before meeting the Bulls
in the final, where their flashy winger
BALL WINNER:
LSATA Kurt Simpson,
the Dixie-Ford Guts
Award winner.
LOOKALIKE: Player
of the Day award
winner ABCSO JohnEddie Tui-Tupou.
ABCIS Marty Kaye scored the match
winner in the dying minutes.
The Bulls started strongly but
repeatedly coughed up the ball when
Waterhen’s players hit them with
bone-jarring tackles, particularly near
the try-line.
Waterhen’s triumphant team captain, ABA Mark Wallace, said all his
LIFTED TROPHY:
Captain of the HMAS
Waterhen team ABA
Mark Wallace.
players worked very hard to secure
a memorable victory against very
classy opposition.
The Patron’s Cup trophy was
presented to Waterhen’s winners by
the Patron of Navy Rugby League,
CDRE Richard Minhinick.
The “Dixie-Ford” Guts Award,
which featured a ball signed by the
2008 NRL Premiers was presented
to LSATA Kurt Simpson of HMAS
Albatross, while the Players’ Player
award went to SMN Shaun Ryan of
Kuttabul.
The Player of the Day award was
presented to ABCSO John-Eddie TuiTupou, of the Bulls, who bears an
uncanny resemblance to Sonny Bill
Williams both physically and in playing style.
“I’m glad SBW is in France now
because people were getting us confused,” he said with a smile.
Eight teams contested the Patron’s
Cup, with HMAS Stuart’s Terrors
deserving special mention for competing when on war service leave while
the team from Manoora played just two
days before sailing on deployment.
The Navy team went into camp
at HMAS Penguin from October 11
to 15 to prepare to defend their title
at the Combined Australian Services
Rugby League Carnival (CASRL) in
Canberra.
Oh no! Frustration as Navy turns win into loss
From Back Page
Navy had its chances to win both
in the first half, in the second when
Army was reduced to 11 men and then
in the dying minutes of the match.
Two promising first-half backline
movements went begging when the
ball was put down out wide with tries
in prospect. After a tight first half in
which both scored converted tries, the
score was 6-6 at the break.
Navy had several chances again
when Army was two men down but two
attempted Army intercepts, although put
down by Army defenders, were enough
to thwart Navy’s momentum.
Again, nothing went right for
Navy it as it searched for that late try
that would reclaim the lead. A combination of some loose handling, a for-
COMING
THROUGH:
LS Darin
Trudgett
on the run
against Air
Force.
Photo:
LAC Aaron
Curran
ward pass, an inadvertent “shepherd”
and inspired Army defence all conspired against the Titans. To that stage
it had been a close, fiercely contested
encounter with some bone-jarring
defence from both sides and blood
spilt in a sometimes willing game as
no quarter was asked or given.
The referee was severe on anything that resembled an infringement
in the rucks, tackles or when playing
the ball, so both sides gave away a
procession of penalties.
Eventually his patience was
stretched to the point of “sin-binning”
two Army players and then one Navy
player in the latter stages of the second half.
Navy was best served against
Army by ABATA Daniel Struber,
ABSN Simon Hoare and flint-hard
centre ASMT Shane Robson, who
returned to the fray twice after having his head split open. They were
well supported by hooker LSPT Darin
Trudgett and halfback ABCD Brodie
Willis.
In reviewing the tough game with
Air Force, Kemp was not resigned to
losing that game even after a late Air
Force try seemed to put it in the box
seat.
“We were lucky to win but I
thought if we stuck to our game plan,
I knew we would win. We stuck to it
in the first 10 minutes and got back to
it in the last 10.
“We had the right idea about what
we needed to do to win. If we hold
the ball and don’t give penalties away,
we have to win.”
Better players against Air Force
were ABATA Struber, captain and
front-rower LSMT Jonathan Briggs,
second-rower ABCD Brad Arnell, and
versatile AB Kyle “Large” Arnold in
the centres, although he is usually
more at home in the front or secondrow.
Calling hockey masters
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nominate for the Defence Hockey men’s and
women’s teams for the Australian Masters
Games in Geelong from February 20 to March
1 next year.
Personnel must be over 30 to participate.
Information on the Australian Masters Games
can be found at www.australianmastersgames.com
For more information, contact MAJ Fiona
Davis on (03) 5735 6868 or fiona.davis@defence.
gov.au
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ON THE WAY TO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN GLORY: ABCD Leigh Wetton,
of HMAS Penguin, scores Navy’s opening try close to half-time.
Photo: LSPH Yuri Ramsey
AN UNLUCKY error by Navy Titans
gifted Army Thunder the Combined
Australian Services Rugby League
Championship during the deciding game
at the Royal Military College Duntroon
on October 22.
Navy was leading 14-10 after about
25 minutes of the second half when one
player vented his frustration on the ball
after what appeared to be a Navy knockon. Possibly expecting the referee to pack
a scrum, he lashed the ball back in the
direction of his own tryline.
When there was no whistle on play
for a stoppage, speedy Army winger
CPL Bruce Gleeson was quickest on the
uptake to sprint about 40m for an aerobatic grounding of the high-bouncing ball
handy to the posts. Stupefied and stranded
downfield with no cover defence, Navy
could only look on in disbelief as a try
was duly awarded amid uproarious Army
celebrations.
After being converted by CPL Shane
Harden for a 16-14 lead to Army, neither
side was able to add to the score in a
frenetic final 15 minutes. Army took the
crown by dint of its day two 30-24 win
against Air Force.
Navy coach Dave Kemp described the
costly indiscretion as a “brain explosion”
and credited the loss to Navy conceding
too many penalties.
“He was probably one of our best
players for the whole tournament,” Kemp
said. “You can’t blame him; he’s saved us
more than he’s cost us.
“He thought a scrum was going to
pack; it was just a matter of frustration at
the time.”
Continued Page 27
THREE MEN FROM HMAS ALBATROSS CONQUER THE UPPER MURRAY – PAGE 26
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