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NAVY’S latest lethal weapon NUSHIP Brisbane was provision-ally handed over to the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) in Adelaide on July 27.

CASG will conduct further testing and evaluation of the Hobart-class destroyer ahead of her planned com-missioning in October.

CN VADM Mike Noonan said he was delighted to share in the occa-sion.

“It is a fantastic day for the Commonwealth and especially for Navy,” VADM Noonan said.

“This is a major step in the con-struction of the Brisbane. She will be one of the most capable warships in the world, and it is a reflection of how Navy’s modern warfighting has evolved.“She has the world’s first complete combat management system, which integrates powerful computers, radars and weapon systems to pro-vide simultaneous defence against advanced air, surface and subsurface threats, allowing the Royal Australian Navy to think, fight and win.

“This ship is magnificent and she follows in the footsteps of the first destroyer, now-commissioned HMAS Hobart.”

VADM Noonan said Brisbane would be a great addition to the capa-bility and lethality of the Navy.

“What this ship brings to Navy in terms of its future capability really is inspiring for those serving in our Navy today and certainly for years to come,” VADM Noonan said.

Taking command of his first ship, CMDR Josh Wilson said it was a dream come true.

“I decided at a young age to join the Navy. It has always been a dream of mine to command a ship,” CMDR Wilson said.

CMDR Wilson said his expecta-tion of Brisbane was to generate a crew and a capability to take the class and the Navy forward.

“It is an incredible opportunity to be able to work closer with our allies. The capacity it gives us to work with

the US is just out of this world,” he said.

“It is really exciting for the sailors to see them coming to the realisa-tion of just what this ship can do and what their role is in getting this ship to do it.

“I think for them it’s exciting and motivating as well, it’s what they joined up to do.”

The ceremony included the presentation of the ship’s bell rope and battle honour board to CMDR Wilson.

Destroyer a step closer to service

CN VADM Mike Noonan and CO NUSHIP Brisbane CMDR Josh Wilson take possession of the ship’s new bell rope from former sailor and rope-maker David Morse in Adelaide. Photo: CPL Bill Solomou

Training kicks in during rescueLEUT Gary McHugh and CPL Julia Whitwell

FORTUNATELY for a civilian truck driver, two sailors from HMAS Stirling found themselves in the right place at the right time when they were driving back to Rockingham.

Returning from a task at Busselton, ABML-S Timothy Boyd and SMNML-SC Henry Burns were just north of the town on July 5 when they noticed a heavy crane vehicle on fire on the side of the road.

SMN Burns said they pulled over to assist when they realised the driver was still in the cab.

“There were cars driving past and no-one had pulled over yet,” SMN Burns said.

AB Boyd said that when they got to the crane they found the driver was showing signs of shock.

They took him from the vehicle and SMN Burns contacted emergency services and the Stirling OOD.

“I’ve gone up to the cab to get him out and a big surge of fire had blown up over the tyre,” AB Boyd said.

“I grabbed the fire extinguisher from the cab and escorted the driver to SMN Burns, who was standing watch for me for oncoming traffic.

“I then went to the back of the crane, underneath, and hit the back

tyre that was on fire.” He said the fire appeared to have started when the rear disc brake had locked, causing too much friction.

“It was bright red, it was heating up and melting everything around it,” AB Boyd said.

While SMN Burns directed oncoming traffic, AB Boyd took a second extinguisher and clambered underneath the vehicle to continue fighting the fire.

Once it was extinguished they

handed the scene over to emergency services.

Local authorities took over the welfare of the driver and assisted get-ting the disabled vehicle back to its base.

Although it was an unusual situ-ation AB Boyd said the pair acted instinctively.

“I’m quite proud that I and SMN Burns were able to execute our train-ing to the utmost that we could,” AB Boyd said.

C O S t i r l i n g C A P T B r i a n Delamont said both sailors should be proud of their efforts as the situation had the potential to get out of hand.

“This was an excellent effort on behalf of Tim and Henry,” CAPT Delamont said.

“The professionalism they dis-played in taking charge of this dan-gerous situation showed the impor-tance of the training our people go through, and was a fine display of the values we live by as Navy members.”

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LEUT Celeste Ecuyer

STANDING knee deep in cave water and mud, CPOCD Troy Eather reflected on past experiences which had brought him to this point.

Cave diving as a teenager on the NSW mid-north coast; IED Ops in Afghanistan; assisting with the recovery of the US Marine Corp Osprey off North Queensland; and recovery Ops in East Timor.

It seemed each experience had prepared him for what was turning out to be the biggest challenge he had faced so far in his Navy career.

CPO Eather was one of nine Australians who helped in the complex international rescue effort of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who were trapped for up to 18 days in a flooded cave system near Chiang Rai in northern Thailand.

He said he was on a plane less than 24 hours after receiving a call from his operations officer.

“My focus was on the planning,” CPO Eather said.

“What questions should I be prepared for regarding diving opera-tions, risk mitigation? Who were the key leaders I’d be dealing with? What would I need for spending a long time in water? There was a lot to think about.”

In the cave, he was confronted with some challenging conditions.

“The humidity was extremely high,” CPO Eather said. “Rain was imminent and there was up to 5 inches of mud building up every day due to the amount of foot traffic.

“The cave entrance was larger than I expected – about 30m in diameter with water flowing similar to a shallow creek.

Diver was just happy to help

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I just did a job that any other person would have done if faced with similar circumstances.

“However, once you entered the cave it became narrow – so nar-row only one person could squeeze through.

“At one stage in the cave I was required to crawl through flowing water.”

CPO Eather’s post was deep inside the complex – a 30-minute walk, or in the rescuers’ case more like a scramble.

He shared his post with AFP members in a low rock chamber where water dripped from the ceil-ing. They hoped for the best, but quietly braced for the worst.

Then word came down the line that the operation had begun.

“Once the first boy arrived the scene became alive,” CPO Eather recalled.

“I was at the top of a small opening where each boy would need to pass through. They would be handed on by the AFP members and I would guide each stretcher through the narrow opening.

“Once it was assessed that each boy was in good enough condition to continue, they were guided fur-ther towards the cave entrance and eventually to safety.”

CPO Eather said he relied on his experience and training.

“Working in confined, uncom-

fortable environments under pres-sure, knowing what was required and when to let the Thais take charge – this was more of an exer-cise in leadership and resilience than anything else,” CPO Eather said.

At a special ceremony at Government House in Canberra, on July 24 Governor-General GEN (retd) Sir Peter Cosgrove, in the presence of the Prime Minister and national leaders, recognised the nine Australians, including CPO Eather, involved in the Thailand cave res-cue.

CPO Eather said he was hon-oured to be awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia and a Bravery Medal for his role.

Despite the world-wide attention the cave rescue had garnered, CPO Eather said he was just pleased with the outcome.

“I felt good to see we had suc-cess, everyone was extremely happy,” he said.

“My Navy mates want to know all about the technical aspects – I get a lot of ‘BZs’.

“My family and friends seem to think I’m some sort of celebrity. But honestly, I think I just did a job that any other person would have done if faced with similar circumstances.”

CN VADM Mike Noonan takes a selfie with CPOCD Troy Eather after the medal presentation at Government House. Photo: LEUT Tony Martin

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Did you aspire to be CN when you first joined Navy?

CN: I think when I joined the Navy I was probably like all of us that joined. You join at the start of an adventure and you’re not quite sure where it’s going to take you. I joined back in 1984 straight out of high school and then for me it was an opportunity for a great career.

I don’t know that I even knew what CN was at the time that I joined. My initial aspirations were to last in the Navy for 12 months and here I am 35 years later. It’s not something you ever expect, as it’s a tremendous honour to be leading our Navy.

Were there other things you considered before you joined?

CN: I grew up on the Gold Coast so it was an atmosphere of a maritime environment. I certain-ly looked towards things that were related.

I was interested in mechanical things and technology and certainly the Navy offered that as a pathway.

I actually joined the Navy as an engineer and pursuing that has been something that has interested me during my time. There’s always opportunities to see more and do more in terms of leading-edge technologies in the Navy and even though I’m not an engineer, cutting-edge technology is still part of something that really interests me.

What are some of the leadership lessons you’ve learned along the way, you must have had some mentors in your time in the Navy?

CN: I think leadership for me is central to the role that each and every one of us plays and lead-ership lessons for me would be that you never stop learning about leadership. I don’t believe there is such a thing as born leaders, I think there are people who have leadership attributes but certainly leadership is key to the job that we pro-vide and we undertake, and I’m delighted that we continue to invest in that space.

I think central to leadership is understanding people and communicating with people and I personally invested a lot of time in that over the years. I think you learn a lot from good leaders.

Richard Mihaich talks to new CN VADM Mike Noonan to find out about the man and his mission

It all comes back to people

‘‘I have to have a culture in our Navy in which people, who are currently serving want to stay, people who have left want to come back, and people who haven’t yet joined want to join.

I think you learn a lot from bad leaders. And you learn a lot about yourself by looking at your own leadership style through that lens. I’ve been very fortunate over the years to learn from both sorts of leaders and I find that now as the Chief I continue to learn, and I hope that’s something that our people realise as we continue to invest in leadership at all levels of our Navy.

What is your key role in this key position?

CN: My key role is ultimately to ensure we are a Navy that is effective currently, and effective into the future, delivering Australia’s maritime combat power. My role as an adviser to government on what Navy capability means is important, but I have to lead an organisation

whose culture both now and into the future ena-bles us to deliver that effect.

I have to have a culture in our Navy in which people who are currently serving want to stay, people who have left want to come back, and people who haven’t yet joined want to join.

So it is about leading a team of professionals at a very important time for our nation.

What are your key priorities and what do you hope to achieve in your first six to 12 months?

CN: Navy’s in very good shape at the moment and I hope we can continue to build upon where we are at the moment. We’ve had a monumental period of decision-making in terms of our future capabilities. We are now in a position of moving from decision-making to delivery. My greatest priority will be to ensure that Navy continues the momentum that we’ve achieved and that we, as

the men and women in uniform, supported by our APS colleagues, have the right understand-ing of what we need to do to sustain the current capabilities that our government relies upon and that we are able to deliver on the very important projects that we will see as our future capabili-ties. That will be a huge opportunity, to not just look at capability through platforms but look at capability through people. And I would suggest that given my previous people-related roles I will continue to support the delivery of capability through people.

Platforms are important but if you don’t have the right people trained to the right skills we won’t simply be able to sustain the great Navy that we’ve got today.

And do you think the training is keeping pace with the introduction of the new ships and new technology?

CN: I absolutely do. I think we’ve had a very strong focus on training now over the last 10 years and we have looked at training from every conceivable angle; from individual training to collective training, and now we’re seeing the delivery of some very high-end warfare capabili-ties through our amphibious task groups which sees the combination of task group training com-ing together and we are using combinations of live, synthetic and computer-based training at the right times in the right places to deliver an over-all training effect.

Ultimately we have to ensure that our at-sea platforms are available for combat operations. Ensuring that we get that right blend between

at-sea training and simulated training is very important, but moreover, the thing that I think we’ve really come strides in understanding with these new capabilities coming online is ensur-ing we’ve got integrated training programs that are delivered as we deliver the capability, so that increasingly the training is happening well before the delivery of the platforms, so that we are ready to introduce these new capabilities into service with fully trained people.

Does there need to be more focus on one area more than any other, for instance in areas like cyber?

CN: I think you’re on the right theme there. Cyber’s big, training’s big, technology across the board is big and there are some areas where Navy has been strong traditionally but there are emerging opportunities and threats that we have to understand and we have to adapt to, so I think ultimately it comes back to my theme around people.

We have to be agile. We have to be think-ing and we have to look at those opportunities as they emerge and be ready to take them. My big focus is to make sure that we’ve got a fight-ing Navy that’s capable for the present and for the future, and as the environment in which we operate evolves we have to be evolving just as quickly, if not more quickly.

So as these new opportunities such as cyber and space take on a greater level of priority and precedence we have to be positioned with peo-ple, with training, with systems that will allow us to do what we need to do in that space to be superior.

Do you think there’s likely to be more of a focus in the Pacific in the next decade, for instance in terms of protecting our fisheries and the fisheries in our neighbours’ waters?

CN: The south-west Pacific has always been a high priority for both our Navy and the govern-ment.

We’ve had generations of experience in the region and our nation’s strong ties with the region are not going to change. We will continue to evolve and expand where we operate based

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on where Australia’s national interests are best served.

I think that we’ve had a distinguished time in the Middle East, we’ve learned a lot operat-ing there for almost three decades. The lessons we have learned from operating in waters far from home are being applied equally as we help our own very close neighbours and we provide capacity within our own Navy to do more within the region.

I think the issue around resource manage-ment that you touched on is vital. We have to

understand what resource protection means both nationally and regionally and where we can help our regional neighbours to better manage the marine resources that will be vital for us to move forward together.

Is there a time in your career you look back on and think ‘I miss those days’?

CN: There’s nothing I have done that I’ve regretted. There are certainly things you do that are more enjoyable – you remember more fondly than others.

Being at sea with the ship’s company, as a member of a ship’s company or in command, I don’t think for somebody in my position that you could look back and say that there was anything better.

I’ve had a very lucky career in that I’ve come through in a period where our Navy has contin-ued to evolve at a time where the ADF, as a joint force, has really matured.

I’ve spent a lot of time in joint positions and a lot of time in Navy elements in joint positions and I think very much about the days where I

was at sea in the old Adams-class DDGs, and at the time, they were great days, but I look at what we’re doing now with our current class of new ships and I think wow, we’ve come such a long way in a relatively short space of time. And again, what it really highlights to me is that our people, our men and women, they do extraor-dinary things every day unlike anything else that any other Australian does, and that unity of people doing extraordinary things I think is the backbone of our Navy, and where I get the most enjoyment is not just sharing those successes but helping to deliver those successes in the roles I’ve had in recent years.

Would I like to be back at sea right now? Absolutely.

There is not a more exciting time that I’ve ever seen in our Navy than what we’ve got now and I really admire and welcome the opportuni-ties that our young men and women have today in our Navy. I think it’s tremendous. But also we have to be delivering those important capabilities that will keep us at the forefront of delivering our national power.

Is there a key bit of advice you have for the modern sailors in today’s Navy?

CN: I think as we look at what is an increas-ingly complex environment both socially – from a security perspective, but also just from modern times – my key advice would be just to stay focused, understand what your role is at all lev-els and do the best you can to deliver that.

That will be my key request of our people; just to do the best you can and continue to ask the questions of what can we do better as a team to deliver those effects that our Navy’s respon-sible for.

We’ve got outstanding individuals out there and extraordinary things happen every day but our true strength is working as a team. So think-ing beyond self and looking at what we can deliver and looking for those opportunities to learn, to expand, to embrace new ideas, to be innovative in the way we think, that’s the chal-lenge that I throw out to our men and women.

My role is to continue to develop an environ-ment and culture where they can flourish.

Do you think it’s far off before we’ll see a female CN?

CN: I hope to see that sooner rather than later. We have come a long way, even since I joined the Navy. We didn’t have women at sea when I joined the Navy. Now we’ve got women in all arms of our service and we have women in some very senior positions, so while I can’t predict when we’ll see a female Chief of Navy, I see it as being not as something we aspire to but something inevitable, and I hope it will happen sooner rather than later.

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they always will be and for me, ensuring that we’ve got not just the right number of people but the right mix of people in our Navy to meet not just our future challenges but our current chal-lenges. We will always be striving to recruit, retain and regain the best people for our Navy and I think central to all of that is mak-ing sure that our culture is right. I’m delighted how far we’ve come in recent t imes with respect to our inclusion and diversity, not just as policy, not just as targets, but as a true understanding of what diversi-ty means to the delivery of our capability and I think as we look forward as the Navy being a reflection of Australian society, we are absolutely representative. But as Australian society and Australian culture continues to evolve we need to evolve with it and nothing should come as a surprise to us as we change that mix of diversity and inclusion that we have in the Navy.

In terms of performance we are a high-performance organi-sation, we always have been and we always will be, but in terms of what our role is, what our mission is – to fight and win at sea – we have to be not just a high-performance organisation, we have to be a very high-per-formance organisation, so the challenge that we have is ensur-

ing that we have the right mix of people, platforms, training and sustainment so that that perfor-mance can be at its optimum all the time. I look at some of the initiatives we have in terms of developing our people, the out-placement that we have with industry, the outplacements that we have with some of our tech-nical people involved in the V8 Supercars, all of that is focused towards understanding high performance and levering that where we best can.

And high performance at the high end of any endeavour, be it industry, be it military, bit it sport is about how do you get that extra 1 or 2 per cent out of what you already know is a high-per-formance team, that’s the way I want our people to think when it comes to performance.

Professionalism is the heart of what navies do. There is noth-ing else in the Australian psy-che that is the Navy. Every day we do things that are extraordi-nary because we are the men and women who are trained to

deliver Australia’s maritime com-bat capability. We have to know our jobs and we have to do our jobs to the very best of our abili-ties, and we have to continue to evolve our thinking and under-standing of what the maritime profession actually means, both in terms of Australia’s national interests and hope that supports our regional interests and ulti-mately global security.

I cannot overstate the impor-tance of professionalism in eve-rything that we do. We need to think about what we do well, we need to continue to do that and improve upon it, we have to look at what works best for others and how do we learn from what other people are doing.

We have to look at what we don’t do well and how we might improve. We should also look at what we don’t need to do and stop doing some of that.

Ultimately we will have an evolving and increasingly com-plex environment in which we have to work to, we have to be adaptable and agile in that space. And we need to be very mindful that at the end of the day we will always have a finite amount of resources, be that people, be that money, be that platforms, be that sustainment, but we have to think about how we can use that so we can fight effectively.

We have to be smart in the way that we operate and I think that is the key to true professionalism.

CN VADM Mike Noonan greets families and friends of HMAS Warramunga’s crew as she is

welcomed home to Fleet Base East on July 8 from Operation Manitou.

Photo: LSIS Kayla Jackson

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AUSTRALIAN Defence Vessel Cape Fourcroy played a key role in the seizure of a large haul of cocaine off the NSW north coast on August 1.

Under the command of Maritime Border Command (MBC), a multi-agency task-force within the Australian Border Force, her crew joined forces with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Queensland Police Service and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in a successful opera-tion that resulted in the arrest of two men and the seizure of more than 600kg of cocaine.

The activity ran over several days and culminated in an eight-hour pursuit after MBC tasked ADV Cape Fourcroy to respond.

As she approached the suspect vessel the men on board attempted to evade interception and jettisoned large plastic packages into the sea.

ADV Cape Fourcroy’s crew manned their seaboat to retrieve the packages and initiated a high-speed pursuit of the craft supported by ADF surveillance aircraft.

The retrieved packages were later found to contain more than 600kg of cocaine.

The suspects’ small craft was later intercepted about 40nm east of Byron Bay.

Two men, one 36 and the other 53, were arrested.CO Cape Fourcroy LCDR Ken Brown had 24 navy crew and train-ees embarked during the operation. “I am extremely proud of my crew. We did a lot of training leading up to this operation and when the time came they carried out their duties flawlessly. Our success is due to their efforts,” LCDR Brown said.“We had good communica-tions between Queensland police

Big cocaine haul off the NSW coast

and Maritime Border protection Command throughout the opera-tion.”

Commander Maritime Border Command RADM Peter Laver said the ABF was alert to the threat of criminal attempts to import illicit drugs using vessels targeting the Australian coast.

“Australia’s waters are vast, and we deploy a highly capable suite of ABF and Defence maritime surveillance and response assets at our disposal to detect and intercept illicit imports in collaboration with international, federal and state law enforcement and intelligence agen-cies,” RADM Laver said.

“Our significant on-water pres-ence has once again seen a large-scale importation of drugs thwarted, keeping hundreds of kilos of cocaine off Australian streets.

“Illicit drugs are a national prob-lem and this operation highlights the importance and effectiveness of our law enforcement partners work-ing collaboratively to identify and

disrupt these attempted imports.”Acting Chief of Joint Operations

MAJGEN Greg Bilton said the ADF was committed to the whole-of-gov-ernment effort to protect Australia’s borders from illegal activity.

“This drug seizure, and sub-sequent arrests, is a wonderful example of interagency cooperation resulting in a great outcome for Australia,” MAJGEN Bilton said.

DS Jon Wacker, of the Drug and Serious Crime Group, Queensland Police Service, said the operation highlighted the commitment of partner agencies to preventing the impact of drugs on the community.

“We will continue to focus on disruption to prevent community harm,” DS Wacker said.

The men appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on August 1 charged with possession of a com-mercial quantity of a border-con-trolled drug.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

More arrests are expected.

Photographs of the packages are taken to be used as evidence.

Members of ADV Cape Fourcroy’s crew take chase in the vessel’s seaboat.

Crew members unload the seized packages.

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A WORLD-first testing capability has put Australia leaps and bounds ahead in certifying platforms in the latest generation of friend-or-foe identifica-tion systems.

The ADF Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Test Capability – Ground (AITC-G) is the first mobile container-ised test unit of its kind.

It was designed as part of Project AIR90, which is upgrading IFF sys-tems, to certify all Defence platforms, including the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers, Anzac-class helicopter frig-ates and Collins-class submarines, in the new Mode 5 standard.

ADF IFF Technical Centre manag-er Maj David Paterson said the testing unit put Australia up to eight years in front of some partner nations.

“Australia is leading the world in the integration of Mode 5 IFF across all our platforms,” Maj Paterson said.

“The US, which devised the Mode 5 standard, does its testing on a grand scale, with hundreds of thousands of platforms. We can’t do that, so we had to manufacture our own test capability.

“Many of our regional and inter-national partners also don’t have the ability to conduct their own mobile testing, so they are keenly interested in using the AITC-G.”

Made up of two containers – the service and radar modules – the testing unit houses up to three staff, with its own sleeping and operations areas and power generation.

I t was procured through a 12-month rapid acquisition process from Australian company Varley Group and Telephonics.

AIR90 IFF Test and Evaluation Manager Scott Lovell said the testing unit had attracted worldwide attention, including from the US.

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LEUT Gary McHugh

AUSTRALIA’S largest Navy base celebrated its 40th anni-versary recently with an offi-cial reception and Ceremonial Sunset.

HMAS Stirling was named in honour of Captain James Stirling, RN, who landed on Garden Island in 1827, and was originally constructed as an intermediate maintenance base for four destroyer escorts and three submarines.

However, Stirling is now home to half of Navy’s Anzac-class frigates, underway sup-ply ship HMAS Sirius, Navy’s entire Collins-class submarine squadron, a number of auxiliary support vessels and various land-based lodger units.

The anniversary event, held at the Sir James Stirling Mess on July 27, was attended by var-ious former commanding offic-ers, crew members and dignitar-ies, including CN VADM Mike Noonan, and Western Australia Governor Kim Beazley.

VADM Noonan, who has served in a number of WA-based ships, said since his time as a midshipman in the former HMAS Bunbury in 1986, and nine years later as Operations Officer in HMAS Anzac, the base had changed significantly.

“Base infrastructure was still developing, and Fleet Base East was the premier naval base,” VADM Noonan said.

“Fast forward to 2018 and the infrastructure and facilities have grown enormously, and the

capability that is based here in Western Australia is more potent and deployable than anywhere else, not only in Australia but in the entire southern hemisphere.”

“As we look forward to what the Navy will look like in 20 years’ time; we will have 12 submarines, three air warfare destroyers, 12 new offshore patrol vessels, and the recently announced Hunter-class frigates.

“More than 50 per cent of that capability will be based here in Western Australia.

“So, the first 40 years may have taken a little while to warm up, but the next 40 years are really going to take off.”

CO Stirling CAPT Brian Delamont said despite signifi-cant changes to the base, it con-tinued to fulfil its role of provid-ing essential support to ships and land-based Navy units.

“Our efforts were officially recognised last year with the award of the Governor’s Cup, an annual award that recognises the most efficient base in the Navy,” CAPT Delamont said.

Stirling is also the holder of the Navy League Perpetual trophy, having been judged in competition with all other RAN ships, submarines, units and establishments as making the greatest contribution to their local community.

Garden Island, known as Meeandip by its traditional owners the Noongar People, is located about five kilometres off the Western Australian coast – it is connected to the mainland by a 4.2km causeway.

LEUT Gary McHugh

THE need to replace worn underwater bracket bearings in HMAS Parramatta without impacting the ship’s mast upgrade schedule led to the team at the Warship Asset Management Alliance (WAMA) coming up with a unique and innovative solution.

For the first time in the history of the Anzac-class frigates, the A bracket bear-ings were changed while the ship was still afloat.

Navy clearance divers were called on to assist in implementing the solution.

The A bracket bearings support the propeller shafts between the ship’s hull and the propeller.

WAMA Maintenance and Readiness Manager Sam Matts said putting the ship in drydock to replace them was not only an expensive evolution but also increased the amount of time the ship spent in the shipyard.

“Upon recognising the challenge, which was to repair the defect with minimal impact to the ship’s operational schedule, we engaged various stake-holders to come up with a solution,” Mr Matts said.

“That led to IKAD Engineering part-nering with a commercial diving com-pany to provide the requisite underwater engineering skills.

“The opportunity to conduct prelimi-

nary works and test some techniques was initially trialled on HMAS Stuart at the Common User Facility in Western Australia.

“This required the removal of all of the covers surrounding the A brackets, measuring clearances and rebuilding – all carried out underwater.”

Navy clearance divers then com-menced work on the task by removing the covers from Parramatta’s hull.

A video link between the divers and the surface allowed site engineers to monitor and supervise the work.

Following that, preliminary work to prepare for the replacement of the bearings was undertaken, and the actual removal and replacement was carried out a few days later.

Mr Matts said once the replacement bearings had been installed, and all walls had passed integrity testing, Parramatta was announced ready-for-sea.

“This was an excellent effort by all involved, and the initial estimate of the bearings replacement taking almost two weeks was, in reality, reduced to less than a week.

“This is exactly the innovation that we hope to explore further in our sup-port of the Anzac-class – the window of opportunity was very tight but working together as a collaborative team has gen-erated a very real benefit.”

Stirling takes the

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Ship repaired while afloat

CO HMAS Stirling CAPT Brian Delamont and AB Caitlin Grigg cut the cake during celebrations marking the base’s 40th anniversary.

A diver works on replacing the A bracket bearings in HMAS Parramatta, the first time the task had been undertaken without the ship being removed from the water.

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LEUT Ryan Zerbe

HMAS Toowoomba was diverted from large-scale war games to assist in an emergency off the coast of Hawaii.

The ship was participating in the final maritime warfare phase of Exercise RimPac in waters off the island of Oahu on July 28 when she received a distress call via the United States Coast Guard from a stricken yacht with a broken mast.

The yacht, Gypsy, carrying three adults and one child, was listing dangerously to port and drifting out of control, with cables strewn across the deck and under the keel, fouling its rudder.

A response team was assembled within minutes and Toowoomba dispatched one of her rigid-hulled in-flatable boats (RHIB) to hold Gypsy in a position so large waves would not capsize the 40-foot vessel.

ABBM Darren Young, who was in control of the RHIB, said it took more than an hour to cut the tangled

MORE than 70 RAN clearance divers spent the past few weeks exercis-ing the full spectrum of their trade during RimPac.

The contingent, comprising the Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Squadron and CDT4 from HMA Ships Waterhen and Stirling respectively, trained in Hawaii and Southern California alongside their coun-terparts from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States.

The Australian contingent took part in underwater salvage, sea and land-based explosive ordnance and improvised explosive device disposal, as well as reconnaissance and clearance of beaches ahead of landing forces.

CO of the dive contingent in Hawaii LCDR Ryan Post said working in close com-pany with other dive teams over an extended period had improved their interoperability.

“Many of our team in Hawaii lived and worked alongside dive teams from other na-tions in a combined camp on Ford Island and

at Hickam Air Base for the duration of Rim-Pac, helping us integrate and better perform on the job,” LCDR Post said.

“We’ve successfully completed numer-ous underwater tasks, including stage diving, which involves taking a craned platform from a ship to the sea floor, and beach reconnais-sance landings that tested our ability to secure amphibious landing sites.”

WOCD Chris Wright said RimPac was a unique opportunity and a highly sought after exercise for clearance divers.

“We’ve been working with our partner nations on a daily basis and we’ve even inte-grated a team made up of mixed countries so we can all learn from each other and pass on our skills,” WO Wright said.

“For example, the Canadians have a dif-ferent explosive ordnance disposal robot so we’ve been able to see how they use that.

“Getting a chance to work with our partner nations is invaluable and we can take what we learn back and put into our mission sets.”

IN THEIR ELEMENTS

Our divers used this year’s exercise to do what they do best, writes LEUT Ryan Zerbe

cables in three-metre seas and 60km/h winds.

“The yacht was drifting and out of control so it was important to keep the vessel with the waves rolling along its length, not only to keep her stable, but to assist our team in cutting the mast and cables free,” AB Young said.

“It required total concentration,

communication and team effort to conduct this tricky operation but our rigid inflatable sea boats handle very well in rough seas.”

The team from Toowoomba re-mained on Gypsy with her crew until a US Coast Guard response boat arrived to tow her to Kaneohe Bay.

CO Toowoomba CMDR Stuart Watters said being able to respond

with short notice to a call for rescue during the middle of exercises demonstrated the versatility of naval forces.

“One minute we are conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises and the next we can respond to a call for assistance,” CMDR Watters said.

Toowoomba to the rescueSailors from HMAS Toowoomba assist the crew of the stricken yacht as a United States Coast Guard vessel prepares to take it under tow. Photo: LSEW Matthew Jeffery

POCD Tim Peaper prepares explosives. Photos: ABIS Bonny Gasner

RAN clearance divers work alongside their counterparts from the United States Navy to prepare explo-sives during an explosive ordnance disposal training scenario.

A RAN clearance diver exits an undersea training container during an exercise off the coast of Oahu before surfacing (below).

Video of the undersea training and explosive

ordnance disposal can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/5818 and 5819

Video of the amphibious assault can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/5821

EXERCISE Rim of the Pacific, the world’s largest multinational maritime exercise, culminated in a major multinational amphibious landing activity on July 28.

It followed four weeks of gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air-defence exercises, as well as maritime interdiction and vessel boardings, explo-sive ordnance disposal, diving and salvage opera-tions, and mine clearance operations.

More than 1600 ADF personnel were involved in the exercise, which Defence Minister Marise Payne said had tested and proven the ADF’s capabilities and improved its interoperability with partner na-tions.

“RimPac helps to sustain the cooperative rela-tionships that are critical to maintaining interna-tional maritime security and ensuring we’re ready to work together should the time come,” Senator Payne said.

“Over these past weeks the ADF has proven not only its reputation as a professional military force, but as a responsible member of a multinational team, committed to maintaining security in the Pacific Rim.”

During the exercise Australian personnel demon-strated a wide range of capabilities from humanitari-an assistance and disaster response to maritime secu-rity operations and complex warfighting alongside their peers from 25 nations.

Significant milestones achieved during the exercise included HMAS Adelaide embarking US Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles for the first time and carrying a record number of personnel from nine different nations, and frigates HMA Ships Melbourne and Toowoomba successfully firing mis-siles against moving targets at sea in company with ships from the United States, Canada and Singapore.

The next RimPac is planned for the Hawaiian Islands in 2020.

Final push an all-out assault

A landing craft from HMAS Adelaide motors through heavy seas during the final amphibious assault. Photo: ABIS Craig Walton

HMAS Toowoomba fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile in the Pacific Mis-sile Range Facility near the island of Kaua’i.

LSA Trent Gomm mar-shals an MRH-90 as it

departs HMAS Adelaide during a multi-spot

exercise. Photo: ABIS Tara Byrne

Video of HMAS Adelaide’s air operations can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/5823

Video of HMAS Toowoomba’s missile firing can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/5817

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ACCESSIBLE mental health coach-es are now available to all Defence personnel following the launch of an early intervention mental health program, NewAccess, at the Ngunnawal Theatrette Russell on July 13.

NewAccess is designed to pro-vide free quality services for people with mild to moderate depression or anxiety, who are struggling with day-to-day pressures.

The program aims to assist peo-ple who are not currently accessing mental health services.

Defence worked with beyond-blue to commission the program for Defence personnel after previously being adapted for community initia-tives such as headspace.

The program boasts a 72 per cent completion rate and almost 68 per cent recovery rate.

Defence worked with beyond-blue to commission the program for Defence personnel.

NewAccess Defence coach SGT Lisa Inger, of 8/9RAR, said the program was unique because many coaches were former ADF.

“We unde r s t and Defence because we’ve experienced it. We’ve lived and breathed it,” SGT Inger said.

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ty, changes in living arrangements, new parent worries, family prob-lems, health concerns, long-term isolation or loneliness and financial worries.

Designed to help people identify and understand their triggers, the coach will help create a recovery plan with practical exercises and solutions.

“It gives people skills to take control,” SGT Inger said.

“Our clients are able to fully participate in their recovery rather than perhaps feeling like a passen-ger in that journey.”

Beyondblue CEO Georgie Harman said the program taught people to protect their mental health using clinically proven techniques.

Although Defence workplace stressors might be different, she said “at the end of the day, you are just as vulnerable as me”.

“I’ve had my own mental health challenges in the past couple of years, triggered by a relationship breakdown. It’s just one of those life events,” she said.

The coaching program is free for all ADF and APS Defence members and includes initial consultation and five follow-up sessions.

A pragmatic course for prag-matic people, SGT Inger said the course suited the problem-solving approach of ADF personnel.

“When we are physical ly injured, there are steps we take in order to assist ourselves,” she said.

“We go to rehab, we go to train-ing and we exercise. They’re all steps to recovery.

“That’s exactly what NewAccess offers, but for mental health.”

For more information, visit newaccessde-fence.org.au

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Chief Executive Officer beyondblue Georgie Harman during her address at the launch of the NewAccess program at Russell Offices, in Canberra. Photos: Lauren Larking

A RAN officer looks at some of the accompanying information made available a the launch.

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Submariner ‘a valuable asset’Andrew Bujdegan

LCDR Guy Burton was presented with his Federation Star on July 29 by CN VADM Mike Noonan at HMAS Stirling.

Since joining the Navy on May 29, 1978, as a midshipman, LCDR Burton has completed sea post-ings in the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Tobruk, HMAS Onslow (gaining submarine quali-fication in 1982), HMAS Orion, HMAS Oxley and in HMAS Protector as CO.

He saw operational service in 2009-10 on deployment to the Middle East region in support of Operation Slipper, and he was awarded the Australian Service Medal (clasp Special Operations)

New vans cook up a stormKate Hough

A BIG change to Navy Canteens was introduced in the small, dark hours on board HMAS Cerberus in July.

As the sun began to rise on the morn-ing of the 17th, so too did the smell of freshly cooked bacon-and-egg rolls, available free to all service and contracted personnel attending the launch of the newly revamped ‘Millies’ truck.

A naming competition for the truck ran for almost a month, with the winners announced at the unveiling.

With balloons, serviettes and stream-ers flying everywhere, XO Cerberus CMDR Matt Hoffman took up the scis-sors for the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon and the announcement of the winners.

The creativeness of the entries impressed the Navy Canteens board of directors, who chose the winners of the competition.

One name was selected for the entire fleet of food trucks, which will roll out across several Navy establishments, and a second name was selected as the ‘nick-name’ of the local Cerberus truck.

WO Vaughn Heath was on hand to receive his prize for ‘RAS Van’, the name given to the fleet of food trucks. AB CSOMW Clint Brody also received

a prize for ‘Cerbrewbus’ which has been inscribed along the front, back and side of the vehicle as its nickname.

Navy Canteens CEO Allan Hansard said the revamp of the much-loved Millies food truck was just one of the many changes being made across Navy Canteens.

“While I don’t want to spoil any of the surprises we have coming up, big things are going to happen all over Australia. Keep your eyes open,” Mr Hansard said.

Navy Canteens exists to benefit Navy personnel by providing a range of welfare and lifestyle benefits, as well as products and services.

These include SALT Merchandise, the Win With Navy Raffle, Holiday Centres, Navy Ticketing, and Canteens located on Navy Bases across Australia.

Profits generated from these activi-ties are combined to provide benefits to serving Navy personnel though the distribution of funds to Navy establish-ments, the Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund and Navy Sports Council.

Navy Canteens also facilitates a grants program to extend monetary grants to ships, sport and welfare activi-ties that benefit the Navy family.

For more information about Navy Canteens and the services available visit www.navycan-teens.com.au

The redesigned and re-furbished Canteen mobile van with its first customers, at HMAS Cerberus.Photo: POIS Nina Fogliani

in recognition of his submarine ser-vice during the 1980s.

In recent years LCDR Burton has delivered exceptional outcomes in submarine escape and rescue.

He has acted as the lead planner in five successful Black Carillon exercises, participated in the NATO submarine escape and rescue exer-cises Dynamic Monarch 14 and Pacific Reach 16, and his efforts were integral in the introduction of the new hyperbaric suite into ser-vice.

COMSUBFOR CAPT Geoff Wadley congratulated him on his loyal and proud service.

“The Submarine Service val-ues experience and LCDR Burton provides Navy with an extensive resume of varying service. The ded-ication displayed and knowledge attained over the past 40 years high-lights what a valuable asset Guy is to Navy and the Submarine Force,” CAPT Wadley said.

CN VADM Mike Noonan presents LCDR Guy Burton with his Federation Star.

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KEIREN MUIR has become quite comfort-able in hi-vis these days.

Even though he doesn’t wear a uniform, the APS marine engineer is helping to shape Navy’s future force.

Mr Muir is one of 16 civilian engi-neers enrolled in the Civilian Engineer Development Program – an initiative designed to equip people with the critical technical skills and experience required to support Navy as a smart owner in the specification, manufacture, testing, assurance, upgrade, update and upkeep of its materiel assets.

Run by the Naval Technical Bureau within Navy Engineering Division, the program operates in a similar way to the Defence Graduate program. Each successful applicant has either just graduated from an engineering degree or has spent time in private industry.

The successful applicants are put through six-month rotations, exposing them to the full spread of Navy engineering areas and ideas.

This includes technical bureaus inside and outside Navy.

Michael Gall, Assistant Recoverability Engineering Manager at Navy’s Technical Bureau in Sydney, is supervising Keiren and two other program participants with the Recoverability Cell.

“This area is quite Navy specific,” Mr Gall said.

“So the only way you can understand how APS marine engineer Keiren Muir briefs ABMT Shaw McQueen before conducting maintenance on the seawater fire main system in HMAS Canberra. Photo: ABIS Kieren Whiteley

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LEUT Jacki Clements

WHEN MIDN Jarod Brennfleck gradu-ated from Navy’s New Entry Officers’ Course in June he couldn’t have predicted that just a few weeks later he would be flying with an admiral as he began work experience to prepare him for his career as a Navy officer.

MIDN Brennfleck is undertak-ing work experience for six months at various Navy bases before com-mencing studies towards a Bachelor of Computing and Cyber Security at ADFA in 2019.

The first work experience opportu-nity for the new officer has been in the Office of the Fleet Commander, RADM Jonathan Mead.

MIDN Brennfleck accompanied

RADM Mead on an MRH-90 flight from Sydney to HQJOC, east of Canberra, in June.

“Being from Darwin, I’ve always been pretty isolated. I haven’t had much of an opportunity to fly in a plane let alone a helicopter,” MIDN Brennfleck said.

“It’s definitely an experience I will never forget.

“Although I’ve only been in the Navy for six months, it’s the coolest thing I’ve done so far.”

MIDN Brennfleck joined as an ADFA-entry intelligence officer.

The six-month work experience pro-gram is designed to allow new officers to gain in an in-depth understanding of Navy’s diverse operations.

Off to a flying start

MIDN Jarod Brennfleck with RADM Jonathan Mead after the MRH-90 flight from Sydney to HQJOC.

New travel card arrangementsPERSONNEL travelling overseas for training will no longer receive a cash advance before leaving Australia, under new changes intro-duced by COMTRAIN on July 1.

Sailors will be required to use their Defence Travel Card (DTC) to pay for services such as meals and periodically withdraw incidentals in the local currency.

These changes were introduced after a number of complaints about

incurred debts resulting from cir-cumstances outside the member’s control, or long reimbursement times for unexpected costs.

Instructions for using the DTC during periods of overseas training will be given to personnel before departing Australia.

COMTRAIN CDRE Just in Jones said he expected the initiative to save about $1 million a year, with

the savings being reinvested into the purchase or upgrade of training simulators, improving training envi-ronments and the introduction of new training methodologies.

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LEUT Anthony Martin

ONE of the aims of the 100 Days for Change program is to dispel a common misconception about who can access flexible work arrange-ments.

Men as well as women are increasingly turning towards flex-ible work arrangements tailored to suit their current family require-ments.

For LEUT Jonathan Brunsden, flexibility in the workplace provides much-needed location stability and confidence for his role as a Divisional Officer at ADFA, and as a hard-working dad to his two children.\

Jonathan’s wife, LCDR Marion Donaldson, is posted to the ADF School of Languages in Victoria studying Japanese.

LEUT Brunsden said both of them pursuing careers in the Navy had required a delicate balance and long discussions with NPCMA and their respective commands.

“However, with divisional sup-port we have been able to balance our family and career commit-ments,” LEUT Brunsden said.

“We have taken turns to deploy and complete postings that require time away from the family, and have also taken advantage of parental leave and flexible working options to ensure we can meet our profes-sional and personal obligations.

“We both aspire to continue our careers in Navy, but we recognise that we need to balance that with maintaining our relationship and the needs of our children.”

Navy encourages its people to balance their work and lives through

the provision of flexible working arrangements and conditions, flex-ible leave arrangements and by pro-moting wellbeing.

Essentially, workplace flexibility enables the needs of Navy and its people – both ADF and APS – to be met through making changes to the time, location and manner in which an employee works.

The 100 Days for Change initia-tive represents 100 days to work together and take practical action to effect real change.

The aim is to empower indi-viduals and organisations, across all industries and sectors, to make all kinds of large- and small-scale changes.

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LEUT Jonathan Brunsden juggles the role of both parents while his wife, LCDR Marion Donaldson, is posted interstate. Photo: LEUT Tony Martin

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TWELVE young women with a keen interest in mechanical and technical trades from across Australia attended the Women in Navy Technical Trades Camp at HMAS Cairns at the beginning of July.

During the four-day camp the second-ary students were provided with an inter-active experience of a range of technical and mechanical trades available within Navy.

They participated in various work-shops at the Fleet Support Unit and were exposed to roles such as electronics tech-nician and marine technician.

Prue Mawhood, who attends Hobart College in Tasmania, has been interested in pursuing a career in Navy for several years.

“Before attending the camp, I was interested in becoming an electronic tech-nician,” Ms Mawhood said.

“After having the chance to rebuild an engine, I decided I want to work with larger components and will pursue a career as a marine technician.”

The young women were accommo-dated at the nearby Australian Navy Cadet

unit Training Ship, TS Endeavour, which provided the opportunity to engage with strong diverse role models within Navy and learn more about the expectations and lifestyle, including participating in daily physical training.

As well as the hands-on components of the camp such as engineering activi-ties, the young women attended presen-tations, demonstrations and held Navy career path discussions with Defence Force Recruiting personnel.

“After completing year 12, I am going to apply for the Navy Gap year program, to ensure I am a good fit for Navy before signing up,” Ms Mawhood said.

“I enjoyed the camp and would recom-mend the experience to any young women considering a trade in the Navy.”

The camp is a joint Defence Force Recruiting and Defence Work Experience Program initiative, supported by Navy Diversity and Inclusion.

Linked to Navy’s commitment to 100 Days for Change, this year’s camp was the third to be held.

For more information about Defence Work Experience Programs, visit http://www.defence.gov.au/workexperience/

One of the participants at the Women in Navy Technical Trades Camp, Riley Fletcher, is supervised while doing some welding at the Fleet Support Unit in HMAS Cairns.

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AFTER taking the reins as operational top dog, the first Air Force CJOPS, AIRMSHL Mel Hupfeld,

is looking forward to working in a “complex strategic environment” for the coming four years.

His focus will be making sure the people on the ground realise the importance of their work.

“There’s not one deployed person whose work isn’t valuable to our mission. I want everyone to realise how important the work they do is and how much I value it,” AIRMSHL Hupfeld said.

“Flying hasn’t been the thing that’s kept me in the system through the years. For the latter part of my career, it’s been about the people I’ve worked with and the feeling that through them I can contribute to making a difference.

“Sometimes there are people who don’t realise how important their role is. But I do, and my staff know, and I want to be out there to support them as much as I need to support the overall operational out-comes for Australia’s security.”

In an uncertain world where operational support has to be pro-vided in our region and worldwide, AIRMSHL Hupfeld said the biggest challenge he, and Defence, faced was the need to be agile, responsive and ready for whatever the govern-ment may need.

“We can plan well ahead for a number of opportunities, but things pop up all the time,” he said.

“ISIL’s rise was foreseen by few and we don’t know when or where the next natural disaster will occur.

“We want to work alongside our key partners to be ready to support and secure our region, but that takes work and effort from many more people than me.

“There are so many people we have to integrate, coordinate, understand and communicate with to deliver collectively what govern-ment needs.”

When he joined the Air Force AIRMSHL Hupfeld just wanted to fly and never thought he would make it to the three-star level.

“I wanted to fly fighters, then I

wanted to keep flying fighters and then I thought it might be nice to be the CO of a fighter squadron,” he said.

“I didn’t stop flying until I was the Air Commander. Then I was put into a staff job in Canberra, which was a big levelling step.

“Going from a staff role back into operations has brought back all of the excitement I felt when I was flying fighters. Being CJOPS is a really exciting and unique, but chal-lenging, role.”

After being in a Canberra-based force design role for the past few years, AIRMSHL Hupfeld said meeting the people producing “extraordinary outcomes” will be the most rewarding part of his new role.

“I could lock myself in my office and spend 24 hours a day reading and signing documents, but the key to making decisions is getting out and understanding what we’re try-ing to do and how we’re doing it. I recognise our people give their all to their jobs, especially while deployed, so I want to make their work not just more effective, but also more efficient, so the right level of work gets done,” he said.

“It’ll make Defence a more proficient force, but it’ll also give people more time to achieve a good work-life balance, which everyone – including the senior leadership – needs.

“I want to get home at night and spend time with my wife and fam-ily, recharge, then come back to the office the next day to work as hard as I can. But I also want to make sure everyone else gets the same opportunity.”

Even though he has referred to himself as a “joint officer”, rather than an Air Force officer, for a while now, AIRMSHL Hupfeld’s love of flying hasn’t dimmed over his 38-year career.

He owns a light aircraft, which is being refurbished, as well as a share in a P-51 Mustang, the aircraft that kick-started his love of fighter aircraft on a school day in his home-town of Broken Hill.

“I remember my dad came burst-

The new CJOPS wants every deployed person to realise how valuable their work is, CPL Sebastian Beurich reports

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AIRMSHL Mel Hupfeld is the first Air Force CJOPS. Inset: Then AIRCDRE Hupfeld pilots a P-51 Mustang in Queensland in 2009.Main Photo: Jay Cronan.

ing into my classroom, which he never did, and dragged me out to the local airport to see a Mustang take off,” AIRMSHL Hupfeld said.

“Along with the Spitfire, the Mustang has always been one of my favourite aeroplanes, so when an opportunity came up to buy a share of one, I couldn’t say no.

“It’s based up in Caboolture, so I haven’t had an opportunity to fly it in a few years, but all up I have about 70 flying hours in it.

“It’s a wonderful little aircraft – 1600 horsepower in front of you on a huge propeller is fantastic. It really is a great fighter.”

His humble origins as a country boy haven’t completely worn off, with AIRMSHL Hupfeld encour-aging everyone to “come and say g’day” if they see him out and about.

“If I’m out visiting the troops, I want the focus to be on the people, from whatever part of the organi-sation, who are doing wonderful, amazing, extraordinary work,” he said.

“I just happen to be there learn-ing about what they do.”

AIRMSHL Hupfeld with Commander Joint Task Force 633 RADM Jaimie Hatcher in the Middle East in July. Photo: POIS Andrew Dakin

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CPL Julia Whitwell

AN on-field police chase for the ADF Rugby Union team ended with a 24-12 win for Defence in the Major General Ronald Grey Cup at Portsea Oval, Canberra, on July 20.

The ADF struggled for possession against the Australian Police Rugby Union (APRU), pushing for 17 min-utes to score their first try that went unconverted.

Defence piled on the points with two more tries in the 28th and 30th minutes.

The police finally responded with a try just before half time.

The second half offered few chanc-es for the ADF to score, as the police dominated possession, trying to best the ADF’s defence.

Another try for each team settled the score at 24-12 in the ADF’s favour.

ADF team captain CPL Nicholas MacPherson, of School of Infantry, said both sides were strong and the win came from the ADF sticking to their game plan.

“We planned to use our width to attack their fringes, which worked well for us,” CPL MacPherson said.

“We had a couple of really good line breaks in the first half, then a cou-ple of really good second efforts from the boys.

“They came out in the second half and really stuck it to us, but in the end we managed to defend really well and turn it around.”

CPL Peatrie Birney, of 33SQN, RAAF Amberley, said the score didn’t represent how tight the game was.

“It was a great game, really well-played. Credit to the police, they put up a really good fight and made us work for it right to the end,” CPL Birney said.

“Luckily we were able to move the ball when we got possession. We worked on our defence a lot, which showed in this game.

“They held the majority of the ball, but we turned it into attack and got the win.”

The annual fixture is named in hon-our of MAJGEN Ronald Grey, who served as CO 7RAR in Vietnam, and later as the Commissioner of the AFP.

The trophy was presented by Governor-General GEN (retd) Sir Peter Cosgrove.

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French just too strong in cup winTHE French Women’s Rugby Club de la Marine Nationale’s (RCMN) two-week rugby tour to Australia culmi-nated at Victoria Barracks on July 27 with a thrilling 39-21 victory against the Royal Australian Navy Rugby Union (RANRU) women’s side.

The two navy teams were playing for the inaugural Admiral’s Cup.

RANRU head coach LEUT Robert Drinkwater said the game was a true test match.

“Both teams knew they had been into battle and given their all,” LEUT Drinkwater said.

“While we did not achieve the out-come we were after, I could not have asked for anything more from the RANRU squad.

“We had to play with very little ball, the French dominated the set piece but our defence and attack was sublime. I am so proud of the team’s display.”

The aim of the match was to solidify the passion and common beliefs the two nations share, and take the mutual cooperation between both navies onto the rugby field.

While there is a history of com-petition between the men’s sides, this was the first, and certainly not the last, between the two women’s teams.

In future, the Admiral’s Cup will be played between either the men or the women, in Australia or France.

The quality of the match didn’t disappoint. It was a fast and hard-hitting game with impressive skills on display from both nations.

Player of the Match LS Shannon Evans reflected on the experience and what it meant to her to wear the Navy blue.

“It is always such an honour put-ting on the Navy jersey, and it meant so much more to run out on an inter-national stage,” LS Evans said.

“The French were tough, but I

believe our defence stuck together and put the pressure on when we needed it.

“They were good in the scrums which hurt us a bit, but I think collec-tively as a team we gave it everything we could.”

Seasoned RANRU, ADFRU and ACT Brumby AB Courtney Frankl said she was excited about the future of Navy rugby and believed this was the start of many international match-es in the future.

“Bringing the RANRU game to an international level is just another step forward for women’s rugby,” AB Frankl said.

“I look forward to continuing with the French Navy, and hopefully bring-ing other teams into the fold.

“Women’s rugby is moving for-ward in leaps and bounds and it is a great thing to see.”

In the lead-up to the match both teams also participated in a 100 Days for Change sport and engineering speed mentoring event.

Hosted at HMAS Watson women from the RAN engineering commu-nity and both teams converged to lis-ten, engage and find mentorship that will hopefully promote future unity and change for women in sport and engineering.

Captain of the RANRU team AB Tika Yeend said she believed everyone benefited from the experience.

“The 100 Days for Change was a great opportunity to meet other women who have excelled in their field,” AB Yeend said.

“I think this initiative is a great idea moving forward and will give others the opportunity to network with fellow females in all aspects of work and life.”

Jubilant members of the French Women’s Rugby Club de la Marine Nationale hold the Admiral’s Cup aloft after winning the inaugural match between the Australian and French Navies. Photos: ABIS Kieren Whiteley

LSPTI Amy Carpenter converts a try for the Navy Women’s Rugby team during their match against the French at Victoria Barracks, Sydney.

K-series shake-upSGT Dave Morley

MAJOR changes to the way the Kapooka K-Series events will be held should lead to more units and indi-viduals being able to take part, according to K-Series organiser MAJ Jon Morgan.

MAJ Morgan said the 2018-19 Kapooka K-Series would be conducted over a series of dates instead of, as in previous years, trying to play all sports on one day.

“The changes to the format of the K-Series are intended to make the sports more appealing to teams from Defence from a scheduling perspective,” he said.

“ARTC at Kapooka and the greater Wagga Wagga community have excellent facilities which will hope-fully attract more teams to compete in the series.”

The series will be held from October 20-November 10. A number of sports, such as touch football and mixed netball would no longer be played due to reduced participation from ADF teams. Mountain bik-ing will be introduced, with a four-hour teams event at Pomingalarna MTB trail, near Kapooka, on October 20. Water Polo K5s will be held at Kapooka Pool on October 27 and rugby league K9s on November 10.

Rugby union and golf will be played in March 2019 and a one-off Defence teams AFL match is planned to be held at Robertson Oval, Wagga, in May 2019.

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SMNCIS Nicki Davies vies for the ball with French Navy Women’s Rugby player Linda Kacem in a lineout during the inaugural Admiral’s Cup match at Victoria Barracks on July 26. Photo: ABIS Kieren Whiteley