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VOLUME 36 No.21 Navy News, 2 MacIflay SI, Pons Pom!. 20t 1. Of PO Box 706. oa~inghlJrsl. 2OtO. Phone. (02)359 2308 Fax: (02) 3592199

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~Tribu!ed \tw"oughout aU RAN ships ~ Hlabl05hmenls and 10 5erYIng personnel wt>ereve< !hey may be November 5, 1993

"Fin o,,~ .. ••• IIMAS DARWIN ""melli"g a Sto.ndorrJ missik in Ih~ EIlsI Auslralia E:uf"tis~ aua.. PicINr~ b!1 ABPII SUruJII PlllrSO".

IIl'o1AS DA RWIN has successfully fired '1000 SMI missiles nd is on cOll~ to resume as a fully opera· tional unit OrlM RAN.

!he fury of DARWIN's CIWS saw three towed tar· gets destroyed In se parate firings,~ corresponde nl SOL TRod Targa rc:ports.

He says 1m, gu,,!ed missile frigate. under the command of Commander L.N. Pataky, has lived up 10 her mollO of RES URGENT by ri s ing from a reduced actility peri· od ( RAP) and selected rc:51rictcd availability (SRA ).

She salb for Western Australia in Decembe r. returning to Sydney in February nut year for the Fleet Concentration period. RIMPAC T,"k Group train· ing and RIMPAC 94 pre­deployment prc:paralions.

SB LT Targa reports that after an eight month RAP, in Sydney. the ship has emerged 10 be OIl the way 10

becomIng an operation al Fleet unit.

FoIlo"'·mg the RAP, ",·hich ended In ApTlI. DARW IN began SRA.

OUTIng thIS period pre­work-up trai ning was con­ducted. the ship's superstruc­ture was strengthened. and the combat system was being prc:pared for Combat System Ship Qualification Trials.

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(By NQM M~"tor Tl'OIII kad~,.. LCDR 8.J. FrtgOtlJ Tbe I\.lHQAUST NQM Mentor Team has been extremely active since its introduction in ~pttmber 1992.

One of the most successful ventures was a deployment onboard HMAS SUCCESS, in company wilb HMA Ship!r HOBART. MELBOURNE and DERWENT.

The deployment was brought about by a request from the commanding officer of HMAS SUCCESS.

Faci liuuor training bids earlier by Aut Units had not been possible due !O ship's programs and the e~isling program of the Mentor Team.

The Menlor Team joined HMAS SUCCESS in the Pon of Vila and returned to Austrnlia from Manila.

During the deployment, the Mentor Team condocted NQM awareness sessions onboard HMA Ships SUCCESS. MEL· BOURNE. HOBART and DERWENT to a captive but recep­\ i\'( audience of approximately 800 pe~L

U ikely place for a Ifi rst l The Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, with

its older style weatherboard houses., is an unlikely place fo r an Australian Derence Force " first".

Despite this. Famil y Broadmeld o ws Logistic Liaison OHicer Gail Keast Ballalio n arra nged every· and her colleagues M ark thing ebe from linen to M aloney and Mary anne ki tc hen requirements and Duslr.:ov ie _ in eonjunc tion even toys for the children." with Broadmeadows Family After I trial period of six Ce ntre _ have started the months with Anny.!be faeil· first short tenn accommoda. ity is now open to Navy and tion centre in Australia. RAAF.

"We 51aned the centre to T he house is located at aHow for single parents with BroOOme:adows Anny Barracks. limited aeeen to ho us ing Camp Road. Broadmeadows. and ADF personnel requiring Melbourne. Defence Families short term accommodatio n who wish to usc thoe Centre for s uch things as hospitll can contact Gai l Keast. visits." Gail Keast said. Family Liaison Officer or a

"Ddeoce Housing AUlh· social wo rker on (03) 282 Drity provided the house and 5183.

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In addition 10 these Iwareness sessiOl1$. an NQ M FacilitalOr Course WI! oond\IC1t:d wtUle )In(lerway.

The course. conducled in !be j unior sailors rttreation space ooboartl HMAS SUCCESS WI! made up of six persons from each ship.

Course panicipants were eothusiastic. creative. responsive and contributed to the success of the course.

They were often drenchoed to !be skin following their daily transfer by boat to HMAS SUCCESS.

OUTSTANDING SUCCESS The en tire venture was an outstanding success. mainly due

to the exccp'ional support of the commanding officer. execu· tive orrlCer and ship·s company of HMAS SUCCESS.

In particular, the executive officer's gO( us to and from our destinations on lime and safely.

The deployment was a success with lhe following results achieved:

• CondUCted awareness presentations for approximately 800 personnel.

• Trained and accredited 23 NQM facilitators. • Provided advice 10 and attended quality group meetings on

HMA Ships IIOBART and DERWENT. and • Were able to provide supped 10 existing and newly trained

facilitators.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT Two areas involving process improvement particularly wor·

thy of IIOIe were: • The outmnding work by the AB in chatge of the !laint

locker 011 HMAS SUCCESS. • The quality a:roup tenns of reference and code of conduct

produced by !be quality group of HMAS HOBART. Should you wish to obtain further in formation regarding

these activities you an: encouraged 10 contact the individual ships.

The concept of providing NQM support and training at sea was favourably received and proved a resounding success.

The intel"C5\ generated by the MenlOr Team being accessible 10 all personnel both during and out of worting hours could not ha ve been anticipated.

Should you wish 10 contribulC to any futllre articles. you are invited 10 contact !be MHQAUST Mentor Team 011 (02) 359 3563.

SBLT L, ,,,, Ptt~~r triols "GQCA" OffboGrd SUCCESS ..,i,h IISsisla"U from LEUT Chttk.

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(By AnlOny U1Id~,. .. 'o"fxxi) A Navy human resources specialist is visiting a ship to test a new system

or performance appraisal of officers and warrant offi cers.

The new system IS

designed \0 mO(ivale those being assessed and to pro· vide a ~ even metnod of assessment.

i'II:Mx:aIively titled "GOCA" (pronounced "Golcha!"). il was designed by SBLT Lynn Peever to replace the current PR5 form whieh has been used in one form or another since !be mid·80s.

"The new form feature s goalselling. assessment of performance o n those goals and on abilities specific to the bi llel," she said.

"Another departure from

the PRS system is assessing pOlent ial sepa rately from current performance."

SBL T Peever said lhoe new syStem followed recommen· dations fr o m the RAN Officer Career S tudy and subseq uent reviews w hich indicated some shortcomingS in the PRS system.

"It also reflects changes in management phi losophy implicit in the adoption of Naval Quality Management and the value it places on personnel·1ed innovation."

SBLT Pee"er said \he new syslem should be easy to

understand and use and thoe pilot· test being eonducted with officers onboard HMAS SUCCESS should confirm il.

""The test will be conduct· ed over twO weeks and then (jnal adjustments made before Ihe new system is pre· sented for examination by the C hief of Naval Stafrs Advisory Committee." she said.

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Five sailors from the Au stralian destroyer HMAS P E RT H (CO, CAPT R. E. Sha lders) a r e be in g hailed as he r oes in J a pan arte r th eir actio n during a b u ildi ng ri Te in Kag­osh im a early on Tuesday morning which saved the lives of three people.

on the roof. The sailors entered the

first floor via side stairs and anacked the fire using a large BCF-type extinguisher and a garden hose.

They found the seat of the fife in a first-floor room.

The sailors continued to fight the fire until the local fire brigade arrived some 10 minutes later.

Afte r being relieved by the Kagoshima brigade. the sailors remained on the

scene providing suppon until the fire was OUI.

The brigade removed the tbree people - a fatber. mother and cbild - from the roof. All were suffering from smoke inhalation and one had minor burru;.

Local Fire Chief Mr Matsumoto Kenichi later presented the five Australian sailors with Kagosllima Fire Brigade caps and badges at an impromptu ceremony on board their ship.

The badge of the Kagosbima Fire Brigade fea­tures a stylised koala' s face.

The sailors involved were; Petty Officer Graham Campbell of Cherrybrook (Sydney); Leading Seaman Andrew Burke of Fairlight; Leading Seaman Owen Redman of Chalswood; Leading Seaman Paul Krekelberg of Blacktown; and Able Seaman Karl Forcey of Mermaid Waters, Gold Coasl.

The sailors involved, led by Petty Officer Graham Campbell . of Cllerrybrook (Sydney), had stopped at a roadside stall while returning to the ship.

T h.ey heard screams and ran 50 metre s to a three­storey building on the comer of Kagoshima ' s Perth Avenue (Penh is the sister city of Kagoshima) which was well alight.

Changes announced for senior officers

Three people were trapped

The C hief of Na val Staff, Vice Admi ral Mac­Dougall, has announced several senior officers' pro­motionslpostings.

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The current Maritime Commander Australia, RADM R.A.K. Walls. is posted to HMAS KUT­TABUL for leave pending further pos t ing on December 6. while RADM B.D. Chalmers is posted to Maritime Headquarters on the same date prior to tak­ing up the Maritime Commander's role on December 7.

CORE 0.1. Campbell is posted to HMAS HAR­MAN on December I for leave and promoted to rear admiral from January 13 next year with rank seniori­ty of July 1. 1993. CORE Campbell is further posted to HARMAN (Navy Office) on January 13 as Deputy Chief of Naval StaffWEF January IS.

Also, CORE c.J. OxenbQuld is promoted to rear admiral effective December 4 as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff -Personnel.

Meanwhile, the Navy 's Melbourne-based Training Command is to be headed by an admiraL

The announcement of the new position and the promotion of the RAN Tra ining Commander. Commodore Peter Briggs. to fill the pos ition in the rank of rear admiral from November I follow s the down-grading of the Submarine Project Dir­ector's position in Canberra from rear admiral to com­modore.

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New Marilime Commnnder ... RADM Chalmen.

The Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Ray, said he had approved the establishment of the position of Flag Officer Naval Training Command in the rank of rear admiral.

The Minister said the decision to upgrade the po sH\on of Training Commander to a level equal to that of the Sydney-base d Maritime and Support Commanders renects the implementation of the RAN's Repatriation of US Training (RUST) program.

"Navy has a highe r per capita training requirement than the other Services and spends significantly more o n external tra in ing." he said.

"During the last finan ­cial year, fo r exampl e . naval expenditure o n over­seas tra ining was three times that of the Air Force and four times greater than Anny." Senator Ray said,

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T he Navy has na m ed its senior sailor : he is Warra nl Officer Pa u l Whitta k er, a combat system s ma nager with 29 years' service.

T he new position o f Warran t Officer of the Navy will be the most senior non­commissioned posilion in the Royal Australian Navy.

T be position a nd rank • which equale 10 those of the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army and Wa rrant Officer of the RAAF. have been created 10:

• provide the Chief of Naval Staff with information on the feelings and conce rns of sai lors;

• help mainta in the high standards of disc ipline and moral s of RAN sailors; and

• advise tbe Chief of Na va l Slaff o n mauers affccting sailors.

WOCSM Wbittaker was drawn from a total of 244 warrant officers in the RAN.

Etigibl1ity criteria includ­ing a minimum five years service in the rank meant that of these 64 were eligi­ble, a number reduced to a short-list of six from which WOCSM Whiuaker was chosen.

WOSCM Paul Whittabr - soon 10 bt rhefint Wamrnt Officer oftht Na~J.

He will assume the posi­lion in December.

Rank insignia will be sim­ilar to Ihose of the RSM of the Army and Warrant Officer of the RAAF - basi-

cally tbe Australian coat-of· arms customarily denoting tbe rank of warrant officer with a distinguishing laurel wreath surround.

The Chief of Naval StafT. Vice Admiral MacDougall. said the Warrant Officer of tbe Navy will work a s a member ofllis personal staff.

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'11Ie new position is one to which all superior warrant officers should aspire and one whicb will allow me to

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! (LCDR C. Maslen) has i : fiully campltad her : Erint refit since Iht ship ! §: wu acquired from tht ! :nallo".1 Sartty of . ! AuSlralia (NSCA) Jn i aim. i - -- -- -:: The refit was undenakeo ! - -i llt Forgacs Dockyard in i : Newc3Slle and commenced : - -: lastApril. :: 15 i ! Originally ~hcduled (01 ! complett on June 30, Iht l­! refit sli pped right three :: months. largely due to the - -5 'X\enl of emergent work ! ! which arose from inspec- :: - -:: lions and sun' cys. :I: - -- -- -

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The Darwin·based patrol boat HMAS DUBRO (LCDR A.G. Rankin ) has athle.'ed a major milr!itone byexceed­Ing more than 250.000 nau· tkal miles s ince commis­sIonIng.

DUBBO is the 12th of IS Fremamle class patrol boalS 10 be built for the RAN and was launched on January 21. 1984.

After sea Iriah Ihe ship was accepted inlO service and commissioned at HMAS CAIRNS o n March 10. ,"".

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Si nce then DUBBO ha~ carried out numerous tasks. including fhherie s palrols, sulwillance duties and major exerci$C.'l across the noAh of Aus tra lia, alon g Ihe cast COlSl Ind through Bass Strait, as well as into South­WeM Pacific waters .

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Resplendenl in a newi coal of orange and ye llow:! and arguably the mos tl colourful ship in the RAN. PROTECTOR arrived

I back alongside HMAS I : PLATYPUS on Sepcember -5 18 for a two-week AMP. 5 before oommcncing a two- I = ,.:uk slW::edown period. : - -- -- -- . -: PROTECTOR IS to be :

lbe quarter millionth mile ticked over just before mid­night on Friday. September

24, 1993, "'hile the ship was off the west coast of Aus tralia, entering Ihe Lacepedes Channel enroute from Darwin to Broome.

DUBBO WIS Dine years and 167 days old when the milestone WIS reached and had been underway for

24.S93 hours since commis­sioning.

The OOW lollS PONPC Dave Biddle who said it had been a n ho nour 10 be on watch at the time and to be serving in the Top Boal of the Top End.

OUBBO will celebrate her

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For the four it ~~nted a novel pouing for phase two and a chance to become familiar with the opcra1tons o f the United States Na\'y (USN).

BUNKER HILL is a for­ward deployed un it of the US Sevent h Fleet and is task:ed with the air defence o f a banle group cenlrcd on USS INDEPENDENCE. an aircraft carrier also based in Yokosuka.

Yok:osuka is the USN's largesl base in Japan with 10 ships based Ihere and is SOkm south east of Tok:yo.

Throughoul the period the four were accommodated onboard BUNKER HILL.

As the USN docs nOl, as yet, allow women to sc:rve at sea o n warships Ihe o nly accommodation j udged su it· able for the two females was the admiral's cabin. complete with ensuite and <.lay cabin.

On arrival e..-h AuslnIJian was attached to a US junior officer so as to get a bener apprecialion of the ship and the wornngs of the USN.

Initially it involved a5$isl­ing in Ihe completion of BUNKER HILL's four­month AMP.

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The last t\\·o \\'eeb of the exchange saw BUNKER HILL al SCll conducti ng exercises 10 prepare for a deployment 10 the Persian Gulf.

The exercises and ship's general rouhne enabled tnc four 10 gain an understand­ing o f the work ings o f the USN.

A quaint tradition to which Ihey were inmxluced WlS - cigar smok ing, sea story s wapping and sunset watching· after the evening meal.

Anotncr notable evenl was when, to I dd aUlhenticity to man overboard dri lls, the captain jumped overboard.

Despite inilial superficial differences . such as termi­nology and job requirements, the navies were found to be similar.

While in Japan the four had the opportunity of expe­rienc inl Japanese culture. old and ntw.

This ranged from visiting Kamak ura - the o ld , tradi ­tio nal capital of Japan - 10 explon", Tok:yo (inclOOing a day al Tok:yo Dis.ncyland).

An insight was gained of American society Ihrough contlct It the numerous facilities It Yok:osuka Navy B~.

10th annivc=try of rommis· sioningonMarch ]0,1994.

SubjccllO formaJ approval the ship's company is plan­ning 10 visit the City of DIIbbo in NSW to celebrate the ship's birthday and to conduct a freedom of entry march through the cily.

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(From Mia WwIOtl ill CkJ .... ·ill) Australia's hard-working Frr.manlle class patrol

boats netted eight illegal nshing boats during one of the biggest n sheries surveillance operations of the year orr the north-west coast during September and October.

RAN patrol bo.atS worked with Coastwatch aircraft. and Ausua1ian Fisheries Manage· ment Authority officers to locate and board about 160 Indonesian fishing boats in the area between Ashmore Reef and the nonh coast of Western Australia.

Under a memorandum of understanding between Indonesia and AU5traIia. tra­ditional boats using ttldi· tional methods are peililillcd to fish in certain waters off tbe north-west coast.

AttnK:ted by fair seas and high prices for shark fin. a large neet of sail powered prahus sci out from the island of Roti in Indonesia in A ... g ... st for the Ashmore Reef area.

By carty September many of the wooden-hulled boau had strayed up to 70 nautical miles outside the permitted area and were fishing ilJcgaUy.

In response to I. request from CoaSt watch. and ADF joint force headquaners in Darwin. Nonhem Command.

commenced a fisheries sur· veillance operation which would eyenlually inyolye five plnol boals from Darwin and one from HMAS STIRLING,

WOUONGONG, GAW­LER. LA UNCESTON. DUBBO, GEELONG and WA·based BUN BURY all took their tum "on station" in the Timor Sea weu of Darwin, mainUlining a con­tinuous Naval presence in the fishing area over six ..... eeks.

The patrol boats boarded

up to a dozen boau a day to check the IIllL'lter's licence, to ascenain how many people were onboard, what fishing methods " 'ere u!ied and ..... hat fish they were catching.

If the boats were out of the MOU area. they were warned back into permitted waters . Persistent offenders were escorted to Darwin for funne r inycstigation by the AlI5tra1ian Fi~ Manage­ment Authority.

LeDR Peter Metcalf. of Nonhern Command opera­tions staff, said the eight yes·

sels brought in during this operation had blatantly dim­garded warnings 10 mum to the p<:""ittcd area and 5Ilme

had aroaaIly moved closer to the Australian mainland when they were boarded again.

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A Ught Off Examination (LOE) and Sea Acceptance Trials (SATS) were carried o ut after this period along with Fleet StafT-rovercd ~ sail checks.

CSSQT commenced in early Aug ... !t foHowing the arrival of the Squirrel night team from 723 Squadron.

All weapons and systems successfully completed qual­ification trials including the MK92 FCS and 76mm Gun. which aclticved the best ever RAN SQT scores for an AA Gun shoot.

At the e nd of Augu st. DARWIN visi ted Newcastle. A fam ily sea day on the Sunday shortened the visit as famil ies sailed with lhc ship to Sydney.

The familie s day was a succusfu l day at sea. and was enjoyed by Ihe s hip's company and their families.

WORK-UP Before the hectic routines

of ..... ork·up began, DARWIN hid a two-week SMP It Sydney in mid-September.

The Combat System Trainer Van (CSTV) was hooked up to the ship and provided valuable pre-work­up training fo r the ship's warfare team.

Work· ... p commenced in late September with encour­agement from the Sea TBining Group ("wc're here to help"), better known J.5

"wrccken".

The ship's company have been and continue working hard to bring the ship up to meet the Fleet Operational , .........

Durine work-up Torpedo. CIWS and numerous G ... n firings were conducted. and DARWIN successfully fired two SMI miuilcs.

The ( ... ry o f DARWIN 's CIWS saw three lowed tar­gets destroyed in separate firings.

DARWIN'$ Work· up Progress Evaluation (WUPE) was a val ... able learning ohy and provided a taste o f things to come during the Operational Readiness Evaluat ion (ORE) pro­grammed for mid·October.

HECTIC Although the stan of

wOlk-up was hectic, there wn time for other tasks at sea such as cleaning.

The ship's E)(ecutiye Officer, LCDR Tony Aldred (leader in the DARWIN

golden microphone ud soapbo~ stakes) has hi s own command priorities: clean, fight, move. float.

The ship's company haye got on with the job Ind the ship is indeed showing the benefits of defence watch cleaning.

October began on I glori· ous day with DARWIN par­ticipating in the Fleet Entry inlo Sydney harbour.

The Fleet Entry was later followed by a successful Fleet Week reception held onboard DARWI N and ADELA IDE al Fleet Base W •.

There was no long week­end for DARWIN, however, as the s hip sailed on the Monday 10 begin work-u p period two.

BASEPORT Fo llowing wo rk -up and

the O RE in mid-October, DARWIN w ill have an Integrated Local Area Network (NAVSIS LAN) inSUll1cd and Woman At Sea Modifications.

A 7.2 metre Ri gid InnaUible Boat (RIB) and a Slewing Ann Davit (SLAD) will also be added to the ship while p reparing for Bascponing to W A.

Analogous to the mythical Phoenix, a symbol of rcbinh afler Ihe o rdeal of fire . HMA S DARWIN has emerged from the ashes o f RAP and SRA to be reborn and hcrJ.ld Ihe ship's motto. RESURGENT, SBLT Targa concludes.

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A Se nate Standing Committee will begin taking public sub missions In D«ember ror the inquiry into the incidence or sexual harassment or sexual assault in the RAN.

Chief of Naval 513". Vicc Admiral Ian M:acDougall. has encouraged any mem o bers intending to make a submission, to do so berore Ihe deadline of No~embcr 15. 1993.

The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign AffaIrs, Defence and Trade announced the ,nquiry fOl­lowing complaints of ,;c~ual harassment and assault aboard HMAS SWAN dur­ing and after E:tereise Kangaroo 92.

The fint two public hear­mg days are scheduled for December 17 and 20. 1993. The Comminee is e)lpecled \0 p~nl its findings before Ille final PaTti.men-aty sil­tingday in Fcbruary. 1m.

GUIDELINES '[be Committee has issued

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• There is no presc ribed form for a wrillen submis­sion to a parliamentary com­millee. Submiuions can be made in a leller, a suhstanuaJ paper or a sllon document. Appendices and o ther sup­port ing documents c an be attached to the submission which may contain fa c ts, opinions, arguments and rec­ommendations for &Ction.

• Tile submission may cover all points raised in lhe Commiuee's tenns of refer­ence for the inquiry (sec the separate listin, o f the Commiu ee's T erms o f Reference) or a selection of them. However, Ihe Terms of Reference usually provide a useful s.tructure for submis· 51005.

• Where possible, submis­sions should be typed on A4 paper 10 auiSI wi lh repro­duction . Where Iyping faei li­tics arc DOl available. legible lIand" .. riuen submissions arc acceptable. "The Senate com· millees use IBM PC AT compatible computer equip­ment. It is advisable for sub­stanlial s ubmissions 10 be presented on l10ppy di sks as well lIS hard copy. The pre­ferred formalS arc MS OOS Word PerfC(;t VS.1 or VS. or IBM ASCII .

• The submission sllould be signed by the author either on hislher own behalf or on behalf of an organisa· lion. Those signing submis­sions on behalf of an organi_ sa l ion s hould indieDte al what level the submi ssion has been authorised.

• Where evidence is given which n:f1ecls ad\'crsely on a person and the evidence is oonsidcred 10 be n:levanl. the comminee is required to pro­vide a n:asonable opportuni· ty for that person to have access 10 that evidence and to respond in wr illng and appear before the committee.

PUBLISHED • Any submission may be

published by the commiuee. There may be submissions which an author would pre­fer not to be made public. In this case tile au th or may request that the submission (or pan of it) remain confi­dential. This should be clear. ly marked in the submission. that pan should be submil1ed separately if possible. The commince will then consider the request for confKkntiality.

• "The comprehensive pr0.­tections and requ irements of the Parliamentary Privileges ACI 1981 apply 10 the inqu iry. Thus, no ac tion of any kind may be tlken IgaiMt a person for making a submission and no submis­sion may be used in COU/U or

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tribunals to question the truth. motives or credibility of any po: rson.

• Once the Committee rece ives a s ubm ission. it must not be published or dis­closed for any other person in that form without the Committee's authorisation. If its publications is not autho­rised. such publication could be in contempt of Parliament.

• The Committee may not accept a submission that is not relevant to Ihe inquiry. The authors in Ihese cases will be informed.

• Authors of submissions an: sometimes asked to give onl evidence before a com­mittee al a public lIearing. This allows the commincc to examine panicular issues in grealer detail. and the author has 1M opportunity to ampli­fy poinls made. or provide ar;Idition.al information.

• Anyone requiring fur­Iher detai ls should contact the se n ior C le rk of Committees (06) 271 3506 o r the Senate Commi ttee Office (06) 2113535. . Where to send submis- . 51005:

All RAN personnel nnd their families should feel free tn make personal wrillen submissions to:

T he Secretary. Senate Standing Commillee on FlXeign AffaIrs. Defence and Trade . S I .59 (20-3). Parliament House:. CllIIbern ACT 2600.

Operation " Lifeguard". Anyone ,,"reSiling wilh a

problem relating to unac­ceptable behaviour can seck immediate support by calling the "Operation Lifeguard" toll -fre e number (008 644241) fro m anywhere within Austra lia. ISO num­bers for oversea5 posts will be announced soon.

TIle 008 number provides a prompt informatio n and referral service for anyone who considers they ha ve been subjected to, accused of, or witncs5 to any form of discrimination or harllSsmenl and who now seeks infonna_ tion about their rights and options for funher aClion.

"The CNS has empllasiscd the seriousness with whic h Navy views sexual harass_ me nt and has place d the highest priority on promot­ing a series of ne w educa­tional ini tiat ives aimed at erad icati ng unacceptable sexual behaviour from Ihe Service.

Navy members will hne already not iced c hanlCS emerging as /lCW policies arc implemented 10 better refkct our working envi ronment. All Navy personnel will be exposed to a through-carcer education and training pro­g ram , developed by the GWRP. which addres.ses the whole issue of unacceptable behaviour in the Service.

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Rear Admiral W.D.H. Graham (Rid), \II'ho was the first non-seaman branch officer to become Flag Officer Commanding Easl Australia Area (l-'OCEA). has passed a~·ay.

He joined the RAN in 1934 as a Paymaster Cadet MIdshI pman, going dIrect to sea In the cruiser AUS­TRALIA

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On August 22, 1993, Dowling House al "MAS CRESWELL came alh'e again.

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The (\1:01 marked the beginning of the second Junior OrficcfS Maritime Studies Period (JOMSP) and showed the national and international nalUrt of the COOI'Se.

Lecturers were prominent people in their fields and there was even a special dinne r wilh. His Excellency Mr Sabam Siagian, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia.

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o f Indonesia cenainly an eu:ellent after dinner talk

Cooperation in the Context of the in !he Asia Pacilic Region".

omm, busy routine at of Wollongong aJlo ... ·ed a break

A very interesting i on Pon Development Projects provided by Dr Ross Robinson and Dr Sophia Everen

Unin·nity·s II lawara Technology Corporalion. At the end of the t .... o weeks all agreed the obJCCll\'es SCI oot

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offic er LEUT Peter Ong at 06-2666'76 ( te l) or 06-

Th~ nn' b,lf ro~ hangs prQwlly from HMA S ORION 's bdL

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HMAS OR ION's b tll has rt«ived a racetif't dur­Inl( the suhmarine'$ visit to Cairns..

Mr Charles Thomason of Cairns made and donated a new bell rope to the slIbma­rine .

Mr Tho mason , who saw service onboard HMA Ships SWAN ( II). FREMANTLE (I) , OtAMANTINA and VENDETTA. prior to retir­in, fro m the Navy says m. was originally lallgh t ce re ­mo nial ro pe wo rk. white a I)-year-old en try 10 Ihe Naval College, Jervis 2'

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Mr Thomason. still main­tains an active inlerest in the Navy throllgh the Nava l Rese rve Cade ls, where he keeps alive some of the old tnlditions be was taugh t

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Rear Admiral Hughes retired on August 31 after 43 yearn' service:.

C OR E Rose joined the navy in 1961.

[n 1969 he undenoolr.: sub· marine specialisl training in the UK followed by sea ser­vice in HMS WALRUS and in 1971 HMAS ONSLOW.

In 1973 CDRE Rose worked at Australia House. London. as Submarine Staff Officer during the building of ORION and OTAMA. returning to Australia to become Submarine Squadron Marine Engineer in 1975.

In 1977 he returned to sea in HMAS DERWENT and on completion of this duty took up the position of pro­jcct coordinator for the mod­ern isalion of des lroyer escorts HMA Ships PARRA­MATT A, ST UA RT and DERWENT at HMA Naval Dockyard. Wi ll iamstown, Victoria.

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T imber o rigi na ll y from th e l on a Gi rls' Presentat ion College in Mosman Park in Weslern Australia continues to strie in the Chapel of Saint Paul a t HII-lAS STIRLING.

A number of jarrah pews were purchased by the Royal Australian Navy for installation in Saint Paul's when lona College refurbislled il$ convent chapel two years ago.

After their installation it was found lhat the kneeling rails on the pews created difficulty for people moving between them.

The decisioo was made to revolve the 4.5metre long kneel­ing rails from the pews to permit better access.

WOMTH Peter Beard collected the timber and after discus­sions with Protestant CHAP Peter Tinney on an EXPED, com­menced the construction of an altar utilising this superb sea­soned timber ~ in his own time.

WOMTH Betud (left) and CHAP Tinney give the "thumbs up " for a job "" ell don e after 'he ne ... aluJr had been plsced

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ANR ruruilS art inSlrut;l,d in damagt control in IIMAS Tht naval tug TAMMAR lJSsists IO'ith lht ANR rttruits SlIr· SURVIVAL at IIMAS STIRLING. (Photo: ABPII Siman

ril'a/at sta ,mining. (Photo,' ABPII Simon Poynlon). Poynlon).

(By Vic Jeff try) The first Australian NavaJ Reserve Rt<:rult COUI'K to be conducted In Its entirely bas bH:n conducted at

f1..EET BASE WEST. Thirteen recruits, nine

from Western Australia and four from Queensland, com· pleted their Phase B training at HMAS STI RLING on Garden Island during September·Oclober.

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WIFELINE CERBERUS: Playgroup

is held every Wednesday IO.OOam 10 midday and all you need Is $1 pt'r fa mily and a piece of fruit per child .

Come and meet some lIew friends. Should numbers not pick up then this playgroup will have 10 close.

T he next function !O be held will be II SURPRISE! Bookings for Child Care can be made wilh Val on 79 3176 after 4.00pm.

••• ADELAIDE: On Nov­

ember 9 a booking has been made !O go to Channel to a1 125 Strangeways Terrace. North Adelaide. For more information please contac t Faith Green on 332 2536 or Beny Thomas on 298 2720.

••• NOWRA : Coffee morn­

ings continue 10 be a suc­cess, held on the th i rd Wednesday of the month . commencing at 9.30arn al 2 Canberra Drive. Nowra Hill . Albatross Playtime meets every Monday IO.OOam. For morc information contact Liz on 23 1556 or Kim on 21 84<>2.

UNote the change of day·· A cra ft group meets on Friday mornings. Fiona is available o n 23 2393. A quilt i ng group mee ts on Thursday evenings from 7.00pm to 9.3Opm. A Thrift Shop opens on Fridays from IO,OOam 10 12.00pm and coffee mornings . For more infonnation contact Yvonne on 21 1517,

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ERN SYDNEY: On the first and third Thursday of e\'ery month these spouses meet at the St . Albans Church Hall , 67 Bantry Bay Ro ad , Frenchs Forest from lOam to midday. For more infor· mation contact either Janell e on 452 2693 or Chri stine on

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CA/'Io'BERRA: The Fourth Annual Carols hy Candelighl will be held on Fr iday, December 10 w ith the Canberra City Band com· mencing at 7.30pm at Aus t ralian Defence Force Academy.

Olher activities include: Bridge Club· contact Daphrle on 286 3940. Coffee mom· ings on Mondays hetween IOam-12noon . Playgroup operates on Wednesday mornings lOam·12noon and Fri day afternoons 1.J().33pm . Be1connen Service W ives Craft GfOIJp . contact Kaeran o n 258 8473. Judie on 24 1 6949 or Trish on 255 2009.

Tuggeranong Tri·Se rvice Spouses G roup meet o n a reg ular basis at the Tugge ra no ng Community Centre at 1O.OOam. Contact Elizabeth on 2914258. Diane on 29 1 6055 o r Cheryl o n 2910953.

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M survives Iwaves of time ' (By Vic Jeffi!ry)

Whe n young "MAS MORESBY s ailo r ABSR Garry Armstrong wed ged an old pickl e j a r amongst rocks a nd sand at Cape V laming on Nor th W est Cape in Western Australia , he ne,"er expected it 10 sur· raa 19 years later.

Garry had found the pick· Ie jar while stationed in the area in 1964 as pan of a sill man survey party. Today. a 22-year-man, he is the last of Ihe tearn still serving,

Enclosed in the jar was a deleriorated yellowing letter signed by a Steven Thomas ­or possibly Thompson whom Garry tried unsuccessfully to contact .

In the me antime Garry Armstrong started his own time capsule. In went an ID photo, a naval bedding card. postage stamps of the day, a valve"from their monitoring equipment and of course. the customary leiter which was dated October 28. 1974.

The bailie lay seemingl y undisturbed and exposed to the elemen ts until eagle-cyed holidaying Penh schoolboy Jason Bradford (12) spoiled this now broken jar with its enclosures nestled in its rest· ing place.

O n examining the con­tents with its still readible Iauered letler. he contacted the nearby H.E. H olt Communication Slat ion where he was assisted by the XO. LCDR Richard Smith.

The resul t was Jason Bradford being put in contact with HM AS MORESBY's now C POS R Garry Armstrong with a meeting being arranged on the ship's return from sUf',"eying duties.

They discussed the con ­tents of the bortle before CPO Armstrong presented Jason

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with a HMAS MORESBY plaque and a copy o f the ship's 1,000.000 mile booklet.

When last seen, young Jason was conte mplating whether he really wanted a

, career in the Air Force . th Navy coming under consider· ation. and what he could place in a j ar to be placed in the position where he found the original.

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TS MELVILLE B AY at GOl'e. in the Northern Territory has been officially opened,

The ceremony was held at the Gove Yacht Club and was attended by the R ag Officer Naval Suppan Command, Rear Admiral Tony Hunt.

Also in attendance were CO of HMAS COONA W ARRA, Captain Ian Wans and CO of HMAS FLI NDERS. LCDR Bruce Kafer who presented a plaque in recognition of the ship's participation in the ceremony.

T S MEL VILLE BAY ( pictured left) become s the 68th Naval Rescr.'e Cadet unit to be recognised and is under the conunand of Lieutenant Joyce Kennedy NRC.

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The 1993 Naval Engineering Reunion (lor serving, retired and ciWian merroers 01 all ranks) wi be held al

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(By LEUT Rit: UrIII,) Arter another week al

i\Il'a wmpleting ADELAIDE's SQTs, it was difficult to lei the 22 seater speed past " Rockers " bound for Bungonill.

But speed pasl it did. al leasl as fasl as its over­strained engiRe would allow, after the PO victualler Dean Robinson ensured that we would want for nothing on the Supply Department's firsl East Coast expedition.

On arrival in cold

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It was a little more diffi­cult 10 drag ourselves from our sleeping bags on Sunday morning.

However. refreshed by a sumptuous breakfas t we donned our wetsuits and climbing harnesses for a day's tortuous combioation of climbing, abseiling, bush­walking, s .... imming and sur­viving - kno .... n to the initiat­ed as "canyoning".

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(By Marty Karow and Tony Findlay) -!Tbe HMA S C RES-i WELL Triatblon i .. ·m be held on : Friday, NO\'ember 19, com-- . : mendmg at 1430. The ennl

• -On completion of the:

1993 NSW inter-! Service cricket COmo!

petition a Combined Services: team will be selected 10 play ! the NSW Cricket Assoc- : -iation at the SCG on January :

Bungonia canyon we were met by the blessedly cheerful faces of CPOPT "Moose" Eddington and LSPT Jim Lawless.

ADELAIDE's adventurous trainers, oock row (l.r): SMNBM Homln, LEUT uahy, POSN Robinson, ABUC While, LSSN &Ion, SMNBMlJoflhouse, POCK Atkins; front: POMED

JOlltS, LSCD Gaynor, POPT Fisher.

As Moose led us down the sueam bed. nimbly hopping from rock to rock. the rest of us followed as best we could.

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14, 1994. This match has not ! been played for the last t ..... o : years because of inclement E weather and unavailability of: the SCG. The NSW Cricket ! Association is looking for- E ward to the match so let's : No Saturday morning

sleep-in for us. [I was up at zero dark for the sumptuous feast that POCK Rod Atkins had made us accustomed to onboard ADELAIDE.

. SPORTS SECTION Th.en slipping a lillie

apprehensively inln OUT climbing harnesses we spent a couple of hours acquaint_

Ing or reacquainting our­selves with the unnaturalness of propelling oneself over cliffs.

The DUBBO, GA WI..ER and

After learning to accept this sort of behaviour as almost"natural we returned to our campsite for a quick

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(By ABCK Troy Fuller) II 's not often that

Darwin-based patrol boats are a longside at the same time.

But, when they are a sense of pride and Inyalty is felt IOwards one's own ship and an air of rivalry and competi· tiveness prevails around the naval base.

So it was when HMA Ships GAWLER, DUBBO and LAUNCESTON were alongside together and a Top End sports· challenge was issued.

The "Tasmanian Tigers" were confident that their vol­leyball team was in peak condition when it challenged the "Beavers" of DUBBO to a duel.

The GA WLER "Lions " like .... ise thought they would have the upper hand when they thre .... down the gauntlet to DUBBO in the form of a touch football match.

The games .... ere organised to run concurrently.

On the volleyball court, DUBBO's team approached the net with understandable caution, eyeing the formida_ ble side that LAUNCESTON had put forward.

Ninety minutes later, the Beavers had conquered their foe with a score of 5-4 recorded.

Meanwhile, another group of eager Beavers was bat­tling it out against the awe­some Lions on the football pitch.

After a courageous effort the Beavers were narrowly defeated 7-6 by the GA WLER Mawlers.

In the traditional spirit of sport and the comradeship that was developed from the respeclive playing arenas, DUBBO .... as declared the overall winners of the day.

brew. donned overalls, hel­mets. and miner's lights and ventured into our first cave­"Hogan's Hole".

Afte r crawling and squirming our way to the bottom of the cave we were informed that it was up to us to find our o .... n way back out again: the only condition being Ihat we could not return the .... ay we had come.

POMED "Spike" Jones, applying some rarely seen RAN medical diagnostic techniques, solved the maze and guided our intrepid adventurers back to the sur­f=.

CPO PT Scotty Ro bert s then led us to .... ards another of Bungonia'S caves _ the challenging "Blowfly".

Commencing with a dark. narrow 80 metre freefall abseil was just what was needed to inspire confidence in a bit of nylon rope and a couple of pieces of aluminium.

Clambering up the "Dragons's Teeth", sliding do .... n the "Laundry Chute", crawling, slipping, ducking and clinging we finally made it to the last chamber of the cave to face a 50 metre climb up a caving ladder.

With arms and legs bum-

Arriving at our first water­fall, we were all reminded of the astounding beauty and tranquility of the Australian bushland first thing in the mornmg.

Fortunately abseiling through the waterfall provid­ed us with some spectacular photographs of the waterfall itself. and of the surrounding countryside.

Pushing on to our next waterfall, we were disturbed to discover that Moose expected us to climb down most of this one, not abseil.

Peering down the near venical cliff face. it appeared impossible, but then we all did things that weekend that we thought we would never do. and some of us did things we thought we could never do ... but that after all is what adventure training is all about.

After our third abseil do .... n a waterfall we .... ere becoming a little blase about danger, but not blase abou t the temperature of the water.

Exhausted but exh ilarated we returned to Sydney satis­fied in our weekend's accom­plishments and determined to do it all

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* * * ! --= = 'The HMAS WATSON T beNswSocrerFed- : i Biathlon will be held tration conducts ! : on Wednesday. Dec- level ODe coaching! S ember 8, at ])00. A long courses a t various times : : course. lkm s .... im/IOkIn run throughout the year. The! ! will be held in conjunction cost is $40 with a minimum ! ! .... ith the short course, 500m of 16 candidates a course. ! ! swiml5km run. PT sailors Interested personnel are to ! : who are availab]e to assist in contact POPT MarlY ! ! this event are to contact Karo .... aD 3593648 for : : LSPT Tony Findlay. Entry details and to nominate for ! _: forms are available f rom 'h -e course. = i establishment PIs. =

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Ensign hoisted at ski lodges The RA N Ski Club has

bet n granll'd Ihe rare privilege of hoisting the Australian White Ensign (A WE) at il! lodgu in PerLs h!' r VailI')' and Moont Bullu.

Cluh history was made w~n the A WE wa$ hoiul'd simu[taneou51y at the Club's lodges: al Peri~her Valley by Doug Coll ins. vice-president ACT and at Mount Buller by Paul Wi llet, vice-president Victoria .

The privilege was granted by club member and patron, Vicc Admiral MacDougall, in lIis capacity of Chief of Naval Staff.

The flag raising ceremonies also marked Ille 40lh anniver5M)' of !be forma­tion of !be RAN Ski Oub by a small group of enthu­siastic Navy skiers which came into being on February 3, 1953.

It was the first lime the A WE was flown at such altiludes 1'11'1 a permalM!nt basis so far inland (avia­tors please noIe. an AWE dangling below a Sea King is hardly perma­nent!).

Both ensigns arc nOO(1I1I at night providing a land­mark by day and night for all members and vi~itors.

Tbe RAN Ski Club was formed "To foster tile spon of skiing and other alpine spons among mem­bers of the Royal AUSt ­ralian Navy".

MembershIp is open 10 all members of the PNF and ANR.

Personnel .... 00 may be inter­ested in joimng tile club should contact David ~1ich.r1 (DNATS 8.23.36JO) or Doug Cnllins (DNA TS 8.66.4435) for further delails.

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The ORION "enw" tokes 0" lire wlrile wmer "Illre Tull, River.

The captain and a few members nf the ward­room nf "MAS ORION have pro\'ed nnce again Ihal submariners will try anything nnce.

TIleir fir.>t great adventure consisted of heading up tn the mountams around Cairns and bungy jumping.

The ere .... cnnsisted nf Cnmmander Ric Shalders. Lieutenam Greg SammuI, Lieutenant Breit Sampson and Sub Lieutenant Scott Bunny.

There .... ere a fe .... looks nf apprehensinn as tile learn made its way up the In ..... er, bUI .... ith a fe .... comments like -di ... ing 1'11'1 ..... or - ... hal am I *,*!* doing'.'", !bey all PUI !beir truSt In what could besl be described lIS an n"ersittd

robber band and slepped off the platfonn. All four surviVed. lIS did their lunch and all vowed they

would do il again.

TIlen a chance tn prove that submariners do occasinnally gel weI II<hen they headed 10 the Tully River for a day nf ....lIile .... ater rafting.

As they mad., their ..... y do .... n the ravine past jutting rocl:5 and frothing waler with nothing between them and lhe raging elements bul a fe .... millimetres of rubber, the comments again came out: - WOO's silly idea was this'!"

Ho ... ·c'·er. aU survl\'ed and relurned 10 their hotel a bil sore and ... ·eary.

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H making soccer victory

History was made al RAAF Williamtnwn 1'11'1

Seplember 9 when Navy soccer captain ABRO Vanessa Baker J"e(:ei"ed Ihe inaugural nalional wnm­en's Snccu trnphy frnm Group Captain J.P. Donahoo.

Under the gUIdance nf LCDR J. Beddo .... (OIC). CPO D. Molt (manager) and LSNPC R. S~ler (COilCh) !be Navy tearn enlered!be record boob by .... inning both Its games 3-1 and 2-I te$pCCtively.

TIle team, COflsistll'lg nf a squad nf a mere 12 players. played wllh such delCTInination. commitment. nair and passion that il was no surprise In the management ..... hen the women ended up Viclorious.

Well done 10 all those .... hn partlcipaled in the champi­onsllip.

Tilt RAN's lIisfqry-lfUJkint "'omm '~ ~ocur ftam.

Recruiters • raise

A trl-Str .. ice tea m o r Defen ce Fnrce recruite rs from Brisbane has won 11.

Rosen TK. ! ca noe fnr ils fund -ra is ing errorts lind participation in tht 1993 Brisbane Valley 100 Canoe Race.

The Brisbane Valley 100 (BV 1(0) is 11 ]OOkm race held nver twn days 1'11'1 the beautiful upper reaches nf the Brisbane river.

The race is a charity race conducled in s.upport nf the Queensland Spastic Welfare Ltague and for an enlr:mce fee nf S60 per padd~r, man and canoe are pllled againsl the ebbs and Oows nf Ih., n,·er.

21 As pan nf recruiting's coo­

tinual involvement with Ihe communily Ihe BV 100 was seen as an ideal opportunity 10 raise money for a worth· wllile cause and 10 get the team away from Ihe nffice and have some fun nn the river.

Thirty-five person?1e1 from ADFRU(B) from all thre., services panieipated in t~ lwo-day event. either as pad­dlers Of" as suppon cre .....

In all five canoes were enteral in various categories wilh Ihe eighl-man mixed llC2 team finishing a Cmll·

ble second.

Hnwe,·cr. lhe stan nf the Defence effnrt were 1'11'1

doubl Ihe learn nf CPL Amanda Hnmann (Army) and PO Shane Aubrey (Navy) who blitzed !be field tn .... in lhe mixed TK I event.

I D Yo LJ SEE. MUCJ.\ reVERT'( IN

~MAR6E ? YES I DID . MArrER of

S FA CT,

I BR:>OGI-li SoME. \-lOME \N im

Mainly through !be organ­isalion of PO Nick Jnnes the recruiters managed to raise $2100 for the Spastic Welfare League and in doing so were eligible to enter the prize draw fnr the Inp five fundnr.isers.

ME. .

Having lIad In beg. botrow and hire canoes il was a fil' ling finale for Ihe learn 10

.... in a canoe. Already the .... heels are in

motion for a bigger and bet­lereffortin 1994.

[t was alsn gond to see Navy teams from MORE­TON, NIR IMB A and the wamlnl nffic.,r from HAR· MAN.

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