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FUNDING to replace the Armidale-class patrol boats and replenishment ships HMAS Sirius and HMAS Success was identified in the 2013-14 Federal Budget on May 14.

The government has provided $113.1 billion in funding for Defence over the next four years, which is around $10 bil-lion more than allocated in the previous budget.

This will be provided over the for-ward estimates with the Defence annu-al budget now set to grow from $25.3 billion in 2013-14 to $30.7 billion in 2016-17.

The government has also provided Defence with funding guidance of around $220 billion over the subsequent six years from 2017-18 to 2022-23.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith said the increase would ensure Defence was able to continue to operate effectively across all areas of its portfolio.

“The government remains committed to a Defence budget, which ensures the ADF can meet the government’s opera-tional, force posture and preparedness requirements and deliver the core ADF capabilities the government requires to protect Australia’s national security inter-ests,” Mr Smith said.

He stipulated the government had decided the Defence funding model would be based on the four-year forward estimates budget cycle, determined on an annual basis taking into account con-temporary strategic economic and fiscal circumstances and a subsequent six-year general guidance for Defence planning purposes.

“This aligns Defence funding with the Commonwealth’s broader budget process, which provides certainty for planning purposes in the short-term, and is consist-ent with the historical management of the Defence budget and the inherent dif-

ficulty in forecasting fiscal circumstances in the longer-term.”

To support the introduction of new capability over the coming decade, the full-time ADF workforce will aim to grow from about 56,700 to more than 58,000 members.

Other items of note for Navy include:

➤ Additional funding for investment in Australian-developed phased array radar technology for the future frigates.

➤ Continuing upgrades of the Anzac-class frigates with advanced radars.

➤ Continuing upgrades to Collins-class submarines and reforms to improve their availability and reliability.

➤ Preparing for the delivery of MH-60R Seahawk maritime combat helicopters.

➤ Continuing construction of the Hobart-class DDGs.

➤ Commencing acceptance into service of the first LHD, HMAS Canberra.

HMAS Choules and her embarked MRH-90 were involved in the air and sea search for two people believed lost from the Carnival Line cruise ship Carnival Spirit off the NSW mid-north coast.

Choules and MRH-90 Poseidon 14 joined the search, which was co-ordinated by the NSW Water Police, on May 9 as the ship was returning from North Queensland where she was conducting amphibious training exercises.

CN VADM Ray Griggs praised the efforts of CO Choules CMDR Ashley Papp and his ship’s company.

“The thoughts of the wider Navy are with the families of those affected by this very sad event,” VADM Griggs said.

NAvy has supported the opening of White Ribbon Australia’s first interna-tional conference.

White Ribbon Australia hosted the conference in Sydney from May 13-15.

It featured key researchers, practi-tioners, policy makers and activists from both Australia and overseas.

The conference showcased research, policies and programs that work to change men’s attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women.

HMAS Choules was the venue for the official opening reception on May 13 while the ship was alongside at Garden Island.

This is one element of Navy’s overall support to the White Ribbon Foundation.

Navy has more than 75 White Ribbon ambassadors and is active in the coordi-nation of White Ribbon events includ-

ing a Bridge to Bridge Run/Walk in Canberra on White Ribbon Day last year.

CN vADM Ray Griggs, a White Ribbon ambassador himself, set the challenge in 2011 for Navy members to support this important organisation.

“Navy is an organisation that rejects violence against women. We are com-mitted to eliminating violence against women within Navy and supporting its elimination in the broader community,” vADM Griggs said.

“Navy has joined as part of the White Ribbon workplace accreditation program and is active in supporting White Ribbon events and activities, such as this confer-ence.”

Navy also took the opportunity to arrange for one of the conference key-note speakers, Jackson Katz, to conduct presentations to senior leadership mem-bers and ships’ crews

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FUTURE PLAN: Full-time ADF numbers are set to grow over the coming decade. Photo: POIS Ollie Garside

Helping to search at sea

NO SIGN: HMAS Choules and her embarked MRH-90 assisted in the search.Photo: ABIS Jayson Tufrey

STRONG MESSAGE: Above, Dr Jackson Katz addresses attendees at the White Ribbon Day seminar at Fleet Headquarters, HMAS Kuttabul. Left, A Navy member holds the White Ribbon Pin of violence prevention. Photos: ABIS Chantell Bianchi

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WO2 Andrew Hetherington

FOR every military force that deploys on operations overseas, there’s also a force supporting them to enable the sustain-ment of the mission.

Per forming th i s ro le for a l l Australians at Multinational Base Tarin Kot is Force Support Unit 7 (FSU 7) – a triservice unit of 58 personnel.

Commanded by MAJ Anne Oliver, FSU 7 is due to return home to Australia next month after eight months on deploy-ment.

MAJ Oliver said her personnel had many different jobs within the unit with some of them working in a single capa-bility role.

“My personnel work in the areas of health, finance, administration, postal, freight, freight distribution, operations, the Q store, catering, mechanical work-shops and an ammunition section and a remediation section,” she said.

One of the main tasks the unit has dealt with since arriving in October last year is the remediation of Tarin Kot and treatment of thousands of pieces of materiel to be returned to Australia or disposed of through approved processes.

“We have 10 years worth of opera-tional stock and equipment to remediate and move out of Tarin Kot,” MAJ Oliver said.

“The whole process will be a com-plex task and takes a lot of planning to correct accounts, decide what should stay here and what should go.”

Many of the answers have been pro-vided by a deliberate planning team that

has been working on the redeployment plans for the past 12 months.

Two Navy members supporting this effort are ABML-SC Aaron Knight and POML-P Eric Foster.

AB Knight manages the rotation into and out of Afghanistan of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles.

“I manage the logistics of the trans-fer, the removal and installation of the communications equipment and weapons systems,” he said.

This is his first land deployment and only through perseverance did he end up in Afghanistan.

“I managed to get this job after applying three times to become a mem-ber of FSU,” he said.

“I was over the moon when I found out I’d been accepted, as it’s a competi-tive position for Navy personnel to be posted into.”

PO Foster runs FSU 7’s orderly room, or as he has now redesignated it, the ship’s office.

“I work here with another Navy writ-er AB Brent Gilkes and I asked my OC if we could change the name,” PO Foster said.

“It’s the RAN’s little impact on the Tarin Kot area.”

He said his job was rewarding.“What we do is important, as we look

after the administration of more than 200 personnel,” PO Foster said.

“It’s also a challenge and some of the tasks I’ve done here I’ll never do again, as they are Army specific and I’ll only perform them here in Afghanistan.

“Working here has given me a new appreciation of the Army and its culture.”

WO2 Andrew Hetherington

A TEAM of highly skilled Australian sailors, soldiers and airmen in Uruzgan is combining one of the most dangerous jobs in Afghanistan with training the Afghan National Security Forces.

More than a dozen special-ists from 1 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troop (1EOD Tp) work from Multinational Base Tarin Kot across Uruzgan prov-ince.

They are constantly on-call to disarm, remove or detonate improvised explosive devices (IED) or other items of ord-nance.

OC 1EOD Tp LEUT Robert Woodall said the unit’s main role was to undertake explo-sive ordnance disposal in the Combined Team Uruzgan battle space.

“We do this through con-ventional munitions and IED disposal and the facilitation of mobility and survivability for Australian and coalition forces

by clearing and making safe travel routes,” LEUT Woodall said.

“We also provide a training, validation and development role for the Afghan National Security Forces’ EOD teams.”

Explosive ordnance recon-naissance technician and clear-ance diver LS Dale Johns said his role in Tarin Kot was to assist the unit’s EOD techni-cians.

“I help them with their daily duties by preparing and main-taining their equipment and by prepping explosives for them to use,” LS Johns said.

“I also perform tasks under the supervision of our senior EOD technicians, such as pre-paring ordnance for explosive disposal.”

LS Johns has also been involved with training Afghan personnel.

“I’ve taught them different techniques to using different devices so they can use them to defeat IEDs in the field and to enhance their skills and capa-bilities,” he said.

“We’ve shown them how to use bottle charges and impro-vised bottle charges to detonate IEDs.

“We show them the safest way to operate and if we can teach them something, which at the end of the day will allow them to get home to their fami-lies and friends, then it feels like we’ve achieved something for Afghanistan.”

One of the Afghan special-ists trained by 1EOD Tp is SGT Muhibullah.

“We have learned a lot of new techniques from the Australians,” SGT Muhibullah said.

“When I approach an IED I think to myself, this is the best and safest way I can help my people by defusing it.”

SGT Muhibullah is grateful for the assistance 1EOD Tp has provided him and his men.

“The Australians leave their beautiful country and come to Afghanistan,” he said.

“I am very glad they have come here to train and help us.”

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UNIQUE POSTING: ABML-SC Aaron Knight checks the details of a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle in Tarin Kot. Photo: WO2 Andrew Hetherington

SPECIALIST ROLE: Navy clearance divers in Afghanistan. Front row, LEUT Robert Woodall, CPOCD Luke Graham and CPOCD Andrew Keitley. Back row, POCD Christian O’Neill and LSCD Dale Johns. Photo: LSIS Andrew Dakin

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Sharp shooters take aimSGT Damian Griffin

ABBM Christopher Benton was named Navy’s best marksman at the world’s largest military marksmanship competition in Victoria on May 12.

ABBM Benton, of West Head Gunnery range, said winning the coveted Champion Shot of Navy at the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM) at Puckapunyal Military Range came as a shock.

“I’m ecstatic, absolutely ecstatic,” he said.

“I was three points behind at the last serial, so it was pretty tight. I didn’t really think I was going to win. It was pretty close all the way up to the last detail where I slipped in front. It’s been amazing really, a really good competition and really tough.”

Among other awards, a Champion Shot medal is awarded to each service.

Claiming the title for Army was WO1 Andrew Munn, of Combined Arms Training Centre, who has now won it an impressive five times, while LAC Dean Thurtell, of 23SQN, claimed the medal for Air Force.

To the applause of almost 350 fel-low competitors, each winner was car-ried in to the presentations on their teammates’ shoulders in a ceremonial winner’s chair.

CA LTGEN David Morrison award-ed the Champion Shots medal to each service winner and praised the level of professionalism displayed at AASAM.

“What binds everyone in this room together, irrespective of the country

they come from, or the service they belong to, is the recognition that as servicemen and women there is noth-ing more important than having an ability to use your personal firearm,” he said.

“It’s what sets us apart as a pro-fession of arms, and the skill at arms meeting run by the Australian Army at Puckapunyal each year recognises that fact first and foremost.”

He also praised the standard of shooting and thanked the 16 interna-tional teams that attended AASAM.

“For all of those teams who have travelled across the globe to be here, my thanks,” he said.

“It is of particular pleasure for me that we have seen two new teams at AASAM this year – a team from Tonga and a team from China. We are here to learn from each other, to

improve both as individuals and as teams.

“I think that one of the things that has really been apparent to me … is that the levels of shooting have gone up, certainly within the ADF, but I think also within the international teams.”

To be named Champion Shot, each shooter competes in 11 matches.

Matches one through seven are

basic application of fire from 100-450m.

The competition then goes into LF6, the applied marksmanship prac-tice, and Match 16, which is the close-quarter practice.

Personnel who achieve the best aggregate score from these matches then enter the top 20 of each service, before competing for the Champion Shot.

ON TARGET: PO Peter Edwards, of Combined Arms Training Centre,

takes aim with other personnel. Inset, ABBM Christopher Benton is chaired

on parade after winning Navy’s Champion Shot.

Photos: SGT John Waddell and SGT Brian Hartigan

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CAPT Chris Rickey

DESPITE Afghanistan being a land-locked country, there is a significant number of Navy personnel contributing to Operation Slipper ashore.

Notwithstanding the 192 sailors and officers on board HMAS Toowoomba who are undertaking anti-narcotic and counter-terrorism patrols through the Middle East, there is a Navy contingent of intelligence officers, explosive ord-nance disposal, maritime logistics tech-nicians, trainers and even photographers serving at bases inside Afghanistan.

With CN VADM Ray Griggs relaunching New Generation Navy in February, it was important for all Navy people to be up-to-date on the NGN strategy 2017.

NGN was first launched in 2009 and the plan has been reframed to focus on Navy’s ability to fight and win at sea and a broader range of internal issues that underpin the ability to deliver new and complex maritime platforms, including the formation of the eagerly anticipated Australian Amphibious Task Group.

Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 CDRE Martin Brooker flew

into Afghanistan on April 21 to engage with Navy people on the updated NGN strategy.

“The Amphibious Task Group will be at the heart of the ADF joint combat force and it is important we can not only oper-ate those new ships at sea but sustain that capability as well,” CDRE Brooker said.

“We have Navy folk working in a land environment and they will form a critical part of the NGN strategy and they need to know where it’s at.”

CDRE Brooker said Navy members had been keen to engage and discuss the project.

“Navy people already have a very positive view of our role as part of a joint force,” he said.

“Navy members in Afghanistan and the Middle East are excited about the new capability and the new focus, and they are very keen to learn more.”

CDRE Booker said the NGN con-cept did not start and finish with the new ships.

The strategy was developed to address significant recruitment and retention challenges as well as investi-gate the gap between the current work-force and the future workforce in terms of meeting capability demands in 2017.

Michael Brooke

BA S S g u i t a r i s t L S M U S N Lachlan MacFie, of the RAN Band – Sydney, hit a high note when he was named HMAS Kuttabul’s sailor of the quarter.

LS MacFie was selected from among hundreds of sailors at Kuttabul and Fleet Base East because of his strong leadership, communication skills and commit-ment to Navy signature behaviours.

“It was a real surprise because I don’t expect recognition for doing the job I love,” he said.

“I have been working very hard on Higher Defence Allowance to improve the administration at RAN Band – Sydney, so the award is proof that our performance is being monitored and rewarded when the outcomes warrant recognition.”

LS MacFie was presented with a framed certificate and a $100 gift voucher by CO Kuttabul CMDR

Todd Willson at a morning tea func-tion at the Kuttabul main galley on May 2.

CMDR Willson said the sailor of the quarter was a reinvigorat-ed initiative designed to recognise junior sailors who modelled Navy signature behaviours while helping their unit achieve important out-comes.

The certificate congratulates LS MacFie for performing the job of divisional PO for the RAN Band – Sydney, where he proved himself proactive in ensuring the management of his personnel through “timely delivery of perfor-mance evaluations as well as care and concern over personal requests, which has enabled subordinates to reach their potential and individual goals.”

He was also congratulated for having “spent time researching and implementing a detailed work health and safety program within

the detachment, thus ensuring com-pliance within all aspects of the new Work, Health and Safety Act”.

LS MacFie said he had devel-oped strong leadership skills over the past 12 years.

“With such a long experience in the Navy I have seen things done well by others, as well as badly, which helped me to become a better leader in the workplace,” he said.

LS MacFie said his next chal-lenge was helping the RAN Band work up for the International Fleet Review in October.

“We are doing a lot of rehearsals for the IFR, which will be abso-lutely huge for Navy and Australia,” he said.

The morning tea activity also provided a welcome opportunity for Kuttabul to receive a certificate of appreciation from the Defence Careers Work Experience Program for hosting a career day for 19 indigenous youths last year.

Sweet song for one sailor

STEPPING OUT: Sailor of the quarter LSMUSN Lachlan MacFie (above) receives his award from CO Kuttabul CMDR Todd Willson. Photos: ABIS Jesse Rhynard

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UPDATE: CDRE Martin Brooker talks to Navy personnel in Afghanistan about NGN. Photo: LSIS Andrew Dakin

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HMAS Choules has conducted a series of amphibi-ous drills and procedures including flight trials with an embarked MRH-90 in her preparation for Exercise Talisman Sabre.

The shake-down for Choules and the embarked helicopter was conducted in Far North Queensland in early May.

Choules’ crew built on experience gained from a busy work-up program in April by rehearsing proce-dures designed to further enhance the ADF’s amphibi-ous capability.

CO Choules CMDR Ashley Papp said the shake-down enabled Choules to demonstrate her ability to operate over the horizon, using helicopters and landing craft, to get soldiers and equipment ashore.

“Choules is now on target for participation in two major lead-up amphibious exercises as well as Exercise Talisman Sabre,” he said.

“There is tremendous excitement among the crew who have worked hard to get the amphibious transport vessel back to sea in time for Talisman Sabre, as well as the potential for ADF taskings.”

A major focus of the training was the transfer of soldiers, vehicles and equipment to landing craft and helicopters for movement ashore, which were keenly observed by Commander 3 Brigade BRIG Shane Caughey.

The exercise marked another small but important milestone for Choules, reaching more than 300 deck landings with two Army Black Hawks from 5 Avn Regt and 808SQN’s MRH-90 Poseidon 14.

Ship’s aviation officer LCDR John Sime said Poseidon 14 flew more than 30 hours during the three weeks it was embarked.

“During the time on board, the MRH-90 conducted a series of practice deck landings, search and rescue

AT SEA: HMAS Choules manoeuvres towards the

mexeflote off the coast of Townsville in North

Queensland.

ALL ABOARD: Members of the Weapons and Electrical Department on the Forecastle zero-one deck.

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downexercises and ship-to-shore navigational exercises. Aviation operations also included day and night flying as well as helicopter in-flight refuelling for hot turn-arounds as well as winch transfer training,” he said.

These exercises helped qualify a number of air-crew as well as helicopter control officers, flight deck marshallers and flight deck teams.

“The exercises have brought the ship and flight up to speed on ship-aviation operations,” LCDR Sime said.

“The flight integrated well with ship, using the temporary air shelter to conduct their maintenance and servicing to keep the aircraft in a ready state.”

LCDR Sime said while Choules was different to the future LHDs, there had been plenty of lessons learnt in regards to operating the MRH-90, including maintaining, storing and preparing the aircraft while embarked and the ship coordinating with the aircraft during various flying operations.

“The past three weeks have been very successful and a major stepping stone for both the MRH-90 oper-ating at sea and Choules embarking an aviation asset,” he said.

One of Choules’ flight deck marshallers, LSATA Michael Nowill, gained valuable experience operating with the MRH-90 and the Black Hawks, while ships aviation officer LCDR John Sime qualified as a Grade 2 Helicopter Control Officer.

The MRH-90 also featured in a casualty evacu-ation exercise that saw ABML-C Caitlin Hutcheon stretchered from the galley to Poseidon 14 after a damage control exercise.

Another feature of the amphibious exercise was the cooperation between the Ship’s Army Detachment and sailors who operated an Army bridge erecting propul-sion barge to push Choules’ mexeflote into position on the beach on Herald Island during manoeuvre trials.

LSBM Nathan Hardwicke said “it was great to get back in the water and put all those skills into practice”.

ROLE PLAY: Above and right, ABML-C Caitlin Hutcheon, a ‘casualty’ from the galley fire exercise, gets loaded onto the embarked MRH-90 during a casualty evacuation exercise.

GETTING READY: Aviation department personnel prepare the MRH-90 for flying operations on the flight deck of HMAS Choules.

IN PRACTICE: Above, HMAS Choules’ sea boat is hoisted from the water after a man overboard exercise. Left, Choules spare hands point out the ‘man’ in the water.

ON THE JOB: LSCSO Matthew Limb, left above, is closed up in the operations room, while ABET Sam Paton, centre, checks the continuity of a main broadcast speaker in the electronics technician’s workshop and ABML-P Elise Fisher, right, works in the ship’s office.

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Michael Brooke

TOO many cooks spoil the broth in some kitchens but not at the main galley of HMAS Kuttabul, where Army and Navy cooks from NUSHIP Canberra have been sharing their recipes for success.

Kuttabul’s chief chef, CPO Simon Allanson, said the dozen Canberra cooks had been a welcome addition to the Kuttabul cook-ing team.

“The Navy cooks have gelled as a team with their Army counterparts, who have gained invaluable experience cooking ‘Navy style’ meals,” he said.

“It’s been smooth sailing for the Army cooks so far, as they have overcome a number of new challenges, while managing to retain their sense of humour.”

Some of Canberra’s luckier cooks also enjoyed the opportunity to embark in the visit-ing Spanish warship ESPS Cantabria where they have been preparing meals and working as stewards.

Canberra’s catering officer, CPO Michael Oleksyn, said the aim of putting his cooks to work was to make them combine as a team and be ready for work when Canberra starts her sea trials later this year.

Canberra’s Navy cooks have played a key role in helping the Army cooks come to terms with the challenges of cooking at sea in the confined space of a warship.

ABML-C Megan Busljeta said the first pri-ority was teaching them to understand the Navy lingo, but the biggest challenge would be the 16-hour days catering for the ship’s company of 400 and the embarked forces of up to 1000 personnel.

“We have different routines and we have

been teaching them the Navy way because it works well in the confined space,” she said.

LSML-C Debbie Ridge said the Army cooks were fitting in well.

“We’ve been put together here at Kuttabul to bond as a team and to learn each other’s skills, and it’s going really well,” she said.

Earlier this year, the cooks spent time learn-ing their way around Canberra’s galley, which provided an important insight into the confined space of a warship – even one as huge as a 27,000 tonne LHD.

LS Ridge said the Navy cooks considered Canberra’s galley to be large, while the Army cooks who are used to field deployments, thought it was small.

“Canberra will take a little bit of getting used to, but we expect to hit the ground running when she is ready because of our experiences here,” she said.

For many Army cooks, the prospect of cooking at sea in rough weather is intimidating, but two have already had experience.

PTE Gavin Floyd found his sea legs when he embarked in Cantabria for a month.

“The experience of cooking on a rolling platform in rough weather at sea has made me more aware of the challenges,” he said.

PTE Leisha Anderson acclimatised to work-ing on board a ship while she was embarked in Ballarat.

“I thought I knew what to expect, but then I went to sea with Ballarat and battled not only sea-sickness but a rogue wave that tossed our lunch across the mess deck,” she said.

She said the crew of Canberra could look forward to her signature dish of beef stroganoff.

As an added bonus, this month the cooks are scheduled to learn how to make gelato from a commercial provider in Sydney.

Team cooks up a storm

ALL TOGETHER: LSML-C Debbie Ridge, PTE Leisha Anderson, PTE Gavin Floyd and PTE Nathan Daniels receive fresh stores at the HMAS Kuttabul main galley. Inset, ABML-C Megan Busljeta stir fries vegetables. Photos: ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez

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LEADERSHIP, initiative, brav-ery and dedication to duty take many forms and this was evident when Navy personnel received Australia Day medals and deco-rations in Sydney.

The awards were present-ed by NSW Governor Marie Bashir at ceremonies during May 1-3.

CMDR Tim Standen and WO William Welman were presented with the Conspicuous Service Cross, while PO Jay Pettifer was presented with the Conspicuous Service Medal.

WO Welman was awarded the CSM for outstanding achieve-ment as the Communications Information Systems Category Manager in the Directorate of Navy Category Management.

PO Pettifer was awarded the CSM for implementing complex security improvements within Garden Island Defence Precinct.

CMDR Standen was recog-nised with the CSC for his out-standing achievement as the Fleet Aviation Engineer Officer.

Professor Bashir said CMDR Standen’s innovative and ener-

getic leadership while in charge of the Aviation Maintenance Standards Unit was inspirational.

“His original approach to improving the auditing regime, coupled with his championing of NGN principles and effec-tive regulatory refinements, have encouraged adoption of a continuous improvement cul-ture and measurable improve-ment in compliance and safety,” Professor Bashir said.

CMDR Standen said the award demonstrated that Navy was a future-focused organisa-tion, which was as proud of the achievements of its people as he was grateful to his staff for their hard work, great ideas and dedi-cation to detail.

“I am very enthusiastic about the opportunity to posi-tively lead, influence and shape the potential of not only my staff, but in particular our new-est members in my new role as the Director of the Training Authority – Aviation at NAS Nowra,” he said.

“Here, I can bring to bear all that I have learnt over the past 34 years, as well as learn a few more new tricks.”

Devotion rewarded

DECORATED: CAPT Neville Teague after the investiture ceremony with NSW Governor Marie Bashir and WO William Welman, who was presented with the Conspicuous Service Cross, at Government House in Sydney. Photo: ABIS Chantell Bianchi

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Treasure huntLEUT Luke Pugsley

DURING the past 12 months, HMA Ships Shepparton and Benalla have been involved with hydrographic surveys in and around Torres Strait.

Their focus has been to achieve high order surveys for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s under keel clearance management system.

This is challenging work given the relatively confined nature of the strait, the high

density traffic confined to the routes and channels, strong

tidal streams and often unforgiving weather

impacting the quality of the data.

Conducting sur-veys in this part

of Australia also

often uncovers stories from the past.

About five nautical miles east of the tip of Cape York is the site of the wreck RMS Quetta.

The three dimensional imagery from the multi-beam echo sounder demonstrates the capability of the survey sensors in producing high-resolution imagery of seafloor features.

In this case, deck fittings, hatches, masts and both a hole and split in Quetta’s hull are clearly visible.

Quetta was a British India Steamer Company vessel that sank within three minutes of hitting an uncharted rock in Torres Strait on the evening of February 28, 1890. Of the 291 on board, 133 died.

A subsequent marine board of inquiry found that neither the

captain nor the pilot – both of whom survived – had been at fault.

Blame for the disaster was found to lie with inaccurate navigational charts, and such was the public outcry that the Queensland Government rushed the gunboat Paluma north to complete the survey of Torres Strait.

New charts published by the end of the 1890s resulted in a safer shipping route between Queensland, India and Britain.

With the “blue economy” continually under pressure to meet tighter deadlines and capitalise on tonnage limits, the pursuit for improved naviga-tional safety in this environmen-tally sensitive area continues today by the RAN’s Australian Hydrographic Service.

SEA WRECK: A three-dimensional image of RMS Quetta, which lies about five nautical miles east of the tip of Cape York. Quetta sank in 1890.

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Submarine agreementCN VADM Ray Griggs signed a Subma-rine Rescue Support and Cooperation Arrangement on May 15 with the Repub-lic of Singapore Navy during the Interna-tional Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference in Singapore. VADM Griggs said the agreement was developed to enhance submarine rescue system availability between both navies. “Hav-ing the arrangement in place will assist in facilitating an Australian request to Singapore for support if ever required in areas within the reach of the Singapo-rean submarine rescue system,” VADM Griggs said. The arrangement also allows for familiarisation visits between the two navies to ensure interoperability of these important systems.

Cut off for allegationsDEfENCE personnel are reminded that May 31 is the cut-off date for registering new reports of abuse alleged to have occurred before April 11, 2011. Members wishing to register an allegation of abuse need to contact the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce via the Government Hotline on 1800 424 991 or at DART@ag.gov.au, provide their contact details and state that they wish to bring a complaint to the taskforce.

Hammerhead craneDEfENCE has released a report in response to public submissions made regarding the removal of the Ham-merhead Crane at Garden Island in Sydney. The report outlines the range of public submissions received, Defence’s response to those issues and further de-tails and analysis on the options for the removal. Of the eight options outlined in the report, the removal of the crane and the salvage of key heritage components for display is the lowest cost option. The report can be downloaded from www.gml.com.au/hammerhead-crane-public-exhibition

Anzac Day 2015AuSTRAlIANS planning to attend Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in

2015 can now access information on ballot arrangements ahead of registra-tions opening in November. In 2015, there will be places for 8000 Australians, 2000 New Zealanders and up to 500 of-ficial representatives of all countries that served in the Gallipoli campaign. Details on how to register for the ballot will be available later in the year. for more information on ballot arrangements visit www.gallipoli2015.dva.gov.au

Deal on MRH-90sDEfENCE will accept between six and seven MRH-90s a year between now and late-2017 after a deed of undertaking with Australian Aerospace and their industry partners to help put the MRH-90 program back on positive footing. Included in the agreement signed by Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Mike Kelly on May 9, is the delivery of a 47th aircraft, at no additional cost, to be used as a live training aid for Army and Navy aviation technicians who undergo MRH-90 training at the Army’s Aviation Maintenance School at Oakey in Queensland.

Ex-WRANS meetingTHE Ex WRANS Association NSW monthly meeting is held on the second friday of the month in the City of Sydney RSl Club, 565 George St, Sydney, at 12.30pm. The association is also con-sidering changing its name to WRANS-Naval Women NSW to encourage younger women to become involved. Other activities are held through the year and more information is available at the association’s website at www.australiannavalwomen.org or by calling liz Watts on (02) 9588 2748.

Anzac/Tobruk reunionTHE HMAS Anzac/Tobruk Association is trying to reunite all those who served in Anzac D150-D59-f150 and Tobruk D37-l50. The association will hold a reunion at Tweed Heads Bowling Club from July 29-August 2. Interested personnel can contact association president John Golotta at hm.anzac@bigpond.com or (03) 5978 7808.

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LEUT Andrew Ragless

Commando crawls under 10,000 volt electrical wire, tyre carries, cargo net climbs and sprints through flaming haystacks have proven that navy, army and air Force personnel of Joint Headquarters northern Command are “Territory Tough”.

The inaugural Blood Sweat and Fears half marathon fitness chal-lenge took place on may 4 at Lake Bennett and surrounding bush, an hour’s drive from darwin.

The course featured 20 obsta-cles, each more gruelling than the last, designed to break up a cruel 21km cross-country run.

The 14-s t rong team from northern Command (norcom) included an even mix of men and women from able seaman to Chief of Staff GPCaPT Bill Kourelakos.

LSCIS michelle Lakin said the event strengthened the team ethos at norcom.

“We had a buddy-up system, which changed a lot during the 21km, but we never ran alone,” she said.

“It was a great feeling to arrive at the next obstacle with your team mates, to motivate and encourage you and egg you on.

“one of the last obstacles was called ‘roach or run’ and we were given the choice of eating a cock-roach or running an extra 750

metres down and up a steep crevice.“I chose to eat the cockroach

and I squished it first and a maggot came out. Then I just swallowed it whole – it was disgusting!”

The first norcom competitors crossed the line in just over 3 hours and 20 minutes.

GPCaPT Kourelakos said norcom staff were a tight knit group and the event highlighted their diversity and professionalism.

“I think we’re used to working hard and pulling our own weight, but this event really highlighted the uniqueness of norcom as a small joint military headquarters with a big responsibility” he said.

“Supporting each other is the only way we get the job done.”

It’s tough in the Territory

TEAMWORK: CAPT Nick Kelly, ABCIS Katherine Creighton, SQNLDR Peter Janssen and LSCIS Michelle Lakin commando crawl under 10,000 volt electrical wire nearing the end of the Blood, Sweat and Fears half marathon fitness challenge.

LEUT Samantha Dudley

THe naval College Class of 1953-55 took a journey down memory lane at its 60th anniversary reunion at HmaS Stirling on may 15.

Travelling from all around australia, the 40 visitors relished the opportunity to spend a day back on board a navy base.

escorted through the Submarine Training Systems Centre, they met and spoke with Training authority Submarines CmdR matthew Hoffman about today’s navy and submarine capa-bilities.

n av y d o m e s t i c e n ga g e m e n t Regional Coordinator and escort for the day, CPomL-S Toni Ralph, said it was a delight to accompany the visitors around the base.

“It’s not every day you get an oppor-tunity to meet CdRe Peter dechaineux (retd) , the son of CaPT emile dechaineux,” CPo Ralph said.

“I enjoyed the opportunity to listen to their stories of times gone by, the con-

tributions they made to the navy and Stirling while they were serving.”

Highlights of the reunion included a short visit to the Fleet Base West naval museum, where the old became the familiar, and to the Submarine escape Training Facility where they were able to conduct a walk through the escape tower.

a visit to the Torpedo maintenance Facility and the Ran School of Survivability and Ship Safety ensured the visitors were brought up to date on a variety of navy aspects.

Serving officers and senior sail-ors joined the visitors in the Sir James Stirling mess for lunch, where stories of camaraderie were shared.

CmdR Les Renfrey (retd) said it was the sense of nostalgia and the memories of mateship that he enjoyed most from the visit.

CdRe dechaineux recalled his time in the navy and as Co HmaS Creswell.

“Re-establishing the connection with the Collins-class submarines and meet-ing current serving members of the Ran have been the highlight of the day,” he said.

Fond memories shared at Stirling

BACK TOGETHER: The Naval College Class of 1953-55 stop for a photo during a reunion tour of HMAS Stirling. Photo: LSIS Nina Fogliani

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Purchasing or owning an invest-ment property might make sound finan-cial sense, but aDF members should be aware of the potential impact on their future eligibility to Defence housing assistance.

Defence housing assistance provided to aDF members is based on a member’s need and bedroom requirements. as such it is not a condition of service but is pro-vided to members posted to locations where they do not own a suitable home, according to assistant Director Military conditions and housing Policy Bruce Jackson.

Mr Jackson said members needed to be aware of the unintended consequences that purchasing a home may have on their eligibility for housing assistance.

“if a member decides to lease out a suitable own home and as a consequence is unable to occupy it, the home will remain a suitable home and the member will not be eligible for housing assistance if they are posted to the location of the home,” he said.

“One of the most common questions asked of our Directorate and Defence housing australia is whether or not a member’s home is considered to be a ‘suitable own home’.”

The aDF Pay and conditions Manual defines a ‘suitable own home’ as a

home owned by the member or any of their dependents in the member’s post-ing location with enough bedrooms to accommodate the member’s family.

however, a home purchased using any form of Defence housing assistance, such as the Defence home Ownership assistance scheme, Defence home Owner scheme, Defence service home Loan, home Purchase assistance scheme or the home Purchase or sale Expenses allowance, will be considered suitable for the member’s current post-ing and all subsequent postings to the location of the home irrespective of the number of bedrooms.

Mr Jackson said some investment schemes enabled members to purchase a property and then arrange to lease it for extended periods.

“a suitable own home purchased under one of these schemes will still be considered a suitable home and the mem-ber will not be entitled to a service resi-dence or rent allowance when posted to the location of the home,” he said.

in addition to seeking independent professional financial advice before pro-ceeding with the purchase of a home, members should also ensure that their purchase would not deny them Defence housing assistance. in the first instance members are encouraged to read chap-ter 7 in PacMan.

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BEFORE YOU BUY: Make sure you understand the impact of buying a home. Photo: CPL Aaron Curran

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On an overcast northern tropical day, the crew of hMas Paluma got its first taste of stardom when pro-duction company great southern Film and Television embarked to film Coast – Australia.

The long-running BBc series explores how and why coasts are mapped.

having the filmmakers on board presented a unique opportunity for Paluma’s crew to illustrate the important role navy plays in sur-veying uncharted sections of the australian coastline.

cO Paluma LcDr geoffrey Walker welcomed presenter neil Oliver and his film crew aboard to conduct surveys around green island and Mission Bay, about 15 nautical miles off cairns.

Throughout the day the produc-tion crew observed the operations of a survey motor launch vessel.

Mr Oliver was particularly impressed when shown the mov-ing vessel profiler and data record-ing systems demonstrated dur-

ing a survey of the 50-year-old unnamed barge wreck submerged 35m beneath the ocean off green island, commenting on how clear the image was.

Later in the day, the film crew was educated on the surveying techniques used in the days of the early European explorers.

The crew showed Mr Oliver how to survey the position of Paluma as she entered into Mission Bay using a sextant and the hand lead line.

POhsM russell hinze said it was a good illustration for the crew on just how far survey technology had progressed.

“it’s easy these days to forget just how challenging this may have been and it’s incredible to see how accurate the observations of our forebears were,” PO hinze said.

“The visit by the BBc crew was a great chance to show the impor-tant work of the hsO branch.

“hopefully this show can create interest and a better understanding of the important service we provide to not only the navy, but to the safety of all mariners.”

Lights, camera and action

CLOSER LOOK: POHSM Russell Hinze and LSHSO Benjamin Whittaker teach Coast – Australia presenter Neil Oliver how to use a sextant on board HMAS Paluma. Photo: CPO Daniel Carter

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THE ship’s company of USS Pinckney made sure their Australian shipmate, CPOCSM Chris Boardman, was able to commemorate Anzac Day by holding their own Anzac Day service on board the US Navy destroyer at Port Hueneme in California.

“It is an honour to represent the RAN and Australia on board Pinckney and the crew’s interest in the Anzac legend has been amaz-ing,” CPO Boardman said.

“Having been involved in so many services over the years, the dawn service on Pinckney was incredibly unique.”

Although tradition does not dictate that US servicemen and women stop to commemo-rate Anzac Day, Pinckney has participated in Anzac Day services for the past three years in support of their Australian friends and allies.

“The fact that the entire ship attended to recognise the lone Australian presence on board during such a significant Australian tra-dition was humbling,” CPO Boardman said.

“I gave a five-minute speech covering the RAN’s involvement at Gallipoli, specifically submarine AE2, the landing and the extrac-tion. I also spoke of the Battle of Sunda Strait involving HMAS Perth and USS Houston and highlighted that this year the Perth Association marched with the Houston banner for the first time, which I read in Navy News!”

CPO Boardman joined Pinckney, which is home ported in San Diego, in September last year on an exchange to gain practical knowledge and experience in the operation of the Aegis weapon system that will be built into the Hobart-class DDGs.

Two other sailors are also participating in similar training-focused embeds with the US Navy, one on USS Wayne E. Meyer and the other in the Aegis Training and Readiness Centre in Dahlgren, Virginia.

RESPECT: Sailors and officers aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney gather at an Anzac Day ceremony (above) as CPOCSM Chris Boardman (inset) addresses them at Port Hueneme in California. Photos: USN MCS Daniel Young

Right at home in Pinckney

14 CENTRE www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS May 23, 2013 15

HMAS Sydney has joined the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet to spend the next three months with the USS George

Washington carrier strike group, based in Yokosuka, Japan.

During her embed, Sydney’s crew will gain invaluable hands-on expe-rience operating in a strike group whose primary function is to protect the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George Washington.

On the way to Japan, Sydney’s crew conducted damage control, helicopter crash and toxic hazard exercises, practised approaches with the ship’s RHIB and did other training serials to prepare for the embed.

Sydney also conducted a night replenishment at sea with SPS Cantabria off the coast of Cairns, which CMDR Brinckmann said was an excellent opportunity to build on

his crew’s experience working with other navies.

“Conducting replenishment at night is always challenging, but the professionalism shown by CMDR Jose Fernandez and his crew ensured the activity was completed safely and efficiently,” he said.

It was the first night replenish-ment conducted by Cantabria since arriving in Australia in February.

Sydney’s embed is part of a series of cooperative activities between the RAN and the USN to help Australia get ready for when the new Hobart-class DDGs are delivered.

CO Sydney CMDR Karl Brinckmann said embracing opportu-nities to embed Australian warships in carrier strike groups was the best way to prepare Navy for the arrival of new capabilities.

“This is a premium opportunity for everyone on board to gain an intimate working knowledge of how

warships interact in a carrier strike group to achieve a vast array of dif-ferent and dynamic missions, while still achieving the primary mission of protecting a high-value asset such as a carrier or an LHD,” he said.

“This is a proactive and progres-sive approach to training for future capability that will serve our Navy and its sailors incredibly well as we embark on a new and exciting phase of naval capability for Australia.”

Over the next three months, Sydney will take part in several mul-tinational maritime exercises and is scheduled to visit several Asian ports including Busan, Okinawa and Sasebo.

As well as achieving significant training targets, the embed will also allow Navy to further enhance its strong working relationship with the US and Asian partner nations and promote security and stability in the region.

SHE’S ARRIVEDHMAS Sydney has arrived in Japan and embedded with the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet for a very important few months. Photos: LS Peter Thompson

ALONGSIDE: HMAS Sydney berthed with USS Cambelltown alongside Yokosuka in Japan.

GOOD VIEW: ABML-S Angela Stephenson and LSML-S Samantha Quinn take in the seas from the gunnery direction platform.

MEDICS: (L-R) ABMED Danielle Dickinson, LSMED Tom Pearson, LEUT Luke Edwards and POMED Dan Fox stand in the ship’s medical bay.

GETTING READY: Replenishment at sea gunner MIDN Edward Hodge prepares to fire a line throwing projectile toward SPS Cantabria.

WELCOME: Above, CO Sydney CMDR

Karl Brinckmann greets Commander

Task Force 70 RADM Mark C. Montgomery

in Japan.

COMING IN: Sailors double up berthing lines to bring HMAS Sydney alongside Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a US Navy base in Japan.

IN CONTROL: ABCSO Michael Murphy mans a console in the operations room.

TEAM EFFORT: Left, ABET Mitchell Blundell, LSML-SC Robert Swift and LSML-C Adam Wallis conduct a helicopter crash-on-deck damage control exercise.

TRANSFER COMPLETE: SPS Cantabria, top, retracts the fuel probe and hoses used to conduct a replenishment at sea with HMAS Sydney.

SAFETY FIRST: A fire fighting team makes an entry into one of the ship’s service diesel generator compartments during a damage control exercise.

EYES PEELED: SMNCSO Jarrod Tamasi, SMNCSO Sean Horler and ABCSO Matt Carter look out from the gunnery direction platform as Sydney approaches the equator.

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NEW SKILLS: ABBM Matt Sheath and SMNCSO Cameron Alcorn practise pipe repair during damage control training.

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The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought during WWII from May 4-8, 1942, and was the first battle in history where

aircraft carriers directly engaged with each other.

It was also the first action where neither side’s ships sighted or fired on each other, with the outcome being decided by carrier-borne aircraft.

The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first major engagement in which US and Australian forces fought alongside each other and some historians see it as the catalyst for the ANZUS treaty, which still holds strong today.

While taking heavy casualties, the Allies succeeded in stemming what had seemed an unstoppable Japanese advance.

This was the first time the jug-gernaut of Japanese advances in the Pacific had been stopped in WWII and prevented the Japanese from landing a large invasion force at Port Moresby.

The battle marked the change from primarily a defensive strategy of the Allies to that of an offensive one – the tide of war in the Pacific had turned.

This year in Darwin, sailors from hMAS Coonawarra were joined by members of the US Marine Corps, Marine Rotational Force –Darwin and ADF representatives on May 5 to com-memorate the battle’s 71st anniversary.

XO Coonawarra LCDR Jon Davidson addressed the gathering and shared some personal reflections on the battle.

“My father was an Army artillery officer on the Kokoda Track and his brother, my uncle, was a chief petty officer in the Navy who some months later survived the sinking of hMAS Canberra,” he said.

“If the Battle of the Coral Sea had ended differently, it would have affect-ed a whole generation in my family.

“The battle forged a strong and lasting alliance with the US, and today we gather to remember those brave Australian and American sailors and airmen who fought so valiantly.”

CO Marine Rotational Force – Darwin LTCOL Matthew Puglisi delivered a message from US President Barack Obama.

“The Coral Sea will forever live in our memories as the place where hundreds of selfless American and Australian service members gave their lives in the name of freedom,” he read.

“During these days of remembrance, Americans stand with Australians to honour their legacy as we recommit to the vitality of our alliance and the pro-motion of lasting peace.”

In Canberra, Navy joined the Australian American Association to mark the anniversary with a wreath-

laying ceremony at the Australian American Memorial in Russell on May 9.

To pay tribute to the battle that played out in the air during the con-flict, the ceremony also featured a flypast by three Navy helicopters from hMAS Albatross.

Messages from President Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard were read during the ceremony and ADF representatives, members of the US armed forces and US ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich also attended.

At locations around Australia, Navy commemorated a battle remembered for its unique achievements and friendships forged.

Joint tribute

DECISIVE BATTLE: AB Cameron Rowe and AB Liam Chandler raise the US and RAN flags during the service in Canberra. Inset, HMAS Australia II during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Main photo: POIS Ollie Garside

STAND TALL: LSAWA SM Stuart Walz pipes the still on board HMAS Sheean alongside Diamantina Pier at HMAS Stirling.Photo: ABIS Jayson Tufrey

SCHOOL VISIT: Gippsland Grammar School student Ben Canfield tries on CAPT Michael Beard’s hat after CAPT Beard visited his old school to speak to students about life in the Navy. Photo: Lisa Baker

FOODIES: LSML-C Chantelle Butler (left) and ABML-C Kyle Nugent (right) prepare an apple pie in the Galley on HMAS Choules. Photos: ABIS Chantell Bianchi

AT WORK: SMNET Duncan O’Brien, of HMAS Parramatta, alongside in Darwin. Photo: LSIS Jo Dilorenzo

ON THE JOB: ABEW Gyharn Wilkin, of HMAS Perth, takes a break after working in full firefighting rig during a damage control exercise. Photo: ABIS Jayson Tufrey

HI MUM: ABML-SC Ernesto Sanchez edits the Mother’s Day video that was created on board HMAS Toowoomba. Photo: POIS Phil Cullinan

17May 23, 2013 www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS GANGWAY

GOODBYE PAUL: Left, POIS Paul Berry smiles after his promotion ceremony on May 13 at HMAS Harman. PO Berry worked for Navy News as an imagery specialist/reporter for more than two years. On promotion he posted out to Navy Strategic Command. We wish him all the best and thank him for his work.Photo: CPL Aaron Curran

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CAPT Scott Ritchie Director Military Discipline Law

IF an authorised officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that a member has committed a service offence under the Defence Force Discipline act 1982 and orders an investigation, they may suspend the member from duty for the period of the investigation.

a member who is charged with a service or civil offence may also be suspended from duty.

If convicted of a service offence, members may be suspended from duty pending review of the decision of a ser-vice tribunal by a reviewing authority.

Generally, a suspension imposed on a member ends only when a charge does not continue or is abandoned, the proceedings are terminated or when an investigation ends.

However, if an investigation results in the member being charged the sus-pension continues.

During the period of suspension, the member is not required to perform their duties and can only be paid when permitted by the authorised officer and when the suspension has not occurred as a result of an investigation.

The authorised officer may permit payment when the member has suf-fered, or is suffering, hardship as a result of being suspended.

When a member is not being paid by the aDF as a result of being sus-pended from duty, they may choose to engage in employment outside Defence.

Duty suspension APRIL TRIAL RESULTS

Other rankDefence Force MagistrateOne charge of theft DFDA s 47C

One charge of signing a false service document DFDA s 55(1)(a)

The member was accused of obtaining funds from a person or organisation when not authorised to do so and signing a service document verifying a false amount relating to the funds. The member pleaded guilty to all charges and was found guilty of all. The member was reduced in rank, forfeited seniority, required to pay reparation of $11,427 (paid in fort-nightly instalments of $100) and required to undergo deten-tion for 90 days (first charge) and 28 days (second charge).

OfficerGeneral Court MartialOne charge of suppressing a service document DFDA s 55(1)(d)

Three charges of making false entry in a service docu-ment DFDA s 55(1)(b)

Two charges of making away with a service document DFDA 55(1)(d) (1 in the alternative)

The member was accused of making false entries and suppressing and removing service documents relating to detainees. The member pleaded not guilty to all charges. The member was found guilty of two charges of making a false entry in a service document. The member was reduced in rank and forfeited seniority.

NCODefence Force MagistrateOne charge of prejudicial conduct DFDA s 60(1)

The member was accused of making an inappropriate com-ment to another member. The member pleaded guilty and was found guilty. The member was severely reprimanded.

Note: All Court Martial and Defence Force Magistrate trial results are subject to command review and appeal. The results indicated are of trials across the ADF.

SUSPENDED: A member may be suspended from duty if they are under investigation, charged with or convicted of a service or civil offence. Photo: LSIS Helen Frank

19PERSONNELMay 23, 2013 www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS

Train anywhereONLINE learning is taking a sig-nificant step forward with a new version of Campus that enables mandatory training and other web-based courses to be complet-ed anywhere via the internet.

Campus has only been availa-ble within the Defence Restricted Network in the past, although the majority of course content was unclassified.

Now courses will be avail-able from the Defence Learning Branch’s website as well as a webpage for the new version called Campus Anywhere.

By now, reservists should have received an email with their Campus Anywhere logins, tempo-rary passwords and the weblink.

LEUT Jeffrey Ray was one of the first Navy reservists to access Campus Anywhere and has already completed a number of courses.

“As a prolific self educator, this is great,” he said.

“The fact that Campus training is now available off the DRN is fantastic.”

Phase 2 is under way to allow all Defence members to register their interest on DRN Campus and be provided access.

Phase 3, later in the year, will allow foreign nationals, stu-dents, graduates, contractors and potentially cadets employed by Defence to gain access through a sponsor process.

One of the benefits of an online learning system is cost savings compared to face-to-face learning.

Campus Anywhere will be transferred to Campus DRN and then on to PMKeyS. But an indi-vidual cannot start a course on one system and complete it on the other.

With about 220 courses initial-ly available, individuals will be able to access mandatory learning and other key corporate training and generic lessons.

Director General Defence Learning Branch CDRE Daryl Bates said about 35 per cent of Defence people, including reserv-ists, cadets, ADFA/Defence col-

leges, deployed and deploying personnel, did not have regular access to the DRN.

“This presents challenges for them to effectively access cor-porate learning and in particular, mandatory training,” he said.

CDRE Bates said close moni-toring of the system’s load and performance would also allow any tweaks required before final-ising the rollout by the end of June.

For more informat ion on the Campus Anywhere project visit the Learning Solutions website: http://intranet.defence.gov.au/vcdf/sites/LearningSolutions and the Campus web page on the DRN.

CPO Pete Marshall

MaritiMe Warfare-South has launched a new professional development website for maritime warfare sailors and officers.

the website hosts a new con-cept in presenting professional development material through a series of information sessions.

the information sessions engage the user with video, PowerPoint and access to live UrLs.

the sessions also offer the user an interactive topics list allow-ing for quick and easy navigation throughout the presentation.

Head Maritime Warfare-South CMDr Mark Muir the sessions did not take a lot of time and were simple to follow.

“all sessions do not go any longer than 10 minutes and are structured for easy viewing,” CMDr Muir said.

“this includes several features that allow the user to manipu-late how the presentation can be watched.”

the website hosts several sessions covering a broad range of topics including seamanship, weapons, policing and survival equipment.

“these sessions are a useful way of keeping up-to-date with

ThE Defence Alumni Network (DAN) – a social net-work built by Defence for Defence – hit 10,000 mem-bers this month and has so far facilitated more than 6500 reconnections.

The DAN is open to current and former ADF members and recently opened to Defence APS and Australian Defence College students graduates (Australian and overseas).

More than 10,000 people have joined the DAN, with profiles, groups and events among the most popular sections of the social network.

Project Manager CAPT harry Lok said the plat-form had helped thousands of personnel reconnect.

“One of the underlying objectives of the DAN has always been to facilitate ongoing connections between Defence people and I’m thrilled that more than 10,000 people see the platform as a valuable way to stay in touch,” he said.

“The fact we are universally accessible online and also a secure network built just for Defence have been key factors in our success.

“The DAN is a dynamic and busy platform. Media articles are uploaded daily, our revamped profiles mean you can add your honours, awards and crest and commendations and we also offer video chat capabil-ity,” he said.

To join the DAN, visit www.dan.gov.au

PERSONNEL have the opportunity to influence important decisions about their pay, conditions and workplace through the YourSay survey that went live on May 10.

DCN and head of Navy People and Reputation, RADM Mike van Balen, said each year Navy per-sonnel were selected at random to participate in the survey and voice their views on future policy and direction.

“This research lets us know what is important to you and what you think,” he said.

“It is essential that we have this information to make informed decisions about your future pay, con-ditions and workplace environment.

“So if you are chosen to participate, I highly encourage you to log on and let us know what you think – this is your chance to influence our future.”

The survey closes on May 27.

For more information, questions or comments contact the YourSay research team at: your.say@defence.gov.auAT YOUR FINGERTIPS:

Campus Anywhere can now be accessed online at any time.

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New site leads the way

core skills and maintaining skill consistency,” CMDr Muir said.

“the presentations can also be used by supervisors, managers and divisional staff for briefings, divisional meetings and an alter-native to continuation training.”

Maritime Warfare-South’s

flexible learning team is continu-ally developing new information sessions and welcomes ideas for potential topics.

Contact the Maritime Warfare -South flexible learning team at: information.sessions@drn.mil.au

Take the chance to have a say

NEW TOOL: Maritime Warfare -South’s new professional development website covers a range of topics including seamanship, weapons and survival equipment.

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21TRAININGMay 23, 2013 www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS

Dallas McMaugh

“You can’t expect people to feel nor-mal doing these things because this is an abnormal activity around an abnor-mal event”, is how CoMAuSFLT RADM Tim Barrett described the chal-lenges of helicopter underwater escape training (HuET).

Physically demanding and person-ally challenging, HuET is essential for all ADF personnel who carry out helicopter operations over water.

The training provides the skills required to escape an aircraft in the event of an emergency sea landing.

HuET qualifications must be renewed every two years and RADM Barrett said regular retraining was invaluable.

“Even though I have been doing HuET regularly since I first began fly-ing in 1985, I appreciate the opportu-nity requalification provides to practise and correct my technique and to ensure I’m getting it right,” he said.

“Even with all my previous train-ing, I still needed to get ‘dunked’ an extra couple of times today to sort out an error in my procedure.”

RADM Barrett said his first HuET experience was memorable.

“I was very fortunate. I’d done a bit of diving so being underwater and upside down didn’t worry me and it was just a matter of getting the proce-dures right,” he said.

“If you don’t know what to expect, if you don’t like getting water up your nose and if you’re not that confident underwater then it is a challenge, but the beauty of the HMAS Albatross training facility is there’s someone who can sort you out underwater or above water within seconds if you have any issues. This largely removes the fear factor and then it’s just a matter of getting as comfortable as you can.”

When asked what advice he would give someone about to undertake their first HuET, RADM Barrett said, “It’s easy to say relax, it’s easy to say just feel confident, but you’ve then got to experience it first hand and realise it can be done.”

“When you understand that if you use all the right methods it will be a safe evolution, then you get more relaxed, more confident and it becomes easier,” he said.

HuET courses are conducted in a sophisticated purpose-built complex attached to the Albatross gymnasium.

RADM Barrett said the resources were of a very high standard.

“The facility is extremely well run. I was here as Co when it was intro-duced and I know how good the sys-tem is and I know how good the staff are at keeping people safe,” he said.

“It has been 12 years since we put this facility in and I always enjoy com-ing back and being part of the training and making sure that I’m getting it right.”

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IN THE DEEP END: COMAUSFLT RADM Tim Barrett prepares to be dunked in the HUET pool by LSPT Jan Gilmour and SMN Hayley MacDonald at HMAS Albatross. Photo: ABIS Alan Lancaster

New contract brings multiple benefits

BETTER PREPARED: SMN James Spackman, an Aviation Technician Aircraft Trainee at RAAFSTT, tags out some tools during a practical exercise. Photo: CPL Amanda Campbell

NAVY aviation technician training has set itself up for the future after a funda-mental overhaul of the aviation training system at the RAAF School of Technical Training (RAAFSTT) at RAAF Base Wagga.

BAE Systems Australia, in partner-ship with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology university and Pennant Pty Ltd, have formed the Defence Aeroskills Training Academy (DATA), which began delivering training in con-junction with RAAFSTT on April 8.

Commander Air Force Training Group AIRCDRE Brian Edwards said the new arrangement would deliver excellent technical training using modern aids and systems, while also providing efficiencies for the ADF.

“The training solution being delivered by DATA will result in a reduction of up to 30 per cent in course training time as well as the achievement of more compe-tencies at RAAFSTT before graduation,” AIRCDRE Edwards said.

“The reduced training time equates to a cash benefit to the Commonwealth in the reduction of the under Training Workforce. Trained students will be out working in the Force Element Groups

sooner and with more competencies signed-off in their journals and skills logs.”

The new contract also means that DATA will take over some of the Registered Training organisation role of the ADF in issuing formal Aeroskills competencies to graduating students. This reduces an overhead currently absorbed by the ADF.

The Director of Navy’s Training Author i ty -Avia t ion , CMDR Tim Standen, said he welcomed the innova-tive approach to improving training com-petencies reducing course length, while delivering well-trained personnel to meet Navy’s aviation needs.

“The changes in the triservice avia-tion training environment at RAAF Wagga look set to provide Navy AT train-ees with a world-class learning environ-ment,” he said.

“In particular, I am very happy that our people will be able to progress more quickly to their next phase of training here at HMAS Albatross to get them on their way to serving at sea.”

Since 1993 Navy, Army and Air Force aircraft technicians have undergone the-ory and practical training leading to the Certificate IV in Aeroskills at RAAFSTT.

22 TRAINING www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS May 23, 2013

Net captures knowledgeMichael Brooke

THE Australian Maritime Warfare Centre (AMWC) has launched the Fighting.Net forum to facilitate the exploitation of operational knowledge and promote professional discussion.

The online forum captures Navy’s tactical lessons and corporate experi-ence.

It uses SharePoint to provide a venue for group discussions about important warfare reports and issues.

COMWAR CDRE Peter Leavy launched Fighting.Net at the AMWC on May 7.

The forum is designed to help naval personnel of all ranks share knowledge and learn from each other in the drive to maximise professional effectiveness.

AMWC’s Pelorus Project Officer, CMDR Rob Wilson, said the forum would give personnel the opportunity to track, engage with and contribute to the professional issues of the day.

“The Fighting.Net forum will bring together officers and sailors of the Naval community in a regular way to network, identify issues that affect the warfighting capability of the Fleet and contribute to solutions to improve that capability,” he said.

“SharePoint will enable officers and sailors to openly discuss impor-tant issues as well as evolving doc-trine and other formal reports from exercises and deployments.”

The site features the tactalks dis-

cussion area and an OIL (observation, insights and lessons) forum, which hosts all formal post activity reports.

Both areas feature a word search function that enables a user to target a specific area of interest and rapidly locate all associated reports or posts.

CMDR Wilson said the forum was at the heart of the AMWC’s mission, which was to optimise the warfight-ing effectiveness of the “Fleet in Being”, through the exploitation of operational knowledge, including operational analysis.

“Fighting.Net also facilitates honesty in reporting, wh ich speaks directly to the values and the signature behav-iours at the heart of the Naval cul-ture we wish to champion ,” he said.

F o r t h o s e with DRN access, Fighting.Net can be accessed from a speed- l ink on the front page of Navyweb and rep-lication solution for front-line units is about to be realised.

Fighting.Net has already generated a lot of interest, with more than 10,000 hits in its first week.

USER FRIENDLY: CDRE Peter Leavy uses Fighting.Net with CMDR Mike McArthur at Fleet Headquarters in Sydney. Photo: ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez

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23FEATURESMay 23, 2013 www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS

Flying the flag for Navy Fighter controllers impress

on exercise in the US.

WHAT IT TAKESNAVY requires an average of between four and six fighter controllers to be trained annually in order to maintain its capability in the deployable Fleet Fighter Control Element and RAAF 2SQN.

Volunteers will be accepted from the mari-time warfare officer (MWO) and maritime combat officer (MCO) communities subject to a minimum of one year’s consolidation of a Major Fleet Unit Bridge Warfare Certificate for MWOs or one year’s posting as Operations Room Supervisor as a PO Combat System Supervisor for MCO.

Anyone interested in specialising as a fighter controller should initially register their interest with the relevant NPCMA desk officer.

All volunteers are required to pass the avia-tion medical (non-pilot initial) examination and RAAF air combat officer (air battle manager) psychological aptitude testing and fighter con-troller aptitude testing as a screening require-ment. These results should then be passed to NPCMA with a CO’s recommendation.

DI(N) OPS 3-18 covers all aspects of RAN fighter controller capability management.

In a first for navy, four fighter controllers showcased their skills in Exercise Red Flag-nellis in the nevada test and training range just

north of Las Vegas.LEUTs Dale axford, Glen

Edwards, Stephen Gaisford and Peter Hassall were attached to the RaaF’s 2SQn E-7a contingent for the high-end warfighting exercise.

Held from February 22 to March 15, the exercise integrated air assets and personnel from the US air Force, US navy, US Marine Corps, RaF and RaaF in highly contested and degrad-ed air operations.

Two RaaF Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and the four navy officers impressed Red Flag-nellis participants, obtaining honours and highlighting the skills navy offers.

Red Flag-nellis prepares US and coalition air space and cyber units for successful mission execution in realis-tic wartime tasking.

The exercise simulated the first five days of a war campaign as close to a real-world air warfare environment as possible.

Each fighter controller encountered challenging mission sets including defensive counter air, global strike/air interdiction, dynamic targeting and combat search and rescue.

During a combat search and rescue mission, LEUT Hassall was appointed Deputy Mission Commander and received a commendation by his crew mission commander for exemplary performance.

LEUT axford put his tactical command and control knowledge and experience gained on the ground at last year’s Exercise Red Flag-alaska to good use, safely recovering a syn-thetic downed pilot and Special Forces team on the same combat search and rescue mission.

LEUTs axford and Gaisford also took on the role of Force Marshaller.

“It was an intense job for an aver-age period of three hours. There were more than 60 aircraft cycling through the check-in procedure including fourth and fifth generation fighters, multiple tankers and stealth bombers,” LEUT Gaisford said.

“It required significantly increased awareness to ensure the safe decon-fliction of all aircraft.”

Further honours for navy par-ticipants came as LEUT Edwards received a superior performance award from the Red Flag-nellis air Expeditionary Warfare Commander in recognition of his duties and associ-ated product to a high standard.

CO 2SQn WGCDR Paul Carpenter said 2SQn’s participation was a sig-

nificant milestone in the continuing development of E-7a capability as the platform continued its transition towards full operational capability.

“Red Flag provides complex aviation combat training at a level not available in australia,” WGCDR Carpenter said.

“It is essential our people are trained at this level to ensure they effectively operate and integrate the Wedgetail’s highly technical equip-ment in a complex air warfare environ-ment with coalition partners.”

In highlighting significant career rewards for navy personnel wishing to specialise as a fighter controller, Senior naval Officer Headquarters 42WG LCDR Jeff Davison said there was a great deal of variety and profes-sional job satisfaction.

“The fighter controller specialisa-tion certainly paves the way for future service in the air warfare destroyer plus senior positions in the E-7a com-munity,” LCDR Davison said.

“The navy fighter controller foot-print is now mature within 2SQn and we are not just there to make up the numbers.

“navy fighter controllers are per-forming very well in the E-7a capa-bility space, with four navy fighter controllers in senior positions within crews by the end of this year.”

ON SHOW: A RAAF Wedgetail holds short of the active runway at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Photo: Lawrence Crespo, US Air Force

READY TO FLY: LEUTs Glen Edwards,

Dale Axford, Peter Hassall and Stephen

Gaisford during Exercise Red Flag-

Nellis in Nevada.Photo courtesy of

LCDR Jeff Davison

24 FEATURES www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS May 23, 2013

Despite the ADF’s focus in Afghanistan shifting from train-ing and mentoring to advising and supporting, the need for specialist

medical skills remains as strong as ever.in terms of critical care, there is

nowhere better than the Role 3 Medical Facility at Kandahar Airfield, where a team of eight Australian medical specialists have linked with coalition partners.

CMDR Anthony Holley heads up the surgical team.

“there are four doctors and four nurses. those doctors are broken down into a gen-eral surgeon, an orthopaedic surgeon, an intensivist and an anaesthetist. there are also two intensive care nurses and two peri-operative nurses who work in the operating theatre,” CMDR Holley said.

the team has been fully integrated into the hospital, working side-by-side with a contingent of Us medical staff.

CMDR Holley is the Australian specialist Health Group intensivist and a RAN reservist and said the benefits of his deployment to both the ADF and his civil-ian employers at Royal Brisbane Hospital were obvious and immediate.

“By sheer magnitude and exposure to incredibly bad injuries we have the opportu-

nity to gain clinical experience, but i think it stretches further than clinical experience. Working with our American colleagues, we have the opportunity to see their organisa-tional system and their structure,” he said.

For LCDR Amy York, a peri-operative nurse, her time in Afghanistan is an oppor-tunity to employ her considerable skill set in a high pressure environment.

“there are probably three major things for me,” she said.

“One is to give back to our country. We are very lucky at home to have the environ-ment that we do.

“the second is if our men and women over here are hurt, i want to know i can do something for them.

“And thirdly, on a personal level, after the training i’ve done, i wanted to be able to test my skills and training in this envi-ronment to see if i can stand the pressure.”

the Role 3 capability has come a long way from the first facility in Kandahar, which was just a tent, and there is nowhere else CMDR Holley would rather be.

“it’s hard to imagine how you could receive better care in another hospital either in Australia or the Us, the practitioners that have been selected to work in this hospital are people at the top of their game.”

Specialists share skillsA small triservice team is playing a vital role in Afghanistan, CAPT Chris Rickey reports.

TOP TEAM: CMDR Anthony Holley, is in

Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, to support medical

personnel in the MEAO. Inset, critical

care nurse LEUT Ross Shackleton in the Role

3 Intensive Care Unit at Kandahar Airfield.

Photos: CPL Ray Vance and CPL Janine Fabre

25HEALTHMay 23, 2013 www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS

VARIATIONS to training and developing performance revolve around the manipula-tion of volume (how much) and intensity (how hard).

Resistance/weight training is gov-erned by sets, repetitions and rest.

However, when training the body for metabolic events, like running, swim-ming and cycling, other methods are used.

Over the next three editions we will look at long, slow distance; Fartlek; and interval training, as well as high intensity interval training methods.

Long slow distance The aim of a long, slow distance session is to keep moving at a constant pace for a long period of time.

The session requires work rates of about 60-80 per cent of the maximum heart rate depending on fitness level and distance to be covered.

A generic formula to find your maxi-mum heart rate is 220 minus age.

This pace ensures that metabolic byproducts, like hydrogen ions that can limit performance, is fairly limited with dispersion rates equal to or greater than production rates.

Long slow distance also encourages the development of muscles and bones to withstand more intense training, which is

vital for injury prevention and later opti-mal performance.

Aerobic metabolic pathways that are developed through this training form the base of all metabolic conditioning, even short duration high-intensity activities like recovering from a sprint down the pitch.

Beginners should have at least six weeks of continuous long, slow distance training before progressing to true Fartlek sessions.

If you have had a break from endur-ance training it is recommended that you always restart your training with long, slow distance sessions.

However, if done to excess this method can lead to overuse injuries, so it should not be considered the basic train-ing methodology that can be covered con-tinuously as a default session, as variety is needed to prevent injury.

Fartlek (speed play)This form of training is also commonly referred to as “surging”.

It involves a series of varying inten-sity activities interspersed with a relaxed moving recovery.

An example would be increasing pace to a light pole ahead then slowing down for the next two.

As the Swedish name implies, it is “speed play” and was originally designed as a means of allowing athletes to train

as they feel, enabling them to push hard then slow down to a recovery pace and, when ready, push hard again.

It is also the introduction to work-ing with speed and should be introduced before more intense interval sessions.

The fast pace should not be a flat-out effort but rather a mild elevation of the current pace.

Two examples of Fartlek training after a warm-up are:

➤ 15-minute cycle, going fast for 30 seconds then slow for two minutes. Repeat six times.

➤ 4-5km run, going slow to the sixth light pole then fast to next one. Repeat six times.

Fartlek improves active aerobic recov-ery from anaerobic (fast/surging) work as well as improving aerobic system responses to a change in intensity, for example becoming efficient quickly after a change of pace.

It also benefits the anaerobic systems by improving the ability of the body to develop energy without oxygen.

Next edition

We will look at interval training and the scientific guidelines governing its use, as well as applying these training methods to improve your 2.4km (or other distance) run times.

Hare vs turtle trainingThere are a number of methods available when training for endurance, LT Rob Orr reports.

ENDURANCE: Altering the pace may increase your endurance fitness.Photo: LSIS Helen Frank

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SILVER EDGE: B Division men’s eight team stroked by LS Nathan White, with GNR Ian Mongan in seat seven, GNR Mark Partridge in seat six and MAJ Rob Curtin in seat four with fellow local club members on their way to a silver medal. Photos by: Icon Photos (Peter Williams)

CAPT Felicity Hamblin

The ADF women’s Aussie rules players fired their way to victory in the Anzac Day clash beating the Victorian Women’s Football League (VWFL) by more than three goals.

The first quarter saw the VWFL take a three-point lead over the ADF, but the VWFL was unable to keep the lead for the next three quarters.

The ADF took home the cup in a 22-point win against the VWFL, 7.7 (49) to 4.3 (27).

Coach WO2 Kim Beasland said he was impressed the ADF women were able to over-come significant challenges to carry them over the line in an impressive win.

“The team was nothing short of outstand-ing,” WO2 Beasland said.

“Undermanned but certainly not lack-ing endeavour, we stuck to our structures throughout the entire game, which in my mind was the main catalyst for our win.

“When we lost one of our key midfield-ers, POPT Tricia Muller, through injury just after half-time, the team didn’t miss a beat and maintained the structures that we had rehearsed so often during the week.”

Best on ground CPL Rhiannon Busch and first-time ADF player OFFCDT Tiana Udycz repelled the Victorian attack with pace and calm for all four quarters.

The ADF rotations worked well with great running performances from LSPT Amy Carpenter, POPT Tricia Muller, PTE Jessica Foster and two other newcomers to ADF foot-ball, PTE Brittany Watt and OFFCDT Rachel Crowthers.

While the All Stars men looked impres-sive on the field in their curtain-raiser before the Port Adelaide versus West Coast game in Adelaide, they couldn’t muster the goals needed to overcome the Australian Combined Emergency Services (ACES).

After kicking several goals in the first quarter, the ACES team had control of the match for the entire first half, and managed an eight-goal lead by the half-time break.

The ADF men fired back in the third quar-ter but weren’t a match for the ACES, who stretched the lead by 12 goals at three-quarter time.

The ADF men began to dominate the last quarter but a six-goal purple patch made little difference in the end as they went down by 71 points 20.16 (136) to 10. 4 (65).

While the men couldn’t quite contain their opposition, ADF captain LCPL Jae Butler-Evans said he was impressed with his team’s effort to reduce the margin after trailing by more than 15 goals at one stage.

“Unfortunately the game didn’t go as we planned; I guess they were just too strong for us on the day,” LCPL Butler-Evans said.

“They’re very disciplined and well drilled and have the quality that we lack in certain areas.

“The last quarter we came back which was a great effort by the team.”

Although the result wasn’t favourable for the ADF team, the team-building activities and Anzac service in Adelaide were a high-light, with the ACES players joining the All Stars for a commemoration at a nearby beach.

LCPL Butler-Evans said it was great to be able to catch up with their opponents off the field, and was surprised at the level of respect shown to the ADF by the ACES players.

“They went out of their way to come and share the Anzac ceremony with us,” he said.

“I was surprised at the speeches they were giving that they had so much regard for what we do.

“Even before the game they shook our hands and thanked us, but I was in game mode at the time and it wasn’t until I thought about it later that I realised the respect they had for us.”

He also explained how he and teammate LS Adrian James had travelled to the home of Port Adelaide to give the Port Power play-ers a different perspective on the Anzac spirit before a training session in the lead-up to their game.

“It was surprising that they were actually inquisitive about my job and you look at these players in a different way and find yourself on the other side of the fence where they’re actually really inquisitive about you,” LCPL Butler-Evans said.

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LS NATHAN White won two gold medals, three silvers and a bronze to be one of the most success-ful competitors at the Australian Masters Rowing Championships.

LS White took out gold in the men’s A division pairs with GNR Ian Mongan and paired again with GNR Mongan and GNR Mark Patridge to win silver in the fours.

Another Defence crew of LTCOL Chris McKay, MAJ Brett Nelson, LCDR Andrew Willett and CAPT Nicholas Williams finished just outside of the medals in the same race, coming in fourth.

A strong contingent of 30 Defence rowers marked Anzac

Day on the water this year on Lake Burley Griffin from April 25-28.

Adding to the military flavour, the Federation Guard provided a catafalque party for the regatta Anzac Day service on the first day of racing and HMAS Harman con-ducted a ceremonial sunset service at the end of the third day of racing.

The championship involved more than 1100 participants from across Australia competing in eights, fours, quads, pairs, doubles and single sculls for the chance to win a national title.

The regatta started with the inaugural Anzac Challenge Cup, which saw current and former mili-tary personnel and Defence civil-ians race in six eights competing for the new trophy, with the Army

beating off the Navy and Air Force eights at the finish-line in a closely fought race.

Defence rowers were also select-ed as representatives in state crews to compete in interstate races, with MAJGEN Michael Clifford (retd) and Geoff Brown selected in the ACT men’s eight; and LCDR Kym Fisher, CAPT Nicholas Williams, CPO Andy Horsburgh selected in the ACT men’s quadruple scull.

ADRA President LCDR Kym Fisher said for a young organisation the results were fantastic.

“It was an incredible effort,” LCDR Fisher said.

“To get these results at a tough regatta after only three years as an association reflects the talent and hard work of our members.”

Women shine in All Stars

WINNERS ARE SINGERS: The Australian Services Australian Football Association All Stars women’s team sings the team song (above) after winning against the Victorian Women’s Football League and (below) WO2 Kim Beasland, PO Kim Thomson and LS Amy Carpenter with the Anzac Cup. Photos: ABIS Dove Smithett

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Michael Brooke

HAVING his wife on the opposition did not stop PO Ash Stoll from play-ing hard to lead HMAS Kuttabul to victory in the Jubilee Hockey final.

Kuttabul had the game sewn up at half-time when they led 3-1, but that didn’t stop the never-say-die rook-ies from HMAS Albatross/Waterhen from trying to snatch victory.

A star-studded Kuttabul team converted a 3-1 half-time lead into a comprehensive 6-2 win to take the Jubilee Cup at Sydney Olympic Park on May 8.

Kuttabul posted goals through AB Brett Giffin (3) AB Alister

Harrison (2) and PO Stoll (1) to stamp their superiority over their less experienced rivals.

PO Stoll said he knew they had it won shortly after half-time when Kuttabul made it 4-1.

“Although our rivals scored another goal soon after us, it wasn’t enough to bring them back into the match,” he said.

Although Kuttabul ran away with the match in the second half, Albatross/Waterhen played with great pride and passion, and it was only fit-ting that LCDR Caderyn Okely was named most valuable player.

PO Stoll said his team was sim-ply too strong for their opponents, as they were more experienced with

many of the winning team playing hockey for Navy and ADF.

One of the highlights of the day was the clash between the PO Stoll duo, with PO Talei Stoll playing on the Albatross/Waterhen team.

“It was an interesting match up,” PO Ash Stoll said. “But the outcome fortunuately had little impact on the domestic harmony at home.”

PO Stoll said the Jubilee Hockey succeeded in showcasing the quality and depth of Navy hockey in NSW.

“With over half the of the NSW combined team being Navy, NSW are hot favourites at this year’s Australian Defence Hockey Association Championships,” he said.

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AS a dentist, LEUT Visal Bhakoo claims to only inflict pain on the ten-nis court where he blows away his opponents with a booming serve and a powerful forehand return.

L E U T B h a ko o , o f H M A S Kuttabul, enhanced his growing repu-tation by winning the 2013 Carr Cup at the Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney on May 1.

LEUT Bhakoo won his first Carr Cup singles title by grinding out a hard-win over HMAS Ballarat’s LEUT Richard Farrelly to the tune of 6-2.

“Victory is especially sweet because this was the first time I have played in the Carr Cup competition,” he said.

LEUT Bhakoo unleashed his serve to win the first two games, but LEUT Farrelly won the next two to square up.

“The turning point came when I got my first serve and forehand volley into gear to break the deadlock and win the next four games,” he said.

“People say I have a similar game to Marit Safrin, because of my big serve and baseline game.”

LEUT Bhakoo’s triumph more than compensated for his loss in the final of the 2013 Burrell Cup doubles competition at Garden Island tennis courts two months earlier.

“Victory has provided a measure of redemption for me as a singles play-er, because I also played well in the Burrell Cup doubles but was beaten in the final,” he said.

LEUT Bhakoo has been playing tennis since he was six and now wants to represent Navy in triservice tennis.

“The Carr Cup was an excellent competition, with all five games I played that day being tightly contest-ed, including the semi-final against AB Trent Russel which I narrowly won 7-5,” he said.

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STILL FRIENDS: PO Talei Stoll from the mixed HMAS Albatross/Waterhen team and AB Brett Giffin from the HMAS Kuttabul team in action (above) during the Jubilee Hockey event held at Sydney Olympic Park. Inset, PO Ash Stoll with the winner’s shield after the game. Photos: ABIS Sarah Ebsworth

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HIT OUT: SMN William Stiles from mixed HMAS Albatross/Waterhen team and PO Michael Chaffer from HMAS Kuttabul contest for the ball during the Jubilee Hockey event, Sydney Olympic Park.Photo: ABIS Sarah Ebsworth

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