Navy
SERVING AUSTRALIA WITH PRIDE
Volume 54, No. 7, April 29, 2010
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The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Navy
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BASE
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ABOVE: HMAS Childers, one of two ACPBs involved in the
interception and rescue of the SIEV 36 crew and passengers.
She conducted the operation in association with her sister
ship HMAS Albany .
RIGHT: RADM Tim Barrett, Commander Border Protection
Command, presents a ‘CDF Unit Commendation to LCDR
Brett Westcott, CO of Ardent Four.
SIEV 36 — Pg 3
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NEWS
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Chief opts for nil
SRP impact on ops
By Barry Rollings
CDF ACM Angus Houston will watch the
Strategic Reform Program (SRP) closely to
ensure it does not have a negative impact on
Defence’s capabilities and its ability to deliver
what the Government requires.
ACM Houston and Defence Secretary Ian Watt
held an SRP media roundtable at Russell Offices
in Canberra on April 16.
“We have a hard-earned reputation for excellence on operations and it is not one that I’m about
to let slip,” ACM Houston said.
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NAVY NEWS
CDF, ACM Angus Houston
“Our people are first-class and deserve to be
supported in the best possible way.
“I’m very satisfied that we have developed a
robust and comprehensive performance-monitoring
system which has a very strong emphasis not only
on ensuring the reforms have been implemented
but capability is not being adversely affected.
“The cultural dimension of the SRP is, of
course, the key to its success. We have a number of
organisational change programs running, such as
New Generation Navy, which are all complementary programs to the goals of the SRP.”
Under the SRP, Defence must save $20 billion
over the next 10 years to reinvest in capability.
ACM Houston said if Defence did not reform
the organisation through the SRP, it would not be
able to deliver on the Force 30 plan identified in
the Defence White Paper to build up the military
capabilities needed for national security in the
future.
“We know it’s going to be hard, which is why
we need to make everything we do count – every
minute of our time, every dollar we spend and
every round we fire. That is the reality of this program,” he said.
“Force 2030 is a more capable, muscular and
hard-hitting Defence Force ... a truly joint force
which can excel on joint operations, inter-agency
operations and make meaningful contributions to
coalition operations.”
He said many of the SRP reforms – in which
there were more than 300 separate initiatives – had
a direct link with Force 2030, including strategic
planning, capability development and procurement
reforms to ensure Defence acquired the components of Force 2030 in a way that was as efficient
and as effective as possible.
“The cost reduction is important, indeed it is
critical, but the cost reduction has to be reform-led
which means fundamental change to the way we
do business,” ACM Houston said.
He was impressed with the commitment to the
SRP.
“I’ve been around here for a long time, I’ve
never seen a more orderly and planned approach to
doing business than the way we have approached
this reform,” he said.
“The Defence Budget Audit, which was conducted over about nine months, finished early last
year. Since then we’ve been analysing the whole
reform program and we’ve invested money upfront
and we have an implementation plan that covers
the 10 years. I think it’s comprehensive, complete
and in marked contrast to some of the reform
projects we had in the past.”
THE KEY CHANGES
Some of the key initiatives Defence will
introduce under the SRP include:
■ Cut waste, reform culture, boost efficiency
to achieve $20 billion in savings over a
decade.
■ Greater use of Defence Travel Card, more
use of restricted airfares, better use of
accommodation and services contract.
■ Greater centralised shared services in
Defence, converting around 700 contractor
positions – such as those within information technology - to APS jobs (245 already
converted)
■ Civilianising’ 500-600 uniform military support positions between 2010 and 2014.
■ More use of video conferencing.
■ Some civilian job cuts but with a view
to redeployment and retraining of those
involved..
■ Reduction of personal staff for Defence
Chiefs. Already instigated.
Reserves still key force
component — CDF
by Barry Rollings
THE ADF Reserves have received
a ringing endorsement from the
CDF ACM Angus Houston.
He told the Strategic Reform
Program media roundtable at Russell
Offices on April 16, that: “Reserves
are a vital part of our ADF and I
can’t speak highly enough of them.”
ACM Houston said that morale
was “sky high” among reservists
serving in Solomon Islands, whom
he had spoken to, and added that
that was also the case with a number
of Reservists who came out of the
Special Operations Task Group in
the Middle East. Reserves were
being used increasingly on operations, which had been very well
received in the Reserve force.
“Reserves are an integral part of
the ADF,” he said.
“The men and women of the
Reserves provide a very important
contribution.”
Reports that Reserve training
days were being cut because of the
Strategic Reform Program were not
accurate.
“Reserves pay has increased
over the past three financial years
to better align with that of the regular forces. Previous increases in the
use of Reservists have been accommodated within the overall military
workforce budget.
“However, due to our strong full
time ADF recruiting and retention
results in recent times, our ability to
supplement Reserve salaries from
within the overall military workforce
budget has diminished. This has
required the Services to prioritise
Reserve training salaries to ensure
that the Reserve continues to meet
its operational commitments and
critical training requirements.
“In some cases, because of this
need to prioritise salaries for an
increased number of Reservists, it
has reduced the days available for
discretionary training. I can confirm
that all of the Services are continu-
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ing to allocate their respective mandated minimum number of days to
Active Reserve members.
“Active Reserve members of
the Navy and Army are required to
complete 20 days service a year to
keep them current. The minimum
number of days Air Force Reservists
are required to complete is based
on the position of posting. There is
no impact on the preparedness of
deploying Reservists.
“If Reservists are identified to
deploy on operations they must
complete pre-deployment training
and certification to ensure they are
sufficiently trained and prepared to
deploy on operations, as is the case
with our Regular forces.”
Under the SRP there would be
reforms that would result in a more
mission-focused Reserve force,
ACM Houston said.
“It will also see a greater transfer
of knowledge between our permanent and Reserve forces,” he said.
“The SRP is implementing a reform
agenda for Reserves that will reduce
costs, create efficiencies in initial
training and more effectively utilise
the High Readiness Reserve.
“The Army Reserve - because of
its size - will undertake the majority
of the reform under the SRP. Savings
will be achieved through efficiency
reforms, not cut backs.
“Running in parallel to these
SRP reforms are separate structure
reviews being conducted by the
Services. Army’s Force Structure
Review is examining its internal mix
of full-time and part-time capabilities.
“This review is known as
Rebalancing Army. It seeks to
increase the capability of the Army
Reserve. The Rebalancing Army
changes are not related to the SRP
savings targets. The changes are happening in parallel and are designed
to achieve the Defence White Paper
direction on increasing the utility of
the Reserve.”
April 29, 2010
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NEWS
Chief praises
SIEV sailors
THE Commander Boarder Protection
Command presented the first lot of commendations to personnel involved in the
SIEV36 rescue operation at a ceremony
in Cairns on April 20.
RADM Tim Barrett presented 13 of
more than 50 commendations to ADF
members involved in the explosion and
rescue drama that unfolded after the apprehension of the irregular entry vessel by the
Armidale class patrol boats, HMA Ships
Childers and Albany, on an Operation
RESOLUTE patrol off Ashmore Island
just over 12 months ago.
The commendations formally recognised the courage and devotion to duty
of Defence people involved in the rescue,
treatment and evacuation of victims of the
blast.
All personnel, including members of
Transit Security Element 52, embarked with
the crews of Assail Two (HMAS Albany)
and Ardent Four (HMAS Childers), on the
day of the incident have been awarded an
ADF Gold (Chief of Joint Operations) Group
Commendation. Six individual commendations are also being awarded — five to Navy
personnel and one to an Air Force corporal.
The first presentations were to Cairnsbased patrol boat crew, Ardent 4. Another
presentation ceremony for Darwin-based
CDF commendations
LCDR Barry Learoyd (CO Assail Two)
LCDR Brett Westcott (CO Ardent Four)
CPL Sharon Jager (Air Force)
ADF Gold (CJOPs) commendation
CPO Rachelle Burnett
ADF Silver (DCJOPs) commendation
PO Officer Cheryl McCabe
ADF Bronze (DCJOPs) commendation
patrol boat crews and Army and Air Force
PO Rachele Karmiste.
personnel involved will take place on
Tuesday, May 4.
“Our people worked professionally and
with empathy under severe pressure to
LSBM Matt Keogh,
ensure those involved in the SIEV 36 inci- from Ardent Four, in
dent were rescued, treated and evacuated
full boarding party
quickly,” said the Chief of Joint Operations,
kit while in HMAS
LTGEN Mark Evans.
Childers’ RHIB) He
“Superior levels of teamwork and cohereceived an ADF
sion were shown in developing pragmatic Gold (CJOPS) Group
solutions to extraordinarily complex and Commendation from
challenging problems.
RADM Tim Barrett
“Importantly, all the rescued people surin the presentation
vived which, given the extent of their injuceremony at HMAS
Cairns on April 20.
ries, was a most notable achievement.”
LS Keogh led the
LTGEN Evans also gave a special mention of “the exemplary performance” of security reinforcment
party. onto SIEV36,
the Headquarters Northern Command staff
90 seconds before
in Darwin who provided coordination and
the explosion.
support during the rescue and evacuation of
In the face of extreme
the critically injured.
danger and chaos,
A website has been established to tell
LS Keogh tried to
the full story of the extraordinary rescue
get civilians off the
and medical evacuation. Photos of the commendation presentation ceremonies are burning boat remainbeing added as the events occur. The site ing on board for four
minutes.
also contains the personal stories of many
of the 51 ADF members who are receiving commendations — www.defence.gov.
au/siev36
New deal opens up Uni
opportunities for sailors
ADF members can expect to spend
less time studying towards a degree
due to an understanding Defence has
reached with education provider Open
Universities Australia (OUA).
Master of Psychology
(Occupational Mental Health)
The Australian Defence Force in conjunction with the University of
Adelaide is offering a unique new University program that has been
developed to enhance professional skills in the field of Defence Force
Psychology.
Under the ADF Higher Education
Advanced Standing Scheme (ADFHEAS),
current, past and reserve ADF members
can apply to have their service qualifications recognised as credit towards undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Director General of the Defence
Education, Training and Development
Branch BRIG Peter Gates said OUA’s
flexible study options would benefit the
ADFHEAS scheme.
“Our aim is to deliver first class education and development that equips people for their careers inside and outside
of Defence. Personnel with ADF training
and experience should be recognised and
the ADFHEAS scheme is about creating
paths to achieve higher education goals,”
BRIG Gates said.
To be eligible for the ADFHEAS
scheme, personnel must first meet the
entry requirements, qualifications and
deadlines specified by the participating
university.
A certificate of eligibility or record of
training and education must be acquired
from the appropriate service Registered
Training Organisation (RTO), which is
sent to the university’s admission centre
for consideration.
LCDR Glen Price said the ADFHEAS
scheme assisted him in completing a
Master of Engineering Management.
“The opportunities provided through
the ADFHEAS scheme to ADF members are incredible. The scheme recognised my previous Defence qualifications,
which meant I only needed to do half the
subjects. Normally, I would need to do
twice the work in twice the time but I
was awarded my Masters after completing four of the required eight subjects,”
LCDR Price said.
For information on the nationally recognised
qualifications awarded to Defence personnel
by the RTOs, visit http://www.defencequals.
edu.au.
Successful graduates will gain a broad understanding of Defence
psychology and as well as develop the relevant skills and training
relating to mental health promotion and clinical practice.
The application form and details of the course can be found at
www.adelaide.edu.au/psychology/programs/post/momh
For additional information regarding the course contact
Mr Shane Latimer,
National Training Coordinator,
ADF Centre for Mental Health
shane.latimer2@defence.gov.au
NAVY NEWS
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April 29, 2010
04
NEWS
Flex Navy leads
in workplace
adaptability
‘The next step ... build awareness’
NAVY has proved itself equal to the best
practice among organisations in offering flexible work practices (FWP) for its people,
according to New Generation Navy research.
Recent work by one of the NGN Culture
Project teams has shown that, compared
with the winners of the National Work-Life
Balance Awards, Navy excels in provision
of policy and initiatives that support FWP.
This comparision is shown in the table on
this page - and this information reflects what
the organisation offered at the time they were
awarded.
CMDR Scott Hamilton who is leading
the NGN Culture Project to ‘deliver peoplefocussed work practices’ said that Navy’s work
practices compared very well with commercial
best practice used to judge the National WorkLife Balance Awards,
“The National Work-Life Balance
Awards recognise businesses, government
and community organisations that excel in
successfully integrating work-life balance
while managing business demands and they
provide Navy with a good benchmark,” he
said.
“Our research suggests that, together
with the formal flexible work options that
we already have in the Navy - such as part
time leave without pay and maternity leave
- that Navy routinely incorporates numerous
arrangements largely taken for granted, yet are
considered groundbreaking initiatives in the
commercial world.”
The Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations, which
presents the awards, does case studies of FWP
initiatives available in Australian workplaces
including subsidies for fitness activities, free
flu vaccinations, barbecues held on-site and
shorter Friday routines.
CMDR Hamilton said that despite having
unique seagoing and operational requirements,
Navy was ahead of the game in offering
and incorporating these flexible options but
members might not be aware of them or
recognise them as such.
“The Defence Attitude Survey 2008
showed that 29 per cent of Navy agree that
flexible work practices are available, 54 per
cent state they are not, while 17 per cent are
uncertain,” he said.
“The next step in the culture project is
to ensure that there is increased awareness
of flexible work practices in the Navy
workplace.”
Spectacular brings Ben Hur to life
NAVY Ticketing has tickets on hold for
both Sydney performances of the stadium
spectacular, Ben Hur, to be presented at
the ANZ Stadium on the nights of October
22 and 23.
Direct from Europe, this world tour premiere
brings to life the classic tale made famous by
the eleven time Academy Award winning 1959
Hollywood movie, Ben Hur, starring Charlton
Heston.
Organisers say the stadium spectacular
combines the scale of the Sydney Olympic
games opening ceremony with the drama of the
slave who dared defy the Roman Empire.
The $15 million stadium adaptation features
a live chariot race with 32 horses, a giant
Roman galleon and a grand stage which will
transform ANZ Stadium into the biggest Roman
amphitheatre ever seen.
Details of Navy Ticketing discounts are at http://www.
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NAVY NEWS
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April 29, 2010
05
NEWS
Chef woks on in the west
Card case highlights
fraudster danger
A RECENT fraud case involving misuse of a Defence travel
card (DTC) has provided a timely
reminder to all Navy personnel
about effective security of their
DTCs.
In a case that was subsequently
dismissed, the officer involved had
been accused of spending thousands
of dollars of taxpayers’ money
on his DTC during a night out in
Sydney.
The officer was found not guilty
of fraud after it was determined that
during his visit to one night club,
the evidence suggested that the card
was removed without his knowledge
and fraudulently used to charge for
services which were not provided.
HNPAR, RADM Trevor Jones,
said that the case should remind
us all to think carefully about our
security measures because we are
personally responsible for it.
“The travel card has become
an essential part of how Navy and
Defence conducts business,” RADM
Jones said.
“But the DTC’s high credit limit
makes it a tempting target for those
who seek to commit fraud against
the Commonwealth.”
Misuse of the Diners Club
Defence travel card (DTC) is among
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is rightfully ours!”
the most prevalent of fraud cases in
Defence.
All DTC transactions are
scrutinised for potential fraudulent
behaviour as part of existing fraudprevention programs.
DTC check list
DO…
o Adhere to Navy Values when
planning to use your DTC
o Carry your DTC with you only
when travelling on official duty.
o Keep it well secured at all times
o Keep it separate from your
regular personal EFTPOS and
credit cards to avoid accidental
use.
o Report any loss immediately to
Diners Club
o Report any suspected or
accidental misuse to your chain
of command immediately.
DO NOT …
o Carry your DTC and pin
together.
o Leave your wallet unattended.
o Store you DTC PIN in your
mobile phone or any other
electronic device.
o Give your DTC to anyone else
for safekeeping.
o Take your DTC out with you
when you intend to drink
alcohol or visit less salubrious
parts of the city.
While obvious fraud is dealt
with quickly through the Australian
Defence Organisation disciplinary
processes, even accidental or
fraudulent use of a DTC by third
parties can create problems for the
member in whose name that card
is held.
Ms Lucy Accinelli, who conducts
Fraud and Ethics awareness training
for the Australian Defence Force,
confirmed that this recent case was
not an isolated one.
“It can happen so easily”, Ms
Accinelli said.
“The member turns their back
for even a moment and their wallet
disappears. The first thing they do
is cancel their own personal credit
cards but they often forget the
DTC.”
Ms Accinelli says that can often
prove a costly mistake.
“Your name is on the card so
you are responsible for it. To make
matters worse, many personnel
carry their pin in their wallet or
stored in their mobile phone, so
accessing the DTC is child’s play to
any experienced thief.”
Ms Accinelli said a member
could be liable for money stolen
from a DTC account, as was the
case with the officer in this instance.
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April 29, 2010
06
NEWS
Arrests prompt security program
Recommendations cover security policy, physical
security, contracting and response to attacks
By Barry Rollings
A RANGE of measures to enhance base security, including planning to deal with terrorist
attack and a greater focus on protecting personnel, will flow from the Review of Defence
Protective Security Arrangements completed
late last year.
Defence’s Chief Security Officer, Mr Frank
Roberts, said that the review, completed in August
and submitted to the National Security Committee
of Cabinet that month, resulted in the Government
directing the Department of Defence to implement
the review’s recommendations.
“We have a funded program of work to enhance
base security, which will take a number of years to
complete,” Mr Roberts said.
“People will notice the difference at the larger
Defence bases. The challenge is to maintain a focus
on delivering this important work.”
“We have begun implementing the recommendations but the physical security aspects will take
some time to complete.”
The review stemmed from incidents connected
to Holsworthy Army Barracks in Sydney’s south.
“In August 2009, four people were arrested in
Melbourne for allegedly planning a terrorist attack
against a Defence establishment,” Mr Roberts said.
“The police allege that Holsworthy was the
target. The arrests prompted the CDF ACM Angus
Houston and the then Acting Secretary, Mr Stephen
Merchant, to commission the review of Defence’s
protective security arrangements.”
Mr Roberts said the review encompassed all
Defence’s establishments and resulted in 33 recommendations ranging over five broad areas - security policy, physical security, contracting, response
arrangements on bases in the event of attack; and
changes to the Defence Act to allow Defence to better protect its bases.
“The review led to the Base Security
Improvement Program, which involves a range of
measures to enhance base security, predominantly at
the larger bases, over about five years. The Defence
Support Group is undertaking security risk assessments at Defence’s larger bases to assess security.
The Base Security Improvement Program aims to
address the more significant security risks.”
“The DSG has completed 34 base security risk
assessments, including Holsworthy, and people
will soon start to see security enhancements on our
bases, starting with the larger ones. Our planning
needs to be intelligence-led and risk-based. This
means identifying those bases that may be attractive
as a terrorist target and ensuring that we address any
security risks there in the first instance.”
“Additionally, we hope to submit changes to the
Defence Act to the Parliament later this year and
security staff on our bases are discussing response
plans with their local police commands for dealing
with a terrorist attack. ”
Mr Roberts said that, broadly speaking, the
review found that Defence security policy was
appropriate to the task but in the past had focussed
largely on protecting Defence capability.
“Protection of people was certainly part of the
protective security mission, but what had changed
since the arrests in Melbourne is the notion that
Defence people may constitute a terrorist target
in their own right. SAFEBASE policy and protective security arrangements were fine as far as they
went but needed to be reviewed to make sure they
addressed the particular threat to our people.”
“We also needed to look at our ability to deal
with a no-warning terrorist attack. We have to think
about how, in a risk- managed way, we can put
measures in place to deal with something that,
while unlikely, would have serious consequences
were it to occur. You can’t guarantee against a nowarning attack; all you can do is take sensible steps
to try to reduce the risk.”
Mr Roberts said a whole-of-base alert system
was required to alert base residents of a serious
incident such as a terrorist attack to initiate base
emergency response plans, such as base lockdown
in the event of armed attack. “We have to have a
way of alerting the whole base, so that if armed
people are on the base, residents can activate prearranged response drills and avoid danger.”
“In response to a terrorist attack on a Defence
ON GUARD
Some of the proposed security arrangements personnel will see include:
Police presence at Defence establishments.
◗ Tighter security and access control at base
entry and exit points.
◗ Vehicle inspections depending on the
SAFEBASE level, including provision
of vehicle parking/inspection bays if
necessary.
◗ Strengthened measures required at each
SAFEBASE level.
◗ Stricter access control requirements,
base, the starting premise is that civilian police have
responsibility for any armed response. But, depending on where the base is, it could take specialist
police some time to arrive.”
“This means that we need to think through what
our procedures will be to deal with a situation until
police arrive in sufficient numbers and capability to
be able to resolve the situation.”
“We need to ensure that we have the legal
authority for ADF members to defend themselves
in the event of terrorist attack, to carry out vehicle
and carried item inspections on entry to our bases
and, when necessary, personal searches. The CDF
has asked us to check, in particular, the legal implications of ADF members using force to defend
themselves and others were a base to come under
terrorist attack. He wants to be sure that if members
acted appropriately in genuine self-defence in these
circumstances then they would not find themselves
in trouble legally.”
Penalties for trespass needed to be updated.
“Some are quite dated and not really a deterrent. We
are also working to give service police appropriate
powers to deal with trespassers until the civilian
police arrive on the scene.”
“I think Defence personnel will consider
enhanced security as worthwhile, even if it entails
a little more inconvenience,” Mr Roberts said.
“Defence people, by virtue of the job they do and
where they work, have a good security culture and
consciousness. As long as our security precautions
are appropriate to the threat and sensible I don’t
think too many will criticise us for taking steps to
enhance our security, including through more effectively controlling access to our bases.”
◗ Inspection of carried items, depending on
including a positive identification process
underpinned by electronic access control
and biometrics at selected sites.
the SAFEBASE level.
◗ A possible broadening of Australian Federal
◗ Base alert systems and base lockdown and
incident response plans.
For more information on the program, including updates
on security initiatives being undertaken and relevant
changes to policy, visit the BSIP website at http://intranet.
defence.gov.au/dsg/sites/BSIP/ .
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IT DIDN’T take long for the officers and senior cadets of the ANC
unit TS Paluma to decide what to
do with $1000 the Sandgate Naval
Association presented to the ship
late last year.
Ever conscious of their safety and
training responsibilities, the officers
bought two electronic loud hailers.
“We know we have to get instructions to cadets loudly and clearly,
particularly when they are out on the
water,” Commanding Officer of the
Brisbane-based training ship, LEUT
Colin Edgar, ANC, told Navy News.
Such was the case when sail training was undertaken during a camp at
Paluma earlier this year.
Cadet supervisor CPO Jack Stuart
used one of the devices to instruct
youngsters using Corsair training
yachts.
The donation of $1000, described
as an early Christmas gift, came on
December 17 when the president of
the local Naval Association Mr John
Carlyon invited LEUT Edgar and
some of ship’s company to join him
at the Sandgate RSL Club.
The donation represents an ongoing alliance between the Naval
Association/Sandgate and the
Paluma cadets.
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April 29, 2010
07
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Gov’t House hosts
bravery awards
THREE Submariners recently received Bravery
Medals from the Governor of Western Australia, Dr
Ken Michael, in a ceremony at Government House.
POWERFUL ALLIES: HMAS Parramatta, United States Navy Ship (USNS) Supply and USS Eisenhower conducting a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Gulf of Oman.
USS up close and friendly
The investiture took place in the Government House
ballroom, Perth with 66 recipients from across WA attending with their families to receive the formal presentation
of a variety of awards for courage, bravery and exceptional
service.
CPO Greg Langshaw, CPO Rohan Pugh and LS Steven
Rowell were involved in the rescue of HMAS Farncomb
submariners who were washed overboard in 2007.
The three recipients of the Bravery Medal were part of
the recovery team who worked in difficult conditions to
recover five submariners who were washed overboard during night operations.
Chief Petty Officers Langshaw, Pugh and Leading
Seaman Rowell displayed remarkable and selfless bravery
in swimming to, supporting and helping bring their shipmates back onboard.
Information about the Australian Bravery Medal is available at
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/bravery_medal.cfm
“It was amazing to see one of the American getting on with the job they’ve been training
HMAS Parramatta (CMDR Heath Robertson) has arrived on station in the Middle carriers up so close and I’d love to get on board for in recent months.
The CO of Parramatta CMDR Heath
East to begin operations in support of Op one sometime,” ABET Daniel Boyd said.
The Seahawks of Eisenhower loaded Robertson said “for many onboard, this is their
Slipper.
Parramatta’s flight deck with stores and soughtafter fresh food, while the fuel used in the transit to the MEAO was replenished.
Parramatta has made rapid progress to the
MEAO since leaving Sydney on March 15.
Parramatta conducted a program of internal
training and preparations enroute to the MEAO,
stopping briefly in Fleet Base West for resupply
and an overnight visit to Diego Garcia.
The crew are enthusiastic and eager to be
first deployment to the Middle East. Being in
close proximity to the Eisenhower today has
really brought it home to them.”
Parramatta expects be away for six months
as part of the Australian contribution to the
international campaign against terrorism, countering piracy in the Gulf of Aden, and conducting maritime security
She is the third ship to be flexibly tasked in
these roles.
Cadets on high after climb ex.
BEING sure-footed and having overcome
the fear of heights is something valued in
the Royal Australian Navy, particularly
when the engineering officer wants you
to effect an urgent repair on the mast of
a moving and rocking warship.
The cadets, from TS Gayundah (LEUT
Phil Broxham, ANC) attended Urban
Climb, a rock-climbing centre.
“Some of the cadets were very nervous
at first but soon were climbing to the top
of the walls,” LEUT Broxham said.
“The senior cadets played a role in
A group of Australian Navy Cadets in helping the younger ones by building a
Brisbane made an early start to gaining strong rapport.”
these skills late last year.
Another exercise planned is for the senThey didn’t have a mast to climb but ior cadets to abseil down the well-known
they did have imposing rock walls to top.
Kangaroo Point cliffs.
RECOGNISED: Bravery Medal recipients (from
left): CPOs Rohan Pugh and Greg Langshaw, and
LS Steven Rowell, in the gardens of Government
House, Perth.
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She conducted a handover at sea in the Gulf
of Oman with the outgoing Op Slipper ship
HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew Masters).
The day following the handover saw
Parramatta conduct a RAS with USNS Supply
in company with the American aircraft carrier
the USS Eisenhower.
The spectacular sight of the carrier was a
great highlight for the crew on their first day of
operations with CTF 150.
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April 29, 2010
08
NEWS
Croix de
Sud set
to benefit
Noumea
Ships in the night
collide in Karachi
The ship later sent David Angus’s
A CHANCE meeting in Pakistan has
provided an Australian family with the widow, Shirley, a chart marking the posichance to properly thank the man who tion which now sits, framed, above her
helped lay their father to rest, nearly a dining table.
Nine years later Ms David was invited,
decade ago.
Sydney barrister Pauline David attended
a ceremony on board HMAS Warramunga
off Sydney in July 2001 to scatter the ashes
of her father, David Angus, a seaman officer
in the RAN for nearly 30 years including
HMAS Warramunga I in 1948-49.
The CO of Warramunga II, (then)
CMDR Richard Menhinick, was working
up the new ship and arranged to pick up Ms
David and her brother, Michael Angus, off
Newcastle by boat and then drop Ms David
and her brother ashore in Manly Cove after
the ceremony and continue to Melbourne.
while on business in Karachi last August,
to attend a cocktail party in HMAS
Toowoomba and, in February, to an official
dinner in honour of HMAS Stuart which
was alongside in the Pakistan city.
She renewed her acquaintance with
CDRE Menhinick, now a one-star officer
and Commander of Combined Task Force
150 monitoring operations off the Horn of
Africa and the North Arabian Sea.
“I was really taken aback to meet the
man who had played such an important part
in my father’s life was both a funny and
lovely experience,” Ms David said. “We
are all very proud of our father and grateful
for the life that the Navy gave us when we
were growing up.”
She said her most prized possessions
included Navy crests and her father’s handwritten navigation work book.
“I have permanently etched in my mind
the ashes being scattered to the wind and
sea, and the sight of the two flower wreaths
my brother and I had thrown, floating
and bobbing on the waves just behind the
HMAS Warramunga,” Ms David said of the
ceremony “One was red and heart-shaped
for my mother and the other was round for
us kids. It was a fitting way to return Dad to
the sea he loved so much.”
JOB WELL DONE: LSATA Dylan Ewart displays the commendation for his
efforts in enabling a milestone in aircraft service to be reach aboard HMAS
Stuart while deployed within the MEAO.
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HMAS Manoora has joined
forces with Townsvillebased 2RAR for Exercise
Croix Du Sud, a six-nation
humanitarian assistance
disaster relief exercise, in
Noumea.
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Pic and story by LAC Aaron Curran
DEDICATION to the job, ingenuity
and inspiration are some of the words
used to describe a member of HMAS
Stuart’s ships flight.
LSATA Dylan Ewart led by example
when it came to the maintenance of
the ‘Mongrel’ – the Seahawk helicopter deployed with the ship on its six
month rotation in the Middle East Area
of Operations.
For his efforts he received a Silver
Commendation.
The crew racked up more than 400
hours flying time in theatre and up to
500 hours over the whole deployment.
It was LSATA Ewart and the maintainers aboard the Stuart that enabled
such a milestone to be reached. This is
how he and the other maintainers did it:
“Every 190 hours an aircraft has to
go down for servicing,” LSATA Ewart
said.
“We broke the 190 hours up into
daily maintenance tasks, so we poured
through the books to plan out our daily
maintenance goals and organised a 24hour work schedule broken into shifts.
On top of the maintenance plan put
in place, he came up with novel ideas to
fix problems that had arisen.
“We had a hinge that was broken
and we didn’t have one on board so I
manufactured a new one out of some
spare aluminium we had,” he said.
Flight Commander on HMAS Stuart,
LCDR Mark Massie was impressed
with LSATA Ewart’s work.
“He has been a linchpin of the flight
for a long time,” LCDR Massie said.
“He has an incredible amount of professional pride, high skill levels and is an
excellent mentor for his subordinates.”
The 450 strong contingent will also include
personnel to augment the
Combined Joint Task Force
Headquarters in Noumea.
“Defence personnel
have the opportunity to
work alongside personnel
from France, New Zealand,
Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua
New Guinea in humanitarian assistance and disaster
relief was important given
recent experience responding to disasters,” said the
Chief of Joint Operations,
LTGEN Mark Evans.
“The aim of this biennial exercise is to enhance
interoperability between
participating nations with
a focus on humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief
as well as evacuation operations involving civilians.
“Defence personnel have
the opportunity to improve
their skills in a challenging environment, preparing
them for real-life situations
such as those experienced
in the earthquake-ravaged
Haiti in January this year,
as well as the earthquake in
Padang, Indonesia and the
tsunami in Samoa last year.”
Following the conclusion
of the exercise, personnel
will remain to participate in
ANZAC Day commemorations.
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The change was agreed
by the Chiefs of Service
Committee.
Reserves cop media reality check
A SENIOR journalist has warned senior Naval
Reservists that the media ‘are in it for themselves’ and
would not ‘have the slightest hesitation in playing you
off against politicians, lawyers or (Defence’s) own
commanders’.
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defence forces has been compliant,” Mr Salter said. ”We’re
respectful of rank. We’re prepared to generate coverage that
reflects well on the services, keeps the Minister happy, flatters the top brass and might even encourage recruitment.
“We’re your dependable allies in the quest for public
esteem – that is, until we can smell blood. Not the blood of
battle, of course, but the blood of scandal.”
Mr Salter said the media loved stories about ‘dithering
high command, cover-ups of servicemen behaving badly,
friendly fire catastrophes and expensive procurement bungles’.
How well the media did their job did not really matter.
What did was the public perceptions drawn from media
coverage.
Most senior officers, Mr Salter added, would have to
work with the media at some stage.
“There are subtle ways of encouraging the media to
cover one story rather than another, and of shaping the tone
and content of what they choose to report,” he said.
“They don’t really care who gets it in the neck because
it’s going to be a story either way,” Editor-in-Chief of The
Week magazine Mr David Salter told delegates to the Naval
Reserve Corporate Leadership Forum. “The media never
lose.”
The half-day forum, arranged by the RANR Professional
Studies Program, was held in Canberra on March 23. Senior
Naval Reserve officers from all parts of Australia attended.
“Reporters and producers will tell you how much they
want to support the forces and show the people back home
what a fine job you’re doing,” Mr Salter said. “You may,
indeed, want to exploit the media’s massive reach to that
end, but never fool yourself into thinking that the media’s
motives align with yours.”
The legacy of prominent war correspondents for nearly a
century was a consistently positive image of the Australian
Defence Force in action.
The next edition of the NR Professional Studies Program pub“For the most part the media’s default posture on the lication, Goorangi, will feature the full text of Mr Salter’s address.
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews
April 29, 2010
09
NEWS
Newcastle targets RIMPAC
with SM2 missile test
By Michael Brooke
AFTER cruising through her unit readiness evaluation (URE) under the scrutiny of Sea Training
Group (STG), HMAS Newcastle (CMDR Justin
Jones) recently set sail on a four-month deployment
that includes firing a standard missile (SM2) during
Exercise RIMPAC.
Newcastle departed Fleet Base East on April 19 for
Canada, Hawaii for Exercise RIMPAC, and Northeast
Asia, where the ship’s company will tackle scores of
new challenges and opportunities.
Crew members told Navy News they were particularly excited by their participation in the Canadian
Navy’s 100th anniversary celebration and Exercise
RIMPAC, where they would fire an SM2.
Newcastle’s weapons electrical engineering officer,
LCDR Glen Mungovan, said RIMPAC would allow
Newcastle to become only the second FFG to fire the
SM2 missile since HMAS Melbourne at Jervis Bay in
late 2009.
“The sailors in my department are really looking
forward to firing the SM2 at an aerial target, which
will mark a major milestone for Newcastle and the
RAN,” he said.
LCDR Mungovan said although variations of the
Adelaide class frigate were in service with many
navies around the globe, only the
RAN FFGs had been fitted with the
SM2.
“Exercise RIMPAC will allow
Newcastle to demonstrate the range
of impressive capabilities for the first
time since her upgrade”
CMDR Jones said his crew was ready
for any challenge during the deployment.
He said that morale in ships’ company was “sky high” since they had been
awarded the Gloucester Cup - evident during the URE when Newcastle achieved 15
of 19 competencies in only nineteen days.
“Newcastle’s ship’s company deserve
praise for their tireless commitment and dedication to duty because a normal URE takes
five weeks,” he said.
The STG assessing officer said Newcastle
had performed extremely well to meet the twin
challenges of a reduced URE timeline and significant material defects and still achieve a significant number of UR competencies.
“Much of this progress can be credited to the
ship’s company whose unflagging enthusiasm,
commitment and determination to succeed is inspirational,” he said.
Project SEA-1390, Phase 4B
Project SEA-1390, Phase 4B is being executed
in two stages. Stage 1 provides an initial SM2
missile capability that will be further developed
under stage 2 to support the full engagement
capability.
The following modifications to the
FFG Combat System will be made
to meet SM2 missile capability:
❂ Modifications to guided missile
launching system (GMLS) for
additional missile Identification
and blast protection;
❂ Installation of an inertial navigation system for improved attitude
data including digital distribution;
❂ Modifications to the MK92 continuous wave illumination (CWI)
transmitters for missile uplink
communications;
❂ Modifications to the on-board
training system/ land-based
simulated system (OBTS/
LBSS) to support combat system training and test;
❂ Modifications to the weapons control system (WCS)
through alterations to the
MK92 weapons control
processor (WCP) software and
the addition of a standard missile adjunct processor (SMAP);
and
❂ Miscellaneous alterations to ship
equipment such as switchboards
and cabling.
Each of the above components
is designed for individual installation as a separate work package.
Installation of individual components allows the SM1 missile (current capability) to be maintained.
HMAS Melbourne is the first ship
to have full installation and integration of all the sub-systems for
SM2 capability and successfully
conducted its acceptance test
firing last December in the East
Australian exercise area.
HMAS Newcastle is scheduled to
conduct her SM2 weapon firing
at the US military’s Pacific Missile
Range Facility off Hawaii during
RIMPAC 2010.
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April 29, 2010
10
STUART WRAP
Stuart delivers hard
times for bad guys
By LAC Aaron Curran
HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew
Masters) has finished its six month
deployment in the Middle East and
is heading home for a well earned
rest.
The ship and its crew have completed a task that has taken them
far and wide – from Pakistan to the
Persian Gulf and all the way down
to the Gulf of Aden and Djibouti.
HMAS Stuart’s deployment has
covered areas such as anti-smuggling, anti-piracy and maritime
security operations.
Gunnery Officer LCDR Eric
Young said what really stood out
was area the ship had covered
- 36,000 nautical miles since it
deployed in October 2009.
“We went to many different
ports that other ships never previously visited,” he said.
“In the last 30 days of our patrol
alone we covered 10,500 nautical
miles, averaging more than 290
nautical miles a day.”
During its time in theatre the
Stuart conducted up to 800 queries - scrutinising ships at sea - and
50 boarding evolutions comprising
close-assist visits and flag verification boardings.
“The piracy operations at the
beginning of the deployment were
enjoyable and had tangible benefits,” LCDR Young said.
“It was mainly because there
were actual bad guys out there that
we could see and deter.”
Stuart was the second ship to
conduct operations off Somalia, the
first being HMAS Toowoomba.
“We received a brief from members of HMAS Toowoomba before
we sailed,” he said.
“With up to 100 merchant ships
going through that area every day
we had an overt presence actively
trying to deter these guys from seizing them.”
During its anti-piracy operations,
the ship had its boarding parties and
the Seahawk helicopter on constant
alert. Stuart operated so as to be a
short time away from any ship that
needed assistance in the event of a
pirate attack.
“During this operation we interacted a lot with other navies and
merchant vessels,” LCDR Young
said.
“That was an obvious benefit
that the sailors can see.”
Back in the Arabian Sea and
Persian Gulf, Stuart conducted
operations that many of its predecessors had done - deterring smugglers which support terrorist networks.
“With these operations we hoped
to stop money going to the terrorists and the amount of weapons
and ammunition which could possibly be used against Australians in
Afghanistan,” he said.
Stuart’s CO CMDR Andrew
Masters said the biggest challenge for ship’s company was
maintaining focus over an
extended period.
“Looking for a needle in a
haystack is exhausting,” he said
“The reason we were not
seeing the smugglers is because
we are doing an effective job of
deterrence. They are not coming
out because they are worried and
that means we are actually on
top of them.”
He said with the mandate
they had, HMAS Stuart ended
up working with 25 different
nations navies, three different
task forces and three different missions by the end of the
deployment.
“The crew conducted themselves in a fantastic manner,”
CMDR Masters said.
“Considering half of them
had never deployed to the
MEAO before they cracked on
to the job at hand and did the
ADF and Navy proud.”
Distance nm
36,000
Shipping queries
800
boarding evolutions
50
Helo hours in theatre
400
Helo hours for deployment
500
Meals
92,210
Consumables – 24,300 eggs, 7,280
33,000ltrs milk, 1080ltrs ice-cream
Mail received
4,369 kg
Mail dispatched
486 kg
Stuart raised a total of $1443.50 for
charitable causes.
WATCHING PROCEEDINGS: LEUT Robbie Garnock on the forecastle as they
prepare to leave Bahrain. HMAS Stuart was in the Middle East area of operations (MEAO) as part of Op Slipper. The ship conducted maritime operations
against terrorism, countering piracy in the Gulf of Aden and maritime security.
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April 29, 2010
11
STUART WRAP
Aussies on show at DIMDEX
HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew Masters)
showcased the RAN to the world at the
2nd Doha International Maritime Defence
Exhibition and Conference 2010 (DIMDEX
2010), in Qatar.
The conference attracted ships from up to
15 nations navies including Australia, UK,
United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan,
Oman, Turkey and India.
The event featured a trade show with the
latest naval technology and equipment demonstrations; a sports tournament; visits from
VIPs, the public and trade professionals to
ships and an eight-ship official reception.
CO Stuart, CMDR Andrew Masters said it
was important for the ship and its crew to be
at DIMDEX.
“It’s the first RAN involvement in Doha
for DIMDEX,” he said.
‘Mongrel’ birdies drag
down hangar time
By LAC Aaron Curran
IT IS common knowledge that a
mongrel can be loyal, reliable and
resilient and for a dog they are fine
traits indeed.
HMAS Stuart has its own mongrel and one that outshines even the
best of the breeds. It is not a canine
- it is the ship’s Seahawk helicopter,
codenamed ‘Mongrel’.
This helicopter served the ship
brilliantly during its deployment
in the MEAO as part of Operation
SLIPPER, and in the process broke
the record for the most flying hours
conducted while deployed.
To date, it has flown more than
400 hours in the theatre alone and up
to 500 hours since the ship deployed
in October 2009.
It is thanks to the maintenance
personnel from the ship’s flight that
this milestone was reached. They
took the extraordinary step of changing and adjusting the maintenance
routine - within the current guidelines – which enabled the Mongrel to
accumulate these huge hours and not
miss one days flying due to planned
maintenance.
For HMAS Stuart’s flight commander, LCDR Mark Massie and his
aircrew, that meant their increased
capability and availability to the ship
was invaluable.
“I have never flown this amount
of hours on deployment before,”
LCDR Massie said.
“Due to the ability to fly constantly, we were able to hone certain
skills during this deployment - surface search, logistics and just fly-
ing to and from the deck. One pilot
in the Stuart each month clocked
up more than all of his flying hours
combined before this deployment.”
The maintenance personnel came
up with a novel way of keeping the
Mongrel airborne. LSATA Dylan
Ewart said that with the Seahawk,
every 190 hours a major service
must be done. When that service is
due it can ground the aircraft for up
to six weeks.
They developed a phased service where the crew basically worked
around the clock, doing the servicing
in dribs and drabs and that way the
aircraft was available each morning.
SERVICING: ABATA Crystal
Collis conducts maintenance on
the Seahawk helicopter.
WELCOME ABOARD: LEUT Peter
Shirley greets foreign VIPs on
board HMAS Stuart. The ship was
in port for DIMDEX 2010 in Doha.
“For the big items that would take
the aircraft down for a few days we
would do it in port,” LSATA Ewart
said.
“We just felt that putting the
aircraft down for six weeks during
operations was no good.”
Historically, for every hour of
flying there are 45 hours of maintenance required. The Stuart dropped
that down to 35 hours – a great
achievement.
The ship’s mission and the enormous area it covered during the
deployment required the Mongrel to
fly substantial hours.
“Normally you do one major
service on a deployment,” LCDR
Massie said.
“We structured our maintenance
so we could do two and the maintainers worked hard for that extra
one. It took a lot of planning, forward thinking and pre-positioning
of stores, especially considering we
would be off the coast of Somalia
where logistics presented a problem. The plan worked well and kept
the aircraft available for operational
tasking.”
During the Stuart’s six month
deployment the Mongrel was never
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April 29, 2010
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AWD makes best
construction speed
Production progress earns a BZ from sailors
By Michael Brooke
SAILORS serving in the Anzac and
Adelaide class warships have cheered
a significant milestone in the $8 billion Hobart class Air Warfare Destroyer
(AWD) project.
The sailors applauded the beginning of
the block production of the three Aegisequipped AWDs in the exciting countdown to them being commissioned into
service beginning in 2014.
The three AWDs, to be named HMA
Ships Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane, will
significantly improve the firepower of
the Fleet while providing vital protection
for the Canberra class landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious ships to be
delivered from 2012.
Sailors serving in HMAS Sydney (IV)
said the AWD milestone bodes well for
the sailors hoping to serve in the next
RAN warship to carry the name ‘Sydney’.
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence
Materiel and Science, recently hailed the
beginning of the full production of the
AWDs at three shipyards across Australia
as a major milestone.
“This is an important milestone for the
project,” Mr Combet said.
Minister Combet said each AWD ship
will be built in a series of 31 modules,
each weighing about 200 tonnes.
“The AWD Alliance will fabricate 31
blocks for each ship at three shipyards;
nine blocks at ASC in Adelaide, 12 blocks
at BAE Systems in Melbourne and 10
blocks at Forgacs in Newcastle.
Minister Combet said beginning in
12 months the completed blocks will be
CONSTRUCTION DATA
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1000
◗ Kilometres of piping
51
◗ Km of electrical cable 427
◗ Tonnes of steel
4700
◗ Litres of paint
138,000
◗ Mechanical valves
◗ Fasteners
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COMAUSFLT, RADM Steve Gilmore,
also welcomed the project milestone, saying the three AWDs would significantly
improve the firepower of the Fleet.
RADM Gilmore said the SEA4000
program is one of two important projects
aimed at delivering the Future Fleet.
He said the Aegis-equipped AWDs
will provide vital protection for the LHD
amphibious ships to be delivered under
Joint Project 2048 from 2012.
“The new AWDs will exploit the
advantages of new technologies to achieve
savings in manpower and operating costs,
and deliver enhanced capability,” he said.
“The AWDs will be able to operate
offensively in a high density, multi-threat
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joint battle groups and amphibious assault UNDERWAY: Pictured above and below: production of the
groups as an integral part of a modern Air Warfare Destroyer hull, an important milestone, at ASC’s
Osborne shipyard, South Australia.
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Rosemary brings out the best in us
THE WINNER IS: LSIS Yuri Ramseys image of the freedom of entry march in Sydney last March
They say a picture is worth a
thousand words and this year, the
Navy’s imagery specialists are
speaking volumes.
By LSIS Paul McCallum
EACH year the Navy Imagery Specialist category awards
the Rosemary Rodwell prize to the imagery specialist who
best demonstrates the pursuit of excellence and presents a
cheque for $100 to the winner.
Dawn Service at Greenwell Point (top) LSIS Kel Hockey; Veterans during
the ANZAC Day Parade (mid) ABIS Dove Smithett and Civil Disturbance
Exercise (bottom) LSIS Paul Berry
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LSIS Yuri Ramsey from Navy Imagery Unit-East (NIUEast) won for his capture of the Navy’s biggest post-war
freedom of entry march through the streets of Sydney.
In an unprecedented display of the high quality pho-
tographers in the RAN, a record number of entries were
submitted.
LSIS Ramsey has been shooting for the Navy for ten
years now and was told of his win while on Exercise
Longlook in England.
“I really wasn’t expecting to win, I didn’t think it was
a winning shot when I took it and it’s only the second time
I have entred any of my work for Rosemary Rodwell,” LS
Ramsey said.
“I’m pleased my work has been acknowledged, it’s
always nice to get positive feedback for what you do.”
CPOIS Shane Cameron from NIU-East has been shooting for the Navy for over 25 years and can’t recall a bigger
field or a higher standard of photography during his time
in the branch.
“We had 70 entries this year, that’s more than I
have seen in all my time as an imagery specialist,” CPO
Cameron said.
“And the quality of imagery was outstanding; we certainly have a lot of talent in the branch at the moment.”
Category Manager WO Rob Fengler said the judging
by people from Defence and outside industry was very
close.
“There was a four way tie for first place which resulted
in a second round of voting,” WO Fengler said.
“The second round resulted in LSIS Yuri Ramsey winning the award this year.”
The Rosemary Rodwell prize is hamed after Petty
Officer Wran Writer Rosemary Rodwell (Nee Ferazzo)
who joined the RAN in May 1963.
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Rosemary’s distinguished career spanned over a period of more than 20 years in the RAN and the Royal
Australian Navy Reserves, during which she was awarded
the British Empire Medal on 14 June 1982.
Rosemary’s many postings included Secretary to the
Chief of Naval Staff and as an integral member of the
RAN Bicentennial Committee.
Rosemary passed away in April 1987 as a result of a
tragic car accident. In her memory her family established
a Trust Fund from which a prize is to be awarded annually to a RAN photographer who best demonstrates the
pursuit of excellence.
With the recent name change of the Photographer to
Imagery Specialist the tradition of the yearly competition
continues.
Australian cemetery of Villers-Bretonneux (top), ABIS Andrew Dakin;
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PERSONNEL
Mumbai Mhadei on track for solo sagar
You have to read the story
By LCDR Brett Lane
THE progress of Indian Navy officer CMDR
Dilip Donde in his quest to become the first
Indian national to sail around the world solo
is attracting more than a passing interest in
Australia
CMDR Dilip Donde takes a rare break in his circumnavigation attempt to meet the Indian
Defence Advisor to Australia, CAPT Jatinder Singh, and Director of Naval Reserve Support-WA,
CMDR Gavin Reeves, in Fremantle.
One reason for the interest is that
Fremantle was CMDR Donde’s first port of
call, and one of only four landfalls, in the
planned circumnavigation.
If all goes to plan CMDR Donde, whose
Sagar Parikrama venture is sponsored by
the Indian Navy, will have traversed the
globe and covered 22,500 nautical miles
in about nine months, when he returns to
Mumbai next month.
CMDR Donde left Mumbai in August
and spent five weeks in Fremantle in
October − and since then he has brought
his 17m INSV (Indian Navy Sailing
Vessel) Mhadei alongside only at Lyttelton
(Christchurch) in New Zealand, Port
Stanley in the Falklands and Cape Town in
South Africa.
INSV Mhadei, named for the Mhadei
River which flows into the Arabian sea
from the Indian state of Goa, was purposebuilt in Goa Shipyard for the voyage. The
wood-core fibreglass yacht is designed for
offshore cruising and can make up to 10
knots.
India’s Defence Advisor to Australia,
CAPT Jatinder Singh, welcomed CMDR
Donde in Fremantle where he met serving and retired RAN members including
Commanding Officer of HMAS Stirling,
CAPT Brett Dowsing,.
CAPT Singh introduced the lone sailor
to Director of Naval Reserves Support-WA,
CMDR Gavin Reeves, before heading to an
International Sea Cadet Association regatta
in Mumbai.
“When we met him he’d already been
through some pretty testing conditions,”
CMDR Reeves said. “Since then he’s survived the Fearsome Fifties and rounded
Cape Horn, so he really knows his stuff.”
When CMDR Donde heard CMDR
Reeves was heading for Mumbai he generously offered the loan of his car.
This was politely declined, with CMDR
Reeves explaining later that anyone who
had been to Mumbai and experienced its
traffic would understand his reluctance to
try driving − and his desire to leave the
Indian city as he arrived, in one piece.
Sixteen-year-old Queenslander Jessica
Watson, who is on track to be the youngest
to sail non-stop and unassisted around the
world, noted on her blog as she approached
Cape Horn in December that she was keeping in touch with CMDR Donde, who at the
time was closing the distance on her yacht,
Ella’s Pink Lady.
CMDR Donde, a clearance diver, left
Cape Town on April 3 and is on the final
leg of his voyage back to Mumbai.
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Footnote: Sagar Parikrama is Hindi for
‘circumnavigation by sea’.
Investigators Korea bound
THREE officers from RAN Accident
Investigation left for South Korea on
April 13 to assist the Korean Government
with their investigation into the sinking
of the Republic of South Korea (ROK)
Ship Cheonan (PCC-772).
The Cheonan sank near Baengyeong
Island, in the vicinity of the Northern
Limit Line on March 26. The cause of the
sinking is unknown.
The ROK sought assistance from
Australian naval specialists for further
investigations.
“The request for Australian assistance
highlights the skills and expertise of the
RAN, and demonstrates the trust and confidence that the ROK has in Australia,”
said the Chief of Navy, VADM Russ
Crane.
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international contribution for a period of
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews
April 29, 2010
18
PERSONNEL
Father and son
chip in for cadets
By Graham Davis
NAVY cadet dad John Gillespie
noticed his son’s ANC unit was practicing its marching and catafalque
duties using coat hangers as rifles.
He knew there could be a better
way.
So Mr Gillespie, from the Brisbane
suburb of Whiteside, and son, ABCDT
Hugh Gillespie, 15, got to work.
“Hugh went on to the internet and
downloaded details of the Steyr rifle
– standard issue to members of the
ADF,” Mr Gillespie said.
“The details came out on an A4
page so Hugh scaled up to the correct
size.
“We then made an exact template
and Dad used a jigsaw to cut four of
the rifles from a panel of chipboard he
had spare” ABCDT Gillespie said.
The mock weapons were given
a coat of white paint and handed to
Brisbane based cadet training ship TS
Paluma in early march, just in time for
rehearsing for Anzac Day activities.
Cadet units can draw inert Steyrs
from Defence armouries but there are
very strict protocols about their use
and storage.
CHIP OFF THE
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John Gillespie
and his son
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Cairns thanks hard
working Reservists
WORKING HARD: recognition for the contribution
of Navy Resevists in Cairns.
Photo: Steve Rutherford
By Graham Davis
RESERVISTS attached to HMAS Cairns (CMDR
Bob Heffey) in the past year, have certainly put in the
days, both ashore and at sea.
Their service is a clear indication of the Reservists
being part of the Navy family and an integral part of
keeping the RAN’s ships at sea.
HMAS Cairns administers 452 Navy Reserve personnel and in the past 12 months they have completed
6505 days of Defence service.
A total of 1650 of those days have been at sea, mainly serving in Armidale class patrol boats.
These statistics were revealed by CMDR Heffey
when he addressed the Cairns Chamber of Commerce
early last month.
The address came as part of a thank you to local business employers for their support of the Navy and their
reservist employees.
A large number of more than 1000 sailors and officers working at Cairns were dedicated reservists, CMDR
Heffey said.
The establishment’s 452 Reserve members had made
an outstanding contribution serving a total of 6505 days,
1650 of them at sea.
“These figures clearly demonstrate the contribution
of our Reserve personnel and the importance of their
involvement to our success in operations,” he said. “It’s
no secret that our Reserve personnel are an integral component of the RAN.
“The support they provide, and skills they bring to
the Cairns-based fleet units and major fleet units in other
areas of Australia, is second to none.
“Their contribution has also ensured the HMAS
Cairns continues to remain very highly regarded, not
only within the RAN, but also within the international
naval community.
“There is no argument that our Navy, Army and Air
Force Reserve forces significantly enhance Defence
capability, particularly their support of current operations both within Australian borders and overseas in the
areas of conflict.”
Without the generous assistance of employers, it
would not be possible for many Reservists to be released
from their full-time occupations.
“Defence has committed to working closely with
industry in building mutual understanding and providing financial and other support for employers to ensure
we continue to gain access to our Reserve personnel,”
CMDR Heffey said.
HMAS Cairns is home to four Armidale class patrol
boats, the six hydrographic survey vessels, and four
heavy landing craft. It also caters for the Laser Airborne
Depth Sounder flight, based at Cairns Airport.
NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews
April 29, 2010
19
PERSONNEL
Homicide hunt
pulls in Remus
for water scan
By Graham Davis
NAVY’S specialist Mine Warfare
Geospatial Deployable Systems Team
and DSTO used highly sensitive sidescan sonar last month to scour lakes
outside Brisbane for a Queensland
woman, reported missing, presumed
dead.
The team of five led by LCDR David
Ince used a Remus 100, an autonomous
underwater vehicle (AUV) fitted with
high-definition sidescan sonar, to check
the bottom of two lakes near Ipswich.
Owned by the Defence Scientific and
Technology Organisation, the device is
worth $750,000.
The Navy team was searching for the
remains of Dulcie Birt, last seen leaving her home in the Ipswich suburb of
Riverview last October.
A team of 20 Queensland homicide
investigators continues to probe her disappearance over which a man has been
charged with murder.
Police divers had earlier entered disused open cut coalmines which, over
the decades, have filled with water and
become lakes.
Their diving activities had been frustrated however, by underwater cave-ins
and car wrecks.
“Earlier this year the Queensland
Police asked the Navy if a side-scan
sonar could be brought in to make a
search of Greenlakes, a former mine that
is now a sheet of water 120 metres by
120 metres and 32 metres deep,” LCDR
Ince said.
“We told the police that our team
was attending Exercise Sea Lion at
Shoalwater Bay and would be available
to help on the way back to Sydney.
“Our offer was accepted and became
a DACC (Defence aid to the civil community) project.
“We lowered the Remus AUV into
Greenlakes on March 9 and it went backwards and forwards across the lake. Each
leg took about 15 minutes.
“A transponder was positioned out
on the lake so we knew at all times
where the device was and police were in
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE: ABOVE: LS John Geldof and AB Dylan Brewer position the vessel prior to
starting the scan and BELOW LEFT: The team of LCDR David Ince, AB Dylan Brewer, LS John Geldof,
PO Rico bester and CPO Brad Paullwatches the monitor displaying the sonar scans.
attendance ready to act on any data
received.
“The plan was that if any object
of interest was located police divers
would be able to go directly to the
spot.”
LCDR Ince said a thorough
search was made of the lake except
for an area behind a group of cars.
“It was too dangerous to get
behind the cars. We did not want to
lose the AUV,” he said.
The team completed the
Greenlakes check the following
morning and was then asked to move
to Aqua Lake a few kilometers away.
“This lake was much bigger,”
LCDR Ince continued.
“It was about 500 meters by 500
meters with water between 60 and 80
meters deep so I decided to increase
our stay by a further 24 hours.”
The AUV swept the lake, covering
about two-thirds due to the amount of
debris and the risk of losing the AUV.
“We supplied the police with
scans and they thanked us for our
help.”
In all the AUV operated for a total
of 24 hours over the three days.
While involved with Exercise Sea
Lion the team worked with Clearance
Diving Team 4 doing basic mine
countermeasures training.
The five in the deployable team
are part of a 37-person unit based at
HMAS Waterhen and can operate
from ship or shore.
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MEMORIES of submariners, the Oberon
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The ceremony, which marked the
placement of the fin of the former HMAS
Orion at the Naval Memorial Park in
Rockingham, completed the project instigated by the Rockingham Branch of the
Naval Association.
Submariners were out in force, including current and former members, to hear
CO HMAS Stirling CAPT Brett Dowsing,
on behalf of CN VADM Russ Crane,
remind the gathering of the sacrifice submariners have made over the years to
Australia’s freedom and the Navy’s rich
heritage of achievement.
“Orion’s fin now represents a silent
sentinel – a tribute to our submariners,
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He congratulated those involved in the
project.
“The dedication, perseverance and
effort of Rockingham branch of the Naval
Association, Rockingham City Council,
WOs Bill Mansfield and Len Carr, and
personnel from FSU-Perth are particularly
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number.
The temporary Danger Tag is
to be completed by the Authorising
Officer, using a semi-permanent
marker pen that requires a chemi-
cal cleaning agent to remove it and
recorded in the Danger Tag log. The
Danger Tag log coordinator is to validate their use.
A Danger Tag log is to be utilised by each unit/establishment. The
Danger Tag log is to be administered
by a technical senior sailor nominated by the marine engineer officer
for HMA ships and base engineering
officer for establishments. The log is
to include as a minimum:
➤ Sequential Danger Tag or temporary Danger Tag number;
➤ Equipment/system identification
and location;
➤ Brief description/reason for tag
out;
➤ Authorising Officers printed rank,
name and signature;
➤ Date of isolation;
➤ Date of deisolation, authorising
officers initials; and
➤ The number of temporary Danger
Tags currently held.
The rules and regulations governing the
use of Danger Tags (explained in DI(N)
Log 72-5) is to be promulgated to all
personnel including civilian contractors.
Protecting your personnel from harm
WHEN asked what you could do
to make a task safer, often the first
answer that springs to mind is Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE).
Although this is a fair answer, did
you know that it is not Navy’s first line
of defence to protect personnel from a
potential hazard?
In order for members to best assess
risk treatment the RAN has developed
a hierarchy of controls. The hierarchy
of controls is a process used to eliminate or mitigate known hazards. In
order of effectiveness, these controls
are:
➤ Eliminate the hazard from the workplace entirely. This is the best way
to control a hazard. An example of
elimination is to mop up spilt water
on the deck.
➤ Substitute or modify the hazard by
replacing it with something less
hazardous, for example, by using
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water-based chemicals rather than
solvent-based chemicals.
➤ Isolate the hazard by physically
removing it from the workplace or
by cordoning off the area in which
the hazard exists.
➤ Use engineering methods to control the hazard at its source. Safety
guards on rotating machinery are
good examples of this.
➤ Introduce management strategies
to ensure the health and safety of
employees. Administrative controls
can reduce exposure to hazardous
equipment and processes. An example of this is a man aloft evolution.
➤ PPE is the last line of defence
against a hazard – an interim measure to reduce exposure. PPE is the
least effective means of controlling
risks and should be used in conjunction with all other control measures.
Effective use of PPE depends on the
equipment being chosen correctly,
fitted correctly and used at all times
when required. The validity of PPE
must be carefully monitored, as the
hazard is still present and the protection may be uncomfortable or
even debilitating, creating its own
hazard.
A major point to remember about
PPE is that the first P stands for personal. This means that it will only protect the member wearing it. Any member near the hazardous area not wearing the appropriate PPE is exposed.
In this case one of the higher control
methods must be in place to protect
those exposed.
Keep this in mind the next time you
look at an activity and ask yourself is
there a better solution than PPE?
Further information on this can be found in
ABR 6303 Part 2 Chapter 5.
April 29, 2010
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PERSONNEL
Ocean recon needs
all hands on deck
By Barry Rollings
NAVY has called for “all hands
on deck” to help it win a coveted Webby Award for outstanding
internet design.
Ocean Recon is nominated for
Best Employment Website in the
14th Annual Webby Awards.
It is also eligible to win a Webby
People’s Voice Award, voted for by
the public.
From now until April 30, members of the Navy – personnel, their
families, friends and fans can help
Defence Force Recruiting win at
least one award by going online and
casting their votes at: http://webby.
aol.com/services/employment
Hailed as the “internet’s highest
honor” by the New York Times, the
Webby Award is the leading international award honouring excellence
on the internet.
This nomination is a huge compliment for Defence Force Recruiting
(DFR) and its digital agency, Visual
Jazz.
Launched in 2009, Ocean Recon
is an online experience which provides a detailed insight into the life
of a Navy submariner.
Navy worked with DFR and
Visual Jazz for more than a year to
The Ocean Recon
experience follows life
on board a Collins class
submarine as it conducts a routine operation.
create the most immersive and realistic representation of submariner life
available online.
“Nominated projects like Ocean
Recon are setting the standard for
innovation and creativity on the internet,” David-Michel Davies, executive
director of the Webby Awards, said.
“It is an incredible achievement
to be selected among the best from
the nearly 10,000 entries we received
this year.”
“The entire team is thrilled by
this global recognition of our work,”
Sammi Needham, creative director
on Ocean Recon, said in response to
the nomination:
“Ocean Recon is a project Visual
Jazz is very proud of, so it’s a great
honour to be in the running for a
Webby Award.”
Adversaries of
yesteryear recognise
Navy’s finest ANZAC
AS THE Anzac troops stormed ashore
at Gallipoli the Australian submarine
HMAS AE2 dived beneath the waters
of the Dardanelles, scraped through the
minefields that had repulsed British
and French battleships, avoided the
gunfire from the forts and overcame
the swirling currents in the narrows to
attack Turkish shipping in the Sea of
Marmara.
The interruption to the flow of supplies, ammunition and reinforcements
during those critical initial days of the
landings may have saved the day.
Her presence inside the Turkish
defences forced a battleship bombarding the beaches and landing ships close
offshore to stop firing and move to safer
waters.
The score was evened on 30
April when the Turkish torpedo boat
Sultanhisar caught AE2 on the surface
after a loss of control in complex water
density layers – AE2 was hit three times
in the engine room by gunfire.
Unable to dive, the crew abandoned
ship as the CO CMDR Henry Stoker
went below and opened the valves to
scuttle the submarine. The guns were
silenced as Sultanhisar rescued the AE2
crew:
The two adversaries of yesteryear
met on April 24 to mark a battle honourably fought, recalled today with friendship and respect as the Australian and
Turkish Chiefs of Navy jointly unveil
a plaque telling the story of AE2 and
Sultanhisar.
The plaque is sited in a Maritime
museum at the fort overlooking the narrows where AE2 made history.
It has been designed by Dr Ross
Bastiaan working with the AE2
Commemorative Foundation (www.ae2.
com.au) established by the Submarine
Institute of Australia to protect, preserve
and tell the story of AE2.
Australia’s first warship lost in battle
sits upright on the bottom, pressure hull
intact and conning tower hatch partly
opened – just as CMDR Stoker left her
95 years ago.
Kate Mathews, DFR’s Navy
Marketing Manager, has put out the
call for Navy’s considerable voting
support:
“Ocean Recon continues to have
a positive impact on our recruitment
numbers for the submariner fleet,”
she said.
“We are on track to meet all targets this year. It would be fantastic
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HISTORY
Sailors in Gallipoli
on display at AWM
THE Australian War Memorial
(AWM) is releasing images of the
RAN Bridging Train at Suvla Bay
in 1915.
On the eve of the 95th anniversary
of the landing at Gallipoli, the AWM
will display these images which have
likely never been seen by the public
before, in an effort to broaden the publics understanding of the ANZAC story
on the Turkish peninsular.
While most of the Navy will be
familiar with the story of the AE2
submarine, the actions of the 1st RAN
Bridging Train in Gallipoli is not as
widely know.
From August 1915, the Bridging
Train performed under relentless shell
fire constructing piers and helping to
land troops, stores and ammunition on
the Peninsular.
The Train also assisted with the
withdrawal of troops in December that
year.
The images come from the collection of the Bridging Teams
Commanding Officer RADM Leighton
Bracegirdle who served in the Boxer
Rebellion, Boer War and the first and
second World Wars.
Suvla, Gallipoli, August1915. Officers seated
in front of the dugout of LCDR Leighton
Bracegirdle (left to right) RAN staff surgeon
Morris, LCDR Bracegirdle, LEUT Bond, CAPT
Mcritchie and MAJ Jellicoe.
Image courtesy AWM (P01326.002)
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HEALTH
Program
can save
your life
AREP AT
A GLANCE
➤ Began in 1979, with a
trial alcohol dependence
rehabilitation program at
Northside Clinic, a private
psychiatric hospital in
Sydney.
➤ In 1980 AREP was devel-
oped as a clinical flight
of No 3 RAAF Hospital at
RAAF Base Richmond.
➤ AREP includes individual
and group counselling
sessions, compulsory
and optional Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meetings, guest speakers who
have been through AREP,
PT, anger management
classes, grief and loss
counselling sessions,
development of an individual treatment program,
spiritual counselling and
creative arts activities.
Are you alcohol dependent? Sgt Andrew
Hetherington spent time with members brave
enough to answer ‘yes’.
‘‘
I
WAS having cold showers
every night for four months,
because I didn’t pay my gas bill
as I was spending all my money
on alcohol. But I kept paying the electricity bill to keep the fridge running
just so my beer would be cold.”
type of person can volunteer for AREP
once they are diagnosed as being alcohol
dependent.”
Personnel become clients of AREP
usually as a result of a string of alcohol-related incidents, including drunken
fights, driving under the influence, turning
up late for work or failing breath tests.
These are some of the lengths a client
“This attracts the attention of the indiof the ADF Alcohol Rehabilitation and
Education Program (AREP) went to so he vidual’s chain of command where initially, colleagues commonly cover for the
could continue to fuel his dependency.
The 29-day live-in program is held at member, thinking they are doing the right
a purpose-built unit at 3 Expeditionary thing by their mates,” FLTLT Chate says.
“But this only delays treatment, the
Health Squadron (3EHS) at RAAF Base
Richmond, and can accommodate up to incidents continue, their cover disappears
and then they eventually get referred to
12 clients at a time.
AREP is run by RAAF and civil- the medical sections of their units.”
Self-referrers, on the other hand, often
ian personnel and treats members of all
don’t have trouble at work – they have
three services.
Acting OIC and alcohol and drug problems outside the ADF before seekcounsellor FLTLT Warwick Chate says ing help.
“I self-referred to AREP after a big
it is a myth that only a certain type of
night on the town following a unit funcperson can be an alcoholic.
“We see a variety of personal- tion,” a client says.
“I woke up the next morning at the
ity types, ranks and jobs represented on
the program,” FLTLT Chate says. “Any airport not knowing how I got there, and
Inspector General
Australian Defence Force
P R O M O T I N G M I L I TA RY J U S T I C E
� ➤ At least eight AREP
courses are run each
year.
➤ AREP is run by the
Compassion: FLTLT Warwick Chate in a one-on-one session with an
Navy member on AREP.
Photo by Sgt Andrew Hetherington
went to work in the clothes I wore
the night before – covered in dirt,
spew and blood.
“I talked to my boss and told him
I wanted to get help.”
After arriving at AREP, clients
are assessed in a ward at 3EHS by
medical staff.
“They are admitted to the inpatient ward for two days and are fully
assessed by medical staff, including assessment for alcohol withdrawal,” FLTLT Chate says. Clients
also undergo pathology and physical
health tests to determine the extent
that alcohol has affected their health
and they all speak to a doctor to confirm the need for rehabilitation in an
inpatient setting.
“After they leave the hospital clients are allotted a room and a search
for banned items such as alcohol is
conducted.
Clients are then introduced and
inducted into the program and an
individual treatment plan is drawn up.
They must also sign and abide by
a contract, which says they agree to
the rules of AREP.
They do have some freedom during their stay.
“Clients are allowed off site to
go to AA meetings at nights and
on weekends, to eat at the mess at
RAAF Base Richmond, see a movie
at the base movie theatre or visit
local shopping centres for short,
supervised trips,” FLTLT Chate
says.
Family members are allowed
to visit clients twice a week and,
in the last 10 days of the course,
ADF-recognised spouses are invited
to participate in group counselling
and other activities to assist with the
recovery of their partners.
During the course, clients keep a
daily journal where they enter their
feelings and thoughts. FLTLT Chate
and the other counsellors use this
journal as an indicator of clients’
progress.
“If we see through their daily
journal any additional things we
think need to be addressed, we might
increase the number of individual
counselling sessions.”
Most clients want a good outcome and report from their stay at
AREP.
“Some want to use the report in
court to mitigate a harsh penalty,”
FLTLT Chate says.
“Many clients just want to do
something for themselves to change
their lives.”
One client says drinking caused
him to start slacking off in his life.
“I couldn’t clean my house properly, my uniform wasn’t clean and
my priorities weren’t right,” he says.
“Drinking came first and everything else came second.
“But this program made me real-
RAAF but open to all
ADF members.
ise there’s so much more to life than
just drinking and there is a whole
world to explore instead of sitting
around the pub drinking beer.
“I’ll now be able to look after
myself properly, cope with reality
and live like a normal person.”
Most clients find the treatment
life changing and leave AREP with
a new outlook on their lives and
careers.
“I’d recommend the AREP course
to anyone,” one says.
“If you feel you have a problem,
what have you got to lose? But you
have everything to gain.”
FLTLT Chate says the greatest
difficulty ADF personnel have with
alcohol is admitting they have a
problem.
“They need to ask for help. I’d
encourage them to do so and view
it as a positive sign, that they are
strong enough to make a change in
their lives to be healthier and have
better careers,” he says.
“Go and see your unit doctor or
CO if you have a problem and ask
for help.”
The next AREP program is scheduled to start on May 24, with four
other programs to be run this year.
For more information on AREP visit http://
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GANGWAY
TAKE A BREATH: LSMED Amber Mayes
carefully checks SMNCK Rikki Hilton’s
heart rate and breathing, during a medical
exercise, conducted as part of the Ship’s
Medical Emergency Team Course at HMAS
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SPORT
Life in the NT
fast lane
Sports brief
Family
fun day at
Harman
The Harman Hogs
Australian football team
is planning a family
day at Morgan Dunbar
Oval at HMAS Harman
on Saturday, May 8 to
raise money for breast
cancer research.
Half-time entertainment
in the first-grade game
against Murrumbidgee
will include Auskick,
and there will be a
jumping castle and
games for kids all day.
The first grade game
starts at 2pm and the
reserves game, also
against Murrumbidgee,
starts at noon.
The day will be part of
celebrations that weekend for the Harman
1985, 1986 and 1995
premierships reunion.
By Simona Di Toro-Bell
blowing experience,” CMDR
Donnelly said.
“You have to walk away with
respect for the riders who are
actually controlling and making the judgement, rather than
hanging on for their life. Some
great values have been shown by
them”.
Evolution Sports Group’s
Brett Lloyd said the superbikes
always receive so much attention
wherever they go, it is nice to say
thank you for that support and
to also give people access to the
bikes and riders.
“Defence personnel are
always there to lend a helping
hand anyway they can,” Brett
said.
“It is a pleasure for us to say
thank you for all their community support without waiting for
a specific reason to do so”.
With the difficulty of deciding who got to go on the hot
lap, HMAS Coonawarra at
Larrakeyah Barracks decided to
raffle off the superbike opportunity.
Money raised was equally donated to the Leukaemia
Foundation and the RSPCA.
The hot lap raffle was
extremely popular and raised
$424.
TAKING time out from testing
and training is rare in motor
sport, but that is exactly what
the riders in the Australian
Superbike Championship did
to show their appreciation to
the ADF in the lead up to
round two of the championship in Darwin.
HMAS Coonawarra members AB Ryan Barry, LSWTR
Jane Dakin, POMT Matthew
Bobbin and CMDR Richard
Donnelly all tasted the speed
and adrenalin that a 1000cc
motorbike produces when being
piloted by the best in Australia.
Championship contender
Glenn Allerton took Coonawarra
CO CMDR Donnelly for his hot
lap and left a new found respect
for the riders.
“That was just a mind
BETTER THAN A DAY IN
THE OFFICE: AB Ryan
Barry poses for a photo with
the current Australian Super
Bike Champion Joshua
Waters before setting out on
a hot lap at Hidden Valley
Raceway.
Photo: ABIS James Whittle
Vipers strike at water polo titles
By Sharon Palmer
Going into the final as underdogs, the end of the game, the Vipers failed to add to the
THE Australian Defence Vipers sunk their Vipers started strongly to be 4-4 at quarter- score and went down 14-6.
Coach Sgt Luke Woodland said the team
teeth into a silver medal at the Australian time and trailed by just one goal at half-time
had come a long way.
Country Water Polo Championships held in (6-5).
Player and president of the Australian
“It was an enormous effort by the
Albury from March 31-April 5.
After finishing third at the end of the round
games and accounting for Qld 9-7 in the semifinal, the women managed to achieve what
no other Defence team has achieved in the
championships before and made it to the final
against NSW.
The Vipers had convincing wins in the
pool matches against Western Australia (93), Queensland B (9-3), and Victoria (11-4)
and lost narrowly to Queensland (5-4) and to
NSW (9-5).
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Defence Water Polo Association WO2 Megan
Webber said they let themselves down in the
second half.
“We started getting into foul trouble which
meant players were being ejected from the
game,” she said.
“The third quarter was telling and we only
managed to score once while they put five
goals away to be leading 11-6 at three-quarter
time.”
With two players short in the pool at the
Australian Defence women to be in the gold
medal match,” he said.
“They are getting stronger each year and
have become a force to be reckoned with.”
The men’s team finished 6th after the
round games with losses to NSW (11-6), WA
(4-3), Vic (10-3), Qld (9-3) and ACT (11-6).
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SPORT
Missed opportunity
for Navy footballers
By LSIS Paul McCallum
BOTH men’s and women’s football teams have lost to Army at
the Australian Services Australian
Football Association (ASAFA)
championships held in Melbourne
from April 14 - 18.
Early indications were good
for a title defence for both teams
but inaccurate kicking in front of
goal saw the Geoff Ledger Cup slip
through their fingers to stronger
Army teams.
First to defend their 2009 title,
the women’s team led by LSPT
Candice Freeman began strongly
taking a nine-point lead into quarter
time (2.3.15 to 1.0.6).
Army came out firing in the second quarter and held the girls to just
five behinds for the rest of the game
while running away with five goals
to win the game 2.8.20 to 6.9.45.
While the score blew out in the
end, the game was much closer than
the 25-point margin indicated.
The girls of pussers footy tried
everything they could and had some
outstanding players with LSPT Trish
Muller running free through the
midfield and LEUT Liz Quinn and
ABBM Kate Goggins commanding
the backline.
Having beaten Air Force 6.2.38
to 2.3.15 just two days before, the
legs couldn’t keep up with the Army
team who had four days break after
beating Air Force 10.10.70 to nil.
Team captain LS Freeman said
preparation was the key to the championships.
“We weren’t as prepared this
year as we have been previously.
We didn’t get our full team together
until the morning of our first game
so that affected our training and
team cohesion,” LS Freeman said.
“We had 6 new girls this year
who’s input to the team was invaluable. Three of them were selected
for the ADF team which is a huge
achievement for first years players.
“Our new recruits from this year
have enormous potential and really
did well for us on the field.”
Testament to the efforts of the
women’s team, 11 of the players
were named in the ASAFA All Stars
team which is scheduled to play a
NSW/ACT representative side in
June this year.
The men’s grand final saw last
years champions Navy take on old
time rivals Army and having beaten
HARD RUNNING: LSPT
Trish Muller gets her kick
away before being tackled
during the ASAFA final.
Photo: LSIS Paul McCallum
TRY TIME: LCDR Richard Austin scores
a try during the ACT Vets v RAN Old
Salts curtain raiser to the Brumbies v
Cheetahs Super 14 match.
Photo: LSIS Phillip Cullinan
Rugby Old Salts
draw with veterans
By CMDR Glenn Green
THE pace was cracking and the rugby
dazzling but the demands of tradition
and protocol again produced the alltoo-predictable nine-all draw in the
annual charity match between the Navy
Old Salts and the ACT Veterans in
Canberra on April 10.
Air Force just two days earlier, spirits were high going into the match.
Navy forward LSCSO Simon
Horner was coming off a championship high nine goals against RAAF
and was targeted by the Army
defenders, holding him to just two
goals in the opening term and four
goals for the game.
Navy began strongly with good
run through the centre and were running in numbers to close out the first
quarter leading 6.5.41 to 4.2.26.
The second quarter was a complete reversal with Army fighting
back to win the term by four goals
and go into the long break leading
8.7.55 to 10.7.67.
With blustery conditions, accuracy became a problem for Navy and
numerous attempts at goal pushed
wide. Navy recorded more scoring
shots than Army but the gap opened
up at the final change 9.13.67 to
12.9.81.
Team captain LEUT Arron
Convery called on his chargers to up
the intensity for the final quarter and
not be intimidated by their bigger,
faster and stronger opponents and a
fightback began.
LS Horner led the forward charge
with his third and fourth goals while
AB Patrick Wilson chipped in with
two goals of his own but the clock
beat them and after the final siren
the difference was just nine points
13.16.94 to 15.13.103.
Key forward LS Horner said it
was fitness and accuracy that let
them down on the day.
“If we had kicked straighter or
had a better break between games,
we probably would have won,” LS
Horner said.
“The Army turned up with a
much stronger team than last years
and we just couldn’t back up from
last year. If we had just five more
minutes, I reckon we would have
got them.”
The ASAFA All Stars team listed
10 players from Navy and will play
the emergency Services All Stars
team in the curtain raiser to the
Anzac Day match at AAMI Stadium
in Adelaide.
The “Golden Oldies” match was
played under lights in glorious conditions
at Canberra Stadium as a curtain-raiser to
the ACT Brumbies’ runaway Super 14
win over the Cheetahs.
Veterans’ rugby is for those ‘experienced’ players over 35 who still have
the urge to run around the paddock. The
game is played over three 20-minute segments until the now-compulsory “gentlemen’s agreement” draw ensues.
For the Old Salts, the dusting off of
their boots for this match marked the
beginning of their 2010 campaign.
Some entertaining rugby resulted.
Showing that age shall not weary them
- well not too much anyway - the Old
Salts played the game at a cracking pace,
with the forwards demonstrating some
excellent rucking and mauling skills, and
providing the backs with some great ball.
Pace and flair out wide was the order
of the night and a number of classy tries
were scored.
On hand to witness the scintillating
display were Head of Navy People and
Reputation RADM Trevor Jones and
RANRU’s President CDRE Bruce Kafer.
ACT Veterans’ president John Hillier
and RADM Jones accepted the IPAMM
Cup as co-winners. The other winners
on the night were Legacy and the George
Gregan Foundation, who benefited from
the generous sponsorship of Server Racks
Australia and Xact Project Consultants.
CPOSTD Dan Carter did a great
job in organising the Old Salts, whose
next match is scheduled for May 22
during the Australian Services Rugby
Championships at Viking Park in
Canberra.
Any ‘Old Salts’ who are interested
in playing should contact Dan Carter
on 02 6265 4719 or email daniel.
carter@defence.gov.au.
SNAPSHOT: LSCSO Simon Horner takes a shot at goal (one of nine for the match) from the pocket in
the Navy’s first round match against Air Force.
Photos: LSIS Paul McCallum
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