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Volume 51, No. 10, June 12, 2008

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SETTING THE BAR HIGH:HMAS Manoora crew members take part in physical training on the flight deck during the ship’s recent deployment to New Zealand.Photo: ABPH Andrew Black

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Sydney inquiry beginsThe first day of official hearings of the Commission of Inquiry into the loss of HMAS Sydney II was held in Sydney on May 30. The light cruiser was lost with all 645 crew on November 19, 1941, following an engagement with the German raider, HSK Kormoran, off the Western Australian coast. The commission has been appointed to inquire into and report upon circumstances associated with the loss of HMAS Sydney II and consequent loss of life, and related subsequent events. Commission president Terence Cole, QC stated in his opening address that the objective of the Commission of Inquiry is to provide an independent and factual account of the events relating to the loss of HMAS Sydney II to the Chief of Defence Force, the relatives who have lost loved ones, and ultimately all Australians, in the hope it will help those affected to put the past behind them. Mr Cole has also urged members of the public who have any information or wish to make submissions to the Inquiry to contact the secretary of the HMAS Sydney II Commission of Inquiry at www.defence.gov.au/sydneyii/

Calling loyal readersThe search for Navy News’ longest and most loyal reader is underway. In the countdown to the 50th anniversary of our first issue on July 18, 1958, we have commenced the search for our longest and most loyal reader. Navy News wants to hear from you if you have a copy of the first edition of the sailors’ newspaper. Also we would like to hear from anyone who may have featured in our first edition and from any of the former editors of Navy News. Please email [email protected] or phone (02) 62667707.

Leeuwin intakeOne member of the HMAS Leeuwin – JRTE – January 1965 (10th) intake is seeking contact with former JRTE shipmates from this intake, with the view to compiling a contact list, and, holding a meet and greet in Sydney in August 2008. He would also welcome contact with any family members or friends who have any knowledge of members of this intake. The point of contact is David Sutherland – [email protected] or phone 0418 677 163.

School fundraiserCallala Public School, which is close to the Navy base at HMAS Albatross, is holding a women’s shopping evening on June 14t at the Callala RSL Club, commencing at 6.30pm. There will be a fashion parade and various products on show, for sale and order. Cost is $5 per person which includes a glass of wine and cheese platter. We have lucky door and lucky shopper prizes, a raffle and more. Tickets are available now from the school office or you can pay at the door. For more details please contact Tascha one 44464088.

Briefs

MEMBER (AM) IN THE MILITARY DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

CDRE Bruce James KAFER CSCFor exceptional service to the RAN, particularly as the Chief, Combat Support Group in Fleet Headquarters.CDRE Kafer has been a devoted and inspirational leader, champion-ing a number of key organisational reforms aimed at improving the lifestyle and safety of Fleet Command personnel. His exceptional dedication and commitment mark CDRE Kafer as an outstanding naval officer who accepts his responsibility with enthusiasm and loyalty.

CDRE Clinton William THOMAS CSCFor exceptional service as CO HMAS Cerberus Training Authority-Logistics, Director General Strategic Logistics, Director General Sea Change Implementation Team, and Chairman of the Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund.CDRE Thomas has introduced a number of initiatives that contribute significantly to the retention of officers and sailors in the RAN. His dedication and enthu-siasm throughout his 30 years’ service have been outstanding.

CAPT Jaimie Charles HATCHER For exceptional service as CO HMAS Toowoomba during deployment on Operation CATALYST.CAPT Hatcher demonstrated exceptional service as the CO of HMAS Toowoomba during Operation CATALYST. His ship provided security to offshore Iraqi oil platforms in the Northern Gulf, ensuring the flow of commerce to and from Iraqi ports. Through his outstanding leadership, energy and drive, Toowoomba performed exceptionally well in a highly charged, complex operational environment. His performance in command has greatly enhanced the international reputation of the RAN and the ADF.

MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE MILITARY DIVISION

LEUT Sean Lyle FEENANFor meritorious service in engi-neering postings in the RAN, particularly during seagoing appointments in HMA Ships Tobruk and Anzac.LEUT Feenan is an exceptional officer who has consistently dis-played outstanding leadership and technical skills during postings as a senior engineering sailor and officer, most nota-bly during recent service in HMA Ships Tobruk and Anzac. His thorough understanding and expert appli-cation of marine engineering and combat survivability procedures inspired his subordinates and peers in these ships, and he has averted threats to the ships’ missions by skilfully assuming control of incidents to rectify defects and ensure the serviceability of machinery plants.

LEUT Gerrard Leslie HOCTORFor meritorious service to the RAN in the field of Communications and Information Systems.LEUT Hoctor has consistently performed at a superi-or level, both as a warrant officer and as a lieutenant, within the CIS category. He has provided exceptional operational service to senior officers, is an outstand-ing mentor of those junior to him and has been a tireless and enthusiastic promoter of the need for quality training within the RAN. He is an inspirational symbol of professionalism and dedication to duty and upholds the finest traditions of the RAN.

CPO Robert Mark GLOVERFor meritorious service as a CPOET in the RAN.CPO Glover has shown outstanding dedication and professionalism in the RAN over an extended period. His individual performance and contribution to the Navy’s operational capability while performing shore-based training of technical sailors and improving the performance of ships’ combat equipment at sea have consistently demonstrated an exceptionally high degree of professional excellence and extraordinary commitment. Chief Glover’s exemplary management of people and operational performance also consist-ently enhanced the reputation of the RAN

CONSPICUOUS SERVICE CROSS (CSC)

CDRE Simon Terrence CULLEN AMFor outstanding achievement as the Director Combined Planning Group, United States Central Command.As the Director Combined Planning Group, CDRE Cullen was responsi-ble for the embedded coalition plan-ning processes in support of opera-tions within the Central Command Area of Responsibility. At a time of extremely high operational tempo, he performed his duties with distinction. Managing multiple high priority tasks, he drew together representatives of 26 nations to pro-duce consistently superior outcomes. He is a dynam-ic leader whose energy, intellect and commitment to excellence are assets to the ADF.

LCDR Mitchell Andrew CARMOCKFor outstanding achievement as the Engineering Officer HMAS Sydney.LCDR Carmock has excelled as the Engineering Officer of HMAS Sydney during the prolonged and demanding Frigate Upgrade Project. He has inspired, motivated and trained the Engineering Department of Sydney from a very low level of capability into a highly motivated, efficient and cohesive team that met the considerable challenges of getting HMAS Sydney to sea after 18 months in refit. Through LCDR Carmock’s outstanding performance and tire-less dedication, Sydney and the RAN have been best placed to meet the continuing challenges of the Upgrade Project and return HMAS Sydney to full operational capability.

LEUT Richard David ELSOMFor outstanding achievement as the inaugural Officer-in-Charge of the Directorate of Sailors’ Career Management, Fleet Base West - Local Career Management Centre.LEUT Elsom is an exceptional member of the RAN who has consistently displayed inspirational lead-ership and outstanding dedication to duty in an extremely complex and challenging human resource environment. He has made a significant contribu-tion to the effectiveness of local career management within the RAN through the establishment of a vast collegiate network of human resource professionals focused on consistently achieving the right balance between the needs of serving personnel and the requirements of the service.

CPO Dane Peter RASMUSSENFor outstanding achievement as the Ship’s Technical Officer of HMAS Betano.As the Ship’s Technical Officer of HMAS Betano, CPO Rasmussen displayed exceptional dedication to duty, superior technical competence and fore-sight, and strong leadership to deliver consistently outstanding technical services to the ship. Chief Rasmussen’s unrelenting drive and superior techni-cal skills were fundamental contributors to HMAS Betano’s completion of all assigned operational tasks, including high priority border protection mis-sions, during his tenure aboard.

CONSPICUOUS SERVICE MEDAL (CSM)

CAPT Nicholas James YOUSEMANFor meritorious achievement as CO HMAS Harman.CAPT Youseman has been an outstanding CO who has con-sistently displayed professional excellence, inspirational leader-ship and great dedication to duty, particularly in challenging person-nel management situations. His compassion and his well considered, positive man-agement of sensitive personnel problems have been a credit to him and have been of great benefit to the RAN and its people. Under his leadership, HMAS Harman has improved its personnel support serv-ices delivery immensely, and he is held in very high regard throughout Canberra and the wider Defence community.

CMDR Ainsley Glen MORTHORPEFor meritorious achievement as the Staff Officer Grade One Operations for Operation RESOLUTE at Headquarters Northern Command.CMDR Morthorpe is an exemplary officer who dem-onstrated outstanding leadership and excellent oper-ational staff work and contingency planning for the conduct of Operation RESOLUTE. His extraordinary individual effort and attention to detail, wise advice to Command, forethought and knowledge of the operat-ing environment, and focus on giving forces involved simple, concise and unambiguous guidance, made a critical contribution to the effective conduct of the operation.

LCDR Grahame Andrew FALLSFor meritorious achievement as the Integrated Logistic Support Manager for the Landing Helicopter Dock Naval Shipbuilding Project.

LCDR Falls is an exceptional officer, displaying superior leadership, professionalism and dedica-tion to duty while serving as the Integrated Logistic Support Manager for the Landing Helicopter Dock Naval Shipbuilding Project in the Defence Materiel Organisation. LCDR Falls has established a first class Integrated Logistic Support team which, under his superior leadership, has produced outstanding results and demonstrable value for money for the Commonwealth of Australia.

CPO Raymond John BEASYFor meritorious achievement in recruit entry and specialist seamanship training.CPO Beasy has been instrumental in the training of recruits and the bolstering of the number of sailors continuing on to category training. His dedication and influence in the professional development of Recruit School instructors has effectively raised the standard and quality of instruction provided in Recruit School. He epitomises the core values of the Service, and his dedication to duty is in the finest traditions of the RAN.

LS Roger Cairncross DALBYFor meritorious achievement as a LSCIS sailor in the RAN.LS Dalby has demonstrated outstanding communica-tions expertise and exceptional leadership during numerous seagoing postings in the RAN. However, his tireless dedication, unwavering loyalty and unique mentoring ability have been most apparent during his recent posting to HMAS Manoora, where he has been instrumental in ensuring ongoing communi-cations support, not only for the ship but also for embarked force headquarters during major opera-tions and international exercises and, frequently, in extremely challenging scenarios.

RAN Queen’s Birthday honoursA number of officers and sailors serving in the Royal Australian Navy were

recognised for their achievements at the Queen’s Birthday honours.

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Clearance divers hit Afghan peaks

By CAPT Douglas McGuire

As he crouched sweating in his protective suit metres away from a massive improvised explosive device IED high in the Afghan mountains, Australian Clearance Diver CPO Phillip Shirley might have reflected on the likelihood of a Navy diver ending up in such a high, dusty and, above all, dry place.

CPO Shirley and his colleague PO Troy Eather are spearhead-ing the EOD team supporting the 4th Reconstruction Task Force in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

The team was dealing with an IED designed to strike at RTF 4 ASLAV and Bushmaster armoured vehicles on a twisting single track road, but was discovered by com-bat engineers before it could do any damage.

Estimated to contain around 20kg of explosives, the device was blown up by the EOD team creating a mas-sive plume of dust and smoke, the convoy then went on to reach its des-tination safely.

ROAD CLEARED: Reconstruction Task Force 4 detonates the IED.

“We got a handover from the guy who found it, and they had uncovered a wire. We worked out how to deal with it, using a remote control robot. We destroyed the IED using our own explosives” CPO Shirley said.

“We ascertained that it was about 20 kg of home made explosives so we are very happy with finding and destroying that. The whole thing was a success and everyone went home safely at the end of the day which is the main thing.”

He said that while the arid moun-tains of Afghanistan might be a strange place for naval divers to end

up they were determined to get on the tour when the possibility arose.

“We were going to get here if it was in our power. We didn’t really expect to get up here, but things are running reasonably smoothly. There are a lot of competent people around who know their jobs.”

PO Eather was operating the robot which played a vital role in destroying the IED.

“We work as a team and he was the number one. I was driving the robot that went down to do the ini-tial exploitation. “The searchers did a really good job finding this and setting the scene for us to take over. Without them the job would take a lot longer. Full marks to those guys.

“It’s a cliché, I know, but some-times you do feel a bit like a fish out of water this far from the sea. Working with IEDs is tri-service so we are pretty well prepared. Nothing beats being on the ground, it feels a bit different working so far away from the water though!”

VITAL WORK: Afghan tribesmen look on as Reconstruction Task Force 4 soldiers conduct a search in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. INSET: Clearance Divers PO Troy Eather, CPO Phillip Shirley with engineers SPR Michael Brennan and CPL Glen Barton check the remains of the Improvised Explosive Device. Photos: CPL Neil Ruskin

By Michael Brooke

HMA Ships Gascoyne (LCDR Max Muller) and Diamantina (LCDR Doug Griffiths) have departed Sydney’s HMAS Waterhen on a deployment to south-east Asia that will culminate with their partici-pation in Exercise Kakadu 2008.

The two Huon Class Mine Hunters will visit HMAS Cairns and Darwin Naval Base, before transiting to Surabaya, Kota Kinabalu, Singapore, Phuket and Semerang.

The Command ing Off i ce r o f Gascoyne, LCDR Muller, said the deploy-ment provided the ships’ companies with a chance to build goodwill with our regional neighbours.

“This plays a vital role in terms of improving our interoperability,” he said.

During the port visits, the ships’ com-panies are sure to enjoy the culture and cuisine of exotic south-east Asia, while participating in some friendly sport competitions with sailors from regional navies.

From Semerang, Gascoyne and Diamantina will return to waters off northern Australia, where they will take part in the nation’s largest multilateral maritime exercise, Kakadu 2008.

Both Gascoyne, whose motto is Return To The Sea, and Diamantina, whose motto is Whoever Leads Protects, will join HMA Ships Melbourne, Toowoomba, Collins, Pirie and Sirius for the biennial exercise.

Kakadu 2008 will also involve the mil-itary forces of New Zealand, Singapore,

Mine hunters head north before Exercise Kakadu

ON THE WAY: HMAS Gascoyne which has left for south-east Asia.

Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Thailand.

Indonesia, France, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea and Vietnam will also have participating forces or observers.

The Commanding Office r o f Diamantina, LCDR Griffiths, said Kakadu was an important exercise.

“Kakadu aims to develop interoper-ability in multilateral maritime opera-tions in a regional maritime coalition environment and involves a wide range of exercises and evolutions,” he said.

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COMMUNICATION: CMDR Andrew Davis speaks during a Sea Change roadshow presentation in Canberra. Photo: LSPH Yuri Ramsey

04 NEWS

By Billie Peresin, Staff Officer for DSCM

There are many sailors and warrant officers in every category who possess the ability and motivation to achieve commissioned rank.

To be eligible for appointment, officer candidates must be of an age which enables them to complete any standard initial minimum period of service (IMPS) on appointment, return of service obligation (ROSO) and undertaking for further service, prior to reaching compulsory retiring age (CRA).

There are several avenues of entry. Sailors and warrant officers may be appointed into the Permanent Navy through:➤ Sailor Entry (SE);➤ Engineer Officer Scheme (EOS);➤ Undergraduate Entry (UE); and➤SE to the Australian Defence

Force Academy (ADFA) or Defence Academy Entry – Naval Officer Year One (DAE-NOYO) schemes or the Naval Reserve (NR) through the SE scheme.

SE allows eligible candidates for non-degree entry to be appointed to commissioned rank and undertake officer training and application prior to position posting.

Following appointment and New Entry Officer Course (NEOC) train-ing, EOS allows eligible candidates to undertake engineering degree studies at RMIT, Australian Maritime College (AMC) or ADFA. UE allows candi-dates to be appointed to Commissioned

How you can become a commissioned officer

Talk to your Divisional Officer and Career Manager for details on your eligibility.

rank in the PN, while continuing with degree studies at an approved tertiary institution other than ADFA. ADFA entry allows candidates at the rank of LS and above to undertake full-time degree studies at ADFA as a mem-ber of the Advanced Student Squadron before undertaking application cours-es.

To qualify educationally for com-missioned rank, an officer candidate is required to hold passes in English, mathematics and two other subjects at a suitable level determined by the Naval Personnel Training Centre-Canberra.

Nominees are to be medically fit and psychologically assessed before nomination to Directorate of Naval Officers Postings (DNOP). Applicants must also be eligible for a Secret/Top Secret security clearance. All appli-cants will be required to sit an Officer Selection Board which is tailored to meet the individual needs of the candi-date on a case-by-case basis.

If you are thinking of transfer-ring to officer have a chat with your Divisional Officer and Career Manager who can assist you further.

➤ Refer to ABR 10 Chapter 10 – Nomination and selection of sailors for commissioned rank for details on eligibility and nomination.

By LEUT David Martinussen

The Sea Change Implementation Team (SCIT) ‘Update 08’ Roadshow completed the national tour in Canberra recently, following a series of presentations to Ships and Shore establishments throughout May and June. The Roadshow visited HMA ships Cerberus, Albatross, Creswell, Kuttabul (including FBE Ships), Watson, Waterhen, Stirling (including FBW Ships), Cairns, Coonawarra and Canberra.

The Roadshow was directed toward re-invigorating the message that Sea Change remains committed as the driv-er and primary advocate for improve-ment of conditions of service both for Naval members and their families and shaping the future Navy Workforce.

Speaking to Navy News Head of SCIT, CDRE Craig Kerr reaffirmed this simple message in saying that “…the encouraging thing is that DCN and CN want to go full steam ahead and continue the Sea Change banner and theme to champion retention.”

The main purpose of ‘Update 08’ was to inform Navy people about issues affecting them and to describe the efforts directed at shaping the Navy future workforce, whilst hear-ing feedback from ‘the coalface.’ The main themes coming from the attend-ees were concerns over conditions of service, DHA, uniforms, retention ini-tiatives and workforce management.

The continued relevance of Sea Change was again indicated by solid attendance levels across the board, esti-mated at 1600 members at the series of presentations. CDRE Kerr indicat-ed the Roadshow was geared toward “positive communication - almost get-ting one on one.”

➤ Readers are encouraged to com-municate directly with Sea Change via the Sea Change Implementation Management & Reporting System (SCIMARS) through either the defweb: navy.defence.gov.au/SCIMARS/index.asp or internet: www.navy.gov.au/npo/seachange.

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Albatross spreads its wings

AT THE CONTROLS: SBLT Kye Hayman explains the layout of the cockpit of a Squirrel helicopter to interested locals, Crystal Kunze and Greg Stanton.

Photos: ABPH Brenton Freind

By Natalie Johnson

Scores of historic military and light civilian aircraft converged on HMAS Albatross to celebrate the recent Fleet Air Arm Museum open day.

As part of the Diamond Jubilee of HMAS Albatross and the Fleet Air Arm, the event highlighted the close bonds between the Navy and the local Shoalhaven community, which marks this special anniversary.

The RAN’s Squirrel, Augusta 109, Seahawk and Sea King helicopters were on open static display and the accompa-nying crews entertained the public with descriptions of their capabilities.

Defence contractors Raytheon and Pelair displayed their unique Lear and Westwind target-towing and electronic warfare training jets.

The event was held on May 25 and allowed the public to clearly view and walk around all the aircraft.

HMAS Albatross CO CAPT Mark Sackley said the open day, which featured a range of current and historic military aircraft, allowed the Fleet Air Arm and HMAS Albatross to showcase their his-torical development.

“This was a golden opportunity for the local community to help us cel-ebrate the history of naval aviation in the Shoalhaven over the past 60 years,” CAPT Sackley said.

Almost 2000 spectators enjoyed other scheduled activities throughout the day including a ‘welcome to country’ ceremo-

ny by the Doonooch Indigenous Dance Troupe, and demonstrations by the RAAF police dogs, the Army Parachute Training School “Red Berets” and a weapons display by the first Lieutenants party. Musical entertainment was provided by the RAN band and other local performers.

One of the highlights was the impres-sive flying performances by the local model aircraft flying clubs who flew jet and conventional model aircraft wing-spans of up to two metres, providing a spectacular flying display.

Cries of ‘Geronimo’ pierced the air as paratroopers from the Army Parachute

Training School jumped twice during the day from the legendary UH-1B Iroquois helicopter flown by the RAN historic flight.

Other highlights included displays by the RAN Hydrographer, Navy Clearance Divers and the RAN School of Ship’s Safety and Survivability.

The Defence Force Recruiting booth received an overwhelming number of inquiries from aspiring Navy aviators.

‘This was a golden opportunity for the local community to help us celebrate the history of naval aviation in the Shoalhaven ...’ – CAPT Mark Sackley

ABOVE: Members from the School of Ship’s Safety and Survivability demonstrate how to extinguish a fire onboard a Navy warship.LEFT: Mike Beverly checks his flight controls of his radio-controlled Meteor model aircraft.

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RAN Central Canteens Fund (Navy Ticketing) volunteer Mrs Carleen Angel has been presented with a CDF Commendation for years of stellar service to Navy personnel.

Mrs Angel was presented with the Commendation by DCN, RADM Russ Crane on May 27.

RADM Crane said: “We commend Mrs Angel for nearly 50 years of unique service to Navy through her employment and later as a volunteer for Navy ticket-ing.

“We commend her impeccable service, support and sage advice to all.” he said.

Mrs Angel told Navy News the CDF Commendation was “a great honour”.

Mrs Angel started her career with Defence in 1959 as personal assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Naval Support Command, until retirement in 1991.

While in that role, Mrs Angel liaised with various organisations in the enter-tainment industry to coordinate the avail-

ability of tickets for distribution to sailors and their families.

Mrs Angel made use of these networks in her retirement by continuing to dis-tribute discounted tickets to Navy and Defence personnel for another 17 years.

By LEUT Jack Horner

A landmark deployment has come a close for HMAS Pirie and HMAS Launceston, following a successful tour of the South West Pacific.

Darwin based Pirie, crewed by Assail Two (LCDR David Graham) travelled in company with Launceston, crewed by Ardent Three (LCDR Mal Parsons).

Both ships departed HMAS Cairns on April 20 for Luganville, on Vanuatu’s Island of Espirito Santo.

While the deployment was hard work, both crews found the deployment a refreshing change from maritime surveillance and boarding operations.

The Luganville visit coincided with Anzac Day. Both crews attended the dawn service held on the banks of the harbour.

As there is no memorial in Luganville, wreaths were fittingly laid in the harbour and allowed to float peacefully as the sun rose.

The next visit was Samoa’s Apia, the first of the Polynesian ports.

Evident to those who were under-taking their first South West Pacific deployment, was the difference in the local populations.

In Samoa the two ships conducted school tours and the crews enjoyed their time exploring the island.

The next passage, between Apia and Rarotonga, saw Launceston and Pirie rendezvous with CIPPB Te Kukupa from the Cook Islands.

The port visit to Rarotonga was the

ACPBs complete busy Pacific tour

longest but also the busiest. A cocktail party was held onboard and attended by the Prime Minister and Queen’s Representative of the Cook Islands, as well as other dignitaries.

The crews participated in commu-nity work at a local high school, pro-vided tours of the ACPBs, and partici-pated in a sports competition against the Cook Islands police force.

The afternoon of sport concluded with a BBQ and presentation night at the police compound where a number

of personnel were called upon to par-ticipate in traditional dancing.

Nuku A’lofa in the Kingdom of Tonga was the next port of call where, the crews enjoyed another warm welcome. Significantly, the Tongan population were busy preparing for the upcoming coronation of their new King and, from a Navy perspective, the anticipated arrival of the Anzac class frigate HMAS Ballarat.

The final port visit in the ship’s busy schedule saw the two ACPBs return to Vanuatu, this time to Port

Vila. While the deployment was hard work, both crews found the deploy-ment a refreshing change from mari-time surveillance and boarding opera-tions.

RAN personnel posted overseas were a great support, enabling the ship’s company’s to engage with thou-sands of people throughout the Pacific.

The two crews enjoyed working together and collectively agree post-ing to an ACPB is the best place to be in the Navy.

TROPICAL TOUR: HMAS Pirie, HMAS Launceston and RVS Tukoro alongside in Vanuatu. TEAMWORK: The combined Launceston and Pirie touch football team in Rarotonga

The effectiveness of military justice reforms over the past two years will be the subject of an independent review.

Defence Science and Personnel Minister Wa r r e n S n o w d o n announced the review when he opened the Australian Centre for Military Law and jus-tice in Canberra on May 8.

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07NEWS

By Michael Brooke

The passage of time’s ability to heal the wounds of war was nobly demonstrat-ed when Australia and other WWII allies joined hands with Japanese representa-tives at HMAS Kuttabul to mark the 66th anniversary of the Battle of Sydney.

The memorial service commemorated the 19 RAN, six Japanese and two British sailors who died when three Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour in 1942.

The sombre ceremony was conducted by Chaplain Ian McKendrick near the site where 66-years ago 21 RAN and British sailors died when the converted ferry they were sleeping on, the HMAS Kuttabul, was hit by a Japanese torpedo.

More than 70 people attended the serv-ice which included the laying of wreaths in memory of the fallen by the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Greg Combet, Chief of Navy, VADM Russ Shalders AO, CSC, RAN and high rank-ing officials from the Japanese, Dutch and US Consulates in Sydney.

Ray Major, one of the two survivors of Kuttabul who attended the service, made an address during which he explained how he was thrown from his hammock by the explosion of the torpedo but amid great confusion and terror his training kicked in and he rescued two of his ship-mates from drowning.

After the ceremony CN chatted exten-sively with the two survivors, Mr Major and Neil Roberts, about their recollections of the night the war came to Sydney’s door-step in the form of three Japanese midget submarines.

Kuttabul CO CMDR Bryan Parker also conducted an address during which he outlined the events that unfolded on that fateful night.

On the evening of May 31, 1942, three Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney Harbour. Shortly after midnight, one of the submarines, M24, fired two torpedoes at USS Chicago.

The weapons missed their target but one torpedo detonated under the convert-

Kuttabul attack recalled

ed ferry Kuttabul, which was being used for sailors’ accommodation on the east-ern side of Garden Island. Kuttabul sank, claiming the lives of 21 men.

Of the three midget submarines that attacked that night, two were destroyed. The bodies of four Japanese submariners were recovered. They were given funerals with full military honours and their bodies were cremated.

The fate of M24 remained a mystery until 2006 when a group of recreational divers located the submarine about 5km off Bungan Head, Sydney.

RIGHT: HMAS Kuttabul survivor Ray Major talks about the night Japanese midget subs attacked Sydney har-bour.

ABOVE: CN VADM Russ Shalders AO, CSC, RAN lays a wreath at the Kuttabul memorial.

LEFT: Floral wreaths honour those who lost their lives.

Photos: ABPH James Whittle

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Anyone for tea?At HMAS Penguin (CMDR Michael Hickey), all

around Sydney and Australia, families, friends and work colleagues popped on the kettle to raise money for the Cancer Council.

It was cuppas and cupcakes at the Sir David Martin Warrant Officer and Senior Sailors Mess for a traditional morning tea come stand easy.

The opportunity of having all ship’s company in one place at one time did not go astray and CMDR Hickey took the time to address Penguin’s staff and to present a number of awards.

CPOET Bill Hampton received his certificate of appreciation for 20 years’ service as well as his first clasp for the Defence Long Service Medal.

LSHSO Peters-Hughes received her ADM.WO Ken McPherson farewelled long-time mess

member POPT Anthony Wilson, who is soon to join HMAS Tobruk.

The 45-minute morning tea raised $1004.

AND IN DARWIN: AB Amanda Gadkear, Mrs Jodie West, LEUT Alwyn Johnson, PTE Kathryn Corney and CPO Joy Newman dip a bickie for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea.Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is one of The Cancer Council’s foremost fundraising events and the largest, most successful event of its kind in Australia. Photo: ABPH Bradley Darvill

AT PENGUIN (from left): CPO Angela Miranda, WO George Bonner, CPO William Hampton, LS Stephen Reed, CPO Adam Smith and CPO Ken Swinbourne enjoy some tea and cake. Photo: ABPH Dove Smithett

Harman salutesits best assets

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HMAS Harman (CMDR Bruce Shearman) senior sailors mess hosted 25 mothers and their children to a twilight buffet on May 10.

The buffet was organised and hosted by the committee of the senior sailors mess to say thank-you to one of the most important people in the Navy family – mum.

Some mothers travelled from as far away as Melbourne to celebrate Mother’s Day with their sons and daughters at Harman.

The mothers were treated to a won-derful buffet, prepared by Harman’s executive chef Mr Matt Stockwell, while

the children were entertained by the team from Jellybean amusements.

All visiting mothers were treated to complementary champagne during the course of the function and were also pre-sented with a special gift pack containing bed socks, candles and chocolates.

The senior sailors mess vice-president CPO Lyn Jensen stated that all members, guests and the children had a wonderful day and provided another example of the quality functions that were organised and hosted by the mess at Harman.

CPO Jensen advised all senior sailors posted in the Canberra area and those passing through the area to check out the mess web site.

WHAT A TREAT:PONPC Jocelyn Blowfield and her daughter enjoy a decli-cious piece of cake at the Mother’s Day buffet organised by the HMAS Harman senior sailors mess.

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09NEWS

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: LSCIS KImberley Booth from HMAS Sirius with some memorabilia link-ing her to her grand-uncle, who served onboard the ill-fated HMAS Sydney II.

Family ties to SydneyBy LCDR Mick Gallagher

LSCIS Kimberley Booth from HMAS Sirius (CMDR Alex Hawes) has honoured her WW II grand-uncle AB Ernest Booth.

Ernest was a 4-inch gunner serv-ing on HMAS Sydney II when it sank off the WA coast on November 19, 1941 after her engagement with the German raider Kormoran.

At a dawn service on the flight deck of HMAS Sirius, over the site of HMAS Sydney II on April 28, Kimberley cast a wreath in memory of AB Booth on behalf of the Booth family.

She also cast a wooden plaque in memory of Ernest’s shipmate LS

Telegraphist Charles Leslie Honor, who was also lost in the battle.

The wooden plaque had the orig-inal Morse code training key used by Charles and a photo of Charles’ mother aged 31 and sons Bob, 4, and Bill, 5, attached.

“This was the photo that my father took with him on board the Sydney,” said Bob, now 70.

Bob and nephew Brenton handed the plaque over to the CO of Sirius when the ship visited Adelaide with a request that CMDR Hawes ‘return it to the original owner’.

LSCIS Kimberley Booth comes from a strong Navy family. Her father, a former PNF supply offic-er, now Reservist, is LEUT Gary

Booth, a public affairs member at HMAS Stirling.

Her brother, seaman officer SBLT Daniel Booth, will soon join the sub-marine HMAS Waller, and her uncle LEUT Tony Booth is a Reservist with the AWD project in Adelaide.

Her maternal grandfather is LSCOX Murray Edwards, who served in WWII HMA Ships Kanimbla and Manoora with a men-tion in dispatches, awarded for his service in Fairmiles.

Her paternal grandfather, Don Booth, and wife Yvonne travelled from Geelong to attend the HMAS Sydney II memorial service at St Andrew’s cathedral in Sydney on April 24

Bringing joyto bereaved

families

“The kids had a great time, especial-ly when they got to sit in the captain’s chair.”

The group commended POWTR Samantha Gibling, CPOSTD Craig Gouldthorp, ABCIS Jason Zinner and SBLT Kristin Porter for being “wonder-ful ambassadors and generous hosts”.

SIDS and Kids Queensland is a not-for-profit organisation providing evi-dence-bases “safe sleeping” education programs and literature for professional and non-professional members of the community.

The families were accompanied by Madeleine Grimes, the organisation’s acting education and support services manager.➤ More information can be obtained

from www.sidsandkids.org or through its helpline of 1300 308 307.

By Graham Davis

HMAS Warramunga and her ship’s company brought a little joy to seven bereaved families when she visited Brisbane recently.

The 14 adults and nine children were from SIDS and Kids Queensland and the ship visit provided an opportunity to help the families “live well with their grief” following the sudden and unexpected death of their child or grandchild.

The April 12 visit gave the group the opportunity to see what one of our war-ships looks like.

Much fun was had by the kids, both big and small, sitting in the captain’s chair and seeing exactly what might hap-pen if the ship was used in battle situa-tions.

They also heard about the operations centre and learnt how to climb up and down ladders.

Visitor Narelle Foster said it was “lovely that the men and women of HMAS Warramunga opened the door to their home to us”.

TOUR GUIDE: POWTR Samantha Gibling outlines operations on the bridge of HMAS Warramunga.

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NSW governor presents gongsBy Michael Brooke

Leadership, initiative, bravery and dedication to duty take many forms and this was evident when 11 RAN officers and sailors received med-als and decorations from the NSW Governor, Professor Marie Bashir.

The awards were announced on Australia Day and were presented at an investitures at NSW Government House last month.

The leadership and bravery demanded of Navy boarding party members was illustrated when LEUT Ben Weller and PO Shane Nesbitt received awards for their service on HMAS Success.

LEUT Weller was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for out-standing achievement as a boarding party officer aboard Success in support of Operations Relex II and Resolute.

P O N e s b i t t r e c e i v e d t h e Conspicuous Service Medal for meri-torious achievement as second-in-command of a boarding party aboard Success in support of Operations Relex II and Resolute.

LEUT Weller and PO Nesbitt were recognised for their roles in boarding

foreign fishing vessels that were oper-ating illegally in Australian territorial waters.

LEUT Weller said it was “a great honour to receive such an award”.

RADM Rowan Moffitt was pre-sented with the Order of Australia in the Military Division, for distinguished service as the Maritime Commander Australia and Deputy Chief of Joint Operations.

CMDR Ian Pickering was pre-sented with the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Military Division, for meritorious service to the RAN and the Australian Defence Organisation in a variety of operational and support roles.

LCDR Gordon Burns was pre-sented with the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Military Division, for meritorious service to the RAN, partic-ularly as the Fleet Exercise Program.

CMDR Lee Goddard was pre-sented with the Conspicuous Service Cross, for outstanding achievement as Commander Operations in the Maritime Component, Joint Operations Command.

CMDR Neville Teague was pre-sented with the Conspicuous Service Medal for devotion to duty as the Director Military Administration – Navy within HQs, Navy Systems Command.

WO Simon Kelly was presented with the Conspicuous Service Medal, for devotion to duty as Officer-in-Charge of the Transient Personnel Management Cell and establishment Warrant Officer of HMAS Penguin.

CAPT Peter Scott was pre-sented with the Commendation for Distinguished Service for distin-guished performance of duties as the Chief of Staff HQ JTF 633 during Operations Catalyst and Slipper.

CAPT Greg Sammut was pre-

sented with the Commendation for Distinguished Service for the perform-ance of his duties as Commander TG 158.1 during Coalition operations in the northern Gulf in direct support of Operation Catalyst.

LS Anthony Wessling was pre-

sented with the Commendation for Distinguished Service for the perform-ance of duties as an Assistant Battle Watch Captain and communications watchkeeper on the staff of CTF 158 during Coalition operations in the Gulf in support of Op Catalyst.

LEFT: PO Shane Nesbitt received a Conspicuous Service Medal for his service onboard HMAS Success.

PROUD LINE-UP: Navy personnel pose alongside NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir at the investiture ceremony on May 7.Photo: ABPH Evan Murphy

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and Conditions of Service in Australia – known as the Member’s Guide – has joined the digital super-highway and is now available only online.

The Member’s Guide is an easy to understand snapshot of the main ben-efits and conditions of service set out in the ADF Pay and Conditions Manual (PACMAN). It is designed for ADF staff – from new recruits to senior officers – and their families.

Previously the Member’s Guide was produced both electronically and in hard-copy. The dwindling demand for hard-copies, together with changing benefits and conditions of service package has seen attention turn to providing a more streamlined, PACMAN-integrated online version.

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Australia Day 2008 Medallion Recipients ABBM G. McCrory, HMAS CairnsABBM M. Kelly, HMAS CoonawarraABCIS A. Kirkhope, DSCM FBEABWTR J. Marshall, HMAS ToowoombaABSTD M. Taylor, HMAS MelbourneABWTR A. Vardanega, HMAS TobrukLSATA M. Batchelor, 805 SQN LSSTD J. Bullock, HMAS AlbatrossLSSTD D. Charlton, HMAS SuccessLSET S. Densmore, RANTEWSSLSMED D. Dredge, HMAS CerberusLSET L. Floyd, HMAS ParramattaLSBM K. Hanson, HMAS LauncestonLSETSM M. Henry, TA-SMLSCKSM J. Metcalf, HMAS CerberusLSCK D. Price, HMAS AruntaLSBM A. Smith, HMAS KuttabulLSWTR T. Wherrett, NHQ-TasmaniaPOCIS M. Badger, DFSSPOCIS A. Kennedy, HMAS SiriusPOMTSM I. Langshaw, HMAS WallerPOB K. McLackland, HMAS HarmanCPOCIS T. Bellamy, HMAS CairnsCPOET J. Close, HMAS SydneyCPOCD J. Dunning,NHQ-South AustraliaCPOMT B. Legg, HMAS PerthCPOCSM (MW) D. Illingworth,HMAS WaterhenCPOCIS J. McGraw, HMAS DarwinCPOET R. Schauer, PB FEGCPOWTR A. Vickers, NHQWOCIS C. Scott, HMAS Cerberus

Silver Commendations - COMAUSFLTLSET D. Brook, HMAS KanimblaCPOMT T. Hunt, HMAS Gascoyne CPOET D. Young, HMAS Stuart

Bronze Commendations - COMAUSFLTABRO M. Procopis, FHQABBM D. Ryan, ARDENT 2 / HMAS Wollongong ABCK A. Sager, HMAS Parramatta LSBM T. Clarke, FHQABMT N. Williams, FSU-SLSET A. Hirst, HMAS Anzac POET K. Jordan, HMAS ParramattaPOMT B. Martin, FHQPOET M. Smith, HMAS AruntaCPOATA T. Ball, 816 Squadron

‘I congratulate all awarded members on their outstanding achievement. Recognition at the unit/command level and service level is important, and I wel-come the publication of the list of commendations in this edition of Navy News. Our Navy has an outstanding tradition of personnel that rise above mediocrity and strive towards excellence and it is important that we all take the time to duly recognise the efforts of our superiors, peers, and subordinates alike’

– Warrant Officer of the Navy James Levay

SMNSTD J. Matthews-Rawlinson, HMAS SiriusABCSO L. Addison, HMAS NewcastleABET A. Baskett, HMAS AruntaABSN K. Green, HMAS NewcastleABSTD T. Green, HMAS AruntaABWTR M. Jack, HMAS CoonawarraABCSO N. Janeway, HMAS AruntaABCK R. Lambert , HMAS SiriusABMT P. Lugg, HMAS AruntaABSTD S. McAlpine, HMAS NewcastleABMT M. McTernan, HMAS SiriusABSTD S. Norris, HMAS NewcastleABCD W. Paton, AUSCDT4ABMT B. Smith, HMAS ParramattaABCSO B. Salter, HMAS AnzacLSCK D. Anderson, HMAS SiriusLSET M. Aspinall,HMAS NewcastleLSCK P. Bailey, HMAS GascoyneLSBM C. Derrick,

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HMAS CoonawarraLSCIS A. D’Heureux, HMAS ManooraLSWTR M. English, HMAS ManooraLSCK J. Holmes, HMAS KanimblaLSMT A. Jones, HMAS ManooraLSCSO H. Marshall,HMAS NewcastleLSSTD C. McDonald, HMAS SiriusLSPT L. Morris, HMAS SiriusLSCD J. Pepper, HMAS AruntaLSBM M. Russell, HMAS NewcastleLSMT B. Sherston, HMAS AruntaLSBM K. West, HMAS NewcastlePOCK M. Evans, HMAS SiriusPOET G. Godber, HMAS SiriusPOSN T. Humphreys, HMAS AruntaPOCIS L. Jewell, AUSCDT4POMT C. McFarlane, AUSCDT4POCSS M. Renda, HMAS AnzacPOB G. Simpson, Commandant ADFA POET M. Smith, HMAS AruntaPOMED M. Wood, AUSCDT4CPOCD S. Banevicius, AUSCDT4CPOB M. Bent, HMAS AruntaCPOCD Z. Paskov, AUSCDT4CPOCSM L. Terry, HMAS NewcastleSBLT M. Norris, HMAS SiriusLEUT E. Brigden, HMAS Anzac

CPOMT B. Brown, HMAS SuccessCPOCIS D. Carter, HMAS SuccessCPOET C. Diver, FHQ CPOSN M. Hickinbotham, HMAS SuccessCPOET J. Lovett, HMAS AnzacCPOMT J. Mansell, HMAS BallaratCPOBM P. Norton, ASSAIL 1LEUT E. Duggan, HMAS GascoyneLEUT T. Duggan, HMAS Darwin LEUT S. McCracken, HMAS ParramattaLEUT A. Pepper, AUSCDT4LEUT D. Tully, ARDENT 6LEUT T. Van Tienhoven, HMAS SydneyLCDR S. Andrews, HMAS YarraLCDR I. Pfeffer, FFGCEMLCDR D. Tietzel, HMAS AnzacMr S. Moss, Young Endeavour Youth Scheme

Bronze Commendations - CANSCCMDR M. Hickey, HMAS Creswell CMDR C. Smith, HMAS Harman CMDR H. Watson, HMAS Albatross LCDR D. Barnes, HMAS Cerberus LCDR S. Carroll, HMAS Harman LCDR T. George, HMAS Harman LCDR R. Lee, HMAS Harman LCDR L. McKenny, Australian Navy Cadets LCDR A. Ochmann, HMAS CairnsLEUT D. Allen, HMAS Kuttabul LEUT J. Teague, HMAS Harman CPOMED D. Broderick, HMAS Harman CPOCD M. Hanrahan, NHQ-South QueenslandCPONPC B. Scully, HMAS Harman LSWTR H. Jones, HMAS Cerberus LSWTR A. Smith, HMAS Penguin LSPT R. Thompson, HMAS Harman LSMED E. Villalon, HMAS Harman ABBM M. Gosper, HMAS Penguin

CO’s CommendationsSMNCK K. Kneller, HMAS Sirius

LEUT M. O’Kane, HMAS PenguinLEUT S. Reynolds, HMAS NewcastleLEUT T. Shuh, HMAS AruntaLCDR W. Hardwick, HMAS HarmanLCDR B. Hissink, HMAS ManooraLCDR F. Stephenson, CJTF 631

Navy Systems Command Quarterly Contribution AwardCPOCD J. Voorham, NHQ-TasmaniaCPOCIS S. O’Gradey, HMAS CerberusABSN C. Roy, HMAS CairnsABCSO(MW) C. Cooper, HMAS Waterhen

Unit AwardsCPO P. Phillips, HMAS Anzac - Sailor of the QuarterLSCSO M. Baldwin, HMAS Sydney - Sailor of the MonthLSMT A. Toal, HMAS Stuart - Sailor of the YearLSSN M. Anderson, HMAS Stuart - Tartan AchieverABSTD T. Page, HMAS Manoora - Shipmate of the Month

IN THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUDHMAS Manoora last month took a leading role in the New Zealand-led exercise Joint Kiwi 08, aimed at improving inter-operability between the trans-Tasman neighbours. Navy photographers ABPHs Andrew Black and Paul McCallum were there to capture all the action.

‘During Joint Kiwi 08, Australian and New Zealand Defence forces conducted amphibious beach landings and withdrawals, designed to increase joint preparation between the two countries, for emergency disaster relief and peacekeeping. ’

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ABOVE: HMAS Manoora cuts a fine picture from the air.

ABOVE RIGHT: HMAS Manoora conducts stern door marriage train-ing with an Australian Army LCM8 landing craft.

RIGHT: A Royal New Zealand Army piper plays a blessing tune as vehicles and troops are embarked through the stern door.

BELOW RIGHT: HMAS Manoora transfers a Royal New Zealand Army vehicle from the forward flight deck to an Australian Army LCM8 Landing Craft, via the forward crane.

BELOW: LCM8 launch from the forward flight deck of HMAS Manoora.

BOTTOM RIGHT: PTE Terry Vincent, goalkeeper for HMAS Manoora, clears the ball from the defensive half in Manoora’s soccer game against a New Zealand Army side.

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By Graham Davis

The Ipswich City Library has a museum-style section dedicated to the warships which have carried the name HMAS Ipswich.

Last month there were two important additions to the collection … scale models of the Bathurst Class corvette HMAS Ipswich 1 and the Fremantle Class patrol boat HMAS Ipswich II decommissioned about 12 months ago.

Ipswich Mayor Councillor Paul Pisasale commis-sioned Melbourne’s Global Transport Collectables Pty Ltd to make the models.

The order came after Cr Pisasale attended the decom-missioning of Ipswich II in Cairns last year.

“The models have now been included in the City of Ipswich collection to ensure there is a tangible record of this city’s naval heritage for future generations,” the Mayor said.

“What these models are about is what happened on those ships and what they were designed for in regards to protecting our freedom, our democracy and all the people who sailed on those ships,” he said.

Present for the unveiling was LCDR Erle Goodwin (rtd) who served in Ipswich 1.

“This model, from my own knowledge, is how the ship was,” he said. “It is a faithful replica.”

Ipswich homage to ships

MODEL CITIZENS: Mayor Paul Pisasale, MIDN Rebecca Rogers and LCDR Erle Goodwin (rtd) pictured with the models of Ipswich I and Ipswich II. Picture courtesy City West News

BRAVO-ZULU: The signal flags beneath the framed RFD with four bars spell out the RAN’s appreciation for 35 years of work by RRPM-Vic LCDR Eric Mushins as he accepts his fourth bar from the Chief of Navy, VADM Russ Shalders, AO, CSC, RAN. Picture: LSPH Gavin Hainsworth

One of the longest-serving Naval Reservists, Reserve Regional Pool Manager – Victoria LCDR Eric Mushins is a man of many parts.

LCDR Mushins’ maritime lineage stretches back to generations of mari-ners from County Durham in Britain. His father served in the RAN between 1940 and 1952; his uncle saw service in the New Guinea area in the Merchant Navy and his grandfather was naval dockmaster in Darwin during the bombing raids.

And his son, AB Quentin Mushins, is a photographer based at HMAS Cerberus.

LCDR Mushins joined the Naval Reserve in January 1965 when the Reserve used to parade 200-strong on Tuesday evenings at (then) HMAS Lonsdale in Port Melbourne.

A member of the Victorian Public Service between 1963 and 2000, he worked for a number of different

His maritime lineage stretches back generations

departments and nurtured a long-standing interest in sports medicine – particularly in reference to Australian football and joined Carlton Football Club in 1994.

LCDR Mushins’ 35 years ofreserve service was recognised in abrief ceremony at HMAS Cerberuson May 23 when the Chief of Navy,VADM Russ Shalders, AO CSC,RAN, presented him with the fourthbar to his Reserve Forces Decoration– a distinction he shares with veryfew senior Naval Reservists. (TheDirector General-Reserves, CDRERanford Elsey, received the fourthbar to his RFD at the most recentNaval Reserve leadership conferenceat Bungendore.)

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By AB Carolyn Docking

Navy Headquarters Tasmania (NHQ-Tas) staff and Apple-isle Reservists were integral to the success of the recent visit of USS Tarawa to Hobart in early May.

Hobart has not seen a major US ship visit in six years with the last visit in 2002 from USS John C Stennis.

More than 3000 American service personnel took time out from Battle of the Coral Sea commemorations to sample the delights of Tasmania – the big helicopter and Harrier carrier has a compliment of 82 officers, 882 sailors and a US Marine Corps detachment of more than ,900.

NHQ-TAS CO CMDR Tony Vine described the visit as extremely suc-cessful.

“Many guided tours were under-taken by interest groups, including Australian Naval Cadets from TSs Tamar, Derwent and Hobart,” he said.

“The service at the cenotaph was extremely moving,” CMDR Vine said of the Coral Sea commemoration.

“ USS Tarawa formed the backdrop and it was well attended by a wide cross-section of the community as well as representatives of the Tarawa and of course, ourselves.”

The Last Post was played by the newest member of the RANR Band-Tasmanian Detachment 17-year-old SMNMUSN Dorian Broomhall. SMN Broomhall has had an extremely busy first few weeks. He only complet-ed his initial recruit training in mid-April before returning to Tasmania to participate in Anzac Day and Coral Sea services.

The catafalque party consisted of Tasmania-based members of the Naval Reserve under the command of POB Jeoffrey Young.

The Navy community engagement strategy (NCES) team were quick to take advantage of the ship visit and toured with a group of Claremont College vocational education training (VET) students along with students from other local high schools.

NCES co-ordinator LEUT Lisa Haynes said the students had been selected for their keen interest in pur-suing careers in the ADF.

“They were overwhelmed by the

By CMDR Steve Dunning

A former CO of the Adelaide Port Division, HMAS Encounter, CMDR David Pickford (Retd) – a man with a passion for making model ships – honoured a long-time friend and shipmate recently when he donated one of his “finely hand-crafted” models to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA).

South Australian DVA Deputy Commissioner Mr Ian Kelly said CMDR Pickford, a talented model maker, was building a model of His Majesty’s Armed Tender Supply to give to another former RAN officer, CMDR Robin Pennock, who had died suddenly in December 2005 before the model had been completed.

“CMDR Pickford was keen to honour the memory of his friend who, as a dedicated volunteer and advocate in the ex-service community, was a former long-serving South Australian DVA training and information program (TIP) chairman,” said a delighted Mr Kelly.

“CMDR Pennock was one of the Adelaide office’s best loved volunteers and it was fitting that we could remember his legacy with this magnificent scale model of HMAT Supply made by one of his former col-leagues.”

It is now on the display in the reception area of DVA headquarters in Adelaide, Blackburn House.

Supply model given to DVA

LABOUR OF LOVE: DVA Deputy Commissioner South Australia Ian Kelly, left, and CMDR David Pickford RANR (Rtd) stand aside a replica model of HMAT Supply.

Picture: CMDRSteve Dunning

Warm welcome for USS Tarawa

IMPRESSIVE: USS Tarawa flight deck ... the big helicopter and Harrier carrier has a compliment of 82 officers, 882 sailors and a US Marine Corps detachment of more than 1900.

Photos: AB Carolyn Docking

enormity of the ship and intrigued by the similarities in naval traditions between our countries, stemming from our shared British Navy heritage,” she said.

“Because Tarawa was an amphibi-ous ship with a large number of marines and naval aircraft which had recently served in the Gulf, the stu-

dents were considerably inspired to pursue careers in all three services.”

TS Derwent cadet Katie Booth was lucky to tour the ship twice. Her first tour was with fellow Geilston Bay High School Grade 9 students followed by another tour the next day with the cadet unit.

Katie was very interested in the

medical facilities and intrigued with the dummy set up on the operating table that was capable of simulating a real patient.

NHQ-Tas NCES staff officer WO Jim Hart, also a naval reservist, was kept busy as visiting ships liaison officer (VSLO). WO Hart was responsible for the coor-dination of the ship’s berthing, organis-ing refuelling, coordinating the cocktail

party on the first night and organising invitations to the Premier’s state recep-tion. He had acted as VSLO during US carrier visits in 2000-2002 so his experi-ence was invaluable.

Divers from Reserve Diving Team 10 (LCDR Paul Gregg) provided essen-tial support to Tarawa and TASPORTS before and during the visit.

DUMMY RUN: TS Derwent cadet and Geilston Bay High School Grade 9 student Katie Booth looks at the dummy on the operating table.

TOOTH OF THE MATTER: Dentist Alison Crain at work.

NEARLY THERE: USS Tarawa sails up the Derwent River towards Hobart.

LEFT: Tarawa’s LEUT Clark Hickingbottom briefs Claremont College VET students before their tour of the ship.

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16 RESERVES

Navy cadets and their instructors from TS Perth have realised a dream which they made a reality through two years of planning and hard work to fund a tour of more than a fortnight in France and Britain. Their CO, LEUT Andrew Carlson, ANC, tells the story.

Two years ago we started plan-ning an 18-day tour of Britain and France – a visit designed

to give cadets a life experience and the opportunity to practice communal harmony and team work. The main focus of the trip was to attend the 90th Anzac Day memorial service at Villers Bretonneux on the Somme in France.

TS Perth raised $118,000 through raffles, dinner dances, sausage sizzles – you name it, we did it. But our sup-port from HMAS Stirling and HMAS Perth was a key factor to our success. The Australian Navy Cadets cadet-ini-tiated funding also helped us achieve our goal. The Navy League and many Defence companies and other organi-sations helped immensely with dona-tions.

On April 10, the massive undertak-ing came to life with the two years of planning and fund-raising finally pay-

Following in famous footsteps

ing off. Five staff and 20 cadets depart-ed Perth International Airport bound for London some 30 hours away. At the other end TS Wizard hosted the British leg of the trip.

While in London, TS Perth cadets visited the Churchill War Cabinet, St James Palace, Trafalgar Square, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, No. 10 Downing St, Chatham Dockyard, Big Ben, House of Parliament and Westminster Abby. The London Eye also provided us with amazing views.

The cadets did manage to boost the London economy with ample shopping time as well.

While in London we also had the privilege of going behind the gates of Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard then marching across the forecourt in front of thousands of people.

The other amazing opportunity was spending a night onboard the World War II cruiser, HMS Belfast, where the cadets performed their ceremonial

drill team routine at a cocktail party hosted by TS Perth to say thank you Britain. The Assistant Naval Attache in London, CMDR Mick Dunne, took the salute from the team.

From London it was off to Portsmouth were we spent the next two nights aboard HMS Bristol, a training ship used by the Royal Navy and British Sea Cadets. While in Portsmouth we attended an evening rugby game, Navy v RAF, however concentration on the game was mini-mal as it was 0 degrees – brrr - (but Navy won)

We visited the HMS Victory and museums. We were very fortunate and proud to stand on the spot were HMS Amphion was transferred to the RAN and commissioned as HMAS Perth. This was one of our priorities.

From Portsmouth we boarded our coach with 12 British Sea Cadets and staff on to the ferry bound for Caen, France. The first day had us visiting World War II sites such as the German coastal defences at Caen and Gold Beach, one of the D Day landing sites.

The following day had us travelling to Paris. Cadets visited the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral, a cruise on the Seine River taking in all the sights. An impressive sight and a must was the Eiffel Tower where cadets went up for a spectacular view of Paris. Next stop

was Amiens and it is here we based ourselves for the next three days. The French countyside was amazing – roll-ing fields, freshly ploughed and green everywhere.

The important part of the trip was now upon us, we were embarking on the battlefield tours to see Australian history. This was an emotional leg of the trip for all – standing on the fields in Fromelles where 5000 Australians died in one action. Cadets walked through the fields – finding old shell casings, belt buckles, buttons etc. We visited VC Corner and the ‘Don’t Forget Me Cobber’ sculpture – it made the hair stand up on the back of our necks and very proud to be Australians – 60,000 dead in the opening days of the Somme is something you struggle to get your mind around.

As the CO of the unit, to see young Navy cadets walking among the thou-sands of headstones and pausing to read them one after another amazed me. Many of them were overcome and tears flowed. The concentration in their faces, the silence, the clear effect it was having on them will stay with them forever. So many of the cadets came to staff to comment on the ages and the inscriptions engraved on the headstones. Memorials dedicated to Australians – the stories of their courage were everywhere. By now the cadets were getting some indica-tion about what their forefathers had achieved, about a country that punched above its weight.

The Dawn Service was very spe-cial, to be standing at the Australian war memorial at Villers Bretonneux was a privilege and a huge honour. It moved everyone to the core and we will never truly understand what these diggers went through.

The opportunity to honour them is now something TS Perth has had the chance to do. We selected two cadets by ballot to place the wreath on the memorial. The outpouring from all those thousands that attended showed once again how much these diggers are loved and will never be forgotten.

MOVING MOMENT: TS Perth cadets at the Never Forget Australia School at Villers Bretoneux.

REFLECTION: CDTLS Alex Moncarda and AB Mitch Carlson walk around the gravestones at the Adelaide Cemetery in Villers Bretoneux.


17LIFESTYLE

Never too late, inoculate

WE CALL it the flu, but influenza is a highly contagious and poten-tially deadly disease

that can be spread through coughing and sneezing.

Often confused with a bad cold, influenza can cause serious and debilitating complications such as pneumonia, particularly in the elderly and high risk groups. Accounting for 10 per cent of all workplace absenteeism associated with illness, influenza is the cause of 1500 deaths in Australia each year. Annual vaccination is the single most effective measure to prevent influenza.

Virus typesInfluenza is caused by two types

of viruses in humans (influenza A and B), and is spread through drop-lets in the air. It is highly contagious and, although symptoms take one to three days to appear after infection, it can be transmitted to others one day before symptoms appear and for five days afterwards.

Symptoms can include:� high fever, chills and sweating,� sore throat,� headache,� fatigue,� muscle aches and pains, and� a cough.

Recommended treatment for influenza includes:� rest, � plenty of fluids (though avoid

alcohol), and � paracetamol for fever, headache

and muscle aches and pains.

Reducing the spreadYou can reduce spread of the

disease to others by washing your hands regularly, covering your mouth when coughing, avoiding social gatherings while contagious and not returning to work too early. Anti-viral medication may help if started early enough in confirmed cases of influenza.

Before you’re exposedVaccination against influenza

before exposure to the virus allows your body to build up immunity, offering 70-90 per cent protection against infection.

People who have been vaccinat-ed but still contract influenza report significantly less severe symptoms for a much shorter duration.

The influenza virus is constantly changing and the vaccine is changed each year to match the circulating virus. For this reason, annual vacci-nation is required to provide protec-tion against the most recent virus.

Reducing complicationsTo reduce the risk of life-threat-

ening complications from influenza, medical experts recommend annual vaccination of high risk groups like the elderly, people with other health problems, such as heart and lung disease and diabetes, smokers, preg-nant women and those residing in nursing homes and hostels.

Vaccination is also recommend-ed for health care workers and those travelling or living in groups as they are at a greater risk of contracting and spreading the disease.

Defence personnel spend

extended periods of time living and working close proximity while on deployment or exercise and when undertaking training. An outbreak of influenza in these environments would have a huge impact on opera-tional capability and training out-comes. Flu vaccination is therefore mandatory for some deployments.

Vaccination is the single most effective way to avoid contracting influenza.

The vaccinations used in Australia are very safe, with only a small number of people at risk of serious complications. As all influ-enza vaccines may contain traces of egg protein, those with a significant allergy to eggs should discuss the risks with their doctor before pro-ceeding with vaccination.

Protection develops about two weeks after the injection and lasts for up to a year.

In Australia, an annual influenza vaccine is recommended in autumn, before the winter season. In the tropics, vaccination is recommended any time of year.

As VCDF LTGEN Ken Gillespie said while volunteering to take the shot, “receiving the annual flu vac-cination is simply a matter of com-mon sense”.

“Firstly, why wouldn’t I take the opportunity to reduce my chances of contracting the flu this year?

“We’re all balancing our work and family lives. I’ll do everything I can to maintain my health so that I can continue to meet my work commitments while still making the most of my family time. I also don’t

want to risk my family’s health by taking home flu that I’ve picked up at work,” LTGEN Ken Gillespie said.

“Secondly, this is a busy year for Defence. While delivering our normal quality, high operational tempo outputs, we’re also working very hard to meet all of Defence’s White Paper requirements.

But we can’t complete these tasks without a fully functioning team, and it doesn’t make sense to needlessly lose team mem-bers to the flu. I encourage all Defence personnel, uniformed and civilian, to take the time to protect themselves against the flu. It costs you nothing and makes great personal and professional sense.”

Got a sore throat, the sniffles and a never-ending headache. Is it a cold or the flu? SQNLDR Kay Hatton explains the benefits of having a flu shot.

HEALTH

It’s not that bad: VCDF LTGEN Ken Gillespie gives a mock grimace as he gets his influenza shot from SQNLDR Kay Hatton. Photo: CPL Corinne Boer

By Sean Roberts

THE latest title coming from the FIFA stable, UEFA Euro 2008 gives you the choice of 52

European national teams to take to glory in the official tournament held in Austria and Switzerland.

While a tournament-specific game such as this can very easily seem like a stop-gap between the big releases like FIFA 08 and FIFA 09, you would be surprised at just how accomplished a package this is.

First impressions dish up the expected slick level of polish, but otherwise Euro 2008 only feels like a minor update from FIFA 08. The lack of options and far less teams than usual do stand out but are forgivable given the more narrow focus.

Looking past the surface, you’ll find the actual game of football noticeably improved. The so-called “EA Sports soccer engine” now boasts being “more accessible, more respon-sive, and faster-paced”, and sure enough it definitely feels tighter and as playable as ever before.

Dynamic weather simulates a European winter – with rain and mud altering the pitch – simulating real-world playing conditions that affects ball physics and player performance.

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Get three friends together, create yourselves in-game, and play your own individual positions on the pitch while taking your country to the top, all the while developing your charac-ter and competing with each other for captaincy of the team.

Or you might take the opportunity to represent your country of choice in online tournaments that award points toward your nation, with every online player contributing to their country’s standing.

While destined not to be as fea-ture-heavy as its bigger siblings that flank it, from a gameplay viewpoint this is the most impressive offering the franchise has produced so far.

The modes that are on offer here may not be as vast as other sims, but what Euro 2008 does have ranges from the standard to the downright inspired.


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By CPL Andrew Hetherington

DROPPING a 6-litre V8 capa-ble of 270kW of power and 530Nm of torque into a ute is a recipe for brutal accel-

eration, tail-sliding oversteer antics, huge load and opposite sex pulling power.

This is Holden’s new SS VE series ute. It upholds the 10year SS ute tra-dition, providing drivers and their one passenger (and any livestock willing to risk their lives riding in the back), with sports car performance and a muscular exhaust note, which would put Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame.

This glorious sound permeates the cabin particularly under heavy accel-eration. Exterior styling is as muscu-lar as the exhaust note, coupled with a massive front end, containing front fog lights, a front skirt and huge front wheel arches. Further along the body, side skirts and easy to clean 18 inch alloy wheels complete the sports look of the vehicle. Unfortunately with the colour of the test vehicle provided, the only living organism on the planet, which would have any chance of attracting the opposite sex with this example would be the Toy World Bear.

The six-speed gearbox was slick and easy to use thanks to its short throw between gears.

Handling is what you would expect it to be; predicable and sharp. This is due to the low profile tyres and suspension package, which instil confidence in the most novice of sports vehicle drivers and produces very little body roll through corners. Occasionally I felt like I was riding in a vehicle mounted on rails, such was the precision and feel of the handling. Drivers also receive the large amount of feedback from the road, through the leather clad steering wheel, which includes stereo and cruise control but-tons.

Price as tested: $44,990 Plus ORC.Power: 270kW of power and 530Nm of torque (when using RON 98 PUL pet-rol) from a 6.0 litre V8 engine.0-100km/h: 5.8 seconds (claimed).Fuel consumption and type: UNLD RON 91, 14.5L/100km (Combined), 73L fuel tank. Co2 emissions: 344 grams/km (Combined).Safety: Anti-lock brakes (ABS), Electronic brake force distribution, Electronic brake assist, Traction control, Electronic stability program, Dual-stage front airbags and seatbelts with load limiters and seatbelt pre-ten-sioners.For: Acceleration, power, street cred (if you pick the right colour), handling, load carrying capacity, looks, knowing

you’ll beat almost anything away from the traffic lights, reliability and build quality.Against: Thirsty and expensive fuel usage if you want to use 98 RON P/UL petrol, in the end it only seats two and high Co2 emissions. Best suit: Single or married doesn’t matter for someone who wants to exploit the power and load carrying capacity while knowing you are driving one of the fastest utes around.Alternatives in price range: Commodore SS sedan, Ford XR8 ute and sedan, Falcon G6E sedan, VW Golf GTI and Subaru WRX.Insurance: $2539.00 for 12 month comprehensive insurance for a 25-year-old male living in Sydney.Rating: 4 stars out of 5.

MOTORING

Holden SS VE Series Ute, 6 speed manual

A real beaut ute

Inside the test vehicle, occupants sat in comfortable leather sports seats which, when taking tight corners at speed, did a magnificent job of hold-ing bodies in situ.

The dashboard dials and switches were well laid out, easy to read and use, but the stereo was little on the cheap side, with the sound quality not up to the standard of a near $45,000 vehicle. Although it did feature a handy six stacker in-dash CD player.

The VE SS ute is a devastating-ly quick, sports vehicle, suitable for tradespeople, married couples wanting to leave the kids at home, at the same time having the ability to carry some of their larger possessions long dis-tances at break neck speed.

At speed: The colour may be unat-tractive but it has grunt. Photo: CPL Andrew Hetherington

DVD

By Hugh McKenzie

I am an avid, occasionally inspired cook, if I do say so myself.I have watched with a great deal

of interest the growing friendship between Maggie Beer (the cook) and Simon Bryant (the chef) on their ABC TV show which has run through a number of seasons so far.

They have really settled into a great on-screen relationship and the food they cook is positively inspi-rational.

Simon is an executive chef which means he doesn’t get to cook very much but does have to man-age a very large brigade in a busy hotel, it’s a position of considerable responsibility. He is also vegetarian which you might think an impedi-ment in his job and indeed the TV program. Not so. He’ll try anything.

Maggie Beer, with her husband Colin, moved to the Barossa Valley to farm pheasants. She has intro-duced many Australians to quince paste with their cheese and to cook-ing with verjuice.

These programs are extensive and tied into the ABC web site. The DVDs cover everything from cook-ing with kids to preparation for a fantastic barbecue. Have a look at abcshop.com.au before you buy but I can tell you it’s money well spent.

Positively inspiring cooking

Warrior Brothers: My life in the Australian SASKeith Fennell. Random House. ��4.5

By CPL Mike McSweeney

KEITH Fennel passed the rig-ours of SASR selection when he was 21 and specialised in

water operations. He saw action in Timor-Leste and Afghanistan, and later in Iraq and Banda Aceh as a security contractor.

In Warrior Brothers: My life in the Australian SAS, Fennell shares some of his adventures and some of his deepest thoughts.

A highly-driven individual, he relished his first operational expe-rience – capturing a vessel fish-ing illegally in the southern Indian Ocean – but he craved more. Even then he realised he was an adrena-line junkie.

The sort of experience he was looking for came in the jungles of Timor when his reconnaissance patrol engaged several militia. It was the first time he took a human life, but it wouldn’t be the last.

Fennell notes that the thrill of combat is not killing people, but the test of oneself under fire. And while he remains philosophical about combat, reflecting on it has caused him a few sleepless nights.

A recurring theme in Warrior Brothers is Fennell’s respect for his

comrades, but he also writes about the special bond formed under fire.

Whether in a dry creek bed in Timor or on a mountainside in Afghanistan, having someone cov-ering your back during a contact produced a bond that was cemented within seconds, and lasts a lifetime.

He touches on other topics that will resonate with many soldiers, such as the strain of packs on shoul-ders, the hours of boredom and the value of physical training.

Not since the likes of Bravo Two Zero have we seen a first-hand account of life in the SAS of this calibre, and it could be argued that Fennell’s book is better than his predecessors. Warrior Brothers is a well-written, humorous and con-fronting account of one person’s experiences in modern warfare.

Clearly SAS training has taught Fennell humility; he may readily

admit to his strengths, but this is well balanced with the Aussie trait of humorously exposing his short-comings.

Warrior Brothers offers the read-er an honest insight into Fennell’s world and that of Special Forces soldiers. It also poses the dilemma of how an adrenaline junkie can set-tle down into a “normal” life as a husband and father.

Ripping yarns: He took his first life in Timor-Leste, it wouldn’t be his last.

��4.5

A six-man SASR patrol in Afghanistan were in contact with 80 enemy militia. Fennell writes:Back at the US command centre at Bagram Airbase, a surgical officer deployed to the operations room and asked for an update so he could prepare the emergency ward.“Who is in contact?”“The Australian Special Forces Task Group,” he was told.“How long have they been in con-tact?”“Over six hours.”“What sort of weaponry is being used against them?”“14.5mm machine guns and RPGs.”“Has an RRF been deployed to assist?”“No – they sent out their own force from FOB Khost.”“How many friendly killed and wounded are we looking at?”“None.”There was a pause.“What, no casualties?”“Not yet,” came the reply.

Adventures of life in SASR

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ON TARGET: AB Sarah Legg lines up for a shot during a netball game held between HMAS Manoora and the New Zealand Army. Photo: POPH Ollie Garside

ON ALERT: AB Perreira stands post as a reflash sentry on a clothes dryer during a damage control fire exercise. Photo: ABPH Andrew Black

SECURE: AB Townsend checks a ready

use locker whilst Shark 10 launches. Photo: ABPH Paul McCallum

KEEP FIT: POPT Ray Bell conducts

physical training on the flight deck

of HMAS Manoora. Photo: ABPH

Andrew Black

FRESH: ABCK Tahlia Boneham stocks the fridge on board HMAS Ararat. Photo: LSPH Helen Frank


21SPORT

A n 1 1 - m e m b e r R oy a l Australian Navy team competed with distinction against its New Zealand and British counterparts in the Tri-Service Challenge in New Zealand earlier this year.

The event included a 125nm race from Auckland to the Bay of Islands, where a three-day regatta was included in the chal-lenge.

Results from these two events were calculated to pro-duce a Tri-Service Challenge winner.

The Royal Navy won this from the Royal New Zealand Navy and the RAN, but the Australian contingent did well in the Bay of Islands Regatta to win its overall division and beat its Navy rivals in the process.

Competing in three identical Chiko 40 yachts provided by the RNZN, these medium-heavy sloops are used primarily for sea awareness and adventurous training.

About 105 yachts had entered the regatta with the Chikos contesting the largest division, Division D with 23 entries.

Three races were staged each day, including two short wind-ward-leeward courses, followed by a passage around the bay.

The RAN crew had use of Paea II and it was the close rivalry between the three navies, rather than the elements, that heightened the challenge.

The RAN team improved steadily as teamwork and yacht familiarisation grew. It finished the week with a win, four sec-ond places and a third.

These results were not only the best of the three navies, but the best in Division D, making the RAN the winner, with the RNZN second and RN third.

The Aussie team hadn’t sailed together as a team before, and were mostly young dinghy sailors. A couple had almost no sailing experience.

The British were also new to their boat but were all experi-enced off-shore racers and sev-eral were internationally- cre-dentialled sailors.

The Kiwi crew were all from the Auckland area and, as they included all the RNZN’s full-time yacht staff, they knew the boats well.

11 yachties excel in NZ

LCDR Doug Griffiths, of HMAS Waterhen, fin-ished third in the Defence titles and 37th overall in the M35-39 category at the Australian Ironman Championships at Port Macquarie on the NSW North Coast on April 6.

WO2 Gavin Wickham qualified for the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii after winning the Defence crown and finish-ing 10th in the M35-39 category and 61st overall in a field of about 1500.

LCDR Griffiths fin-ished in 10hr 11min and 44sec, which consisted of a 1:02.13 swim, 5:22:34 bike ride and 3:46:57 run. Second in Defence cat-egory was SQNLDR Lee Guthrie.

Third in ironman

ON TRACK: LS Lincoln Stewart.

Silver lining for comeback boxer

Navy boxer LSCSO Lincoln Stewart might have lost his last fight on points, but he has reason to look at it as a positive result.

His opponent was the highly acclaimed lightweight Jun Paderna and, even though he lost, the result pushed LS Stewart up the world rankings.

LS Stewart, of HMAS Stirling, is on the comeback trail after retiring from the boxing ring five years ago after constantly finishing fights with broken bones in his hand.

He was scheduled to fight Ugandan Thomas Yakuba in Melbourne on April 24 but his opponent was switched a week before the fight.

Two weeks before the fight, LS Stewart broke a metacarpal in his hand in train-ing. “I had it numbed for the fight but it still caused complications,” he said.

A bigger problem might have been conditioning though. “My opponent had fought four fights in four weeks doing 36 rounds. I had fought half a round in five years so the ring stamina just caught up with me.”

GIBB RIVER ROAD MOUNTAIN BIKE CHALLENGE

LONG AND GRUELLING ROAD: Personnel from HMAS Stirling, and from Western Australia-based Navy ships and boats, lodger units, HMAS Perth, Australian Defence Force Academy and HMAS Kuttabul participating in the Gibb River Roads Bike Challenge, a charity fund-raising bike ride from Derby to Kununurra in Western Australia from May 12 To 17. They rode 741km over five hot and gruelling days. ABPH Morgana Salabert provides glimpses of the event through her lens. Above, LSCSO Kasey Hohn battles the floodways.

ABOVE: CPOMT Danny Burgess takes on the rough and rugged ter-rain of the Kimberley Ranges.

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‘It was a terrible decision to be quite honest and to cost the

Last-gasp penalty painBy Barry Rollings

Seconds and centimetres separat-ed Navy from what would have been a glorious victory against Army in the deciding match of the Australian Services Rugby Union Championships in Canberra on May 24.

Instead, a contentious penalty in front of goal for pulling down in the ruck – and converted after the siren – gave Army a 22-20 victory at Viking Park, retaining the WGCDR John Caldwell Shield for the third succes-sive season.

Not too long before that, the Navy camp was jubilant as AB Adam Powell crashed over in the corner for what would have been the match-sealing try. Cheers soon turned to tears when the linesman’s flag went up for a foot in touch before the touchdown.

It was a heartbreaking outcome for courageous Navy which recovered from an early deficit, produced two well-crafted tries and, after leading 13-7 at half-time, increased the buffer to 13 early in the second half.

Navy had bounced back from Army’s early converted try with a pen-alty goal and then, at the 14-minute mark of the first half, LEUT Dean Brown crossed after a great individ-ual, weaving run after CPO Darren Thomson had fielded a kick that should have found touch for Army.

Navy’s second try came seven min-utes into the second half from a clever crossfield kick from LEUT Andrew Thorpe which was finished off when AB David Harris found AB Dom

Whittingham, who went in beneath the posts.

Inspirationally marshalled by LEUT Thorpe, Navy had played with passion and commitment to keep the pressure on Army for the larger part of the match.

Quick to the breakdown, Navy tack-

led hard and Army found itself pinned in its own half for long periods and a few mistakes appeared to be creeping into its game in the second half.

Even when Army scored after 17 minutes of the second half from a promising move, Navy still looked safe with a 20-12 lead after Army failed to

convert the try. Without a third of last year’s winning team and not as formi-dable as last year, Army kept coming and tension began to build for the final 14 minutes.

LEUT Thorpe might have made the game safe for Navy with nine minutes

to go but his penalty kick missed, as did several earlier attempts.

Navy coach WO Geoff Stokes was disappointed with what he thought was a poor decision in awarding the pivotal penalty.

“It was a terrible decision to be quite honest and to cost the game like that was really disappointing,” he said.

“We made the most of our chances, so we just have to keep plugging away year after year.

“We tackled very well and we had a strong game from our back-row and locks. But they certainly had us on the scrum and we knew they had a strong scrum.

“You’ve never really got them and with three minutes to go, we knew we were in trouble when the line-out was there (in the dying stages) but we defended well.”

Apart from LEUTs Brown and Thorpe, Navy was well served by half-back Scott Lancaster and LS Jason Harrington.

“All credit needs to go to the Navy,” victorious Army coach LT Damien Cahill said. “They have some exception-ally good players in there and they are very good at stifling play. They are a stronger Navy side than last year. They are a very good line-out side, in par-ticular with Jason Harrington, a big lump of a lad who is a very skilful line-out operator. They put a lot of pressure on us there.”

In the opening game, Navy beat Air Force 30-21 after Air Force had led twice before a breakaway try made the game safe for Navy.

ON THE RUN: Navy has the Army players giving chase at Viking Park. Photo: POPH David Connolly

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23SPORTgame like that was really disappointing.’ – Navy coach Navy coach WO Geoff Stokes

Navy had 10 men and nine women selected in the Australian Services Rugby Union’s representative men’s and women’s squads which were named in Canberra on May 24.

Army had 15 men and 19 women win favour with the selectors, with nine men from Air Force and two women selected. Each service had a player named on standby in the men’s team.

The men will play in the Pacific Military Cup in New Zealand in October and the women will go into camp to prepare for the Australian women’s championships on the Gold Coast at Tallebudgera from July 1 to 5.

The teams were named at the presentation evening which marked the end of the annual carnival at which Army successfully defended the WG-CMDR John Caldwell Shield for the third successive year and regained the Mick Dunn RAN Cup from the combined Navy/Air Force team.

Army’s CPL Zane Mitchell was named men’s player of the series, with Army’s PTE Kelly Hastie the wom-en’s player. The rookie of the year was Air Force’s CPL Mick Green.

The men’s squad will be reduced to 27 after the development camp in Brisbane from September 11 to 14.

The women’s squad of 30 will compete against teams from Sydney, Queensland, NSW Country, Victoria, ACT, Western Australia and a national indigenous team.

MEN: SMN Ashley Piquet, AB Dan Robertson, LS Matt Hilyard, LS Jason Harrington, AB Scott Lancaster, LEUT Dean Brown, LS Damien Tanaka, AB Dave Harris, AB Dom Whittingham, SBLT Peter Waring (Navy), SPR Shaun Richardson, PTE Adam Nixon, GNR Joe Kirkland, SGT Shaun Jolley, CPL Tim Glover, Pte Ryan Reader, SGT Gavin Whiteside, CPL Dean King, MAJ Sean Kearns, CAPT Stephen Wright, LT Trent Beilken, CPL Zane Mitchell, PTE Tyrone Ford, LCPL Kieran Dan, PTE Sean Preston (Army); CPL Luke Troy, LAC Rich Falkenmire, CPL Mike McCabe, OFFCDT Andre Holmes, CPL Mick Green, FLTLT Leigh Foster, LAC Paul Hampson, CPL James Hood, FSGT Jason Ryan. Standby: AC Matt Hopkins (Air Force), AB Gary Hunt (Navy), PTE Adrian Sutter (ARMY).

WOMEN: LEUT Elisabeth Quinn, LEUT Tina Lobban, LEUT Georgie Rae, SBLT Ashleigh Payne, LSSTD Kim Thomson, LSCSO Bethanie Keefe, LSCSO Toyah Nicholas, ABCIS Stephanie Cockanuto, AB Hayley Merrick (Navy), CAPT Kelly McFarlane, CAPT Melissa Ross, CAPT Naomi Ragusz, LT Sally Carter, LT Kate Porter, LT Carmel Johnston, SCDT Caroline Vakalahi, OFFCDT Cheryl Moir, SGT Kelly Hammant, SGT Leah Kite, LCPL Vashti Henderson, LCPL Shannon Taurua, CPL Renae Pearce, CPL Renee Phillips, CPL Rebecca Crossingham, SIG Alisha Smith, PTE Stacey Bolton, PTE Kelly Hastie, PTE Melissa Croll (Army), FLGOFF Margie Quinn, OFFCDT Gabrielle Cooke (Air Force); coach, SGT Mark Fisher; manager, CMDR Christine Clarke.

THE SQUADS

Further honours for cream of crop

The Navy/Air Force women’s marr iage of necessity failed to repro-duce last year’s outstand-ing result when their com-bined might was of no avail against Army in the Australian Services Rugby Union Championships at Canberra’s Viking Park on May 24.

The blue worlds of Defence – the Navy blues and the Air Force sky blues – mustered enough players between them last year to prise the Mick Dunn RAN Cup from Army with a 25-10 win but were routed 63-0 this year.

It was a case of some-thing old, something new, something borrowed, bat-tered and blue for the com-bine, as Army staged an 11-try picnic.

Relying on a squad of old and new players that reached the requisite numbers after arriving in Canberra with 11, Navy/Air Force spent the game almost exclusively on the defensive, never threatened and was never in the hunt.

Navy/Air Force, which included 18 Navy and four Air Force players, was best served by diminutive halfback LEUT Georgina Rae despite taking the field hurt. The indefatiga-ble captain LEUT Amanda Eddy tackled herself to a standstill despite play-ing with an injured hand from the early minutes and LSCSO Beth Keefe was courageous in returning from a heavy knock.

Army set the pattern

with a converted first-minute try and led 34-0 at half-time. The ongoing second-half onslaught was not assisted by seventh-minute red card (sending off) to a Navy player for rucking infringements which left her team with 14 players.

“We are missing a lot of players and you can only work with what you have,” Navy/Air Force assist-ant coach CPOET Glen Morrissey said.

“Army was much bet-ter than us. Next year, hopefully we will be back. We have made a pact with

ourselves to try to turn it round in 2009.

“Georgina and Jo-Anne were inspirational but I did not really want to single anyone out because they are such a young team. The exception is LSCSO Beth Keefe who suffered a whopping whack to the head but was still willing to go on. She was nearly out cold and we thought she had broken her nose.

“We fielded girls who had played only one game of rugby in their lives; they all did what they had to. The girls battled all the way to the end.”

Combined women’s team battles against the odds

ON THE WAY: Navy heads to the try line. Photo: POPH David Connolly

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Navy players were understand-ably gutted after losing the final of the Australian Services Rugby Championships at Canberra’s Viking Park on May 24.

With only 10 seconds remaining, Army was awarded a penalty which was slotted after the bell for a 22-20 victory.

➤ Reports, pictures, Pages 22-23

➤ Ten Navy best named in representative squads,

In a turnaround of only four days, despair turned to triumph for Navy with a hard-earned 27-20 win against the Royal New Zealand Navy rugby union team in Canberra.

Returning to the scene of its narrow loss to Army in the inter-service championship decider, the RAN raised the Lou Smith Cup in triumph at Canberra’s Viking Park.

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