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A glimpse into the future

Praise for team effort

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Hard at work three days after completing her 600th RAS, HMAS Sirius conducts a dual replenishment with HMA Ships Parramatta, right, and Success, left, as HMAS Warramunga sails astern. Photo: LSIS Kayla Jackson

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LCDR Al Tomlinson

NAVY’S focus on balancing the well-being of its people with meeting the mission is being put into action with an early Christmas present for a number of Navy families this year.

Focusing on a sustainable generation of capability, after a recent review of operational requirements a decision was made to release HMA Ships Melbourne and Stuart early from their APEC Assist tasking to return alongside their home ports.

Commander Surface Force CDRE Chris Smith said Navy was committed to balancing its operational demands with sustainable effort which includes actively managing its people’s work rate.

“The early return home of these ships is a practical example of the importance that we are placing on achieving that balance,” CDRE Smith said.

Melbourne’s CWO Steve Cheeseman was one of the lucky ones to come home earlier.

“The early call to return to our home port got everyone very excited and was amazing for the moral on board,” CWO Cheeseman said.

“Coming home after five-and-a-half months instead of seven is a great gift.”

Melbourne returned to Sydney on November 16, after nearly six months of operations throughout the Pacific and

North-East Asian regions.CO Melbourne CMDR Marcus

Buttler said the deployment was a great success as the ship fulfilled all its assigned tasks and responsibilities.

“The ship’s company were outstand-ing, and we wouldn’t have completed our mission without the hard work and dedication of the 220 men and women who make up the heart and soul of Melbourne,” CMDR Buttler said.

During the deployment Melbourne participated in Indo-Pacific Endeavour and Exercises RimPac and Kakadu. She visited Fiji, Tonga, the United States, China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, trav-elling more than 33,000nm.

“It’s a great testament to the capabil-ity of this guided missile frigate that we were able to undertake such a wide range of tasks, in different maritime environments, and with many different navies,” CMDR Buttler said.

Eagerly awaiting the ship’s arrival were more than 300 family members and friends. They had learnt only a few days before that the ship would be returning two weeks earlier than origi-nally planned.

Early next year Melbourne will depart for a new round of operations and exercises, including Indo-Pacific Endeavour, before being decommis-sioned in September after 27 years’ faithful service.

Surprise return

ABCSO Breanna Jacobs-Rochford kisses her nephew.

ABATA Nathan Thornthwaite is welcomed home by his wife and daughter. ABCIS Matilda Trail gets a hug from her friends

HMAS Melbourne pulls alongside Garden Island,

Sydney, after her six-month

deployment. Photos: ABIS Bonny

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HMAS Sirius reached a significant milestone on November 10 when she completed her 600th RAS in waters off northern Australia, with HMAS Stuart the recipient.

Since her commissioning in 2006, Sirius has transferred more than 108 million litres of fuel to warships from many nations, allow-ing them to remain on station con-ducting extended tasks and opera-tions without the need for shore facilities.

Sirius has developed a reputation as a capable ship, ready to sup-port the surface fleet wherever it is needed.

CPOMT Ben Ladner, who has had multiple postings to Sirius, said the milestone was reached through a lot of hard work by past and present members of the ship’s company.

“I’ve seen many milestones in Sirius and each and every one of

them has been achieved through tremendous dedication of a mission-focused small team of sailors and officers,” CPO Ladner said.

“The RAN has a very capable and reliable replenishment ship in Sirius, and will continue to do so for years to come.”

Rig Captain for the evolution, LSBM Alice Williams, said it was special to conduct number 600 with Stuart.

“We have worked closely together with Stuart throughout the year and they are our number one customer,” LS Williams said.

“We supported each other dur-ing unit readiness training and recently completed a North-East Asian deployment together.”

This year Sirius has connected underway with Stuart 21 times, passing close to two million litres of fuel.

It was a poignant RAS for CO Stuart CMDR Chris Leece, as it was likely to be his last before handing over command in December.

“Replenishing from our West Australian home-ported sister ship was a fitting end to my command and our year,” CMDR Leece said.

“The camaraderie formed between our ships’ companies is stronger than ever and I know it will continue into 2019 when the ships deploy together again.”

ABCIS Tamati Smith, on loan to Sirius and serving at sea for the first time, said his participation in the RAS was a highlight of his short time on board.

“It was a great honour to be involved in RAS number 600 noting it’s my first time posted to sea,” AB Smith said.

“I’ve seen and learnt so much in a short period and it’s been great fun.”

Sirius will soon head to Sydney for a maintenance period during Christmas-New Year before return-ing to sea for a busy 2019, when she will continue ‘To Serve and Provide’.

Keeping fleet afloat

Sirius marks her 600th RAS

ABMT Adam Fisk, centre, plays the bagpipes on board HMAS Stuart in tribute to the occasion. Photo: LSIS Nicolas GonzalezHMAS Stuart receives her 21st supply of fuel this year from HMAS Sirius.

HMAS Sirius conducts a dual replenishment with HMA Ships Parramatta, right and Success, left, as HMAS Warramunga sails astern. Photo: LSIS Kayla Jackson

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LEUT Des Paroz

AFTER a short Remembrance Day commemora-tion ceremony on board, HMAS Adelaide sailed from Port Moresby Harbour to join replenishment ship HMAS Success and three frigates – HMA Ships Melbourne, Parramatta and Warramunga.

APEC Assist Maritime Component Commander CAPT Paul O’Grady said the RAS was a rare sight.

“With this activity, the RAN brought together two separate task groups mid-ocean, proving the importance of maritime sustainment to joint operations,” he said.

As the sea base for international maritime security partners supporting the PNG Joint Security Task Force during APEC, Adelaide was the central replenishment hub for several multi-national assets in and around the PNG capital.

“The activity saw the transfer of food, naval stores, other essential supplies and personnel reinforcement,” CAPT O’Grady said.

“These supplies were not only for personnel embarked in Adelaide but also for distribution to other Operation APEC 18 Assist maritime, avia-tion and land-based elements operating around Port Moresby.”

PO Jess Wienert, one of the senior sailors in Adelaide’s maritime logistics department, said the RAS was a significant undertaking.

“Some 52 pallets of produce and stores were moved from Success to Adelaide by helicopter vertical replenishment,” she said.

“The RAS to transfer fuel happened simulta-neously. It is a complex activity involving a lot of personnel on both ships, but it is a very effective way of extending a ship, or task group’s ability to stay on mission.”

Well dock game-changer for amphibious ops

Praise for team effort at APECCAPT Dean Benson

THE enduring strength of the partnership between the defence forces of Papua New Guinea and Australia has been reinforced after a safe and successful Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2018 in PNG.

The Commander of the PNG Defence Force’s (PNGDF) contribution to the APEC Joint Security Task Force (JSTF), COL Esekia Wenzel, said close support from partners including Australia, New Zealand and the United States helped deliver a “very successful” leaders’ con-ference.

Personnel from the three nations worked alongside their PNG counter-parts at a partnered headquarters in Port Moresby to support the JSTF’s overall security arrangements throughout APEC.

“I’m very happy because it was a team effort,” Colonel Wenzel said. “As our neighbour, Australia has played a very important part in the training and capacity building of our defence force.

“I’m very impressed, particularly with the environment of the combined task force headquarters. This has raised the PNGDF to a new level.”

Commander of Australia’s Joint Task Force MAJGEN Paul McLachlan said Operation APEC 18 Assist was an experi-ence he would remember.

“I have been incredibly impressed with the PNG Joint Security Task Force and their ability to coordinate what is a very complex security operation,” MAJGEN McLachlan said.

“We’ve been given all of the freedom of actions that we needed to do the tasks that PNG asked of us: the air security, the maritime security and some of the other contingency support.

“The level of integration and inter-operability that we’ve achieved has been fantastic, and seeing Australian and Papua New Guinean soldiers, sailors and airmen

and women working together has been the best thing about this activity. I think the future for the PNGDF is a very bright one.”

Commander of the JSTF, Commissioner Gari Baki, praised Australia’s extensive support effort and said he looked forward to the two nations working together in the future.

“Australia has always been a friend and a partner of PNG and this is the relation-ship we need to continue to build so that when there is another challenge, we will be very well prepared,” he said.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison paid tribute to the more than 1500 ADF person-nel who were in Port Moresby.

Mr Morrison visited sailors, airmen and soldiers on board HMAS Adelaide less than 24 hours after the conclusion of APEC to thank them for their “tremen-dous performance” and to help serve up a freshly cooked breakfast.

He said the ADF personnel had “ena-bled APEC to go on as part of a broad operation so that people could gather in peace and talk about future prosperity”. The year-long program of APEC culmi-nated with a meeting of the leaders from the 21 member nations from November 17-18.

Scott Morrison talks with POATA David Broadhurst on board HMAS Adelaide. Photo: ABIS Kieren Whiteley

LSBM Robert Watson guides a landing craft into HMAS Adelaide’s well dock. Photo: CPOIS Cameron Martin


THE joint aviation capability embarked in HMAS Adelaide achieved key milestones while deployed to PNG during Operation APEC 18 Assist.

Eight helicopters from three squadrons embarked to provide logistics, aeromedi-cal, maritime and shore security support as part of Joint Task Force 658.

The helicopters included two MRH-90 maritime support helicopters from Navy’s 808SQN, a Seahawk MH-60R from Navy’s 816SQN and five MRH-90s from Army’s 5th Aviation Regiment.

Commander of the Aviation Combat Element LTCOL Jamie Martin said the ship operated at an all-time high tempo for a RAN LHD.

“With six spots on Adelaide’s deck this milestone represents near-peak operating levels,” LTCOL Martin said.

“The aviation elements were a true joint force, with Navy and Army aircrew and maintainers, Air Force air traffic con-trollers and a Navy deck crew.”

Adelaide’s Commander Air CMDR Stuart Baily said the ship had to take sev-eral steps to prepare for the frequent avia-tion operations.

“With a requirement to support eight helicopters on the ship – up to six oper-ating at a time and for up to 16 hours a day – Command identified that we would need to enhance the aviation department,” CMDR Baily said.

“Several of our personnel were trained in flight deck procedures and have been instrumental in the various tasks associ-ated with ensuring safety of crew and aircraft operating on the deck, all while gaining great experience for their naval careers.”

PO Conor Gray supervised Adelaide’s busy flight deck throughout the operation, and said it was one of his busiest times in recent memory.

“With up to six aircraft on the deck, and the requirement to move aircraft to the hangar by one of two lifts, there is always something happening,” PO Gray said.

“Between refuelling evolutions and loading and unloading the aircraft, there are so many moving parts, but a profes-sional team, good communication and a dose of humour keep things moving along smoothly.”

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THE crew of HMAS Adelaide worked tirelessly to perform its amphibious role on Operation APEC 2018 Assist.

As the sea base for the maritime com-ponent, the ship’s well dock operated for 10 hours a day launching and recover-ing three Navy LHD landing craft, one Army LCM-8 landing craft and support-ing the movements of eight US Coast Guard transportable port security boats (TPSBs).

Adelaide’s First Lieutenant, LCDR Gordon Jardine, kept a watchful eye on the frequent arrivals and departures of the landing craft and TPSBs.

“The ship’s well dock has been a game-changer for ADF amphibious operations, and APEC 2018 Assist has again proven that we can provide reliable surface connectors for personnel, equip-ment and vehicles between the ship and shore,” LCDR Jardine said.

“We operated close to the PNG Defence Force naval base HMPNGS Basilisk and other landing points for our equipment and personnel, and also acted as a sea base for other task group ships working in the harbour.

“We coordinated up to 70 vessel movements each day.”

LSBM Robert Watson supervised the arrival, loading, unloading and departure of each of the craft and boats.

“This operation has seen the LHD landing craft, and the Army LCM-8s embarked, as well as a Mexeflote nor-mally used only with HMAS Choules, and not previously deployed from an LHD,” LS Watson said.

“While the tempo and humidity has been high, we have enjoyed using our capability operationally, and working with the US Coast Guard has been a new and rewarding experience.”

CO US Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 CMDR Michael McCarthy was a frequent visitor to the well dock as he watched his boats move to and from their patrols.

“TPSBs are normally shore-based, and this is the first operational deploy-ment of the capability from a warship – American or coalition partner,” CMDR McCarthy said.

“We have been impressed with the professionalism of Adelaide’s dock team, and we have found the Aussies a lot of fun to work with.

“The seamless interoperability has proven that the close partnership between the US and Australia makes us ideal part-ners in maritime security operations.”

Well dock game-changer for amphibious ops

HMAS Success conducts a RAS with HMAS Adelaide while in company with HMA Ships Warramunga, front left, Melbourne, rear left, and Parramatta, off the coast of Papua New Guinea while supporting APEC. Photo: CPOIS Cameron Martin

High tempo for aviation crews

LCDR Shane Firkin observes an Army MRH-90 as its pilot prepares to land on HMAS Adelaide. Photo: CPOIS Cameron Martin

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THE ADF supported a White Ribbon Gala at the NSW State Parliament in Sydney on November 20.

Navy, Army and Air Force individu-ally donated “experience” auction items for the event.

Navy’s offering was announced by Deputy Director NGN CMDR Peter Teichmann.

The once-in-a-lifetime experience on a warship for six people includes a tour of the ship, while in Sydney Harbour, and a three-course lunch with the ship’s CO cooked by acclaimed Navy chefs.

CMDR Teichmann said White Ribbon did a great job in promoting the prevention of violence against women.

He said Navy, and the whole of Defence were resolute in the commit-ment to end domestic violence.

“There is no place for violence against women,” CMDR Teichmann said.

The warship experience created such a stir in the room that it raised $6000 – the highest amount paid for an auction item on the night.

In total, the ADF’s auction items raised $10,000 of the record-breaking $69,500 raised during the evening.

Funds raised from each auction item will be donated to help the White Ribbon Foundation, Brewarrina Safe House, and the Womens’ and Girls’ Emergency Centre at Redfern.

Warship experience a hit

Deputy Director NGN CMDR Peter Teichmann talks with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the successful auction event.

LEUT Dave Devlin

SEVERAL events were held across the country on November 22 to mark White Ribbon Day.

Members of HMAS Penguin joined forces with the NSW Police, Fire and Ambulance Services, along with mem-bers of the local Mosman community, for the annual “gate-to-gate” run.

Nearly 250 runners, walkers and event support staff conducted an ‘I Swear’ ceremony before the race, taking an oath to stand up, speak out and act to prevent men’s violence against women.

CO HMAS Penguin CMDR Mathew Bradley said it was important to be asso-ciated with White Ribbon.

“Events like today are important, not only for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but to demonstrate among our communi-ty that our Navy is a strong and inclusive workplace,” he said.

“When we make that attestation, we demonstrate our support to the one-in-five women who serve in Navy and to all women Australia-wide that we are all committed to take a stand.”

The gate-to-gate event originated as a regular physical training session that all Navy divers did to maintain fit-ness. The challenging course with steep inclines from the bottom gate to the top

gate and back down again pushes the fittest to their limits. Over the years, the course has been adjusted to include the panoramic and rolling landscape of the Chowder Bay route and has taken on more of a fun run approach.

In keeping with tradition, howev-er, the students from Clearance Diver Class 87 ran the entire course carrying a 20-foot berthing hawser across their shoulders. Since teaming up with White Ribbon the annual gate-to-gate race has raised much needed funds to support a range of initiatives and awareness cam-paigns.

LSPTI Mitch Morton, of Penguin, said he was proud to be involved in organising an event that is such an inte-gral part of the history of the base.

“Having such a large association with the local community makes this such a great event and to see it growing in its participation rate each year is just fantastic.

“The course is actually quite brutal, a couple of heartbreak hills and some bro-ken souls, but overall everyone has dem-onstrated a fantastic effort,” LS Morton said.

For more information on White Ribbon Organisation go to www.whiteribbon.org.au

SGT Dave Morley

DISMAL weather failed to deter a large number of Defence person-nel turning out to support White Ribbon Day with a bridge-to-bridge walk around Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin on November 22.

Capability officer at Russell Offices CPO Mark Dollisson said he took part in the walk to show his sup-port for the White Ribbon initiative.

“I think it’s good that Defence, being a leader in the community, is supporting this program and showing we’re sensitive to these initiatives, both inside and outside our commu-nity,” he said.

“Unfortunately, I don’t think Defence is an exception to the rule in the general community, but I think we’re in a unique position where we have initiatives in place to do some-thing about it.

“Even through our divisional systems, we have things in place to make sure those sorts of things don’t happen within the Defence commu-nity and we can be an influence on the wider community.”

The event included a post-walk sausage sizzle in Blamey Square, where Defence support organisations set up information tables and walkers were entertained by elements of the Band of the Royal Military College.

Hard yards for good cause

Weather no deterrent to walkers

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White Ribbon Day walk around Lake

Burley Griffin. Photo: Jay Cronan

SMN Abbey Hegyi helps her follow members from Clearance Diver Class 87 carry the berthing hawser during the gate-to-gate run at HMAS Penguin. Photo: LSIS Nicolas Gonzalez


LEUT Ryan Zerbe

NAVY’S new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) will be known as the Arafura-class, with the first vessel to be commissioned HMAS Arafura when she enters service in 2022.

DCN RADM Mark Hammond joined staff from Navy’s construction branch in Adelaide for the announce-ment on November 15, which also marked the start of construction of the first of the 12 OPVs.

RADM Hammond attended the Osborne Naval Shipyard to see the welding of the first two component blocks, which will form part of the first vessel off the production line.

RADM Hammond said calling the vessels Arafura-class reflected the significance of Navy’s lasting operations to protect Australia’s interests in the Arafura Sea between Cape York and Cape Don.

“This name encapsulates the significant role our maritime regions have in the nation’s security and economic prosperity, importantly the littoral regions around the Australian continent,” he said.

“This is a much more capable class of ship with greater range, endurance, improved accommoda-tion for the crew staying at sea longer and in every respect it will outperform older patrol boats.

“The Arafura-class crews will be tight knit, executing very important missions that will ultimately lead to a great sense of camaraderie and

achievement in doing something that’s worthwhile.”

The Arafura-class is a custom Australian variant of German ship-builder Lürssen’s PV80 design.

It is 80m long with a displace-ment of about 1700 tonnes and a

draught of 4m. It will replace the Armidale-class and Cape-class patrol boats, Huon-class coastal minehunters and Leeuwin-class sur-vey ships and will primarily be used for constabulary missions, maritime patrol and response duties.

The design includes two change-able, containerised mission systems, supporting secondary roles such as mine-hunting, unmanned aerial system missions, and hydrographic surveying.

The first two Arafura-class ves-

sels will be built at Osborne with the following 10 to be built at Henderson in Western Australia.

Six of the vessels will be based at HMAS Coonawarra, four at HMAS Cairns and two at HMAS Stirling.

New patrol boats namedSailors from Navy’s construction branch inspect a model of an Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel during the announcement at Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. Photo: LEUT Ryan Zerbe

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COUNTING down to Australian Army Skills at Arms Meet (AASAM) 2019, the Navy team is being selected, qualified, and nominated.

After competing at AASAM for the past three years, ABMUSN Robbie Sandner, of the RAN Band, said he was looking forward to the 2019 event.

“I never used to think I was any good at shooting,” AB Sandner said.

“I hardly spent much time with weap-ons until I started competing.

“Since my first competition my shooting has improved, and so has my confidence around weapons.”

The AASAM 2018 Navy runner-up said with stand-down looming and nominations for AASAM open, he was already starting his own preparations, and putting a team together for Navy.

“Navy is always under-represented at AASAM,” AB Sandner said.

“We only had about four competitors last year, whereas Army had over 100, and even RAAF had about 20.

“It’s such a development opportunity for us if we can get the time off to get there.”

He said time at the WTSS and getting a copy of the handbook was the key to doing well.

“If you can read through what each of the serials are, and you understand them well, that’s half the battle,” AB Sandner said.

“After that, it’s just a matter of prac-tice.

“Otherwise, you’ll come up to a combat serial at AASAM, and it’ll be foreign to you because it’s not part of your day-to-day role at work.”

AB Sandner said he was keen to get back to the competition after having a great time this year.

“The competition is such a different environment,” he said.

“My shooting gets better each year I compete, because I get to learn tips from the other competitors.

“It’s always a fun, welcoming envi-ronment – regardless of the standard of shooting you start at.”

To nominate for the AASAM19 Navy team, email [email protected] no later than Jan 31 2019.

ABMUSN Robert Sandner takes aim with an F88 Austeyr during a training session at HMAS Cerberus in preparation for the upcoming Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting at Puckapunyal. Photo: ABIS Bonny Gassner

Setting sights on ASSAM

LEUT Gary McHugh

DCN RADM Mark Hammond visited HMAS Stirling and Fleet Base West on November 21 for the latest in the series of Leading Seaman Forums being delivered across Navy.

Speaking to a large gathering of lead-ing seamen from Stirling and west-based ships and submarines, RADM Hammond highlighted the important role their rank played in Navy’s structure.

“When I first came into this job as DCN, I was reminded of the unique posi-tion our leading seamen hold,” he said.

“I’d board a helicopter and a leading hand would give a safety brief and strap me into my seat, or walk onto a ship and it was a leading hand at the top of the gang-way, or head up to the bridge and a lead-ing hand was running the bridge routine.

“And even when you walk into Chief of Navy’s office, it’s two leading seamen who are the first people you see.

“That’s when it hit me that you and your cohorts actually run the Navy and are the face of Navy; this gives you an incredible opportunity to define how Navy is perceived and how effective we are at conducting operations.

“That’s the reason I signed more than 2700 letters to all of you; because I recog-nise the positive impact that leading hands had on my own career and continue to

have on the careers of all young sailors.”RADM Hammond said another reason

behind the push to engage sailors of lead-ing seaman rank was to get people talking about the issues facing the current genera-tion of sailors.

“In my recent Facebook post I was asked what I would say to someone who was considering leaving Navy, and my response was ‘let’s have a conversation and find out what the issues are behind that decision’,” he said.

“But it’s not because we’re losing large numbers of people. In fact our separation rate is the healthiest it’s been for years and we don’t have a problem in that area; what we have is a growth opportunity.

“We actually have a mandate to grow Navy by another 1000 people in the next four years. The last time we did that was during the Vietnam War.

“But we just don’t want all of this growth to come through recruiting; it’s much better to grow Navy through a com-bination of recruiting and retention.

“And this can only be done by opening up a dialogue, which is what we are trying to do through these forums.”

RADM Hammond said he was receiv-ing plenty of feedback from previous forum participants, and encouraged the current group of attendees to keep the conversation going in their respective workplaces.

Focusing on opportunityDCN RADM mark

Hammond listens to leading seamen during a forum at HMAS Stirling.Photo: LSIS Ronnie Baltoft


LEUT Danielle Couch

SIX crew members of Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Childers answered the call for an increase in blood donations while along-side HMAS Cairns at the end of October.

The donations were made as part of the Navy contribution to the Red 25 group donation program, which has a goal of achieving 25 per cent of the blood donations needed in Australia.

The six Childers members vis-ited the Cairns Red Cross Blood Donation Centre while the boat was undergoing scheduled maintenance and provided donations of whole blood and plasma.

First-time donor ABBM Renee Mason said it was a rewarding experience.

Red Cross staff explained that, because of her blood type, her best option would be to donate plasma, to which she happily agreed.

“It is very comforting to know that 45 minutes of my time can make the world of difference to three other people,” AB Mason said.

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Taking time to donate

a donation while running a busy schedule.

“I am very happy that we were afforded the opportunity to donate and hope that I will be able to par-

ticipate on a more regular basis,” he said.

Childers is deployed to the northern approaches of Australia in support of Operation Resolute.

First-time donor ABBM Renee Mason at the Cairns Red Cross Blood Donation Centre.

SEVERAL hundred people braved a gale at the HMAS Sydney Dome of Souls Memorial at Geraldton for the annual service of commemoration for the ship’s company of HMAS Sydney.

The November 20 service was the 77th anniversary of her loss in battle with the German raider Kormoran.

In his commemorative address, Navy’s Bereaved Families Liaison Officer LCDR Desmond Woods recalled the heroism of the gun-nery sailors who returned fire from Sydney’s last operational guns in X turret and set Kormoran’s engine room on fire.

“Tragically they never knew that they had succeeded in finishing the raider’s career of destruction,” LCDR Woods said.

“We can see from the wreck that the gunners had opened the sighting ports so that they could fire accurate-ly under local control. Their bravery meant that the raider was stopped from sinking more merchant ships by gunfire or by mines.

“After the ships broke off their engagement Sydney was down by the bow and listing but she was moving slowly on a course for Geraldton.

“It would have been a desperate and losing battle for her surviving ship’s company to keep the burning and flooding cruiser afloat and for her engineers to get her moving and her rudder under control. We now know that her stokers were keeping her shafts turning for several hours in a blazing, sinking ship. That was an act of unseen heroism.”

After the service LCDR Woods met relatives of those whose names are on the memorial’s role of hon-our and gave them Navy bereave-ment pins, which are bestowed on those who have lost a family member while they were serving in the RAN.

The memorial is visited by thou-sands each year to pay their respects to the 645 men who were lost to their families and the Navy in battle.

Tribute to unseen bravery

Veterans carry the RAN Ensign up the stairs of the HMAS Sydney Dome of Souls Memorial during the service. Cadets of TS Morrow march in the catafalque party (left) and Navy’s Bereaved Families Liaison Officer LCDR Desmond Woods gives his address (right).


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CURRENT and former Navy per-sonnel gathered at HMAS Harman’s Bonshaw Mess on November 12 for the launch of the second volume of Bravo Zulu.

CN VADM Mike Noonan, launched military historian Ian Pfennigwerth’s book Bravo Zulu, Volume 2, which is about Navy people doing extraordinary things under often dangerous and onerous circumstances.

With more than 900 pages of meticulous research, the book traces the history and significant events in Australia’s Navy through the stories of those men and women selected to receive honours and awards from 1975 to 2014.

“Contemporary books such as this are few in number as our more recent Navy history has by no means been researched as thoroughly,” VADM Noonan said.

“Books such as this are important as it is tribute to Navy’s people, their achievements and sacrifices made to accomplish Navy’s mission.”

VADM Noonan paid tribute to the contribution some of the audi-ence members had made to the development of the book, in particu-lar the author.

“I would like to acknowledge the detailed research that Ian Pfennigwerth and his team have pro-duced in Bravo Zulu, Volume 2 and its unique attention to the personal

Well done Bravo

facets behind many of Navy’s sto-ries,” he said.

“Bravo Zulu has been written so it is accessible to people who do not have any background or knowledge of our Navy, deleting acronyms and eliminating jargon.”

Moved by the stories uncovered, the author and his team were driven

to continue the detailed and extensive research involved in revealing Navy’s history.

“Today is a day of celebrations,” Ian Pfennigwerth said.

“We are not only celebrating the launch of Bravo Zulu, Volume 2 but also the end of my career as a navel historian.

“I encourage you all to go out and talk to people about Navy’s vast narrative, tell your children, donate a book to the library and spread the history.”

Copies of the book can be purchased at www.nautilushistory.com.au or by contact-ing Mr Pfennigwerth at [email protected]

CN VADM Mike Noonan with Ian Pfennigwerth and Elizabeth Pfennigwerth at the book launch. Photo: LSIS James McDougall

www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 29, 2018 1312 CENTREAUTONOMOUS WARRIOR 18

MORE than 50 autono-mous technologies and over 500 scientists, technicians and sup-

port staff attended Autonomous Warrior 2018 (AW18) at Jervis Bay.

The event, from November 5-23, marked the culmination of four years’ collaboration between the militaries, defence scientists and defence industries of the Five Eyes nations.

Navy’s Deputy Director Mine Warfare Diving and Special Ops Capability CMDR Paul Hornsby and Defence Science and Tech-nology’s (DST) Trusted Autono-mous Systems Program Leader Professor Jason Scholz are ex-ploring autonomous technolo-gies with US Air Force Research Lab’s Senior Engineering Re-search Manager Dr Mark Draper and Dr Philip Smith, of the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

The four, with their respective organisations, are collaborating under the Five Eyes’ Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP), which shares information and ideas among defence scientists from Australia, UK, US, Canada and New Zealand, pursuing stra-tegic challenges in priority areas.

Among them is TTCP’s Au-tonomy Strategic Challenge, which aims to integrate autono-mous technologies to operate to-gether in different environments.

AW18 included the Strategic Challenge’s fifth and final scien-tific trial – Wizard of Aus – a soft-ware co-development program aimed at managing autonomous vehicles from a shared command-and-control system that integrates with combat systems used by the Five Eyes nations.

Dr Draper said the objective of AW18 was ambitious.

“What we are trying to achieve here is force multiplica-tion and interoperability, where multiple unmanned systems from different countries – in the air, on the ground and on the surface of the water or even underwater – would all be controlled and man-aged by one person sitting at one control station.”

To achieve this, two systems have been merged: Allied IM-PACT (AIM), and Maritime Au-

THE WARFARE REVOLUTIONThe improvement in technologies of autonomous systems is increasing their game-changing potential, LEUT Andrew Herring reports

NAVY’S Deputy Director Mine Warfare Diving and Special Ops Capability CMDR Paul Hornsby, who has been the ADF lead for AW18 and is de-veloping Navy’s autonomous systems strategy, said the activity had raised aware-ness in the ADF and defence industry.

“The nearly 1000 visitors to AW18 gained fresh in-sights into the technology’s current state of development and its potential to enhance capability,” CMDR Hornsby said.

“As a huge continent oc-cupied by a relatively small population with a mid-sized defence force by world stand-ards, the force multiplier ef-fect of autonomous systems is vital, which is why Australia is a leading developer.

The evaluations done at

Why Australia is a world leader

Deputy Director Mine Warfare Diving and Special Ops Ca-pability CMDR Paul Hornsby.

tonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE)

AIM combines best-of-breed technologies from Australia, the UK, US and Canada.

“We’ve brought these tech-nologies together and integrated them into one control station and we are testing its effectiveness in reasonable and realistic military scenarios,” Dr Draper said.

Australia has led development of three of AIM’s eight modules: the Recommender, which uses artificial intelligence to analyse information and recommend ac-tions to commanders; the Narra-tive, which automatically gener-ates multimedia briefings about emerging operational situations; and DARRT, which enables real-time test and evaluation of auton-omous systems.

MAPLE is a UK-led project providing the information ar-chitecture required to integrate a diverse mix of live unmanned systems into a common operating picture that is fed into the AIM command-and-control station.

“The sort of software co-de-

velopment we are doing here is not usually done,” Dr Smith said.

“The evaluation team is using real-time data logging to evalu-ate system performance, apply lessons learned and improve the software.

“This is also giving us de-tailed diagnostics to determine where to focus effort for future development.”

Prof Scholz said he was op-timistic about the potential for these technologies beyond AW18.

“This activity has demonstrat-ed what can be achieved when a spirit of cooperation, understand-ing and support exists between military personnel, scientists, engineers and industry,” Prof Scholz said.

“Systems became more reli-able as the exercise progressed with improvements made daily.

“These highly disruptive tech-nologies can potentially revolu-tionise how armed forces operate. The sort of cooperation we’ve seen at AW18 is vital for bringing these technologies into service.”

AW18 are also important internationally.

“The world is watch-ing AW18 closely because Australia offers the most chal-lenging operating conditions for unmanned technologies. If they can make it here, they can make it anywhere,” CMDR Hornsby said.

Dr Mark Draper, of the US Air Force Research Lab, Prof Jason Scholz, of DST, CMDR Paul Hornsby and Dr Philip Smith, of the UK Defence Sci-ence and Technol-ogy Laboratory watch AB Rhiannon Walker use AIM at Autonomous War-rior 2018. Photo: ABIS Kieran Dempsey

AW2018 was a major demonstration and evaluation of the potential of robotic, autonomous and unin-habited systems, in support of Defence operations in coastal environments. It combined a dynamic ex-hibition, trials and exercising of in-service systems.

Australian industry contributed semi-autonomous vehicles for use in AW18 and developed data inter-faces to enable control by Five Eyes systems.

Contributing companies included Bluezone Group, Ocius, Defendtex, Australian Centre for Field Ro-botics, Silverton and Northrop Grumman.

THE FACTS

‘‘ – CMDR Paul Hornsby, Deputy Director Mine Warfare Diving and Special Ops Capability

The world is watching AW18 closely because Australia offers the most challenging operating conditions for unmanned technologies. If they can make it here, they can make it anywhere.

The capabilities of the Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed, from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and Bluebottle, from OCIUS, right, are demonstrated at Jervis Bay.

Defendtex Aircraft ground crew recover the TEMPEST heavy lift medium endurance platform. Photo: ABIS Steven Thomson The Super-bat DA-50 fixed-

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ABMUSN Greg Smith performs with RAN Band Melbourne at a Sound Waves concert at HMAS Cerberus. Photo: POIS Nina Fogliani

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AS SENIOR world leaders flocked to Paris for Remembrance Day, thousands of Australians joined members of the ADF at the

Australian National Memorial (ANM) in Villers-Bretonneux, France.

A special commemorative service for the centenary of the World War I (WWI)Armistice was held at the Australian memorial, which stands atop ‘Hill 104’, overlooking the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.

During WWI, Hill 104 was a strate-gically vital piece of land and a site of intense battle between German and Allied forces, particularly for the Australians.

LSMT Shane Rennie, of Australia’s Federation Guard, said it was a great honour to participate in such a significant event on such significant ground.

“I feel extremely proud to be standing here where so many Australians died,” LS Rennie said.

“To be here remembering them and everybody who fought is something I will remember forever.”

In the early morning of April 24, 1918, the Germans captured Hill 104 before being driven from the hill by a successful Australian counter-attack the next day – exactly three years after the storming of Gallipoli.

The recapture of Villers-Bretonneux by the Australian soldiers was described by a British officer Brigadier General George Grogan VC as “perhaps the greatest indi-vidual feat of the war”.

While the battle may have been victori-ous 1200 Australians died recapturing the small French town.

Since that day, the French village has

been irrevocably tied to Australia and the townspeople continue to tell the story of the courageous Australian digger.

Some of those stories were heard dur-ing the pre-service program.

LS Rennie read journal excerpts from WWI soldiers and sailors, giving attendees a deeper understanding and appreciation of the conflict.

“Some of the stories are harrowing. You don’t realise how bad it was until you read about what they went through and it was just awful,” he said.

“The world would have been such a different place if they were not part of it.”

As if on cue, grey clouds rolled in with a gusty wind and rain – perhaps nature’s nod to the bitter winters of The Great War.

Onlookers donned ponchos and rain-coats as the catafalque party mounted the steps of the memorial, marking the com-mencement of the ceremony.

Melbourne’s RAAF band set a sombre atmosphere with a compilation of WWI-era songs alongside the Queensland-based Voices of Birralee Choir.

For those who did not make the jour-ney back home at the end of the war, their bodies remain in Commonwealth War Grave Commission cemeteries scattered across the Western Front.

To this day, 18,000 Australians who fought in France and Belgium have no known graves.

At 11am on November 11, 2018, the crowd at the Australian National Memorial fell silent to reflect on the loss and suffering. After four years of continu-ous battle almost 62,000 Australians died fighting in the First World War.

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A ONCE-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity allowed a sailor attached to Australia’s Federation Guard (AFG) to honour his WWI relatives at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Remembrance Day 100 years after the war.

ABCIS Nick Berry, of HMAS Harman, volunteered to spend a few weeks with AFG before the Remembrance Day centenary.

He felt it would be a great opportunity to honour family mem-bers who served in The Great War.

“I had a number of relatives who died serving overseas with the Royal Navy, British Army and the Merchant Navy,” he said.

“My great-great grandfather, George Howard Darmody, served

aboard HMAS Australia as a stoker.“His brother, Charles Darmody,

was third mate aboard the armed merchant ship SS Rydal Hall and was one of 23 crew members killed when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel in December 1917.

“Another brother, Joseph Darmody, served with the 1st RAN Bridging Train at Gallipoli, in the Sinai, Egypt, and most of the Middle East, and they’d all served in the Boxer Rebellion before that.”

AB Berry said he was inspired to join the Navy because of family members having served for genera-tions, especially in WWI.

“I knew from a young age that’s what I wanted my career to be,” he said.

AB Berry said he was impressed by the work done by AFG.

“The work AFG does represent-ing all of the ADF is an experience you can’t get anywhere else,” he said.

“A posting to AFG is definitely something that interests me a bit further down the track, should the opportunity arise, and I’ve got a few mates who feel it would be a great honour to represent the ADF and Australia with AFG.”

AB Berry said he was proud to honour the service of those who have gone before. “Just thinking about what those young men and women went through 100 years ago and how today it’s a completely dif-ferent world,” he said.

Honouring forebears

AB Nick Berry at the Australian War Memorial’s Roll of Honour. He took part in a parade with Australia’s Federation Guard at the memorial on November 11 for the centenary of the armistice that ended WWI.Photo: SGT Dave Morley

Reflecting on losses that link us forever

The weather provided an apt setting for the service at Villers-Bretonneux, writes CAPT Megan McDermott LSMT Shane Rennie recites

In Flanders Fields during the service for the centenary of the World War I Armistice at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux. Photo: CPL Jake Sims

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18 PERSONNEL www.defence.gov.au/news/NAVYNEWS November 29, 2018

CHRISTMAS has come early for hundreds of RAN members who are struggling to make ends meet this festive season.

Figures published by the RAN Relief Trust Fund (RANRTF) show 426 loans have been approved or are awaiting approval – up from 377 the year before.

RANRTF board chairman RADM Brett Wolski said Christmas loans had become an increasingly popular method for helping members during the holiday season.

“These figures show that more of our people understand what a great benefit the loans from RANRTF are,” RADM Wolski said.

“Our staff have worked very hard to make sure each application is properly processed and approved in a timely manner.”

The total amount of funding being distributed this year is close to $620,000.

Most applicants have requested sums of about $1500.

The RANRTF was established in 1913 with the objective of providing welfare assistance to current and ex-serving members and their families.

The trustees of the RANRTF, who are all volunteers, are focused on assisting members of the RAN and their families, past and present,

through the provision of interest-free loans and grants.

In addition, the Keeping Watch program, which was established in 2013, enables the trustees to accept tax deductible gifts and donations and use those gifts and donations to benefit current serving members through non-refundable grants.

Since Keeping Watch began in 2013, more than $200,000 has been used to grant Navy people some form of financial help.

“Keeping Watch is increasing-ly being selected as the charity of choice for Navy,” RADM Wolski said. “That’s very encouraging but we can do more.

“As we prepare to spend time with our loved ones over Christmas, I would urge all Navy members to go to the Keeping Watch web site and donate to help their shipmates facing tough times.”

To find out more, or make a donation, go to www.keepingwatch.org.au

Trust provides Christmas relief THE ADF’S top doctor has

reminded members the Australian Government’s My Health Record initiative is separate from Defence health records.

Commander Joint Health and ADF Surgeon General AVM Tracy Smart said deciding whether to opt out of My Health Record was a per-sonal choice and would not affect individual Defence health records.

My Health Record will provide all Australians with an online summary of their health information, which can be shared with health-care providers.

People have until the end of January to opt out of the program. For those who don’t opt out, a My Health Record will be created for the details on their Medicare or DVA card or an Individual Healthcare Identifier.

“My Health Record is a separate eHealth record and is not synchro-nised with your Defence eHealth records. ADF members who elect to have a My Health Record profile have full control over what health information is added to it, and this is not in any way dictated by Defence,” AVM Smart said.

She encouraged all members to visit the My Health Record website and make an informed decision.

For more information on My Health Record go to myhealthrecord.gov.au/ or ring1800 723 471. For Individual Healthcare Identifiers contact 1300 361 457 or [email protected]

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Trustees of the RAN Relief Trust Fund at their end-of-year board meeting in Canberra on November 14 are, from left, Lakesh Sundar, CMDR Christina Ween, LS Joanne Andrews, RADM Brett Wolski, LCDR Susan Harris, CAPT Peter Dowton, WO Karen Sellars and LEUT Luke Reynoldson. Photo: LSIS James McDougall

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A GROUP of boatswains mates from various RAN units around Australia recently completed a Statement of Attainment in Surface Preparation and Coating Application at Fleet Support Unit – West Surface Finishing Unit at HMAS Stirling.

The training was an intense four-week course run in conjunction with South Metropolitan TAFE WA and provided the latest industry standard to ensure Navy can provide increased capability to the fleet in this area of maintenance and repair.

Course participant ABBM Jacob Webber said the course gave him a breadth of knowledge which will be of great value to Stirling’s FSU.

“I feel I have gained a specialist skill set that will enable me to produce high quality work by using sound industry techniques in a safe and productive manner,” AB Webber said.

“This course gave us the chance to undertake training by civilian industry leaders in fields related to our role in Fleet Support Units, and

also to obtain skills that can be recognised and utilised outside Navy.”

The course, which is the first of two to be delivered at Stirling, was designed by Surface Finishing OIC CPOB Michael Knott in conjunction with South Metropolitan TAFE.

“TAFE WA was very receptive to the idea of collaborating with Navy and once we met with the instructors and outlined the modules that needed to be covered within the course curriculum, it was quite a smooth process to organise,” CPO Knott said.

“Working with an out-side agency like TAFE WA ensures quality training to industry standards and ensures we turn out quality work equal to, if not better than, outside industry.

“Students enjoyed the high degree of interaction with the TAFE WA instruc-tors and overall found it to be a highly informative pro-fessionally run course.”

The course will be conducted twice a year at Stirling, enabling further Navy personnel the chance to obtain this specialist skill set.

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ABBM Jacob Webber tests paint thickness on framework using a dry film thickness gauge during the course. Photo: LSIS Kylie Jagiello

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CPL Julia Whitwell

FIERCE competition went hand-in-hand with rider development at the ADF Cycling National Carnival in Canberra from October 22-26.

The carnival combined riding disciplines in road, cross-country and downhill to bring riders togeth-er from all three services.

Road rider LEUT Michael Zgoznik said he worked hard lead-ing up to the event.

“It’s been really good, and very competitive, across the disciplines,” LEUT Zgoznik said.

“Having just come off a sea posting, I pushed myself harder than I normally would have.

“There was a good mix of abilities and skills, and I was really happy I was able to keep up with everybody.”

LEUT Zgoznik said his riding skills improved during the carnival.

“Riding with a lot of other road riders, I got some good experience with handling around the criterium circuit,” he said.

“Watching everybody and learn-ing from what they do, I was able to improve my corners.

“I picked up some good tech-nique, learning when to strike the

pedal so it’s not at the wrong time in the turn.”

The carnival ended with the tri-cyclathon, a relay event starting with a road rider handing over to successive cross country riders and finally a downhill rider.

First across the line, RAAF downhill rider LAC Simon Campbell, of No. 81 Wing, said his team lost their ribbon ‘baton’ in the early stages of the race, but kept riding anyway.

“We just had to finish without it,” he said.

“We rolled past each other and high-fived, and I figured it was just fun now. There was nothing else we could do.”

The third-stage riders for Army Team One and RAAF Team One reached their teammates at the same time, but LAC Campbell gained a slight lead ahead of Army downhill rider CAPT Cameron Shilton, who said the Army team lost precious seconds in the ribbon change-over.

“The two cross-country riders came up together,” CAPT Shilton said.

“I was fumbling with my cross country rider over our ribbon and I heard the other RAAF rider say

‘I lost my ribbon so just go’, so he took off while I was doing our change-over.

“LAC Campbell was a good 20-30m ahead of me when I took off.

“LAC Campbell is a pretty fast rider, I’d probably be flat out try-ing to beat him anyway. But who knows?”

Without their ribbon to hand over RAAF Team One was dis-qualified, leaving the win to Army Team One with Navy Team One coming second.

Incoming president of ADF Cycling, LCDR Kent Browning, said while the competition is fierce the national carnival is not just for elite riders.

“We had 130 personnel attend this year’s event, with the full range of experience from novices up. For many, it is an opportunity to try dif-ferent disciplines, while others used the opportunity to hone their skills in their preferred event, be that downhill, cross-country, road riding and even BMX.”

For more information about ADF Cycling, go to www.adfcc.adn.au.

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ADF Cycling Club competitors race in the criterium event at the ADF national carnival at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra. Photo: CPL Julia Whitwell

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LEUT Michael Grant

POA Liam Carruthers, an aircrewman instructor at 725SQN, has defended his title at the 2018 Australian Fishing Championships in Mackay, Queensland.

PO Carruthers and Team BCF teammate Dean Silvestor competed against Team Firefly and Team Jack Links in the event, in early November.

During the qualifying rounds all teams fished for sooty grunter on Eungella Dam.

BCF and Firefly came out on top of the close con-

test and progressed to the final round.

The two teams went head-to-head, targeting Australian barramundi, in the final on Teemburra Dam and PO Carruthers netted the winning barramundi in the last 15 minutes to secure the national title for the sec-ond year running.

He thanked 725SQN for giving him the opportunity to compete in the event.

“I am overjoyed to win back-to-back championships and hopefully I can extend the streak to three in a row in 2019,” PO Carruthers said.

POA Liam Carruthers with the winning barramundi.

LEUT Ryan Zerbe

M E M B E R S o f H M A S Cerberus’ ship’s company embraced their fighting spir-it in this year’s base Spartan Challenge.

The mixed-challenge event on October 31 included run-ning, wading, jumping, crawl-ing and heaving.

Though tough, these activi-ties were just a warm-up com-pared to the obstacle course and iconic Cerberus mud run, which tested everyone’s tenac-ity, regardless of rank or ser-vice.

Six teams representing the various Command elements and training faculties took on the gruelling challenge and the Defence Force School of Signals team was presented with the Spartan Helmet at the end of the day.

LSPTI Scot t Ruthven designed the course to provide a multi-faceted challenge.

“We wanted to create an arduous course that combined a variety of elements to test participants’ cardio fitness as well as their overall endur-ance,” he said.

“This kind of event can be contested by all ranks across the three services we have at Cerberus, but on the day only one team can rise above the mud and claim the Spartan Helmet.”

The Spartan Challenge was the final interdepartmental sports event for this year. The results were combined with those from the earlier cross-country and swimming events to determine the winners of the 2018 McCarthy Cup.

CO Cerberus CAPT Mike Oborn said the event fostered healthy rivalry between teams and provided a novel change to the normal physical training regimen.

“The size and layout of Cerberus gives us a unique opportunity to conduct a large-scale and unique fitness challenge in the outdoors,” he said.

“Cerberus , the cradle of the Navy, has a new sub-motto of ‘Creating Warriors’, and this event definitely lives up to that, so it was fitting to challenge ourselves with a Spartan-themed challenge.”

Warriors at the peak of fitness

Angler hooks a second title

ABML-S Chelsea Simionato, of HMAS Cerberus Command

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Warrior Challenge.Photo: POIS Nina Fogliani

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SGT Mark Doran

CRICKET ADF men’s team made Defence history with their first win against the NSW Governor’s XI on November 9.The men’s and women’s combined services teams played at Newington College in Sydney during the annual Remembrance Day fixture in the lead-up to the ADF National Cricket Championships.

The men began well, with LSMT Matthew Lyons, of HMAS Stirling, smashing boundaries to get the score-board ticking over.

The Governor’s XI fought back by taking three quick wickets before the men’s captain POCD Kaine Duncan, of HMAS Penguin, came into bat.

Cricket ADF Coach MAJ Tony Purton said PO Duncan made a blaz-ing 49 off 34 balls supported by CPL Beau Wright, of 1RTB, who went on

to make 70 not out off 46 balls.“This lifted Cricket ADF to a

competitive score of 4/164 after 20 overs,” MAJ Purton said.

The Governor’s XI began their chase strongly and scored a 100-run opening partnership.

Wickets fell regularly and with 21 runs needed off the last over it proved too much for former Queensland Bulls player Alex Kemp, who struck out hard but fell seven runs short.

The ADF women’s team also did well making their best score against the Governor’s XI.

Skipper CPL Rachel Martin, of 6 Avn Regt, said the ADF team received excellent coaching from former Australian cricketer Michelle Coszco.

“We kept the Governor’s XI down to 113 runs and only lost by 20 runs, which is the closest we have ever been,” CPL Martin said.

SGT Mark Doran

NAVY made a valiant effort during the ADF National Cricket Championships held in Canberra and Queanbeyan from November 10-18, but Army proved too strong in the men’s and women’s one-day matches and Air Force pulled out all stops to win the men’s and women’s T20 competition.

Navy men’s first one-day game at the championships was against Army, who scored 200 runs in their opening partner-ship.

Navy men’s coach CMDR Guy Lewis, of CASG, said it was a hard day on the field for the boys.

“They came back well in the second 20 overs while chasing 320 runs, which was a tough ask, but we fell short by 180 runs,” he said.

“We also lost our wicket-keeper to injury – LCDR Benjamin Churcher, of Sea Training Group – who rolled on his shoulder while fielding.

“Highlights of the day included our debutante bowler LEUT Joel Wilson, of the Surface Combatant Group, tak-ing four wickets and our opening bats-man LSMT Matthew Lyons, of HMAS Stirling, scored 48 runs.”

Navy’s one-day match against Air Force began badly with the sailors only making 60 runs for six in the opening innings until LEUT Joel Wilson came in to score 54 not out.

Navy finished with 150 runs.“We thought it was a defendable score

and we had three Air Force players out before lunch,” CMDR Lewis said.

“After lunch we kept chipping away and taking wickets, with WO Gary Fuss, of HMAS Albatross, taking a hat-trick to help us win by 25 runs.”

The T20 matches tested Navy again in a rain-delayed game against Army.

Navy’s skipper POCD Kaine Duncan, of HMAS Penguin, said the match took nearly six hours.

“We made 152 runs, but Army chased those down quite easily by the 19th over with five batsmen in the shed,” he said.

“LEUT Wilson and LS Lyons con-tinued their fine batting efforts, while LEUT Rodney Davis, of AASPO, made some good runs as well.

“PO Steven Sheakey, of HMAS Kuttabul, was our best bowler.”

PO Duncan said Air Force surprised Navy in the final game because everyone thought Army would win the competi-tion.

“They had a much stronger batting and bowling line-up than expected,” he said.

“We managed to scrape in 112 runs but they chased down the total with four batsmen left to win the T20 Cup.”

POET Duncan, POET Sheakey and LS Lyons were selected for the ASCA team.

Historic win for ADF side

LCDR Ben Churcher, of Sea Training Group, in action behind the stumps during the annual Remembrance Day fixture between the ADF and the NSW Governor’s XI.Photo: POIS Phil Cullinan

T H E A D F N a t i o n a l C r i c k e t Championships demonstrated how the commitments of the Fleet can affect Navy’s sporting teams.

Navy women’s captain ABML-SC Chelsey Veney, of HMAS Choules, said her team struggled with numbers as they tried to build a strong side for the cham-pionships.

“We only had seven players to start and some had never played cricket before, but their skills are improving and hopefully they will play again next year,” she said.

“In the one-day match against Air Force we were bowled out for 59 runs while they scored 60 by the 14th over with only two out.

“Our best bowler of the day was POCIS Nadine Block, of HMAS Creswell, and the top scorer was POMT Adele Joubert, of HMAS Coonawarra, with 12 runs.”

As a former South African Defence Force player PO Joubert expected to fare better with her experience.

“I was confident and settled on the

pitch but made a stupid selection early in the match,” she said.

“There’s a difference in the playing culture in Australia, but just like any-where, sport brings people together and develops teamwork

“We just need more players on our team.”

Navy managed 8/80 in the one-day match against Army but the soldiers managed to chase those runs in 11 overs to win by nine wickets.

AB Veney’s bowling set a good pace as she took two for eight off four overs for a thrilling finish of the T20 match against Air Force.

ABATV Samantha Weir, of 225SQN, belted 48 off 54 deliveries and was ably supported by PO Block who scored 17 from 26.

The game ended in a 103-run tie, the first in ADF women’s cricket history.

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– SGT Mark Doran

Navy bowled over

Tied game first for women

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LEUT Sarah West

THE Navy women’s team has won the ADF Football Championships for the first time in seven years, scoring an exciting late goal against Army to clinch the title.

Navy and Army both defeated Air Force 7-0 in the preliminary games of the championships, at Sydney’s Edensor Park in early November, set-ting up a match befitting the age-old rivalry between the two services on the football field.

LS Brittany Rollason gave Navy a fighting chance early in the match, executing a stellar volley to fire the ball into the back of the net.

Navy held off Army’s efforts to equalise until late in the second half,

when a desperate tackle brought an Army player down in the 18-yard box, resulting in a penalty.

The penalty shot was almost saved by Navy goalkeeper AB Ainsley Buchanan.

Af ter the equal i ser, Navy launched a series of attacks, putting Army’s back four under pressure as the clock wound down.

With just moments left of regula-tion time, Navy veteran ABML-SC Amanda Carney spotted the Army goalkeeper off her line and struck the ball sweetly over the keeper’s head and into the back of the net, giving Navy a 2-1 lead.

Navy held off a series of spirited Army attacks through eight minutes of injury time.

When the final whistle sounded the Navy women were joined on the field by players from the men’s and veterans’ teams, who helped them celebrate their first championship win since 2011.

PO Sarah Hickling, Navy’s strik-er and a stalwart of the team since 2008, said it took a while for the achievement to sink in.

“They say ‘winning isn’t every-thing, but wanting to is’, and winning was never going to be a small feat against the reigning champions,” PO Hickling said.

“We worked harder and were more determined than ever. This win has been building for seven years, and now we’ve brought the trophy back home.

“This has easily been the high-light of my year.”

Navy coach CPO Jason Lockard said he had enormous belief in the team going into nationals.

“From the moment the girls arrived at our training camp in Nowra, they quickly formed into a close-knit group,” CPO Lockard said.

“They really bought into the plan of how we were going to approach nationals and the ultimate goal of lifting the trophy.

“They started connecting really well from early on and it was a pleas-ure to watch them grow into the team that would eventually win the cham-pionship.

“I couldn’t be prouder of the team and what they have accomplished.”

NAVY’s over-35s were unlucky to lose the ADF Football Championships veter-ans title on countback to the Army’s vets, after drawing with them 1-1 at Edensor Park in Sydney in early November.

While both sides had beaten Air Force convincingly in earlier games, the Army scored a total of five goals across the tournament, while the Navy scored four. The one-goal difference gave Army the over-35s trophy.

Several Navy vets players stood out during the tournament, including LS

Rick Lea, who played for both the over-35s and men’s teams and was named overall player of the tournament.

Meanwhile, the Navy men’s team kept their championship hopes alive with a 1-1 draw against Air Force in their first game, but the pressure was on them on the final day. Their game against Army was the last match of the tournament and would decide the overall winner of the championships.

They took to the field after watching the Navy women secure a thrilling win

and the vets draw in a hard-fought battle against Army.

Despite a valiant effort, the Navy men went down 3-1 to a fast and physical Army side.

Navy Football Federation Australia Director of Football LCDR Jim Ford said all three Navy teams performed well in the first round against Air Force to set up an exciting final day against Army.

“I’m not sure I have ever gone into the final day of nationals thinking all three of our squads could possibly win

their respective championships and Navy the overall title,” LCDR Ford said.

“This was a credit to the players and their coaching staff and a reflection on the professionalism they demonstrated during our training camp at HMAS Albatross.”

LCDR Ford said the squads would come back stronger next year.

“Navy Football continues to grow stronger and it’s only a matter of time before the overall championship trophy comes home to Navy,” he said.

Navy players selected in ADF Football teams

Women: AB Kirsty Watters, AB Jess Muir, LS Brittany Rollason, AB Stefani Arteaga and AB Ainsley Buchanan.

Men: LS Richard Lea, AB Jamie Young, LEUT Bradley Stout, AB Cameron Sayner, LEUT Daniel King and LS Brandon Cully.

Over 35s: LS Danny Gordon, AB Rob Panetta, PO Nathan Little, A/SBLT Christian Gonzalez, LEUT Timothy Bailey, LEUT Ryan McGill, LS Chad Poland and PO Terry Douglas.

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ABML-SC Amanda Carney dribbles past Army’s PTE Eboni Fraser during the ADF Football Championships in Sydney.Photo: LEUT Sarah West

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WO Gary Fuss, of HMAS Albatross, celebrates after bowling the middle stump of his Air Force opponent during the ADF National Cricket Championships, which were held in Canberra and Queanbeyan from November 10-18. Photo: LCDR Benjamin Churcher

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