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Navy<br />
SERVING AUSTRALIA WITH PRIDE<br />
Volume 54, No. 7, April 29, 2010 The <strong>of</strong>ficial newspaper <strong>of</strong> the Royal Australian Navy<br />
SM2<br />
To Fire<br />
up for<br />
RIMPAC<br />
PAGE 9<br />
AWD<br />
2014<br />
target<br />
in sight<br />
PAGE 12<br />
BASE<br />
SAFETY<br />
Arrests<br />
spark<br />
review<br />
PAGE 6<br />
COMMENDED<br />
ABOVE: HMAS Childers, one <strong>of</strong> two ACPBs involved in the<br />
interception and rescue <strong>of</strong> the <strong>SIEV</strong> <strong>36</strong> crew and passengers.<br />
She conducted the operation in association with her sister<br />
ship HMAS Albany .<br />
RIGHT: RADM Tim Barrett, Commander Border Protection<br />
Command, presents a ‘CDF Unit Commendation to LCDR<br />
Brett Westcott, CO <strong>of</strong> Ardent Four.<br />
<strong>SIEV</strong> <strong>36</strong> <strong>—</strong> <strong>Pg</strong> 3
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Chief opts for nil<br />
SRP impact on ops<br />
By Barry Rollings<br />
CDF ACM Angus Houston will watch the<br />
Strategic Reform Program (SRP) closely to<br />
ensure it does not have a negative impact on<br />
<strong>Defence</strong>’s capabilities and its ability to deliver<br />
what the Government requires.<br />
ACM Houston and <strong>Defence</strong> Secretary Ian Watt<br />
held an SRP media roundtable at Russell Offices<br />
in Canberra on April 16.<br />
“We have a hard-earned reputation for excellence<br />
on operations and it is not one that I’m about<br />
to let slip,” ACM Houston said.<br />
by Barry Rollings<br />
CDF, ACM Angus Houston<br />
Reserves still key force<br />
component <strong>—</strong> CDF<br />
THE ADF Reserves have received<br />
a ringing endorsement from the<br />
CDF ACM Angus Houston.<br />
He told the Strategic Reform<br />
Program media roundtable at Russell<br />
Offices on April 16, that: “Reserves<br />
are a vital part <strong>of</strong> our ADF and I<br />
can’t speak highly enough <strong>of</strong> them.”<br />
ACM Houston said that morale<br />
was “sky high” among reservists<br />
serving in Solomon Islands, whom<br />
he had spoken to, and added that<br />
that was also the case with a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> Reservists who came out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Special Operations Task Group in<br />
the Middle East. Reserves were<br />
being used increasingly on operations,<br />
which had been very well<br />
received in the Reserve force.<br />
“Reserves are an integral part <strong>of</strong><br />
the ADF,” he said.<br />
“The men and women <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Reserves provide a very important<br />
contribution.”<br />
Reports that Reserve training<br />
“Our people are first-class and deserve to be<br />
supported in the best possible way.<br />
“I’m very satisfied that we have developed a<br />
robust and comprehensive performance-monitoring<br />
system which has a very strong emphasis not only<br />
on ensuring the reforms have been implemented<br />
but capability is not being adversely affected.<br />
“The cultural dimension <strong>of</strong> the SRP is, <strong>of</strong><br />
course, the key to its success. We have a number <strong>of</strong><br />
organisational change programs running, such as<br />
New Generation Navy, which are all complementary<br />
programs to the goals <strong>of</strong> the SRP.”<br />
Under the SRP, <strong>Defence</strong> must save $20 billion<br />
over the next 10 years to reinvest in capability.<br />
ACM Houston said if <strong>Defence</strong> did not reform<br />
the organisation through the SRP, it would not be<br />
able to deliver on the Force 30 plan identified in<br />
the <strong>Defence</strong> White Paper to build up the military<br />
capabilities needed for national security in the<br />
future.<br />
“We know it’s going to be hard, which is why<br />
we need to make everything we do count – every<br />
minute <strong>of</strong> our time, every dollar we spend and<br />
every round we fire. That is the reality <strong>of</strong> this program,”<br />
he said.<br />
“Force 2030 is a more capable, muscular and<br />
hard-hitting <strong>Defence</strong> Force ... a truly joint force<br />
which can excel on joint operations, inter-agency<br />
operations and make meaningful contributions to<br />
coalition operations.”<br />
He said many <strong>of</strong> the SRP reforms – in which<br />
there were more than 300 separate initiatives – had<br />
a direct link with Force 2030, including strategic<br />
planning, capability development and procurement<br />
reforms to ensure <strong>Defence</strong> acquired the components<br />
<strong>of</strong> Force 2030 in a way that was as efficient<br />
and as effective as possible.<br />
“The cost reduction is important, indeed it is<br />
critical, but the cost reduction has to be reform-led<br />
which means fundamental change to the way we<br />
do business,” ACM Houston said.<br />
He was impressed with the commitment to the<br />
SRP.<br />
days were being cut because <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Strategic Reform Program were not<br />
accurate.<br />
“Reserves pay has increased<br />
over the past three financial years<br />
to better align with that <strong>of</strong> the regular<br />
forces. Previous increases in the<br />
use <strong>of</strong> Reservists have been accommodated<br />
within the overall military<br />
workforce budget.<br />
“However, due to our strong full<br />
time ADF recruiting and retention<br />
results in recent times, our ability to<br />
supplement Reserve salaries from<br />
within the overall military workforce<br />
budget has diminished. This has<br />
required the Services to prioritise<br />
Reserve training salaries to ensure<br />
that the Reserve continues to meet<br />
its operational commitments and<br />
critical training requirements.<br />
“In some cases, because <strong>of</strong> this<br />
need to prioritise salaries for an<br />
increased number <strong>of</strong> Reservists, it<br />
has reduced the days available for<br />
discretionary training. I can confirm<br />
that all <strong>of</strong> the Services are continu-<br />
ing to allocate their respective mandated<br />
minimum number <strong>of</strong> days to<br />
Active Reserve members.<br />
“Active Reserve members <strong>of</strong><br />
the Navy and Army are required to<br />
complete 20 days service a year to<br />
keep them current. The minimum<br />
number <strong>of</strong> days Air Force Reservists<br />
are required to complete is based<br />
on the position <strong>of</strong> posting. There is<br />
no impact on the preparedness <strong>of</strong><br />
deploying Reservists.<br />
“If Reservists are identified to<br />
deploy on operations they must<br />
complete pre-deployment training<br />
and certification to ensure they are<br />
sufficiently trained and prepared to<br />
deploy on operations, as is the case<br />
with our Regular forces.”<br />
Under the SRP there would be<br />
reforms that would result in a more<br />
mission-focused Reserve force,<br />
ACM Houston said.<br />
“It will also see a greater transfer<br />
<strong>of</strong> knowledge between our permanent<br />
and Reserve forces,” he said.<br />
“The SRP is implementing a reform<br />
“I’ve been around here for a long time, I’ve<br />
never seen a more orderly and planned approach to<br />
doing business than the way we have approached<br />
this reform,” he said.<br />
“The <strong>Defence</strong> Budget Audit, which was conducted<br />
over about nine months, finished early last<br />
year. Since then we’ve been analysing the whole<br />
reform program and we’ve invested money upfront<br />
and we have an implementation plan that covers<br />
the 10 years. I think it’s comprehensive, complete<br />
and in marked contrast to some <strong>of</strong> the reform<br />
projects we had in the past.”<br />
THE KEY CHANGES<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> the key initiatives <strong>Defence</strong> will<br />
introduce under the SRP include:<br />
■ Cut waste, reform culture, boost efficiency<br />
to achieve $20 billion in savings over a<br />
decade.<br />
■ Greater use <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong> Travel Card, more<br />
use <strong>of</strong> restricted airfares, better use <strong>of</strong><br />
accommodation and services contract.<br />
■ Greater centralised shared services in<br />
<strong>Defence</strong>, converting around 700 contractor<br />
positions – such as those within information<br />
technology - to APS jobs (245 already<br />
converted)<br />
■ Civilianising’ 500-600 uniform military support<br />
positions between 2010 and 2014.<br />
■ More use <strong>of</strong> video conferencing.<br />
■ Some civilian job cuts but with a view<br />
to redeployment and retraining <strong>of</strong> those<br />
involved..<br />
■ Reduction <strong>of</strong> personal staff for <strong>Defence</strong><br />
Chiefs. Already instigated.<br />
agenda for Reserves that will reduce<br />
costs, create efficiencies in initial<br />
training and more effectively utilise<br />
the High Readiness Reserve.<br />
“The Army Reserve - because <strong>of</strong><br />
its size - will undertake the majority<br />
<strong>of</strong> the reform under the SRP. Savings<br />
will be achieved through efficiency<br />
reforms, not cut backs.<br />
“Running in parallel to these<br />
SRP reforms are separate structure<br />
reviews being conducted by the<br />
Services. Army’s Force Structure<br />
Review is examining its internal mix<br />
<strong>of</strong> full-time and part-time capabilities.<br />
“This review is known as<br />
Rebalancing Army. It seeks to<br />
increase the capability <strong>of</strong> the Army<br />
Reserve. The Rebalancing Army<br />
changes are not related to the SRP<br />
savings targets. The changes are happening<br />
in parallel and are designed<br />
to achieve the <strong>Defence</strong> White Paper<br />
direction on increasing the utility <strong>of</strong><br />
the Reserve.”<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
NEWS<br />
hief praises<br />
IEV sailors<br />
THE Commander Boarder Protection<br />
Command presented the first lot <strong>of</strong> commendations<br />
to personnel involved in the<br />
<strong>SIEV</strong><strong>36</strong> rescue operation at a ceremony<br />
in Cairns on April 20.<br />
RADM Tim Barrett presented 13 <strong>of</strong><br />
more than 50 commendations to ADF<br />
members involved in the explosion and<br />
rescue drama that unfolded after the apprehension<br />
<strong>of</strong> the irregular entry vessel by the<br />
Armidale class patrol boats, HMA Ships<br />
Childers and Albany, on an Operation<br />
RESOLUTE patrol <strong>of</strong>f Ashmore Island<br />
just over 12 months ago.<br />
The commendations formally recognised<br />
the courage and devotion to duty<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong> people involved in the rescue,<br />
treatment and evacuation <strong>of</strong> victims <strong>of</strong> the<br />
blast.<br />
All personnel, including members <strong>of</strong><br />
Transit Security Element 52, embarked with<br />
the crews <strong>of</strong> Assail Two (HMAS Albany)<br />
and Ardent Four (HMAS Childers), on the<br />
day <strong>of</strong> the incident have been awarded an<br />
ADF Gold (Chief <strong>of</strong> Joint Operations) Group<br />
Commendation. Six individual commendations<br />
are also being awarded <strong>—</strong> five to Navy<br />
personnel and one to an Air Force corporal.<br />
The first presentations were to Cairnsbased<br />
patrol boat crew, Ardent 4. Another<br />
presentation ceremony for Darwin-based<br />
patrol boat crews and Army and Air Force<br />
personnel involved will take place on<br />
Tuesday, May 4.<br />
“Our people worked pr<strong>of</strong>essionally and<br />
with empathy under severe pressure to<br />
ensure those involved in the <strong>SIEV</strong> <strong>36</strong> incident<br />
were rescued, treated and evacuated<br />
quickly,” said the Chief <strong>of</strong> Joint Operations,<br />
LTGEN Mark Evans.<br />
“Superior levels <strong>of</strong> teamwork and cohesion<br />
were shown in developing pragmatic<br />
solutions to extraordinarily complex and<br />
challenging problems.<br />
“Importantly, all the rescued people survived<br />
which, given the extent <strong>of</strong> their injuries,<br />
was a most notable achievement.”<br />
LTGEN Evans also gave a special mention<br />
<strong>of</strong> “the exemplary performance” <strong>of</strong><br />
the Headquarters Northern Command staff<br />
in Darwin who provided coordination and<br />
support during the rescue and evacuation <strong>of</strong><br />
the critically injured.<br />
A website has been established to tell<br />
the full story <strong>of</strong> the extraordinary rescue<br />
and medical evacuation. Photos <strong>of</strong> the commendation<br />
presentation ceremonies are<br />
being added as the events occur. The site<br />
also contains the personal stories <strong>of</strong> many<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 51 ADF members who are receiving<br />
commendations <strong>—</strong> www.defence.gov.<br />
au/siev<strong>36</strong><br />
Master <strong>of</strong> Psychology<br />
(Occupational Mental Health)<br />
The Australian <strong>Defence</strong> Force in conjunction with the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Adelaide is <strong>of</strong>fering a unique new University program that has been<br />
developed to enhance pr<strong>of</strong>essional skills in the fi eld <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong> Force<br />
Psychology.<br />
Successful graduates will gain a broad understanding <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong><br />
psychology and as well as develop the relevant skills and training<br />
relating to mental health promotion and clinical practice.<br />
The application form and details <strong>of</strong> the course can be found at<br />
www.adelaide.edu.au/psychology/programs/post/momh<br />
For additional information regarding the course contact<br />
Mr Shane Latimer,<br />
National Training Coordinator,<br />
ADF Centre for Mental Health<br />
shane.latimer2@defence.gov.au<br />
CDF commendations<br />
LCDR Barry Learoyd (CO Assail Two)<br />
LCDR Brett Westcott (CO Ardent Four)<br />
CPL Sharon Jager (Air Force)<br />
ADF Gold (CJOPs) commendation<br />
CPO Rachelle Burnett<br />
ADF Silver (DCJOPs) commendation<br />
PO Officer Cheryl McCabe<br />
ADF Bronze (DCJOPs) commendation<br />
PO Rachele Karmiste.<br />
LSBM Matt Keogh,<br />
from Ardent Four, in<br />
full boarding party<br />
kit while in HMAS<br />
Childers’ RHIB) He<br />
received an ADF<br />
Gold (CJOPS) Group<br />
Commendation from<br />
RADM Tim Barrett<br />
in the presentation<br />
ceremony at HMAS<br />
Cairns on April 20.<br />
LS Keogh led the<br />
security reinforcment<br />
party. onto <strong>SIEV</strong><strong>36</strong>,<br />
90 seconds before<br />
the explosion.<br />
In the face <strong>of</strong> extreme<br />
danger and chaos,<br />
LS Keogh tried to<br />
get civilians <strong>of</strong>f the<br />
burning boat remaining<br />
on board for four<br />
minutes.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
03<br />
New deal opens up Uni<br />
opportunities for sailors<br />
ADF members can expect to spend<br />
less time studying towards a degree<br />
due to an understanding <strong>Defence</strong> has<br />
reached with education provider Open<br />
Universities Australia (OUA).<br />
Under the ADF Higher Education<br />
Advanced Standing Scheme (ADFHEAS),<br />
current, past and reserve ADF members<br />
can apply to have their service qualifications<br />
recognised as credit towards undergraduate<br />
and postgraduate programs.<br />
Director General <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Defence</strong><br />
Education, Training and Development<br />
Branch BRIG Peter Gates said OUA’s<br />
flexible study options would benefit the<br />
ADFHEAS scheme.<br />
“Our aim is to deliver first class education<br />
and development that equips people<br />
for their careers inside and outside<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong>. Personnel with ADF training<br />
and experience should be recognised and<br />
the ADFHEAS scheme is about creating<br />
paths to achieve higher education goals,”<br />
BRIG Gates said.<br />
To be eligible for the ADFHEAS<br />
scheme, personnel must first meet the<br />
entry requirements, qualifications and<br />
deadlines specified by the participating<br />
university.<br />
A certificate <strong>of</strong> eligibility or record <strong>of</strong><br />
training and education must be acquired<br />
from the appropriate service Registered<br />
Training Organisation (RTO), which is<br />
sent to the university’s admission centre<br />
for consideration.<br />
LCDR Glen Price said the ADFHEAS<br />
scheme assisted him in completing a<br />
Master <strong>of</strong> Engineering Management.<br />
“The opportunities provided through<br />
the ADFHEAS scheme to ADF members<br />
are incredible. The scheme recognised<br />
my previous <strong>Defence</strong> qualifications,<br />
which meant I only needed to do half the<br />
subjects. Normally, I would need to do<br />
twice the work in twice the time but I<br />
was awarded my Masters after completing<br />
four <strong>of</strong> the required eight subjects,”<br />
LCDR Price said.<br />
For information on the nationally recognised<br />
qualifications awarded to <strong>Defence</strong> personnel<br />
by the RTOs, visit http://www.defencequals.<br />
edu.au.
04 NEWS<br />
Flex Navy leads<br />
in workplace<br />
adaptability<br />
‘The next step ... build awareness’<br />
NAVY has proved itself equal to the best<br />
practice among organisations in <strong>of</strong>fering flexible<br />
work practices (FWP) for its people,<br />
according to New Generation Navy research.<br />
Recent work by one <strong>of</strong> the NGN Culture<br />
Project teams has shown that, compared<br />
with the winners <strong>of</strong> the National Work-Life<br />
Balance Awards, Navy excels in provision<br />
<strong>of</strong> policy and initiatives that support FWP.<br />
This comparision is shown in the table on<br />
this page - and this information reflects what<br />
the organisation <strong>of</strong>fered at the time they were<br />
awarded.<br />
CMDR Scott Hamilton who is leading<br />
the NGN Culture Project to ‘deliver peoplefocussed<br />
work practices’ said that Navy’s work<br />
practices compared very well with commercial<br />
best practice used to judge the National Work-<br />
Life Balance Awards,<br />
“The National Work-Life Balance<br />
Awards recognise businesses, government<br />
and community organisations that excel in<br />
successfully integrating work-life balance<br />
while managing business demands and they<br />
provide Navy with a good benchmark,” he<br />
said.<br />
“Our research suggests that, together<br />
with the formal flexible work options that<br />
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we already have in the Navy - such as part<br />
time leave without pay and maternity leave<br />
- that Navy routinely incorporates numerous<br />
arrangements largely taken for granted, yet are<br />
considered groundbreaking initiatives in the<br />
commercial world.”<br />
T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n ,<br />
Employment and Workplace Relations, which<br />
presents the awards, does case studies <strong>of</strong> FWP<br />
initiatives available in Australian workplaces<br />
including subsidies for fitness activities, free<br />
flu vaccinations, barbecues held on-site and<br />
shorter Friday routines.<br />
CMDR Hamilton said that despite having<br />
unique seagoing and operational requirements,<br />
Navy was ahead <strong>of</strong> the game in <strong>of</strong>fering<br />
and incorporating these flexible options but<br />
members might not be aware <strong>of</strong> them or<br />
recognise them as such.<br />
“The <strong>Defence</strong> Attitude Survey 2008<br />
showed that 29 per cent <strong>of</strong> Navy agree that<br />
flexible work practices are available, 54 per<br />
cent state they are not, while 17 per cent are<br />
uncertain,” he said.<br />
“The next step in the culture project is<br />
to ensure that there is increased awareness<br />
<strong>of</strong> flexible work practices in the Navy<br />
workplace.”<br />
Spectacular brings Ben Hur to life<br />
NAVY Ticketing has tickets on hold for<br />
both Sydney performances <strong>of</strong> the stadium<br />
spectacular, Ben Hur, to be presented at<br />
the ANZ Stadium on the nights <strong>of</strong> October<br />
22 and 23.<br />
Direct from Europe, this world tour premiere<br />
brings to life the classic tale made famous by<br />
the eleven time Academy Award winning 1959<br />
Hollywood movie, Ben Hur, starring Charlton<br />
Heston.<br />
Organisers say the stadium spectacular<br />
combines the scale <strong>of</strong> the Sydney Olympic<br />
games opening ceremony with the drama <strong>of</strong> the<br />
slave who dared defy the Roman Empire.<br />
The $15 million stadium adaptation features<br />
a live chariot race with 32 horses, a giant<br />
Roman galleon and a grand stage which will<br />
transform ANZ Stadium into the biggest Roman<br />
amphitheatre ever seen.<br />
Details <strong>of</strong> Navy Ticketing discounts are at http://www.<br />
ranccf.com/navyticketing/RANCCFHTML_NT_NEW/<br />
SHOWS/benHur.html<br />
Flexible work<br />
practice initiative<br />
Your Vehicle Salary Packaging Experts 1300 738 601<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
Navy<br />
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Flexible working hours<br />
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(mature age<br />
workers)<br />
Paid maternity leave<br />
Paternity leave (if wife is<br />
non-ADF)<br />
Carer’s leave<br />
Parents can bring<br />
children to work in<br />
emergencies<br />
✔<br />
(14 weeks)<br />
✔<br />
(2 weeks)<br />
✔<br />
(12 weeks)<br />
✔<br />
(13 weeks)<br />
Bremer TAFE<br />
(Gold – 2007<br />
Public Sector)<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
(12 weeks)<br />
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Part-time employment<br />
opportunities ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Unpaid sabbatical leave ✔<br />
(LWOP 12<br />
mths +)<br />
Short leave available for<br />
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NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
05<br />
Card case highlights<br />
fraudster danger<br />
A RECENT fraud case involving<br />
misuse <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Defence</strong> travel<br />
card (DTC) has provided a timely<br />
reminder to all Navy personnel<br />
about effective security <strong>of</strong> their<br />
DTCs.<br />
In a case that was subsequently<br />
dismissed, the <strong>of</strong>ficer involved had<br />
been accused <strong>of</strong> spending thousands<br />
<strong>of</strong> dollars <strong>of</strong> taxpayers’ money<br />
on his DTC during a night out in<br />
Sydney.<br />
The <strong>of</strong>ficer was found not guilty<br />
<strong>of</strong> fraud after it was determined that<br />
during his visit to one night club,<br />
the evidence suggested that the card<br />
was removed without his knowledge<br />
and fraudulently used to charge for<br />
services which were not provided.<br />
HNPAR, RADM Trevor Jones,<br />
said that the case should remind<br />
us all to think carefully about our<br />
security measures because we are<br />
personally responsible for it.<br />
“The travel card has become<br />
an essential part <strong>of</strong> how Navy and<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> conducts business,” RADM<br />
Jones said.<br />
“But the DTC’s high credit limit<br />
makes it a tempting target for those<br />
who seek to commit fraud against<br />
the Commonwealth.”<br />
Misuse <strong>of</strong> the Diners Club<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> travel card (DTC) is among<br />
the most prevalent <strong>of</strong> fraud cases in<br />
<strong>Defence</strong>.<br />
All DTC transactions are<br />
scrutinised for potential fraudulent<br />
behaviour as part <strong>of</strong> existing fraudprevention<br />
programs.<br />
DTC check list<br />
DO…<br />
o Adhere to Navy Values when<br />
planning to use your DTC<br />
o Carry your DTC with you only<br />
when travelling on <strong>of</strong>ficial duty.<br />
o Keep it well secured at all times<br />
o Keep it separate from your<br />
regular personal EFTPOS and<br />
credit cards to avoid accidental<br />
use.<br />
o Report any loss immediately to<br />
Diners Club<br />
o Report any suspected or<br />
accidental misuse to your chain<br />
<strong>of</strong> command immediately.<br />
DO NOT …<br />
o Carry your DTC and pin<br />
together.<br />
o Leave your wallet unattended.<br />
o Store you DTC PIN in your<br />
mobile phone or any other<br />
electronic device.<br />
o Give your DTC to anyone else<br />
for safekeeping.<br />
o Take your DTC out with you<br />
when you intend to drink<br />
alcohol or visit less salubrious<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> the city.<br />
While obvious fraud is dealt<br />
with quickly through the Australian<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> Organisation disciplinary<br />
processes, even accidental or<br />
fraudulent use <strong>of</strong> a DTC by third<br />
parties can create problems for the<br />
member in whose name that card<br />
is held.<br />
Ms Lucy Accinelli, who conducts<br />
Fraud and Ethics awareness training<br />
for the Australian <strong>Defence</strong> Force,<br />
confirmed that this recent case was<br />
not an isolated one.<br />
“It can happen so easily”, Ms<br />
Accinelli said.<br />
“The member turns their back<br />
for even a moment and their wallet<br />
disappears. The first thing they do<br />
is cancel their own personal credit<br />
cards but they <strong>of</strong>ten forget the<br />
DTC.”<br />
Ms Accinelli says that can <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
prove a costly mistake.<br />
“Your name is on the card so<br />
you are responsible for it. To make<br />
matters worse, many personnel<br />
carry their pin in their wallet or<br />
stored in their mobile phone, so<br />
accessing the DTC is child’s play to<br />
any experienced thief.”<br />
Ms Accinelli said a member<br />
could be liable for money stolen<br />
from a DTC account, as was the<br />
case with the <strong>of</strong>ficer in this instance.
06 NEWS<br />
Arrests prompt security program<br />
ecommendations cover security policy, physical<br />
ecurity, contracting and response to attacks<br />
y Barry Rollings<br />
RANGE <strong>of</strong> measures to enhance base secuity,<br />
including planning to deal with terrorist<br />
ttack and a greater focus on protecting peronnel,<br />
will flow from the Review <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong><br />
rotective Security Arrangements completed<br />
ate last year.<br />
<strong>Defence</strong>’s Chief Security Officer, Mr Frank<br />
oberts, said that the review, completed in August<br />
nd submitted to the National Security Committee<br />
f Cabinet that month, resulted in the Government<br />
irecting the <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong> to implement<br />
he review’s recommendations.<br />
“We have a funded program <strong>of</strong> work to enhance<br />
ase security, which will take a number <strong>of</strong> years to<br />
omplete,” Mr Roberts said.<br />
“People will notice the difference at the larger<br />
efence bases. The challenge is to maintain a focus<br />
n delivering this important work.”<br />
“We have begun implementing the recommenations<br />
but the physical security aspects will take<br />
ome time to complete.”<br />
The review stemmed from incidents connected<br />
o Holsworthy Army Barracks in Sydney’s south.<br />
“In August 2009, four people were arrested in<br />
elbourne for allegedly planning a terrorist attack<br />
gainst a <strong>Defence</strong> establishment,” Mr Roberts said.<br />
“The police allege that Holsworthy was the<br />
arget. The arrests prompted the CDF ACM Angus<br />
ouston and the then Acting Secretary, Mr Stephen<br />
erchant, to commission the review <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong>’s<br />
rotective security arrangements.”<br />
Mr Roberts said the review encompassed all<br />
efence’s establishments and resulted in 33 recomendations<br />
ranging over five broad areas - secuity<br />
policy, physical security, contracting, response<br />
rrangements on bases in the event <strong>of</strong> attack; and<br />
hanges to the <strong>Defence</strong> Act to allow <strong>Defence</strong> to beter<br />
protect its bases.<br />
“The review led to the Base Security<br />
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Improvement Program, which involves a range <strong>of</strong><br />
measures to enhance base security, predominantly at<br />
the larger bases, over about five years. The <strong>Defence</strong><br />
Support Group is undertaking security risk assessments<br />
at <strong>Defence</strong>’s larger bases to assess security.<br />
The Base Security Improvement Program aims to<br />
address the more significant security risks.”<br />
“The DSG has completed 34 base security risk<br />
assessments, including Holsworthy, and people<br />
will soon start to see security enhancements on our<br />
bases, starting with the larger ones. Our planning<br />
needs to be intelligence-led and risk-based. This<br />
means identifying those bases that may be attractive<br />
as a terrorist target and ensuring that we address any<br />
security risks there in the first instance.”<br />
“Additionally, we hope to submit changes to the<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> Act to the Parliament later this year and<br />
security staff on our bases are discussing response<br />
plans with their local police commands for dealing<br />
with a terrorist attack. ”<br />
Mr Roberts said that, broadly speaking, the<br />
review found that <strong>Defence</strong> security policy was<br />
appropriate to the task but in the past had focussed<br />
largely on protecting <strong>Defence</strong> capability.<br />
“Protection <strong>of</strong> people was certainly part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
protective security mission, but what had changed<br />
since the arrests in Melbourne is the notion that<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> people may constitute a terrorist target<br />
in their own right. SAFEBASE policy and protective<br />
security arrangements were fine as far as they<br />
went but needed to be reviewed to make sure they<br />
addressed the particular threat to our people.”<br />
“We also needed to look at our ability to deal<br />
with a no-warning terrorist attack. We have to think<br />
about how, in a risk- managed way, we can put<br />
measures in place to deal with something that,<br />
while unlikely, would have serious consequences<br />
were it to occur. You can’t guarantee against a nowarning<br />
attack; all you can do is take sensible steps<br />
to try to reduce the risk.”<br />
Mr Roberts said a whole-<strong>of</strong>-base alert system<br />
was required to alert base residents <strong>of</strong> a serious<br />
incident such as a terrorist attack to initiate base<br />
emergency response plans, such as base lockdown<br />
in the event <strong>of</strong> armed attack. “We have to have a<br />
way <strong>of</strong> alerting the whole base, so that if armed<br />
people are on the base, residents can activate prearranged<br />
response drills and avoid danger.”<br />
“In response to a terrorist attack on a <strong>Defence</strong><br />
ON GUARD<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> the proposed security arrangements personnel will see include:<br />
◗ Tighter security and access control at base<br />
entry and exit points.<br />
◗ Strengthened measures required at each<br />
SAFEBASE level.<br />
◗ Stricter access control requirements,<br />
including a positive identification process<br />
underpinned by electronic access control<br />
and biometrics at selected sites.<br />
◗ A possible broadening <strong>of</strong> Australian Federal<br />
Police presence at <strong>Defence</strong> establishments.<br />
◗ Vehicle inspections depending on the<br />
SAFEBASE level, including provision<br />
<strong>of</strong> vehicle parking/inspection bays if<br />
necessary.<br />
◗ Inspection <strong>of</strong> carried items, depending on<br />
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base, the starting premise is that civilian police have<br />
responsibility for any armed response. But, depending<br />
on where the base is, it could take specialist<br />
police some time to arrive.”<br />
“This means that we need to think through what<br />
our procedures will be to deal with a situation until<br />
police arrive in sufficient numbers and capability to<br />
be able to resolve the situation.”<br />
“We need to ensure that we have the legal<br />
authority for ADF members to defend themselves<br />
in the event <strong>of</strong> terrorist attack, to carry out vehicle<br />
and carried item inspections on entry to our bases<br />
and, when necessary, personal searches. The CDF<br />
has asked us to check, in particular, the legal implications<br />
<strong>of</strong> ADF members using force to defend<br />
themselves and others were a base to come under<br />
terrorist attack. He wants to be sure that if members<br />
acted appropriately in genuine self-defence in these<br />
circumstances then they would not find themselves<br />
in trouble legally.”<br />
Penalties for trespass needed to be updated.<br />
“Some are quite dated and not really a deterrent. We<br />
are also working to give service police appropriate<br />
powers to deal with trespassers until the civilian<br />
police arrive on the scene.”<br />
“I think <strong>Defence</strong> personnel will consider<br />
enhanced security as worthwhile, even if it entails<br />
a little more inconvenience,” Mr Roberts said.<br />
“<strong>Defence</strong> people, by virtue <strong>of</strong> the job they do and<br />
where they work, have a good security culture and<br />
consciousness. As long as our security precautions<br />
are appropriate to the threat and sensible I don’t<br />
think too many will criticise us for taking steps to<br />
enhance our security, including through more effectively<br />
controlling access to our bases.”<br />
For more information on the program, including updates<br />
on security initiatives being undertaken and relevant<br />
changes to policy, visit the BSIP website at http://intranet.<br />
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IT DIDN’T take long for the <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />
and senior cadets <strong>of</strong> the ANC<br />
unit TS Paluma to decide what to<br />
do with $1000 the Sandgate Naval<br />
Association presented to the ship<br />
late last year.<br />
Ever conscious <strong>of</strong> their safety and<br />
training responsibilities, the <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />
bought two electronic loud hailers.<br />
“We know we have to get instructions<br />
to cadets loudly and clearly,<br />
particularly when they are out on the<br />
water,” Commanding Officer <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Brisbane-based training ship, LEUT<br />
Colin Edgar, ANC, told Navy News.<br />
Such was the case when sail training<br />
was undertaken during a camp at<br />
Paluma earlier this year.<br />
Cadet supervisor CPO Jack Stuart<br />
used one <strong>of</strong> the devices to instruct<br />
youngsters using Corsair training<br />
yachts.<br />
The donation <strong>of</strong> $1000, described<br />
as an early Christmas gift, came on<br />
December 17 when the president <strong>of</strong><br />
the local Naval Association Mr John<br />
Carlyon invited LEUT Edgar and<br />
some <strong>of</strong> ship’s company to join him<br />
at the Sandgate RSL Club.<br />
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NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
NEWS<br />
OWERFUL ALLIES: HMAS Parramatta, United States Navy Ship (USNS) Supply and USS Eisenhower conducting a replenishent<br />
at sea (RAS) in the Gulf <strong>of</strong> Oman.<br />
USS up close and friendly<br />
MAS Parramatta (CMDR Heath Roberton)<br />
has arrived on station in the Middle<br />
ast to begin operations in support <strong>of</strong> Op<br />
lipper.<br />
She conducted a handover at sea in the Gulf<br />
f Oman with the outgoing Op Slipper ship<br />
MAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew Masters).<br />
The day following the handover saw<br />
arramatta conduct a RAS with USNS Supply<br />
n company with the American aircraft carrier<br />
he USS Eisenhower.<br />
The spectacular sight <strong>of</strong> the carrier was a<br />
reat highlight for the crew on their first day <strong>of</strong><br />
perations with CTF 150.<br />
“It was amazing to see one <strong>of</strong> the American<br />
carriers up so close and I’d love to get on board<br />
one sometime,” ABET Daniel Boyd said.<br />
The Seahawks <strong>of</strong> Eisenhower loaded<br />
Parramatta’s flight deck with stores and soughtafter<br />
fresh food, while the fuel used in the transit<br />
to the MEAO was replenished.<br />
Parramatta has made rapid progress to the<br />
MEAO since leaving Sydney on March 15.<br />
Parramatta conducted a program <strong>of</strong> internal<br />
training and preparations enroute to the MEAO,<br />
stopping briefly in Fleet Base West for resupply<br />
and an overnight visit to Diego Garcia.<br />
The crew are enthusiastic and eager to be<br />
Cadets on high after climb ex.<br />
EING sure-footed and having overcome<br />
he fear <strong>of</strong> heights is something valued in<br />
he Royal Australian Navy, particularly<br />
hen the engineering <strong>of</strong>ficer wants you<br />
o effect an urgent repair on the mast <strong>of</strong><br />
moving and rocking warship.<br />
A group <strong>of</strong> Australian Navy Cadets in<br />
risbane made an early start to gaining<br />
hese skills late last year.<br />
They didn’t have a mast to climb but<br />
hey did have imposing rock walls to top.<br />
The cadets, from TS Gayundah (LEUT<br />
Phil Broxham, ANC) attended Urban<br />
Climb, a rock-climbing centre.<br />
“Some <strong>of</strong> the cadets were very nervous<br />
at first but soon were climbing to the top<br />
<strong>of</strong> the walls,” LEUT Broxham said.<br />
“The senior cadets played a role in<br />
helping the younger ones by building a<br />
strong rapport.”<br />
Another exercise planned is for the senior<br />
cadets to abseil down the well-known<br />
Kangaroo Point cliffs.<br />
getting on with the job they’ve been training<br />
for in recent months.<br />
The CO <strong>of</strong> Parramatta CMDR Heath<br />
Robertson said “for many onboard, this is their<br />
first deployment to the Middle East. Being in<br />
close proximity to the Eisenhower today has<br />
really brought it home to them.”<br />
Parramatta expects be away for six months<br />
as part <strong>of</strong> the Australian contribution to the<br />
international campaign against terrorism, countering<br />
piracy in the Gulf <strong>of</strong> Aden, and conducting<br />
maritime security<br />
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NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
07<br />
Gov’t House hosts<br />
bravery awards<br />
THREE Submariners recently received Bravery<br />
Medals from the Governor <strong>of</strong> Western Australia, Dr<br />
Ken Michael, in a ceremony at Government House.<br />
The investiture took place in the Government House<br />
ballroom, Perth with 66 recipients from across WA attending<br />
with their families to receive the formal presentation<br />
<strong>of</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> awards for courage, bravery and exceptional<br />
service.<br />
CPO Greg Langshaw, CPO Rohan Pugh and LS Steven<br />
Rowell were involved in the rescue <strong>of</strong> HMAS Farncomb<br />
submariners who were washed overboard in 2007.<br />
The three recipients <strong>of</strong> the Bravery Medal were part <strong>of</strong><br />
the recovery team who worked in difficult conditions to<br />
recover five submariners who were washed overboard during<br />
night operations.<br />
Chief Petty Officers Langshaw, Pugh and Leading<br />
Seaman Rowell displayed remarkable and selfless bravery<br />
in swimming to, supporting and helping bring their shipmates<br />
back onboard.<br />
Information about the Australian Bravery Medal is available at<br />
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/bravery_medal.cfm<br />
RECOGNISED: Bravery Medal recipients (from<br />
left): CPOs Rohan Pugh and Greg Langshaw, and<br />
LS Steven Rowell, in the gardens <strong>of</strong> Government<br />
House, Perth.<br />
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Ships in the night<br />
collide in Karachi<br />
CHANCE meeting in Pakistan has<br />
rovided an Australian family with the<br />
hance to properly thank the man who<br />
elped lay their father to rest, nearly a<br />
ecade ago.<br />
Sydney barrister Pauline David attended<br />
ceremony on board HMAS Warramunga<br />
ff Sydney in July 2001 to scatter the ashes<br />
f her father, David Angus, a seaman <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
n the RAN for nearly 30 years including<br />
MAS Warramunga I in 1948-49.<br />
The CO <strong>of</strong> Warramunga II, (then)<br />
MDR Richard Menhinick, was working<br />
p the new ship and arranged to pick up Ms<br />
avid and her brother, Michael Angus, <strong>of</strong>f<br />
ewcastle by boat and then drop Ms David<br />
nd her brother ashore in Manly Cove after<br />
he ceremony and continue to Melbourne.<br />
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widow, Shirley, a chart marking the position<br />
which now sits, framed, above her<br />
dining table.<br />
Nine years later Ms David was invited,<br />
while on business in Karachi last August,<br />
to attend a cocktail party in HMAS<br />
Toowoomba and, in February, to an <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />
dinner in honour <strong>of</strong> HMAS Stuart which<br />
was alongside in the Pakistan city.<br />
She renewed her acquaintance with<br />
CDRE Menhinick, now a one-star <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
and Commander <strong>of</strong> Combined Task Force<br />
150 monitoring operations <strong>of</strong>f the Horn <strong>of</strong><br />
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“I was really taken aback to meet the<br />
man who had played such an important part<br />
in my father’s life was both a funny and<br />
lovely experience,” Ms David said. “We<br />
are all very proud <strong>of</strong> our father and grateful<br />
for the life that the Navy gave us when we<br />
were growing up.”<br />
She said her most prized possessions<br />
included Navy crests and her father’s handwritten<br />
navigation work book.<br />
“I have permanently etched in my mind<br />
the ashes being scattered to the wind and<br />
sea, and the sight <strong>of</strong> the two flower wreaths<br />
my brother and I had thrown, floating<br />
and bobbing on the waves just behind the<br />
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for my mother and the other was round for<br />
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Navy values shine through<br />
in birdie’s MEAO award<br />
Pic and story by LAC Aaron Curran<br />
DEDICATION to the job, ingenuity<br />
and inspiration are some <strong>of</strong> the words<br />
used to describe a member <strong>of</strong> HMAS<br />
Stuart’s ships flight.<br />
LSATA Dylan Ewart led by example<br />
when it came to the maintenance <strong>of</strong><br />
the ‘Mongrel’ – the Seahawk helicopter<br />
deployed with the ship on its six<br />
month rotation in the Middle East Area<br />
<strong>of</strong> Operations.<br />
For his efforts he received a Silver<br />
Commendation.<br />
The crew racked up more than 400<br />
hours flying time in theatre and up to<br />
500 hours over the whole deployment.<br />
It was LSATA Ewart and the maintainers<br />
aboard the Stuart that enabled<br />
such a milestone to be reached. This is<br />
how he and the other maintainers did it:<br />
“Every 190 hours an aircraft has to<br />
A SENIOR journalist has warned senior Naval<br />
Reservists that the media ‘are in it for themselves’ and<br />
would not ‘have the slightest hesitation in playing you<br />
<strong>of</strong>f against politicians, lawyers or (<strong>Defence</strong>’s) own<br />
commanders’.<br />
“They don’t really care who gets it in the neck because<br />
it’s going to be a story either way,” Editor-in-Chief <strong>of</strong> The<br />
Week magazine Mr David Salter told delegates to the Naval<br />
Reserve Corporate Leadership Forum. “The media never<br />
lose.”<br />
The half-day forum, arranged by the RANR Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Studies Program, was held in Canberra on March 23. Senior<br />
Naval Reserve <strong>of</strong>ficers from all parts <strong>of</strong> Australia attended.<br />
“Reporters and producers will tell you how much they<br />
want to support the forces and show the people back home<br />
what a fine job you’re doing,” Mr Salter said. “You may,<br />
indeed, want to exploit the media’s massive reach to that<br />
end, but never fool yourself into thinking that the media’s<br />
motives align with yours.”<br />
The legacy <strong>of</strong> prominent war correspondents for nearly a<br />
century was a consistently positive image <strong>of</strong> the Australian<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> Force in action.<br />
“For the most part the media’s default posture on the<br />
go down for servicing,” LSATA Ewart<br />
said.<br />
“We broke the 190 hours up into<br />
daily maintenance tasks, so we poured<br />
through the books to plan out our daily<br />
maintenance goals and organised a 24hour<br />
work schedule broken into shifts.<br />
On top <strong>of</strong> the maintenance plan put<br />
in place, he came up with novel ideas to<br />
fix problems that had arisen.<br />
“We had a hinge that was broken<br />
and we didn’t have one on board so I<br />
manufactured a new one out <strong>of</strong> some<br />
spare aluminium we had,” he said.<br />
Flight Commander on HMAS Stuart,<br />
LCDR Mark Massie was impressed<br />
with LSATA Ewart’s work.<br />
“He has been a linchpin <strong>of</strong> the flight<br />
for a long time,” LCDR Massie said.<br />
“He has an incredible amount <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
pride, high skill levels and is an<br />
excellent mentor for his subordinates.”<br />
Croix de<br />
Sud set<br />
to benefit<br />
Noumea<br />
HMAS Manoora has joined<br />
forces with Townsvillebased<br />
2RAR for Exercise<br />
Croix Du Sud, a six-nation<br />
humanitarian assistance<br />
disaster relief exercise, in<br />
Noumea.<br />
The 450 strong contingent<br />
will also include<br />
personnel to augment the<br />
Combined Joint Task Force<br />
Headquarters in Noumea.<br />
“<strong>Defence</strong> personnel<br />
have the opportunity to<br />
work alongside personnel<br />
from France, New Zealand,<br />
Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua<br />
New Guinea in humanitarian<br />
assistance and disaster<br />
relief was important given<br />
recent experience responding<br />
to disasters,” said the<br />
Chief <strong>of</strong> Joint Operations,<br />
LTGEN Mark Evans.<br />
“The aim <strong>of</strong> this biennial<br />
exercise is to enhance<br />
interoperability between<br />
participating nations with<br />
a focus on humanitarian<br />
assistance and disaster relief<br />
as well as evacuation operations<br />
involving civilians.<br />
“<strong>Defence</strong> personnel have<br />
the opportunity to improve<br />
their skills in a challenging<br />
environment, preparing<br />
them for real-life situations<br />
such as those experienced<br />
in the earthquake-ravaged<br />
Haiti in January this year,<br />
as well as the earthquake in<br />
Padang, Indonesia and the<br />
tsunami in Samoa last year.”<br />
Following the conclusion<br />
<strong>of</strong> the exercise, personnel<br />
will remain to participate in<br />
ANZAC Day commemorations.<br />
Nursing<br />
recognition<br />
OUTSTANDING performance<br />
or achievement<br />
by nursing personnel will<br />
be recognised by operational<br />
or non-operational<br />
awards other than the<br />
Nursing Service Cross<br />
although the cross will be<br />
retained within the honours<br />
system.<br />
The change was agreed<br />
by the Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Service<br />
Committee.<br />
Reserves cop media reality check<br />
defence forces has been compliant,” Mr Salter said. ”We’re<br />
respectful <strong>of</strong> rank. We’re prepared to generate coverage that<br />
reflects well on the services, keeps the Minister happy, flatters<br />
the top brass and might even encourage recruitment.<br />
“We’re your dependable allies in the quest for public<br />
esteem – that is, until we can smell blood. Not the blood <strong>of</strong><br />
battle, <strong>of</strong> course, but the blood <strong>of</strong> scandal.”<br />
Mr Salter said the media loved stories about ‘dithering<br />
high command, cover-ups <strong>of</strong> servicemen behaving badly,<br />
friendly fire catastrophes and expensive procurement bungles’.<br />
How well the media did their job did not really matter.<br />
What did was the public perceptions drawn from media<br />
coverage.<br />
Most senior <strong>of</strong>ficers, Mr Salter added, would have to<br />
work with the media at some stage.<br />
“There are subtle ways <strong>of</strong> encouraging the media to<br />
cover one story rather than another, and <strong>of</strong> shaping the tone<br />
and content <strong>of</strong> what they choose to report,” he said.<br />
The next edition <strong>of</strong> the NR Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Studies Program publication,<br />
Goorangi, will feature the full text <strong>of</strong> Mr Salter’s address.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
NEWS<br />
Newcastle targets RIMPAC<br />
with SM2 missile test<br />
By Michael Brooke<br />
AFTER cruising through her unit readiness evaluation<br />
(URE) under the scrutiny <strong>of</strong> Sea Training<br />
Group (STG), HMAS Newcastle (CMDR Justin<br />
Jones) recently set sail on a four-month deployment<br />
that includes firing a standard missile (SM2) during<br />
Exercise RIMPAC.<br />
Newcastle departed Fleet Base East on April 19 for<br />
Canada, Hawaii for Exercise RIMPAC, and Northeast<br />
Asia, where the ship’s company will tackle scores <strong>of</strong><br />
new challenges and opportunities.<br />
Crew members told Navy News they were particularly<br />
excited by their participation in the Canadian<br />
Navy’s 100th anniversary celebration and Exercise<br />
RIMPAC, where they would fire an SM2.<br />
Newcastle’s weapons electrical engineering <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />
LCDR Glen Mungovan, said RIMPAC would allow<br />
Newcastle to become only the second FFG to fire the<br />
SM2 missile since HMAS Melbourne at Jervis Bay in<br />
late 2009.<br />
“The sailors in my department are really looking<br />
forward to firing the SM2 at an aerial target, which<br />
will mark a major milestone for Newcastle and the<br />
RAN,” he said.<br />
LCDR Mungovan said although variations <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Adelaide class frigate were in service with many<br />
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navies around the globe, only the<br />
RAN FFGs had been fitted with the<br />
SM2.<br />
“Exercise RIMPAC will allow<br />
Newcastle to demonstrate the range<br />
<strong>of</strong> impressive capabilities for the first<br />
time since her upgrade”<br />
CMDR Jones said his crew was ready<br />
for any challenge during the deployment.<br />
He said that morale in ships’ company<br />
was “sky high” since they had been<br />
awarded the Gloucester Cup - evident during<br />
the URE when Newcastle achieved 15<br />
<strong>of</strong> 19 competencies in only nineteen days.<br />
“Newcastle’s ship’s company deserve<br />
praise for their tireless commitment and dedication<br />
to duty because a normal URE takes<br />
five weeks,” he said.<br />
The STG assessing <strong>of</strong>ficer said Newcastle<br />
had performed extremely well to meet the twin<br />
challenges <strong>of</strong> a reduced URE timeline and significant<br />
material defects and still achieve a significant<br />
number <strong>of</strong> UR competencies.<br />
“Much <strong>of</strong> this progress can be credited to the<br />
ship’s company whose unflagging enthusiasm,<br />
commitment and determination to succeed is inspirational,”<br />
he said.<br />
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Project SEA-1390, Phase 4B<br />
The following modifications to the<br />
FFG Combat System will be made<br />
to meet SM2 missile capability:<br />
❂ Modifications to guided missile<br />
launching system (GMLS) for<br />
additional missile Identification<br />
and blast protection;<br />
❂ Installation <strong>of</strong> an inertial navigation<br />
system for improved attitude<br />
data including digital distribution;<br />
❂ Modifications to the MK92 continuous<br />
wave illumination (CWI)<br />
transmitters for missile uplink<br />
communications;<br />
❂ Modifications to the on-board<br />
training system/ land-based<br />
simulated system (OBTS/<br />
LBSS) to support combat system<br />
training and test;<br />
❂ Modifications to the weapons<br />
control system (WCS)<br />
through alterations to the<br />
MK92 weapons control<br />
processor (WCP) s<strong>of</strong>tware and<br />
the addition <strong>of</strong> a standard missile<br />
adjunct processor (SMAP);<br />
and<br />
❂ Miscellaneous alterations to ship<br />
equipment such as switchboards<br />
and cabling.<br />
Each <strong>of</strong> the above components<br />
is designed for individual installation<br />
as a separate work package.<br />
Installation <strong>of</strong> individual components<br />
allows the SM1 missile (current<br />
capability) to be maintained.<br />
HMAS Melbourne is the first ship<br />
to have full installation and integration<br />
<strong>of</strong> all the sub-systems for<br />
SM2 capability and successfully<br />
conducted its acceptance test<br />
firing last December in the East<br />
Australian exercise area.<br />
HMAS Newcastle is scheduled to<br />
conduct her SM2 weapon firing<br />
at the US military’s Pacific Missile<br />
Range Facility <strong>of</strong>f Hawaii during<br />
RIMPAC 2010.
0 STUART WRAP<br />
Stuart delivers hard<br />
times for bad guys<br />
By LAC Aaron Curran<br />
HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew<br />
Masters) has finished its six month<br />
deployment in the Middle East and<br />
is heading home for a well earned<br />
rest.<br />
The ship and its crew have completed<br />
a task that has taken them<br />
far and wide – from Pakistan to the<br />
Persian Gulf and all the way down<br />
to the Gulf <strong>of</strong> Aden and Djibouti.<br />
HMAS Stuart’s deployment has<br />
covered areas such as anti-smuggling,<br />
anti-piracy and maritime<br />
security operations.<br />
Gunnery Officer LCDR Eric<br />
Young said what really stood out<br />
was area the ship had covered<br />
- <strong>36</strong>,000 nautical miles since it<br />
deployed in October 2009.<br />
“We went to many different<br />
ports that other ships never previously<br />
visited,” he said.<br />
“In the last 30 days <strong>of</strong> our patrol<br />
alone we covered 10,500 nautical<br />
miles, averaging more than 290<br />
nautical miles a day.”<br />
During its time in theatre the<br />
Stuart conducted up to 800 queries<br />
- scrutinising ships at sea - and<br />
50 boarding evolutions comprising<br />
close-assist visits and flag verification<br />
boardings.<br />
“The piracy operations at the<br />
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LCDR Young said.<br />
“It was mainly because there<br />
were actual bad guys out there that<br />
we could see and deter.”<br />
Stuart was the second ship to<br />
conduct operations <strong>of</strong>f Somalia, the<br />
first being HMAS Toowoomba.<br />
“We received a brief from members<br />
<strong>of</strong> HMAS Toowoomba before<br />
we sailed,” he said.<br />
“With up to 100 merchant ships<br />
going through that area every day<br />
we had an overt presence actively<br />
trying to deter these guys from seizing<br />
them.”<br />
During its anti-piracy operations,<br />
the ship had its boarding parties and<br />
the Seahawk helicopter on constant<br />
alert. Stuart operated so as to be a<br />
short time away from any ship that<br />
needed assistance in the event <strong>of</strong> a<br />
pirate attack.<br />
“During this operation we interacted<br />
a lot with other navies and<br />
merchant vessels,” LCDR Young<br />
said.<br />
“That was an obvious benefit<br />
that the sailors can see.”<br />
Back in the Arabian Sea and<br />
Persian Gulf, Stuart conducted<br />
operations that many <strong>of</strong> its predecessors<br />
had done - deterring smugglers<br />
which support terrorist networks.<br />
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“With these operations we hoped<br />
to stop money going to the terrorists<br />
and the amount <strong>of</strong> weapons<br />
and ammunition which could possibly<br />
be used against Australians in<br />
Afghanistan,” he said.<br />
Stuart’s CO CMDR Andrew<br />
Masters said the biggest challenge<br />
for ship’s company was<br />
maintaining focus over an<br />
extended period.<br />
“Looking for a needle in a<br />
haystack is exhausting,” he said<br />
“The reason we were not<br />
seeing the smugglers is because<br />
we are doing an effective job <strong>of</strong><br />
deterrence. They are not coming<br />
out because they are worried and<br />
that means we are actually on<br />
top <strong>of</strong> them.”<br />
He said with the mandate<br />
they had, HMAS Stuart ended<br />
up working with 25 different<br />
nations navies, three different<br />
task forces and three different<br />
missions by the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
deployment.<br />
“The crew conducted themselves<br />
in a fantastic manner,”<br />
CMDR Masters said.<br />
“Considering half <strong>of</strong> them<br />
had never deployed to the<br />
MEAO before they cracked on<br />
to the job at hand and did the<br />
ADF and Navy proud.”<br />
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prepare to leave Bahrain. HMAS Stuart was in the Middle East area <strong>of</strong> operations<br />
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NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
STUART WRAP<br />
‘Mongrel’ birdies drag<br />
down hangar time<br />
By LAC Aaron Curran<br />
IT IS common knowledge that a<br />
mongrel can be loyal, reliable and<br />
resilient and for a dog they are fine<br />
traits indeed.<br />
HMAS Stuart has its own mongrel<br />
and one that outshines even the<br />
best <strong>of</strong> the breeds. It is not a canine<br />
- it is the ship’s Seahawk helicopter,<br />
codenamed ‘Mongrel’.<br />
This helicopter served the ship<br />
brilliantly during its deployment<br />
in the MEAO as part <strong>of</strong> Operation<br />
SLIPPER, and in the process broke<br />
the record for the most flying hours<br />
conducted while deployed.<br />
To date, it has flown more than<br />
400 hours in the theatre alone and up<br />
to 500 hours since the ship deployed<br />
in October 2009.<br />
It is thanks to the maintenance<br />
personnel from the ship’s flight that<br />
this milestone was reached. They<br />
took the extraordinary step <strong>of</strong> changing<br />
and adjusting the maintenance<br />
routine - within the current guidelines<br />
– which enabled the Mongrel to<br />
accumulate these huge hours and not<br />
miss one days flying due to planned<br />
maintenance.<br />
For HMAS Stuart’s flight commander,<br />
LCDR Mark Massie and his<br />
aircrew, that meant their increased<br />
capability and availability to the ship<br />
was invaluable.<br />
“I have never flown this amount<br />
<strong>of</strong> hours on deployment before,”<br />
LCDR Massie said.<br />
“Due to the ability to fly constantly,<br />
we were able to hone certain<br />
skills during this deployment - surface<br />
search, logistics and just fly-<br />
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in the Stuart each month clocked<br />
up more than all <strong>of</strong> his flying hours<br />
combined before this deployment.”<br />
The maintenance personnel came<br />
up with a novel way <strong>of</strong> keeping the<br />
Mongrel airborne. LSATA Dylan<br />
Ewart said that with the Seahawk,<br />
every 190 hours a major service<br />
must be done. When that service is<br />
due it can ground the aircraft for up<br />
to six weeks.<br />
They developed a phased service<br />
where the crew basically worked<br />
around the clock, doing the servicing<br />
in dribs and drabs and that way the<br />
aircraft was available each morning.<br />
SERVICING: ABATA Crystal<br />
Collis conducts maintenance on<br />
the Seahawk helicopter.<br />
“For the big items that would take<br />
the aircraft down for a few days we<br />
would do it in port,” LSATA Ewart<br />
said.<br />
“We just felt that putting the<br />
aircraft down for six weeks during<br />
operations was no good.”<br />
Historically, for every hour <strong>of</strong><br />
flying there are 45 hours <strong>of</strong> maintenance<br />
required. The Stuart dropped<br />
that down to 35 hours – a great<br />
achievement.<br />
The ship’s mission and the enormous<br />
area it covered during the<br />
deployment required the Mongrel to<br />
fly substantial hours.<br />
“Normally you do one major<br />
service on a deployment,” LCDR<br />
Massie said.<br />
“We structured our maintenance<br />
so we could do two and the maintainers<br />
worked hard for that extra<br />
one. It took a lot <strong>of</strong> planning, forward<br />
thinking and pre-positioning<br />
<strong>of</strong> stores, especially considering we<br />
would be <strong>of</strong>f the coast <strong>of</strong> Somalia<br />
where logistics presented a problem.<br />
The plan worked well and kept<br />
the aircraft available for operational<br />
tasking.”<br />
During the Stuart’s six month<br />
deployment the Mongrel was never<br />
<strong>of</strong>f line due to the maintenance personnel’s<br />
commitment and dedication<br />
to their task.<br />
“The maintenance crew worked<br />
very closely and supported each<br />
other all the way through the deployment,”<br />
LCDR Massie said.<br />
“It was a fantastic feeling; everyone<br />
worked hard and I am real proud<br />
<strong>of</strong> them.”<br />
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Aussies on show at DIMDEX<br />
HMAS Stuart (CMDR Andrew Masters)<br />
showcased the RAN to the world at the<br />
2nd Doha International Maritime <strong>Defence</strong><br />
Exhibition and Conference 2010 (DIMDEX<br />
2010), in Qatar.<br />
The conference attracted ships from up to<br />
15 nations navies including Australia, UK,<br />
United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan,<br />
Oman, Turkey and India.<br />
The event featured a trade show with the<br />
latest naval technology and equipment demonstrations;<br />
a sports tournament; visits from<br />
VIPs, the public and trade pr<strong>of</strong>essionals to<br />
ships and an eight-ship <strong>of</strong>ficial reception.<br />
CO Stuart, CMDR Andrew Masters said it<br />
was important for the ship and its crew to be<br />
at DIMDEX.<br />
“It’s the first RAN involvement in Doha<br />
for DIMDEX,” he said.<br />
WELCOME ABOARD: LEUT Peter<br />
Shirley greets foreign VIPs on<br />
board HMAS Stuart. The ship was<br />
in port for DIMDEX 2010 in Doha.
12 NEWS<br />
AWD makes best<br />
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AILORS serving in the Anzac and<br />
delaide class warships have cheered<br />
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AWD) project.<br />
The sailors applauded the beginning <strong>of</strong><br />
he block production <strong>of</strong> the three Aegisquipped<br />
AWDs in the exciting countown<br />
to them being commissioned into<br />
ervice beginning in 2014.<br />
The three AWDs, to be named HMA<br />
hips Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane, will<br />
ignificantly improve the firepower <strong>of</strong><br />
he Fleet while providing vital protection<br />
or the Canberra class landing helicoper<br />
dock (LHD) amphibious ships to be<br />
elivered from 2012.<br />
Sailors serving in HMAS Sydney (IV)<br />
aid the AWD milestone bodes well for<br />
he sailors hoping to serve in the next<br />
AN warship to carry the name ‘Sydney’.<br />
Greg Combet, Minister for <strong>Defence</strong><br />
ateriel and Science, recently hailed the<br />
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COMAUSFLT, RADM Steve Gilmore,<br />
also welcomed the project milestone, saying<br />
the three AWDs would significantly<br />
improve the firepower <strong>of</strong> the Fleet.<br />
RADM Gilmore said the SEA4000<br />
program is one <strong>of</strong> two important projects<br />
aimed at delivering the Future Fleet.<br />
He said the Aegis-equipped AWDs<br />
will provide vital protection for the LHD<br />
amphibious ships to be delivered under<br />
Joint Project 2048 from 2012.<br />
“The new AWDs will exploit the<br />
advantages <strong>of</strong> new technologies to achieve<br />
savings in manpower and operating costs,<br />
and deliver enhanced capability,” he said.<br />
“The AWDs will be able to operate<br />
<strong>of</strong>fensively in a high density, multi-threat<br />
environment in the blue oceans <strong>of</strong> the<br />
world or in the littoral areas, and conduct<br />
sustained combat operations in support <strong>of</strong><br />
joint battle groups and amphibious assault<br />
groups as an integral part <strong>of</strong> a modern<br />
naval force,” he said.<br />
UNDERWAY: Pictured above and below: production <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Air Warfare Destroyer hull, an important milestone, at ASC’s<br />
Osborne shipyard, South Australia.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
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CENTRESPREAD<br />
Rosemary brings out the best in us<br />
Dawn Service at Greenwell Point (top) LSIS Kel Hockey; Veterans during<br />
the ANZAC Day Parade (mid) ABIS Dove Smithett and Civil Disturbance<br />
Exercise (bottom) LSIS Paul Berry<br />
They say a picture is worth a<br />
thousand words and this year, the<br />
Navy’s imagery specialists are<br />
speaking volumes.<br />
By LSIS Paul McCallum<br />
EACH year the Navy Imagery Specialist category awards<br />
the Rosemary Rodwell prize to the imagery specialist who<br />
best demonstrates the pursuit <strong>of</strong> excellence and presents a<br />
cheque for $100 to the winner.<br />
LSIS Yuri Ramsey from Navy Imagery Unit-East (NIU-<br />
East) won for his capture <strong>of</strong> the Navy’s biggest post-war<br />
freedom <strong>of</strong> entry march through the streets <strong>of</strong> Sydney.<br />
In an unprecedented display <strong>of</strong> the high quality pho-<br />
THE WINNER IS: LSIS Yuri Ramseys image <strong>of</strong> the freedom <strong>of</strong> entry march in Sydney last March<br />
tographers in the RAN, a record number <strong>of</strong> entries were<br />
submitted.<br />
LSIS Ramsey has been shooting for the Navy for ten<br />
years now and was told <strong>of</strong> his win while on Exercise<br />
Longlook in England.<br />
“I really wasn’t expecting to win, I didn’t think it was<br />
a winning shot when I took it and it’s only the second time<br />
I have entred any <strong>of</strong> my work for Rosemary Rodwell,” LS<br />
Ramsey said.<br />
“I’m pleased my work has been acknowledged, it’s<br />
always nice to get positive feedback for what you do.”<br />
CPOIS Shane Cameron from NIU-East has been shooting<br />
for the Navy for over 25 years and can’t recall a bigger<br />
field or a higher standard <strong>of</strong> photography during his time<br />
in the branch.<br />
“We had 70 entries this year, that’s more than I<br />
have seen in all my time as an imagery specialist,” CPO<br />
Cameron said.<br />
“And the quality <strong>of</strong> imagery was outstanding; we certainly<br />
have a lot <strong>of</strong> talent in the branch at the moment.”<br />
Category Manager WO Rob Fengler said the judging<br />
by people from <strong>Defence</strong> and outside industry was very<br />
close.<br />
“There was a four way tie for first place which resulted<br />
in a second round <strong>of</strong> voting,” WO Fengler said.<br />
“The second round resulted in LSIS Yuri Ramsey winning<br />
the award this year.”<br />
The Rosemary Rodwell prize is hamed after Petty<br />
Officer Wran Writer Rosemary Rodwell (Nee Ferazzo)<br />
who joined the RAN in May 1963.<br />
Rosemary’s distinguished career spanned over a period<br />
<strong>of</strong> more than 20 years in the RAN and the Royal<br />
Australian Navy Reserves, during which she was awarded<br />
the British Empire Medal on 14 June 1982.<br />
Rosemary’s many postings included Secretary to the<br />
Chief <strong>of</strong> Naval Staff and as an integral member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
RAN Bicentennial Committee.<br />
Rosemary passed away in April 1987 as a result <strong>of</strong> a<br />
tragic car accident. In her memory her family established<br />
a Trust Fund from which a prize is to be awarded annually<br />
to a RAN photographer who best demonstrates the<br />
pursuit <strong>of</strong> excellence.<br />
With the recent name change <strong>of</strong> the Photographer to<br />
Imagery Specialist the tradition <strong>of</strong> the yearly competition<br />
continues.<br />
Australian cemetery <strong>of</strong> Villers-Bretonneux (top), ABIS Andrew Dakin;<br />
‘Thursday War’ exercise (mid) LSIS Nadia Monteith; and Minimi Shoot (bottom)<br />
LSIS Nadia Monteith<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 15, 2010
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PERSONNEL<br />
Mumbai Mhadei on track for solo sagar<br />
You have to read the story<br />
CMDR Dilip Donde takes a rare break in his circumnavigation attempt to meet the Indian<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> Advisor to Australia, CAPT Jatinder Singh, and Director <strong>of</strong> Naval Reserve Support-WA,<br />
CMDR Gavin Reeves, in Fremantle.<br />
Investigators Korea bound<br />
THREE <strong>of</strong>ficers from RAN Accident<br />
Investigation left for South Korea on<br />
April 13 to assist the Korean Government<br />
with their investigation into the sinking<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> South Korea (ROK)<br />
Ship Cheonan (PCC-772).<br />
The Cheonan sank near Baengyeong<br />
Island, in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> the Northern<br />
Limit Line on March 26. The cause <strong>of</strong> the<br />
sinking is unknown.<br />
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“The request for Australian assistance<br />
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By LCDR Brett Lane<br />
THE progress <strong>of</strong> Indian Navy <strong>of</strong>ficer CMDR<br />
Dilip Donde in his quest to become the first<br />
Indian national to sail around the world solo<br />
is attracting more than a passing interest in<br />
Australia<br />
One reason for the interest is that<br />
Fremantle was CMDR Donde’s first port <strong>of</strong><br />
call, and one <strong>of</strong> only four landfalls, in the<br />
planned circumnavigation.<br />
If all goes to plan CMDR Donde, whose<br />
Sagar Parikrama venture is sponsored by<br />
the Indian Navy, will have traversed the<br />
globe and covered 22,500 nautical miles<br />
in about nine months, when he returns to<br />
Mumbai next month.<br />
CMDR Donde left Mumbai in August<br />
and spent five weeks in Fremantle in<br />
October − and since then he has brought<br />
his 17m INSV (Indian Navy Sailing<br />
Vessel) Mhadei alongside only at Lyttelton<br />
(Christchurch) in New Zealand, Port<br />
Stanley in the Falklands and Cape Town in<br />
South Africa.<br />
INSV Mhadei, named for the Mhadei<br />
River which flows into the Arabian sea<br />
from the Indian state <strong>of</strong> Goa, was purposebuilt<br />
in Goa Shipyard for the voyage. The<br />
wood-core fibreglass yacht is designed for<br />
<strong>of</strong>fshore cruising and can make up to 10<br />
knots.<br />
India’s <strong>Defence</strong> Advisor to Australia,<br />
CAPT Jatinder Singh, welcomed CMDR<br />
Donde in Fremantle where he met serving<br />
and retired RAN members including<br />
Commanding Officer <strong>of</strong> HMAS Stirling,<br />
CAPT Brett Dowsing,.<br />
CAPT Singh introduced the lone sailor<br />
to Director <strong>of</strong> Naval Reserves Support-WA,<br />
CMDR Gavin Reeves, before heading to an<br />
International Sea Cadet Association regatta<br />
in Mumbai.<br />
“When we met him he’d already been<br />
through some pretty testing conditions,”<br />
CMDR Reeves said. “Since then he’s survived<br />
the Fearsome Fifties and rounded<br />
Cape Horn, so he really knows his stuff.”<br />
When CMDR Donde heard CMDR<br />
Reeves was heading for Mumbai he generously<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered the loan <strong>of</strong> his car.<br />
This was politely declined, with CMDR<br />
Reeves explaining later that anyone who<br />
had been to Mumbai and experienced its<br />
traffic would understand his reluctance to<br />
try driving − and his desire to leave the<br />
Indian city as he arrived, in one piece.<br />
Sixteen-year-old Queenslander Jessica<br />
Watson, who is on track to be the youngest<br />
to sail non-stop and unassisted around the<br />
world, noted on her blog as she approached<br />
Cape Horn in December that she was keeping<br />
in touch with CMDR Donde, who at the<br />
time was closing the distance on her yacht,<br />
Ella’s Pink Lady.<br />
CMDR Donde, a clearance diver, left<br />
Cape Town on April 3 and is on the final<br />
leg <strong>of</strong> his voyage back to Mumbai.<br />
Sagar Parikrama blog: http://sagarparikrama.blogspot.com<br />
Footnote: Sagar Parikrama is Hindi for<br />
‘circumnavigation by sea’.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
17
18 PERSONNEL<br />
ather and son<br />
hip in for cadets<br />
By Graham Davis<br />
NAVY cadet dad John Gillespie<br />
noticed his son’s ANC unit was practicing<br />
its marching and catafalque<br />
duties using coat hangers as rifles.<br />
He knew there could be a better<br />
way.<br />
So Mr Gillespie, from the Brisbane<br />
suburb <strong>of</strong> Whiteside, and son, ABCDT<br />
Hugh Gillespie, 15, got to work.<br />
“Hugh went on to the internet and<br />
downloaded details <strong>of</strong> the Steyr rifle<br />
– standard issue to members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
ADF,” Mr Gillespie said.<br />
“The details came out on an A4<br />
page so Hugh scaled up to the correct<br />
size.<br />
“We then made an exact template<br />
and Dad used a jigsaw to cut four <strong>of</strong><br />
the rifles from a panel <strong>of</strong> chipboard he<br />
had spare” ABCDT Gillespie said.<br />
The mock weapons were given<br />
a coat <strong>of</strong> white paint and handed to<br />
Brisbane based cadet training ship TS<br />
Paluma in early march, just in time for<br />
rehearsing for Anzac Day activities.<br />
Cadet units can draw inert Steyrs<br />
from <strong>Defence</strong> armouries but there are<br />
very strict protocols about their use<br />
and storage.<br />
CHIP OFF THE<br />
OLD BLOCK:<br />
John Gillespie<br />
and his son<br />
ABCDT Hugh<br />
Gillespie worked<br />
together to<br />
fashion plywood<br />
steyers<br />
for Hughs local<br />
cadet unit.<br />
Cairns thanks hard<br />
working Reservists<br />
WORKING HARD: recognition for the contribution<br />
<strong>of</strong> Navy Resevists in Cairns. Photo: Steve Rutherford<br />
By Graham Davis<br />
RESERVISTS attached to HMAS Cairns (CMDR<br />
Bob Heffey) in the past year, have certainly put in the<br />
days, both ashore and at sea.<br />
Their service is a clear indication <strong>of</strong> the Reservists<br />
being part <strong>of</strong> the Navy family and an integral part <strong>of</strong><br />
keeping the RAN’s ships at sea.<br />
HMAS Cairns administers 452 Navy Reserve personnel<br />
and in the past 12 months they have completed<br />
6505 days <strong>of</strong> <strong>Defence</strong> service.<br />
A total <strong>of</strong> 1650 <strong>of</strong> those days have been at sea, mainly<br />
serving in Armidale class patrol boats.<br />
These statistics were revealed by CMDR Heffey<br />
when he addressed the Cairns Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce<br />
early last month.<br />
The address came as part <strong>of</strong> a thank you to local business<br />
employers for their support <strong>of</strong> the Navy and their<br />
reservist employees.<br />
A large number <strong>of</strong> more than 1000 sailors and <strong>of</strong>ficers<br />
working at Cairns were dedicated reservists, CMDR<br />
Heffey said.<br />
The establishment’s 452 Reserve members had made<br />
an outstanding contribution serving a total <strong>of</strong> 6505 days,<br />
1650 <strong>of</strong> them at sea.<br />
“These figures clearly demonstrate the contribution<br />
<strong>of</strong> our Reserve personnel and the importance <strong>of</strong> their<br />
involvement to our success in operations,” he said. “It’s<br />
no secret that our Reserve personnel are an integral component<br />
<strong>of</strong> the RAN.<br />
“The support they provide, and skills they bring to<br />
the Cairns-based fleet units and major fleet units in other<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> Australia, is second to none.<br />
“Their contribution has also ensured the HMAS<br />
Cairns continues to remain very highly regarded, not<br />
only within the RAN, but also within the international<br />
naval community.<br />
“There is no argument that our Navy, Army and Air<br />
Force Reserve forces significantly enhance <strong>Defence</strong><br />
capability, particularly their support <strong>of</strong> current operations<br />
both within Australian borders and overseas in the<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> conflict.”<br />
Without the generous assistance <strong>of</strong> employers, it<br />
would not be possible for many Reservists to be released<br />
from their full-time occupations.<br />
“<strong>Defence</strong> has committed to working closely with<br />
industry in building mutual understanding and providing<br />
financial and other support for employers to ensure<br />
we continue to gain access to our Reserve personnel,”<br />
CMDR Heffey said.<br />
HMAS Cairns is home to four Armidale class patrol<br />
boats, the six hydrographic survey vessels, and four<br />
heavy landing craft. It also caters for the Laser Airborne<br />
Depth Sounder flight, based at Cairns Airport.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
PERSONNEL<br />
omicide hunt<br />
ulls in Remus<br />
or water scan<br />
y Graham Davis<br />
AVY’S specialist Mine Warfare<br />
eospatial Deployable Systems Team<br />
nd DSTO used highly sensitive sidecan<br />
sonar last month to scour lakes<br />
utside Brisbane for a Queensland<br />
oman, reported missing, presumed<br />
ead.<br />
The team <strong>of</strong> five led by LCDR David<br />
nce used a Remus 100, an autonomous<br />
nderwater vehicle (AUV) fitted with<br />
igh-definition sidescan sonar, to check<br />
he bottom <strong>of</strong> two lakes near Ipswich.<br />
Owned by the <strong>Defence</strong> Scientific and<br />
echnology Organisation, the device is<br />
orth $750,000.<br />
The Navy team was searching for the<br />
emains <strong>of</strong> Dulcie Birt, last seen leavng<br />
her home in the Ipswich suburb <strong>of</strong><br />
iverview last October.<br />
A team <strong>of</strong> 20 Queensland homicide<br />
nvestigators continues to probe her disppearance<br />
over which a man has been<br />
harged with murder.<br />
Police divers had earlier entered dissed<br />
open cut coalmines which, over<br />
the decades, have filled with water and<br />
become lakes.<br />
Their diving activities had been frustrated<br />
however, by underwater cave-ins<br />
and car wrecks.<br />
“Earlier this year the Queensland<br />
Police asked the Navy if a side-scan<br />
sonar could be brought in to make a<br />
search <strong>of</strong> Greenlakes, a former mine that<br />
is now a sheet <strong>of</strong> water 120 metres by<br />
120 metres and 32 metres deep,” LCDR<br />
Ince said.<br />
“We told the police that our team<br />
was attending Exercise Sea Lion at<br />
Shoalwater Bay and would be available<br />
to help on the way back to Sydney.<br />
“Our <strong>of</strong>fer was accepted and became<br />
a DACC (<strong>Defence</strong> aid to the civil community)<br />
project.<br />
“We lowered the Remus AUV into<br />
Greenlakes on March 9 and it went backwards<br />
and forwards across the lake. Each<br />
leg took about 15 minutes.<br />
“A transponder was positioned out<br />
on the lake so we knew at all times<br />
where the device was and police were in<br />
A memorial brings a flood<br />
<strong>of</strong> submariner memories<br />
y LEUT Gary McHugh<br />
EMORIES <strong>of</strong> submariners, the Oberon<br />
lass and - specifically - HMAS Orion<br />
urfaced at a memorial dedication in<br />
estern Australia on April 15.<br />
The ceremony, which marked the<br />
lacement <strong>of</strong> the fin <strong>of</strong> the former HMAS<br />
rion at the Naval Memorial Park in<br />
ockingham, completed the project instiated<br />
by the Rockingham Branch <strong>of</strong> the<br />
aval Association.<br />
Submariners were out in force, includng<br />
current and former members, to hear<br />
O HMAS Stirling CAPT Brett Dowsing,<br />
n behalf <strong>of</strong> CN VADM Russ Crane,<br />
emind the gathering <strong>of</strong> the sacrifice subariners<br />
have made over the years to<br />
ustralia’s freedom and the Navy’s rich<br />
eritage <strong>of</strong> achievement.<br />
“Orion’s fin now represents a silent<br />
entinel – a tribute to our submariners,<br />
heir creed, their boats and their families,”<br />
APT Dowsing said.<br />
He congratulated those involved in the<br />
project.<br />
“The dedication, perseverance and<br />
effort <strong>of</strong> Rockingham branch <strong>of</strong> the Naval<br />
Association, Rockingham City Council,<br />
WOs Bill Mansfield and Len Carr, and<br />
personnel from FSU-Perth are particularly<br />
noteworthy in bringing the project to completion.”<br />
Mr Malcolm Hughes, president <strong>of</strong> the<br />
branch and Master <strong>of</strong> Ceremonies for the<br />
dedication, spoke <strong>of</strong> Orion’s outstanding<br />
military service.<br />
Orion was the fifth <strong>of</strong> six Oberon Class<br />
submarines that served in the RAN and<br />
was commissioned on June 15, 1977 – she<br />
was decommissioned on October 4, 1996.<br />
Oberon Class submarines are already<br />
well known to Western Australians, with<br />
the former HMAS Ovens on permanent<br />
display at Fremantle Maritime Museum<br />
and the fin <strong>of</strong> the former HMAS Oxley<br />
displayed at HMAS Stirling.<br />
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE: ABOVE: LS John Geld<strong>of</strong> and AB Dylan Brewer position the vessel prior to<br />
starting the scan and BELOW LEFT: The team <strong>of</strong> LCDR David Ince, AB Dylan Brewer, LS John Geld<strong>of</strong>,<br />
PO Rico bester and CPO Brad Paullwatches the monitor displaying the sonar scans.<br />
attendance ready to act on any data<br />
received.<br />
“The plan was that if any object<br />
<strong>of</strong> interest was located police divers<br />
would be able to go directly to the<br />
spot.”<br />
LCDR Ince said a thorough<br />
search was made <strong>of</strong> the lake except<br />
for an area behind a group <strong>of</strong> cars.<br />
“It was too dangerous to get<br />
behind the cars. We did not want to<br />
lose the AUV,” he said.<br />
T h e t e a m c o m p l e t e d t h e<br />
Greenlakes check the following<br />
morning and was then asked to move<br />
to Aqua Lake a few kilometers away.<br />
“This lake was much bigger,”<br />
LCDR Ince continued.<br />
“It was about 500 meters by 500<br />
meters with water between 60 and 80<br />
meters deep so I decided to increase<br />
our stay by a further 24 hours.”<br />
The AUV swept the lake, covering<br />
about two-thirds due to the amount <strong>of</strong><br />
debris and the risk <strong>of</strong> losing the AUV.<br />
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In all the AUV operated for a total<br />
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While involved with Exercise Sea<br />
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NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010<br />
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04/10 ISSUE 64<br />
Op STAYSAFE<br />
EMAIL: navy.safety@defence.gov.au<br />
TELEPHONE: 1800 558 555 (confi dentiality assured)<br />
Seaworthy is produced by the Directorate <strong>of</strong> Navy Safety Systems in the interests <strong>of</strong> promoting<br />
safety in the Navy. The contents do not necessarily refl ect Service policy and, unless stated<br />
otherwise, should not be construed as orders, instructions or directives – KEEP NAVY SAFE.<br />
WHEN asked what you could do<br />
to make a task safer, <strong>of</strong>ten the first<br />
answer that springs to mind is Personal<br />
Protective Equipment (PPE).<br />
Although this is a fair answer, did<br />
you know that it is not Navy’s first line<br />
<strong>of</strong> defence to protect personnel from a<br />
potential hazard?<br />
In order for members to best assess<br />
risk treatment the RAN has developed<br />
a hierarchy <strong>of</strong> controls. The hierarchy<br />
<strong>of</strong> controls is a process used to eliminate<br />
or mitigate known hazards. In<br />
order <strong>of</strong> effectiveness, these controls<br />
are:<br />
➤ Eliminate the hazard from the workplace<br />
entirely. This is the best way<br />
to control a hazard. An example <strong>of</strong><br />
elimination is to mop up spilt water<br />
on the deck.<br />
➤ Substitute or modify the hazard by<br />
replacing it with something less<br />
hazardous, for example, by using<br />
water-based chemicals rather than<br />
solvent-based chemicals.<br />
➤ Isolate the hazard by physically<br />
removing it from the workplace or<br />
by cordoning <strong>of</strong>f the area in which<br />
the hazard exists.<br />
➤ Use engineering methods to control<br />
the hazard at its source. Safety<br />
guards on rotating machinery are<br />
good examples <strong>of</strong> this.<br />
➤ Introduce management strategies<br />
to ensure the health and safety <strong>of</strong><br />
employees. Administrative controls<br />
can reduce exposure to hazardous<br />
equipment and processes. An example<br />
<strong>of</strong> this is a man al<strong>of</strong>t evolution.<br />
➤ PPE is the last line <strong>of</strong> defence<br />
against a hazard – an interim measure<br />
to reduce exposure. PPE is the<br />
least effective means <strong>of</strong> controlling<br />
risks and should be used in conjunction<br />
with all other control measures.<br />
Effective use <strong>of</strong> PPE depends on the<br />
<strong>of</strong> safety in Navy. Any nomination<br />
for this award must reflect a level <strong>of</strong><br />
performance and/or vigilance significantly<br />
in excess <strong>of</strong> that which could<br />
reasonably be expected <strong>of</strong> rank or<br />
experience level <strong>of</strong> the nominee.<br />
Entry forms and instructions<br />
will soon be made available via<br />
DEFGRAM and provided on the<br />
SMS –N website.<br />
For further details email:<br />
navy.safety @defence.gov.au or<br />
call 1800 558 555.<br />
This paperwork saves lives<br />
DANGER Tags are used predominately<br />
by the technical department,<br />
however they are used wherever<br />
equipment or systems are removed<br />
from service for any reason.<br />
They form the basis that will<br />
minimise the chance <strong>of</strong> personnel<br />
injury. A Danger Tag is only effective<br />
if all personnel know and follow<br />
the correct procedures.<br />
When using a Danger Tag it<br />
should be readily visible and securely<br />
attached via the self-adhesive<br />
label or tied to the equipment being<br />
isolated/withdrawn from service.<br />
The Danger Tag (Form OS1 –<br />
Label – Danger) is to be completed<br />
by the person ‘tagging’ the equipment/service<br />
out. It must specify:<br />
➤ Any restrictions - DO NOT<br />
➤ The system/name <strong>of</strong> the equipment<br />
➤ Names <strong>of</strong> Authorised Officers<br />
➤Tag number<br />
➤Day and time it was put on<br />
An Authorised Officer is the person<br />
attaching the tag, they are also<br />
to sign the tag in the appropriate section.<br />
A second person familiar with<br />
the reason for the equipment being<br />
tagged out is included as security.<br />
Once attached, the tag is only to be<br />
removed by an Authorised Officer.<br />
It is critical to know that the<br />
unauthorised removal <strong>of</strong> Danger<br />
Tags is subject to disciplinary action.<br />
In an emergency the appropriate<br />
head <strong>of</strong> department may authorise<br />
a Danger Tag’s removal having first<br />
conducted appropriate equipment/<br />
system checks.<br />
Te m p o r a r y D a n g e r Ta g s<br />
(FORM AC594 – TAG – DANGER<br />
WARNING) are reusable Danger<br />
Tags that can be used for emergency<br />
isolations until a permanent Danger<br />
Tag can be attached or where repetitive<br />
short-term procedures are being<br />
carried out. It is never a replacement<br />
for a Danger Tag (Form OS1).<br />
Each ship or establishment may<br />
have a maximum <strong>of</strong> 25 temporary<br />
Danger Tags and each should be<br />
engraved with the ships/establishment<br />
name and tag identification<br />
number.<br />
The temporary Danger Tag is<br />
to be completed by the Authorising<br />
Officer, using a semi-permanent<br />
marker pen that requires a chemi-<br />
cal cleaning agent to remove it and<br />
recorded in the Danger Tag log. The<br />
Danger Tag log coordinator is to validate<br />
their use.<br />
A Danger Tag log is to be utilised<br />
by each unit/establishment. The<br />
Danger Tag log is to be administered<br />
by a technical senior sailor nominated<br />
by the marine engineer <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
for HMA ships and base engineering<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficer for establishments. The log is<br />
to include as a minimum:<br />
➤ Sequential Danger Tag or temporary<br />
Danger Tag number;<br />
➤ Equipment/system identification<br />
and location;<br />
➤ Brief description/reason for tag<br />
out;<br />
➤ Authorising Officers printed rank,<br />
name and signature;<br />
➤ Date <strong>of</strong> isolation;<br />
➤ Date <strong>of</strong> deisolation, authorising<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers initials; and<br />
➤ The number <strong>of</strong> temporary Danger<br />
Tags currently held.<br />
The rules and regulations governing the<br />
use <strong>of</strong> Danger Tags (explained in DI(N)<br />
Log 72-5) is to be promulgated to all<br />
personnel including civilian contractors.<br />
Protecting your personnel from harm<br />
equipment being chosen correctly,<br />
fitted correctly and used at all times<br />
when required. The validity <strong>of</strong> PPE<br />
must be carefully monitored, as the<br />
hazard is still present and the protection<br />
may be uncomfortable or<br />
even debilitating, creating its own<br />
hazard.<br />
A major point to remember about<br />
PPE is that the first P stands for personal.<br />
This means that it will only protect<br />
the member wearing it. Any member<br />
near the hazardous area not wearing<br />
the appropriate PPE is exposed.<br />
In this case one <strong>of</strong> the higher control<br />
methods must be in place to protect<br />
those exposed.<br />
Keep this in mind the next time you<br />
look at an activity and ask yourself is<br />
there a better solution than PPE?<br />
Further information on this can be found in<br />
ABR 6303 Part 2 Chapter 5.<br />
NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews April 29, 2010
PERSONNEL<br />
Ocean recon needs<br />
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By Barry Rollings<br />
NAVY has called for “all hands<br />
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Ocean Recon is nominated for<br />
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It is also eligible to win a Webby<br />
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This nomination is a huge compliment<br />
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Jazz.<br />
Launched in 2009, Ocean Recon<br />
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a detailed insight into the life<br />
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Navy worked with DFR and<br />
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create the most immersive and realistic<br />
representation <strong>of</strong> submariner life<br />
available online.<br />
“Nominated projects like Ocean<br />
Recon are setting the standard for<br />
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David-Michel Davies, executive<br />
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“It is an incredible achievement<br />
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yesteryear recognise<br />
Navy’s finest ANZAC<br />
AS THE Anzac troops stormed ashore<br />
at Gallipoli the Australian submarine<br />
HMAS AE2 dived beneath the waters<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Dardanelles, scraped through the<br />
minefields that had repulsed British<br />
and French battleships, avoided the<br />
gunfire from the forts and overcame<br />
the swirling currents in the narrows to<br />
attack Turkish shipping in the Sea <strong>of</strong><br />
Marmara.<br />
The interruption to the flow <strong>of</strong> supplies,<br />
ammunition and reinforcements<br />
during those critical initial days <strong>of</strong> the<br />
landings may have saved the day.<br />
Her presence inside the Turkish<br />
defences forced a battleship bombarding<br />
the beaches and landing ships close<br />
<strong>of</strong>fshore to stop firing and move to safer<br />
waters.<br />
The score was evened on 30<br />
April when the Turkish torpedo boat<br />
Sultanhisar caught AE2 on the surface<br />
after a loss <strong>of</strong> control in complex water<br />
density layers – AE2 was hit three times<br />
in the engine room by gunfire.<br />
Unable to dive, the crew abandoned<br />
NAVY ANZAC: AE2 on deployment<br />
during WWI.<br />
ship as the CO CMDR Henry Stoker<br />
went below and opened the valves to<br />
scuttle the submarine. The guns were<br />
silenced as Sultanhisar rescued the AE2<br />
crew:<br />
The two adversaries <strong>of</strong> yesteryear<br />
met on April 24 to mark a battle honourably<br />
fought, recalled today with friendship<br />
and respect as the Australian and<br />
Turkish Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Navy jointly unveil<br />
a plaque telling the story <strong>of</strong> AE2 and<br />
Sultanhisar.<br />
The plaque is sited in a Maritime<br />
museum at the fort overlooking the narrows<br />
where AE2 made history.<br />
It has been designed by Dr Ross<br />
Bastiaan working with the AE2<br />
Commemorative Foundation (www.ae2.<br />
com.au) established by the Submarine<br />
Institute <strong>of</strong> Australia to protect, preserve<br />
and tell the story <strong>of</strong> AE2.<br />
Australia’s first warship lost in battle<br />
sits upright on the bottom, pressure hull<br />
intact and conning tower hatch partly<br />
opened – just as CMDR Stoker left her<br />
95 years ago.<br />
the nearly 10,000 entries we received<br />
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“The entire team is thrilled by<br />
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Sammi Needham, creative director<br />
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“Ocean Recon is a project Visual<br />
Jazz is very proud <strong>of</strong>, so it’s a great<br />
honour to be in the running for a<br />
Webby Award.”<br />
Kate Mathews, DFR’s Navy<br />
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call for Navy’s considerable voting<br />
support:<br />
“Ocean Recon continues to have<br />
a positive impact on our recruitment<br />
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HISTORY<br />
Sailors in Gallipoli<br />
on display at AWM<br />
THE Australian War Memorial<br />
(AWM) is releasing images <strong>of</strong> the<br />
RAN Bridging Train at Suvla Bay<br />
in 1915.<br />
On the eve <strong>of</strong> the 95th anniversary<br />
<strong>of</strong> the landing at Gallipoli, the AWM<br />
will display these images which have<br />
likely never been seen by the public<br />
before, in an effort to broaden the publics<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> the ANZAC story<br />
on the Turkish peninsular.<br />
While most <strong>of</strong> the Navy will be<br />
familiar with the story <strong>of</strong> the AE2<br />
submarine, the actions <strong>of</strong> the 1 st RAN<br />
Bridging Train in Gallipoli is not as<br />
widely know.<br />
From August 1915, the Bridging<br />
Train performed under relentless shell<br />
fire constructing piers and helping to<br />
land troops, stores and ammunition on<br />
the Peninsular.<br />
The Train also assisted with the<br />
withdrawal <strong>of</strong> troops in December that<br />
year.<br />
The images come from the collection<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Bridging Teams<br />
Commanding Officer RADM Leighton<br />
Bracegirdle who served in the Boxer<br />
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Suvla, Gallipoli, August1915. Officers seated<br />
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Bracegirdle (left to right) RAN staff surgeon<br />
Morris, LCDR Bracegirdle, LEUT Bond, CAPT<br />
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24 HEALTH<br />
Program<br />
can save<br />
your life<br />
Are you alcohol dependent? Sgt Andrew<br />
Hetherington spent time with members brave<br />
enough to answer ‘yes’.<br />
‘‘ I<br />
WAS having cold showers<br />
every night for four months,<br />
because I didn’t pay my gas bill<br />
as I was spending all my money<br />
on alcohol. But I kept paying the electricity<br />
bill to keep the fridge running<br />
just so my beer would be cold.”<br />
These are some <strong>of</strong> the lengths a client<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ADF Alcohol Rehabilitation and<br />
Education Program (AREP) went to so he<br />
could continue to fuel his dependency.<br />
The 29-day live-in program is held at<br />
a purpose-built unit at 3 Expeditionary<br />
Health Squadron (3EHS) at RAAF Base<br />
Richmond, and can accommodate up to<br />
12 clients at a time.<br />
AREP is run by RAAF and civilian<br />
personnel and treats members <strong>of</strong> all<br />
three services.<br />
Acting OIC and alcohol and drug<br />
counsellor FLTLT Warwick Chate says<br />
it is a myth that only a certain type <strong>of</strong><br />
person can be an alcoholic.<br />
“We see a variety <strong>of</strong> personality<br />
types, ranks and jobs represented on<br />
the program,” FLTLT Chate says. “Any<br />
type <strong>of</strong> person can volunteer for AREP<br />
once they are diagnosed as being alcohol<br />
dependent.”<br />
Personnel become clients <strong>of</strong> AREP<br />
usually as a result <strong>of</strong> a string <strong>of</strong> alcohol-related<br />
incidents, including drunken<br />
fights, driving under the influence, turning<br />
up late for work or failing breath tests.<br />
“This attracts the attention <strong>of</strong> the individual’s<br />
chain <strong>of</strong> command where initially,<br />
colleagues commonly cover for the<br />
member, thinking they are doing the right<br />
thing by their mates,” FLTLT Chate says.<br />
“But this only delays treatment, the<br />
incidents continue, their cover disappears<br />
and then they eventually get referred to<br />
the medical sections <strong>of</strong> their units.”<br />
Self-referrers, on the other hand, <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
don’t have trouble at work – they have<br />
problems outside the ADF before seeking<br />
help.<br />
“I self-referred to AREP after a big<br />
night on the town following a unit function,”<br />
a client says.<br />
“I woke up the next morning at the<br />
airport not knowing how I got there, and<br />
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Compassion: FLTLT Warwick Chate in a one-on-one session with an<br />
Navy member on AREP. Photo by Sgt Andrew Hetherington<br />
went to work in the clothes I wore<br />
the night before – covered in dirt,<br />
spew and blood.<br />
“I talked to my boss and told him<br />
I wanted to get help.”<br />
After arriving at AREP, clients<br />
are assessed in a ward at 3EHS by<br />
medical staff.<br />
“They are admitted to the inpatient<br />
ward for two days and are fully<br />
assessed by medical staff, including<br />
assessment for alcohol withdrawal,”<br />
FLTLT Chate says. Clients<br />
also undergo pathology and physical<br />
health tests to determine the extent<br />
that alcohol has affected their health<br />
and they all speak to a doctor to confirm<br />
the need for rehabilitation in an<br />
inpatient setting.<br />
“After they leave the hospital clients<br />
are allotted a room and a search<br />
for banned items such as alcohol is<br />
conducted.<br />
Clients are then introduced and<br />
inducted into the program and an<br />
individual treatment plan is drawn up.<br />
They must also sign and abide by<br />
a contract, which says they agree to<br />
the rules <strong>of</strong> AREP.<br />
They do have some freedom during<br />
their stay.<br />
“Clients are allowed <strong>of</strong>f site to<br />
go to AA meetings at nights and<br />
on weekends, to eat at the mess at<br />
RAAF Base Richmond, see a movie<br />
at the base movie theatre or visit<br />
local shopping centres for short,<br />
supervised trips,” FLTLT Chate<br />
says.<br />
Family members are allowed<br />
to visit clients twice a week and,<br />
in the last 10 days <strong>of</strong> the course,<br />
ADF-recognised spouses are invited<br />
to participate in group counselling<br />
and other activities to assist with the<br />
recovery <strong>of</strong> their partners.<br />
During the course, clients keep a<br />
daily journal where they enter their<br />
feelings and thoughts. FLTLT Chate<br />
and the other counsellors use this<br />
journal as an indicator <strong>of</strong> clients’<br />
progress.<br />
“If we see through their daily<br />
journal any additional things we<br />
think need to be addressed, we might<br />
increase the number <strong>of</strong> individual<br />
counselling sessions.”<br />
Most clients want a good outcome<br />
and report from their stay at<br />
AREP.<br />
“Some want to use the report in<br />
court to mitigate a harsh penalty,”<br />
FLTLT Chate says.<br />
“Many clients just want to do<br />
something for themselves to change<br />
their lives.”<br />
One client says drinking caused<br />
him to start slacking <strong>of</strong>f in his life.<br />
“I couldn’t clean my house properly,<br />
my uniform wasn’t clean and<br />
my priorities weren’t right,” he says.<br />
“Drinking came first and everything<br />
else came second.<br />
“But this program made me real-<br />
AREP AT<br />
A GLANCE<br />
➤ Began in 1979, with a<br />
trial alcohol dependence<br />
rehabilitation program at<br />
Northside Clinic, a private<br />
psychiatric hospital in<br />
Sydney.<br />
➤ In 1980 AREP was developed<br />
as a clinical flight<br />
<strong>of</strong> No 3 RAAF Hospital at<br />
RAAF Base Richmond.<br />
➤ AREP includes individual<br />
and group counselling<br />
sessions, compulsory<br />
and optional Alcoholics<br />
Anonymous (AA) meetings,<br />
guest speakers who<br />
have been through AREP,<br />
PT, anger management<br />
classes, grief and loss<br />
counselling sessions,<br />
development <strong>of</strong> an individual<br />
treatment program,<br />
spiritual counselling and<br />
creative arts activities.<br />
➤ At least eight AREP<br />
courses are run each<br />
year.<br />
➤ AREP is run by the<br />
RAAF but open to all<br />
ADF members.<br />
ise there’s so much more to life than<br />
just drinking and there is a whole<br />
world to explore instead <strong>of</strong> sitting<br />
around the pub drinking beer.<br />
“I’ll now be able to look after<br />
myself properly, cope with reality<br />
and live like a normal person.”<br />
Most clients find the treatment<br />
life changing and leave AREP with<br />
a new outlook on their lives and<br />
careers.<br />
“I’d recommend the AREP course<br />
to anyone,” one says.<br />
“If you feel you have a problem,<br />
what have you got to lose? But you<br />
have everything to gain.”<br />
FLTLT Chate says the greatest<br />
difficulty ADF personnel have with<br />
alcohol is admitting they have a<br />
problem.<br />
“They need to ask for help. I’d<br />
encourage them to do so and view<br />
it as a positive sign, that they are<br />
strong enough to make a change in<br />
their lives to be healthier and have<br />
better careers,” he says.<br />
“Go and see your unit doctor or<br />
CO if you have a problem and ask<br />
for help.”<br />
The next AREP program is scheduled<br />
to start on May 24, with four<br />
other programs to be run this year.<br />
For more information on AREP visit http://<br />
intranet.defence.gov.au/raafweb/sites/<br />
AREP/comweb.asp?page=Home<br />
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Sports brief<br />
Family<br />
fun day at<br />
Harman<br />
The Harman Hogs<br />
Australian football team<br />
is planning a family<br />
day at Morgan Dunbar<br />
Oval at HMAS Harman<br />
on Saturday, May 8 to<br />
raise money for breast<br />
cancer research.<br />
Half-time entertainment<br />
in the first-grade game<br />
against Murrumbidgee<br />
will include Auskick,<br />
and there will be a<br />
jumping castle and<br />
games for kids all day.<br />
The first grade game<br />
starts at 2pm and the<br />
reserves game, also<br />
against Murrumbidgee,<br />
starts at noon.<br />
The day will be part <strong>of</strong><br />
celebrations that weekend<br />
for the Harman<br />
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premierships reunion.<br />
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By Simona Di Toro-Bell<br />
TAKING time out from testing<br />
and training is rare in motor<br />
sport, but that is exactly what<br />
the riders in the Australian<br />
Superbike Championship did<br />
to show their appreciation to<br />
the ADF in the lead up to<br />
round two <strong>of</strong> the championship<br />
in Darwin.<br />
HMAS Coonawarra members<br />
AB Ryan Barry, LSWTR<br />
Jane Dakin, POMT Matthew<br />
Bobbin and CMDR Richard<br />
Donnelly all tasted the speed<br />
and adrenalin that a 1000cc<br />
motorbike produces when being<br />
piloted by the best in Australia.<br />
Championship contender<br />
Glenn Allerton took Coonawarra<br />
CO CMDR Donnelly for his hot<br />
lap and left a new found respect<br />
for the riders.<br />
“That was just a mind<br />
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Donnelly said.<br />
“You have to walk away with<br />
respect for the riders who are<br />
actually controlling and making<br />
the judgement, rather than<br />
hanging on for their life. Some<br />
great values have been shown by<br />
them”.<br />
Evolution Sports Group’s<br />
Brett Lloyd said the superbikes<br />
always receive so much attention<br />
wherever they go, it is nice to say<br />
thank you for that support and<br />
to also give people access to the<br />
bikes and riders.<br />
“<strong>Defence</strong> personnel are<br />
always there to lend a helping<br />
hand anyway they can,” Brett<br />
said.<br />
“It is a pleasure for us to say<br />
thank you for all their community<br />
support without waiting for<br />
a specific reason to do so”.<br />
With the difficulty <strong>of</strong> deciding<br />
who got to go on the hot<br />
lap, HMAS Coonawarra at<br />
Larrakeyah Barracks decided to<br />
raffle <strong>of</strong>f the superbike opportunity.<br />
Money raised was equally<br />
donated to the Leukaemia<br />
Foundation and the RSPCA.<br />
The hot lap raffle was<br />
extremely popular and raised<br />
$424.<br />
By Sharon Palmer<br />
THE Australian <strong>Defence</strong> Vipers sunk their<br />
teeth into a silver medal at the Australian<br />
Country Water Polo Championships held in<br />
Albury from March 31-April 5.<br />
After finishing third at the end <strong>of</strong> the round<br />
games and accounting for Qld 9-7 in the semifinal,<br />
the women managed to achieve what<br />
no other <strong>Defence</strong> team has achieved in the<br />
championships before and made it to the final<br />
against NSW.<br />
The Vipers had convincing wins in the<br />
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and trailed by just one goal at half-time<br />
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Player and president <strong>of</strong> the Australian<br />
<strong>Defence</strong> Water Polo Association WO2 Megan<br />
Webber said they let themselves down in the<br />
second half.<br />
“We started getting into foul trouble which<br />
meant players were being ejected from the<br />
game,” she said.<br />
“The third quarter was telling and we only<br />
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goals away to be leading 11-6 at three-quarter<br />
time.”<br />
With two players short in the pool at the<br />
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end <strong>of</strong> the game, the Vipers failed to add to the<br />
score and went down 14-6.<br />
Coach Sgt Luke Woodland said the team<br />
had come a long way.<br />
“It was an enormous effort by the<br />
Australian <strong>Defence</strong> women to be in the gold<br />
medal match,” he said.<br />
“They are getting stronger each year and<br />
have become a force to be reckoned with.”<br />
The men’s team finished 6th after the<br />
round games with losses to NSW (11-6), WA<br />
(4-3), Vic (10-3), Qld (9-3) and ACT (11-6).<br />
However, they got some redemption in the<br />
final game (5-6) against WA with the score<br />
locked at 4-4 at full time. The Vipers scored<br />
twice in extra time to take the game 6-4.<br />
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SPORT<br />
Missed opportunity<br />
for Navy footballers<br />
By LSIS Paul McCallum<br />
BOTH men’s and women’s football<br />
teams have lost to Army at<br />
the Australian Services Australian<br />
Football Association (ASAFA)<br />
championships held in Melbourne<br />
from April 14 - 18.<br />
Early indications were good<br />
for a title defence for both teams<br />
but inaccurate kicking in front <strong>of</strong><br />
goal saw the Ge<strong>of</strong>f Ledger Cup slip<br />
through their fingers to stronger<br />
Army teams.<br />
First to defend their 2009 title,<br />
the women’s team led by LSPT<br />
Candice Freeman began strongly<br />
taking a nine-point lead into quarter<br />
time (2.3.15 to 1.0.6).<br />
Army came out firing in the second<br />
quarter and held the girls to just<br />
five behinds for the rest <strong>of</strong> the game<br />
while running away with five goals<br />
to win the game 2.8.20 to 6.9.45.<br />
While the score blew out in the<br />
end, the game was much closer than<br />
the 25-point margin indicated.<br />
The girls <strong>of</strong> pussers footy tried<br />
everything they could and had some<br />
outstanding players with LSPT Trish<br />
Muller running free through the<br />
midfield and LEUT Liz Quinn and<br />
ABBM Kate Goggins commanding<br />
the backline.<br />
Having beaten Air Force 6.2.38<br />
to 2.3.15 just two days before, the<br />
legs couldn’t keep up with the Army<br />
team who had four days break after<br />
beating Air Force 10.10.70 to nil.<br />
Team captain LS Freeman said<br />
preparation was the key to the championships.<br />
“We weren’t as prepared this<br />
year as we have been previously.<br />
We didn’t get our full team together<br />
until the morning <strong>of</strong> our first game<br />
so that affected our training and<br />
team cohesion,” LS Freeman said.<br />
“We had 6 new girls this year<br />
who’s input to the team was invaluable.<br />
Three <strong>of</strong> them were selected<br />
for the ADF team which is a huge<br />
achievement for first years players.<br />
“Our new recruits from this year<br />
have enormous potential and really<br />
did well for us on the field.”<br />
Testament to the efforts <strong>of</strong> the<br />
women’s team, 11 <strong>of</strong> the players<br />
were named in the ASAFA All Stars<br />
team which is scheduled to play a<br />
NSW/ACT representative side in<br />
June this year.<br />
The men’s grand final saw last<br />
years champions Navy take on old<br />
time rivals Army and having beaten<br />
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Air Force just two days earlier, spirits<br />
were high going into the match.<br />
Navy forward LSCSO Simon<br />
Horner was coming <strong>of</strong>f a championship<br />
high nine goals against RAAF<br />
and was targeted by the Army<br />
defenders, holding him to just two<br />
goals in the opening term and four<br />
goals for the game.<br />
Navy began strongly with good<br />
run through the centre and were running<br />
in numbers to close out the first<br />
quarter leading 6.5.41 to 4.2.26.<br />
The second quarter was a complete<br />
reversal with Army fighting<br />
back to win the term by four goals<br />
and go into the long break leading<br />
8.7.55 to 10.7.67.<br />
With blustery conditions, accuracy<br />
became a problem for Navy and<br />
numerous attempts at goal pushed<br />
wide. Navy recorded more scoring<br />
shots than Army but the gap opened<br />
up at the final change 9.13.67 to<br />
12.9.81.<br />
Team captain LEUT Arron<br />
Convery called on his chargers to up<br />
the intensity for the final quarter and<br />
not be intimidated by their bigger,<br />
faster and stronger opponents and a<br />
fightback began.<br />
LS Horner led the forward charge<br />
with his third and fourth goals while<br />
AB Patrick Wilson chipped in with<br />
two goals <strong>of</strong> his own but the clock<br />
beat them and after the final siren<br />
the difference was just nine points<br />
13.16.94 to 15.13.103.<br />
Key forward LS Horner said it<br />
was fitness and accuracy that let<br />
them down on the day.<br />
“If we had kicked straighter or<br />
had a better break between games,<br />
we probably would have won,” LS<br />
Horner said.<br />
“The Army turned up with a<br />
much stronger team than last years<br />
and we just couldn’t back up from<br />
last year. If we had just five more<br />
minutes, I reckon we would have<br />
got them.”<br />
The ASAFA All Stars team listed<br />
10 players from Navy and will play<br />
the emergency Services All Stars<br />
team in the curtain raiser to the<br />
Anzac Day match at AAMI Stadium<br />
in Adelaide.<br />
SNAPSHOT: LSCSO Simon Horner takes a shot at goal (one <strong>of</strong> nine for the match) from the pocket in<br />
the Navy’s first round match against Air Force. Photos: LSIS Paul McCallum<br />
TRY TIME: LCDR Richard Austin scores<br />
a try during the ACT Vets v RAN Old<br />
Salts curtain raiser to the Brumbies v<br />
Cheetahs Super 14 match.<br />
Photo: LSIS Phillip Cullinan<br />
Rugby Old Salts<br />
By CMDR Glenn Green<br />
THE pace was cracking and the rugby<br />
dazzling but the demands <strong>of</strong> tradition<br />
and protocol again produced the alltoo-predictable<br />
nine-all draw in the<br />
annual charity match between the Navy<br />
Old Salts and the ACT Veterans in<br />
Canberra on April 10.<br />
The “Golden Oldies” match was<br />
played under lights in glorious conditions<br />
at Canberra Stadium as a curtain-raiser to<br />
the ACT Brumbies’ runaway Super 14<br />
win over the Cheetahs.<br />
Veterans’ rugby is for those ‘experienced’<br />
players over 35 who still have<br />
the urge to run around the paddock. The<br />
game is played over three 20-minute segments<br />
until the now-compulsory “gentlemen’s<br />
agreement” draw ensues.<br />
For the Old Salts, the dusting <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong><br />
their boots for this match marked the<br />
beginning <strong>of</strong> their 2010 campaign.<br />
Some entertaining rugby resulted.<br />
Showing that age shall not weary them<br />
- well not too much anyway - the Old<br />
Salts played the game at a cracking pace,<br />
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with the forwards demonstrating some<br />
excellent rucking and mauling skills, and<br />
providing the backs with some great ball.<br />
Pace and flair out wide was the order<br />
<strong>of</strong> the night and a number <strong>of</strong> classy tries<br />
were scored.<br />
On hand to witness the scintillating<br />
display were Head <strong>of</strong> Navy People and<br />
Reputation RADM Trevor Jones and<br />
RANRU’s President CDRE Bruce Kafer.<br />
ACT Veterans’ president John Hillier<br />
and RADM Jones accepted the IPAMM<br />
Cup as co-winners. The other winners<br />
on the night were Legacy and the George<br />
Gregan Foundation, who benefited from<br />
the generous sponsorship <strong>of</strong> Server Racks<br />
Australia and Xact Project Consultants.<br />
CPOSTD Dan Carter did a great<br />
job in organising the Old Salts, whose<br />
next match is scheduled for May 22<br />
during the Australian Services Rugby<br />
Championships at Viking Park in<br />
Canberra.<br />
Any ‘Old Salts’ who are interested<br />
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