The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Navy Volume 54, No.

19, October 13, 2011

SERVING AUSTRALIA WITH PRIDE
olume 54, No. 19, October 13, 2011
SERVING AUSTRALIA WITH PRIDE
Navy
WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE
PROUD HISTORY
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The last line is slipped and
heaved in aboard HMAS
Parramatta before the ship
sails for her six-month
deployment to the Middle East.
STRIKE DEEP
By Graham McBean
WOMEN will be eligible for service as clearance divers
following the Government announcement on September
27 to remove gender restrictions on service in the ADF.
Women will be able to work in any position within the
ADF, including combat roles, provided they have the abil-
ity to meet the demands of the job.
The new policy will open up the clearance diver trade
to women if they meet the criteria for the role. Previously,
clearance diving was the only Navy job not available to
women.
A joint statement by Defence Minister Stephen Smith
and Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren
Snowdon said the new policy would be introduced over a
five-year implementation plan.
Its important that implementation of this matter be
done carefully, methodically and is done to ensure that the
appropriate training and other opportunities are available to
enable women to take up these positions if they so choose,
Mr Smith said.
Continued page 3
Photo: ABIS Sarah Williams
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
02 NEWS
FROM early November meal choices
in all messes will be standardised
across the ADF.
A maximum of four meal choices
will be provided at lunch and dinner,
and dessert will no longer be available
at lunch.
Meal choices will still meet the
quality, portion size, religious and
nutritional requirements set out in the
Defence Catering Manual. Diners will
still have a variety of food options,
including vegetarian and other meals,
to meet dietary or religious require-
ments, however, these will now be
provided through a more sustainable
delivery model.
Commodore Support in Fleet
Command, CDRE Andrew Smith, said
the garrison support services reforms
would streamline hospitality and cater-
ing practices, eliminating waste while
ensuring service delivery met capabil-
ity demands.
This is a sensible, cost-conscious
change and still ensures we provide
nutritious, good-quality meals for our
personnel, he said.
The Chief of Navy and the other
Service chiefs support these strategic
reform initiatives and we will continue
to work collaboratively with the rest
of Defence to improve the way we do
business and to meet our cost-reduc-
tion targets under the Strategic Reform
Program.
Members should remember that
all savings achieved from reform activ-
ity will be reinvested to fund our new
capabilities under Force 2030.
For more information on reform to gar-
rison support services, log on to the Navy
SRP intranet site and watch the Garrison
Support Mythbusters video in the SRP-N
Toolbox at http://intranet.defence.gov.
au/navyweb/sites/SRP-N
Meal options
standardised
CHANGES AHEAD: Meal choices will be standardised across the ADF
from November. Here, ABCK Kate Svanfelds bastes a freshly baked tray
of hot-cross buns with apricot jam for HMAS Ararats crew.
Photo: LSIS Andrew Dakin
ACTIONS involving more than 50
people from both senior and jun-
ior ranks have now been investi-
gated following the Commission of
Inquiry (COI) into HMAS Success.
For some of these people, the rec-
ommendation has been that no fur-
ther action be taken.
Head of the COI Implementation
Team, RADM Allan du Toit, said eve-
ryone in Navy was accountable for
their actions.
An important part of Navys
response to the COIs findings is
ensuring that, wherever appropriate,
we apply the established DFDA or
administrative arrangements so peo-
ple are held to account and are given
due process, RADM du Toit said.
Equally important is ensur-
ing that we provide whatever care
and support we can to the people
involved.
As soon as they were delivered,
each part of the COI report underwent
a detailed external independent legal
analysis to identify all the matters
that should be considered for indi-
vidual accountability.
After assessment in CDFs office,
the results were referred either to the
ADF Investigative Service (ADFIS)
where there were more serious noti-
fiable incidents, to Navy for action
through the chain of command or,
for people outside of Navy, to their
organisation.
Where disciplinary action under
the DFDA was recommended, the
evidence from the COI could not be
used in those proceedings. This meant
that all those matters needed to be
investigated afresh, either by ADFIS,
for the notifiable incidents, or within
the Navy chain of command. That
work is now well advanced with a
number of investigations already
completed.
For adverse administrative conse-
quences, there was a need, for some
individuals, to await delivery of Part
Two of the COI report. In each case,
there was a requirement to provide
the individual concerned with all the
information on which any decision on
administrative consequences would
be based and, very importantly, to
allow those people the opportunity to
respond and argue why the proposed
consequence shouldnt apply.
Compiling the notifications to
each individual and gathering all
the supporting material was a very
substantial and detailed task, which
is now complete. Nearly all of the
notifications were forwarded to those
concerned by the end of September,
with a very small number delivered
earlier this month.
People are being held to account,
and they are being given a fair go in
the process, RADM du Toit said.
Much has also been achieved in
implementing the COI reports organ-
isational recommendations and in
addressing the issues identified.
The feedback gathered during the
COI Implementation Teams focus
group discussions around Navy dur-
ing April and May has been crucial in
establishing an aligned set of key out-
comes to be achieved by the imple-
mentation work.
We were very fortunate to spend
time listening to a broad cross-section
of people delivering Navys face-
to-face leadership on a daily basis,
RADM du Toit said.
We have heard what they told
us, used that knowledge to define the
goalposts and that way weve been
able to ensure that all the implemen-
tation work will help make a real dif-
ference where its needed.
The key outcomes developed from
the engagement program have shaped
development, execution and comple-
tion of the more than 90 activities
established to implement the COI rec-
ommendations. All of these activities
are now in the course of implementa-
tion, with more than half completed.
The most significant focus for
our implementation work has been on
supporting and strengthening person-
al leadership, particularly at the face-
to-face level, RADM du Toit said.
The New Generation Navy pro-
gram is a crucial foundation for that.
Its important now that we ensure the
improvements we are making through
implementation of the COI recom-
mendations make a permanent tran-
sition into our normal way of doing
business.
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Success COI: We
are all accountable
Equally important is ensuring
that we provide whatever care
and support we can to the
people involved.
RADM Allan du Toit,
Head COI Implementation Team
A FAIR GO: HMAS Success passes
through the Whitsunday passage.
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www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
03 NEWS
Moving with the times
From page 1
The first implementation report will come to the
Government in the first quarter of next year.
The new policy will remove gender restrictions on
the remaining seven per cent of ADF trades in which
women were excluded on the basis of gender.
This includes air defence guards in the Air Force,
and infantry, armour and artillery combat or frontline
positions within the Army.
The statement by Mr Smith and Mr Snowdon
said Defence would now draw on the experience
gained from opening more positions to women over
the past two decades to implement the new policy.
Additional research will be undertaken to enable
the implementation of the Governments position.
Mr Snowdon said women had a long and proud
history of service with the ADF.
This decision is a positive step, enhancing equal-
ity among the men and women who proudly wear the
uniform, Mr Snowdon said.
Defence is committed to creating a work envi-
ronment where all personnel are treated fairly and
with respect developing the implementation plan is
central to this.
Mr Snowdon said work currently underway with-
in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation
in partnership with the University of Wollongong
would ultimately determine the physical capacities
required to do a particular job.
Thats how people will be judged their physical
and psychological capacity to do the work, not their
gender, he said.
That will make a significant difference in open-
ing up these trades to women and it will mean that in
the future we may well see women leading, for exam-
ple, infantry companies.
LOGICAL
PROGRESSION:
Women have long
served in ships and
submarines but may
now also serve in
combat roles, like
clearance diving, if
they meet the criteria
for the job.
WHAT DO SAILORS THINK?
ABBM Nicole Bell: I think if a
woman is up to the standard, then
she should get the opportunity to
serve anywhere in the ADF. Women
should at least have the option if they
meet the requirements.
ABWTR Kathleen Clifford: Im all for
this as long as the standards are not
changed. Females should be able to
go for it. But the requirements should
not be changed...because this would
compromise the standards .
ABBM Kenny Merkovski: If women
can physically match it with the men
and achieve the same standard, then
they should be allowed the opportuni-
ty to serve in all branches of the ADF,
including combat roles .
ABBM Kyle Webb: The removal of
the gender restrictions is a good initia-
tive. Some of the women I work with
are very tough and strong. I think they
could match men physically. Some
could clean up the guys on this ship.
PHYSICAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS PROJECT
THE Physical Employment
Standards Project, due for com-
pletion by the end of this year,
will review current standards and
introduce a gender neutral selec-
tion process to determine suitabil-
ity to perform military essential
tasks and roles.
While the project will define
standards that can be used to
demonstrate that a person is
physically capable of performing
certain tasks, it is not examining
specifically the role of women in
combat.
The results of the project will,
however, offer a future expanded
role for women in the ADF where
they will be able to work in any
position in which they have the
ability to meet all of the demands
of the role, including physical
requirements.
Number of women in the perma-
nent ADF as of August 1, 2011
Navy 2596 women (18.5 per
cent)
Army 2930 women (9.9 per cent)
Air Force 2480 women (17.1 per
cent)
ADF 50,042 men (86.2 per cent),
8,006 women (13.8 per
cent)
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
04 NEWS
THE Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD)
Project has taken another step for-
ward with the delivery of two more
keel blocks to Adelaide.
This follows the delivery of the
first keel block in August.
Defence Materiel Minister Jason
Clare said this was an important step
in the $8 billion project to construct
three new warships for the RAN.
This is Australias biggest ship-
building project, Mr Clare said.
Ninety separate blocks will be
constructed to build the three most
powerful warships the RAN has ever
operated.
About 70 blocks like this will
be shipped to Adelaide over the next
four years to be consolidated into the
AWDs.
The blocks weigh about 190 tonnes
each and are about 19 metres long,
17 metres wide and five metres high.
They will form part of the keel of the
first warship, HMAS Hobart.
The steel blocks are being built
at shipyards in Adelaide (ASC),
Melbourne (BAE Systems), Newcastle
(Forgacs) and Ferrol i n Spai n
(Navantia).
Three sonar blocks are being
constructed in Spain and the United
Kingdom.
The newly arrived blocks will soon
Step forward for AWDs
be removed from the barge and trans-
ported by a large multi-wheeled vehi-
cle to the pre-fit-out facility.
Further work on the blocks will
then be completed including blast and
paint, fitting pipes, installing commu-
nications and electrical cables and fit-
ting internal walls.
Construction has begun on all main
blocks for the first ship and work has
also begun on blocks for the second
ship, HMAS Brisbane.
Next year work will begin on
blocks for the third ship, HMAS
Sydney, and the first ship will start to
be consolidated in Adelaide.
Mr Clare thanked the more than
1000 people currently working on the
ships across the three Australian ship-
yards.
The workers constructing these
blocks are doing important work
theyre working hard and I thank them
for their efforts, he said.
COMING TOGETHER: AWD
Alliance Project Manager for
Block Transportation, Mark
Eglinton, aboard the barge
with one of the blocks.
Photo: Bryan Charlton / AWD Alliance
NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
06 NEWS
CONDUCTING a marathon in the
middle of the ocean under a hot
Arabian sun may not be everyones
cup of tea, but for the officers and sail-
ors of HMAS Toowoomba it was the
perfect way to raise money for beyon-
dblue, the national depression aware-
ness and prevention organisation.
During a Sunday sea routine on the
last patrol of their current Middle East
rotation, the ships company took part
in a 24-hour marathon on the vessels
flight deck.
Organiser LSPT Zenith Dunstan said
participants chose to walk, run or cycle
(using a wind trainer) around the flight
deck, or they sweated it out on the exer-
cise equipment in the cardio room.
When we came up with the idea we
didnt have to think too hard about who
the money would go to, LS Dunstan
said.
beyondblue do a fantastic job rais-
ing awareness within the Australian
community about depression and anxi-
ety and provide information about where
people can get help.
Toowoombas Commanding Officer,
CMDR Andrew Quinn, said he was
proud of his crew for participating in
such a worthy cause while continuing
to maintain a high level of operational
readiness.
The MEAO can be a very demand-
ing and volatile environment in which to
operate and, to date, the crew has risen
to every challenge in a professional and
committed way, CMDR Quinn said.
To continue doing our job while
contributing to beyondblue is a wonder-
ful achievement.
The ships company and crew mem-
bers friends and family raised more
than $2000 for the organisation.
Toowoomba is part of Australias
By Lauren Rago
DEPLOY warships, destroy the enemy and master
the seas with Defence Force Recruitings (DFR)
latest foray into the gaming world. The Navys own
Battleships iPhone game Sink Em has launched
with the power of an LHD Air Strike.
Sink Em players take turns challenging each other
at battles in a fight for map superiority across four
major oceans, to ultimately eliminate all enemy forces
and capture opponents home ports. The prize is pro-
gression up the ranks from seaman to admiral.
Game play is based on the skilful use of various
platforms to fire weapons with the sling shot tech-
nique used in popular iPhone games such as Angry
Birds, which has been downloaded 140 million times.
Skirmishes are similar to the traditional game of
Battleships, except the arrangement of vessels is fully
visible to the
opponent. The
players fleet
comprises a
Collins-class
submarine,
Anzac-class
frigate,
Canberra-class
amphibi-
ous assault
ship and an
Armidale-class
patrol boat,
each armed with a different weapon.
Director Recruiting Management Navy CMDR
Chris Curtis said gaming was an obvious connection
point with the recruitment market.
Around 70 per cent per cent of our target market of
17-to-35 year olds consider themselves gamers and the
average age of mobile social gamers is 28, compared to
34 on traditional consoles. Further, around 53 per cent
of mobile phone gamers are females, he said.
The project was to develop an iPhone application
for the RAN, based on the success the US Navy has
experienced with their Navy Life application.
DFRs National Marketing Manager Pat Duffy said
an iPhone game was selected as a marketing tactic
because it would provide potential candidates with
information in an engaging manner via a relevant
channel.
Were using a channel that has over two million
users in Australia to communicate that the Navy fights
at sea, that it has an outstanding capability, and that
there are some exciting jobs available, she said.
Over the past five years research has revealed that
many members of our target recruiting audience see the
Navy as old fashioned and an environment that lacks
adventure, which has discouraged them from submit-
ting a job query. All our marketing activity aims to cor-
rect this and other common misconceptions.
Games can be played casually over long periods
of time at the players leisure. Multiple games with
friends can also be played at the same time and a chat
function is available for players to gloat and share tips.
So far more than 1000 people have registered for
the game with hundreds of games being created.
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HMAS Toowoomba steps
out for beyondblue
contribution to maritime security,
counter-terrorism and counter-piracy
operations in the Arabian Sea as part of
Operation Slipper and will continue its
patrol until mid-October.
For more information about beyondblue, go
to www.beyondblue.org.au
GOOD CAUSE: LSMT Rebecca Harris (left)
and LSWTR Lauren Tanzer take part in HMAS
Toowoombas 24-hour marathon for beyondblue,
the national depression awareness and prevention
organisation. The crew raised more than $2000.
Photo: LEUT Gary McHugh
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
07 NEWS
Parra sails for Middle East
By Michael Brooke
AMID the cheers of family and
friends, HMAS Parramatta recently
departed Fleet Base East to under-
take her fourth Operation Slipper
deployment.
More than 300 people, including
Defence Minister Stephen Smith and
COMSURF CDRE Steve McDowall,
bid Parramatta farewell when she left
on September 26 to replace HMAS
Toowoomba in the
Middle East.
CDRE
McDowall said the
ship was well pre-
pared and ready for
the important job
ahead.
During
Parramattas past
three rotations to
this area, she has
performed mag-
nificently, proving
herself to be adaptable, dependable
and passionate, and I am absolutely
confident that this reputation will con-
tinue in her fourth rotation, CDRE
McDowall said.
During her last deployment to
the Middle East in 2010, Parramatta
responded to 14 distress calls in rela-
tion to suspected piracy events and
intercepted one pirate vessel in the
Internationally Recommended Transit
Corridor.
CDRE McDowall said Parramatta
would be deployed to the US-led
Combined Maritime Forces, which
patrolled more than 2.5 million square
miles of international waters to counter
terrorism, prevent piracy and reduce
the illegal trafficking of people and
drugs.
During this six-month deploy-
ment, Parramatta will help provide
maritime security in the Gulf and help
promote regional stability, he said.
The ships dedication to duty
is exemplified by her crew, which
includes several sen-
ior sailors making
their second deploy-
ment to the MEAO
and many junior
sailors on their first
deployment.
Parramattas
Commanding
Officer, CMDR Guy
Blackburn, said
his ships company
would uphold the
tradition set by the RANs three other
warships that proudly carried the
Parramatta name.
He said Parramatta would mark
the 70th anniversary of the sinking of
HMAS Parramatta II off the coast of
Tobruk in 1941, with a ceremony that
would include scattering the ashes of
Harold Moss, who was the last of only
24 survivors from a crew of 162.
Toowoomba will soon hand over
to Parramatta, marking the 27th RAN
rotation to the MEAO.
During this six-
month deployment,
HMAS Parramatta will
help provide maritime
security in the Gulf
and help promote
regional stability.
CDRE Steve McDowall,
COMSURF
BON VOYAGE: HMAS Parramattas ships company marches across the gangway before the ship sails for her
six-month deployment to the Middle East while, inset, the ships Commanding Officer, CMDR Guy Blackburn,
consoles his six-year-old daughter, Sophie, who sheds some tears over her fathers departure.
Photos: ABIS Sarah Williams
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
08 NEWS
New leadership resource launched
By Annabelle Haywood
A NEW online resource was recently
launched in HMAS Creswell, with the train-
ees on the New Entry Officers Course
(NEOC 45) the first to access the materials
on the site.
The resource has been created as a stand-
alone Leadership and Ethics page, with collec-
tions of readings, videos, learning tools, and
links to videos on YouTube and supported by a
Facebook page.
The page has been designed to benefit all
personnel who have recently completed a lead-
ership course, but is particularly focussed at
junior officers and sailors who do not receive
the same volume of resources as those who
complete the three-day Navy leadership and
development workshops.
Leadership and Ethics Instructor LCDR
Richard Adams said the NEOCs found their
training to be fresh and relevant to their lives
as future leaders, and that an online resource
would allow graduates to continue their read-
ing on leadership issues.
One of the great advantages of the website
is that people will be able to access it in their
own time and take from it what they need,
LCDR Adams said.
The interactive nature will mean that peo-
ple will find its a resource that suits many
contexts, as opposed to being a prescribed
thing.
Acting Training Commander LCDR Tom
Doherty said the leadership training had been
immensely successful in Creswell, and that he
continued to see benefits to all trainees.
The new leadership and ethics training is
very good because it gets the trainees thinking
about actual scenarios, usually based around
actual events, he said.
The facilitators that come down from
Canberra get the trainees thinking about the
benefits of good leadership.
A small group of NEOC 45 trainees with
Phillip Division took time to look through
the site as it was launched, and said it would
benefit their leadership development as naval
officers.
Today has given me a really good under-
standing of what leadership actually is, espe-
cially what aspects make up organisational
culture such as organisation, communication
and ethics, MIDN Beau Douglas said.
SBLT Ben Walker said the training gave a
leadership blueprint to all NEOCs, allowing
them to access good principles to build their
own leadership style in accordance with New
Generation Navys principles.
By knowing where they want me to go, I
can create my own leadership style using what
I think works best in accordance with what the
Navy needs, SBLT Walker said.
LCDR Doherty said that the trainees who
undertook officer training in Creswell found a
supportive culture through their training.
All the feedback weve had from the train-
ees over the last 22 months has been extremely
positive, LCDR Doherty said.
Some people come here expecting to see
the sort of thing they see in the media what
they think initial training is going to be. They
are often very surprised about how we address
leadership, and what we actually give them
here.
The Leadership and Ethics website can be found at
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INTERACTIVE: (L-R) MIDN Nicholas Willmot, LEUT Karen Thomson and SBLT Ben
Walker look at the new external website launched during NEOC 45 at HMAS Creswell.
Photo: ABIS Hayley Clarke
AT A GLANCE
A NEW webisode has been created and
released showcasing the launch of the new
Leadership and Ethics external internet
resource, which is available to sailors and offic-
ers who are remotely located or have limited
access to Defence facilities. Members of Phillip
Division at NEOC 45 were among the first to
view the site and access the information. The
external resource allows sailors and officers
access to leadership and ethics material to
help with their leadership development, even
if they are not able to access the DRN. The
website can be viewed at www.youtube.com/
RANmedia
What was your impression of the Leadership
and Ethics website?
The learning journal that is
available on the website struck
me as something I would
make use of, especially as
my background is in teaching.
Being able to reflect on what
Ive learned, how Ive learned
it and how I can apply it later
on is always a good thing.
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The website has a lot of
good links to YouTube and
Facebook, and a range of
resources. It links in with what
we learned in the leadership
and ethics course, and its
really great to keep this dis-
cussion happening it means
you can look at yourself and
try to change your own behaviours.
SBLT Jacob Hepner
I found the website interesting
and intriguing, something I can
definitely use later on during
other courses. Having this sort
of useful information easily
available to me is great, and I
believe that every officer and
sailor in the Navy should find
it useful.
MIDN Nicholas Willmot
The website is a very diverse
tool; it has videos and infor-
mation on 360 degree report-
ing. It will enable me to have
further material to develop my
leadership skills, keeping in
mind that its about leading by
example, not do as I say, not
do as I do.
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
10 NEWS
By LEUT Geoff Howship and
LEUT Chloe Wootten
THE warfare community welcomed a
wave of officers on September 2 with
the graduation ceremony for Junior
Warfare Officer Application Course 52
at HMAS Watson.
Thi r t y- ni ne men and women
received their Navigation Watchkeeping
Certificates from Director General
Navy Capability Transition CDRE Ian
Middleton, marking the completion of
almost 18 months of demanding training.
When addressing the graduates,
CDRE Middleton reflected on his own
experience as a junior officer.
The most fun I had in all my post-
ings is where you are right now, he said.
You have the skills and have proven
your ability now seize the moment and
show your captain your potential.
Leadership, your personal example,
integrity, the rest of our values and our
Signature Behaviours will hold you in
good stead.
CDRE Middleton, who is also the
head of the warfare community, high-
lighted the importance of the roles the
group would undertake during their
careers.
The Navy of 2022 will include
three Air Warfare Destroyers, three large
amphibious ships, eight upgraded Anzac-
class frigates and six Collins-class sub-
marines it is an exciting future, he
said.
The following awards were presented
during the ceremony:
Otto Albert Memorial Prize (high-
est results in the Fleet Board) SBLT
Mark Karow (dux);
Ian McDonald Memorial Prize
(most improved) SBLT Jessica
OBrien;
Department of Defence Prize (best
performance overall in Phase Four
Bridge Simulator) SBLT Mark
Karow;
Warfare Community Medallion
(highest Navy Values) LEUT Glynis
Bailey; and
Commanding Officers Pen Prize
(highest standard during Phase Four
Warfare) SBLT Darren Shuback.
The students have now posted to
sea to complete their Bridge Warfare
Certificates in the next step towards roles
as specialist Principal Warfare Officers
under the new Maritime Warfare Officer
training scheme.
To learn more, visit the Navy warfare website
at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/navy
web/sites/HWaCu
JWACs seize
the moment
MILESTONE: The graduates of JWAC 52 at HMAS Watson.
By Graham McBean
CHIEF of Navy VADM Ray
Griggs is leading the way for
Navys second year of support to
Ocsober a fundraising effort to
provide alcohol, drug and health
awareness in schools.
The Ocsober event is the annual
fundraiser for Life Education
Australia.
VADM Griggs said he signed up
with the Team Navy effort for the
full 31 days.
I encourage all members to get
on board with Ocsober and make the
most out of this opportunity to kick
start a healthy balance for summer,
he said.
VADM Griggs said he also
encouraged each unit to consider
how they could challenge them-
selves to become a team of healthier
and fitter people.
Navy launched its support to
Ocsober last year and won the
NSW/ACT fundraising challenge
and was fifth nationally in the effort
to raise funds. Life Educations
2011 fundraising goal is $750,000.
Signing up on the website is easy
and, for those with a special occa-
sion during October, $25 and $50
leave passes can be bought to get
the night off.
Navys Alcohol and Drug
Program Coordinator LCDR Dee
Williams said Ocsober was a great
way to support a good cause and get
healthy as well.
Cheers to alcohol-free month
A lot of people who partici-
pated last year said it raised their
awareness of how much alcohol is
involved in our social lives, LCDR
Williams said.
They also realised that you
dont have to drink alcohol to have a
good time at social functions.
Personnel can sign up or donate
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
11 NEWS
By LEUT Mike Gordon
THIRTY members of HMAS
Darwin recently visited the Triple
Care Farm in the NSW Southern
Highlands to conduct maintenance
and present a donation of $1000.
The Robertson-based farm is run
by Mission Australia and Darwins
ships charity, the Sir David Martin
Foundation, and provides educa-
tion, training and support to young
Australians who have led troubled
lives.
The annual visit was part of
Darwins ongoing support of the
Sir David Martin Foundation. It
also provided an opportunity for
the ships company to interact with
students at the farm, listen to their
experiences and offer encourage-
ment.
Darwins personnel were quickly
put to work by farm staff, building
a barbed wire fence to enclose a
paddock, dismantling an old radio
tower and providing ready and will-
ing bodies for general maintenance
jobs.
Following a barbecue lunch,
a cheque for $1000 was present-
Darwin sailors get
their hands dirty
ed to the farm manager, who said
Darwins continued support was
greatly appreciated and looked for-
ward to by staff and students all
year.
The interaction between Darwin
and the farm has had some unex-
pected benefits two graduates
joined the Navy after their experi-
ence working alongside sailors gave
them a glimpse of the camarade-
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RAN.
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Navy first in board role
NAVY Womens Strategic Adviser
CMDR Jennifer Heymans has been
appointed as a board member to the
National Advisory Board, Women
and Leadership Australia (WLA)
Advanced Leadership Program. WLA
is a national initiative to support the
presence of women in leadership roles.
The Advance Leadership Program
is focused on increasing the sup-
ply of high-calibre female candidates
for senior executive positions across
public and private sectors. WLA sup-
ports Navys commitment to gender
diversity through the provision of
events in the annual Navy Womens
Leadership Program. The role of the
National Advisory Board is to guide
and shape the development of the
Advanced Leadership Program. WLA
Executive Convenor Suzi Finkelstein
said board members were selected for
the expertise and passion they could
bring. CMDR Heymans has a well-
established reputation and credibility in
the field of womens leadership devel-
opment, she said. CMDR Heymans is
highly regarded across an extensive
network of private and corporate sector
organisations, and she has created sig-
nificant partnerships to support gender
diversity within Navy.
IN BRIEF
New chair of Defence
Honours and Awards
Appeals Tribunal
ALAN Rose has been appointed as the
new chair of the Defence Honours and
Awards Appeals Tribunal. Parliamentary
Secretary for Defence Senator David
Feeney announced the appointment
on September 26 and said as chair Mr
Rose would manage the tribunal, lead
inquiries, including the Victoria Cross
Inquiry, and ratify panel decisions
before making recommendations to
the Government. Mr Rose is eminently
qualified to undertake this important
role. His experience as a barrister,
administrative law lecturer, ADF reserv-
ist and secretary of numerous Federal
departments will be a valuable addition
to the tribunal. I welcome him to the
role, Senator Feeney said. Mr Rose
said it was a privilege to undertake the
role. I am particularly keen to lead the
Victoria Cross Inquiry, he said. The
appointment as chair of the Defence
Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal
is for three years.
Call for ADF Journal
submissions
WO-N Mark Tandy has encouraged
Navy personnel with operational lead-
ership experience to contribute to the
next ADF Journal. The publication is
the official journal of the profession
of arms in Australia and the theme
of its March/April 2012 issue is the
junior ADF leadership experience
over the past 20 years. It should be
an interesting issue and one of con-
siderable benefit to current and future
members of the ADF, WO Tandy said.
The 2012 issue seeks contributions
on similar experiences, particularly
from non-commissioned officers in
the three Services. They should be
around 1200 words and written as a
personal recollection of one or more
operational deployments. They should
not be academic articles, but about the
operational experiences and stories
of ADF leaders across all ranks. The
best article from each Service will be
awarded $250, with an additional $500
for the best overall article. Contributions
should be submitted by email to pub-
lications@defence.adc.edu.au by
mid-January 2012. For further informa-
tion including advice and assistance
in writing your contribution contact
the editor on (08) 8431 4005. Copies of
the April/May 2011 issue are available
online at www.adfjournal.adc.edu.au
Fitting farewell for
long-serving divers
THE RAN
Diving School
and RAN
Clearance
Diving
Association
(RANCDA)
hosted a fare-
well barbecue to honour two of the div-
ing branchs long-serving members, for-
mer Chief of Navy VADM Russ Crane
(pictured) and LCDR Dave Hughes.
About 40 former clearance divers and
their partners attended the function
at HMAS Penguin, some travelling
from Western Australia, Tasmania and
northern Queensland. The RAN Diving
School presented VADM Crane, Mrs
Crane and LCDR Hughes with a small
memento in recognition of their service.
OIC of the RAN Diving School, LCDR
Russ Crawford, hosted the event with
the National President for the RANCDA
and ex-WOCD, Larry John Digney.
Defence Attitude Survey
PARTICIPANTS selected at random
to take part in the Defence Attitude
Survey (DAS) have until October 23
to complete the survey. The DAS
collects important information about
the attitudes and opinions of Defence
personnel on a range of employment-
related issues. Information collected
from the DAS is used to inform the
development and evaluation of new
and existing personnel policies. If
you have questions, contact the DAS
helpline on (02) 6127 2606, email
defence.surveys@defence.gov.
au or send mail to Defence Attitude
Survey, BP33-4-045 Brindabella
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
12 NEWS
By FLTLT John McCourt
ON THE pristine shores of a remote
beach in East Timor lies a unique
piece of Australian naval history that
has been revisited and remem-
bered.
A contingent of RAN person-
nel serving with the Australian-led
International Stabilisation Force (ISF)
recently visited the site of the wreck of
HMAS Voyager I on Betano Beach on
the far south coast of East Timor.
Led by the ISF Chief of Staff,
CMDR Charlie Stephenson, a party of
nine Navy personnel flew from their
base in Dili to the remote site to mark
the 69th anniversary of the ships sink-
ing on September 22, 1942.
Amid the wide-eyed interest of
local East Timorese, the RAN con-
tingent held a memorial service at the
wreck site that can still be accessed
from a beach head.
Voyager I had left its base in
Darwin in 1942 to land troops and
re-supply an Australian and Timorese
militia who were engaged in coura-
geous resistance to the onslaught of
some 35,000 invading Japanese.
While landing the troops at Betano
Bay, Voyager ran aground in the
shallows and was soon spotted by a
Japanese Zero fighter. While the fight-
er was shot down by gunners on board
the vessel, the alarm had gone out and
a Japanese air attack the following day
destroyed it.
Although all troops aboard had
earlier been evacuated, the incident
Voyager honoured
records an historic part of the fight for
freedom in Timor.
LCDR Rick Parry organised the
visit and said the service at the site
was sombre and appropriate recogni-
tion of previous battles.
After spending some time at
the wreck site, we engaged with the
Betano community who were very
interested in the little-known piece of
history on their beach, LCDR Parry
said.
It was a privilege to participate in
an event that remembers a significant
moment for Australia and the East
Timorese during World War II.
By CPO Tony Thomas
FLEET Support Unit Darwin
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Alice Springs fight and win at sea
albeit without an ocean in sight.
As part of HMAS Coonawarras
Navy Domestic Engagement Program,
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There are three Rotary clubs in
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forces every year to conduct the regat-
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The event raises money for Rotary
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FSU-D Operations Manager WO
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engagement activity allowed many
skilled technicians at FSU-D to
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groups float.
By all accounts the FSU-D staff
who helped man the float had a great
time. It was a win-win activity for
FSU-D and Rotary, he said.
FSU-D OIC LEUT Wayne Oakley
said the refit was funded by Rotary
Alice Springs and the platform had
work that covered all trades.
On the day of the regatta, the hard
work put in by FSU-D paid off with
Courage achieving a thrilling vic-
tory, he said.
SMNMT Shane Frew said working
on Courage was a great opportunity
to showcase his skills while support-
ing a charity organisation.
Giving something back to the
community made me feel proud as a
member of the RAN, he said.
HARD WORK PAYS
OFF: HMAS Courage
heads for the finish line
in the Henley on Todd
Regatta in Alice Springs.
Photo: CPOET Sean Mumme
Courage comes up trumps
NEVER FORGET: LCDR Rick Parry explains some of the history of
HMAS Voyager I to locals at Betano on the south coast of East Timor.
Inset: The wreck of Voyager I.
Main photo: CPL Melina Mancuso
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www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
13 NEWS
By LEUT Glenn Harris
HMAS Sirius celebrated her fifth
birthday with a cake-cutting cer-
emony on the bridge on September
16.
For her crew and Commanding
Officer, CMDR David McDonald, the
milestone birthday signified a busy
year with participation in exercises
Triton Storm, Talisman Sabre and
Triton Fury, during which the ship
operated with Australian, US and
Canadian units.
Sirius achieved operational capa-
bility four years after commissioning
and since then we have achieved capa-
bilities far beyond those originally
envisaged, CMDR McDonald said.
The crew is now preparing for the
ships South East Asian deployment,
which will include participation in
Exercises Bersama Lima, Singaroo
and New Horizon with other RAN
units, as well as participants from
the Malaysian, Singaporean and
Indonesian navies.
Sirius marks five-
year milestone
BUSY YEAR: HMAS Sirius Commanding Officer, CMDR David
McDonald, and the youngest member of ships company, MIDN Eve
Parker, cut the ships fifth birthday cake.
By Pattie Wright
UNSUNG hero Ernie Noble passed
away in Melbourne on September 22
aged 92.
Ernie was tough. When HMAS
Perth I and USS Houston sank in
World War II during the Battle of the
Sunda Strait on March 1, 1942, only
328 Perth men survived.
Ernie was one of only 47 men
who managed to reach the safety of
Sangieng Island in the Strait and one
of only nine who swam in; the others
came in on a recovered lifeboat. Ernie
did it the hard way.
On the island, Ernie tended the
wounded with virtually nothing and
when another lifeboat was rigged for
an attempt to get to Australia, Ernie
remained with the sick. On reaching
Java, a few days later, Ernie walked
inland to certain captivity, still caring
for his mates.
Hundreds of Perth and Houston
men were then interned in Serang
Prisoner of War camp, which Ernie
called a terrible, terrible placea
kero tin for hygiene and two feeds
a day of dirty brown rice and some
water.
Ernie was then sent to the Thai
Burma Railway. He worked as a medi-
cal orderly in various camps, ending
up at 100 Kilo camp, where life only
became worse. He survived and was
Mentioned in Despatches in 1946.
Ernie was the last of the Sangieng
Island bunch and he leaves the ranks
of Perth survivors now numbering
only 12 men.
Ernie also leaves behind a story of
exemplary courage, humility and care
Farewell, tough old salt
for his fellow man all big words that
would embarrass him. But they are
well placed.
As Secretary of the Victorian
Branch of t he HMAS Pert h I
Association since its inception, Ernie
helped keep the memory of the ship
and her crewmembers alive for 60
years.
USS Houston also marked Ernies
passing. He represents a group of
men that endured battle and the hor-
rors of those prisoner of war camps,
only to come home to be a productive
citizen and friend to many. Weve lost
another unsung hero.
Pattie Wright is an historian and
friend of HMAS Perth I
WIDELY RESPECTED:
Ernie Noble survived the
sinking of HMAS Perth
I in WWII. He died on
September 22, aged 92.
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14 NEWS
By Graham McBean
LARGER than expect-
ed returns for the
recent ADF Reserve
Reform Survey has
laid the groundwork
for the deep reforms
required to meet Force 2030 objec-
tives.
More than 31 per cent of the
30,000 surveys sent to permanent,
active and standby reserve mem-
bers between July and August were
returned, making it one of the most
successful ADF surveys ever conduct-
ed.
Additionally, focus groups at 23
regional locations and more than 50
principal stakeholder interviews
included tri-service representation of
reserves and permanent members to
augment information gathered from
the survey.
A Reserve Reform Ideas website
was also created, which received more
than 7000 hits. These were distilled
into more than 150 ideas that will be
considered in the Reserve Reform
Stream (RRS) process.
Senior RRS staff said it was inter-
esting but perhaps not surprising that
many of the ideas concerned common
issues.
The initiatives were conduct-
ed under Plan Suakin, launched
in May by Cadet, Reserve and
Employer Support Division, headed
by MAJGEN Paul Brereton, as a key
RRS initiative, which is ultimately the
responsibility of the Vice Chief of the
Defence Force (VCDF), AIRMSHL
Mark Binskin.
The intent of Plan Suakin is to pro-
vide an employment model capable
of investigating how best to support
the enhanced roles variously identified
for ADF reserves by the 2009 White
Paper, Strategic Reform Program
(SRP) and the Defence Audit Report.
To enable this, the RRS is using an
New era for reserves
evidence-based approach to develop
solutions.
Information gathered under Plan
Suakin will populate a Predictive
Behaviour Model (PBM), which in
turn will form one of the core tools to
develop courses of action at the single-
service level for reserve reform.
This is supported by a Personnel
Cost Model created by consultant
Ernst & Young and, together with the
PBM, these tools will provide evi-
dence-based modeling on which to
inform decisions on how best to grow
participation in the reserves.
A Civil Skills Data project has also
been established to further identify
the capability brought to the ADF by
reserves, with more than 7500 reserv-
ists having already registered with the
site.
With these models and supporting
online tools in place, the RRS report is
due in late October for consideration
by the Chiefs of Service Committee.
The RRS was established in 2009
under the SRP as one of three streams
allocated to the VCDF Group, then
headed by current CDF GEN David
Hurley.
RRS Director Jerome Reid took up
the lead of the project in early 2010
and said achieving the aims of the
Total Force concept under Force 2030
demanded deep reform to be success-
ful.
The nature of the RRS and the
reform changed dramatically with
an emphasis on the evidence-based
models. On May 24, Plan Suakin was
launched and represented the new
direction of the reform process.
The reserves are being asked to
do a lot of things that it has never been
asked before, but the reserve employ-
ment model has not changed in more
than 60 years, Mr Reid said.
If we are to build the Total Force
doctrine then we needed to develop a
Total Force model to support it.
Mr Reid said the first task was to
understand the nature of the workforce
and the incentives and conditions of
service that would create the work-
force needed to meet new capability
demands.
One of the indicators of a simple
but fixable problem was highlighted
when more than 10 per cent of the
ADF Reserve Reform Surveys were
returned because of out of date infor-
mation on PMKeyS.
He said the phone was still the pri-
mary means of communicating with
ADF reserves and often even these
details were inaccurate.
But he said the success of the ADF
Reserve Reform Survey was evidence
in itself of willingness in the work-
force for change, with more than 1000
people contacting the RRS office
requesting to take part.
Mr Reid said initial responses
of the survey were positive and he
was confident that a more effective
employment model would be the
result.
We have gone to a lot of trouble
to make sure that we have sophisti-
cated tools like the cost model and the
Predictive Behaviour Model.
We have surveyed up and down
the country, we have spoken to stake-
holders, we have done professional
literature reviews and looked at the
professional research field at what is
happening in this area.
We want a world-leading evi-
dence-based solution to the reserve
employment model and that is what
will be delivered.
RESERVES FOR THE FUTURE: Plan Suakin will provide an employment model capable of supporting the
new roles identified for ADF reserves by the 2009 White Paper, Strategic Reform Program and the Defence
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CENTRESPREAD 16 17
T
HE scenario facing the Navy,
Army and Air Force required
them to bring their assets
together during the recent
Minor War Vessel Concentration
Period in the Northern Territory.
H Hour D Day was set for 0830IK
on September 22 (48 hours to run).
The task group was given the
scheme of manoeuvre: hunters to the
pipeline saturate with sonar, search
and destroy; surveyors to the seaward
approaches chart the uncharted, find
a way to the shore; amphibians to your
boats drill, drill, drill; all regroup
for force protection final battle problem
in 30 hours.
Force protection final battle problem
18 hours to run.
Task group on station off
Hesperidian Dundee, Force Protection
State Charlie. Guns up.
A critical contact of interest veers
off her coastal route and closes at
speed.
Three fast RHIBs, BOGHAMMERs,
fan out in her wake.
The first run a feint probing the
force to test defences.
The second another probe a
weapons sighting is reported and Yarra
orders an LCM8 and Betano to ride off
the mothership.
Engagement occurs on the third
probe but theyre ridden off by Army
at 50 metres to the prize and boxed in
astern by Navy.
A graunch on the mothership looks
fleetingly achievable, but the mock-
Avalonian seizes his moment and heads
for deep water, beaten by hard targets.
H Hour D Day
The first wave LARCS and the
Amphibious Beach Team lands on
Red Beach. The beach is secured, and
open.
H Hour plus 5 minutes
First wave rendezvous with 2
Cavalry Regiment at Red Airstrip. First
column (ASLAVs) departs the strip for
the beach. Second column holds.
H Hour plus 10 minutes
First wave departs Red Beach for
sea; second wave LCH lands Red
Beach. Gunfire received from the
right and rear of beach. Engagement is
brief and decisive. Red Beach remains
secure. First column embarks.
H Hour plus 13 minutes
Second wave, first column
embarked, clears Red Beach for sea.
Second column (ASLAV and 4x4)
departs the strip for the beach. Red
Airstrip is closed.
H Hour plus 15 minutes
Third wave lands Red Beach, sec-
ond column arrives Red Beach. Further
resistance encountered and suppressed.
H Hour plus 17 minutes
Third wave, second column
embarked, clears Red Beach for sea.
Red Beach is closed.
Commander Sea Training Minor
War Vessels CMDRAlex Hawes
praised the contribution of his Task
Unit Commanders and their crews.
This was no small order. The
waters were unsurveyed actual and
there was no way we were achieving a
landing without a high degree of con-
fidence that the data set gathered sup-
ported that end, he said.
No landing, no extraction and
no extraction meant mission failure.
Twenty hours short of H Hour we had
major holes in our data. However,
improved amphib/hydrographic liaison
and ever smarter tasking resolved a safe
route and a narrow window of opportu-
nity with which to exploit it.
The exercise has undergone a devel-
opment phase the past year, building
from its traditional border protection-
centric format to involving assets and
personnel from all three Services.
It doesnt matter whether its USS
Germantown, USS Juneau or USS
Essex coming over that horizon, or
indeed Navys future capability, these
small units are highly motivated and
highly skilled, with very impressive
people, and going to need to be in
readiness to weave their magic in order
for that force to achieve the objective,
CMDR Hawes said.
Thats the real outcome and that
keeps my team and me coming back for
more.
NICK OF
TIME
The three Services came together
for the second Minor War Vessel
Concentration Period of 2011 in
the Northern Territory.
CMDR Alex Hawes sets the scene.
EAGLE EYES: LSBM Chris Hughes
protects the beach landing site as land-
ing craft prepare to extract personnel.
PROVIDING COVER: (Above) ABBM Chris Roberts fires a .50-calibre
machine gun toward a potential threat as part of a force protection exer-
cise during the exercise.
KEY ROLE: (Left) ABHSO John
Bird from Red Crew aboard
HMAS Melville holds a tide pole
during a survey for a beach
landing.
STEADY WORK: (Right) LSHSO
Mark Miller from Red Crew
aboard HMAS Melville surveys a
beach landing site.
RESCUE MISSION: TPR
Ryan Jordan provides
cover as HMAS Betano
recovers an Australian Light
Armoured Vehicle during
the the Minor War Vessel
Concentration Period.
Photos: LSIS Helen Frank
SCENARIO
LAND forces and Australian
embassy staff are stuck ashore
at Hesperidian Dundee, with the
political environment rapidly dete-
riorating around them.
Seasoned Avalonian soldiers-
of-fortune are confirmed on the
ground in Hesperides, and reliable
intelligence has the Hesperidian
resistance shaping into a more
credible fighting force with every
passing day.
On top of that, an unconfirmed
report suggests the proposed gas
pipeline route at the centre of the
crisis is subject to mining.
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NAVY NEWS
www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
18 PERSONNEL
By LEUT Todd Austin
THIS month we take a look at the sec-
ond of the professionalism behav-
iours, Be the best I can, which asks
personnel to strive for professional
excellence, know themselves, seek
self-improvement and maintain their
personal wellbeing.
This Signature Behaviour relates
directly to Respect the contribution
of every individual. By being the best
they can, the contribution of sailors
and officers is enhanced, engender-
ing the respect of superiors, peers and
subordinates.
HMAS Success recently returned
to Australian shores following a
deployment to South East Asia to
undertake a double-hull conversion,
bringing her in line with the latest
International Maritime Organisation
guidelines for tankers.
The ships Commanding Officer,
CMDR Ainsley Morthorpe, said he
was extremely pleased with the efforts
of the crew to ensure their trip to
Singapore for the conversion work was
a success.
Ive seen many examples over the
last few months where the crew have
really been pushing the limits of their
excellence, CMDR Morthorpe said.
Ive seen a significant effort by
my engineering department to work
hard and diligently. Theyve looked for
innovative ways to overcome challeng-
ing technical obstacles during work on
the double hulling.
The engineering department con-
stantly provided an excellent service
to the external contractors to allow us
to finish the project on time and on
budget.
Assistant Supply Officer SBLT
Michelle Orr has seen many examples
of sailors striving to be the best they
can.
Two new LS stewards came to
me recently wanting to go on course.
Unfortunately, we couldnt get them
on course until later in the year but, in
the meantime, Ive been teaching and
mentoring them myself, she said.
Those sailors are showing me
theyre interested in learning this
definitely shows that theyre striving to
be the best they can.
ABMT Mitchell Taylor said tak-
ing pride in his work was extremely
important to him.
SIGNATURE BEHAVIOUR
OF THE MONTH:
BE THE BEST I CAN
Strive for professional excellence
If we do a bad job everyone can
walk past and look at it, he said.
If I dont paint a bulkhead cor-
rectly everyone can see it and every-
one knows. If I dont show pride in
my work, why would I even bother to
attempt the job?
During the deployment, the ships
company learnt valuable skills to help
them articulate and respond to situa-
tions and issues in a positive and con-
structive manner.
The moral courage of my crew
increased during this recent deploy-
ment, CMDR Morthorpe said.
Theyre very outspoken. They
will walk in and tell you if they think
something is going wrong and attempt
to resolve the situation this shows
me they are being the best they can.
Further information on New Generation
Navys Signature Behaviours is available via
the Navy Intranet site at http://intranet.
defence.gov.au/navyweb/sites/NGN/
comweb. asp?page=101097&Title=
Signature%20Behaviours
WILLING TO LEARN: SBLT Michelle Orr (right) talks to LSHSO Sandra Purnell (left) from Cairns Ports
Services during HMAS Success port visit in Cairns. Supply Officer CMDR John Metzl looks on.
Photo: ABIS Evan Murphy
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20 FEATURES
Navy women celebrate
Regularly around the country, groups of women meet
for lunch and other activities. They vary in age from
their late 40s to early 90s, but they are as proud and
dedicated today as they were when they wore the
distinctive uniform of the Womens Royal Australian
Naval Service (WRANS) now disbanded, but
celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
LCDR Andrew Stackpool reports.
T
HE WRANS began as an idea
and because of the determina-
tion of a small number of dedi-
cated women.
In mid-1940, Frances Provan, a
member of the Womens Emergency
Signalling Corps (WESC), read an article
about the Womens Royal Naval Service
in the UK and believed there should be an
Australian equivalent.
With sheer determination and lobby-
ing of Government officials and the RAN
by WESC founder Florence Mckenzie,
the WRANS was eventually inaugurated.
As there was an acute shortage of
male telegraphists, on April 21, 1941,
the Naval Board recommended the use of
women telegraphists, and Minister for the
Navy Billy Hughes approved the recom-
mendation, with the proviso that no pub-
licity be afforded and he would prefer the
women to be employed as civilians.
These women were to be enrolled
not enlisted and were not subject to the
Naval Discipline Act.
Thus, on April 28, 1941, 14 WRANS
(12 telegraphists and two attendants)
arrived at the RAN wireless/transmit-
ting station Harman. The home of the
WRANS was subsequently commis-
sioned as HMAS Harman on July 1,
1943.
None of the women were in the least
interested in a Navy career; they wanted
to do what they could to ensure the war
ended as quickly as possible.
The women quickly demonstrated
their capabilities and, in August, the
Naval Board decided to boost their num-
ber to 1000 and increase the number of
areas of service available to them.
That number was achi eved by
February 1943 and by the end of the war
had increased to more than 2500.
The womens worth was fully rec-
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were sworn in as fully-fledged, enlisted
members of the RAN the WRANS.
Then, on January 18, 1943, the first
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The women were employed as teleg-
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70 years of proud history
For many women, however, it was an
opportunity to break away from the few
career and education opportunities avail-
able to them in civilian life.
For mer Speci al Dut i es ( SD)
Communications Officer Kerry Holmes
said that while such a career choice was
seen as strange at the time, it often got
women away from large families, pos-
sibly living in near poverty, and provided
them with clothing, food and board, train-
ing/education, new skills, a viable career
and financial security.
I enjoyed my time in the Navy, for-
mer LWRWTR(ST) Christine Barbour
said.
It gave me the training and back-
ground that was necessary when I moved
onto a second career and to travel over-
seas.
Christine was a short-hand typist and
she said there were only a few in the
Navy.
One of the reasons I left was because
there was no further promotion available
to my specialised rating at that time.
This limited career choice changed in
1959 when the branch became part of the
Permanent Naval Forces (non-combatant
and non-seagoing), although still as a sep-
arate entity, and women were employed
as cooks, stewards, writers, stores victual-
ling, regulating, radio operators, radar
plotters, motor transport drivers, electron-
ic technical communicators, and dental
and medical sick bay attendants.
WRANS officers were employed in
administration, training, recruiting, com-
munications, supply and secretariat, med-
icine, dentistry and law.
They served at all naval and some
combined bases and headquarters in
Australia and overseas, including at
Manus Island and in Singapore.
Conditions of service and employment
opportunities for WRANS were aligned
as closely as possible with those of their
male counterparts and aspects such as
pay differences and the requirement to
resign upon falling pregnant reflected the
broader workforce conditions of the time.
Thi s changed i n 1975 when
Government policy across the workforce
changed. Married WRANS could contin-
ue to serve and were entitled to 12 weeks
paid and up to 12 months unpaid mater-
nity leave. However, it was not until 1984
that unmarried pregnant WRANS were no
longer automatically discharged.
What was significant, though, was that
until 1968, WRANS had no power of
command over subordinate male officers
and ratings.
Former WO Joan Henstock and
CPORST Denise Butler said they had
seen enormous changes during this period
to the how and where WRANS served.
LCDR Judith Rowe pointed out that
until equal pay was introduced in 1979,
women got 80 per cent of male pay. At
the same time, while billets were desig-
nated for males and females, increasingly,
women were filling male positions.
That meant [in one job] I was doing a
mans work for 80 per cent of the pay,
she said.
The most important difference, how-
ever, came from the Government policy
that women be excluded from any com-
bat or combat-related duties. Although
WRANS officers in the 1980s could serve
aboard the training ship HMAS Jervis
Bay for three-week cruises while they
were under training, the policy prevented
WRANS from sea duty.
Things were set to change. During
the early 1980s, as workforce conditions
changed across Australia, the question
of women serving at sea came under
increasing examination and slowly
females were posted to ships.
In 1983, for the first time women were
routinely posted to ships (provided they
passed the sea service medical) as fully-
fledged members of the ships company.
In July 1984, the last class of WRANS
enlisted and in September all women
were informed they would be liable for
sea service.
With the change came evolution. The
WRANS as an organisation was disband-
ed in 1985 and on June 7 its members
became fully integrated into the RAN,
assuming RAN badges of ranks and
ranks/rates and equal pay and conditions.
The final step occurred in 1991 when the
post-nominal WRANS was removed from
all former members and they became
RAN, along with females who joined the
RAN.
Its last Director was CAPT Marcia
Chalmers, although CMDR Julie Gulson
oversaw the transition to the RAN.
With its passing the Senior Services
women lost a part of their own culture,
history and heritage but most would prob-
ably argue that the gains they made as
members of the RAN far outweighed
those losses.
There was a downside, LCDR Rowe
said.
While we were now exposed to far
more career opportunities and choices,
we were now competing against the men
as well, so the opportunities for promo-
tion were fewer.
LCDR Holmes agreed.
I loved the life with its diversity,
friendships, training and education and
wide variety in my postings, and left
reluctantly in July 2001. But the Navy
was placing more and more emphasis on
seagoing careers for women and, because
my eyesight was below that required
of a seaman officer, I was locked into
my career. There were no opportunities
to transfer or go to sea I was caught
between the old and the new.
These former members and others
interviewed all agreed that they had loved
their service and the lifestyle it had pro-
vided them. Just as importantly, it provid-
ed them with a wide range of skills and
abilities they took into their future career
paths, including into the RAN.
Nevertheless, the WRANS do live on.
The proud service still has members
serving in the RAN, while it is remem-
bered by a stained glass window at the
Garden Island chapel in Sydney and a
special memorial that was dedicated dur-
ing Harmans 60th anniversary on July
1, 2003.
It also has a very strong association
with branches in most states and territo-
ries.
KEEPING THINGS IN ORDER: Four
unidentified WRANS in the medical
records section of the Flinders Naval
Depot hospital at HMAS Cerberus on
November 30, 1945.
Photo: SGT F. Carew (AWM 122533)
ON PARADE: (Above
left) WRANS on parade
in summer uniform in
Brisbane, circa 1944-45.
Photo courtesy M.K. Thorne
(AWM P00300.001)
ROYAL VISIT: (Above)
Princess Alexandra
opens the WRANS
Quarters at HMAS
Harman in September
1959.
Photo: Defence Department
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leaving for the Middle East aboard HMAS Parramatta.
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SMNET Murray Priest, ABBM Caleb Larnach and LS Jason Harrison. Middle
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daughter Grace, Rachael has had to cope with Michael
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By CMDR Kate Gilmore
DEFENCE was in breach of certain
sections of the Occupation Health and
Safety (OHS) Act 1991 and OHS safe-
ty standards regulations, according to
an audit conducted by Comcare of
Defences management of hazardous
substances from May to October 2009.
In response, Defence entered into an
Enforceable Undertaking with Comcare
legally requiring Defence to develop and
implement a consistent, comprehensive
and inclusive hazardous substances man-
agement system.
As part of Navys commitment to the
whole-of-Defence Hazardous Chemicals
Project, all fleet units and shore estab-
lishments were tasked to conduct a
review of their hazardous chemicals
holdings on October 31 last year.
A key element of the review was to
ensure units were using Chem Alert to
manage hazchem stockholdings.
The results obtained from the
review and the associated Commanding
Officers Statements of Assurance indi-
cated that Navy had demonstrated an
improving level of compliance with the
current hazardous chemicals manage-
ment practices.
However, it was found that more
needed to be done.
Since the review, the Navy Hazchem
Project Team has conducted a re-visit
program to ships and establishments.
This program has followed up on
the non-compliances and also provided
guidance, assistance and support to rem-
edy the shortfalls.
Observations made by the team
included:
a significant number of units were
not using the DRN online Chem
Alert database to manage their
hazchem stock holdings;
correct/in-date safety data sheets
were not available for all stock items
held on board;
labelling remained an issue, par-
ticularly with hazchem decanted into
smaller containers/spray bottles and
containers with decayed, barely leg-
ible labels;
incorrect storage practices; and
poor or non-existent hazchem man-
agement procedures.
Personnel who handle hazardous
chemicals, and HSSOs in particular, are
now able to access Chem Alert 3.2 train-
ing on Campus on the DRN.
The Defence/Navy Hazchem Projects
are hosting the following activities
through to the end of the year:
ongoing assistance for units to
migrate their hazchem holdings onto
the DRN Chem Alert database;
delivery of updated risk manage-
ment training for selected personnel;
implementation and training for the
hazchem assurance information sys-
tem (Fast Track); and
ongoing joint compliance/assurance
activities in selected Defence units.
While there has been an increased
level of awareness and conformance with
hazchem management practises since
the October 2010 review, there is still a
way to go before Navy can confidently
declare compliance with the relevant
OHS regulations.
The Navy Hazchem Project team will
continue to provide assistance and moni-
tor remediation progress through visits
to establishments and fleet units for the
remainder of 2011.
Requests for assistance with hazchem man-
agement issues can be directed to CMDR
Kate Gilmore by email at kate.gilmore@
defence.gov.au or phone (02) 9359
2331.
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www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews October 13, 2011
26 LIFESTYLE FINANCE
I
F YOU are an investor, dont just
invest and forget.
Keep your eyes open, be pre-
pared to ask questions and watch
out for warning signs that tell you
something may be going wrong.
Investment markets can be volatile,
so review your plans regularly.
Savvy investors take the time to
understand the basic principles of
investing, then develop and stick to
their investment plan based on the
timeframe of each investment goal.
Even when market and economic
conditions are rapidly changing, it
is vital that you keep a cool head as
a knee-jerk reaction can often make
things worse.
Dont panic
When market conditions change,
it is important to revisit your invest-
ments to assess whether they still fit
your goals and risk tolerance.
This will help clarify your position
and will inform your next steps.
Make decisions based on your
long-term investment goals and what
you think will happen in the future.
Do not make a decision based on
what has happened in the past for
example: my investment has gone
down 20 per cent.
If your investments are still on
track to meet your goals, then you will
need a good reason to change.
However, if your investments are
no longer on track, you have a tough
decision.
Investors need a cool
head and keen eye, says
Australian Securities
and Investment
Commission chairman
Greg Medcraft.
Some typical warning signs that your investment may be
heading downhill include:
Published statements: Sometimes ASIC and the
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) require issuers of
investment products to publish statements clarifying or
correcting information given to investors. The investment
may still be suitable, but these warnings may signal that
the investment involves more risk than you want to take.
The problem may have been a genuine oversight but you
need to be sure.
Accounting problems: Mistakes, delays, audit qualifica-
tions and controversy over accounts could be warning
signs. Accounting rules can be complex and genuine
errors or differences of view do occur. However, repeated
issues may indicate deep-seated problems.
Management problems: Director and senior manage-
ment in-fighting, resignations, breaches of the law or
unethical conduct are sometimes warning signs. Changes
in management may be necessary, but could take atten-
tion away from responsibilities to investors.
Repeated over-promising and under-delivery: While
even the best managers make mistakes, ongoing disap-
pointing results, lack of communication and falling service
standards may indicate that something is seriously wrong.
Should you change investments
(and sell when prices are low) or hope
that your investments will go up in
value?
Its important to think carefully
about your next step.
If you are making your own buy-
and-sell decisions, you may need to
review and rebalance the investment
mix to make sure it still matches your
strategy and attitude to risk.
If you are using a fund manager or
financial adviser, discuss your options
with them.
If you have used a margin loan to
pay for your investments, you should
check your loan account regularly
because the value of your investment
can change very quickly.
As your investment is used to
secure the loan, you should ensure
that you can sell the investment and
repay the loan if market circumstanc-
es change.
When monitoring your invest-
ments, keep your goals and risk toler-
ance in mind.
If your goals change, you may
have to re-jig your strategies too.
A change in your employment
status or health may alter the risks you
are prepared to take when investing.
However, theres no guaranteed
method to spot losses in advance.
Even the most experienced investors
make mistakes.
Get organised
Record keeping is an essential part
of investing.
You need records for accounting
and tax purposes and to assess wheth-
er you need to make changes to your
investment portfolio.
The world changes and so do you.
Thats why successful investors
review their plans regularly.
The rule of thumb is to revisit your
investment plan at least once a year.
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27 LIFESTYLE HEALTH
Relying on Body Mass Index readings to
assess your tness might not give you a true
reection. LAC Bill Solomou reports.
D
URING the Join Bill
Campaign I have stressed
to members who have taken
on the challenge that they
should throw away the scales and
use a tape measure as a guide to
how they are going.
Using your normal day-to-day
clothing also indicates whether you
are on the right or wrong track.
For the first time in 12 months my
weight, blood pressure and general
wellbeing have improved dramatically.
Thanks to the efforts and support
from PTI SGT Shane Duncan, dieti-
cian Tiffany Peddle and encourage-
ment from family and Defence mem-
bers, I am on my way to better health.
The good news is that I am no
longer in the obese category, accord-
ing to my latest Body Mass Index
(BMI) reading.
It is not clear, however, how accu-
rate the BMI measurement is and
some of the experts suggest caution.
In my case, I am finding that I am
reducing in body size and gaining
muscle (muscle mass replacing fat).
In most cases the measurement can
be accurate, but the technique does not
differentiate between muscle and fat.
Because in most cases muscle
weighs more than fat, I know that my
BMI reading may be flawed.
As a quick, easy and inexpensive
method of testing, the BMI has been
used for many years in Defence.
Physiotherapist and ex-PTI LT Rob
Orr said BMI could provide a good
starting point for assessing fitness, but
cautioned personnel to be aware of its
limitations.
Even though it has the term
mass in its title, BMI uses weight to
determine fatness, even though fat is a
mass, not a weight. So the BMI cannot
differentiate if your measured weight
is made up of fat, muscle, bone or
water, he said.
I would estimate that more than 90
per cent of my 1995 PTI course cohort
would have been classified as over-
weight and of that group at least 20
per cent classed as obese. So in BMI
terms, a notable amount of the physi-
cal training instructors in the ADF
would probably be overweight.
LT Orr suggested there were other
methods that personnel could also use
to gain a more accurate reading.
If you wish to be specific and
measure fatness, PTI staff are trained
in taking some basic measures like
sum of skinfolds and girths that
when used together even together
with the BMI can provide some
basic information about your body
mass, he said.
If you wish to measure your phys-
ical fitness, military fitness assessment
results are useful as they assess the
basic fitness of the individual hence
the Army fitness assessment being
termed the Basic Fitness Assessment.
If you are tired of the basic mili-
tary fitness assessments, try some of
the assessments detailed in DI(A)
148-2 Army Physical Conditioning
Assessment System, Annex E.
Email Bill at vasilis.solomou@defence
news.gov.au
WHAT IS BMI?
THE BMI
uses body
weight and
height in
the formula
mass divid-
ed by height
squared
The re-
sults are then compared to a chart
of normative values and a rating
of underweight, normal, over-
weight or obese is given. BMI
is predictive of the development
of a range of medical conditions,
including diabetes, heart disease
and arthritis.
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28 SPORT
THE Navy has made it two victories from
two appearances in long-distance run-
ning events in Samoa this year, taking
out the 104km Samoa Perimeter Relay on
September 17.
Maritime surveillance adviser LCDR Matt
Richardson and technical adviser CPOMT
Mick Hosgood competed as part of the
winning Australian team, which also featured
two Australian Federal Police officers and two
climate change advisers.
The team, dubbed Aussie Team Crawl,
won the diplomatic challenge and also the
open mens trophies.
Twelve teams of six runners left the resort
of Sinalei on the south of the island of Upolu
early in the morning and raced around the
islands perimeter, with the finish line in the
capital Apia.
It was a long day of over eight hours
of running up and down big hills in hot and
humid conditions, but it was rewarding to fin-
ish first against some fast international compe-
tition, CPO Hosgood said.
In June, LCDR Richardson and CPOMT
Hosgood finished first and second respectively
in the island nations Independence Day half-
marathon.
The teams $600 prize money was donated
to the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the
aged.
The RAN advisers will continue the fit-
ness theme in Samoa by helping the Australian
High Commission set up and coordinate fun
runs in Apia, starting this month.
Going the distance in Samoa
SETTING THE PACE: The Aussie Team
Crawl flies the flag for Australia in the
104km Samoa Perimeter Relay.
By LCPL Mark Doran
NAVY reservist divers ABDVR Chris Casey and
ABDVR Phil Riley are planning to compete in
another ultramarathon to help raise money for the
competitors injured in the Kimberly Ultramarathon
on September 2.
The divers from HMAS Stirling were among the
runners in the RacingThePlanet event, which was can-
celled before the end because of a serious bushfire on
the course.
Eleven of the 41 competitors in the 100km race
were caught in the fire and two were evacuated to
hospital in Kununurra by helicopter with significant
burns, while three competitors were evacuated by
helicopter for observation and treatment.
ABDVR Chris Casey said although in the days
before the race
it was obvious
there were fires
on the race route,
they seemed to
be burning slow-
ly and posing lit-
tle danger.
A B D V R
Riley and I got
off to a great
start and were
in the top five
for a majority of
the race. In fact
ABDVR Ri l ey
was in third and
cl osi ng i n on
second when the
race was can-
celled, ABDVR
Casey said.
I t wa s a
s pe c t a c ul a r l y
tough race, most
of the time not even following any sort of track, which
meant forcing your way through spinifex on tough,
uneven ground where it was extremely hard to walk
let alone run.
When they reached checkpoint five which was
at about the 70km mark at about 6pm they were
instructed to wait because a fire ahead was causing a
threat.
At that stage they did not know that an emergency
had occurred earlier in the day when the wind had
changed direction and conditions became dangerous
on the route behind them.
ABDVR Casey said the bushfire flared up in a
gully and engulfed experienced ultramarathon runner
Kate Sanderson and part-time model and engineer
Turia Pitt.
The other competitors were burned when they
rescued the girls from the flames, he said.
ABDVR Riley and I are obviously hoping for the
best outcome for the girls and we hope to compete in
another race so we can raise money to assist in their
treatment and recovery.
The event, staged by Hong Kong-based adventure
company RacingThePlanet, was to have been staged
over 100km of rugged outback between Kununurra,
the Gibb River Road and El Questro Wilderness Park
in Western Australia.
Divers
plan to
support
victims
TAKING THE CHALLENGE:
Reservist divers ABDVR
Phil Riley and ABDVR Chris
Casey prepare to set out
from the starting line at the ill-
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on September 2.
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Army and Air Force. In
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CERBERUS Football Club has broken
its premiership drought, claiming its first
Aussie rules flag in 51 years by beating
Chelsea Heights in the Southern Football
League thirds grand final.
The all-Navy team, known as the
Dogs, withstood a late challenge to win
8.15 (63) to 8.5 (53) on September 17.
While Cerberus did not kick a goal dur-
ing the final quarter, its backline stopped
many opposition attacks and, with support
from the midfield, controlled the game to
secure the 10-point victory.
Among the standout play-
ers for the Dogs were ABBM
Jesse Meyer, LSETSM
Mat t Hol mes , SMNET
Dillon Slater, SMNCT Josh
Courtney, SMNCK Danton
Winter and SMNET Ned
Orchard.
SMNET Orchard was
named man of the match for
his standout efforts both in
the ruck and backline.
Coach Steve Phillips was
proud of the team effort, par-
ticularly for standing tall in the final quarter.
Co-captain ABBM Meyer said the con-
test was the most intense he had ever
experienced.
When we were only up by a few points
in the last quarter and Chelsea continued
to push, the final siren couldnt have come
sooner, he said.
All of the boys were exhausted but
somehow managed to find that something
extra to get us over the line.
Defenders LSBM Corey Nicoll and
LSSTD Andrew Smith set the tone for the
team, acting as a wall and repelling Chelsea
Heights many first-quarter attacks.
The Dogs failed to capitalise on their
early dominance due to inaccuracy in attack.
Knowing Chelsea Heights would fight back
with the wind in the second quarter, Phillips
deployed a spare man across half-back.
The tactic stemmed the oppositions
onslaught toward the end of the first half,
allowing the Dogs to take a narrow lead at
the main break.
Wayward kicking again cost Cerberus
in the third quarter and allowed Chelsea
Heights to stay in touch at the
final break.
Phillips demanded one final
effort during his three-quarter-
time address, and his players
responded.
The premiership capped
off a stellar year for Cerberus
Football Club, which won
a number of trophies includ-
ing the Kapooka 12s plate,
the Bev White Cup against
Da n d e n o n g a n d t h e
Community Cup against the
Westernport Warriors.
Club president and Cerberus XO,
CMDR Shane Glassock, paid tribute to the
efforts of a small but dedicated committee
which had worked hard over the past 12
months to ensure the clubs survival.
The result was that more than 60
players had been able to take to the field
this season to represent HMAS Cerberus,
and had all played a part in getting
through the home-and-away season unde-
feated, and ultimately winning the pre-
miership, he said.
Dogs break title drought
PLAN OF ATTACK:
AB Rob Dixon and
CPO Brad Bessell.
TOP PRIZE: Co-captains ABBM Jesse
Meyer and LSMT Jason Krell lift the
premiership cup alongside Cerberus
XO CMDR Shane Glassock and team
coach Steve Phillips. Inset: SMNET Luke
Robinson takes a strong mark in the third
quarter. Photos: LSIS Paul McCallum
Cool-headed keeper saves the day
All the boys
were exhausted
but somehow
managed to find
that something
extra to get us
over the line.
ABBM Jesse Meyer,
co-captain
GOALKEEPER ABCSO
David Batanaras was the
hero as HMAS Success
won the prestigious
Albatross-Nirimba Cup
soccer competition in a
penalty shoot-out against
HMAS Tobruk.
ABCSO Batanaras
pulled off a save that put
Tobruk to the sword, 4-3,
in the final.
I got lucky. He kicked
the ball straight into my
arms and that won the
match for us, he said.
The final had ended in
a 1-1 draw following goals
to Success LS Trend
Lawler and Tobruks LS
Alex Rossi.
Success victory speaks
volumes of the crews
never-say-die attitude as it
overcame fatigue and the
crippling heat to win two
penalty shoot-outs in the
final and semi-final.
Team captain ABBM
Liam Chandler attributed
the win to hard work and
a little bit of luck.
Tobruk could consider
itself unlucky to lose the
final after finishing top
of its group and edging
HMAS Waterhen 1-0 in
the semi-final.
Fourteen teams from
across Sydney contested
the Albatross-Nirimba
Cup on September 21.
Michael Brooke
THICK OF THE ACTION: HMAS Tobruks AB
Luke Clare tries to get around POPT Levi Cahill of
HMAS Success.
STRETCH:
ABCSO
David
Batanaras
defends
the goals
for HMAS
Success as
a penalty
shoot-out is
played out
during the
final.
By LCPL Mark Doran
TREMENDOUS defence by the
Australian Services Rugby Union
(ASRU) Warriors in the dying
minutes of their game against the
Tonga Defence Services (TDS)
ensured they won their first match
in the International Defence Rugby
Competition (IDRC) by four points.
The Warriors resisted desperate
late Tongan attacks to win 21-17 in
the most exciting contest of the sec-
ond game day at the T.G. Millner
Field in Sydney on October 5.
Coach CAPT Damien Cahill was
happy with the result, but believed
there was much room for improve-
ment ahead of the next game against
the Chinese Peoples Liberation
Army, scheduled for October 9 after
Navy News went to print.
We didnt play that well. Our
decision making could have been
much better and we consistently let
Tonga stay in the game when we
had opportunities to close them out,
CAPT Cahill said.
It is an emotional game playing
against the Tongans because of the
physicality of the players and their
ability and desire to purely play off
broken-play ball.
ASRUs defensive effort was
sharp and constructive with good
communication. The key was getting
the Tongans on the ground and not
letting them stay on their feet and
off-load.
3RARs LCPL Jovan Clarke was
ASRUs top achiever as he scored
points with three penalty kicks and a
try which he also converted.
PTE John Tanuvasa, of 8/7 RVR,
was the other key scorer when he
registered a try 20 minutes into the
first half and set up ASRUs 11-5
lead at the half-time break.
Te a m c a pt a i n PO J a s on
Harrington, of HMAS Tobruk, was
surprised to see the Tongans fight
back so strongly in the second half.
Our tactics were to keep the ball
mainly with the forwards for the first
20 minutes to try and tire out the
TDS, then beat them out wide, he
said.
The game plan sort of changed
at half-time. We still tried to keep it
with the forwards, but tried to get it
over the advantage line and that way
continue to wear them out for the rest
of the game.
PO Harrington said Tonga was
unlucky, and could have won it if the
game continued for a few minutes.
Our training and the three qual-
ity trial games before the tournament
have really paid off, he said.
There is not much more we can
really do on the training paddock. We
just have to win all our games to get
to the final.
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Warriors off and running
A CANBERRA team hurriedly put
together to take the place of a late
withdrawer needed just one victory to
advance to the International Defence
Rugby Competition (IDRC) quarter-
finals on October 13.
The Canberra team, formed from
ACT A-grade players to replace the
South African Defence Force team in
Pool B, thumped the Royal Navy 83-0
on Gala Game Day 2 at T.G. Millner
Field at Eastwood on October 5.
On Gala Game Day 1 at Viking
Park in Canberra on October 1, the
Royal Navy had thrashed AFP 73-0,
so a mismatch on Gala Games Day 3
loomed.
But rather than risk possible inju-
ries, the IRDC Committee decided not
to allow the game between the AFP
and Canberra on October 9 because
the Canberra team was clearly too fast
and experienced to play the developing
AFP team.
Canberra is due to play the winner
of Pool D, the British Army, at T.G.
Millner Field in the quarter final on
October 13.
British Army won both of its pool
games convincingly.
Call-in team makes mark
RESULTS
Gala Game Day 1, Viking Park,
Canberra, October 1: Tonga Defence
Services 59 d Peoples Liberation
Army 12; Royal Navy 73 d Australian
Federal Police 0; Royal Air Force 73
d Papua New Guinea Defence Force
0; British Army 33 d Samoa Police
10.
Gala Game Day 2, T.G. Millner Field,
Eastwood, October 5: New Zealand
Defence Force d Royal Air Force 58-0;
Australian Services Rugby Union d
Tonga Defence Service 21-17; Can-
berra d Royal Navy 83-0; British Army
d French Armed Forces 36-11.
STILL TO COME
Quarter-finals T.G. Millner, Sydney,
October 13: noon, 3rd place Pool A v
3rd place Pool C; 2pm, 3rd place Pool B
v 3rd place Pool D.
Quarter-final Victoria Barracks,
Sydney: 4pm, winner Pool A v runner-
up Pool C.
Pool Plate semi-finals, Victoria
Barracks, Sydney: noon, 3rd place
Pool A v 3rd place Pool C; 2pm, 3rd
place Pool B v 3rd place Pool D.
Pool Plate finals Viking Park,
Canberra October 16: 1pm, (Bronze)
runner-up semi-final 1 v runner-up semi-
final 2; 3pm, winner semi-final 1 v win-
ner semi-final 2.
Semi-finals North Shore RFC,
Auckland, October 18: 1pm, winner
quarter-final 1 v winner quarter-final 2;
3pm, winner quarter-final 3 v winner
quarter-final 4.
Finals Auckland University,
Auckland October 22: 1pm, (Bronze)
runner-up semi-final 1 v runner-up semi-
final 2; 3pm, winner semi-final 1 v win-
ner semi-final 2.
IN THE HEAT
OF BATTLE:
SMN Aaron
Louden finds
himself in a tight
spot during the
ASRU Warriors
opening win
against Tonga
in Sydney on
October 5 and,
inset, AB Tait
OSullivan clears
the ball under
intense pressure
from Tongan
opponents.
Photos: ABIS Lee-
Anne Mack
NAVY NEWS
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Running test a
tribute to wife
ON LINE: SMN Austen
Bagster shows his putting
style during the Navy Golf
Championships.
Photos: CFN Max Bree
CPO Raymond Macey edged out 38
other players to win the Navy Golf
Championships for the second year in
a row at the St Michaels Golf Club in
Sydney on September 19-20.
CPO Macey and LCDR Steven Hancock
both finished on 168, forcing a play-off in
which CPO Macey eventually won with a
par on the first play-off hole.
Strong winds on the second day sent
balls off target and hampered golfers at the
coastal course.
CPO Macey, a member of a neighbour-
ing club, said he knew to hit the ball low to
minimise the winds impact.
You could say that I had an unfair
advantage. But the wind factor played a
major part in the scoring overall, CPO
Macey said.
AB James Stamp emerged the net (hand-
icap) winner with a score of 144, right on
the course par.
AB Stamp said he was not expecting to
pick up the win in such a talented field.
There were a lot of better players than
me. But it worked out well, AB Stamp said.
Once enjoying a handicap of 19, AB
Stamp will have to work harder next time
with a new handicap of 16.6.
CFN Max Bree
Macey delivers in play off
IN THE SWING: (Above) LEUT Rob Plater
chips out of a bunker and (right) CPO Joe
Eyles makes an approach to the green.
Clancey lights up court
A SAILOR tried his best to rescue
Air Forces basketball team in the
South Australian inter-service grand
final against Army, but was unable
to stop Army winning 67-55. LS Nick
Clancey, of NHQ-Adelaide, shared
most-valuable-player honours with
PTE Jason Morton. LS Clancey
played for Air Force because Navy
did not have a team in the tourna-
ment, from September 15-16 at
RAAF Edinburgh. LS Clancey gave
Air Force a strong start, scoring 18
points in the first half. He will now
push for selection to compete in the
national Defence championships
from November 26 December 4.
The best thing about the tourna-
ment was competing in six games
over the two days playing that
much basketball is awesome, he
said.
Touring Timor in style
TWO RAN members have featured
prominently in a historic win at the
2011 Tour de Timor mountain bike
race. International Stabilisation
Force (ISF) Chief of Staff CMDR
Charlie Stephenson and finance
adviser LEUT Chris Clarke were
part of an ISF team that took out
the coveted security sector trophy
in the six-day, 600km event. East
Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta
presented the award at a gala cer-
emony in front of the Presidential
Palace. CMDR Stephenson said
it was an honour to compete in an
event. We had a great bunch of
riders and some fantastic and
essential help from our support
team, he said. We all enjoyed the
challenge.
IN BRIEF
LEUT Sandon Morrell will draw on
the strength of his wife as he runs in
the 100km Great North Walk 100 race
in New South Wales to raise funds for
cancer research.
Watching the courage his wife LEUT
Noelani Morrell has showed
since being diagnosed with
breast cancer earlier this
year has inspired him to take
on the challenge.
He is aiming to raise
$10,000 for Cure Cancer
Australia Foundation in the
lead up to the event, being
held on November 12.
Sandon said the run,
t hrough t he mount ai ns
bet ween Newcast l e and
Wyong, would be tough but he would be
more than ready.
I just want to do justice to the hard-
ships that cancer patients endure. The
up-and-down nature of the race is really
reflective of the rollercoaster ride that is
the cancer journey, he said.
Noelani was diagnosed in February
and has since undergone three surgeries
and five rounds of chemotherapy.
Her journey to recovery
began in August.
Noelani said the support
from family and friends had
been wonderful.
But through all the ups
and downs, Sandon has been
my number one support, she
said.
He had all the logistics
in hand, paid the bills, organ-
ised the helpers...and all I
had to do was focus on get-
ting well.
To donate, visit www.everydayhero.com.
au/sandon
INSPIRATION:
LEUTs Sandon and
Noelani Morrell.
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OPENING STATEMENT:
AB James Smith looks
to push through the
Tongan defence in ASRUs
four-point win at the
International Defence
Rugby Competition and,
inset, AB Dan Robertson
sizes up his options.
Photo: ABIS Lee-Anne Mack