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FLYING HIGH: C D R E G e o ffre y L e d g e r took one fina l f lig h t in th is 7 23 SQ N S qu irre l h e lic o p te r b e fo re h is d e p a rtu re to b e com e the new A us tra lian Task Force C o m m a n d e r in th e M idd le East. Photo: A B PH Paul M cCallum

High flyer heads MEAOBy Louise Butcher

The new A ustralian Task Force C om m ander in the M iddle E ast Area o f Operations, CDRE Geoffrey Ledger, left Australia recently to take up his challeng­ing new posting in Iraq.

This w ill be the first trip to Iraq for CDRE Ledger, who in the past has operated in a variety o f adverse roles such as the clean up following Cyclone Tracy. He w ill take over from Commander o f the Task Force AIRCDRE Greg Evans.

B ased in B aghdad , C D R E

L edger w ill lead m ore than a 1000 A ustralian D efence Force personnel on active service in the Middle East to support Coalition rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

H e said he hopes his posting will remain incident free while he is in charge.

“ U n fo r tu n a te ly , w ith th e A M TG going into an area o f uncertainty, that can’t be guaran­teed. I would like to think that during my tenure there that noth­ing changes in the professional way we do our job for the coali­

tion and that we help the Iraqis,” he said.

“We have a mandate from the government to do that - help them rebuild the country and get them [Iraqi’s] rehabilitated. I think the A1 Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) will go a long way towards doing that, towards w inning the hearts and m inds o f the Iraqi people. After my six months I hope to be able to handover to another one star with our commitment in good order so they will be able to con­tinue the good work that has been set up by previous commanders.

“The main challenges will be the bedding o f the A1 M uthana task group down the south west and generally managing a large contingent o f Australians in a fair­ly uncertain area o f operations.”

CDRE Ledger, a he licop ter pilot, leaves behind a posting at Nowra. His passion for helicop­ters led him to fly the Squirrel hel­icopter at 723 Squadron, located in N ow ra, w henever he got the chance. In late April, he flew with the squadron for the last tim e before heading off to Iraq.

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The Prime M inister has paid tribute to the stew ardship o f VADM Chris Ritchie in his three years as C hief o f Navy.

“It has been a period of intense activity,” Prime M inister Howard told a media conference called on May 23 to announce the changes in senior leadership o f the ADF.

“ It covered the first w arlike

activ ity by the N avy since the Vietnam war, with the engagement o f HMAS Anzac during the early stages o f the military operation in Iraq.

“I would like to w ish Admiral Ritchie every happiness and good h ea lth in his fu ture life and to record my deep gratitude to him on behalf o f the Government and

the Australian people for his very loyal and professional service to the Navy.”

The P rim e M in ister said the current Vice C hief o f the Defence Force, VADM Russ Shalders, will succeed VADM Ritchie as C hief o f Navy.

It is a three-year appointment from July 1.

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Married to the service

A u s tra lia ’s le a d in g M ilita ry C o m p e n s a tio n L e g a l F irm

By Louise ButcherThe saying that life begins at 40,

especially applies to SBLT W endy Castle.

She has turned her life around in dramatic fashion, recently gradu­ating from the New Entry O fficer Course (NEOC), making her the old­est female Officer ever to do so.

The happy news continued on M ay 14, when she got to marry her p artner, Jerry L issing a t HM AS Watson w ith an all-fem ale honour guard providing support.

M ak ing her story even m ore remarkable were the odds she had to overcome to get to this point.

She found herself at age 30 in the middle o f a separation from her hus­band, alone with three young chil­dren. To make m atters w orse, she was unskilled, uneducated, had no money and nowhere to go.

SBLT Castle said she managed to locate temporary emergency housing for herself and her children but the uncertainty o f her situation, and the helpless state she found herself in destroyed her self-confidence.

“The first morning [in the new housing], my kids had to eat their b reakfast out o f their lunchboxes. That was the most devastating thing as a mother, that I couldn’t even pro­vide a decent plate for them to eat off of,” she said.

“That was probably rock bottom. From there I decided never to be in that situation again.”

The experience jo lted her in to action. H aving left school before Year 12, she had no High School Certificate, so she enrolled in pre- tertiary studies at TAFE. After com­pleting this, she applied at University to a B ach e lo r o f E d u ca tio n in Teaching. To her surprise, she was accepted.

“I thought I had won the lottery, I was so excited,” SBLT Castle said.

However, balancing three young

ch ild ren and a heavy un iversity w ork load was no t an easy task. SBLT Castle said she often struggled to cope.

“The w orst problem I had was school holiday time because univer­sity holidays d idn’t coincide w ith school holidays. To put the kids in school holiday programs cost such an astronomical amount that I couldn’t do it,” she said.

“I know on a couple o f occasions I had to take them to Uni w ith me because I had no other option.”

She said having to work so hard also caused problems w ith the kids who wanted her attention. Her fam­ily was extremely supportive during this high-stress time.

“I was always studying and doing homework and they wanted attention and time. During assessm ents, my cousin came down from Queensland and stayed with us so she could look after the kids and I could do my stud­ies,” she said.

‘I just thought because I was a single parent and I was 40 ,1 was too old’

— SBLT Wendy Castle

“I also had my m um . She was brilliant. At least once a semester I w ould have a mini breakdow n and she would take the kids for the week­end.

“It was tough but I was deter­m ined to do it. I just kept thinking o f my graduation day. That was the m ost im portant day for me. I was going to be there and wear the mor­tar board, and I was going to gradu­ate.”

She finally graduated and start­ed w orking at a teacher at a p ri­m ary school. A fter w orking there for four years, she took up a new role in the Department o f Veterans Affairs. Around this time, her chil­

dren became involved with the Navy Cadets. She was approached by the CO o f TS Canberra to assist him by becoming his XO. She agreed.

“It was all a bit strange for me to end up in a uniform and have people calling me Maam,” she said.

This m arked th e beginning o f her interest in joining the Navy. It was during a v is it from a recruit­ment officer at Cadets that her inter­est bloomed.

“I ju s t thought because I was a single parent and I was 4 0 ,1 was too old.”

“I jokingly walked past and said “ so you w ou ldn ’t have a job for me?” and she said, “yes I would”. I said, “but I am 40” . She said, “that doesn’t m atter” . I said, “but I am a single parent” and she said, “just come and talk to me” .

“So I went and talked to her and she started to do m y application. She said “none of those things will stop you from getting in the navy”. It blew me away.”

She applied and passed all the requirem ents, then graduated from NEOC 29 in 2003 at the age of 41. She now leaves fo r an 18-month posting as Training and Development O ffic e r in T ra in in g A u th o rity M aritim e W arfare, fo r a posting at HMAS K uttabul, taking on the role o f Training Systems Officer.lt was around the time she applied for the Navy that she met her husband, Jerry.

“I met Jerry in Canberra while he was doing some work there about three days a week,” she said.

“The first thing he asked me was if I had ever considered applying for the navy and I told him I was already in the process o f applying now.

“He loves it. I am going to have a problem when the Navy doesn’t want me anymore because he will be dev­astated. He loves the fact that I am in the Navy. He is so proud o f me.”

B R ID A L PARTY: SBLT W endy C a s tle jo in e d th e RAN a t 41, and is th e o ldest fe m a le g radu a te o f the N ew E ntry O ff ic e r C ourse. Photo: ABPH Paul Berry

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TR IUM PH: Anzac’s C O C A P T R ich a rd M e n h in ick and P O P H D am ia n P aw lenko take p a rt in V E ce le b ra tion s . Photo: POPH Dam ian Pawlenko

Anzac takes part in VE

celebrationsBy LE UT Rachel Irving

Three m em bers o f the sh ip’s com ­pany o f HM AS A nzac marched down the Champs Elysee in Paris this m onth as part o f the 60th A nniversary VE D ay celebrations.

Part o f the seven-member Australian contingent leading the parade o f hun­dreds, CMDR Simon O'Brien, POB Billy Swann and LSET Lee Yorwarth marched with three m em bers o f the A ustralian Army and one m em ber o f the R oyal Australian Air Force.

VE Day, May 8, marks the Allied vic­tory over Germany in World War II. When war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, more than 40 million had lost their lives.

A ssem bling ju s t o ff the C ham ps Elysee, the seven A ustralians led par­ties from France as well other countries including R ussia and Belgium up the famous street, and gathering at the Arc de Triomphe.

French President Jacques Chirac then inspected the troops and laid a wreath for the fallen in a ceremony which last­ed approximately 90 minutes before the parade marched back down the Champs Elysee.

The three Anzac members, along with the ship’s Comm anding Officer, CAPT Richard M enhinick, and photographer POPH Damian Pawlenko, then dined with A ustralian War Veterans at the H ilton Hotel Paris.

They later returned to the ship which was berthed in Toulon.

Rugby team’s first victory

Diggers turf the Spanish

By LEUT Rachel IrvingIn a game o f guts and cour­

age the Anzac D iggers rugby team has beaten a Spanish combined A grade team on their own turf.

In th e ir f irs t w in and th e ir first full 80-m inute gam e for the Northern Trident deploym ent, the Diggers took on a combined team from the Z aeleda c lub and th e University o f La Coruna at the Uni ground.

Captained by fly h a lf POATA Adam West, the D iggers played a winning combination o f tough back- line defence and good ball handling through the five-eighth to claim the win 24-12.

A ssistant C oach CM D R Liam Donley said o f the game, “This is the Anzac Cove o f rugby for us. It has been the true highlight of our season.”

La Coruna scored the first and last trys o f the game, but it was the Diggers that emerged winners.

A B C IS D a n ie l H o b d e n impressed the crowd. He was only on the ground for ju s t three m in­utes and with his first touch of the ball, saw a hole in the home side’s defence and pow ered through to

THREE CHEERS: T he D iggers c la im th e ir firs t w in on tour.

secure a 22-7 lead. The kick from Murphy put the Diggers 2 more in front.

Coach POCSS Rob Hacket said,, “This was an outstanding effort by the team. It was a hard fought match and puts us in good stead for the games ahead.

“I’m not sure I’ve seen a ship’s team ever go the full eight phases before - it was brilliant.

“This is the first time we have played the full 80 minute game and we appreciate the support that La Coruna has given us.”

The next game for the Diggers w ill be in G lasgow next m onth against a local police side and the gauntlet has been thrown down for a match against Arunta.

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Briefs■ Busy time for Stuart Taking the long way home

HMAS Stuart recently returned to FBE after her third Op Relex II patrol. Some o f the

M S C Denisse h i§h lights includedproviding assistance to the crippled merchant

vessel MSC Denisse, helping the crew o f a small Foreign Fishing Vessel (FFV) that had suffered engine failure, spend­ing Easter on Christmas Island, aiding the yacht Total Eclipse which had been damaged in rough seas, and lighter things such as competing in a Mini Olympics against an embarked Army contingent. The patrol also saw the staging ofStuart’s “Iron C hef’ competition where contest­ants had to create a three-course meal from nothing more than a ration pack, one vegetable and a couple o f essential herbs and spices. The judges selected ABET Tobrman as the winner, for his zesty oven roasted capsicum stuffed with chicken risotto. The ship travelled back to Fleet Base East via Fremantle, where the ship’s company took part in Anzac Day activities. They then travelled to Adelaide to take part in a'variety of events sur­rounding Navy Week in that city.

■ Naming rights CorrectionIn our story headlined “progress on crash cause” (Navy News, May 19, page 2) we incorrectly stated that LTCOL Marvin Leavey was a member of the Board o f Inquiry investigating the Sea King helicopter, when it should have been LTCOL Martin Leavey. The error was in a transcript o f a recent press conference.

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Sweethearts, parents and friends farewelled HMAS N ew castle from Sydney on M ay 23 on her third tour o f The Gulf.

The current CO, CAPT Trevor Jones, said his crew was “well prepared and looking forward to the deploy­ment” after months o f training and exercises.

He follows in the footsteps o f commissioning CO, RAJDM Max Hancock (Deputy Chief o f Navy) and also RADM Rowan Moffitt (Maritime Commander).

RADM M offitt w as jo in e d by P arliam en ta ry Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Teresa Gambaro, to farewell ship’s company from Fleet Base East.

A la ter CO, CDRE D avyd T hom as, received a C om m endation for D istinguished Service as CO o f N ewcastle for the sh ip’s m aritim e interdiction work in support o f coalition forces enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq in The Gulf.

During their 2003 tour o f duty, while under the com­mand o f CAPT Gerry Christian, ship’s company distin­guished themselves by pulling to safety, in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), eight Iraqi crewmen whose tug foundered with 52 metric tonnes o f contraband oil on board.

The search and rescue took place on a moonless night in two metre-plus waves.

And, under the command o f the current CO on June 17 last, Newcastle diverted at the request o f the Nadi Rescue Coordination Centre to help in the search for a missing Danish yacht, Tico Two, off Fiji.

Overnight sightings o f a strobe light and beacon by a ship’s helicopter led to discovery o f the disabled yacht near D uff R eef the following morning and the three-per­son crew and life-raft nearby.

They were airlifted back to the ship and given medi­cal examinations by the ship’s surgeon.

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LCDR A ntony Underw oodThe Safety Officer for the Aviation Force

Element Group (FEG) has dedicated a safety award won by the FEG to those w ho lost their lives in the Shark 02 helicopter accident on the island o f Nias, o ff Sum atra, last month.

LCDR Rick Sellers accepted the award — jointly won with Defence Health Services - on behalf of Commander Australian Navy Aviation Group, CDRE G eoff Ledger. He was flanked by colleagues CPO Craig Johnson and Mr Ian Carroll in a ceremony in Canberra on May 13.

The award was for L eadersh ip in Injury Prevention and Management.

The Chief o f the Defence Force, GEN Peter Cosgrove, said in presenting the award that the A viation FE G ’s safety system encom passes training in risk management, crew resource man­agement and com prehensive safety education and awareness training.

“The FEG maintains an independent accident and incident investigation capability and has a mature closed-loop reporting system,” he said.

“They also aim to have a generative safety culture supported by an open and honest safety reporting and hazard tracking system.”

LCDR Sellers said the naval aviation oper­ating environment was ‘often challenging and unforgiving’.

“Our personnel are required to confront a number o f safety challenges in the myriad o f tasks they perform as they go about their daily duties,” he said.

“You would all be aware o f the recent tragic loss o f our Sea King aircraft Shark 02 on the island of Nias which caused the loss o f nine lives and injuries to a further two crew members.

“The accident occurred during the provi­

sion o f aerom edical support to the people o f Indonesia as part o f Sumatra Assist 2.

“Although my staff and I continue to work tirelessly toward improvement in the safety o f all our operations, we would like to dedicate this award to our shipmates and colleagues who tragically lost their lives or were injured in that accident.”

G EN C osgrove said the D efence Safety Awards were a corporate initiative supported by senior Defence leaders to recognise outstanding performance by areas within Defence to create safer working environments.

“The ability of the Defence organisation to effectively manage all aspects o f OHS has a direct and profound impact on the capability we depend upon to carry out our mission to defend Australia and its national interest,” he said.

“We aim to eliminate preventable injuries and work-related illness through the systematic man­agement o f our risks, measurable improvement o f our occupational health and safety perform­ance and appropriate resourcing.

“Therefore, within Defence, we recognise OHS management as a command and leadership responsibility.”

G EN C osgrove said the D efence Senior Leadership Group has been committed, in recent years, to ‘charting a new course’ for OHS man­agement in Defence.

“This course aims to take OHS beyond legis­lative compliance to the point where it is recog­nised by our people as being integral and impor­tant to the ability o f Defence to deliver strong and effective military capability.”

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BRUSH STROKES: AB Lee A n d re w p a in ts th e o u te r c a s in g o f H M A S Otway, lo ca t­ed in H o lb ro ok , NSW . Photo: ABPH Brenton Freind

FIMA Sydney paint theBy LCDR Antony U nderw ood

Six Sydney sa ilo rs have spruced up one o f A ustra lia’s m ore striking tourist landm arks.

CPO Mick Lampshire recently led a team of bosun’s mates from Fleet Interim Maintenance Activity (F IM A ) Sydney to H o lb ro o k , a sm all tow nship on the H um e Highway.

For tourists, there are few more arresting sights than an 89-metre attack submarine, aground forever more than 200 km from the near­est coast.

But it’s not a gross navigation error.

For those who have not driven the Hume to Melbourne in recent years, Holbrook is the last res t­ing place o f the casing o f HMAS Otway and “spiritual home” o f the A ustralian Submarine Squadron. The 38-year-old subm arine was taken there by low -loader m ore than a decade ago.

The surface of Otway had dete­rio ra ted over the years and the H olb rook S ubm arine M useum Committee sought N avy help for an operation to de-scale, prepare and preserve the hull.

The FIM A artisans agreed to take on the task when normal fleet activities allowed, on the basis that Greater Hume Shire Council pro­vide board and accom m odation and pay for suitable paint.

The team spent a total o f 10 days in Holbrook - scene of several Submarine Squadron Freedom of Entry marches - taking the oppor­tunity to join many o f the “old and bold” o f the SM fraternity in Anzac Day commemorations.

“Obviously there’s not a great requirement for anti-fouling paint for a submarine at Holbrook,” said the CO o f FIM A Sydney, LCDR Craig Lee, “so the team settled for about 200 litres o f black enamel.

“It was a big jo b and, even though it no longer belongs to the Navy, we still consider it a ‘Navy asset’ in a way and, because it’s in a prom inent position, we feel it’s im portant to keep it looking spic and span. It does attract some 250,000 visitors annually.”

LCDR Lee spoke at a ceremony at Holbrook on May 6 to hand the refurbished Oberon class subm a­rine back and to present a com ­memorative plaque to president o f the Submarine Association in the

town blackpresence o f the general manager of the council.

“Next year we hope to return to do some work on the rear end of a submarine - propellers etc next to Otway” he said, “if our workload permits.”

■ H o lb ro o k w as o r ig in a lly known as Germanton, a name that was changed to Holbrook because of the wave of anti- G erm an sen tim en t, which swept Australia during WWII. In 1914, B ritish subm arine com m ander LEU T Norma Holbrook guided the subma­rine HMS B l l below a mine­field in the Dardanelles to tor­pedo an enemy Turkish battle­ship, the Messudiyeh. Destroyers and on-shore forts immediately attacked B l l and during the trip back through the minefields Holbrook and his crew were forced to stay submerged for nine hours, an incredible feat for a subma­rine built in 1905.Holbrook was later awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Its time for a Sea Change

O ne o f th e g re a te s t e x a m p le s of the D efen ce A ttitu d e S urvey driv ing personnel policy im provem ents is the Navy's P ro jec t S ea C hange , th e suc­cess of w hich w ill tru ly be m easured by the next a ttitude survey, to be con­ducted at the end of th is year.

D ir e c t o r G e n e r a l W o r k fo r c e P lanning, R ecru itm en t and R etention A IR C D R E t e e R o b e rts is o p tim is tic about the likely result.

“ (T h e a t t i tu d e s u rv e y ] w i l l be the b e n c h m a rk th a t w ill te ll N avy in a y e a r ’s tim e w h e th e r a ll th e e ffo rt th e y 'v e p u t in to S e a C h a n g e was w orthw hile or not,” he says.

"Now, w e know a lo t of it w ill be. but there'll be som e th ing s there that m ight need chang ing and trying a new idea. B u t the o n ly w ay w e 'll g e t the in form ation back w ill be the opinion of people in the field."

A IRCDRE R oberts ' optim ism com es from the fact that the project is strong­ly supported from the top.

"Th e C h ie f o f N a v y has ac tu a lly devoted the rest of h is tim e to Project Sea C hange and [the project] is purely to im prove the lifes ty le of N avy per­sonnel.

“ It ’s a ve ry h ig h ly fo c u s e d cam ­paign to actually m ake the people and their fam ilies happier.

“The m easurem ent of each of those in itiatives w ill be by the surveys in 12 m o n th s ' t im e . S o m e o f th o se ideas w on t go a h e a d an d o th e rs w ill be rolled out across the fleet - but w e will need p e o p le ’s v iew s in the n ext atti­tude survey."

D ire c to r G e n e ra l N avy P ersonnel and Training CORE M att Tripovich and his staff w ill be assessing the survey responses and provid ing feedback in the future.

All about attitudeBy PTE John W ellfare

How can Defence headquarters know w hat’s im portant to the average A DF m em ber? How can the Defence Personnel Executive, an organisation staffed m ostly by officers and civil­ians, develop policies that work for sailors?

That’s where the Defence Attitude Survey comes in. Without it, Defence personnel s ta ff w ould have no way o f know ing w hat’s im portant to the members.

As the Director General Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Retention, A ir C om m odore L ee R oberts is responsible for finding out how many and what kind o f people Defence will need in the future, getting those people to jo in the organisation and keeping those who already have. His depart­ment produces the Defence Attitude Survey and compiles its results every year.

The survey is one o f his most valu­able tools, which, he says, provides him and the senior leadership with the most accurate understanding o f what the thousands o f men and women in the broader Defence population want.

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“At my level, I can make as many guesses as I like, and think about it, but I sit here in [Canberra] - I’m not really living on a base anymore,” he says, summing up the survey’s importance for developing personnel policy. The

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compiled survey results are required reading for the three Service chiefs and director generals - personnel, not to mention the CDF, Secretary of Defence and all AIRCDRE Roberts’ staff. And, not surprisingly, none of them need to be reminded when the Defence Attitude Survey is due out.

“It tells us how we are perform­ing and I can assure you the Service chiefs and the CDF take a keen inter­est in the release and results o f these attitude surveys,” AIRCDRE Roberts says.

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Interpreting the attitude survey responses isn’t as simple as entering the data into a computer and com ­ing up with a percentage. AIRCDRE Roberts and his staff are well aware that some o f the answ ers are not m arked in the returned question ­naires.

“We do have a concern on the response to the survey itse lf and I think that does give an indication of how people are thinking about the organisation,” he says, explaining that in the most recent survey, which was distributed to a 30 per cent sam­ple across the ranks of the ADF, only about 37 per cent o f Navy respond­ed, and w hile he understands that there w ill always be some people too busy to fill out the 13-page docu­ment, it’s also clear that a number of people don’t believe their opinions will be heard.

The surveys have been conducted

since 2001, so there’s plenty o f scope for making comparisons and devel­oping an understanding o f whether new personnel initiatives are working or not. The compilation o f responses delivered to the senior leadership actually details, alongside each sec­tion, what the responses were in the previous surveys.

W hen the 30 per cent stratified sam ple is cut down by a lack of responses, it can also be thrown off balance. A large number o f respond­ents from one stratum outweigh the others, making it difficult to analyse the survey and compare it with past results.

Despite the difficulties, the sur­vey results certainly shape the direc­tion of personnel policy throughout the Defence organisation. Responses form the driving force behind new incentive policies as well as weeding out the existing initiatives that aren’t working.

“One o f the results that is good for the military is that, in all cases, the attitude to their direct supervi­sors has been very good,” AIRCDRE R oberts says. “W hich m eans we don’t have any endemic problems in the organisation.

“One o f the things that is very

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im portant to us is the question on intention to leave and we watch that very closely.

“That causes us to focus because w e’re really going to have to concen­trate on trying to keep those people.”

Personnel priorityAustralia is currently experienc­

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29 years, a positive for the economy and the general population, but it has an unfortunate side effect for m ili­tary recruiting and retention rates.

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The good news for Defence mem­bers is that the organisation can’t afford to lose too many people and therefore appropriate conditions of service become a number-one prior­ity.

“All the other reporting that the Service ch iefs get on the w hole organisation is about readiness and preparedness. I t’s about the equip­ment being ready and the workforce numbers and skills being available- but not about people and what they think.

“The only real reporting we have on lifestyle and what the people in the w orkforce really think comes from the attitude surveys and the Defence Census. There are no other mechanisms for us to report to the Service chiefs, which is the way it should be because it offers a view other than through the chain o f com­mand.”

The outcom e for m em bers

Keeping the Service chiefs and personnel policy-m akers informed of what D efence members want is one thing, but w hat about tangible results? W hile the outcomes of the 2004 survey, conducted in November last year, will not transform into new policies overnight, there are some new benefits on the way.

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There is also a strong focus on issues such as career m anagem ent and reten­tion o f members in critical trades. More importantly, there are plans to get more information about entitlements directly to members and initiatives to encourage unit

staff to give all members access to the opportunities that are out there.

AIRCDRE Roberts wants mem bers who are planning to leave D efence to know about all the other jobs they could do within the organisation. I f they still want to leave, he wants them encouraged to join the Reserves, and if that’s not for them, he wants to make it easier for them to come back to the military at some time in the future.

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I read w ith interest your story on AB Shannon Watson who is currently serving on HMAS Anzac.

I too have a son, Seaman Bosun Mate, Benjam in H erpich, who I understand is the youngest m em ber o f HMAS Anzac's crew (turning 18 on March 29 o f March this year w hilst at sea). H is grandfather, SGT R.C.P. BRETT was also a Gallipoli veteran serving with the 25th Battalion 1st AIF.

Ben unfortunately was not lucky enough to be select­ed for the shore party for the Anzac Day Service how­ever was on board at the time o f the service.

I know that he was very moved with Gallipoli see­ing things that his great-grandfather saw. He is a fourth generation Australian serviceman commencing with his great grandfather who served in both the First (Gallipoli) and Second World War (New Guinea) rising to the rank o f Captain. His grandfather was a member o f the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) in Japan serving with the water transport corp, and I also served with the Australian Regular Army for six years until becoming a policeman. Ben is the first to join the Navy with the other three o f us all in the Army. Still, we are extremely proud o f his chosen career and support his Service o f this great nation.Cameron Herpich

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■ New chapter beckons Navy writers reunionThe national reunion o f Writer Branch personnel, both serving and ex-serving, and partners will be held at Stamford Grand, Glenelg, from September 30 to October 3. Information at PO Box 344, Brighton SA 5048, www.ranwriters.com or [email protected].

Harman to stage eventThe WRANS Association ACT is holding a special dinner to mark the 20th anni­versary o f the integration of the WRANS into the RAN. The dinner will be held on Wednesday, June 15 at the Wardroom HMAS H arm an and the guest speak­er will be CM DR June Baker, the last Director WRANS. Anyone interested in attending this important occasion should get in contact with Christine on (02) 6231 8676 for more information.

■ Class of 1954-1955 Hawkesbury crewmenJohn S h eah an is h op ing to get in touch w ith p a s t c rew m en (1954 to 1955) from H M A S H aw kesbury . If you can assist w ith th is please em ail [email protected].

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T riple O lym pic gold medal sw im m er Shane G ould was guest o f honour on

board landing craft HM AS Betano for a sunset harbour cruise off Darwin on May 8.

The cruise was to introduce the Darwin community, Defence and b u sin ess le a d e rs to the work o f the G ood B eginnings Foundation. About 70 guests were treated to a cocktail party, harbour cruise and ceremonial sunset.

“ It was a great occasion - a very different task for an LCH,” sa id CO o f B e ta n o , LC D R M ichael O born, w hose sh ip ’s com pany is u su a lly m oving troops, m ilita ry veh icles and earthmoving equipm ent around the Top End, “but it was great to have Shane on board fo r a Defence aid to the civil commu­nity (DACC) task of this type.

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In addition, more than half (62 per cent) were satisfied with the process o f finding their new home.

But DHA would still like to improve its serv­ice levels even more.

DHA N ational Operations M anager Kevin O ’Brien said that DHA took its customer service seriously and regularly surveyed Defence mem­bers to identify any problem areas that may need to be ironed out.

“W hile most Defence Force Members who we help move are satisfied with the overall expe­rience, the feedback we have been getting is that we could make the process o f finding their new home easier,” Mr O ’Brien said.

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The trial involved sending members, who had received a posting, a letter with a simple tear off card and reply paid envelope to help speed up confirmation of posting intentions.

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Once the results o f the trial are evaluated, DHA hopes to implement this new process for all members who receive a posting.

“The feedback that we receive from members every day is invaluable, and helps us to provide a better service. We conduct regular surveys with our customers and strive to make improvements everywhere we can’ Mr O ’Brien said.

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M ilitarySuper has ended its arrangem ent w ith M em ber’s Equity Bank w hereby A DF mem bers could receive a discount on the

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The Board seeks to m axim ise returns for MSBS members and has stopped its investment in Members Equity because it believes higher returns are available elsewhere.

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S h o r t h i s t o r y■ Rote to play during invasion Farncomb’s finest hourA massive invasion followed the D-Day landings. More than 800 ships took part from eight navies.Amongst the 300 ships o f the Royal Navy were the nine escort carriers o f Task Force 88, commanded by Rear Admiral Troubridge, w ith our own Harold Famcom b the senior officer o f the five captains o f the group.HMS Attacker was a demanding posting, being a British ship and Famcomb’s first to a carrier. He was equal to the challenge: insisting on flying over the battlefield and seeing it at first hand.Testimony to his zeal: two mentions in despatches, “for distinguished service and gallantry during the invasion o f the south o f France” and “for distinguished service, efficiency and zeal while serving in HMS Attacker in the clearance o f the Aegean Sea and the relief o f Greece during period 1944/45”.

■ What’s in a name?Honing in on commandW hy do we use the term “ho” for the comm and of “attention”?Some suggest it might be from “land ho!” or “westward

ho”, or even “tally ho”.And what does “ho” mean? Our British RN cousins use it, but their members do not seem to know why. The Royal Canadian Navy also used it up until the unifica­tion o f the Canadian Armed Forces in the mid-sixties. The Collins English Dictionary says that the Old French “ho” in fact means “halt”, so that makes sense, when commanding a squad to halt.However, the term when used to come to attention from the at ease position doesn’t follow.The Concise Oxford Dictionary is a little more illumi­nating, suggesting that “ho” comes from the M iddle English period (1150-1500) and is in fact from the Old Norse exclamation o f “surprise, admiration, triumph, derision, or calling attention”.In other words, “ho” is an old Norse word that means to call to attention. As to why it has been adopted in naval parlance is unclear.Perhaps the answer lies in the roots o f the Royal Navy, which is perhaps the oldest standing navy in the world, and traces its origins from a number o f sources - includ­ing the fighting ships o f the Vikings.

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■ Steering the ship Attempt to bridge the gapThe Royal A ustra lian N av y ’s Sea Pow er C entre- A u stra lia , w ith the a ss is tan ce o f the School of H um anities and Social Sciences,U niversity o f New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, is h o s tin g the fo u r th K in g -H a ll N aval H is to ry Conference, July 21-22. This will be a major interna­tional conference with distinguished speakers invited from A ustralia, New Zealand, the United K ingdom , and the USA. The conference them e is “sea pow er ashore and in the air” . Since the end o f the Cold War there has been an increased interest in maritime opera­tions in the littoral environment. This conference will contribute to this debate by using historical case studies to explore how various nations and commanders have used sea power to prosecute, influence, and support military operations across the joint battlespace. Venue: N ational Convention Centre Canberra. Cost for two day conference including lunch morning afternoon tea $200 per person. C onference D inner Australian War Memorial Anzac Hall July 21 $75. Contact conference coordinator, Sea Power Centre - Australia, telephone (02) 61276514, fax (02) 61276521, e-mail: seapower. conferences(a).defence. eov.au.

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The uplift came as a result o f a request actioned by the Maritime C o m m an d er, R A D M R ow an Moffitt.

The item s carried included small items such as two anti-climb hooks and two cell door brass numberplates and larger items - a cell door complete w ith its lock and a one square metre section of concrete boundary wall.

The artefacts no doubt stirred ugly memories in the three veter­ans - former Changi prisoners-of-

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The u n v e iling was carried out by the M inister for Foreign A ffairs, M r A lexander Downer, w hose fa th e r, S ir A lex an d er Downer, had also endured priva­tion and cruelty as a Changi POW.

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Check out classic and performance cars, the custom auto expo incorpo­rating the NSW Hot Rod titles. Also the Australian motorsport display, the All American display showcasing up to 150 spectacular American beau­ties including C hevrolets, M opars, Muslangs and a special commemora­tion o f 50 years o f Thunderbirds.

T he cu s to m m o to rcy c le and Harley display will offer a magnif­icent collection o f up to 100 early veteran through to m odern H arley Davidson bikes plus some of the most exotic custom motorcycles competing for a number o f awards including the new Superstar Motorcycle title.

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The experience: Depending on their tolerance .for change, fans o f the first Ghost Recon may be sorely disap­pointed by the sequel, as fundamental changes have occurred such as the per­spective. It is now a third person that allows a wider line o f sight, however, you can revert to the classic weaponless first-person view at any time. When host­ing multiplayer matches, you can even require everyone to play in first person.

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enthusiasts who delight in sharing their passion for all things motoring w ith the more than 20,000 people expected to visit the show over the weekend.

The motorsport display prom is­es to deliver for its fans, displaying more than 60 vehicles from Formula V through to V8 Supercars, o ff road rally cars and everything in between.

Be the first to w itness A ustra lia’s next generation o f blockbuster cars and m otorcycles specially built to be ready for the show. Eight custom vehicles, valued at more than $1.5 million will be revealed for the first time at 1 lam on Saturday, July 2.

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The game: The Ghosts are back, but this time the action is set in North Korea. It’s a war tom country that is extremely unstable and only the team from North Carolina can do the job.

If you plan to play this title on PS2 then it will be set four years earlier as the Ghosts are dispatched to deal with a rogue North Korean regime threatening the world, as Ubisoft has made two sep­arate Ghost Recon 2 games. The story in each version is entirely self-contained so you won’t have to buy both versions.

There are plenty o f real-world weap­ons, as well as some next-generation gear such as the XM8 rifle with a 6x scope, a built-in target designator, an air-burst grenade launcher and a radio to call in air strikes which is very handy when you’re well hidden. This sequel has also added the real-world feature o f picking up enemy weapons, so there’s no longer an excuse for running out o f ammunition.

The play: The single-player cam­paign consists o f 12 missions, and when you’re done you can look forward to the game’s multiplayer component. The multiplayer and Xbox Live component is where the game excels and with up to 16

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ON FOR A B IT O F BOVVA: O bi-W an a nd A na k in p re p a re to , m istakenly, save C h a n c e llo r P alpatine.

Revenge isn't sweetEpisode III: Revenge of the SithHayden Christiansen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmidR ating: V V

nakin Skyw alker is from a dys­fu n c tio n a l fam ily . H is m other

»was a slave, his father unknown. H e’s been chosen to train as a Jedi because the widgets in his blood are particularly strong. He’s the chosen one. Taken from his mother, his planet and the life he knew, he’s been bought by the Jedi and to cap it all he has to live with being called Annie.

In short Anakin Skywalker has turned into a petulant, spoiled youth who looks as though he’d be happier in Home and Away rather than Episode III: Revenge o f the Sith. Hayden Christiansen (Anakin), according to my wife, is eye candy, but has little to offer

as far as character development is concerned. He seems to have almost no connection with his beloved Padme (Natalie Portman), with Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) his Jedi master or Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) who’s trying to turn him, with little difficul­ty, into the epitome of naughtiness.

The movie hinges on the fact that An­nie has dreams, usually of impending death, which come true. He can’t handle his presci­ence, particularly where Padme is concerned, but instead of turning to his Jedi masters for help he turns elsewhere and find himself on the long slippery slope to becomming Darth Vader.

Don’t get me wrong; Revenge is a gal­

axy-spanning romp with some of the most spectacular battle and individual fight scenes I’ve seen in the cinema. The movie is beauti­fully crafted and the special effects dazzling but, I think, not enough to carry my attention for two hours and twenty minutes. I made allowances for actors having to work in front of green or blue screens so the sets could be dropped in electronically after, but even that doesn’t explain a lack of interaction between them.

I get the impression that character devel­opment has been sacrificed to special effects, that script content or lack of it has turned the movie into a series o f loose vignettes - un­satisfactory when viewed as a whole. It’s

good to see George Lucas back at the helm; his hand is sure where the available material is concerned and I think Episode II suffered most at the hands of another director. Epi­sode I was good but it was taking us down the prequel path.

Revenge does answer a lot of questions and neatly links the three prequels with the original Star Wars, which series Lucas wrote and directed 22 years ago. If you suffer from vertigo, look out for the opening scene. If you have sensitive ears, take your plugs.

At least this time we are spared the ef­fort of keeping up with Padme’s changes of hairstyle. You do get more BANG for your buck. - Hugh M cKenzie

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Bernard Cornwell is one of the best military historical fiction novelists around, as anyone who has read his Sharpe series knows.

With Mrs Cornwell, alias Susannah Kel­ls, Cornwell has now dipped into a new style o f writing, combining the Mills and Boon bodice-ripper genre with the period thriller.

This is the second o f a series about the Lazender family who are mixed up in dark plots and secret societies at the time of the French Revolution. The beautiful Lady Campion Lazender is attracted to a mysteri­ous, dark and handsome stranger who is a gypsy horse-master. Meanwhile her brother Toby is missing in Revolutionary France. Who can Campion trust?

This is a rollicking read, easy on the neu­rons and perfect for that long plane ride.

- David Sibley

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Jazz fans will agree that Michael Buble is probably one of the freshest voices around, and this, his second album, will impress.

He croons Quando, quan- do, quando with Nelly Futardo, and the usual jazz favourites not on his last album. Feeling Good is an amazing rendition of Nina Simone (and Muse’s) hit. Jazz up your CD collec­tion.

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Just like a bag of mixed lollies, this has something for everyone from the’70s, ’80s, ’90s and whatever you call the beginning of this century. Most of these are beloved of the “classic hits, golden mem­ories” FM radio networks, which infest this country. This is worth playing at parties with a dress-up theme.

- David Sibley

Ten minutes into this movie, we were still staring at the same scene o f the back o f a car as it drove along a deserted high­way. Fifteen minutes into it, my viewing partner walked out.

The story of two friends named Gerry being lost in desert scrub is so tedious that people planning a Matt Damon marathon shouldn’t even bother with this.

His presence did nothing to lift the monotony of scenes in which nothing changes. There were three notable events: they were stuck on a rock, they saw a mirage, and one of them dies. I almost missed the last incident as Gerry was best watched with one hand on the DVD re­mote fast forward. - Leesha Furse

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A nomadic Mongolian family have a peaceful existence in their yurt village with their flock o f camels and goats.

When one of the camels gives birth then rejects her tiny calf, the family does all they can to restore balance in their flock.

The Weeping Camel is documentary- style, and follows the life of the family for the months that it takes to have the camel accept its calf.

It’s shot in a beautiful, stark landscape that offers sharp contrast to the loving, music-filled atmosphere of the family’s life. The calm and serenity coming from a simple life will touch you. This movie isn’t easily forgotten for all the right reasons. It’s touching and captivating.

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cer every day in NSW alone.Kay Coppa

finds out who’sat risk and whento see a doctor.

A nyone can develop skin cancer, but if you’re over 55, you are in a group that

is most at risk. Factors such as your skin type, the colour of your eyes, the number of times you’ve been sunburnt and any history of previous skin cancers all play a part. The good news is that 95 per cent of melanomas are treatable if caught early.Did you know?■ Every day, two people aged 55

and over die from melanoma in Australia.

■ Melanoma deaths are higher in older men than older women.

■ Five or more sunburns in your lifetime can double your risk of skin cancer.

■ Melanomas can occur on parts of the body that are difficult to see, even those that haven’t been exposed to the sun.

■ A melanoma can become life threatening in as little as six weeks.

■ More than 95 per cent of melano­mas are treatable if caught early.

How often do you check?You should check your skin reg­

ularly - at least every three months. Keep a record o f the dates you check your skin and make notes about anything you’re keeping an eye on. You should get your skin seen by a general practitioner or derm atologist once a year. Any spot that appears on the lips or ears should be seen by a GP immedi­ately. If you have been diagnosed with a skin cancer, ask your GP or dermatologist about how often you should be checking.

Who should check?The risk of developing skin can­

cer increases with age. Death from melanoma is highest in people aged over 55. But anyone aged 18 and over would benefit from getting to know their own skin.

Who Is at risk?Anyone who spent their child­

hood in Australia, or spends time in the sun, is at risk of developing melanoma and other skin cancers. Some people have a higher level of risk than others.

DANGEROUS: S un burn in c re a se s yo u r risk o f d eve lo p in g skin cancer. Photo: PTE John W ellfare

You should be extra careful about checking your skin i f you have any of the following:■ a large number of moles;■ suffered sunburn in the past;■ fair skin that bums easily, freck­

les and does not tan;■ blue or green eyes and/or fair or

red hair;■ been diagnosed with skin cancer

in the past; and■ a family history of melanoma.

What to look forThe more you examine your own

skin, the more you will learn what’s normal for you and what may have changed since you last looked.

How to check your skinEveryone can check their own

skin, but it helps to have someone help you with those diffieult-to-see places. With a bit of practice, most people can check their whole body in 15 minutes. Why not check your skin when you are getting dressed or getting out o f the shower?

When you examine your skin, you’ll need a full-length mirror and a hand-held mirror. You will need to undress completely. The room you use will need to be well lit.

There is no specific skin exami­nation method. The following steps are suggested by the Australasian College o f Dermatologists.Check your face, head and neck

Check the whole face, includ­ing around the nose, lips and ears. The scalp can be difficult to exam­ine. Make sure you part your hair. Try using a hand-held blow dryer or a comb to lift the hair from the scalp or ask your partner or a friend to help. Turn your back to the full- length mirror and use your hand­

held mirror to check the back o f your neck and ears.Check your torso

Check front, back and sides. Raise your arms and look and your right and left side.Check your arms and hands

Hold your hands with the palms face up. Look at your fingers and spaces between the fingers. Turn your hands over and examine the backs of your hands, fingers, spaces between the fingers and fingernails. Face the mirror and look at your forearms and upper arms. Bend your elbows to look at the undersides.Check your legs and buttocks

With your back towards the full- length mirror, look at your buttocks and the backs of your thighs and lower legs. Turn and face the mirror and check the front o f your thighs and lower legs. Sit down and cross one leg over the other. Examine the top of your foot, the toes, toenails and spaces between the toes. Then use the hand-held mirror to look at the sole or bottom of your foot. Repeat the step with your other foot.

If you spot somethingIf you see anything on your skin

that has changed in size, shape or colour, that itches or you do not think was there before, there are several things you can do.■ See your GP or medical officer:

Your GP knows your full history, can examine your skin and advise you about appropriate care.

■ See a derm atologist: I f you would like a second opinion, ask your GP to refer you to a spe­cialist, such as a dermatologist. Your GP may suggest you see a specialist anyway.

■ Visit a skin cancer clinic: There

are many skin cancer clinics available, offering a variety o f services and fee arrangements. Skin cancer clinics are usually operated by GPs.

Protect yourself In the sunYou can protect your skin from

further sun damage by following simple sun protection practices every day. It is never too late to start protecting your skin. Be sun safe every day - not just at work or at the beach, but in the garden, walking the dog or going shopping.■ Avoid the sun in peak UV times

between 10am and 2pm (11am and 3pm during daylight saving).

■ Stay in the shade whenever pos­sible.

■ Wear clothing that covers as much skin as possible.

■ Wear a broad-brimmed hat.■ Apply broad-spectrum sunscreen

with an SPF 30-plus rating. Reapply every two hours, or after swimming or sweating.

■ Wear sunglasses.

Need more Information?■ Call the Cancer Council Helpline

on 13 11 20;■ Visit the Cancer Council web site

at www.cancercouncil.com.au; and

■ Talk to your GP.Information for this artic le has been sourced, with perm ission, from the Cancer Council NSW ’s Skin Cancer: Get the facts and save your own skin booklet.■ Kay Coppa is the manager o f skin

cancer prevention at the Cancer Council NSW.

Melanoma■ Any new spot, mole or

freckle.■ Any existing spot, mole

or freckle that changes colour, size or shape.

■ Any spot, mole or freckle that has an irregular or smudgy outline.

■ Any spot, mole or freckle that is blotchy and has more than one colour.

Nodular MelanomaI Any small, round lump:

that was not there before. I A spot that can resemble

a blood blister and is black, brown, red or pink in colour. -

■ A lump that has grown / quickly.

Squamous cell carcinoma^ $ ■ Any thickened, red, scaly

spot, especially on parts of the body often exposed to the sun.

■ A spot that may bleed or l— ul cerate.

Basal cell carcinoma■ A spot that may appear as

a lump of scaling area;■ will be red or pearly in

colour.U Tends to ulcerate and bleed

easily and does not heal.

Harmless spots that are warning signs you may be prone to skin cancer

Dysplastic naeviI Flat, fairly large moles

which share some of the features of early ■ melanoma.

I Irregular borders and uneven colour with multi­ple shades of brown and

_ , . sometimes pink.Solar keratoses■ Red, flatfish, scaling

areas which may sting if scratched.

0 Sunspots appear on sun- exposed skin in the over- 40 age group.

Harmless spots that are not cancerous or a sign of potential cancers

Freckles and molesFreckles are harmless col­oured spots that range in size from 1 to 10mm. Moles that are evenly col­oured and may or may not be raised.Moles with clear, even edges that are usually cir­cular or oval in shape.

Seborrhoeic keratosesrm am m * Have a discrete edge and often sit on top of the skin.

■ Colour varies from pale skin to black.

■ Size varies from a few mil­limetres to 2cm.

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W ELL DONE: G e o rg ia M cB rid e , the n iece o f th e late P O P H Bill M cB ride , p re se n ts C h ris G u ice w ith the b est on g roun d m e d a llio n .

N avy M asters w on a hard fought victory over Sydney M asters in the second Bill M cBride M em orial AFL match at R osedale Oval, W arw ick Farm, last month.

The match, which featured the Bill M cBride M em orial Trophy for the first time, was the opener for the Sydney Masters AFL carni­val which brought over-35s teams from Illaw arra, W agga W agga, Newcastle, Canberra and Sydney as well as Navy.

Navy were the eventual win­ners with the final score 6-7 (43)

to 5-3 (33) reflecting a close and tense tussle.

N avy coach W O M T P ete r Stephens said everyone in the Navy team had played either with or against POPH M cBride, who had a long term love affair with AFL in a Naval career spanning more than 30 years.

In a p re -m atch cerem ony, WOMT S tephens and Sydney Masters President Sammy Grasso reflected on PO M cBride’s many achievements “both on and off the paddock”.

“G iven the average age o f both team s was around 45, the pace and intensity o f the match

was anything but quick,” WOMT Stephens said.

“ S tand o u t p e rfo rm ers fo r Navy were POATA Steve Cohen, POPT Titch Turner, LCDR Chris Luscom e (R td), CPOCD M atty Hurley, as w ell as two civilians, Mark Hope and Chris Guice.”

G u ic e w as a w a rd e d th e M ed a llio n fo r N av y b es t on ground w hich was presented by G eorg ia M cB ride , one o f two nieces the late PO McBride, who were flown w ith his sisters, Linda and M onica, from B risbane to attend the match.

A h o ld e r o f th e CSM , PO M c B rid e to o k p r id e in h is

Aboriginal background and, armed with a Bachelor o f Science degree in alcohol and drug abuse counsel­ling, planned to return to WA in his retirement to help Aboriginal people.

B u t he died in the arm s of his long-tim e partner M ichelle Christie o f a massive heart attack after coming off a dance floor on April 14 last year. Tragically this happened about one week short of his retirement from the RAN.■ M em bers in terested in p lay ­

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By ABPH Q uentin MushinsG olf and hockey have dominated recent sporting

events at HM AS Stirling.The Stirling G olf Open was held at the Kwinana Golf

Club, while an Interservice hockey competition was also staged.

It was “game on” for hockey at HMAS Stirling on A pril 21. Due to ship com m itm ents the N avy’s side consisted o f both Navy and RAAF personnel. However, Army proved too good on the day with a 2-nil victory.

The even t’s o rgan izer LS C orbett said he was extremely happy with the team ’s efforts.

“M ost o f the people in our side had never played together before, and we are looking forward to our next match against the Army in the coming months,” he said.

At the golf, the emphasis was on fun, with lots o f prizes up for grabs. A field o f 50 players took part.

W inner o f the Stirling Open was CPOCSM Gary M ason, while the V isitor’s Trophy was won by Tim Ayling and the Callaway Trophy by LSBM Craig Latta.

B USY (left & right): A tth e Stirling G o lf O pen, the action inc lud ing big sw ings and care fu l p u tting .

STOP (above left):T h e re was no w ay p ast the g oa lie d urin g the In te rse rv ice hockey gam e in W A.

Ch)ARGE: A ctio n from the M o n ’s C u p fina l b e tw e en H M A S Albatross and H M A S Parramatta/ Waterhen w h ich w as p layed in Sydney. Photo: ABPH Justin Brown

Albatross wings itHM AS Albatross proved to be

the pick o f the team s during the recent running o f the prestigious Mons Cup rugby tournam ent in Sydney.

Eight teams, all from Navy, com­peted for the coveted title.

Teams trave lled from N ow ra, Canberra, M elbourne and Western Australia to compete.

The battle took place at Woollahra fields 2 & 3 in stunning Rose Bay on May 2 and was chock-a-block full o f action packed rugby.

HMAS A lbatross w ere w orthy winners, 24-0, on the day. They pro­

gressed through their pool games w ith im pressive wins over HMAS Ballarat, ADFA, and a draw against a determ ined HMAS Parram atta! HMAS Waterhen team.

H M A S A lba tross w as fu ll o f confidence for the final, determined to wipe out the mighty. Parramatta/ Waterhen side. Both sides w ent out hard and fast, dead set on avoiding the repeat draw they sustained in their nail biting round one clash.

In the end , A lba tro ss p roved to strong for HMAS P arram atta / HMAS Waterhen in a fitting finale to the tournament.

The CO o f H M A S K u tta b u l , CM DR C handler was on hand to p resen t the H M AS P a rra m a tta / HM AS W aterhen team w ith the Wally Long Plate for runners up on the day.

He was also full o f praise for the outstanding rugby played by all teams throughout the day, in par­ticular HMAS Albatross, presenting them with the Mons Cup Rugby tro­phy for 2005.

BZ to ABATA Sean H egahey, who received the honour o f the best& fairest player in Mons Cup 2005.

Navy footy wins leave the rest eating dust

From Page 24This followed the dismal performances o f Navy in

2004 which included a 43-6 defeat in the m en’s and a 37-0 defeat in the women’s game.

“We had a two-year goal with the aim o f completely reworking the teams for victories next year,” said CMDR Plath, “in the m en’s, this was with an eye also to fielding a winning side in the Commonwealth Navies Cup to be held in Capetown in October 2006.

“We asked Rugby players to step up in 2005 and we need to up the pace in 2006.

“We know that there are others out there who are good enough who need to show the commitment and get involved.”

M en s coach G eo ff S tokes, w ho also coaches Canberra's Wests club, said the result had vindicated the decision to field 10 new caps in this year’s Navy RU team.

“It was clear the team needed fresh blood,” he said, “and that combined with the commitment and attitude

PACK DOW N: N avy w o m e n ’s sc ru m h o ld s th e m igh t of A rm y a t bay. Photo: ABPH Justin Brown

o f players was outstanding - as was the support we received on the day.”

Brad Sharman carried off the Sooty Hansen Trophy for best and fairest m en’s player.

Coach o f the Navy w om en’s team CPOET Glenn Morrisey said the 24 women who had volunteered to play rugby in 2005 had “begun the season as individuals and ended playing with heart as a team”.

“ They took w om en’s rugby from one level and moved it up to a second level but what won the game was heart,” he said.

CPO Morrisey said the team, captained by PONPC Natasha “K it Kat” Williams, should look to build and dominate in the way that Army women had done for a considerable period.

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Navy 52 defeated Air Force 6

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By LCDR A ntony UnderwoodNavy’s one-point win against Army in the

rugby union championships has capped off a stel­lar season of representative football for the senior service.

It began with Navy sundering A rm y's 18-year stranglehold on the ADF Australian Football champi­onship at Manuka Oval in mid-April.

And though Navy was a touch unlucky in the rugby league, it did contribute seven players in the star-studded ADF side which handed out a Haka- deflating 30-0 defeat to the New Zealand Defence Force side.

In the m en’s rugby union, things augured well w ith Navy notching up a convincing 52-6 victory over Air Force in Sydney on May 15.

And Navy displayed match-winning prowess in a hard-fought clash with Army at Randwick on May 18 resulting in a 23-22 win for the service.

It was a big day too for the Navy women’s team who had won only once (2003) in the previous five years women’s games have been held. This year’s 10-5 victory over Army women’s team was a stun­ning turnaround from the loss to Army last year.

Director o f Navy Rugby, CMDR Bob Plath, and coaches o f the m en’s and w om en’s team s, G eoff Stokes and CPOET Glenn Morrisey, said the victo­ries had exceeded their expectations.

The teams had embarked on a two-year develop­ment plan.

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ANZAC DAY

RESERVE FORCES DAY LAUNCH

Battle of the Coral Sea remembered

DIVE TEAM AWARDED

15th M arine Expeditionary Unit and CM DR Robert Plath RAN, SNO N H Q -SQ placed w reaths on behalf o f the servicemen from both countries who died in the battle.

B elow is a short h is to rica l view ex ce rp t from W ikiped ia rep ro d u ced u nder GNU Free D o c u m e n t a t i o n L i c e n c e agreement.

Japan w as at the apex o f its pow er a fte r having conquered nearly all o f south-east A sia in ju s t a few m onths. The A llies, still reeling from a long series o f defeats were just beginning to develop the skills and organise the m aterie l assets needed to survive and strike back. A llied strategy at this time was focused on a defensive build-up o f US Army and M arine streng th on New Caledonia (well to the south o f the Solom on Is lands), and Australia air and ground strength at Port Moresby.

In April 1942, Japanese forces left their stronghold o f Rabaul (on

New Britain, just north o f New G uinea) and launched a tw o ­pronged amphibious invasion o f Port M oresby (O peration MO), and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. The intention was threefold: to establish control o f the Solomons; to destroy and then occupy Port M oresby (the last A llied base betw een Japan and A ustralia), and also to engage the American aircraft carrier fleet in battle for the first time.

Historians remain divided about Japanese longer-term intentions: there seems little doubt that they planned to greatly strengthen their hold on the Solomon Islands as a bastion against any future US counter attacks and a reasonable probability that northern Australia would be invaded.

T h ree Jap an ese fle e ts set sail: the invasion forces for the Solomons and Port Moresby, and a covering force consisting of two big new aircraft carriers (shokaku and Zuikaku, both Pearl Harbour v e te ra n s ) , a sm a lle r c a rr ie r

(Shoho ), tw o h eav y c ru ise rs , and supporting craft. A lerted by radio intercepts, the Allies knew that Japanese land-based aircraft were being moved south and that an operation was im pending. In opposition, they had three m ain fleets: USS Yorktown already in the Coral Sea under the command o f Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USS Lexington (CV-2) en route, and a jo in t A llied surface fleet. The carriers USS H ornet (CV-8) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) were heading south after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo but arrived too late to take part in the battle.

The battleL e x in g to n a r r iv e d to jo in

Y o rk to w n on M ay 1st. T he J a p a n e s e o c c u p ie d T u la g i without incident on May 03, and construction o f a seaplane base started. After fuelling, Yorktown closed on Tulagi and, on May 04, launched three successful strikes against Japanese by sinking the destroyer Mikazuki, crippling the island’s floatplane reconnaissance

Continued page 2

L-R CMDR Robert Plath RAN, RADM Ames USN and Colonel Greenwood USMC lay wreaths at the Coral Sea Memorial Service at Newstead Park 14 May 2005 Photo by LEUT Chris Woods

The B attle o f the Coral Sea could ju s t as easily have been ca lled the b a ttle for A ustralia since its outcom e prevented the Japanese from being able to use Port M oresby as a staging area for an invasion. Consequently, the m em orial services for those A u s t r a l i a n a n d A m e r ic a n Servicem en who fought in this en g ag em en t are p a r tic u la r ly significant.

In B r i s b a n e , th e 6 3 rd ann iversary o f the b a ttle was c o m m em o ra ted at N ew stead House. The ceremony was well a tten d ed by m em bers o f the Australian American Association and o th er key rep resen ta tives such as Stephen T. Smith, the US Consul General who delivered an address on behalf o f the American Government and The Hon Theresa Gambaro MP who represented the Prime Minister.

RADM C h ris to p h e r A m es, U SN C o m m a n d e r o f th e A m phibious Group 3, Colonel Thomas Greenwood USMC, CO

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F ro m th e O f f ic e o f D G R E S -I11

By CORE Karel de Laat, CSC, RFD, RANR

Defence Reserves Support Council and Prince of Wales Awards

Although profiles o f the civilian personnel who support us so enthusiastically have been featured in recent editions, it has been some tim e since I drew attention to the essential work o f the Defence Reserves Support Council (DRSC). Similarly, I think it is important to highlight the opportunity that exists for NR members to benefit from the Prince o f Wales Awards Scheme.

The DRSC meets twice annually and has a strong representative membership across the essential parts o f the Australian community and business from which the ADF draws its Reservists. These volunteers give unselfishly o f the ir tim e and expertise to address the challenges for the ADF in forming positive relationships with the many interest groups

that support Reserve service.In addition, the DRSC provides input on

issues related to the development o f Reserve policy that will be most effective in supporting the achievement o f goals set for the Reserve contribution to ADF capability.

M atters such as the E m ployer Support Payment, Reserve protection, R ecognition o f P rio r L earning and rela tionsh ips w ith the Tertiary Sector are a few o f the issues currently under consideration by the DRSC.

It is im portan t th a t N R m em bers are aware o f the DRSC and its activities and I encourage all members to follow the DRSC link on the NR website to make sure they are fully informed about their premiere support O rgan isa tion , its struc tu re and C ouncil

membership.The Prince o f W ales Award Scheme is

featured in this Edition and full details are available on line. The Scheme provides a marvellous opportunity for NR members to enhance both their ADF and civilian career in a unique program combining the M em bers’ military and civilian worlds.

I have seen many outstanding presentations over the years by candidates and Award w inners and it is c lear tha t the Schem e provides great benefit and enjoyment to those who participate.

E ven th e s e le c tio n p ro c e ss i t s e l f is a c h a lle n g e th a t e n h a n c e s m em b ers understand ing o f m ilita ry processes and demands a clear articulation by the Member

of the merits o f their service role.As a follow on to a better understanding of

the role o f the DRSC, I commend to eligible NR m em bers the challenge o f researching the benefits o f a P rince o f W ales Award application.

I have made m any com m ents about the importance of being pro-active in using the NR website as a development tool to enhance general Defence knowledge. In this regard, I am keen that NR Members have a thorough understanding o f the DRSC as a key part of the ADF Reserves support netw ork and an awareness o f the potential benefits o f a Prince of Wales Award application.

ce of Wales nominationsNominations are now being taken for the

Prince o f Wales awards.The Prince o f Wales Awards are presented

to select Reservists who have submitted a proposal to conduct a study in relation to their military and civilian occupations.

The Award consists o f a FREE two-week a ttach m en t to a m ilita ry estab lishm ent, followed by a similar attachment to a civilian organisation relative to the Reservist’s civilian em ploym ent in either the United States o f America, Canada or the United Kingdom.

The aim o f the aw ards is to enhance com m unity and em ployer support for the R eserves and to encourage em ployers to support their Reservist-employees for military training and service. The skills and experience gained by the award winner benefit both their civ ilian em ploym ent and the in d iv id u a l’s military unit.

The awards also provide recognition for the commitment displayed by Reservists in their continuing involvement in the Defence Reserves, acknowledging the hard work that

goes into balancing their m ilitary service, civilian employment and family life.

The aw ard, w hich is the considered to be the m ilitary equivalent o f the Churchill Fellowship, is open to all serving members of the active Reserves across the three Services from Sergeant (E) to M ajor (E).

Each S ta te /T errito ry C om m ittee o f the DRSC assesses the subm issions from their State/Territory. Nationally, approximately 15 finalists are selected and a judging panel then selects approxim ately six award recipients.

The A wards are p resen ted at an annual function.

The w inners are pu t through a rigorous selection process, including presentations on what they intend to do with their award for training with civilian and military counterpart organisations.

The Awards are funded by the DRSC and the Office o f the Head Reserve Policy and are sponsored by QANTAS.

Battle of the Coral Sea rememberedContinued from page 1

capability, and damaging other vessels before retiring to the south to rendezvous with Lexington and the newly-arrived cruisers. Meanwhile, the two large Japanese carriers were approaching from south o f the Solomons— neatly placing the Allied fleet between the two Japanese fleets. Land-based B17s attacked the gradually approaching Port Moresby invasion fleet on May 6 with the usual lack of success. (Almost another year w ould pass before air forces realised that high-level bombing raids on moving naval targets were pointless.) Although both carrier fleets flew extensive searches on the 6th, cloudy weather kept them hidden from each other and the two fleets spent the night only 70 miles apart. On the 7th, both fleets flew off all available aircraft, but neither found the main body o f the other, and both mistakenly attacked subsidiary forces. Japanese aircraft found and attacked the US fleet oiler USS Neosho (AO-23) and escorting destroyer, USS Sims (DD409) mistaking them for a carrier and a cruiser.

The Sims was sunk while the Neosho was crippled. Meanwhile, the US aircraft had missed Shokaku and Zuikaku but found the invasion fleet, in company with the small carrier Shoho, which was soon sunk. In the previous five months, the Allies had lost a dozen battleships and carriers and been unable to sink a single major Japanese unit in return. Shoho was small by carrier standards, but the laconic “scratch one flat top” radioed back to Lexington brought news o f the first Allied naval success o f the Pacific war.

That night Fletcher, mindful that his prim ary role was to protect Port M oresby, took the tough decision to detach his surface fleet (cruisers HMAS Australia, USS Chicago, HMAS Hobart, and two other American destroyers) to block the progress o f the invasion fleet toward Port Moresby.

He knew that exposing surface ships to attack by land-based aircraft without air cover was to risk the same fate that had overtaken British battleships HMS Prince o f Wales and HMS Repulse five months before.

Finally, with dawn searches on May 8, the main carrier forces located one another and launched maximum effort raids, which passed each other in the air. Hidden by rain, Zuikaku escaped detection, but Shokaku

was hit three times by bombs. Listing and on fire, Shokaku was unable to land her aircraft and effectively out o f action. Both American carriers were hit by the Japanese strike: Yorktown by a bomb, the larger and less manoeuvrable Lexington by both bombs and torpedoes. Although she survived the immediate damage and was thought to be repairable, leaking aviation fuel exploded a little over an hour later: Lexington had to be abandoned and torpedoed to prevent capture. While the carrier task forces were battling, the Allied surface force had approached within range o f land-based aircraft from Rabaul. It was attacked repeatedly through the day by Japanese bom bers and once (m istakenly) by American B-17s, but survived intact and continued to stand between the invasion force and Port Moresby. Misled as to the strength of the surface force by returning flier’s reports, Japanese Admiral Inoue (in overall command o f the operation from Rabaul) ordered the invasion fleet to return. With Shokaku damaged and Zuikaku short on aircraft, neither was able to take part in the crucial Battle o f Midway a month later. Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor.

Significance• In tactical terms, the Japanese had had a narrow victory: one small

carrier lost and a large carrier damaged, against the loss o f a large carrier and equivalent damage to another. But from the Allied point o f view, after five months o f continuous defeat, a battle that came out almost even was close enough to a victory as not to matter.

• The invasion o f Port Moresby was averted. Moresby was vital to Allied strategy, and could not have been defended by the ground forces then stationed there. The loss o f Port Moresby may well have meant the loss of Australia, and would certainly have been a dreadful blow to the Allied cause. Without a toehold in New Guinea, the subsequent Allied advance, difficult though it was, would have been much harder still. As a result o f the Coral Sea battle, the Japanese were forced to attempt taking Moresby overland. The consequent delay was just long enough to permit the arrival o f veteran AIF soldiers to fight the Kokoda Track campaign, which in turn relieved pressure on Guadalcanal.

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This month’s Mystery Ship

Identify the Mystery Ship

Answer to last edition’s mystery ship: HMAS Macquarie - See the article this page. We received plenty of entries but unfortunately there were no correct winners this issue.

Remember to email your answers to: dgres- [email protected] and be in the running for a prize from our sea-chest. Can you identify the ship below? Here’s a clue. 2005 marks a significant year in this ships history. The answer will be published in the next edition.

Tiddles the Cat

Could you find Tiddles hiding in the last edition? She was hiding in the w indow of the HMAS Creswell Senior Sailors Mess on the fron t page. Congratulations go to Don Tallon from QLD who sent in the firs t correct entry.We receive plenty of entries each month and have some excellent prizes so rem em ber to send in your answers in early to:[email protected] and be in the running for a prize from our seachest!Good luck finding Tiddles in th is edition!

The annual O fficer prom otion board for2005 will convene in October and November th is year, for the reporting period ending30 June 05. R eports fo r O fficers should be subm itted no la ter than 29 Ju l to be considered. The board considers both eligible PN and NR officers for promotion.

DGNPT has outlined the eligibility, format and administrative requirements for individual O fficers, the ir supervisors and assessing O fficers and these requ irem en ts can be view ed on the NR website in the im portant inform ation section o f the m em bers’ area. In p a rticu la r, the req u irem en ts in c lu d e reporting forms guidance, seniority cut o ff dates, deferred prom otion reports, Reserve C ap ab ility , Q u a lif ic a tio n B ased B oard (QBB) / Career Advancement Board (CAB) concerns, members’ statements and education

qualifications.Q B B ’s an d C A B ’s c o n s id e r b o th

ind iv idual and Service based inform ation w hen review ing and selecting officers for prom otion. They rely on a range o f formal reporting and individual information to inform their decisions, and stress those decisions cannot be comprehensive unless individual, supervisors and assessing officers provide current and extensive information coverage.

Their message reads: “your best competitive advantage can only be realised if you present your (formal and individual) reports on time, in full and with an eye to detail.

The m em bers’ statem ent to the QBB is pivotal to the reporting and selection process. This sta tem ent is an opportunity to fu lly highlight relevant inform ation pertinent to current and future Navy employment.

For NR Officers, this statement and CV are especially important because they collectively allow the boards to use an extensive range o f n o n -N av y sp e c if ic sk ills , q u a li tie s and ex p erien ces to fu rth er in form y o u r com petitiveness and potential in the N avy work environment.

The full use o f this statement affords you a significant advantage to further you career as a member o f the Navy. CSO(R) NPT has produced guidance for Reserve officers and the information is available in the important information section o f the m em ber’s area of the NR website.

PM Keys provides an extensive database for ind iv idual inform ation . One class o f information it holds is the member’s education qualifications. C urrency and accuracy o f member’s education qualifications is essential

as this is one criterion the Board considers for promotion. A check of those entries to ensure correctness should be undertaken as soon as possible as only education qualification data in PMKeys prior to Jun 30 will be scored for this years Boards.

Members are strongly urged to review the important information section in the website to ensure they are familiar with the requirements.

The point o f contact at DNOP is the Staff Officer for Reporting and Promotions: LCDR Natalie Read 0262651393.Points o f contact at NPT are:CSO(R) CAPT Mike Burton, ph 0262341133

SOCSO(R) ph 0262652616

Type: River Class FrigateDisplacement: 1,489 tons (standard), 2,120 tons (full load)Length: 301 feet 6 inches Beam: 36 feet 8 inches Draught: 12 feetBuilder: Mort’s Dock & Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney Laid Down: 3 December 1943Launched: 3 March 1945, by Mrs Fraser, wife o f a Senator for Western Australia Machinery: Triple expansion, 2 shafts Horsepower: 5,500 Speed: 20 knotsArmament: 2 x 4-inch guns

3 x 40mm Bofors7 x 20mm Oerlikons2 x Squid triple barrelled anti-submarine mortars 1 x Hedgehog Depth Charge Throwers

Complement: 140

HMAS Macquarie was ordered as part o f Australia’s shipbuilding program during the Second World War. Twelve o f these Australian built frigates were to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy. A further ten were ordered but cancelled as the war drew to a close.

Eight, HMA Ships Barcoo, Barwon, Burdekin, Diamantina, Gascoyne, Hawkesbury, Lachlan and Macquarie, were built to the British River Class design and Australia likewise named its frigates after Australian rivers. A further four, HMA Ships Condamine, Culgoa, Murchison and Shoalhaven, were also named after Australian rivers but were built to the design of the Royal N avy’s Bay Class Frigates. These latter ships were generally known as Modified River Class Frigates although they are sometimes referred to as Bay Class.

Macquarie was commissioned in Sydney on 7 December 1945 under the command o f LCDR Leslie M. Hinchliffe DSC RAN.

After completing her working up programme, Macquarie sailed from Sydney on 31 January 1946 to commence three months service in New Guinea waters, including one month in Rabaul. During this time she undertook the salvage o f the wrecked Japanese tanker Naruto at Karavia Bay.

Returning to Sydney on 29 April 1946, Macquarie spent seven weeks alongside before sailing of 15 June 1946 for Indonesia. She visited Batavia and Padang and during her service in Indonesian waters, Macquarie assisted the War Crimes Investigation and Graves Registration teams.

Macquarie returned to Sydney on 22 October 1946, having proceeded via Darwin and Townsville. She arrived in Melbourne on 27 October, where she paid off into E Class Reserve on 19 December 1946 after only one year o f seagoing service and having steamed 20,074 miles.

After almost six years in Reserve, Macquarie recommissioned at Melbourne on 15 August 1952 under the command o f Lieutenant Commander Arthur I. Chapman RAN.

After working up, Macquarie paid a brief visit to Port Moresby en route to Darwin and the Monte Bello Islands, where she conducted surveillance activities and duties as the weather support ship for the first British atomic test which took place at Monte Bello on 3 October 1952.

Macquarie returned to the Australian east coast late October and operated in east coast waters until April 1953 when she deployed to Darwin. The ship was based at Darwin from 24 April to 8 September which included a three month stint in the waters o ff Darwin carrying out surveillance of the Japanese Pearling Fleet.

Macquarie returned to Sydney on 19 September 1953 and paid off into Reserve on 17 March 1954. During her second commission, Macquarie steamed a further 31,146 miles for a combined total over both commissions o f 51,220 miles. She was sold to be broken up as scrap on 5 July 1962 to H.C. Sleigh & Co for Mitsubishi (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Thanks again to the N avy’s Sea Power Centre website for the information about this months mystery ship. For history on other ships view the website at: http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ ships

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Great turn out for AnzacP arades in tow ns and c itie s

around the country were very well received by the general public with current and past m em bers o f the P erm anent and R eserve F orces and attending parades at a myriad o f venues. The tradition o f Anzac Day is perhaps the most significant day o f na tional im p o rtan ce as it re p re s e n ts and r e c o g n is e s A ustra lia’s contribution in w ars and conflicts since Federation. Past and present members o f the ADF march with pride knowing that their

contribu tion how ever sm all has assisted the nation to be what it is today.

NR m em ber PO A lan E arly attended the march in Brisbane said that this was his 39th consecutive Anzac Day parade as a member o f the Reserve Band. He said he was looking forward to attending many m ore parades, m aybe not as a member o f the band, but certainly as a member in the past Navy division.

NR Members all over the country renewed acquaintances form dawn

until well after dusk reliving their experiences and remembering their mates who are no longer around to celebrate with them.

C M D R Steve D unning sent in the following article about the NR participation in Adelaide.

D e sp ite th e re la tiv e ly sm all Naval presence in South Australia, N R members w ere out in force to support their full-time counterparts from NHQ-SA, providing a number o f personnel for a range o f Anzac

Day activities. Typical o f this group was LCDR Trish M atthew RANR, recen tly appointed to cerem onial du ties as G uard C om m ander at N H Q -SA , w ho p layed a key ro le throughout the day.

A s th e N H Q -S A c o n tin g e n t under the command o f LCDR Scott Martinsen RAN marched along King William Street the salute was taken by the SA L ieu tenant G overnor, M r B runo K rum m ins on h is first official Anzac Day parade. Joining the Lt G overnor on the salu ting

dais were five Turkish war veterans and a num ber o f other dignitaries including State Premier Mike Rann and Senior Naval Officer NHQ-SA, CMDR Anne Atkinson.

CM DR A tk inson said she was v ery im p re ssed w ith th e N avy turnout, which included a contingent from NHQ-SA comprising PNF and NR personnel and crew from HMAS Dechaineux (LCDR Stanford). She was p a rticu la rly im pressed w ith how w ell the PNF, NR and ANC personnel integrated ensuring that

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Reservists ABBM Chris Cross, ABBM Michael Carroll and ABBM Ron MacDonald at the Shrine of Remembrance after the Anzac Day march in Melbourne. Photo by Ron MacDonald. LSWTR Leslie McKeown and her daughter LS Alisha

McKeown. Photo by Anna Bianchin

Dawn Service in Port Adelaide. ABMUSN Ryan Stott plays the Last Post. Photo by LSPHOT Alan Charlton

CAPT Jones salutes the Shrine of Remembrance at King George Square during the march in Brisbane. Photo by Anna Bianchin.

The NHQ-SQ Colour Party leads the Naval contingent through the streets of Brisbane. Photo by Anna Bianchin.

Dawn Service in Port Adelaide. Reservists CPO Dave Lyas and LCDR Trish Matthews salute during the National Anthems. Photo by LSPHOT Alan Charlton.

Glenorie NSW. Photo supplied by LCDR Mick Gallagher.

DNRS-NAT CAPT Ranford Elsey RANR leads the contingent from HMAS Kuttabul during the march in Sydney. Photo supplied by LCDR Mick Gallagher.

Eyes Right! The Naval contingent march past during the Adelaide parade. Photo by LSPHOT Alan Charlton.

Above L-R. CAPT Paul Willee, RFD and son SBLT Ben Willey pictured with DNRS-VIC CMDR Joe Lukaitis, after the march in Melbourne. Photos supplied by CMDR Lukaitis

Above L-R: Senior Service? CPOMUSN Ken McCallum POMUSN Jimmy Carter, WOMUSN Ken Lincoln, and CPO Paul O’Hara prior to the Anzac Day march in Brisbane. The four ex - PN Musicians have combined service of over 125 years in the RAN Band. Photo by Anna Bianchin.

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Day Across the Country

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representation at the various Anzac Day activities throughout the State.

The w ell-respected and popular RANB (SA-Det) under the baton o f CPOMUSN Doug Antonoff was as usual an integral part o f the Anzac Day activities. Performing with its

usual aplomb at the Port Adelaide Dawn Service and the main parade in Adelaide, the SANB marched at the commencement and again at the com pletion o f the com m em oration march.

Earlier in the day, several hundred current and former Navy personnel,

family and friends turned out in ideal conditions at the Port Adelaide Naval Association’s Dawn Service held at historic Port Adelaide. NR members were well represented in the AWE Colour Guard and Colour Party, the Catafalque Party and the RANB. At the same time NR bugler LSMUSN

Left: LSMUSN Guy McRedmond during the Adelaide Anzac Day parade. Photo by LSPHOT Alan CharltonBelow: Defence Reserves Association march at the ANZAC Day parade through Darwin.

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Anzac Day 2005 Melbourne

The NR contingent is lead by HMAS Cerberus’ XO, CMDR Murray.

Guy M cRedmond was playing the Last Post and Reveille at the State War Memorial where an estimated crowd o f 10,000 gathered.

CM DR Atkinson said the Navy was also represented at a number o f suburban services and regional lo ca tio n s . These inc luded D aw Park Repatriation General Hospital, Houghton and Port Lincoln. Other NR mem bers attended RSL Dawn Services at their hom e locations prior to joining their shipmates in the main March.

RSL Anzac Day Public Relations

C o o rd in a to r W ayne L an g fo rd described the A delaide activities as the b es t y e t because o f the significance of the 90th anniversary and the fact that people are taking a g rea te r in te rest in the A nzac tradition.

“ O u r p e rs o n n e l h ave b een doing a m arvellous job overseas and th is coupled w ith the Anzac c o m m e m o ra t io n b r in g s o u t p e o p le ’ p a tr io tism and desire to acknow ledge all our A nzacs, both past and presen t” , said Mr Langford.

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COO-EE march re-enactment launches RFD 2005

By CMDR Richard Phillips RANR DNRS - NSW

Members of the COO-EE march re-enactment team display the sign used to rally volunteers during WWI

Minister fo r Veterans Affairs and M in ister Assisting the Minister for Defence, The Hon. De-Ann Kelly MP, and LTCOL John Moore OAM, Ret

Members of the Coo-ee march re-enactment team prepare t( march offf during the launching ceremony. Photo courtes' DRSC website

R eserve Forces D ay has been celebrated across A ustralia since1998.

The ob jec tive is to ra ise the p rofile o f Navy, A rm y and A ir Force Reserve Forces, to recognise former and serving Reservists and to thank partners and employers for their support.

Some 5,000 N avy, A rm y and A ir Force R eservists and form er Reservists are expected to march in NSW over the weekend 2-3 July 2005.

C e le b r a t io n s o f th e 9 0 th a n n iv e rsa ry o f th e “C o o -e e ” recruiting March, the formation of the Second D ivision and the 50th Anniversary o f the 1st Commando Regim ent w ill be p rofiled as the

one o f the historical and interesting aspects o f 2005.

Reinforcem ents for the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) - Gilgandra “Coo-ee” March

In 1915 follow ing the horrible casu a ltie s suffered at G allipo li recruiting drives were held across Australia to fill the gap.

An initiative called the “Coo-ee” recruiting march instigated by Mr Hitchen o f the Gilgandra Rifle Club and other tow n citizens (Central W estern NSW ) has now become folklore in Australian history.

35 m en le ft G ilgand ra , then m arched 510 kilom etres through tow ns along the w ay - Dubbo,

Orange, Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Parramatta and many other smaller towns and villages and 263 arrived in to a tu m u ltu o u s w elcom e in Martin Place Sydney.

In 2 005 , the R eserve F orces N a tio n a l Parade in S ydney on Sunday 3 July w ill celebrate the 90th anniversary o f the success of the “Coo-ee” march.

The parade will h igh ligh t and re -en ac t in part the a rriv a l and welcome by the citizens o f Sydney o f the 263 members who arrived in Sydney to join the 1st AIF.

M any o f the m en w ho to o k p art in th e “C oo-ee” M arch and o ther m arches jo ined the Second D ivision, 1st AIF. This formation, based in Sydney is currently the

Reserve Division o f the ADF.Sydney Launch and ParadeThe 2005 national launch was

conducted at V ictoria Barracks, Paddington on 27 November 2004.

K ey guests included the Hon. D e-A nn K elly MP, M inister for V e te ran s’ A ffa irs and M in ister Assisting the M inister for Defence and the Maritime Commander, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt AM RAN.

In Sydney, R eserve personnel will assemble for the march in the area o f H yde P ark (ad jacen t to College Street, opposite St M ary’s Cathedral) after 1030 on Sunday 3 July.

F o llow ing the in spec tion the contingents will then move down College Street between the ranks of

serving and former members o f the three services and stop in Macquarie Street in front o f Parliament House.

Each o f the towns and cities that participated in the original “Coo- ee” march have formed committees to send contingents to take part in the national parade, dressed in the “rig o f the day” (1915 era clothes).

The m arch w ill again proceed north down M acquarie Street and dismiss at its end.

The Reserve Forces Day Council encourages all former and serving Reserve members to take part in the RFD 2005 Sydney national parade. M ore inform ation about Reserve Forces Day can be found at

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R-L RADM Rowan Moffitt AM RAN, The Hon. De-Ann Kelly, Minister for Veterans Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, Mayor of Gilgandra, Councillor Warwick Moppett and Mrs Moppett at the Launch of the Reserve Forces Day.

Minister for Veterans Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence The Hon. De-Ann Kelly Mf meets Sir Lawrence Street AC, KCMG, QC and MC RADM Rowan Moffitt AM, RAN during the Reservi Forces Day celebrations in Sydney.

Reserve News 7

Who’s doing what?Divers awarded

By SBLT Ben W illee RANR

CMDR Joe Lukaitis, RFD RANR (Director Naval R eserve Support V ictoria) recently took time out to present a number of medals and clasps to members o f Navy Reserve Dive Team 6 and congratulate the entire team on a job well done.

Included amongst the recipients were;LCDR Rohan Scheid who received the

Defence Long Service Medal. LCDR Scheid

has made an impressive contribution to the N avy during 19 years in the PN/NR. He has held various positions both at sea and ashore as a D iving Officer, Hydrographer, Navigation Officer, Executive Officer and as OIC of Dive Team 6.

CPODVR Lee Smith who received a 2nd clasp to the Reserve Forces Medal. C hief Smith has made an outstanding contribution

to Navy Diving over the last 26 years.POSC Carmel Elliot received a 2nd clasp to

her Reserve Forces Medal. PO Elliot has been an invaluable member o f the team playing an instrumental role in the team’s administration and efficiency.

A B D V R B rent S ta ffo rd rece iv ed the Defence Long Service Medal. AB Stafford has dedicated 20 years service to the NR.

He has consistently taken on responsibilities exceeding his rank within DT6.

LCDR Scheid also used this opportunity to p resen t PO D V R Andrew Kiss w ith an OlC C om m endation fo r his ou tstanding contribution and tireless work for DT6.

DT6 w ill soon be relocating from their current prem ises in W illiamstown and are currently reviewing a number o f options.

LCDR Rohan Scheid RANR presents the OIC Commendation to PODVR Andrew Kiss. Recipients of awards L-R: CPODVR Lee Smith, POSC Carmel Elliot, CMDR Joseph Lukaitis RFD RANR Photo by SBLT Ben Wiilee ABDVR Brent Stafford & LCDR Rohan Scheid RANR. Photo by SBLT Ben Willee

from page 2Coral Sea Commemorative Service

All images by LEUT Chris Woods

Below: Naval Reservist PO Mark Davidson l/C of the Colour Party for the Coral Sea Commemorative Service 14 May 05.

Above: New members to the RAN Communications Course at Cabarlah formed the guard for the Service and were inspected by the Governor of QLD her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC

Above right: Bandmaster of the RAN Band QLD Detachment CPO Mike Vaughan greets Her Excellency The Governor of QLD, Ms Quentin Bryce AC.

Below: Bugler ABMUSN Chris Ellis from the RAN Band Sydney joined the QLD Detachment of the RAN Band for the Coral Sea Service.

The Guard for the Service comprised new members in the communications branch undergoing training at JTS Cabarlah.

8 Reserve News

Employment opportunitiesSailors

Job Title: Assistant Material CoordinatorLocation: Garden Island, Sydney NSWRequirements: POSN (LS or CPO may apply), with preferred recent experience in MFUs, particularly ANZAC Class ships. Duties: The incumbent will assist in coordinating GFE for ANZAC Class ships undergoing maintenance availabilities in the East. The position will also be required for range of stores- related and administrative Tasks as detailed by the ANZAC SPO Material Coordinator (WOSN)Duration: Immediate start and working until 30 Jun 05. The position will be available beyond 30 Jun 05, dependent on funding approval for next financial year. Reserve funding is based on member being employed 5 days per week, however days per weeks is negotiable.Point of Contact: LCDR Kim Wilson, PH: (08)95531818 Mobile: 0411155468

Job Title: Maintenance Planner Number of Positions: Two Location: Garden Island, Sydney NSWRequirements: POET/MT (CPO may apply), with preferred recent experience in MFUs undergoing maintenance availabilities, particularly ANZAC Class ships. Both planners will be conducting maintenance planning for East-based ANZAC Ships. As the positions are based in the East, there may be an initial requirement to visit the ANZAC SPO (Rockingham WA) for briefings and training.Duration: Immediate start and working until 30 Jun 05. The position will be available beyond 30 Jun 05, dependent on funding approval for next financial year. Reserve funding is based on member being employed 5 days per week, however days per week is negotiable.POC: LCDR Kim Wilson,PH: 0895531818 Mobile: 0411155468 Job Title: RRPM NSW Shopfront Manager Closing Date: 30 June, 2005

Start Date: 15 Feb 2005 End Date: 30June 2006 Location: HMAS Waterhen Sydney

Positions: One - Part-time Description: This position is open to PO/CPO/WO rank.As the RRP Shopfront manager, you willRepresent the RRPM NSW&MC in HMAS Waterhen',Provide informed advice on Reserve issues to the MCDFEG/ HMAS Waterhen;Implement the NPT Total Integrated Work Force business rules in the MCD community. This is a challenging and satisfying role, with the vacancy come about due to the spousal posting of the previous incumbent.The role requires two days per week by negotiation.Point of Contact: CMDR Andrew Dale Ph: 0293594396 Email:

Job Title: 2 I/C Team Leader Exercise Stretch 23 Victoria Ref No: RRPM VIC Closing Date: 30 Sep 2005 Start Date: 19 Nov 2005 End Date: 20 Nov 2005 Location: HMAS Cerberus Positions: Two Part-time Description: Expressions of interest are invited from LS/ PO/CPO to act as 2 I/C to Team Leaders for activities associated with EES23. Activities will be held over the weekend of 19 to 20? 11/05 and will be in collaboration with Army and RAAF Reservists.Point of Contact: LCDR Eric Mushins ph 03359507710 Email: eric.mushins @defence. gov.au

Job Title: Quality Control ManagerRef No. 00182107Closing Date: 30 June 2005 Start Date: 26 April 2005 End Date: 30 June 2005 Location: Training Authority Submarines - HMAS Stirling Position: WO Full-time Description: The incumbent will be required for two days per week to plan and coordinate the TA-SM Quality Control Section activities, conduct QC activities on Submarine training courses and perform other tasks as directed by the Manager Training SystemsQualifications/Knowledgerequired:Knowledge o f the Australian

Quality Training Framework (mandatory)Previous work experience involving the Australian Quality Training Framework (desirable) Workplace Assessor (desirable) Quality Control Course (desirable)Point of Contact: LCDR S Chen ph. 0895533742Email: stephanie.chen@defence. gov.au

Job Title: Assistant Base Utilities Officer Ref No: 131769 Closing Date: 16 June 2005 Start Date: 16 May 2005 End Date: 30 June 2005 Location: HMAS Stirling Positions: CPO / WO Full-time Description: The Assistant Base Utilities Officer (A/BUO) works directly for the Base Utilities Officer (BUO) - Fleet Base West at HMAS STIRLING.This position includes, however is not limited to, the exciting and rewarding role o f being the Member Required in Uniform (MRU) Assistant Divisional Officer for up to 25 sailors. Timely response to customer requests along with prompt processing of administration requirements are key to this role. Core skills include divisional administration, personnel development and personnel managementPoint of Contact: LEUT KristenRice ph 0895532358Email:[email protected]

OfficersJob Title: Team Leader Exercise Executive Stretch 23 Victoria Closing Date: 30 Sep, 05 Start Date: 19 Nov 05 End Date: 20 Nov 05 Location: HMAS Cerberus Positions: Two Description: Expressions of interest are invited from SBLTs/ LEUTs to act as Team Leaders for activities associated with EES23. Activities will be held over the weekend o f 19 to 20/11/05 and will be conducted in collaboration with Army and RAAF Reserve support.Contact Details: LCDR Eric

Mushins ph 0359507710, email

Job Title: Quality Control ManagerRef No: 00182107 Closing Date: 30 June 05 Start Date: 26 April 05 End Date: 30 June 05 Position: LEUT - Full Time Description: The incumbent will be required for two days per week to plan and coordinate the TA-SM Quality Control Section activities, conduct QC activities on Submarine training courses and perform other tasks as directed by the Manager Training Systems Qualifications/Knowledge required:Knowledge o f the Australian Quality Training Framework (mandatory)Previous work experience involving the Australian Quality Training Framework (desirable) Workplace Assessor (desirable) Quality Control Course (desirable) Contact: LCDR S Chen ph 0895533742 email: Stephanie. [email protected]

Job Title: Staff Officer to the National Commander Australian Navy Cadets Ref No: 00499336 Closing Date: 30 June 05 Start Date: 30 May 05 Location: Building lOLeeuwin Barracks WAPositions: LEUT/LCDR - Part timeDescription: 150 days per FY- negotiableAct as Staff Officer to National Commander.Draft and prepare correspondence for National Commander’s signature.Maintain the National Commander’s files.Maintain a register o f NHQ projects and provide the National Commander updates on projects. Other projects as detailed by the National Commander. Qualifications: RAN Staff Skills Course(D)Experience: Excellent communication skills.Knowledge o f RAN staff process. Experience of the ANC.Contact Details: CAPT Gavin Reeves ph 089311263 7 Email:

Mailing Address: Locked Bag 501 East Fremantle WA 6159

Job Title: Integrated Logistic Support Operational Test Director Ref No: RRPM NSW&MC Closing Date: 30 June 05

Start Date: 23 May 05 End Date: 23 May 06Location: RANTEAA Big 90 Garden Island Sydney Positions: LCDR/CMDR EN or SU Full timeDescription: Position can be either CFTS or 150 training days pa Conduct operational testing o f ILS (supportability) elements of new capability entering naval service; Provide advice to DMO project managers on ILS requirements for new capabilityContact details: LCDR Graeme Wong ph: 0293593476 Email:

Job Title: Assistant Base Utilities OfficerRef No: 131769 Closing Date: 16 June 05 Start Date: 16 May 05 End Date: 30 June 05 Location: HMAS Stirling Position: LEUT Full time Description: The Assistant Base Utilities Officer (A/BUO) works directly for the Base Utilities Office] (BUO) - Fleet Base West at HMAS Stirling.This position includes, however is not limited to, the exciting and rewarding role o f being the Member Required in Uniform (MRU) Assistant Divisional Officer for up to 25 sailors.Timely response to customer requests along with prompt processing o f administration requirements are key to this role. Core skills include divisional administration, personnel development and personnel management.Contact Details: LEUT KristenRice ph 0895532358Email:

Job Title: Training Day Manager -CDT7 (Temporary Position)Ref No: 504125 Closing Date: 16 June 05 Start Date: 30 May 05 End Date: 30 June 05 Location: HMAS Stirling Positions: LEUT/LCDR Full time Description: Position exists to act as temporary Training Day Manager for CDT7.Core tasks:* Coordinate and staff project bids for the remainder o f this financial year.* Develop and implement long term resource and staffing plan.Contact Details: LCDR Louise Webber ph 0895532959 email:

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