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NEWSNAVYVolume 62, No. 7, May 2, 2019

TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN

Those who made the ultimate sacrifice

honoured at Anzac Day services

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Catafalque party member ABBM Brooke McManus rests on arms at the Anzac Day dawn service on board HMAS Canberra alongside Port Klang, Malaysia.Photo: CPL Kylie Gibson

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Still and silentCAPT Roger Brennan

DURING three dawn services in Malaysia, personnel from Indo-Pacific Endeavour stood still and observed a minute of silence to remember those who have made the ulti-mate sacrifice.

A ceremony was held in Kuala Lumpur and another on board HMAS Canberra at Port Klang. HMAS Success held its own service in Langkawi.

CO Canberra CAPT Ashley Papp told the gathering on the flight deck that spend-ing Anzac Day in Malaysia “gives us the chance to reflect on Australia from a differ-ent perspective”.

“We think about those who have gone before us, those who have survived, those who have died and our families back home,” CAPT Papp said.

“Anzac Day is an emotional morning for every Australian and particularly for those of us on board Canberra.

“Today is a commemoration, a memory and it’s also a celebration of those who con-tinue to serve.”

As the sun rose over Malaysia, dignitar-ies, Australian and New Zealand defence personnel and veterans gathered at the National Monument in the heart of Kuala Lumpur to remember those who have served in war, conflict and peacekeeping operations.

The New Zealand High Commission led the ceremony while the New Zealand Army Veterans Band played the music and personnel from IPE19 Joint Task Force 661 formed the catafalque party.

For more stories, photos and videos from Anzac Day, go to http://www.defence.gov.au/Events/AnzacDay/

Commander of the catafalque party, POB Grant Lugton, at the Anzac Day dawn service on board HMAS Canberra while alongside Port Klang, Malaysia. Photo: CPL Kylie GIbson

Video from the service in Kuala Lumpur can be seen at

video.defence.gov.au/play/6144

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STANDING where the original Anzacs landed at Gallipoli, CDF GEN Angus Campbell said the soldiers’ individual stories brought their legend to life.

“It is the shades of grey which make the Anzacs so compelling,” GEN Campbell told the silent crowd during his commemorative address at the Anzac Cove dawn ser-vice on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula.

“A century of remembrance, a century of scholarship, has revealed their complexity. They were from the city and the country, they were young and older. They felt fear and anger, sorrow and joy.

“They were individuals who have become a collective group, but it is in the detail of their individual stories that we come as close as we can to understanding their experi-ence. I encourage you to seek out those stories.”

Visitors from Australia, New Zealand and around the world stood shoulder-to-shoulder in quiet contemplation during the service.

GEN Campbell said Turkey, New Zealand and Australia were “forever connected by our shared history in this place”.

“Here, at what was once known as North Beach, we can no longer see the piers, supplies, mules, field hospitals and aid posts which crowded this area in the latter months of the campaign,” he said.

“The sounds, smells and sights of the war are long gone but the stories remain with us.”

Towards the end of the ceremony, the morning light crept over the water at Anzac Cove and illuminated the silent crowd, looking out to the calm Aegean Sea.

GEN Campbell completed his address with a few sim-ple words: “For what they have done, this we will do. Lest we forget.”

Australia’s Federation Guard supported ceremonies at Anzac Cove and Lone Pine Cemetery with a catafalque party, wreath laying and readings. Members of the Air Force Band played at the services.

LEUT Harley Slatter

THE Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France, is as much a tribute to those who survived the battlefields as to those who didn’t.

That was the reminder from CN VADM Michael Noonan, who addressed a gathering of about 2000 people at the dawn service at the French memorial on Anzac Day.

“This memorial, where our countries’ sons were laid to rest, pays tribute to those men who perished in the battles of war,” VADM Noonan said.

“It also honours those who fought in the war and did not die.”

LCPL William ‘Blue’ Camroux, who saw

action in Bullecourt, was one of those soldiers.“Blue Camroux was wounded twice but

remained in the field,” VADM Noonan said.“He was gassed in the last Australian infan-

try action of the war, but lived until his early 40s. One of tens of thousands of former dig-gers who survived the fighting but died far too young.”

The ADF contingent for the service also included master of ceremonies LTCOL Ben McLennan, Senior Chaplain Murray Lund, WO-N Gary Wight, Australia’s Federation Guard and The Royal Australian Navy Band.

The ADF contingent also attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Bullecourt Digger memorial.

For the dead and the survivors

The stories behind the legends stay with us

ABBM Amanda May conducts ceremonial drill as part of a catafalque party during the Anzac Day service at Lone

Pine in Gallipoli.Photo: POIS Andrew Dakin

Members of Australia’s Federation Guard mount the catafalque party

at Villers-Bretonneux during the Anzac Day dawn service.

Photo: SGT William Guthrie

The catafalque party presents arms during an Anzac day dawn service on board HMAS Ballarat in the Middle East. Photo: CPOCSM Edwin Watson

Video from the service can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/6142

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DEFENCE personnel have several options to ensure their vote is counted in the federal election on May 18.

Where possible, personnel should attend a polling place in the state or territory in which they’re registered to vote on election day. If outside their state on election day, they can go to an interstate voting centre.

Personnel unable to attend a polling place on election day should cast their ballot beforehand at an early voting centre, which opened from April 29.

Deployed and overseas-posted per-sonnel can register for postal voting either as a “general postal voter” for long postings or as a postal voter for a particular election.

Applications for postal voting, which can be found on the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website (aec.gov.au/election/pva.htm), must be received by the AEC by May 15.

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Personnel should think about where they are likely to be on election day and plan the best way to vote accordingly.

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Director of Military Personnel Policy and Overseas Conditions of Service CAPT Jayne Craig, RAN, said it was important Defence personnel had a variety of options for voting.

“Defence personnel should think about where they are likely to be on

election day and plan the best way to vote accordingly,” CAPT Craig said.

“If you know you’ll be at sea or out field, if possible vote early or enrol as a general postal voter.

“HQJOC is engaged with our deployed units to maximise voting par-ticipation of deployed units.

“If you’re travelling away from your home state on election day, have a look at the AEC website and see where the nearest interstate voting centre will be.

“Overseas-posted personnel should make sure they’re enrolled for postal voting if they can’t vote at an embassy or high commission.”

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The MRH-90 on HMAS Adelaide’s flight deck was one of the popular attractions during the ship’s open day in Adelaide. Photos: ABIS Ryan McKenzie

Game-changer opens to namesake

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LCDR Ben Robinson and LEUT Rilana Ostheim

HMAS Adelaide III, the second of two Canberra-class amphibious ships built for Navy, opened her doors to the Adelaide public in April for only the second time.

Commissioned in December 2015, Adelaide has one of the most capable and sophisticated air-land-sea amphibious deployment systems in the world.

CO Adelaide CAPT Jonathan Ley said the ship’s arrival in her namesake city was a proud moment for the crew.

“The ship’s company were keen to reaffirm Navy’s long-lasting heritage in the city of Adelaide and ignite pub-lic interest and a sense of pride in the Adelaide community and it was a great opportunity to show the public her capa-bilities,” CAPT Ley said.

“At 230 metres long and more than 30 metres high, the 27,000-tonne warship can land a force of more than 1000 person-nel by helicopter and water craft, along with weapons, ammunition, vehicles and stores, while she can reach speeds of up to 20 knots (35km/h) over a maximum range of approximately 6000km.

“The ship is widely considered a game-changer in the ADF, marking a shift to expeditionary warfare.”

This was demonstrated by the embar-kation of more than 50 vehicles, including armed personnel carriers, and reconnais-sance and protected logistics vehicles, from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, while she was alongside.

“The ship is also well equipped for large-scale humanitarian and disaster relief missions, featuring two operating theatres, an eight-bed critical care unit, resuscitation, pathology, radiology, x-ray, pharmacy and dental facilities,” CAPT Ley said.

“We were absolutely thrilled to show-case the ship’s personnel and equipment and it was a great honour to meet the community whose name we carry with such pride,” CAPT Ley said.

He thanked Adelaide residents for their “very generous welcome and hospi-tality” and said he looked forward to the ship’s next visit.

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despite shallow tides

Vehicles from 7RAR embark HMAS Adelaide as part of the amphibious task group.

Video from the open day can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/6122

LCDR Ben Robinson

HMAS Adelaide embarked a mech-anised combat team for the first time while alongside in her name-sake port.

The mechanised combat team from Battlegroup Boar, centred on the 7th Battalion, RAR, included supporting elements to conduct sea-based amphibious operations dur-ing the upcoming Joint Warfighter Series.

The Amphibious Warfare Officer and Head of the Amphibious Department on board Adelaide, MAJ Charles De-Zilva, said the embarkation was complicated by the shallow tidal window of Port Flinders in Adelaide’s outer harbour.

“To overcome this constraint, HMAS Adelaide used a pontoon barge to extend the tidal window for its side doors and a detailed rehears-al and embarkation planning were

conducted by the Adelaide amphibi-ous task group and 7 RAR to ensure safe and efficient embarkation,” MAJ De-Zilva said.

“For sea series components of Joint Warfighter Series 2019, Adelaide is the primary control ship for the amphibious task group.

“This task is another first for Adelaide as she will be controlling multiple surface connectors from both HMA Ships Canberra and Adelaide.”

CO 7RAR LTCOL Adam Gower said throughout the Joint Warfighter Series, Battlegroup Boar would conduct ship-to-object manoeuvre (STOM) and use both mechanised and air mobile combat teams from Adelaide.

“This will be the first time that the Adelaide amphibious depart-ment will conduct STOM with a mechanised combat team and the first time that 7RAR have con-

ducted sea-based operations with Adelaide,” LTCOL Gower said.

“This is a step change in the capability that 7RAR can provide to the ADF.

“At the end of these activities we will be able to project and sustain combat power using both air and surface ship-to-shore connectors.”

The amphibious department operates and controls both the heavy and light vehicle decks, the embarked forces accommodation and the STOMs.

Adelaide’s amphibious depart-ment has a variety of essential components on board for vehicle embarkation and disembarkation, either by ship-to-shore connectors or while alongside using the ship’s doors and vehicle ramps.

The amphibious department also controls all amphibious STOMs by air and surface connectors.

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CAPT Roger Brennan

SOON-to-be decommissioned, HMAS Newcastle, deployed as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour, is home to one of Navy’s innovation hubs.

The deployable innovation workshop (DIW), which sounds as if it should be in Silicon Valley rather than a warship, is led by LSMT Sarah Battenally.

The gas turbine maintainer has notched up a series of accolades throughout her 10-year career.

“I’ve had a few good gigs,” LS Battenally said.

“I was lucky enough to be picked up for the V8 Supercars program as a pit stop mechan-ic in 2015. I also did some work at Defence Recruiting and then worked at the Guided Missile Frigate Systems Program Office in condition assessment.”

That was when she and a com-mittee of forward-thinking mari-ners lobbied New Generation Navy to fund the Fleet Base East Centre for Innovation.

The centre was established in 2017 as a space for sailors who wanted to learn new skills and demonstrate dynamic ways of prac-tising their craft on the high seas.

“The centre came out of a

necessity for change to happen quicker,” she said.

“The Navy has a lot of sailors at the working level who have great ideas but they don’t come to frui-tion. The centre is there to support and help them to be actioned.”

LS Bat tena l ly pos ted to Newcastle in December 2017 and by the following August had estab-lished the DIW on board.

Newcas t l e ’s CWO Jason McGraw chairs the ship’s innova-tion committee and said the feed-back from senior leadership was excellent.

“There are now deployable innovation workshops on four of the Navy’s major fleet units,” CWO McGraw said.

“The DIWs recently designed and printed 3D ship and aircraft models, which have been present-ed to operations room staff across the Indo-Pacific Endeavour Task Group.”

The models have since been used across the task group to train officers of the watch in replenish-ments at sea, coming alongside and other naval manoeuvres.

The DIWs’ client list continues to grow and, although Newcastle will decommission in June, the enthusiasm for fresh thinking and change is expected to continue.

CAPT Roger Brennan

A LITTLE-known fact which shines a spotlight on Franco-Australian rela-tions throughout the Indo-Pacific is that, should the two countries combine their exclusive economic zones, no nation could match their spread.

The coverage is not only important for the economy of both countries but for the management of the region’s resources and protection against illegal operations.

The thick accent of former French Navy and now RAN Assistant Principal Warfare Officer LEUT Michael Pigault can be heard through HMAS Newcastle’s pipes as he relays the strate-gic intent for the day during Indo-Pacific Endeavour.

LEUT Pigault has a keen understand-ing of the strategic role Australia and France share. They also share a long defence history and the relationship con-tinues to grow.

“Just like Australia, France considers itself to be an Indo-Pacific nation, with territories including Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean and New Caledonia in the Pacific, not to mention parts of the Caribbean,” LEUT Pigault said.

“Australia will continue to have a

close relationship with France. They will be working together for many years.

“France and Australia want similar things for their people and the region – a prosperous and resilient Indo-Pacific.”

He said the two countries had much in common, particularly the desire for a safe and secure maritime environment.

They are also equally invested in humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts throughout the region. Australia and France cooperate in exercises, such as the annual Croix du Sud, to build capacity and interoper-ability should they need to respond to natural disasters.

XO Newcastle LCDR Phillip Alley has seen why it’s important to train with Australia’s regional neighbours in HADR exercises.

“ADF Operation Philippines Assist was launched in 2013 in response to Typhoon Haiyan. The level of destruc-tion it caused required a multilateral response from neighbouring countries,” LCDR Alley said.

“The ability for Australia and France to build linkages with partners through-out the region is important.

“We need to consistently demon-strate our commitment and friendship to respond effectively to regional events.”

No end to floating ideas

Shared credit where it’s deux

LEUT Michael Pigault on HMAS Newcastle.

LSMT Sarah Battenally conducts a sediment

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Speed of the essence

VCDF VADM David Johnston opens the conference in Canberra on April 9. Photo: Sean Davey

KEY themes drawn from presentations and case studies at the Rapid Force Projection Conference were the need for speed and the ability to deploy with a high level of confidence and prepar-edness.

VCDF VADM David Johnston opened the April 9 conference at ADFA in Canberra by highlighting the need to think creatively about how Defence addresses rapid force projec-tion, especially in light of changing global challenges.

“As our environment evolves and more emphasis is placed on our region, we need to think creatively about the opportunities available to Defence, unbound by our current force or plans,” VADM Johnston said.

“It’s forums like this that allow us to consider the challenges and the opportunities for us to project force decades into the future.”

The conference’s keynote speaker, BRIG Richard Iron (British Army), discussed readiness and rapid deploy-ment in the UK’s May 2000 deploy-ment to Sierra Leone.

“Although London was taken by surprise by events in Sierra Leone, the person in charge of the response [BRIG David Richards] was not,” BRIG Iron said.

Professor Craig Stockings, the offi-cial historian of Australian Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor, gave an account of the challenges for ADF readiness when it deployed to East Timor in September 1999.

While the introduction of plat-forms like the C-17A Globemaster and Canberra-class landing helicopter docks have increased the speed and volume of future force projection, the environment will continue to change.

Professor Mark Howden, of the Australian National University, sum-marised the implications of climate change and its calamitous effect on our immediate region.

He said rising average temperatures would lead to an increased intensity and area-of-effect for cyclones in the region, affecting food security and damaging the infrastructure required for disaster response.

But force doesn’t always need to be projected physically.

LTCOL Mick Cook’s address ana-lysed the use of social media by Daesh to intimidate local security forces off the battlefield.

The closing address was pre-sented by Director General Support for HQJOC AIRCDRE Kirrily Dearing, who said speed had become synony-

Meeting the challenges of projecting force in future

mous with modern warfare.“Certainly, over my career, every

aspect of the world has become exponentially faster – communica-tion, the media cycle and innovation,” AIRCDRE Dearing said.

“As a result, it is no surprise that

the speed at which situations can go from bad to worse, and the speed with which we, as a regional power, must respond requires adaptation and inno-vation.”

How the ADF resources ‘readi-ness’ for its logistics systems – within

Defence and with industry – will be key to providing rapid force projection into the future.

The conference was jointly hosted by the Sea Power Centre – Australia, Australian Army Research Centre and Air Power Development Centre.

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A member of HMAS Newcastle’s boarding party climbs down to a rigid hull inflatable boat during a boarding exercise in the Bay of Bengal.Photo: CPL Kylie GIbson

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LCDR Dallas Gray

PERSONNEL from HMA Ships Success and Parramatta visited the disabled children’s ward at the Institute for Child Health in Chennai at the start of AusIndEx.

The children received quality- of-life items donated to the Sukriti Social Foundation by the Australian Government.

Sukriti, which translates to “good deeds”, is a foundation that supports more than 150 disabled children in varying levels of paediatric care.

Success chaplain CHAP Simote Finau said it was “very rewarding

to see their smiling faces and the joy we were all able to bring to the children”.

“It was just so special that we were also able to receive from them as they did from us,” CHAP Finau said.

“The donated items, consisting of prosthetics and wheelchairs, will enable them to be more mobile and improve their quality of life.

“The love and care the children receive from the many staff at the hospital was wonderful to see.”

The event was organised by the Deputy Consul General, Australian Consulate-General, Tristan Rendall.

SUCCESS IN MANY FORMS

Partners hook up to the next level

Rewards of bringing joy to children in need

CAPT James Hook

INDIAN and Australian air crews highlighted their navies’ interoperability in the Bay of Bengal on April 7 as part of AusIndEx.

An MRH-90 from HMAS Canberra and an MH-60R from HMAS Parramatta landed on the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri

and the corvette INS Kiltan, while a Sea King from INS Sahyadri and a Chetak from INS Kiltan cross-decked to the Australian ships.

Parramatta flight commander LCDR Damian Liberale said the procedure for landing helicopters on a foreign warship was heavily regulated.

“Before we flew, we visited each of the ships while alongside

at Visakhapatnam. We looked at the markings on the flight deck and took the chance to have face-to-face conversations with the Indian crews,” LCDR Damian Liberale said.

“Only then were we authorised to land on their ships.”

Parramatta pilots LEUT Jarrod Huisman and LEUT Mitchell Sanders flew their ship’s Seahawk

‘Warlock’ to Sahyadri and Kiltan.“Landing is the tricky part so

we both had a turn on each ship,” LEUT Huisman said.

“All Australian ships use the same visual markings on their flight decks, but the Indian ships are different … There’s no circle, and the line-up lines are for different aircraft.”

Nothing left to chance

in tricky landings

LSATA Aaron Lever waves off an Indian Navy Chetak after a cross-deck exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Photo: LSIS Ronnie Baltoft

During the third and biggest iteration of the biennial exercise AusIndEx, our personnel polished partnerships, pushed the boundaries of their skills and put smiles on children’s faces.

An able seaman from HMAS Success helps one of the children at the Institute for Child Health in Chennai.

LEUT Gary McHugh

HMAS Success completed two double replenishment-at-sea exercises with four Indian Navy ships (INS) during AusIndEx in early April.

The evolution, which took place on the second full sea day

of the exercise, involved Success conducting dry hook-ups with the Indian Navy ships to demonstrate the navies’ abilities to work together.

It started with IN Ships Sahyadri and Ranvijay hooking up to Success on either side.

The fuel lines were then recovered in preparation for IN

Ships Kora and Kiltan to make their approaches.

Marine engineer officer LCDR Darrel Wolter said the replenishment drills went smoothly, even though the Indian ships had never worked with Success.

“There are always going to be challenges for both sides when

working with partner navies,” LCDR Wolter said.

“These include language barriers and an understanding of how each navy carries out its various policies and procedures.

“However, I’m very happy with the results, which prove the RAN has an excellent working

relationship with the Indian Navy, and we look forward to developing that relationship into the future.”

Australia’s naval commitment to the third biennial iteration of AusIndEx was the largest ADF deployment to India. It also comprised HMA Ships Canberra, Parramatta, Newcastle, and Collins.

HMAS Success conducts a replenishment-at-sea dry hook-up with Indian Navy Ships Ranvijay, left, and Sahyadri .Photo: LSIS Steven Thomson

HMAS Parramatta passes by as HMAS Canberra’s MRH-90 hovers

over HMAS Collins before conducting a personnel transfer.

Photo: CPL Kylie Gibson

Video of the exercise can be seen at video.defence.gov.au/play/6128

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LEUT Gary McHugh

HMAS Success was repeatedly “boarded” in the Bay of Bengal by a number of Australian and Indian boarding parties as part of AusIndEx 2019 in mid-April.

The boarding parties, from ships in company with Success, enacted a number of scenarios once on board, alternatively aided and hindered by designated role-players from the tank-er’s crew.

Success Boarding Officer LEUT Sven Howorth said such scenarios not only trained personnel carrying out the boardings but provided experiences for Success’s own boarding party.

“While it’s rare that Success would be carrying out a boarding on another vessel, it is important the ship’s board-ing party is well versed in these evolu-tions,” he said.

“Like other ships, we train regu-

larly to keep our skills up to scratch and this exercise gave us a look from the other side of the equation.”

Boarding parties from HMA Ships Parramatta and Newcastle and Indian Navy Ships Sahyadri (frigate) and Kiltan (corvette) participated in the serial on the penultimate day of AusIndEx.

CO Success CAPT Darren Grogan said the ability to carry out effective boardings – both opposed and unop-posed – was an integral capability of any naval vessel, and such serials were a valuable training opportunity.

“It’s not often boarding parties have the chance to carry out ‘real-time’ boardings on a ship the size of Success,” he said.

“By undertaking such exercises, the personnel who participated will have gained a valuable insight into what is involved in such a scenario.”

Bringing boarding skills to the party

A boarding party from Indian Navy frigate INS Sahyadri comes alongside HMAS Success during the boarding exercises. Photo: LSIS Kylie Jagiello

A rigid hull inflatable boat is lowered from

HMAS Newcastle before the boarding exercise.

Photo: CPL Kylie Gibson

Sailors from INS Sahyadri and HMAS Parramatta on the flight deck of HMAS Success during the boarding party exercises.Photo: LSIS Kylie Jagiello

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ELEMENTS of life on a Navy ship on operations will be captured on canvas after artist Bob

McRae spent time on board HMAS Ballarat in the Middle East.

The NSW south coast artist sailed in the international waters of the northern Arabian Sea for almost two weeks in March, observing the day-to-day work of the ship’s company.

The busy period included multiple dhow boardings, replenishment-at-sea serials and helicopter surveillance operations.

“To get up close and have that perspective allows me to bring so much more detail to my work,” Mr McRae said.

He is an adherent of naturalism, a style of art based on the accurate depiction of detail, which he captures in his sketch pad.

“People ask me how long I spend on a piece. I couldn’t say. I have no idea. I can always

draw a figure rapidly,” he said.Mr McRae’s next step was

to transform his sketches into oil and watercolour paintings on his return to Australia.

Ballarat is part of the Combined Maritime Force, a 33-nation partnership with three principle task forces that promote maritime security, stability and prosperity in the Middle East region.

While Mr McRae was on board, Ballarat conducted a major drug seizure that took her total haul since arriving in the Middle East last November to more than a tonne of heroin and seven tonnes of hashish.

It was Mr McRae’s second time sailing in the Gulf on a Navy warship. The first was aboard HMAS Arunta in 2008.

Then, he was the first war artist commissioned by the Navy since WWII.

Art from his time with Arunta can be seen at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

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Far from sketchy detailArtist records the ship’s company of one of our vessels in action, CPL Carla Armenti reports.

War artist Bob McRae displays his artwork of a sailor from HMAS Ballarat and (below) sketches a portrait of SQNLDR Maria Almeida in the Middle East.Photos: CPL Carla Armenti

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THERE is meaning in a name, as Australian forces deployed on Exercise Balikatan 2019 learned when they worked

alongside partner forces.The exercise brought ADF and

US personnel to the Philippines from April 2-12 to train with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and build on shared knowledge.

Australian contingent commander WGCDR Sean Ahern said Balikatan – the Tagalog word for ‘shoulder -to-shoulder’ – aimed to build capa-bilities that enhanced readiness and response capabilities during real-world challenges.

ADF members were spread across the country. Engineers sup-ported building projects, a medical team delivered training and commu-nity health, chaplains provided spirit-ual support and a special forces team trained AFP peers.

“The exercise allowed us all to plan, coordinate and conduct opera-tions that can be applied to a range of military capabilities,” WGCDR Ahern said.

“It enhanced our military rela-tionships and interoperability with our regional partner forces, as well as supporting the AFP modernisation efforts.

ADF members shared their skills in a variety of ways on Exercise Balikatan, CPL Sebastian Beurich reports.

THREE Australians joined an annual march to commemorate the Bataan Death March of WWII during Exercise Balikatan.

The exercise coincided with Philippine Veterans Week, from April 5-11, and the Day of Valour, a public holiday on April 9.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducts a 112km march through Bataan on the Day of Valour.

The three Australians and 105 US military personnel were invited to participate in the com-memoration of the prisoner-of-war ‘death march’.

POMED Samone Black, of the

Submarine Underwater Medicine Unit, said she was humbled to be part of such a moving event.

“The POWs endured intense heat, as well as being subjected to harsh treatment, during the march in 1942,” PO Black said.

“Thousands of troops passed away on the way and many more died in train carts after the march, packed in so tight no-one could move or sit down.

“To be able to commemorate these events alongside Philippine and US forces, as well as the greater community, and share in the history of the Philippines was a real honour.”

DELIVERING training in disaster management, basic life support and health, hygiene and sanita-tion to rural communities in the Philippines was a key task for health professionals during Exercise Balikatan.

Personnel from the Philippine, Australian and US militaries conducted sessions at multiple locations on Luzon Island for emer-gency services personnel and vol-unteers, as well as families looking to pick up some tips.

LEUT Christian Aca-Ac said rank structures disappeared during the training and the Philippine and American personnel were easy to work with.

“We had a major doing com-pressions and a captain who was acting as a training dummy. It was more about delivering the proper way of training to hopefully save lives,” LEUT Aca-Ac said.

“Everyone in the commu-nity health engagement team were subject-matter experts in their own fields, so it was really good to bounce off each other while we were teaching.”

LEUT Aca-Ac has a deep con-nection to the Philippines.

“I grew up in Australia but my parents are from the Philippines, so I feel like I have a special connec-tion to this country,” he said.

“I think the Filipinos were very

Partners shoulder duty of security

A humbling experiencePOMED Samone Black, top right, with soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the beginning of the Bataan Death March commemorative walk.

First-aid skills out-rank hierarchy

comfortable around me and because I can speak Tagalog I could act as a translator.”

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Reserve Command CAPT Henedino Vergara said it was important to undertake disaster

preparation and basic life support training to be prepared for anything.

“Part of the AFP Reserve Command mandate is to serve in our communities, in our case by conducting medical and dental mis-sions in Bataan,” he said.

– Australian contingent commander

WGCDR Sean Ahern

The US, Australia and the Philippines have a longstanding relationship dating back to WWII.

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LEUT Christian Aca-Ac, centre, and CAPT Henedino Vergara, of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, centre right, demonstrate cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Pagasa Elementary School in Orani, Philippines. Photo: CPL Sebastian Beurich

“The US, Australia and the Philippines have a longstand-ing relationship dating back to WWII that has strongly con-tributed to regional security and stability.”

CJOPS AIRMSHL Mel Hupfeld said the ADF’s continuing support of the exercise underscored Australia’s commitment to regional security and stability.

“Balikatan allows us to build our relationship with the AFP and US Indo-Pacific Command,” he said.

PO Black in front of one of the markers along the march’s route.

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DETONATING a flare washed up on a beach, performing underwater emergency repairs on Navy

vessels or dealing with impro-vised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan are all in a day’s work for a clearance diver (CD).

One element of training for CDs is using explosive-power, electric, hydraulic and pneumatic tools to conduct underwater damage repair or maintenance, surveys and salvage operations, or humanitarian assis-tance and disaster relief.

ABCD Mitchael Passmore has been a CD for six years and is assisting with training after posting to ADF Diving School.

“My last job concentrated on explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) so I’m enjoying the opportunity to use my underwater damage repair skills and the tools, such as the chainsaw, again,” AB Passmore said.

“Besides being hydraulically powered for sub-surface use and having a diamond bit for cutting concrete and rock, it’s similar to a normal chainsaw.

“If there’s a break wall collapse or rock slide, it cuts the material into a manageable size and assists in clearing wharves, ports and water-ways.”

Five Navy students and one Army student completed the ADF EOD Mod 2 course at Marrangaroo Training Area in the Blue Mountains in March.

The month-long EOD course

is a component of the Advanced Clearance Diving (ADVCD) Course and Clearance Diving Officer (CDO) Course and was jointly run by the ADF Diving School and Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School.

The explosive ordnance recon-naissance function is to locate, iden-tify and dispose of small ordnance, such as small projectiles or rockets, and an EOD technician can render safe or dispose of larger items such as bombs or missiles.

ADVCD student LSCD Daniel Gordon said an assessment with a missile was initially “a heavy research task in learning how to pull it apart”.

“There were a lot of moving and working parts for this one, incorpo-rating pulleys and tripods,” he said.

“When you’re ‘down-range’ with ordnance, you really have to know what you’re doing when you get there.”

The ADVCD course runs over 12 months and qualifies leading sea-men clearance divers as supervisors and for promotion to petty officers.

Maritime warfare officer LEUT Mitch Hosking is completing the 18-month CDO Course to specialise as a mine warfare and clearance div-ing officer.

“My training is longer as I had to start the diving training from scratch,” he said.

“We have one more course to complete – Maritime EOD – to fin-ish our EOD training, which will cover maritime ordnance such as sea

mines, limpet mines and torpedoes.”The school’s Course

Implementation Officer, LEUT Matthew Rayner, said combining the ADVCD and CDO courses had practical benefits.

“The Navy officers are learning CD fairly early in their careers but bring task management skills to the table, where the sailors have more real-life experience because they‘ve been diving and doing EOD for longer,” he said.

CDs assisted in the search and recovery mission for three miss-ing marines when a US Marines MV-22 Osprey aircraft sank off the Queensland coast in August last year.

LEUT Rayner said the complex task and difficult conditions, includ-ing high tidal flows and the poten-tial for decompression, required a large team of divers and supervisors.

ADF Diving School instructor CPOCD Simon Scott said some of CD and EOD tasks he’d done in 14 years included a low-order detona-tion to dispose of washed-up WWII mines, assisting police with render-ing safe mortars found during drug raids and checking bridge pylons for structural damage after the 2011 Brisbane floods.

Navy Clearance Diver and Army Work Diver training is conducted by the ADF Diving School, based at HMAS Penguin, Sydney. The school also runs courses in scuba air diving, scuba air supervision, diving maintenance, demolitions and fast roping.

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No obstacle, or ordnance, stands in the way of a diver with the right skills and tools, CPL Veronica O’Hara writes.

All clear at the cutting

edge

Trainees conduct a surface finning exercise during the Scuba Air Course at the ADF

Diving School at HMAS Penguin, Sydney. Top left: ABCD Mitchael Passmore prepares

for a salvage diving activity as part of his training at the school.

Bottom left: A clearance diver prepares to move an inert land mine during explosive

ordnance training.Photos: ABIS Leo Baumgartner

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LEUT Tim Baillie and LEUT Sarah West

THE Navy football team made an impact on and off the field during a training and development camp in Hawaii last month.

As well as embracing the opportu-nity to accrue some time on the pitch together ahead of this year’s ADF National Football championships, sev-eral team members also answered the call to help some Hawaiian locals.

In between games, some of the Navy players put their technical skills to work, helping a Hawaiian couple replace a broken security fence.

The team prepared for its first matches with a rigorous training session at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickham on the island of Oahu.

PO Steven Sheakey was selected as captain of the open men’s team and AB Chanelle Turner was selected to lead the mixed squad.

Game one was a tough battle against the semi-professional US Armed Forces team, which won 4-0.

A valiant effort from Navy goal-keeper AB Ainslie Buchanan prevent-ed a bigger win, allowing the visitors to keep their heads high going into the second match, where they scored a resounding 3-1 win over the Pacific Fleet’s Submarine Command team.

Director of Navy Football LCDR Jim Ford led by example on the pitch, landing a precision strike in the back

of the net in the second half.Both games were officiated by

Navy’s FIFA-qualified referee, LCDR Ned Sparkes.

After tours of the USS Missouri and USS Arizona memorial, the Australians played a night-time fixture against the US Marine Corps Kaneohe Bay team, going down 2-0.

They then lost 2-1 to the US Coast Guard before avenging their earlier defeat with a 7-1 win in a rematch with the US Marine Corps.

AB Damien Edwards said it was a great way to end the tour.

“Sport promotes so many of our core values: honesty, integrity, loyalty and most of all honour,” he said.

Navy Football’s next major event is the ADF National Championships in October. Interested players (current members and reservists) can contact NavyFFA@drn.mil.au.

The Australian Navy and US Coast Guard teams before their

game at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickham. Inset: SMN Mike Carter shows his skills during the game.

Photos: Nick Desilas

Skills on display in and out of play

CPL Veronica O’Hara

DESPITE a lack of rowing oppor-tunities in Darwin, LS Allira-Joy Cowley may have found her sport-calling after learning how to handle the oars at an ADF Rowing (ADFR) camp.

“I really liked doing time tri-als on the rowing machines during the camp and got good scores, so they encouraged me to think about entering the indoor rowing competi-tions,” she said.

“A week later, I won a local indoor rowing competition, and I think the skills I learnt on the camp really helped me to achieve this.”

Thirteen personnel attended ADFR’s inaugural learn-to-row camp in Canberra from April 1-6.

“It was more taxing than I thought it would be, but it was good to compare how far we’d all come … in an in-house competition at the end,” LS Cowley said.

“I got a taste for rowing after I did a Royal Hobart Regatta with HMAS Hobart. When I saw the expression of interest for the learn- to-row camp, I thought it would be an interesting skill to have.”

ADFR member SQNLDR Sarelle Woodward started rowing five years ago and has been partici-pating and coaching since.

“The camp was established to increase the number of rowers and provide coaching support to ADF rowing members,” she said.

Oar-inspiring camp

“Most think they can just jump in a boat and row, but it’s quite a technical sport and each stroke has to be broken down into small parts.

“The week is probably more mentally exhausting than physically because they’re learning so much.”

The rowers completed three rows a day, on and off the water, doing about 4km in each session by the end of the week.

They tried the scull boats (singles, doubles, quads) and the sweep-oar boats (fours and eights).

“During breaks they tried out the singles and when they tipped over and fell in they just got back in the boat and kept going,” SQNLDR Woodward said.

ADF Rowing established the ADF Rowing Club, under Rowing ACT, more than a year ago to allow

members who cannot join a club locally, such as in Darwin, to com-pete in civilian competitions.

“Because I’m terrible with hand-eye coordination for ball sports, there aren’t many other ADF sports I can try out for,” LS Cowley said.

“My goal is to compete in the Australian Indoor Rowing Championships in October and attend the next rowing camp, hope-fully making it into the rowing team next year.”

The next Learn to Row camp will be in November. ADFR will compete in the 2019 Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Perth from May 22-25.

For further information on learning to row or the masters championships, search ‘ADF Rowing’ on ForceNet.

LS Allira-Joy Cowley tries her hand at the single scull

during the learn-to-row camp in Canberra.

Photo: SQNLDR Sarelle Woodward

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LEUT Ben Willee

WHEN LCDR Elisabeth Quinn joined the Navy in 2001, she never imagined there would be an AFL women’s league (AFLW), let alone finding herself juggling an ADF career with commitments to that league.

In addition to her day duties as XO Defence Force School of Signals, the maritime warfare officer now works in the Richmond Football Club coaching depart-ment, where she is undertaking a develop-ment program.

The aim of the program is to profes-sionalise her coaching experience and skills through mentorship and exposure to the practices of professional coaches and elite club resources.

Head of women’s football at Richmond Kate Sheahan said LCDR Quinn had made an impression on the Tigers’ coaching staff.

“Liz is a very impressive individual. She works very hard to improve herself and takes every opportunity to learn. We were so impressed with her efforts last year that we created something specific for her,” Ms Sheahan said.

“Liz puts everything on the line and her professional leadership skills shine through, which means the girls gravitate to her. We look forward to her long-term career in women’s footy.”

Growing up in Perth, LCDR Quinn always had a keen interest in footy and has been involved in the Navy’s AFL Association for the past 11 years, including eight years as

a player, one year as an assistant coach and two years as head coach.

LCDR Quinn, who has served in HMA Ships Sydney, Newcastle, Ballarat and Parramatta, among others, said she was excited to be part of the program at Richmond.

“The way the club has worked to ensure this program is a success is a great testament to the innovative and inclusive approach Richmond applies to their football,” LCDR Quinn said.

“I am fortunate to be extremely well sup-ported by not just my direct supervisor but also by the ADF’s career management and many senior officers.

“I wouldn’t be achieving what I am without those who have taken an interest in my career, especially my CO, LTCOL Lisa Davidson. This also couldn’t have happened without the support of the ADF Women’s Football Manager, LTCOL Dani Glatz, under the leadership of MAJGEN Matthew Hall.”

MAJGEN Hall, the chairman of ADF Australian Rules, said the mentorship pro-gram would benefit the AFLW and the ADF.

“It’s a testament to the ADF’s commit-ment to people development that our person-nel are able to excel in their ADF careers and also in an elite sports environment,” MAJGEN Hall said.

“There are many similarities between elite sports and military operations. LCDR Quinn’s unit will reap the rewards of the skills learnt at Richmond.

Coach earns her stripes

LCDR Elisabeth Quinn, standing second from right, with the Richmond Tigers women’s team and (below) coaching the Navy women’s Australian football team.

LEUT Ben Willee

TRADITIONAL rivals from within Defence had only a week to form a cohesive women’s Aussie rules unit before falling short of beating a pro-fessional-standard Richmond team by the smallest of margins.

The ADF Women’s AFL All Stars lost by only a point – 6.5.41 to 6.4.40 – to a combined AFLW and VFLW team from Richmond in the annual Anzac Challenge.

The game, played at Richmond’s Punt Road Oval, was a precursor to the Anzac eve AFL game between Melbourne and Richmond at the MCG.

Players from Navy, Army and Air Force spent a week training and pre-paring under coach LCDR Elisabeth Quinn – also a coach with the Richmond club (see story below) – before taking the field in cool, blustery conditions.

All Stars vice-captain LCPL Kate Lutkins said the game, the pinnacle

of ADF Australian Rules’ (ADFAR) representative fixtures, was an “unreal experience”.

“They showed so much grit, deter-mination and courage. I am super proud of the girls,” LCPL Lutkins said.

ADF Women’s Football Manager LTCOL Dani Glatz was impressed with the team’s tenacity.

“It was breathtaking and absolutely brilliant to watch. We were right on their heels the whole way,” LTCOL Glatz said.

“The ADF girls were smooth and composed, and you cannot fault them on their courage, tenacity and how hard they went at the ball.”

ADFAR chairman MAJGEN Matt Hall said it was a brilliant performance from a team that had formed only a week earlier.

“Just a few weeks ago this group was playing against each other, so it’s outstanding to see how far they have come,” MAJGEN Hall said.

“They didn’t give up and kept

attacking against a very professional outfit.

“We are very proud of what they achieved.

“The standard of AFL in Defence has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years.

“All our ADF players were at an equivalent standard of AFLW and VFLW players, and that means we have a very bright future for women’s footy in Defence.”

Hot on the Tigers’ heels

POB Trish Muller, of HMAS Cerberus, sends the ball into attack for the ADF Women’s AFL All Stars in the Anzac

Challenge against Richmond.

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LSCIS Kelsie Wright looks to offload the ball for the ADF Women’s AFL All Stars in the Anzac Challenge against Richmond.