The official newspaper of the Royal Australian NavyVolume 55, No. 6, April 12, 2012

SERVING AUSTRALIA WITH PRIDE

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Sea of family and friends greet

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WELCOME HOME: AB Alexandra Payne with her

nephew Blayke, 4, and teddy Charlie Oscar on the wharf

with HMAS Parramatta in the background at Fleet Base

East, Sydney after her return from Operation Slipper.

Inset: HMAS Parramatta and her Seahawk helicopter in

Sydney Harbour.Photos: POIS Rex Hunt

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Reserves’ subsidyRESERVISTS receiving subsidies under the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme (DHOAS) must provide effective service to ensure their entitlements don’t change, according to Relocations and Housing Director Alan McClelland. “If a reservist fails to perform 20 or more reserve days in a service year, the member’s continued eligibility or entitlement to the DHOAS subsidy could be adversely affected,” Mr McClelland said. Reservists should notify the Department of Veterans’ Affairs if they are unable to meet the effective service requirement.

Young Endeavour in NewcastleSail training ship Young Endeavour arrived in Newcastle on March 20, crewed by 24 youth from around Australia. During each voyage the youth crew learn to sail a tall ship, which increases the crew’s self-awareness, teamwork and leadership skills and strengthens their sense of community spirit. Since 1988 more than 11,000 young Australians have completed a voyage in Young Endeavour. Voyages are open to all Australians aged 16-23. For more information please visit www.youngendeavour.gov.au.

Michael Brooke

AN independent review into cruise ship access to Garden Island has found that guaranteed shared access to existing berths would affect naval operations.

It also identified longer-term options to enable greater access arrangements.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced the public release of the Independent Review of the Potential for Enhanced Cruise Ship Access to Garden Island, Sydney at the RAN Heritage Centre on March 29. Former Defence Secretary Dr Allan Hawke led the review.

The review focused on the opportu-nities for greater civil-military coopera-tion in the use of finite berthing resourc-es for large vessels in Sydney Harbour.

THE final report of the ADF Posture Yeview has been received by Defence Minister Stephen Smith.

The Force Posture Review, commis-sioned in June 2011. is addressing the range of present and emerging global, regional and national strategic and secu-rity factors.

It has been undertaken by the Department of Defence and overseen by two of Australia’s leading national security experts, Dr Allan Hawke and Mr Ric Smith, both former Secretaries of the Department of Defence.

Strategic and security factors under consideration include: the rise of the Asia Pacific as a region of global strategic sig-nificance, the rise of the Indian Ocean rim in strategic significance, the growth of military power projection capabilities of countries in the Asia Pacific, the grow-ing need for the provision of humanitar-ian assistance and disaster relief follow-ing extreme events in the Asia Pacific region, and energy security and security issues associated with expanding offshore resource exploitation in our north-west and northern approaches.

In January, Mr Smith released a progress report from the expert panel preparing the Defence Force Posture Review.

The progress Report points to the Asia Pacific Century as reinforcing the need for a force posture that can support operations in Australia’s Northern and Western approaches, as well as opera-tions with our partners in the wider Asia Pacific region and the Indian Ocean Rim.

The progress report also outlined a range of thoughts and options on how

the ADF could be better geographi-cally positioned to respond in a timely way to Australia’s strategic and security demands.

The Force Posture Review outlines a range of options for consideration.

No decisions on such options will be made until they have been considered as part of the 2014 White Paper process.

The findings of the final report will be published in due course.

The progress report is available at: www.defence.gov.au/oscdf/adf-posture-review/

Final report in for Force posture review

It assessed whether there was scope to enhance cruise ship access to Garden Island without adversely impacting on its priority national security role of sup-porting Navy maritime operations.

The review said Navy capabil-ity requirements of Garden Island were essentially incompatible with cruise ship access over the long-term, except on the existing basis, where a limit-ed number of requests for berth book-ings are considered by Navy based on extended notice and limited visits a year.

The need for extended notice reflects the cruise industry’s requirement to be able to advertise and sell voyages between 18 and 24 months before a port visit.

The review took into account Navy

requirements for facilities at Garden Island to meet current and future opera-tional, repair and maintenance needs, including for the newly-arrived HMAS Choules and the planned two Canberra-class Landing Helicopter Dock ships and three Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyers.

Dr Hawke’s report includes five longer term options for enhanced cruise ship access to Garden Island, all of which would involve significant invest-ment.

Options include leasing berths to the Sydney Ports Authority or the cruise industry and developing replacement facilities for Navy at Garden Island or elsewhere.

The Garden Island Review will be considered by the Government in the

context of the final report of the Force Posture Review. Both reviews will feed into the Defence White Paper 2014.

The Force Posture Review is addressing the range of present and emerging global, regional and nation-al strategic and security factors which require careful consideration for the future. This will consider whether there is need for an additional fleet base on the east coast in the longer term.

The Defence Minister released the interim report of the Force Posture Review in January.

The report and public submissions for the Independent Review of the Potential for Enhanced Cruise Ship Access to Garden Island, Sydney can be found at www.defence.gov.au/oscdf/CruiseShipAccessReview/

Cruise ship concernsGIVING BERTH: The last lines are let go on HMAS Melbourne at Fleet Base East as the ship departs for the Middle East Area of Operations in February ... The review took into account Navy requirements for facilities at Garden Island to meet current and future needs. Photo: ABIS Dove Smithett

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03NEWS April 12, 2012

Steber enhances capability

SBLT Sarah West

THE Navy proved itself to be a capa-ble war-fighting force in March when the Fleet built on its core competencies by successfully completing a Complex Group Warfare (CGW) exercise off the coast of Western Australia.

I n C G W 1 - 1 2 , H M A S h i p s Newcastle, Warramunga, Ballarat and Sirius were joined by New Zealand counterparts HMNZ Ships Te Kaha and Endeavour to hunt the Collins Class Submarine HMAS Collins in the West Australian Exercise Area (WAXA).

The Fleet units were also assisted from the air by Navy S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopters and RAAF AP-3C Orion air-craft.

While building on core skills consoli-dated during other activities in the weeks before, the week-long Complex Group Warfare exercise was designed to test a combined task group’s ability to con-duct prolonged anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

Rather than the serialised nature of previous exercises, this one involved 72 hours of freeplay.

The results and records of the exer-cise have already been given a prelimi-nary analysis by DSTO and Australian Maritime Warfare Centre (AMWC) staff, who were briefed after the exercise.

More in-depth analysis will be con-ducted during coming weeks with final results distributed to the fleet.

More than 500 officers and sailors took part in the exercise, which not only strengthened the interoperability between Navy and Air Force, but also between the RAN and the RNZN.

Commander of the AMWC CAPT Peter Scott said it was important for the Fleet to test its skills in the complex and dynamic environment provided by real-istic warfare scenarios.

“A major focus of Complex Group Warfare was to provide units the oppor-tunity to carry out advanced anti-submarine warfare as a force led by a combined task group and an ASW com-mander.

“The units used all the assets and capabilities available to them, on the surface, in the air and beneath the waves, to produce positive results which have proven the readiness of the fleet and will boost confidence for the year ahead,” CAPT Scott said.

The Fleet will continue to hone its war-fighting skills throughout the year by taking part in a number of large scale exercises, both at home and abroad.

In September, the Navy will hold its second Complex Group Warfare exercise of 2012 to again test and prove its ability to operate and fight as a force.

IN TRAINING: LCDR Chris Straughan, CPO Michael Andrews, LCDR Anthony Pisane, CAPT Peter Scott, LCDR Aleesha Gorton and CMDR Peter Tedman take part in the Complex Group Warfare exercise in WA.

Warfare exercise a success

Michael Brooke

NAVY’S clearance divers of AUSCDT-One became the first unit to receive a new Steber Harbour Support Craft (HSC).

The new model Steber was handed over by CSO Establishments CAPT John Vandyke and DMO officials to the CO AUSCDT-One, LCDR Brett Dawe, at Fleet Base East on March 30.

LCDR Dawe said the new Steber, DMS Koala, would signif-icantly enhance the capability of AUSCDT-One.

“This effectively doubles our support craft capability compared to what we have had access to over the past few years,” he said.

“We will go from just having

Dive Launch Seal which can sup-port our full range of capabilities through to Koala with enhanced capability that allows us to deploy two teams simultaneously in sepa-rate locations.”

The 13.8m HSC is a custom-built dive boat that completely out-classes the old Naval Working Boats employed by the RAN in the har-bour support role.

DMS Koala features greatly enhanced electronics including radar and GPS.

Koala also features three-phase power and is fitted to facilitate the full spectrum of underwater dam-age repair and salvage diving, aside from deep water jobs.

Between now and August, five new HSCs will be rolled out to AUSCDT-One at HMAS Waterhen,

AUSCDT-Four at HMAS Stirling, RANDS-Sydney, HMAS Cairns and HMAS Creswell.

The delivery of the HSC is part of a $200m Navy capability pro-gram to enhance harbour support craft ranging from a submarine res-cue ship to new tug-boats and patrol craft.

The Master Attendant, Fleet Headquarters – Amphibious and Afloat Support FEG, CMDR Mark McIntosh, said the project was about delivering greater capability to Navy in a cost-effective and effi-cient manner.

“It’s a milestone for us because DMS Koala marks the first vessel to arrive under the contract acquisition program, which is a process that supports the Fleet Marine Services contract,” he said.

CUSTOM BUILT: A Steber Harbour Support Craft is used for a ship transfer in Western Australia. AUSCDT-One is the first unit to receive a new Steber, DMS Koala. Photo: ABIS Lincoln Commane

THE opening of the pur-pose-built ADF Military Law Centre at Sydney’s historic Victoria Barracks on March 29 marked a signifi-cant step towards continuing the finest teaching for ADF members and officers from the Asia-Pacific region

The Military Law Centre was established by the Department of Defence in 2001 to provide professional in-service training for legal officers and forms the ADF component of the Asia-Pacific Military Law Centre.

Defence Parliamentary Secretary Mike Kelly said the Government committed in 2008 to build a centre to house both the ADF Military Law Centre and the Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law (military node).

The centres will continue to educate and train future ADF legal officers and offic-ers from the Asia-Pacific region in facets of military and international law with a special focus on the Rule of Law.

“The completion of the building will be instrumental in the centres maintaining their existing reputation as two of the leading military academic centres of their kind in the Asia-Pacific region,” Dr Kelly said.

“It will give the centres a permanent and purpose-built home to continue to provide for and develop the finest teaching and training of our own Defence Force members as well as officers from around our Asia-Pacific region.”

Law centres now under one roof

LEGAL ADVICE: Head Defence Legal Mark Cuncliffe, left, stands with Defence Parliamentary Secretary Mike Kelly, right, and Senator for NSW Matt Thistlethwaite, at the opening of the Military Law Centre, Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Photo: ABIS Dove Smithett

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CPL Nick Wiseman

STUDENTS from Casuarina Clontarf Academy were invited to HMAS Coonawarra on February 29 as part of the Navy Domestic Engagement Program.

After arriving at the base, the students boarded Armidale class patrol boat HMAS Maryborough and received a warm welcome from the crew.

HMAS Maryborough CO LCDR Steve Taragel said they were always keen to advertise what they did on the patrol boats.

“The crew enjoy meeting people of different back-grounds and talking with them about what they do,” he said.

“We tend to get a lot of tours from school and charity groups.”

Once aboard the students received an initial brief-ing from the CO, followed by a tour of the boat led by a member of the crew who explained the sections and their roles.

The students then went to the armoury where sailors demonstrated the type of weapons used on Navy ships.

Student Chris McCarthy-Wood said he really enjoyed his time at HMAS Coonawarra.

“I never realised just how complex a Navy boat was until today,” he said.

“I don’t know about joining the Navy, but I sure could see myself on the back with a game reel catching a marlin or two.”

The Navy Domestic Engagement Program coordina-tor CPO Tony Thomas said the program was designed to improve the general awareness of the Navy among the wider community.

“It gives the community the opportunity to meet and talk with Navy personnel about what they do and what the Navy is like,” he said.

“The students really enjoyed meeting and talking with the Navy personnel.”

Students board patrol boat for a taste of sea life

THE Naval Centenary Memorial Committee (NCMC) is asking for donations to help with the construc-tion of a Navy memorial in south east Queensland.

The memorial will recognise the contribution of the men and women who have served in the Queensland Navy, the Commonwealth Naval Forces, the RAN and those who made the supreme sacrifice.

The memorial will be constructed in the gardens of St. Mary’s, the “Navy Church”, at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane.

Chairman of the NCMC, Tony Townsend RAN (retd), said the memorial would recognise Queensland’s historic ties with the Navy.

“We have received support from

many associations and individuals, and will soon seek support from DVA and others, but this is a Navy memo-rial and we seek your support,” he said.

The memorial will be dedicated on April 9, 2013; the 110th anniversary of the first Australian naval ship-to-shore radio communication between HMQS Gayundah and a receiving station in what is now the gardens of St Mary’s.

To donate, make a cheque or money order payable to the Naval Centenary Memorial Committee, PO Box 119, Holland Park Qld 4121, or direct trans-fer to: Account – Naval Centenary Memorial Committee, Account No – 21549138, BSB 124001.

Seeking support for Queensland memorial

Medical officer focuses on family

HANDS ON: MIDN Laurent Ducasse shows students from the Clontarf Academy around the Armidale class patrol boat HMAS Maryborough.

Photo: CPL Nick Wiseman

LS Paul Berry

A DISCOVERY on Google while study-ing for professional exams led to a career and professional development week in Las Vegas for a motivated Navy medical officer.

LCDR Scott Finlayson attended the US Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Las Vegas from March 18-23, after discovering references to the confer-ence online.

The conference was attended by more than 500 uniformed family physicians (gen-eral practitioners) and other health care pro-fessionals from the US Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and militaries from around the world.

LCDR Finlayson said the conference covered topics ranging from paediatrics to geriatrics and everything in between.

“Quite a few specialists were speakers, so you had sessions on examination tech-niques, injection techniques, lots of paediat-rics, a little bit of geriatrics and sports medi-cine, so quite a mix,” said LCDR Finlayson.

“One of the sessions I went to was inter-esting because they had a full-time Army colonel who was a neonatologist, so he spe-cialises in newborns and yet he’s full-time uniform.”

He said due to the scale of the US mili-tary, the conference covered a wide spec-trum of health care which had relevance for his RAN career and the civilian GP practice he attends two days a week.

“The way we do business is very similar, but the services are quite different because they have teaching hospitals and they treat US service personnel family members, so they have a full family practice.”

LCDR Finlayson, who is in the final stages of his GP fellowship training, said despite some differences in medical training and resources, ADF medical officers could benefit from attending the conference in the future.

“There were a couple of weird things, like battlefield acupuncture that don’t quite fit with what we do, but otherwise we pretty much speak the same language,” he said.

“This is something unique and maybe in the future people will look to it because our junior medical officers are encouraged to go through GP training.”

“Hopefully they’ll think about spend-ing professional development time like this as well.”

MOTIVATED MEDIC: LCDR Scott Finlayson has just returned from the US following a medical conference that will further his specialisation in the Navy. Photo: LSIS Paul Berry

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Michael Brooke

LONG before Navy clearance diver ABCD Paul de Gelder was bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour in 2009, he wished his mates had asked him “are you okay?”

After a bull shark severed his right hand and right leg, ABCD de Gelder’s mates rallied around him during his long recovery and reha-bilitation, always asking “mate, are you okay?”

Now, ABCD de Gelder will be asking the same of others after being named as an ambassador for R U OK Day in September, which is dedicated to suicide prevention.

“It took something as traumat-ic as a near fatal attack for people to start asking me if I was okay,” he said.

But it was years earlier, when everything was meant to be okay that ABCD de Gelder actually thought of taking his own life as he wrestled with the pressures of being a teenager.

“As a teenager I sometimes asked myself if I was going to

commit suicide because I was so overwhelmed by the challenges of growing up,” he said.

“Suicide was on my mind but I don’t think I would have actually done it, even though many other people have, which is a great trag-edy.”

The need to always inquire about the mental well-being of family, mates and loved ones is why ABCD de Gelder jumped at the opportunity to serve as an ambassador for R U OK Day.

ABCD de Gelder said suicide awareness is a major issue with the ADF that is emphasised dur-ing annual mandatory training, but the awareness campaign must be ongoing every day of the year.

“It’s important that people know where to get help when they need it, which can be as simple as talking to your mates about feel-ing depressed or sad,” he said.

“If I see a mate who is usually happy but appears down in the dumps I never hesitate to ask ‘are you okay’, because it means they have a friend who cares and wants to help them.”

The second Thursday of September is R U OK Day. It’s a national day of action which aims to prevent suicide by encourag-ing Australians to connect with someone they care about and help stop little problems turning into big ones.

On that day people from all backgrounds and walks of life are urged to ask family, friends and colleagues “are you okay”.

ABCD de Gelder said staying connected with others is crucial to our general health and well-being.

“Feeling isolated or hope-less can contribute to depression and other mental illnesses, which can ultimately result in suicide. Regular, meaningful conversa-tions can protect those we know and love,” he said.

“It’s so simple. In the time it takes to have a coffee, you can start a conversation that could change, or even save a life.”

For more information about ‘R U OK Day’ visit: http://www.ruokday.com.au/content/what-is-r-u-ok-day.aspx

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TIME TO TALK: ABCD Paul de Gelder has taken on the role as an ambassador for R U Ok Day in September.

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CMDR Fenn Kemp and LCDR Peter Anderson

ONE of Navy’s Fleet Support Unit (FSU) diesel teams has been praised for its professionalism and work-manship after carrying out mainte-nance in HMAS Toowoomba.

The work included a top-end overhaul the 396 series engines, which are the prime movers for the electrical power generators in Anzac class frigates.

Some of the work was conducted on board the ship itself, with further maintenance completed at the MTU Detroit Diesel Australia (MTUDDA) workshop in Perth.

The FSU Sydney Diesel Team, led by POMT Shane Smith, with LSMT Nathan Martin, LSMT Stephen Denby, LSMT Toby Maughan, ABMT Daniel Brown and ABMT Troy Russell, flew to Perth

with their individual tool kits in hand and quickly embedded into the MTUDDA workforce.

The FSU team became self-suf-ficient across a six-week availability window.

As MTUDDA was conducting other activities on HMA Ships Stuart and Warramunga, the FSU Sydney team was used across a range of activities.

PO Smith was quick to take advantage of the opportunities avail-able to ensure his diesel team max-imised its experience.

“The W5s on AGE 2 and 4 onboard HMAS Toowoomba were a good experience for the person-nel within the diesel team from FSU Sydney to work alongside MTU,” said PO Smith.

“The knowledge gained from working within MTU has greatly improved the knowledge of our sail-

ors and is going to be a huge benefit to the Navy in the long run.”

ABMT Brown also found the Toowoomba opportunity to be a pos-itive one.

“Working with MTUDDA was great as we were learning all the lit-tle tricks and pitfalls to conducting the top-end overhauls and the main parts and locations to check for dam-age or excessive wear,” he said.

Th is jo in t in i t i a t ive wi th MTUDDA and FSU Sydney comple-ments a main recommendation of the FSU Continuous Improvement Program in building a diesel engine overhaul capability at FSU.

The building of a diesel capabil-ity at FSU is also in line with the intent of the Rizzo reforms with rebuilding the technical workforce at FSU, while linking the training and skills acquired with a wide range of diesel maintenance opportunities.

Further it will provide a path for developing diesel expertise ready for selection in the MTUDDA Outplacement Program and excellent diesel production work opportunities on return to FSU.

The team’s conduct has drawn positive attention from Deputy Chief of Navy, RADM Trevor Jones, who wrote to the individuals concerned.

“One of the Navy’s focal points for FSU is the reinvigoration of a strong diesel capability, which will be a fundamental part of future FSUs,” RADM Jones wrote.

“As a member of the team, your enthusiasm and commitment to the tasks has been critical to sustaining future diesel activities.

“Your achievement is highly commendable and is in keeping with the finest traditions of the Royal Australian Navy.”

Graham Davis

“THE Navy would not be able to function without Reserves,” the CO of Australia’s newest warship HMAS Choules, CMDR John Cowan, told a group of 60 Queensland business leaders in Brisbane on March 30.

His remarks came when his ship was the venue for the presentation of sup-portive employer awards by the Defence Reserves Support Committee-South Queensland.

HMAS Choules was in Brisbane on a four-day port visit following exercises along the north Queensland coast.

CMDR Cowan joined the chairman of DRSC-South Queensland, Mr Ken Tidey and Director General Reserves-Navy, CDRE Richard Phillips, to host the func-tion.

Four principal awards were presented, with plaques marking outstanding support to Defence Reserve personnel.

They were in four categories – large business, small business, government organisation and not-for-profit organisa-tion.

A number of certificates of apprecia-tion were also presented to business lead-ers.

The Queensland detachment of the RAN Band, a Reserve unit, attended.

Tours of HMAS Choules were con-ducted after the function.

Reserves are crucial: Choules CO

CLOSE TIES: Director General Reserves-Navy CDRE Richard Phillips talks with Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, on the deck of HMAS Choules.

Photo: Graham Davis

Diesel team sets high maintenance standard

CRANKED UP: LSMT Stephen Denby from the propulsion section at FSU Sydney adjusts torque on the exhaust manifold of a 396 series engine onboard HMAS Toowoomba. Photo: LCDR Ian Lumsden

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07NEWS April 12, 2012

Claudia Harrison

THE Senior Navy Women’s Forum (SNWF) is expanding.

The Forum was endorsed by Chief of Navy in December 2010 and kicked off in 2011 with approximately 18 Canberra-based female officers of CMDR-CDRE rank participating.

The CN encourages participation in this initiative as a method of contributing to the broader develop-ment of policies affecting the retention of women, and facilitating advice and support to navy’s senior leadership.

The Forum has now evolved to a point where expansion is seen as the next step to encourage local chapters of the forum and to enable social, personal and professional support being extended to inter-ested Navy women outside of Canberra.

The Forum will initially be expanded to the Sydney region and may be further expanded to include Melbourne, Perth and Darwin.

It is anticipated the reformatted forum – Navy Network – and the 2012 Navy Women’s Mentoring Program (NWMP) will be launched around April/May in Sydney.

The Forum provides support and professional and personal development for its members, to mentor junior participants of the NWMP, to network, and to think-tank strategic issues which affect women’s retention and future workforce challenges.

Last year proved successful for the Forum with three events attended by Forum members, invited junior Navy women, and senior Australian Federal Police officers.

Expressions of interest for participation in the Forum, and volunteers to act as local chapter points of contacts, are now being sought. Nominations can be made directly by email to CMDR Jennifer Heymans at jennifer.heymans@defence.gov.au

Michael Brooke

NAMED after the shield of Zeus from Greek mythology, the Aegis Combat System will equip the Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) which comes online from 2015.

Aegis will mark such a quantum leap in capability that Defence recently rolled out a course to raise awareness across the ADF of the AWDs’ game-changing technologies.

Thirty Navy and Air Force officers and NCOs gained an important understanding of the challenge of implementing and operating the Aegis-Combat System at HMAS Watson from March 19-23.

AWD Capability Implementation Team member CPOCSM Damon Young said the course provided an overview of Aegis’ capa-bilities that would serve as a force multiplier when integrated with the Wedgetail AEW&C and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other ADF assets that are part of Force 2030.

The heart of the Aegis System is the AN/SPY-1 multi-function phased-array radar that can simultaneously track more than 100 tar-gets, and in combination with the SM-2 mis-sile, will provide an advanced air defence sys-tem capable of engaging enemy aircraft and missiles at ranges in excess of 150km.

Course participant WOCSM Justin Stone, of WO School of Maritime Warfare, said the ADF had a steep learning curve ahead.

“The course provides an invaluable insight into the many challenges that will confront us as we seek to implement, operate and main-tain such a complex combat system,” he said.

“We will have to change the way we do business to ensure the capability is imple-mented seamlessly and our personnel are

appropriately trained.” WOCSM Stone said the learning curve was daunting but the ADF had the enormous benefit of accessing 30 years of US Navy experience with Aegis.

“The US Navy lessons learnt with Aegis are awesome for the RAN because it means we will not have to learn from our own costly and time-consuming mistakes,” he said.

In the latest initiative, three sailors will participate in the Armada F-100 Sea-Ride from Spain to the US in April.

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UNFAMILIAR procedures and an overhaul of security were just some of the obstacles faced by LCDR Joshua Wilkinson who was a winner at the Defence Excellence in Security Awards on March 27.

LCDR Wilkinson, posted to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in the US as the Trials and Logistics Engineer, was tasked with ensuring the classified holdings and processes were in line with both Australian and US requirements and won the category for outstanding contri-bution to security by an individual.

LCDR Wilkinson said he was honoured to find out he was both nominated and a finalist in the competition.

“I was pretty surprised to get a phone call the night of the awards telling me I won,” he said.

More than 50 nominations were received for the awards which featured four categories focusing on security spe-cialists, leaders, teams and individuals.KEY RESULTS: Outstanding performance by a security special-ist – Winner: WO2 Peter Henrichs. Finalists: Steven McLeod (DSD), Jennean Whilesmith (DMO). DepSec I&S award for outstanding leadership in security – Winner: Vivienne Dawes (DSA). Finalists: Ray Andersson, (Army), Scott Minchin (CIOG). Outstanding contribution to security by a team – Winners: DMO Munitions Branch Relocation Team, HQ JOC Security Directorate. Finalist: Navy Guided Weapons Systems Program Office – West. Outstanding contribution to secu-rity by an individual – Winner: LCDR Joshua Wilkinson. Finalists: MAJ Keith Lawton, FLTLT Peter Simpfendorfer.

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NAVY personnel from around the country have streamlined their appearances in a case of “hair today, gone tomorrow” to add to the fun-draising efforts of the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave and the Global Arms Safe House.

At HMAS Stirling, several members of the Joint Logistics Unit-West shed more than their inhibitions and went bald.

The unit (which re-named itself the Fleet Logistics Shaving Unit for the activity) shaved, dyed and waxed 12 willing volunteers to raise more than $6500 for the charity. Other team members contributed to the haul by bidding for the right to wield the clippers.

It was a close shave for the unit’s Commanding Officer CMDR Craig Opie, who narrowly avoided the razor gang and instead opted to allow his crew to dye his hair (beard included) in the colours of his beloved Collingwood.

“This activity has not only raised a large amount of money for an important cause, but has also brought us even closer together as a unit,” CMDR Opie said.

There was nothing cut-and-dry about the shaving evolution, as clip-pers took on a life of their own and hair was enthusiastically removed

with no consideration for hairdress-ing techniques.

ABSN Renee Adams admitted to being nervous before losing her golden locks. “I have never had my hair this short before so I was excit-ed to see how it would turn out.”

The unit’s World’s Greatest Shave participants included family members and public servants. Team captain LS Kerry Cousins said she was pleased with the result.

“This money will go to a really good cause. It’s a great achieve-ment, not only by the team who had the courage to participate, but also by everyone who showed their sup-port financially,” she said.

The team members were: CMDR Craig Opie, SBLT Jake Williams, LS Kerry Cousins, LS Louisa Seyde, AB Renee Adams, AB Scott Partington, CPO Chris Harmer, Tom and Georgia Opie, Kat Smit, Robert Auzner and Candice Guilfe.

At HMAS Cairns, 12 brave members of the ship’s company are now sporting “shiny spots” as they raised more than $1000.

Event coordinator CPO Rod Brennan said he didn’t realise how many families were affected by this disease each day.

“Not only does the Leukaemia Foundation donate millions of dol-

lars towards finding a cure, but the support they provide eases both the financial and emotional burden on affected families,” he said.

Meanwhile in Sydney, the shave drew donations from more than 50 sailors and officers includ-ing the Commander Australian Fleet, RADM Tim Barrett, during a morning tea at HMAS Kuttabul on March 20.

RADM Barrett and Surface Force Support personnel donated more than $500 to raise money for a safe house operated by a not-for-profit non-government organisation on the Thai-Burmese border that Navy civilian employee Mechelle Moore has sponsored for the past seven years.

Ms Moore said the money raised would provide refuge for some children to escape the vicious sex industry.

“The sale of my long hair to the Cancer Council will raise some money for the safe-house that will feed children,” Ms Moore said.

To date, just under $2000 has been donated through independent contributions and the morning tea.

Donations can be made to the Global Arms Safe House by contact ing Mechelle Moore at mechelle.moore81@gmail.com

Hair today, gone today

CLOSE SHAVE: CO of HMAS Coonawarra CMDR Ben Favelle has his hair coloured, and finally shaved, by LSWTR Andrea Murphy. Photo: AB James Whittle

BLACK AND WHITE: CO of Joint Logistics Unit-West CMDR Craig Opie with AB Renee Adams, right, and Candice Guelf, alters the rules somewhat for the World’s Greatest Shave. Photo: ABIS Morgana Ramsey

CLEAN CUT: HMAS Cairns personnel show off their new looks after shaving and/or colouring their hair to raise more than $1000.

ACCORDING to the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave website, blood cancer affects more Australian women than ovarian, cervical and uterine cancer combined. As part of its awareness-raising, the foundation is asking people to share this statistic with at least one person to help raise awareness of the impact of leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma on women. More information,is at www.worldsgreatestshave.com

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COOKS at HMAS Kuttabul are serving up an array of five-star quality desserts – thanks to an innovative program that places cooks in commercial outlets where they can enhance their culinary skills.

The chocolate éclairs, coconut tarts and other sweets served at CO Kuttabul’s monthly morning tea were the result of ABCK Nick Brook’s three months at The Choco Bean, in Mascot, where he refined the art of creating mouth-watering des-serts.

“The Choco Bean services NSW Parliament House, hotels, weddings, func-tions and other events which provided me with the opportunity to work with some really good pastry chefs to learn how they do it,” he said.

ABCK Brook said he has learnt to make desserts much more tasty as well as visu-ally appealing.

The work experience program was initiated by CPOCK Simon Allanson and CPOCK Brett Meldrum.

CPOCK Meldrum said the programs allowed Navy cooks to learn from highly regarded chefs and to return to RAN shore postings or ships with new skills and expe-rience.

Kuttabul ABCKs James Naylor and Kate Svanfelds have also benefited from three month postings to The Choco Bean.

CPOCK Meldrum said: “The morale of a ship’s company is directly linked to the quality of the food they receive and we cooks are therefore totally committed to winning the hearts, minds and stomachs of hungry sailors.”

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HMAS Kuttabul’s ABCK Kate Svanfelds can now add her signature behaviours to her signature dessert as a pathway to success.

ABCK Svanfelds won the Rotary Club Pride of Workmanship Award at an awards night hosted by the Rotary Club of Kings Cross on March 26.

“I am really surprised but deeply honoured by the award,” she said.

ABCK Svanfeld’s award will take pride of place on her mantlepiece alongside the ADF (TAFE) Student of the Year Award she received in 2007.

The Pride of Workmanship Award, one of 10 awarded by the Rotary Club to local organisations, recognises ABCK Svanfelds’ professionalism and dedication to duty, demonstrated when she returned early from annual leave to join HMAS Tobruk which had crash-sailed on Op Resolute.

ABCK Svanfelds has earned a reputation for her signature dessert, pavlova, which she prepared for the

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Copping it sweet and loving it

Prince and Princess of Denmark dur-ing a reception at the RAN Heritage Centre in 2011.

“The royal visit was a highlight for me because I prepared more than 400 mini pavlovas for the guests that led to a chat with Princess Mary who really loved my dessert,” she said.

ABCK Svanfeld said she loves the Navy because it is all about people, performance and professionalism, which is her recipe for success in her career and personal life.

“Professionalism comes easy when you embrace the organisation’s values, as I do,” she said.

ABCK Svanfeld’s joined the RAN as a cook five years ago after the hotel she worked in burnt down.

Another recipe forsuccess

HITTING THE SPOT: ABCK Kate Svanfelds at work on HMAS Ararat last year; inset, with CO HMAS Kuttabu, CMDR Todd Wilson at the Pride of Workmanship Awards.

Main photo: LS Andrew Dakin

CENTRESPREAD12 13April 12, 2012

Michael Brooke

HMAS Parramatta returned home to a hero’s welcome after a six-month deployment to Operation Slipper where she lived up to her motto of ‘Strike Deep’ by spearheading the

fight against terrorists and pirates.Elated and triumphant from a highly successful

deployment that included intercepting a cargo of illicit narcotics in the fight against terrorism, Parramatta returned to Fleet Base East on March 31.

About 500 family and friends lined the wharf to welcome the crew home. Also there to greet them were NSW Governor Professor Marie Bashir, Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon and the Commander Australian Fleet, RADM Tim Barrett.

Three members of Parramatta’s ship’s company became fathers during the deployment but took compassionate leave to be with their wives during the births.

LCDR Alex Gillet was present for the birth of his son, Sam, on January 24, before rejoining the ship during its most important achievements such as the drug seizure and the rescue of the pirate victims.

LCDR Gillet said the homecoming after such a challenging and demanding deployment was fantastic.

“It was a long and eventful deployment, but it’s great to be back in time for Easter because we have a lot of things to catch up on,” he said.

His wife, Linda Gillett, said: “Things are a lot easier with technology now. We can email and talk on the phone quite regularly, so it’s not so bad.”.

LEUT Ben Weller was welcomed home by his wife,

Kerri, and new-born son, Hector, as were a number of uncles and aunties who got to see their nieces and nephews for the first time.

PO Rebecca Walker raced down the gangway to embrace her nephew, Cruize, who was born to her sister Karen, in October.

“It’s just so amazing to be back,” she said with tears of joy.

A number of Parramatta’s ship’s company also became fathers just before the deployment, which contributed to the special home coming.

Ops Room supervisor PO Gary Fearns was reunited with his son Samuel, who was born only two months before Parramatta steamed to the Gulf.

“We stayed in touch through Skype and email but it’s so exciting to be home after such a long time away,” he said.

Each and every member of Parramatta’s ship’s company enjoyed a highly emotional and memorable homecoming, with the wharf at Fleet Base East a sea of welcome home signs waved by cheering loved ones.

CO Parramatta CMDR Guy Blackburn attributed the success of the mission to his crew’s focus.

“The dedication of Parramatta’s ship’s company was vital to the mission. We stemmed the flow of terrorist activities by denying them access to the drug money which they use to purchase weapons and ammunition; effectively taking insurgents out of the fight,” he said.

“The Australian public should be very proud of my ship’s company who have done their bit to keep the sea lanes free.

“The love and support of our family and friends was vital to morale and the success of our mission.”

Hits and missesMISSING special occasions is part of every deployment, so belated congratulations are in order:u Wedding anniversaries: LEUT

James Scott and his wife Marie, WO Paul Bradley and his wife Michelle, LS Christian Mills and his wife Katrina, LS Blake Woolard and his wife Emma.

u Birthdays: ABET Elijah Leabres, SMNCIS David Casserly and ABBM Matt Featherstone all turned 21, while POET John Belford turned 50 and CO Parramatta CMDR Guy Blackburn turned 43.

Parramatta’s deploymentu Parramatta seized and destroyed

more than 240 kilograms of illegal narcotics in the Arabian Sea. The drugs had an estimated street value of about $5 million and their disposal denied insurgents and terrorists access to vital funds.

u Parramatta also provided life saving assistance to the crew of an Iranian dhow set adrift on the high seas after being pirated on Christmas Eve 2011.

u This deployment marked Parramatta’s fourth deployment to the Middle East and was the 27th rotation of a Royal Australian Navy ship since September 2001.

u Parramatta was relieved on station by HMAS Melbourne in March.

HOME TO A HERO’S WELCOME

TOGETHER AGAIN: From left, ABs John Paul Natavia, David Newton, Daniell Tee, Cariana Caver and Brendon Read.

Photo: POIS Rex Hunt

GLAD TO BE BACK: POCD Jason Harp with wife Catherine and son Ronan, one. Photo: POIS. Rex Hunt

DADDY’S HOME: Commanding Officer of HMAS Parramatta CMDR Guy Blackburn with wife Julie and children James , 11, Kara, 10, and Sophie, six.

Photo: POIS Rex Hunt.BEARING UP: AB Alexandra Payne with her nephew Blayke, four, and teddy Charlie Oscar.

Photo: POIS Rex Hunt

HELLO AGAIN: LCDR Alex Gillett with his wife Linda, daughter Olivia, two, and 10-week-old Samuel David.

Photo: POIS Rex HuntHOME STRETCH: Members of Ships Company go down the gangway to be greeted by their family and friends on the wharf at Fleet Base East in Sydney. Photo: LSIS Brenton Freind

WARM WELCOME: Above, the Fosc’le Party lines up on the upper deck as HMAS Parramatta approaches the wharf at Fleet Base East to waiting families and friends; right, the embarked helicopter leads HMAS Parramatta through Sydney Harbour. Photos: LSIS Brenton Freind

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SAILORS, soldiers and airmen and women from the Navy’s training base, HMAS Cerberus, and Army Logistic Training Centre will set up camp in central Melbourne follow-ing the Dawn Service this year to mark an Anzac Day tradition – the Gunfire Breakfast.

Trainee cooks from the ADF School of Catering will dish out hot food, tea and coffee to Victorians following the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance. Navy, Army and RAAF chefs will have their hands full, serving up to seven thousand people.

The Commanding Officer of HMAS Cerberus, CAPT Kath Richards, is confident her people are up to the challenge.

“Anzac Day provides us with the

opportunity to give something back to the people of Victoria, particularly those who have served their nation,” CAPT Richards said.

The Gunfire Breakfast was tra-ditionally the last meal the troops enjoyed before going into battle. It was normally held during the hours of darkness and was often cold fare so that cooking fires did not give away the position of the forma-tions preparing for battle. Peacetime Gunfire Breakfasts have evolved to include hot food. Unlike some tradi-tional Gunfire Breakfasts however, coffee at this event will not be served with a tot of rum!

“I invite members of the ADF family and all Melbournians to sam-ple our hospitality and take the time to understand more about a true ANZAC Day tradition.

“Our Navy, Army and RAAF chefs are well trained and enthusi-astic professionals, who are genu-inely looking forward to doing their bit to mark a very special day in Australia’s national calendar,” CAPT Richards said.

While the food will be provided free of charge, those attending will be encouraged to donate a gold coin to the RSL.

Additional to the Melbourne city dawn service and march, HMAS Cerberus will be involved in more than 50 Anzac services across Victoria involving more than 500 Cerberus personnel.

In keeping with the true Anzac spirit, Cerberus will serve not only the large city of Melbourne, but equally important, the small commu-nities across the Victoria.

Traditions on show

SOLEMN: ABMUSC Melanie Wilkinson plays the Last Post at the MCG while players from Collingwood pay their respects before taking on Essendon during last year’s annual Anzac Day match. Photo: LSIS Paul McCallum

Be proud on Anzac Day

Where will you be?Western AustraliaPerth (city): Dawn Service, State War Memorial, Kings Park at 5:50am; March, along the Perth Esplinade, from 11am

Fremantle (SUBFOR will support Fremantle Anzac Day events): Dawn Service, Monument Hill from 5:30am; March, from The Esplinade Reserve, Fremantle at 10:15am

Rockingham: Dawn Service, Rockingham Cenotaph - 5:30am; March, along the Rockingham Foreshore from 10am

New South WalesNavy members from Fleet Base East and Cadets will attend Dawn Services at Terrigal, Gosford, Woy Woy and Toukley on the NSW Central coast.

HMAS Waterhen has contingents marching in Port Macquarie (14 pers) and Kurri Kurri (14 pers) and 25 pers attending Anzac Day commemorations (dawn service and march) in Coffs Harbour .

QueenslandCPOSTD Trevor Maybir will represent HMAS Cairns at the Year Two Anzac Day remembrance ceremony at Edge Hill State Primary School in Cairns.

HMAS Cairns personnel will represent Navy at vari-ous locations throughout the Cairns region.

South AustraliaNavy Headquarters South Australia will support Anzac Day activities in Adelaide, including the march and a ship open to visitors.

PROUD: Anzac Day 2011 Dawn Service on HMAS Parramatta, at Lumut Naval Base, Malaysia.

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The project will also deliver a revised Information Management Governance Framework which will include a process for managing future Fleet report requests.

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The Ac t ing Di rec to r Navy Information Management and Project Manager, Bernadette Wheller, said the biggest avoidable burden is the exces-sive regularity of the reporting.

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ON THE RUN: POSTD Mathew McDonald and ABSN Grey lead the way for HMAS Waterhen during the Relay for Life in north Sydney.

MARATHON efforts were the order of the day when Team Navy put its best feet forward for the annual Cancer Council Relay for Life at various locations.

Navy members from Canberra, HMAS Albatross, HMAS Creswell and HMAS Waterhen collectively raised significant amounts in the 24-hour event.

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to form one enthusiastic Navy team that raised about $10,000.

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Special mention to LEUT Scott Carter and POSTD Mathew McDonald who both ran five laps every hour, on the hour. The team proudly

took the most laps completed title, clocking up an incredible 800 laps, which equated to more than 288km covered.

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In torrential rain for most of the night, Stepping Oppos for Life raised $2815.80.

Marathon efforts in annual Relay for Life

STEADY PACE: Left, CPO Sharon Brown, ABSN Willem Helder and LSCK Stuart Helps add to the lap tally for HMAS Waterhen in Sydney.

TEAM WATERHEN: Below, the team from HMAS Waterhen covered more than 288kms during the Relay for Life in Sydney.

COMBINED EFFORT: Right, this team from various establishments near Nowra combined for the Relay for Life at Nowra Showground.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: HMAS Coonawarra’s youngest member SMNBM Jodie Bradley and Commanding Officer, CMDR Ben Favelle cut the birthday cake to celebrate the base’s 42nd birthday on 16 March. Photo: LSIS Helen Frank

INTO AFRICA: LEUT Shane Jones on duty at the Port of Djibouti, Africa, onboard HMAS Melbourne as part of Operation Slipper. Photo: SGT Mick Davis

FLYING THE FLAG: Vietnam veterans with members from 723 Squadron at the handover of a commemorative American flag to the Fleet Air Arm Museum. The ceremonial flag was dedicated to the memory of the 32 Americans and five Australians who served in the 135th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam and who lost their lives between 1967 and 1971. Photo: ABIS Hayley Clarke

SUPER SURVEYOR: Mr Anthony Grabenshikov from Thales Maritime and Aerospace presents AB Benjamin Whittaker with the Mark Hudson award for being Dux of the Intermediate Hydrographic Surveying Course after the 10-week course which began in January. Photo: ABIS Richard Cordell

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THE PlayStation Vita is the latest high-tech handheld gaming machine from Sony, which was released in Australia on February 23.

Boasting an impressive five-inch multi-touch screen displaying 16 million colours and a rear touch pad, this gaming machine is turning the tide on handheld gaming.

Available in both Wi-Fi and 3G, The 3G model gives the player a connected experi-ence away from local Wi-Fi networks.

Those who have used the PlayStation Portable (PSP) will love the dual thumb sticks on the new machine, much like the dual-shock controller on the PlayStation 3, allowing greater control within games.

Another new addition to the Vita is the game cartridge. Sony has discarded the discs used on the PSP and has used a new cartridge format not much bigger than a standard SD memory card.

Sony estimates the battery life of four to five hours depending on use, so this review-er tested it on a recent trip from Canberra to Darwin and was quite happy with the battery lasting the whole way, even with gaming and videos.

The Vita launched with an impressive number of games which can be purchased on the new cartridge format and also online from the Sony Entertainment Network and downloaded directly to the memory card.

A l s o ava i l a b l e v i a t h e S o ny Entertainment Network are demos for selected Vita games and a huge library of PSP games available to purchase, download and play on the Vita.

Media such as photos and videos can be copied to the Vita by connecting it to your computer or your PS3 using the supplied USB cable.

The machine is certainly a pleasure to use. Games such as Uncharted play very smoothly with high quality graphics and sound, even without headphones.

The Vita costs $350 for the Wi-Fi model and $419 for the 3G and Wi-Fi model, and is available from most gaming shops.

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Final glory for Submarine Six

VICE Admiral Nobutake Kondo and those aboard his three heavy cruisers and two destroyers may have been delighted as they watched the sloop HMAS Yarra and her tiny three-ship convoy pounded to pieces by their eight and five-inch guns and bombs from two of their embarked aircraft.

Yet, history has shown that such victories were hollow. It is to three brave and tenacious men that goes the final glory.

They are LCDR Robert Rankin, the CO of Yarra, who sacrificed himself and his ship in a desperate attempt to save his charges; CAPT Hector Waller who died as he tried to force a passage for Perth and USS Houston through an overpowering Japanese fleet and literally fought to the last shell; and ORDSMN Teddy Sheean, who strapped himself to an Oerlikon gun on the sinking Armidale and fired at the attacking air-craft in an attempt to save his shipmates until he and the ship sank.

The RAN broke with tradition when it named its Collins-class submarines after them.

It also named the others after three other heroes: VADM Sir John Collins, who sank the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni while the captain of HMAS Sydney; CAPT Emile Dechaineux, who fought in the Atlantic con-voys and then the Pacific and died as the CO of Australia when it was struck by a Japanese aircraft; and RADM Harold Farncomb who com-manded three of Australia’s cruisers and a British aircraft carrier in the Pacific and European thea-tres, and who played a major role in the introduc-tion of Australia’s aircraft carriers and Fleet Air Arm.

Now, the lives and deaths of these seago-ing warriors have been brought to life in The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes by author, naval officer and historian Tom Lewis.

This is a relatively small volume includes an extensive index as well as a very detailed bib-liography and list of other resources, including selected interviews.

The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes is recommended for any person interested in war-fare, navies or life at sea. It should be required reading for all naval officers at the very least.

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CPL Aaron Rawnsley says a good pair of shoes offers pro-tection from injury – and he should know.

The PTI from RMC-Duntroon has completed a running biomechanics course and is completing his diploma in fitness.

For the past 18 months, he has focused on the research and application of the minimalist footwear transition. He put his knowledge to the test in May last year by competing in the 100km North Face 100 in the Blue Mountains.

He completed the run injury free – finishing 78th out of the 800 competi-tors in 13hr 41min and says a good pair of shoes reduces muscle or joint aches caused by poor footwear.

Running shoes are more comfort-able, protective and durable than ever before and CPL Rawnsley says there is a diverse range available – which can make it difficult to choose the right pair.

“There are specialist shoes for just about every different application you can think of,” he says, “like high-top shoes which provide ankle stability for court sports such as basketball; cross-training shoes for general fit-ness and walking; lightweight running specific shoes which suit different foot types; and tennis shoes with flexible soles suitable for the quick side-to-side movement.”

To decide which types of shoes are best for you, you need to work out how you run.

There are three types of running style: forefoot strikers, mid-foot strik-ers and rear-foot strikers. Most runners tend to rear-foot strike, landing on the outside of the heel and rolling their foot inwards. This is called pronation.

Some runners over pronate as their feet roll too far inwards, which can lead to lower leg and knee injuries, while some runners under pronate as their feet roll inwards only slightly and do not absorb the shock as well, which can also lead to injury over time.

Sprinters tend to run on the balls of their feet and endurance runners tend to have a flat/mid foot shuffle.

The current fashion is barefoot run-ning, which forces people to run on the balls or soles of their feet.

Having done the hard yards, PTI CPL Aaron Rawnsley is well placed to offer advice about sports shoes. CPL Mark Doran reports.

Foot expert: Cpl Aaron Rawnsley.

To work out what your foot type is you need to check your arch height and one way is to use the “wet test”.

Wet the bottom of your foot and make a footprint on a flat, dry surface such as a white piece of paper on a hard floor.

If your wet footprint is very full and wide you have a low arch and flat foot and most likely over pronate (25 per cent of runners).

If the print is of heel and toes mostly you will have a high arch and probably under pronate (25 per cent of runners).

A print of your full foot with moder-ate curve for arch is normal arch which means you probably pronate to correct degree (50 per cent of runners).

You must then consider the shape of the bottom of the shoe as this is related to your foot type.

CPL Rawnsley says there are three main shapes: straight shape for over pronators, curved shape for under pro-nators and semi curved shape for normal pronators.

“For flatter feet that over pronate, you will need a shoe to control motion other-wise known as a motion-control shoe.

“With a straight shape, normally the shoe gives maximum support to the foot.

“Look for a firm rather than soft midsole with denser material along the inner edge of the shoes and a firm heel to reduce rear foot motion.

“If you have a high arch, your feet are not as good at absorbing the shock so you need to look for a cushioned sole.”

For more information on footwear, 3 Bde PTI WO2 Simon O’Regan has prepared a video presentation which is at http://iarmymediali-brary/videos/73/footwear-advice

BEST FOOT FORWARD: There are many types of shoes available but you should take the time to find the one ones that suit you best for the job at foot. Photo: LAC Bill Solomou

Choosing the right shoes20 HEALTHApril 12, 2012

21SPORT April 12, 2012

NAVY players were among 116 ADF personnel who converged on Port Macquarie, NSW, from March 8-11 for the National Touch League.

The Australian Defence Touch Association fielded six teams in women’s open, men’s open, men’s 30s, men’s 40s, men’s 45s and senior mixed divisions. All up, there were 123 teams competing in 14 divisions.

The best returns for the Defence teams came in the men’s 30s, the men’s 40s and the senior mixed teams, with all three teams finishing fifth.

Despite having seven past or cur-rent Australian representatives, three past or current state-of-origin repre-sentatives and three Defence Touch Hall of Famers in the side, the men’s 40s team just failed to make the semi-finals in a tough division.

The players in the women’s open went into their games lacking experi-ence, with only three players hav-ing experienced touch footy at the elite level before. They did not win a game in a division of 15 teams but improved every time they played, developing skills as they went.

For the first time in a number of years, the men’s 45s Defence Warriors touch football team started the National Touch League with a

full squad of 14 players and were aided by a non-playing coach. The Warriors finished sixth of eight teams.

The men’s open team was truly a national outfit with players com-ing from Perth, Darwin, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide, Townsville, Sydney and Brisbane.

The team finished 13th from 14 teams.

Most of the ADF players arrived at Port Macquarie ahead of the actu-al tournament and spent some days honing their skills in a training camp.

Three cooks from Amberley 382ECSS provided an estimated 4000 meals over 11 days.

After the National Touch League, five Air Force players, four Army players and one from Defence Signals Directorate were selected in the NSW state-of-origin squad, and three Army players were selected in the Queensland squad.

The squads will be culled at a number of training camps between now and the state-of-origin competi-tion which will be played at Port Macquarie on September 21 and 22.

For more information on touch football in Defence, contact Jeremy.armstrong@defence.gov.au

Out of touch in national league

CPL Melanie Schinkel

UNFAVOURABLE weather con-ditions didn’t haze the sight of CPO Chris Nightingale, of DMO, at the Australasian Police and Services National Trap and Skeet Championships held in New Zealand from February 26- March 3.

The Navy sharp shooter was part of a team of nine ADF and APS per-sonnel who represented the Defence Clay Target Association (DCTA) in the five-day event held at the North Canterbury Clay Target Club near Christchurch.

More than 115 shooters from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Noumea who work in govern-ment and emergency services such as defence, customs and the police force participated in the two com-petitions that made up the overall championships.

The DCTA members were divid-ed into three teams of three for the first skeet and down the line shoot-ing events, which were followed by individual down the line events and a 50 target sporting clay shoot on the final day.

D C TA T r e a s u r e r C P O Nightingale took out second place in the B grade double barrel and points score events and placed third in the B grade champion of champions event.

“The competition was quite diffi-cult because the strong winds severe-ly affected the flight of the targets,” CPO Nightingale said.

“On one of my better days, I shot my best score for the week with 49/50 targets hit and a point score

COMPETITION RESULTSSingle Barrel Second: WO1 Darren ParsonsSkeet TeamSecond: George Bailey, Brent Murphy and CPO Chris Nightingale.Skeet C GradeFirst: Brent MurphySecond: MAJ Peter SimmonsThird: Noel ClealDouble Barrel TeamFirst: MAJ Peter Simmons, Chris Carrol and Noel ClealDouble Barrel A GradeSecond: Noel ClealDouble Barrel B GradeSecond: CPO Chris Nightingale

Points ScoreAA GradeFirst: Chris CarrolB GradeSecond: CPO Chris NightingaleC GradeSecond: George BaileyChampion of championsB GradeThird: CPO Chris NightingaleOverall WinnersHandicapFirst: George BaileyTournament veteran overallFirst: Chris Carrol

value of 142/150. I was pretty happy when I counted back the scores for the day and realised I had shot 68 targets in a row – that’s a new per-sonal best.”

He said he was also part of the skeet team that placed second after losing by just one target to the New Zealand Police Force.

“We were beaten by the police on their turf, but I’m happy with the team’s overall performance.

“We’ll be training hard to take the skeet team shield off them next year on our home ground in Canberra.”

Not to be outdone by their fellow ADF and Australian Public Service teammates, Army’s MAJ Peter Simmons, of 8CSSB, annihilated 46 targets in the 50 target skeet event, while WO1 Darren Parsons, of 6ESR, finished second in the 50-tar-get single barrel event.

MAJ Simmons was also part of

the down-the-line team that for its third consecutive year won the dou-ble barrel event.

“It was a great trip and the team did extremely well considering the adverse weather, which made it very difficult to shoot consistent scores,” MAJ Simmons said.

“Highlights for me include George Bailey winning the overall handicap event, the trap team win-ning the team event and the skeet team placing second in the team event against the New Zealand Police.”

The shooters are now preparing for the Skeet Nationals in Wagga Wagga in May and the DCTA Nationals in September.

Next year the Australasian Police and Services National Trap and Skeet Championships are set to be held at the Canberra International Clay Target Club.

Nightingale on song

ON TARGET: CPO Chris Nightngale, of DMO, competes at the Australasian Police and Services National Trap and Skeet Championships in Christchurch.

22 SPORTApril 12, 2012

Strong field for Aussie rules titleNAVY’S Australian footballers will look to maintain the pressure on Army and Air Force in this year’s Australian Services Australian Football Association (ASAFA) National Championship.

The event is being held from April 17-21 in Melbourne, with the Navy women’s team out to defend its two-point championship victory over Army from last year’s national carnival.

The Navy men’s side will also look to step up against its traditional rival, Army, after the soldiers downed the sailors by 19 points in the 2011 cham-pionship decider.

Army and Navy’s men’s and wom-en’s teams will kick off proceedings on April 17, followed by Navy versus Air Force on April 19. The carnival concludes on April 21 with Army tack-ling Air Force.

The champion service team will be decided in the third games, with the Jimmy Smail Cup up for grabs in the men’s competition and the

Commodore Geoff Ledger Cup in the women’s titles.

A championship dinner and awards ceremony will be held following the matches on April 21, where the respec-tive men’s and women’s All Stars teams will also be named.

The ADF women’s All-Stars will play against a Victorian representative side on April 26, while the men’s All Stars will again take on the Australian Combined Emergency Services team at Adelaide Oval during Anzac week.

ASAFA chairman Brigadier Matthew Hall said the national cham-pionship was the pinnacle of service representation for ADF footballers.

“The carnival provides a great opportunity for players to represent their respective service and the ADF,” Brig Hall said.

“Spirited and fair competition is the hallmark of the championship and spectators are strongly encouraged to witness the high-quality action.”

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DYNAMIC duo POMT Ash Stoll and his wife, LSCIS Talei Stoll will spear-head the Australian Open Country Hockey men’s and women’s tour of Malaysia and Thailand from April 16-29.

The tour, which includes games against the Malaysian Olympic sides and top club teams, will challenge POMT Stoll as the assistant coach of the men’s team and LSCIS Stoll as captain of the women’s team.

Long-serving members of RAN and ADF hockey, POMT Stoll, the Assistant Regulator at FSU-Sydney, and LSCIS Stoll, a member of HMAS Newcastle’s ship’s company, have been granted per-mission to join the two-week tour.

They are the first Navy couple, and only the second ADF couple, to gain selection with the Australian Open Country hockey teams.

“It’s a great milestone for a Navy couple whose courtship began at HMAS Cerberus hockey club,” POMT Stoll said.

With a knee reconstruction in 2009 restricting POMT Stoll’s game-time, the former forward has used his leadership and communication skills to coach the Navy, ADF and now the Australian Open Country hockey teams.

“It will be a really tough tour, par-ticularly the match against the Malaysian Olympic teams, which will test us to the max,” he said.

POMT Stoll has coached his wife in the ADF and Australian Open Country teams for the past two years, but now finds himself assistant coach of the men’s side.

LSCIS Stoll, the Australian Open Country Hockey women’s captain since 2009, said she had trained hard for the tour and expected every game to be physically tough.

Three matches in Thailand and then three test matches in Malaysia pit her against the best players in South East Asia.

LSCIS Stoll, who has represented ADF Hockey since 2004 and achieved elite sportsperson status in 2011, said the match against the Malaysian women’s Olympic team would be the highlight of the tour.

“We will be playing against the Malaysian women’s Olympic team as it prepares for the London Olympics,”

Dynamic duo at helms Patrons’ Cup to help rebuildAFTER a disappointing result in the Combined Australian Services Rugby League (CASRL) interservice carnival last month, Navy will begin its rebuilding program when the Patrons’ Cup Rugby League competi-tion kicks off in May.

The Patrons’ Cup knockout competi-tion will be played at Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval on May 9.

The Cup is expected to help emerging Navy Tridents’ players strengthen their skills and boost their confi-dence for a Navy tour of Hawaii in September and also the 2013 CASRL, which will serve as the selection guide for the ADF team to tour the United Kingdom.

Navy RL Chairman CMDR Glenn Ker said the Patrons’ Cup would be contested by various Navy ships and estab-lishment teams with the defending champion, HMAS Kuttabul, seeking to extend its domination for another year.

Kuttabul held off a thrilling fightback from a combined team from HMA Ships Parramatta and Ballarat to win the Patrons Cup 8-4 last year.

CMDR Ker said the tournament would hope-fully unearth some excit-ing new talent for the representative team.

The Navy RL Chairman issued a call to arms in the countdown to the Cup, as the Tridents are keen for new players and require more coach-ing staff and spectators.

For more information contact CPO Shane Dwyer, (02) 9359 5825 or email shane.dwyer@defence.gov.au.

LSCIS Stoll said. “Just to play against such top opponents will be a great expe-rience.”

And with that knowledge, LSCIS Stoll has set herself a tough training regime.

“The Asian players are extremely fast

and very fit so I know I will have to match them,” she said.

“I have been training as hard as pos-sible and am raring to go.”

With the Australian Open Country hockey teams selected from among the best country players throughout

Australia, the teams boasts some serious talent.

The nine-game tour will include an Anzac Day ceremony at Hellfire Pass in Thailand where 13,000 Australian and Allied POWs died building the Death Railway in World War II.

Husband and wife POMT Ash Stoll and LSCIS Talei Stoll to lead country hockey teams

LEADING THE CHARGE: LSCIS Talei Stoll, left, will again captain the Australian Open Country women’s team on its tour of Malaysia and Thailand this month. Photo: ABIS Sarah Williams

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AFTER three months in Antarctica, the crew of the Japanese Research Vessel Shirase were in red-hot form when they visited HMAS Stirling for a game of soccer and beach vol-leyball in March.

In the spirit of friendship, the visiting Japanese crew was invited to Stirling to par-ticipate in a sports day to build on the bond between the two nations.

The resulting contests proved that friendly competition isn’t necessarily an agreement between two sides to go easy on each other.

The Stirling sports fraternity put on an

Aussie barbecue before the two sides took to the football field where the Japanese team displayed superior footwork to outclass the Stirling side and deliver a 2-0 defeat.

It was a more even affair on the beach vol-leyball court, where the two sides enjoyed a leisurely game and agreed to share the victory.

After both games, the visitors were pre-sented with a Sherrin Australian rules football and POPT Grizz Adams taught them how to play Australia’s national game.

He gave them a snap lesson on how to kick and handball, with the possibility of an Australian football match being included in the next visit.

Shirase crew good sports

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING: Commanding Officer HMAS Stirling CAPT Brett Wolski shares a joke with Commanding Officer Japanese Ship Shirase CAPT Nakato while watching the soccer match.

QUICK OFF MARK: SBLT Jake Williams, of Joint Logistics Unit-West, runs to defend a Japanese player during a soccer game between HMAS Stirling and Japanese Ship Shirase on the main oval at HMAS Stirling, WA. Photo: ABIS Jayson Tufrey

BEING consistent has put CPO Shanon Purcell in the running to take out the Australian Defence Sports Triathlon (ADSTA) Olympic distance champion-ships title.

CPO Purcell will join 1500 competi-tors in the Sydney Olympic Triathlon to be held on April 14-15 and another consistent performance may see him take the honours.

“I haven’t taken out any first plac-ings but have come in a close second or third and I think it will come down to who has the best aggregate score at the end of the day,” PO Purcell said.

“Because we have staggered starts in age groups it’s difficult to know who is coming where so I am competing against the clock.

“It’s also not my preferred distance as I like the longer distances.”

The triathlon follows the 2000 Olympic course and will include a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run with the Sydney Harbour Bridge closed for the duration of the race.

Treasurer Australian Defence Sports Triathlon Association (ADSTA) Capt Peter Howden, of HQ Forcomd, said the historic course held its own unique challenges.

“The most exciting part is we get to swim with the sharks in Sydney Harbour,” he said.

“We will also have by far the largest presence of any team with 50-plus com-petitors at the event.”

As the deciding event for the Olympic distance, the triathlon has

attracted the largest ADSTA turnout for any event the association has conducted in many years.

The championship is decided over three races – Noosa, Geelong and Sydney.

“With ADSTA President Maj Dave Thomson, of HQ 1 Div, and CPO Purcell still in the running to win the first ADSTA Championship series, the Sydney race will have plenty of spice,” Capt Howden said.

Maj Thomson said he was looking forward to the Sydney race. “It has the most spectacular back drop, but sadly there will be no time for sightseeing,” he said. “The race is on.”

Commandant RMC-A and ADSTA Patron Brig Dave Luhrs will also com-pete alongside 28 Army triathletes, nine Air Force representatives, 10 Navy competitors and five Defence civilians, in his first race since becoming the patron.

He said he was looking forward to the event and wished everyone good luck and a safe race.

“As evidenced by the high number of competitors this year, the sport of triath-lon continues to grow within Defence,” Brig Luhrs said.

As part of the weekend ADSTA will be holding its annual general meeting at Randwick Barracks.

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GAME ON: ABMT Adam Gough beats a Japanese defender during a soccer game between HMAS Stirling and Japanese Ship (JS) Shirase on the main oval at HMAS Stirling, WA. Photo: ABIS Jayson Tufrey