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NVN News Navy Victoria Network May 2017 Volume 7 Edition 5 Calendar Events NVN current membership: 1065 (see calendar for details of all events) Editorial 01 Jun – 75th anniversary sinking Registered followers of this website are mostly men and women HMAS Kuttabul whose active involvement in service careers took place in the th second half of the 20th century. That was a nervous era 03 Jun – 48 anniversary collision between HMAS Melbourne/USS Evans dominated by the ‘Cold War’ which was a period of East-West tension arising from the widespread Soviet-driven effort to 11 Jun – 74th anniversary sinking impose the Communist system on the rest of the world. This HMAS Wallaroo drive was a factor in the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, 16 Jun – 75th anniversary sinking Confrontation and the Vietnam War. Other major contributors HMAS Nestor to that uncomfortable period were fears about the triggering of a 26 Jun – NHS meeting nuclear war (either inadvertently or deliberately); the dismemberment of the British Empire as former colonies gained 30 Jun – 76th anniversary sinking their independence; and monumental upheavals in society as HMAS Waterhen attitudes to women, lifestyle, discrimination and opportunity changed. Latest News Headlines NOTE: The full articles of the news The Cold War effectively ended with the break-up of the Soviet items listed below can be found on Union at the beginning of the 1990’s. The quarter century our website: elapsed since then has seen dramatic change around the world http://navyvic.net/news/news.html as we have moved into an ‘electronic age’. A communications explosion has encouraged globalisation and revolutionised our Latest Videos….. capacity to exchange information; a technological tsunami is * Navy mums in Vietnam impacting almost every aspect of business, industry, warfare and * Exercise PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2017 day-to-day life; automation and robotics are replacing men and begins in Vietnam * HMAS Arunta Drug Interdiction women in the workforce and therefore reducing job * Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD underway opportunities; materialism, generous government decisions, * HMAS Newcastle SM2 Firing travel opportunities and changing social mores are generating * Battle of the Coral Sea different expectations and attitudes among Australian youth. commemorative event And a fast-changing world is struggling to come to terms with News….. how to deal with Terrorism rather than a Cold War. It is against this background that the groundwork has been laid for a significant expansion of our Navy and the establishment Navy’s LHDs under the microscope of a national Shipbuilding Industry. This is good news for all The Royal Australian Navy’s flagship, HMAS Canberra, has completed trials Australia but particularly for those of us with ties to the sea. off the NSW coast to help engineers As the population grows, as the nation becomes progressively assess whether its mechanical less dependent on others for our defence and security, as we problems have been caused by a develop closer bonds with countries in our region, and as we serious design flaw or a less serious issue, such as degraded seals. learn how to combat the insidious threats posed by modern warfare, a highly skilled, well-trained and versatile Navy is Long Tan Bursary recipients essential. The fact that the range of ships required will be built announced in country should mean that we become, in time, the leading Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan today congratulated the 37 shipbuilding nation in the southern hemisphere. students from across Australia who will receive financial support towards Young Australians already or soon embarking on their working their post-secondary education as lives face enormous challenges – but with those challenges recipients of a Long Tan Bursary come untold and unforeseeable opportunities. Nowhere will Future USS Gerald R. Ford starts those opportunities be greater than in relation to the expansion acceptance trials of the Navy and the steady development of the Shipbuilding The U.S. Navy’s future aircraft carrier Industry. Plans for these activities present the potential for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed nation to become more self-reliant, to restore confidence in our Naval Station Norfolk for its second manufacturing capability and to see maritime matters attain a set of sea trials, known as acceptance trials (AT) on May 24. profile and importance far higher than that currently enjoyed. Achievement of the goals announced by the Government Navy safely responds to fire in HMAS should also contribute to overcoming a dangerous complacency Maryborough On 26 May 2017, HMAS Maryborough we have towards Australia’s defence and security. reported a fire in the engine room while at sea, operating north east of Those of us whose working lives are mainly or totally behind us Darwin. The ship’s crew extinguished should encourage young Australians to consider pursuing the fire in accordance with careers in these areas -in or out of uniform. Getting in on the procedures. No crew members were ground floor of a development expected to grow steadily injured in the incident. The ship is through the course of 21st century, working lives presents an being returned to Darwin for inspection and an assessment of any exciting prospect for those soon embarking on adult life. A damage. An investigation into the window of opportunity is opening for people of skill, initiative, incident is now underway. dedication and a readiness to cope successfully with change. Naval Shipbuilding College Request The challenges will be big but the rewards for those who for Proposal succeed will be even bigger. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today Yours Aye! announced the release of a Request NVN Team for Proposal for the Naval Shipbuilding College. The Naval Shipbuilding College is a key initiative Funding Grants for Women's Leadership Development in the Naval Shipbuilding Plan, Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) is administering a national released in May 2017. initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s naval sector. The initiative is providing women with grants of between $3,000 and $8,000 to enable participation in a range of leadership development Ex-HMAS Sydney retires to Western programs. Australia The leadership development programs are part-time and delivered Minister for Defence Personnel Dan Tehan said Ex-HMAS Sydney would nationally via WLA’s blended learning model. Scholarship funding is leave Sydney Harbour today to be strictly limited and has to be allocated prior to the end of this financial towed to Western Australia for year (June 30). recycling. Expressions of Interest Find out more and register your interest by completing the Expression The Strategist Six: Mark Binskin of Interest form here prior to June 16, 2017: Welcome to The Strategist Six, which provides a glimpse into the thinking http://www.wla.edu.au/assoc-june17.html of prominent academics, government officials, military officers, reporters and interesting individuals from around the world. LRO K.J. Weaver, R49533, 26 May 2017. Aged 81. Securing Australia's naval ABM D. Ryan, R59158, 22 May 2016. Aged 70. shipbuilding and sustainment CDRE D. Miller RAN, O763, 20 May 2017. Aged 89. industry LTO W.P. Aylott, R39170, 20 May 2017. Aged 84. The Turnbull Government has LEUT B. Mills, O110265, 17 May 2017. Aged 62. released Australia’s first Naval ERA K.R. Lowry, R43411, 16 May 2017. Aged 66. Shipbuilding Plan, outlining the WOMTP3 W. Treadgold, R64347, 15 May 2017. Aged 69. nation’s largest ever programme of CPORS C.C. Peterson, R62682, 15 May 2017. Aged 71. naval shipbuilding and sustainment. CPOTAS J. Darnley-Stuart, R36772, 06 May 2017. Aged 89. CPOCK J. Craib, R51232, May 2017. Aged 80. Singapore Navy hosts its first SBLT T.B. Clark, PM4562, 26 April 2017. Aged 93. international maritime review TO S.M. Kean, R50007, 25 April 2017. Aged 82. Over 40 ships and 44 nations AB S.J.D. Atkinson, 32453, 04 April 2017. Aged 91. attended the Republic of Singapore Navy’s first ever international Lest We Forget maritime review to May 15. To all who read this: If you hear of any of our Navy family that has crossed 2016 Client Satisfaction Survey the bar, please don’t hesitate to let us know([email protected]). We results support client centric reform would like to list their names in perpetuity on our special ‘Vale’ wall on the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan website. If possible list their Rank, Name, Number, the date of their passing Tehan said the $166.6 million and their age. provided in this year’s Budget to implement the first stage of modernising the Department of Bravo Zulu Volume 2 Veterans’ Affairs’ (DVA) processes Honours and Awards to Australian Naval People, 1975- and IT system would improve client satisfaction with DVA as results of the 2014 2016 Client Satisfaction Survey were From the author Ian Pfennigwerth released today. Missing Data Yachtsmen plaque dedicated at Thankfully, the final version of the Bravo Zulu Volume 2 manuscript is Memorial nearing completion, and is expected to go to the publisher in mid- The gritty persistence of a Melbourne June. Unlike Volume 1, where most of the data supporting recipients’ historian to have a forgotten group of stories was drawn from official records, Volume 2 stories are largely Second World War sailors recognised based on information provided by recipients themselves. Some gaps finally paid off when a plaque was in our data remain, generally relating to the background to awards or post-award naval service. We will publish without this information dedicated to them at the Australian but are making this last appeal for assistance to make the book as War Memorial on 4 May. About 500 complete as we can. Australian volunteers answered a call from the British Admiralty and joined If you’re on this list, or know somebody who is, it would be much the Dominion Yachtsmen Scheme.