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Navyaservingserving Aaustraliavustralia Withy PRIDE Volumeolume 54, No NNavyaSERVINGSERVING AUSTRALIAAvUSTRALIA WITHy PRIDE Volumeolume 54, No. 18, SeptemberSeptember 29, 2011 The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Navy RRETAININGETAINING MMELBOURNEELBOURNE P20-21 TTECHECH SSKILLSKILLS P3 WWELCOMESELCOMES NNAVYAVY SAILORS MARCH THROUGH FINANCIAL BONUS VICTORIAN CAPITAL IN FOR SOME MARINE TECHNICIANS FREEDOM OF ENTRY PARADE CChiefhief ddisplaysisplays NNavyavy vvaluesalues iinn aactct oof...f... See page 3 SETTING THE STANDARD: CPOMT Jason Davis’ quick thinking prevented an assault on a Melbourne tram in early September. Photo: ABIS Lee-Anne Mack CCOURAGEOURAGE 02 NEWS IN BRIEF RAN leases Windermere for cyclone season ADF mourns deaths NAVY will lease an additional amphibious ship, the Windermere, to enhance amphibious capability during the coming cyclone season. This adds to HMAS Choules, which SGT MICHAEL DUNN CFN BEAU PRIDUE will arrive in Australia in December, and HMAS Tobruk, which is cur- rently in maintenance in prepara- AN AIR Force member who was “SGT Dunn was highly respected AN AUSTRALIAN member of personnel wherever they were tion for the cyclone season, which seriously burned in an explosion and well liked by his colleagues,” the International Stabilisation deployed. begins in November. The additional at Rockhampton airport on July AIRMSHL Brown said. Force (ISF), CFN Beau Pridue, “This tragic accident has taken ship has been leased to maxim- 25 tragically died of his injuries in “Those who visited Mick since died from injuries sustained in a the life of another young man serv- ise the RAN’s ability to respond the burns unit of Royal Brisbane the accident were all affected by the vehicle accident near Baucau, East ing his nation,” LTGEN Power said. to humanitarian and natural dis- Hospital on September 20. courage and determination that he Timor, on September 15. Both soldiers involved in the asters over the cyclone period. SGT Michael Dunn, from 322 showed during his treatment and are A second Australian ISF member accident were Army reservists Windermere has been leased from Expeditionary Combat Support extremely saddened by his passing. was injured in the accident and, fol- normally posted to the 8th Combat October 14 to January 31, 2012, Squadron based “Our thoughts lowing aero medi- Services Support with the option to extend to the Battalion at RAAF Base are with the fam- cal evacuation, end of February 2012. It has been (8CSSB) in NSW. Tindal, was was treated at an chartered through P&O Maritime ily, friends and In a statement, deployed to ISF-contracted Services at a cost of $9.4 million. colleagues of CFN Pridue’s the airport as SGT Dunn. medical facility in It is capable of supporting around part of Exercise Dili. The soldier family said “He served 27 growing up in 100 passengers and can carry 1000 Talisman Sabre. sustained minor tonnes of cargo. Windermere is in He was part years in the Air injuries and his Newcastle, Beau Force and most always strived addition to Australia’s agreement of the airfield prognosis for with New Zealand that the New arrester crew, recently he was recovery is good. to be the best he serving at RAAF could be. Zealand amphibious lift ship HMNZS whose duties The soldiers Canterbury will be made available included operat- Base Tindal were travelling in “He loved his as part of the joint Pacific-focused ing the arresting where he and an ISF Unimog family, he loved Ready Response Force, subject to cable across his family were vehicle when the his mates and he any operational requirements in New the runway in long-standing accident occurred. loved the Army,” Zealand. This is one of a series of the event of an members of the An aero the statement said. actions the Government has taken emergency land- Katherine com- medical team was “We are ing by a fast jet. dispatched to the extremely proud this year to improve Navy’s amphibi- munity,” he said. ous capability and ensure it has the After the Air Force scene via helicop- of our boy and we explosion, colleagues immediately ter and the medi- know that we lost capacity required for the cyclone and the Defence Community season. extinguished the flames on his body Organisation are providing his fam- cal officer confirmed the soldier had him doing a job he was trained for and loved doing.” and applied first aid. ily with support. died in the accident. He was transferred initially to Chief of the Defence Force GEN CFN Pridue’s body returned to HMAS Cerberus opens Meanwhile, investigations into Rockhampton Base Hospital for David Hurley expressed his deepest RAAF Williamtown on September to the public treatment and then to Royal Brisbane the incident continue. The ADF’s sympathies. 21. Soldiers from 8CSSB formed safety review, which was completed AN OPEN day will be held at HMAS where he remained in a serious con- “Our thoughts are with CFN an honour guard and bearer party Cerberus on October 23 from 10am dition. on August 30, was unable to deter- Pridue’s family and the members to escort his casket from the RAAF mine what caused the explosion to 4pm. Visitors will see a range of Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL of his battalion who are feeling his C-130 aircraft to his grieving family. military activities, vehicles, armoury Geoff Brown expressed his deep- while inquiries by the Queensland loss,” GEN Hurley said. The soldier’s funeral is scheduled for and displays. If your family or friends est sympathies and those of the Air Police and the ADF Investigative Chief of Joint Operations LTGEN the week beginning September 26. are interested in a career in the Navy, Force community to SGT Dunn’s Service determined there were no Ash Power said the incident high- An investigation into the accident plenty of information will be available family. criminal actions involved. lighted the dangers faced by ADF is under way. at the event. Anzac and Stuart conduct platform swap By LCDR Neville Cook key Engineering Division personnel, FOLLOWING a busy and challeng- the transition from dormant platform ing five weeks alongside Fleet Base to operational unit was conducted in West, HMAS Anzac has sailed for a systematic and diligent manner. her new home port of Sydney. CMDR Brett Sonter assumed command on September 5 and is the The formerly HMAS Stirling- based FFH was brought out of a first CMDR to become Commanding 12-month extended readiness peri- Officer aboard Anzac. od by the crew of HMAS Stuart, “The transfer of all material, who had recently returned from equipment and personnel has gone Operation Slipper, in conjunction to plan thanks to the hard work and with the FFH Support Team (ST). efforts of my ship’s company, the This marks the first time Anzac FFHST and external support organi- has been home ported in Sydney and sations,” CMDR Sonter said. Stuart home ported in the West. “We’ve been kept very busy. Not In the lead up to the swap, mate- only did the former crew of Stuart riel condition assessments were conduct the platform swap to Anzac, conducted on all compartments and they also helped the FFHST prepare Stuart for placement into extended equipment with particular focus on SHIP SWAP: HMA readiness.” ensuring that Anzac was safe to sail Ships Anzac and to Fleet Base East (FBE). Anzac will return to FBE for a Stuart alongside With significant assistance from period alongside before Docking Fleet Base West. the FFHST, manpower provision Selected Restricted Availability in from FSU Perth, and oversight from December. Director David Edlington Disclaimer Navy online (02) 6265 4650 Navy News is published [email protected] fortnightly by the Directorate of defence.gov.au/news/ NNavyavy Defence News, Department of navynews Editor Defence. Printed by Capital Fine Alisha Welch Print. 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The fact an ad is youtube.com/RANMedia Defence News Reporters Advertising accepted for publication does Senior Reporter Graham McBean (Chief of Staff), Andrew Michael Brooke Stackpool, SGT Andrew Hetherington, CPL Melanie Tim Asher not mean that the product or (02) 9359 2494 Schinkel, CPL Zenith King, LCPL Mark Doran, LAC 0414 552 667 service has the endorsement of twitter.com/Australian_ [email protected] Bill Solomou, SPR Nick Wiseman & CFN Max Bree [email protected] Defence or Navy News. Navy NAVY NEWS www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews September 29, 2011 NEWS 03 Bravery prevents assault By Graham McBean A CHIEF petty officer on leave in Melbourne prevented a serious I was sitting down assault with some quick thinking and a crash tackle on his way so I shoulder barged home to visit family on September him and took his legs 9. out from under him. Garden Island-based CPOMT Jason Davis was on a tram at 7pm – CPOMT Jason Davis when a passenger became unruly and began threatening passengers. CPOMT Davis said the man became agitated and started yelling at people to stop staring at him. “He was saying ‘I’ll rob you all and slit your throats’,” he said. The man then bent over and motioned to take something from his sock but nothing happened in the first instance.
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