THE Australian Navy has intercepted another boat of asylum seekers off the coast of Western Australia. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor said HMAS Maryborough intercepted a vessel carrying suspected asylum seekers south-west of Browse Island near the north-west coast of WA. Mr O’Connor said ini
Russian and Japanese frontier services on Oct 27 practiced anti-criminal drills during joint exercise, reported RIA Novosti on Oct 28 referring to a representative of Sakhalin Coast Guard Department. “The exercise scenario was based on real situations typical for Russian and Japanese border guards.
The uncharted wreck found yesterday, off Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, is likely to be a World War II Japanese submarine. Underwater vision taken by the Australian Minehunter, HMAS Gascoyne shows the wreck of a submarine, 55 meters below the surface in Simpson Harbour. The wreck is partially buried in
Senior NATO Officer and Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, RN, KCB, OBE, visited HMAS Stirling, HMAS Collins and the Royal Australian Navy’s Submarine Escape Training Facility at Garden Island, Western Australia. Admiral Soar is the Commander in Chief-Fleet of the Royal Navy. Admiral
Captain Mark Hill, Commanding Officer of HMAS Cerberus, has thanked the community for making this year’s Open Day another huge success, in the establishment’s 90 year history. Approximately 6,000 people interested in the Royal Australian Navy, a Navy career or just wanting a great family day out wer
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta visited U.S. 7th Fleet command flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Oct. 26 during his first tour of Asia-Pacific countries since becoming secretary of defense. Panetta spoke with 150 Sailors from the 7th Fleet staff, USS Blue Ridge, USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS John S. M
Twenty-eight members of the Australian navy, army, and air force visited Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Oct. 24. Australian Forces met with Sailors from the expeditionary community to see how they operate and to learn about NECC capabilities. “We wanted to visit NECC as part of our Austral
HMAS Kuttabul opened its gangway for Navy Week recently, allowing the public to join the RAN’s centenary celebrations. Kuttabul’s open day on October 9 featured public tours of HMA Ships Anzac, Ballarat, Darwin and Melbourne, as well as demonstrations by the Navy cooks, performances by the RAN Band
The men and women of the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat, HMAS Broome, successfully prevented an environmental and maritime catastrophe off Papua New Guinea overnight by providing assistance to a commercial container ship, which had lost power and was drifting towards Ragelapra Reef. At approxima
More than 150 personnel from the Australian, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea Defence Forces are involved in Operation RENDER SAFE 2011. The ADF‘s enduring peace-time mission is being conducted over the period 18 October to 4 November in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. The task is to identify, assess and
Forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) arrived in Subic Bay, Philippines Oct. 22 to offload elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for participation in Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX). PHIBLEX is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Sailors and Marines a
A Royal Australian Navy sailor serving in HMAS Toowoombahas died while the ship was conducting a port visit to Mumbai, India. Circumstances surrounding the death are currently under investigation by Defence and Embassy officials. The Defence Community Organisation and Navy is providing support to th
