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Vol. 53, No. 18, October 13, 2011 The official newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force
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LACW Shannan Turley, a military working dog
handler from RAAF Base Amberley, says she
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outside the wire with her dog King once gender
restrictions are removed from ADF service. Read
her story on Page 2. Photo: LACW Kylie Gibson
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PEOPLE may have their doubts about
women in combat but LACW Shan-
nan Turley says bring it on.
The Amberley-based working dog
handler took part in several focus
groups during the research process
for the new policy and said it was a
fantastic opportunity for women in
the ADF.
She said she was excited that
there would be no restriction on her
working with airfield defence guards
in her role as a dog handler.
At the moment I am concentrating
on my job but I am excited that the ADF
is opening to all opportunities for me
and other female handlers to be able
to work to the full extent possible with
their dogs, LACW Turley said.
She said no one should be
prevented from serving in any ADF
role providing there was no drop
in standard for the role. Allowing
females to be in any role if they can
pass the criteria and maintain the
high standards is a fantastic opportu-
nity for all females wanting to serve
in front-line roles.
FSGT Paula Ivanovic, of HQ Joint
Operations Command, said any
initiative that increased options for
women was welcomed but she didnt
expect it would make a significant
change in the Air Force or wider ADF
in the short term.
She has 21 years experience in the
Air Force and is only the third woman
of four to become a loadmaster.
FSGT Ivanovic has served on
C-17s and C-130s and has deployed
into Afghanistan and the challenge
of pushing her own boundaries was
very much a reason for remustering
to a loadmaster.
But she said pursuing a com-
bat role would always be personal
choice.
Given the opportunity 10 years
ago if that option was out there I
feel I would have thought about it
it was something that I had won-
dered whether I could have done [a
combat role] if I had passed, FSGT
Ivanovic said.
But she said it was unlikely, based
on her experience, the new policy
would necessarily mean a lot of
women would be attracted to those
roles.
There have been female load-
masters since the first women broke
ground in 1999, she said.
Opening that role hasnt exactly
drawn a bunch of women to join the
military or become a loadmaster.
I think it all comes down to the
person, their character and what they
want to be.
LIFTING gender restrictions on
combat roles was welcome news
to Canberra-based LACW Brim-
lea Smyth who has already made
enquiries about remustering to an
adgie.
A champion Air Force rugby
player, LACW Smyth said she had
sought advice and information from
members already in the airfield
defence guard (ADG) trade.
She said she loved being in the
field environment and the physical
challenges involved with front-line
roles and if women could meet the
criteria for the trade then they should
have the opportunity.
LACW Smyth has previously
served with Airbase Protection Flight
at RAAF Base Williams as a reserv-
ist but the idea of serving in a front-
line role had not really occurred to
her because of the restrictions.
She had enjoyed the opportunity
to undertake combat training and
training on various weapons and
said the role of the ADG was under-
valued.
They [ADGs] are responsible
for maintaining an active ground
defence, air base defence, aircraft
security operations and force gen-
eration and sustainment, she said.
This involves extensive physical
specialist ground defence force train-
ing that females did not previously
have the opportunity to take part in.
Now the opportunity has arisen
and females are allowed on the
front-line and that opens up doors
to the interest that I, and many other
females in Defence, have in that
area, LACW Smyth said.
I love being out in the field and
the front-line environment.
LACW Smyth said opinion from
serving airfield defence personnel
had been encouraging and at times
cautionary about the type of role it
was and the need for any person to
able to adapt to the challenges and
environment.
We would have to adapt in that
environment but I dont expect to
be given any leniency because Im
female. If thats the role we want as
a career then the expectation is to
meet the standard required in the
field, she said.
For the time being she is still
gathering information about the
trade and working through the deci-
sion.
But when asked she said there
was no urgency at this point to
become the first female ADG and
said whoever that female was will be
the person to change women in the
front-line for the future of Defence.
Obviously, this is only new and
they are looking at implementing it
over the next five years.
Ill just wait out and see how they
are going to go about getting women
involved in combat roles and what
selection requirements end up being
put in place to determine suitability,
she said.
Graham McBean
WOMEN will be eligible to serve in
airfield defence roles within the next
five years following the Government
announcement on September 27 to re-
move gender restrictions on service in
the ADF.
Women will now be able to work
in any position within the ADF
including combat roles provided they
have the ability to meet the demands
of those roles.
The new policy will open up air-
field defence guard and ground
defence officer careers to women, if
they meet the Air Force criteria for
the job.
CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown said
Air Force already prided itself on hav-
ing the best people for the job regard-
less of their gender.
Our men and women already
make a tremendous contribution
across Air Force, both at home and on
operations, AIRMSHL Brown said.
This will not change with the
news that women will be able to apply
as airfield defence guards and ground
defence officers.
We will continue to judge our
people on their merits, skills and pro-
fessionalism, not their gender I wel-
come the Governments decision and
support women who wish to apply for
these categories.
A joint statement by Defence
Minister Stephen Smith and Defence
Science and Personnel Minister
Warren Snowdon said the new policy
would be introduced over a five-year
implementation plan.
Its important that implementa-
tion of this matter be done carefully,
methodically and is done to ensure
that the appropriate training and other
opportunities are available to enable
women to take up these positions if
they so choose, Mr Smith said.
The first implementation report
will come to the Government in the
first quarter of next year.
The new policy will remove gen-
der restrictions on the remaining 7
per cent of ADF trades where women
were excluded on the basis of gender.
This includes clearance divers for
Navy and infantry, armour and artil-
lery combat or frontline positions
within the Army.
The statement by Mr Smith and
Mr Snowdon said Defence would now
draw on the experience gained from
opening more positions to women
over the past two decades to imple-
ment the new policy.
Additional research will be under-
taken to enable the implementation of
the Governments position.
Mr Snowdon said women had a
long and proud history of service with
the ADF.
This decision is a positive step,
enhancing equality among the men
and women who proudly wear the
uniform, Mr Snowdon said.
Defence is committed to creating
a work environment where all person-
nel are treated fairly and with respect
developing the implementation plan
is central to this.
Mr Snowdon said work already
started within DSTO in partnership
with the University of Wollongong
would ultimately determine the physi-
Green light for women
Hoping to be
an adgie
FOCUS GROUPS: LACW
Shannan Turley with military
working dog King.
Photo: LACW Kylie Gibson
cal capacities required to do a particu-
lar job.
Thats how people will be judged
their physical and psychological
capacity to do the work, not their gen-
der, he said.
That will make a significant
di fference i n openi ng up t hese
trades to women and it will mean
that in the future we may well see
women leading, for example, infan-
try companies.
Bring opportunities on, says dog handler
ALREADY ENQUIRED: LACW Brimlea Smyth who loves being in the
field environment. Photo: LAC Bill Solomou
21 YEARS: Loadmaster FSGT
Paula Ivanovic during a mission
into Afghanistan.
Photo: CPO Dave Connolly
FOCUS GROUPS: LACW
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ANOTHER ADF unit has returned
safely to Australia following its
successful six-month deployment
to the MEAO.
Combat Support Unit rota-
tion 5s (CSU 5) 118 personnel
arrived home on September 28.
They came from 41 separate
units from across the three ser-
vices.
CSU 5 was responsible for
providing medical, transport,
security and accommodation sup-
port to more than 2500 Australian
and ISAF personnel, who are
operating at the Al Minhad Air
Base (AMAB) in the United
Arab Emirates, as well as the
Multinational Bases at Tarin Kot
and Kandahar in Afghanistan.
The unit was also responsi-
ble for arranging accommoda-
tion and meals for more than
9000 personnel who transited
through Al Minhad over the six-
month period.
Unit CO WGCDR John Leo,
of 395 Expeditionary Combat
Support Wing at RAAF Base
Amberley, said CSU 5 success-
fully provided passenger and
air-cargo-loading services, force
protection for visiting dignitar-
ies and medical services for all
Australian and ISAF agencies at
AMAB.
The unit was extremely
effective in managing a large
array of medical issues includ-
ing the emergency treatment of
patients requiring aero-medical
evacuations, WGCDR Leo said.
Despite working in tempera-
tures which regularly exceeded
45 degrees Celsius, the commit-
ment by the CSU 5 Air Load
Team ensured that no mis-
sions were delayed or cancelled
because of air movement techni-
cal deficiencies.
ADF operat i ons i n t he
MEAO are very high tempo,
which is demonstrated by the
fact that CSU 5 loaded more than
15,000 passengers and almost
six million pounds of cargo dur-
ing their rotation across three
airfields of operation, WGCDR
Leo said.
I am very proud of t he
team. They performed extreme-
ly well under difficult circum-
stances and I am pleased we
were able to provide a range
of services that Defence Force
members from both Australia
and Afghanistan rely on to do
their jobs effectively.
Making our
F-111 history
accessible
UP TO 13 F-111s are to be preserved under a deal
announced by Defence Materiel Minister Jason
Clare on September 30.
Six of the aircraft will be preserved at RAAF
Base Amberley (two aircraft), RAAF Museum
Point Cook (two aircraft already delivered), RAAF
Base Edinburgh (one aircraft already delivered)
and RAAF Base Wagga (one aircraft).
In addition, up to seven F-111s will be made
available on a loan arrangement to Australian air-
craft museums and other historical organisations,
after about four decades in front-line service.
After the retirement of the fleet in December
last year, aircraft museums and historical organi-
sations around the country expressed strong
interest in acquiring and displaying an F-111.
Since then, Mr Clare said he had met museum
operators around the country.
They [the F-111s] could fly at 2 times the
speed of sound, and when they retired were still
one of the fastest strike aircraft in the world, Mr
Clare said.
I understand how important it is that as many
Australians as possible have access to this piece
of Australias aviation history.
I have therefore decided that up to seven
F-111s will be made available to Australian
aircraft museums and other historical organisa-
tions.
The aircraft will be loaned to museums so
that Defence can continue to manage the risk
of hazardous material such as asbestos and the
loan will be subject to a number of conditions to
ensure the safe preservation of the aircraft.
It will need to be housed and exhibited in
a completely enclosed facility with supervised
controls to ensure members of the public are
prevented from climbing into engine intakes and
exhaust ducts, that there is limited, controlled and
supervised access to the cockpit, public access to
wheel wells and weapons bays is supervised and
members of the public are prevented from open-
ing any aircraft panels.
As the aircraft were produced in the US,
organisations selected to display the aircraft will
be subject to the approval of the US Government
under the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations.
Interested organisations will be asked to
respond to a Request for Offer, which will be
released by Defence later this year.
SHINY AND
NEW: Jason
Clare and CAF
AIRMSHL Geoff
Brown inspect
F-111 A8-113s
new paint work.
Photo: CPL Peter
Borys
CSU 5 returns
from the MEAO
JOB WELL DONE: Right,
members of Combat Support
Unit 5 at their final parade at Al
Minhad Air Base in the United
Arab Emirates. During their six-
month deployment, they loaded
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almost six million pounds of cargo.
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FLTLT Skye Smith
WHEN 2, 3 and 4SQNs celebrated their
95th anniversaries with a combined pa-
rade and family day at RAAF Base Wil-
liamtown on September 23, there was
no prouder person than Commander Air
Combat Group AIRCDRE Mel Hupfeld.
RAAF Base Williamtown is proud
of its rich and unique history as the
home to three of the Air Forces most
distinguished units 95 years since they
were formed, AIRCDRE Hupfeld said.
Numbers 2, 3 and 4SQNs were
formed between September 19 and
October 16, 1916.
The three units were immediate-
ly sent to England to train as Royal
Flying Corps units and later deployed
to France under the banner of the
Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in 1917.
AIRCDRE Hupfeld said the 95th
anniversaries provided a unique
opportunity to celebrate the rich
histories of the original AFC units.
Four AFC squadrons joined the
British during WWI. 1SQN, now
based at RAAF Base Amberley,
flew against Turkish and German
forces in the Middle East, while
2, 3 and 4SQNs served on the
Western Front between September
1917 and November 1918.
The Australian airmen engaged
in photographic reconnaissance,
artillery spotting, strafing and
bombing raids on enemy troops
and positions, and air to air com-
bat with German aircraft.
The leading scorer of the
AFC was 24-year-old CAPT
Harry Cobby from 4SQN who
was credited with 29 aerial
victories and awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
a Mention in Dispatches.
These decorated squadrons have
gone on to serve in a variety of roles
since the inception of military avia-
tion in Australia and continue to serve
with a great sense of pride today,
AIRCDRE Hupfeld said.
Proud day
TRADITION: With a Canberra Bomber as the backdrop, the Colours of 3SQN are marched into position
during the parade for the 95th anniversary of the formation of 2, 3 and 4SQNs. Photos: LAC Craig Barrett
MAN TO LOOK UP TO: The
oldest living member of 3SQN
Tom Russell at the anniversary
celebrations.

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RETIRED AIRMSHL Jake Newham,
former Chief of Air Force and former
CO 3SQN, spoke poignantly about
the three historic squadrons and
what they achieved in years gone
by.
These distinguished squadrons
are what they are today because
of the aircrew who have served in
times of war, but also the maintain-
ers and support personnel who
make sure the pilots have planes to
fly safely, he said.
It is inspiring to see that the
heritage and traditions of these
three squadrons are still upheld 95
years since they were formed.
He also remarked on the unbe-
lievable quantum leaps in technol-
ogy and capability made since he
was first instructed in a Tiger Moth.
The weapons themselves
are not old-fashioned bombs that
you drop and hope for the best,
AIRMSHL Newham said.
During his early years, he said
100 bombers could be sent in to
destroy a bridge and still miss it,
whereas today a single plane could
be relied on to take it out.
for revered squadrons
Over the past 95 years the three
units have served with distinction
in times of peace and conflict. They
have fought in some of the most
dangerous battles in wartime history
including operational service in the
Pacific, Middle East, North Africa,
Southern Europe, Malaysia and
Vietnam.
Today, 4SQN has personnel
deployed on operations perform-
ing Combat Control duties with the
Special Operations Task Group in
Afghanistan.
Numbers 2, 3 and 4SQNs are resi-
dent at Williamtown, operating in the
roles of airborne surveillance and con-
trol, fighter combat, combat control
and joint terminal attack control.
Air Forces diverse history was
on display at Williamtown with a
2SQN Wedgetail, 3SQN F/A-18s
and a 4SQN PC-9 on the flightline
alongside warbirds, including a
Tiger Moth, Boomerang, Sabre and
Mirage.
Families, veterans and members
took in the afternoons aerial displays
including a solo Hawk display from
76SQN, solo Hornet display from 2
Operational Conversion Unit and a
four-ship formation display by 3SQNs
Purple Cobra Hornet display team.
Thomas Russel l , t he 3SQN
Association honorary president,
recited the ode during the parade
while the chaplain provided an
invocation that reminded everyone
in attendance that we still have per-
sonnel on operations, with 4SQN
Combat Cont rol l ers and Joi nt
Terminal Attack Controllers serving
in Afghanistan.
AERIAL TRIBUTE: A trio of F/A-18s fly over the combined 2, 3 and
4SQNs parade held to celebrate the 95th anniversary at RAAF Base
Williamtown. Photo: LAC Mark Friend
MARVELLED AT PROGRESS:
AIRMSHL Jake Newham talks to
a member of 4SQN during the
parade for the 95th anniversary.
Photo: LAC Craig Barrett

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former CAF
Williamtown is proud of its rich and unique
history as the home to three of the Air
Forces most distinguished units.
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and an extraordinary 80 per cent of the
SRP efficiency reform targets for JORN.
The ongoing results are the outcome
of changes to the support contracts
between Defence, Lockheed Martin
Australia and BAE Systems, which were
signed earlier this year and are intended
to deliver more efficient support ser-
vices.
The companies are responsible for
the majority of the radar-site operation,
maintenance, engineering and logistics
support.
The contracts are managed by
the DMOs Over The Horizon Radar
Systems Program Office (OTHRSPO),
based in Adelaide.
The contract changes were the
culmination of 12 months of inten-
sive teamwork and development by
Air Force, DMO, BAE Systems and
Lockheed Martin Australia personnel.
They have not only resulted in cost
reductions, but also include a number
of improvements designed to encourage
further efficiencies in the future, while
ensuring that capability outcomes are
still met.
FROM November 1 meal
choices will be standardised
across the ADF, as Defence
Support Group aligns
Garrison Support Services
contracts with the Defence
Catering Manual (DCM).
The DCM sets out the
new planning requirements
for ADF meals and includes,
for example, that larger
messes with 50 or more din-
ers offer four main courses.
Messes with fewer than 50
diners must offer at least
three main courses. In addi-
tion, the cold buffet/sandwich
bar will continue to be avail-
able.
Dessert will no longer be
provided at lunch times, but
fruit will be available.
Meal choices will continue
to meet the quality, portion
size, religious and nutritional
requirements set out in the
DCM. Diners will still have
a variety of food options,
provided through a more
sustainable delivery model.
CAF and the other Service
Chiefs support this reform,
which will eliminate waste by
streamlining hospitality and
catering services in a cost-
conscious manner and rea-
lign service delivery to meet
capability demands.
More information will be
available in a Defgram to be
released shortly.
Meal changes
They also include an extension to the
original contract support periods.
Additionally, the contracts include
options for further extensions should
capability outcomes and improved pro-
ductivity continue to be achieved.
The CO of the OTHRSPO sus-
tainment management unit, WGCDR
Martin Nussio, said that after the first
four months of the new contract arrange-
ments, the results were excellent.
JORN availability and other key
performance indicators have been met
and there has been a reduction in cost to
Defence over that period of about $2.6
million, WGCDR Nussio said.
The improved reporting arrange-
ments are working very well and allow
Defence and industry to work very
effectively together in managing a high-
ly-complex capability.
CO 1 Radar Surveillance Unit
WGCDR Peter Davies described the
results as an excellent outcome for the
OTHR capability.
JORNs big savings
VIGILANT: JORN provides long-range surveillance of Australias northern sea and air approaches up to 3000km from its three radar sites.
BAE Systems contract manager
Murray Robinson said: By working
closely alongside OTHRSPO, we have
been able to achieve an agreement that
includes the necessary cost reductions
framework, and one that incorporates as
culture of continuous improvement.
Lockheed Martin Australia program
director Rodney Hislop said that from
the start, the company embraced the
reform objectives underpinning the SRP
as an opportunity to expand its working
relationship with the Commonwealth.
The skills of the Lockheed Martin
Australia team were brought to bear in
a true partnership with Defence through
progression of an end-to-end review of
the JORN system, which laid the funda-
mental groundwork for the application
of innovation and cost-consciousness
across many parts of the radar mainte-
nance and support operation, Mr Hislop
said.
The flexibility exhibited by all part-
ners in identifying viable opportunities
for real-cost savings successfully opened
up a broad spectrum of initiatives for
discussion, resulting in significant sav-
ings being achieved without any impact
on the operating capability of the radar
network.
JORN provides long-range surveil-
lance of Australias northern sea and
air approaches up to 3000km from the
three radar sites near Laverton, Western
Australia, Alice Springs, Northern
Territory and Longreach, Queensland.
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RAAF Base Tindal chapel was a sea of
blue uniforms as more than 200 family,
friends and colleagues gathered for the
funeral service of SGT Mick Dunn.
SGT Dunn died on September 20
from injuries he sustained in an explo-
sion at Rockhampton Airport in July
while deployed on Exercise Talisman
Sabre 2011.
Commander Air Combat Group
AIRCDRE Mel Hupfeld, representing
CAF at the service on October 5, said
SGT Dunn was well liked by his work
colleagues, the wider Air Force com-
munity and the local community.
Mick holds a special place in
all of our hearts, and I know this
because of all the people here today,
AIRCDRE Hupfeld said.
SGT Dunn was supporting essen-
tial high-end war-fighting activities
during Exercise Talisman Sabre, and
has spent significant time in Tindal
and Katherine. Mick and his family
were an integral part of the commu-
nity in Katherine.
Commander Combat Support Group
AIRCDRE Noddy Sawade also paid
tribute to SGT Dunn who had served
for 28 years. AIRCDRE Sawade said:
SGT Dunn served his family, friends,
Air Force and country with honour and
dedication.
Colleagues and friends spoke of
SGT Dunns love of the Liverpool
Football Club and CHAP Robert
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football alongside the casket.
The funeral paid tribute to SGT
Dunn as a compassion and gener-
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Tindals sad farewell
and mate, as well as light-hearted
moments about his love of karaoke.
Poppies were laid by AIRCDREs
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family, friends and colleagues. The
casket was then carried outside, for a
three-volley salute and honour guard.
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MATE: Left, the
casket of SGT
Mick Dunn who
died from injuries
he sustained in an
explosion. Below,
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SGT Dunn was
buried with full
military honours.
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THE Air Forces Wedgetail aircraft is
heading to the South China Sea for its
first international exercise.
From October 17 to November
4, the Airborne Early Warning and
Control aircraft will participate in
Exercise Bersama Lima 2011.
2SQN crews will operate out of
Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
Base at Butterworth.
Fifty-six personnel are expected
to deploy for the exercise which will
be broken up into two flight crews
and two maintenance crews as well
as support personnel for a single jet
operating every day.
XO 2SQN SQNLDR Si mon
Wildermuth said they would be given
an opportunity to test a wide variety
of skills in a number of roles.
The Wedgetail will be able to
show off its versatility in a demand-
ing maritime environment during
Exercise Bersama Lima, SQNLDR
Wildermuth said.
The aircrafts sensors, commu-
nications suite and datalinks will be
used for maritime strike, offensive and
defensive counter air operations in
addition to some Operational Test and
Evaluation.
The exerci se wi l l mark t he
40th anniversary of the Five Power
Defence Arrangement which is a
cooperat i on bet ween Aust ral i a,
Britain, New Zealand, Malaysia and
Singapore.
Bersama Lima will also provide
an opportunity to conduct additional
crew training for both captains and
crews.
2SQN Deputy Training Flight
Co mma n d e r FLTLT Pa t r i c k
Greentree said participating crews
would be tested.
Exercise Bersama Lima is high
pressure and we will treat it like a real
war scenario, FLTLT Greentree said.
The weather is challenging and
the environment is unfamiliar com-
pared to Australian skies so it will
provide fantastic training for all of
us.
The Wedgetail will share the
skies with F/A-18s from RAAF Base
Tindals 75SQN in the exercise which
will present a different challenge, sce-
nario and environment every day and
night.
The Australians will also work
with ground, sea and air assets from
Britain, New Zealand, Malaysia and
Singapore to help destroy a fictitious
enemy.
The aircraft will conduct simulated
maritime strike activities against par-
ticipating ships.
Bersama Lima will be supported
by 324 Combat Support Squadron.
Air Lift Group will provide strate-
gic lift and logistics support to the
deployed forces.
The Wedgetail has deployed over-
seas to RIMPAC in Hawaii before, but
at the time that aircraft was a Boeing-
owned jet.
This will be the first time the
RAAF-operated, aircraft will partici-
pate in an international exercise.
OC 42WG GPCAPT Tracey
Friend said the wing and squadron
had been looking forward to the exer-
cise for many months.
It will be an excellent opportunity
to expose personnel to the challeng-
es of operating from a foreign base,
GPCAPT Friend said.
It will train and test our people
with high complexity maritime and air
combat training opportunities.
Wedgetail goes
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October 13, 2011 RCE AIRF News
IN BRIEF
B707 service
A COMMEMORATIVE ser-
vice will be held at RAAF
Base Richmond Chapel
on October 29 to mark
the 20th anniversary of
the B707 accident near
East Sale which cost the
lives of five crew mem-
bers. Killed were SQNLDR
Mark Lewin, FLTLT Mark
Duncan, FLTLT Tim Ellis,
WOFF Jon Fawcett and
WOFF Al Gwynne. The
commemoration will
start at 10am with a light
lunch to follow in the
Sergeants Mess. Those
wishing to attend should
RSVP to WGCDR Robyne
Green by October 14 at
robyne.green@defence.
gov.au. Dress for the ser-
vice will be Service Dress
4B long sleeve shirt and
tie with medals.
Big blood win
For the third year in
a row the Australian
Defence Organisation
(ADO) has won the Public
Sector Category in the
ACT Club Red/Sunday
Canberra Times Corporate
and Community Blood
Challenge. The ADO was
awarded the highest
number of donations in its
category with 957. More
than 9,200 donations were
made during the challenge,
having the potential to save
more than 27,000 lives.
Clarification
On Page 11 of the
September 29 edition, Air
Force News ran a story
on SQNLDR Kevin Murray,
who is serving in East
Timor. The story said that
SQNLDR Murray was a
chaplain, when it should
have said logistics officer.
FLTLT Skye Smith
IT HAS been a long road but the Air
Forces newest Rhino aircrew are now
enjoying life in the fast seat having
graduated from the first Super Hornet
ab-initio course in Australia.
6SQNs inaugural Super Hornet
operational conversion (OPCON)
course has graduated the first two pure
Rhino aircrew, FLGOFF Harry Hayes
and PLTOFF James Dutschke, straight
from Introductory Fighter Course
making them the first F/A-18F Super
Hornet aircrew who did not convert
from the F-111 or Classic Hornet.
PLTOFF Dutschke said it was an
honour to be on the first course.
Coming out of 76SQN and being
told we were heading up to Amberley
to be on the first course was fantastic.
The opportunity to fly a brand new jet
was impossible to turn down, he said.
The OPCON course comprises the
initial aircraft conversion, air-to-air
phase and air-to-surface phase.
The initial conversion covers basic
aircraft systems, emergency handling,
general flying, instrument flying, night
flying and formations.
Most of these tasks have been
taught on training aircraft like the King
Air and Hawk, but it is about apply-
ing those core skills to a much more
advanced and complicated aircraft,
FLGOFF Hayes said.
The crew solo during the first phase
was a highlight for FLGOFF Hayes
and PLTOFF Dutschke where they took
the aircraft up for some general flying
without instruction.
The air-to-air phase introduces all
the air-to-air sensors and weapons,
basic fighter manoeuvring and different
types of intercepts.
FLGOFF Hayes said: The phase
begins with teaching us how to dogfight
and then leads into long range inter-
cepts and multiple adversaries in day
and night.
Finally, the air-to-surface phase adds
the air-to-ground sensors and weapons,
different weapons delivery profiles and
strike missions.
FLGOFF Hayes said flying the
Super Hornet for the first time was
incredible.
The Super Hornet is a big step up
from the single engine Hawk in both
power and performance, he said.
The amount of information the jet
is trying to give you all at once can also
be pretty overwhelming to begin with.
The most challenging part of the
course for FLGOFF Hayes was learn-
ing how to solve compound and
advanced emergencies in time-com-
pressed scenarios.
The jet is very modern and
advanced, which makes it such a capa-
ble and reliable fighter, he said.
But when those systems are
removed or degraded it can lead to
complex and intricate emergencies that
require detailed understanding on how
all systems work and interrelate.
For FLGOFF Hayes the best part
of the course was the final flight,
which was a night strike where they
were tasked to plan and execute a crew
solo pairs attack, while the adversary
attempted to prevent them from reach-
ing their target.
For PLTOFF Dutschke, flying the
jet for the first time was special.
It is a huge performance jump from
anything Ive flown previously and
being allowed to go flying in the Super
Hornet is a special feeling, he said.
Signing a 90-hour old jet out after
only three flights was a definite high-
light.
PLTOFF Dutschke said the Hawk
was an excellent lead-in for the Rhino.
A lot of displays and systems are
similar and were good training for what
we use on the Super Hornet, he said.
The Rhino is a lot bigger than any-
thing Ive ever flown previously and
with lots more power so the perfor-
mance jump was huge.
It took about five years for the two
operators to arrive at 6SQN through ini-
tial pilot or air combat officer training.
I grew up watching the F-111s
flying low level down the coastline to
Evans Head and seeing these jets was
probably my biggest influence to join
the Air Force and become a weapons
systems officer, FLGOFF Hayes said.
After the acquisition of the Super
Hornets was announced it really fuelled
my motivation to operate in fast jets
and it was pretty rewarding to know
that the effort I put in over the last five
years has paid off.
PLTOFF Dutschke said: The culmi-
nation of four years going through officer
training and pilots course has been a long
road, but keeps getting more enjoyable as
I progress through course to course.
I find it almost surreal to think that
only two years ago I was flying around
in a CT4 and now I am flying in the Air
Forces newest and most capable fighter
jet.
CO 6SQN WGCDR Terence Deeth
said the transition from the F-111
OPCON has been comprehensive and
the graduation of FLGOFF Hayes and
PLTOFF Dutschke is testament to eve-
ryone involved in the Super Hornet pro-
gram.
The Super Hornet fleet stands at 20,
with another four aircraft due to arrive
in Australia by the end of the year.
Taming the
Rhino
STEPPING
STONE: PLTOFF
Dutschke in the
seat of a Hawk
127, which he
said was an
excellent lead-in
for the Rhino.
FIRST GRADUATES:
FLGOFF Harry
Hayes, left, and
PLTOFF James
Dutschke in front of
an F/A-18F Super
Hornet.
Photo: LACW Jessica
Smith
New crew graduate
from conversion
course with awe
11 News October 13, 2011 RCE AIRFF
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have received mail asking about your civil skills (formal,
self-claimed, experience) for the Civil Skills Data e-survey.
It is very important that you complete this survey as it
helps the Australian Defence Force better identify people
with specic skills that can be drawn upon for emergencies,
exercises and deployments.
You will receive a half day pay for preparing and completing
the survey and it will also help your Reserve career.
Its time to complete the Civil Skills Data e-survey
Theres still time for you to complete the survey. Make sure
you have all your paperwork ready licences, degrees and
other qualications before you start.
If you have any questions about the survey, or any of the
information collected, please email your query and PMKeyS
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Eamon Hamilton
POLICE have narrowly pipped Air
Force at the post at the second annual
Law Enforcement Torch Run Plane
Pull.
Held at RAAF Base Richmond on
September 24, 16 teams of 20 people
attempted to pull a C-130 by rope
over 10 metres.
While most teams were from NSW
Police, first-time entrants from RAAF
Base Richmond made a strong showing.
Each team had three attempts to
pull the 40-tonne C-130, which was
placed on a flat stretch of tarmac to
ensure no disadvantage. The teams
with the five quickest times and
a sixth wildcard entry entered the
final.
For the second year running, the
competition was won by NSW Polices
Public Order and Riot Squad, which
recorded a time of 12.28 seconds.
The RAAF Base Richmond team
managed 13.08 seconds, placing the
team as the runner-up.
NSW Police Commissioner
Andrew Scipione joined Commander
Moving
story...
Air Lift Group AIRCDRE Gary
Martin in handing out the champions
trophies on the day.
All up, team sponsorship and
donations managed to raise more than
$15,000 for Law Enforcement Torch
Runs nominated charity, the Special
Olympics.
The Special Olympics is a tre-
mendous initiative that organises a
variety of sporting events for the intel-
lectually disabled at a local, regional,
national and international level, Mr
Scipione said.
Its an opportunity for them
to improve their fitness, meet new
friends, recognise their abilities and
build self-esteem and belief.
For the first time, family members
of NSW Police were able to attend the
Plane Pull, getting the opportunity to
see Defence up close. A C-130H was
provided on static display along with
a Squirrel helicopter from the Police
Air unit.
Police also attended with members
of their K9 Unit, and band. This year
has marked close bonds between law
enforcement and Air Force, with more
than 150 NSW Police transported
to Queensland by C-130 to provide
assistance during the floods.
... (well, for 10 metres anyway) as plane
pullers take on the might of a C-130 to
help the Special Olympics cause
MUSCLING IN: Left, LAC John
Giggins and team members from
the RAAF Base Richmond team
during a qualifying round; below,
AIRCDRE Gary Martin encourages
the Air Force team.
Photos: SGT Brett Sherriff
THE
WINNERS:
NSW Police
Commissioner
Andrew
Scipione
congratulates
the winning
team from the
Public Order
Riot Squad.
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FLTLT Joel Adelstein has been recog-
nised for his significant contribution to
the ADFs air surface integration.
He was presented with the inau-
gural AVM Don Bennett Award for
ADF Joint Terminal Attack Controller
(JTAC) of the Year on September 23
during the 95th anniversary parade for
2, 3 and 4SQNs.
The presentation was made by Alan
Mundy, a retired Pathfinder.
The award recognises the ADF
JTAC or Combat Controller who has
made the most significant and lasting
contribution towards the advancement
of the JTAC capability and related air
surface integration over the previous
12 months.
CO 4SQN WGCDR St uar t
Bellingham said the award was a sig-
nificant achievement as it recognised
the importance of air power and its
integration across the entire ADF.
The successful integration of these
air assets with surface force objectives
is not a new challenge, having first
presented itself during WWI when
aerial vehicles appeared armed with
simplistic weapon systems, he said.
On t he moder n bat t l efi el d,
JTACs are t he cri t i cal enabl ers
between air power and ground com-
manders at the tactical and strategic
levels that allow this integration to
occur.
WGCDR Bellingham said FLTLT
Adelstein has demonstrated profes-
sional mastery of Joint Terminal
Attack Control and has embodied the
elements of mutual trust, respect and
training required within the joint envi-
ronment to achieve successful air sur-
face integration.
As a Joint Battlespace Airfield
Controller, FLTLT Adelsteins com-
prehensive understanding of air power
and its integration is invaluable to his
role as a JTAC and the capability in
its entirety. His role at 4SQN as the
Tactical Liaison Officer involves
coordination for JTAC support tasks
and training.
JTAC recognition
SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION: FLTLT Joel
Adelstein with the inaugural
AVM Don Bennett Award for his
role at 4SQN as the Tactical
Liaison Officer.
Photo: LAC Craig Barrett
PLTOFF Michael Newby was
welcomed back to his home town
of Inverell in NSW recently when
he flew into town in a Hawk jet.
During a routine training sortie
with 76SQN, PLTOFF Newby took
the opportunity to return home to
the place where he learnt to fly.
With mum and dad on hand,
PLTOFF Newby showed local
school children over the Hawk
aircraft.
It was great to be able to
come home and show everyone
that Inverell kids can achieve big
things, he said.
Its not that long ago that I
was here in Inverell dreaming of
becoming a fighter pilot and now
Im showing off a jet to my home
town.
PLTOFF Newby learnt to fly at
the Inverell aerodrome with his dad
John and landed the Hawk there
for the day.
It was pretty cool taking the
jet to the aerodrome where I first
learnt to fly, he said.
WINGED RETURN: PLTOFF
Michael Newby.
Hawk talk
of the town
14 15 RCE AIRFF Centrepiece October 13, 2011
R
ELATIONS between the
RAAF, Royal Thai Air Force
(RTAF) and Indonesian
Air Force (TNI-AU) were
strengthened during Au-
gust and September when 77SQN
participated in two separate exer-
cises with the air forces.
The exercises were Thai
Boomerang, held from August
22-September 2 and Elang
Ausindo, held from September 5-9.
The overarching aim of the exer-
cises was to enhance the interop-
erability of the RAAF and the
other two air forces in conducting
combined field training in the South
East Asia area of operations.
The other aims were to: deploy
and sustain operationally in an
overseas location, expose RAAF
aircrew to dissimilar air combat
training, and enhance relations
between the respective nations.
The deployment began when
Joining
fighter
forces
Andrew Stackpool
A TROPICAL storm provided an op-
portunity for 77SQN to go that extra
mile with a local community and it
responded with enthusiasm.
During Exercise Thai Boomerang, the
squadron heard that a local orphanage,
the Thailand Childrens Home, had been
damaged by a storm and was struggling
to raise the money to repair the roof on
one of the buildings.
The squadron immediately took up
the cause with a combination of cash
donations and gifts. At the same time,
RTAF engineers would undertake the
repairs and match the Australians dollar
for dollar raised to pay for it.
77SQN administration officer FLTLT
Karl Woodward said that the squadron
dug deep into its own pockets and
raised $3000 as well as purchasing a
range of gifts such as clothing, toiletries,
teddy bears and footballs.
Fifteen members then went to the
orphanage and handed over the money
and gifts before assisting the restora-
tions by painting one of the repaired
walls.
They were glad for the opportunity
to give back to the local Korat com-
munity by spending time with some of
the children from the orphanage, FLTLT
Woodward said.
The RTAF were very happy with the
commitment that 77SQN provided and
hoped this would maintain a strong part-
nership between both countries.
Also, the orphanage was very happy
that the RAAF and RTAF were able to
visit the children and contribute to the
restoration of the building.
WGCDR Beck also congratulated his
team.
I was very proud that our squadron
was able to raise about $3000 in cash
as well as providing gifts for the orphan-
age, he said.
Raising the roof for kids
77SQN gained great experience in dissimilar
air combat, reports Andrew Stackpool.
MIXED DOUBLE: A 77SQN Hornet
gets airborne for a sortie as a Royal
Thai Air Force Falcon taxis out during
Exercise Thai Boomerang.
ALL GOOD: B Flight commander
SQNLDR Steve Rossiter, FLGOFF
Adam Grinyer and an Indonesian pilot
give their seal of approval to Exercise
Elang Ausindo. Photos: LAC Craig Barrett
WELL SPOKEN: Above, Air Force Indonesian linguists, CPLs Rachel
Pidgeon and Ken Lumma, check the local English during 77SQNs
deployment for Exercise Elang Ausindo at Ngurah Rai AFB in Bali.
FLIGHT CONTROL: Below, Joint Battle Airspace Controller FLTLT
Greg Sorensen from 453SQN compares notes with RTAF SQNLDR
Sathaporn Rakkrathoke, at Korat AFB during Exercise Thai Boomerang.
CHECK IT OUT: SQNLDR Rossiter shows two
Indonesian pilots over a 77SQN Hornet, while above,
LAC Jeremy Lewin assists with pre-flight checks.
eight Hornets and 126 personnel
arrived at Korat air base in Thailand
for Thai Boomerang.
The exercise enabled 77SQNs
pilots to conduct dissimilar air
combat training and support per-
sonnel to exercise Large Force
Employment (LFE) operations.
From the RTAF side came F-16s
from 102, 103 and 403SQNs.
CO 77SQN WGCDR Glen
Beck said that the exercise started
with visual manoeuvring and dog-
fighting and then increased in com-
plexity.
We started with one versus one
dissimilar dogfight missions to learn
the strengths and weaknesses of
each aircraft in close combat.
We then moved through two
versus two aircraft, up to mini-LFE,
which involved 10 versus 8 [forma-
tions] with a mixture of strike and
air-to-air combat, WGCDR Beck
said.
These missions often consisted
of mixed packages, with sticks
composed of Australian and Thai
aircraft fighting each other.
While most of the action was
in the air, the two air forces also
engaged in sporting and a mix of
formal and informal social activities
on the ground.
Squadron members also visited
Hellfire Pass and the Kanchanaburi
war cemetery where many of the
victims of the infamous Thai-Burma
railway were buried.
Having said farewell to the
Thais, the eight aircraft and 81 per-
sonnel deployed to Denpasar, Bali,
for Elang Ausindo.
WGCDR Beck said the deploy-
ment aims were well and truly
achieved.
Some great work enabled our
serviceability to stay high, result-
ing in only four sorties lost out of
nearly 200 planned, he said.
It was the result of good plan-
ning between operations, mainte-
nance, admin and logistics to make
sure we had the right rate of effort
selected, the right equipment and
parts with us, and a good resupply
plan for unforseen problems.
The attitude, professionalism
and innovation of the maintenance
team technicians were extremely
satisfying to see, with the team
working in tough hot and humid
conditions on the line to make sure
we had the maximum number of
jets to fly.
He said this enabled the air-
crew to get some great dissimilar
air combat training and to test their
skills against a different opponent
flying a different machine.
It was a great learning experi-
ence. There is no better way to
understand the strengths and
weaknesses of your aircraft than
to throw it up in an unfamiliar and
dissimilar environment, WGCDR
Beck said.
Being able to consolidate
against the TNI-AU was a bonus,
too, he said.
Although they had the same
aircraft as the RTAF, they flew and
operated it differently.
This meant that we had to
adjust our game plans and learn
new lessons.
The TNI-AU and RTAF take a
very professional approach to their
operations, making it easy to put
together successful missions with
good learning outcomes.
WGCDR Beck said although
sometimes a challenge, the com-
bination of good planning by the
squadron and great cooperation by
the Thais and Indonesians led to
two successful exercises.
It was one of the smoothest
deployments I have been involved
in during my career.
FORTHE
KIDS: Above,
SGT Angela
Smylie
makes a new
friend; left,
CO 77SQN
WGCDR
Glen Beck
and GPCAPT
Suttipong
Inseeyong of
the RTAF cut
the ribbon;
and below,
FLTLT Karl
Woodward
plays ball.
Photos: LAC Craig
Barrett
SORTIE: A Hornet prepares to taxi out at Korat AFB during Exercise Thai Boomerang.

Mark and Peta-Maree Bubear have been in the RAAF for
10 and fve years respectlvely. Thelr chcsen feld has
allcwed them tc make Canberra thelr hcme fcr the past
fve years, and unllke many mllltary famllles they may
be fcrtunate encugh tc spend mcst cf thelr careers ln
cne place.
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get arcund and thls ls hcme as bcth bcys were bcrn
here,' says Peta-Maree.
Mark adds 'the great thlng abcut cur chcsen careers
ls the breadth cf |cbs avallable tc us here ln Canberra,
as Alr Fcrce Feadquarters ls here, whlch sults us bcth
career wlse and frcm a famlly perspectlve.'
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famlly, they are hcplng tc remaln ln thelr current uFA
hcme fcr as lcng as pcsslble.
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rent allcwance, but fcund the ccnstant mcvlng qulte
tlrescme. 'we declded tc apply fcr a uFA hcuse when
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best declslcn we've made fcr cur famlly,' says Mark.
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THE Defence Science and Technologys (DSTO)
Junior Leadership Team (JLT) at RAAF Base Edin-
burgh gained a better appreciation of the work of the
Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU)
and capabilities of Air Force equipment and assets
when it visited the unit recently.
DSTOs JLTs comprise personnel up to EL1-
equivalent level who volunteer to look at issues that
affect staff across all areas of DSTO, and improve
the flow of communication between senior and jun-
ior levels across the organisation.
Dr Tony Scoleri, from DSTO, said that the organ-
isation had a long working history with ARDU,
which was significant for the JLTs visit.
Due to our normal work environment, our staff-
members are often unaware of what is happening
outside their personal work space, Dr Scoleri said.
These tours broaden our knowledge in many
areas to assist us in having a balanced view of our
own workplace, the ADF and our business reporting
model, as well as how we can better support the ser-
vices.
Dr Scoleri said the technical and research exper-
tise within the JLT comprised knowledge in weapon
design, missile guidance, communications, target
tracking, geospatial intelligence, electronic warfare
and air, land and maritime operations.
The visit therefore provided the team with prac-
tical experience in many of these domains.
The visit started after ARDU liaison officer,
FLTLT Peter Tippner, welcomed the team and pro-
vided a briefing on ARDUs work. His presentation
covered aspects such as in-flight videos, new equip-
ment and missile-testing on various types of aircraft,
including helicopters, the AP-3C and F/A-18 aircraft.
His presentation was followed by a tour of a
Hornet, which highlighted the features of the aircraft
such as its manoeuvrability, electronic and situation
awareness systems, and attack and defensive capa-
bilities.
Temporary CO ARDU SQNLDR Andrew Kerle
said it was interesting for ARDU members to learn
of recent DSTO achievements to receive a practical
education on the business-end of ADF flight-test
operations.
The visit also allowed us to discuss some of
the test programs that ARDU has worked on recent-
ly, SQNLDR Kerle said.
Being able to share lessons learned and under-
stand each others challenges is essential to contin-
ued success for future engagements, and we look
forward to hosting DSTO personnel again in the
future.
Insight
into
ARDU
EYE-OPENER: ARDU Qualified Test Pilot FLTLT Peter Tippner explains the
cockpit of the F/A-18 to two DSTO Junior Leadership team members.
Photos: LAC David Cotton
MUTUAL BENEFIT: FLTLT Peter Tippner, front left,
and OFFCDT Matthew McCarty with the visitors.
Catering reunion
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held in October 2012 at the Coolum-Peregian RSL
Sub Branch in Queensland. Former serving cater-
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by emailing Bill Powell at wpo32528@bigpond.net.
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Cadets alumni call
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October 23: Car and Bike Show,
Hazelwood
October 29: RFDS Base Open Day,
Port Augusta
October 3O: Spring Festival,
Ballarat
Air Force
Museum
October 19:
Korean Vet
Association,
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October 23: HMAS Cerberus Open
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October 22:
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Air
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October
13: Port Phillip Community
Seniors Ball, North Melbourne,
from 5.30pm.
October 21: Laverton Officers
Mess Ball, RAAF Base Williams.
October 22: Australian Military
Medical Association Conference,
Melbourne, from 8pm.
October 23: Childrens Week
Picnic, Werribee Park.
October 23: Free public concert
at St Marks Church, Camberwell,
from 2pm.
October 26: 1RTU graduation
parade, RAAF Base Wagga, from
11am.
October 26: Childrens Week
Picnic at Commonwealth Reserve,
Williamstown.
To confirm dates and tim-
ings on events, contact the
Air Force Band on (03) 9256
2514.
MUCH TO SING ABOUT: Above, 87SQNs LACW Rosaleen Normoyle
gives two thumbs up to 36SQNs latest C-17A after it arrived at RAAF Base
Amberley. Right, Leah Taylor from Playford Primary School joins her father
FLGOFF Ian Taylor after performing the schools interpretation of the song
I was only 19 during the unveiling ceremony of a Battle of Britain honours
board at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Photos: LACW Jessica Smith and LACW Nicci Freeman
FAST-JET THANKS: Below, outgoing DSTO Chief Air Operations Division
David Graham (right) is all smiles with WGCDR Stewart Seeney after a
ride in an F/A-18 from 2OCU. Mr Graham has reached the end of a 40-year
career with DSTO, supporting Air Forces fast jets. Photo: SGT Ricky Fuller
IN STITCHES: Reservist and
university student FLGOFF
Natasha Castree, left, learns field
stitching skills from SQNLDR
Kylie Hall during a recent clinical
skills workshop held at Enoggera
for 250 University of Queensland
pre-clinical medical students.
Photo: LAC Benjamin Evans
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Graham McBean
LARGER-than-expected returns for the
recent ADF Reserve Reform Survey
have laid the groundwork for the reforms
required to meet Force 2030 objectives.
More than 31 per cent of the 30,000
surveys sent to permanent, active and
standby reserve members between July
and August were returned, making it
one of the most successful ADF surveys
conducted.
Additionally, focus groups at 23
regional locations and more than 50
principal stakeholder interviews includ-
ed tri-service representation of reserves
and permanent members to augment
information gathered from the survey.
A Reserve Reform Ideas website
was also created, which received more
than 7000 hits. These were distilled into
more than 150 ideas that will be con-
sidered in the Reserve Reform Stream
(RRS) process.
The RRS was established in 2009
under the SRP as one of three streams
allocated to the VCDF Group then headed
by present CDF GEN David Hurley.
RRS Director Jerome Reid took up
the lead of the project in early 2010
and said achieving the aims of the
Total Force concept under Force 2030
demanded deep reform to be successful.
Senior RRS staff said it was interest-
ing but perhaps not surprising that many
of the ideas concerned common issues.
These initiatives were conducted
under Plan Suakin, launched on May
24 by the Cadet, Reserve and Employer
Support Division, headed by MAJGEN
Paul Brereton, as a key RRS initiative,
which is ultimately the responsibility of
VCDF AIRMSHL Mark Binskin.
It represented the new direction of
the reform process.
The intent of Plan Suakin is to pro-
vide an employment model capable of
investigating how best to support the
enhanced roles variously identified for
ADF reserves by the 2009 White Paper,
Strategic Reform Program and the
Defence Audit Report.
To enable this, the RRS is using an
evidence-based approach to develop
solutions.
Information gathered under Plan
Suakin will populate a Predictive
Behaviour Model (PBM) which in
turn will form one of the core tools to
develop courses of action at the single-
service level for reserve reform.
This is supported by a Personnel Cost
Model created by consultant Ernst &
Young and, together with the PBM, these
tools will provide evidence-based model-
ling on which to inform decisions on how
best to grow participation in the reserves.
A Civil Skills Data project also has
been established to further identify
the capability brought to the ADF by
reserves with more than 7500 reservists
having already registered with the site.
With these models and supporting
online tools in place, the RRS report is
PARTICIPANTS
selected at random
to participate in the
Defence Attitude Sur-
vey (DAS) have until
October 23 to complete
the survey.
The DAS collects
important information
about the attitudes and
opinions of Defence
personnel on a range
of employment related
issues.
Information collected
from the DAS is primar-
ily used to inform the
development and evalu-
ation of new and existing
personnel policies in
areas such as conditions
of service, job satisfac-
tion, family mobility,
career management and
retention.
If you have any
questions, contact the
DAS helpline on (02)
6127 2606, by email
at Defence.surveys@
defence.gov.au or by
internal mail at Defence
Attitude Survey, BP33-4-
045 Brindabella Circuit,
Brindabella Park ACT,
2600.
Survey
deadline
due later this month for consideration
by the Chiefs of Service Committee.
The reserves are being asked to
do a lot of things that have never been
asked before but the reserve employ-
ment model has not changed in more
than 60 years, Mr Reid said.
If we are to build the Total Force
doctrine then we needed to develop a
Total Force model to support it.
Mr Reid said the first task was to
understand the nature of the workforce
and the incentives and conditions of
service that would create the workforce
needed to meet new capability demands.
One of the indicators of a simple but
fixable problem was highlighted when
more than 10 per cent of the surveys
were returned because of out-of-date
information on PMKeyS.
He said the phone was still the pri-
mary means of communicating with
ADF reserves and often even these
details were inaccurate.
But he said the success of the ADF
Reserve Reform Survey was evidence of
willingness in the workforce for change,
with more than 1000 people contacting
the RRS office requesting to take part.
Mr Reid said initial responses
of the survey were positive and he
was confident that a more effective
employment model would be the
result.
We want a world-leading evidence-
based solution to the reserve employment
model and that is what will be deliv-
ered.
Consensus for
reserves plan
We want
a world-
leading evi-
dence-based
solution to
the reserve
employment
model and
that is what
will be deliv-
ered.
Jerome Reid
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F YOU are an investor, dont just
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Keep your eyes open, be pre-
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Investment markets can be volatile,
so review your plans regularly.
Savvy investors take the time to
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When market conditions change,
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Make decisions based on your
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you think will happen in the future.
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example: my investment has gone
down 20 per cent.
If your investments are still on
track to meet your goals, then you will
need a good reason to change.
However, if your investments are
no longer on track, you have a tough
decision.
Investors need a cool
head and keen eye, says
Australian Securities and
Investment Commission
chairman Greg Medcraft.
Some typical warning signs that your investment may be head-
ing downhill include:
Published statements: Sometimes ASIC and the Australian
Securities Exchange (ASX) require issuers of investment
products to publish statements clarifying or correcting
information given to investors. The investment may still be
suitable, but these warnings may signal that the investment
involves more risk than you want to take. The problem may
have been a genuine oversight but you need to be sure.
Accounting problems: Mistakes, delays, audit qualifications
and controversy over accounts could be warning signs.
Accounting rules can be complex and genuine errors or dif-
ferences of view do occur. However, repeated issues may
indicate deep-seated problems.
Management problems: Director and senior management
in-fighting, resignations, breaches of the law or unethical con-
duct are sometimes warning signs. Changes in management
may be necessary, but could take attention away from respon-
sibilities to investors.
Repeated over-promising and under-delivery: While even the
best managers make mistakes, ongoing disappointing results,
lack of communication and falling service standards may indi-
cate that something is seriously wrong.
Should you change investments
(and sell when prices are low) or hope
that your investments will go up in
value?
Its important to think carefully
about your next step.
If you are making your own buy-
and-sell decisions, you may need to
Stay in
control
review and rebalance the investment
mix to make sure it still matches your
strategy and attitude to risk.
If you are using a fund manager or
financial adviser, discuss your options
with them.
If you have used a margin loan to
pay for your investments, you should
check your loan account regularly
because the value of your investment
can change very quickly.
As your investment is used to
secure the loan, you should ensure
that you can sell the investment and
repay the loan if market circumstanc-
es change.
When monitoring your invest-
ments, keep your goals and risk toler-
ance in mind.
If your goals change, you may
have to re-jig your strategies too.
A change in your employment
status or health may alter the risks you
are prepared to take when investing.
However, theres no guaranteed
method to spot losses in advance.
Even the most experienced investors
make mistakes.
Get organised
Record keeping is an essential part
of investing.
You need records for accounting
and tax purposes and to assess wheth-
er you need to make changes to your
investment portfolio.
The world changes and so do you.
Thats why successful investors
review their plans regularly.
The rule of thumb is to revisit your
investment plan at least once a year.
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Health
Relying on body mass index readings to assess
your fitness might not give you a true reflection.
LAC Bill Solomou reports.
D
URING the Join Bill
Campaign I have stressed to
members who have taken on
the challenge that they should
throw away the scales and use a
tape measure as a guide to how they
are going.
Using your normal day-to-day
clothing also indicates whether you
are on the right or wrong track.
For the first time in 12 months my
weight, blood pressure and general
wellbeing have improved dramatically.
Thanks to the efforts and support
from PTI SGT Shane Duncan, dieti-
cian Tiffany Peddle and encourage-
ment from family and Defence mem-
bers, I am on my way to better health.
The good news is I am no longer
in the obese category, according to my
latest body mass index (BMI) reading.
It is not clear, however, how accu-
rate the BMI measurement is and
some of the experts suggest caution.
In my case, I am finding I am
reducing in body size and gaining
muscle (muscle mass replacing fat).
In most cases the measurement can
be accurate, but the technique does not
differentiate between muscle and fat.
Because in most cases muscle
weighs more than fat, I know my BMI
reading may be flawed.
As a quick, easy and inexpensive
method of testing, the BMI has been
used for many years in Defence.
Physiotherapist and ex-PTI LT Rob
Orr said BMI could provide a good
starting point for assessing fitness, but
cautioned personnel to be aware of its
limitations.
Even though it has the term
mass in its title, BMI uses weight to
determine fatness, even though fat is a
mass, not a weight. So the BMI cannot
differentiate if your measured weight
is made up of fat, muscle, bone or
water, he said.
I would estimate that more than
90 per cent of my 1995 PTI course
cohort would have been classified as
overweight and of that group at least
20 per cent as obese.
So in BMI terms, a notable
amount of the PTIs in the ADF would
probably be overweight.
LT Orr suggested there were other
methods personnel could use to gain a
more accurate reading.
If you wish to be specific and
measure fatness, PTI staff are trained
in taking some basic measures like
sum of skinfolds and girths that
when used together even together
with the BMI can provide some
basic information about your body
mass, he said.
If you wish to measure your phys-
ical fitness, military fitness assessment
results are useful as they assess the
basic fitness of the individual hence
the Army fitness assessment being
termed the basic fitness assessment.
If you are tired of the basic mili-
tary fitness assessments, try some of
the assessments detailed in DI(A)
148-2 Army Physical Conditioning
Assessment System, Annex E.
Email LAC Solomou at vasilis.solomou@
defence news.gov.au
WHAT IS BMI?
BMI uses
body weight
and height
in a formula
mass divid-
ed by height
squared.
The results
are then
compared
to a chart of normative values
and a rating of underweight,
normal, overweight or obese
is given. BMI is predictive of the
development of a range of medical
conditions, including diabetes, heart
disease and arthritis.
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LCPL Mark Doran
EVEN though the team was bol-
stered by a Navy ring-in and an ex-
change airman from the Royal New
Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), Air
Force went down in the grand final
of the South Australian inter-service
basketball tournament.
It lost to Armys 9 Bde 67-55.
Me ns t e a ms r e pr e s e nt -
ing 11SQN, the APS, Air Force,
7RAR and 16 AD and 9 Bde com-
peted in the tournament in the new
two-court facility at RAAF Base
Edinburgh on September 18 and 19.
Air Force shot to a 20-14 lead in
the first quarter of the grand final.
LS Nick Clancey, playing in an
Air Force singlet, amassed 18 first
half points while LAC Tom Amos,
RNZAF, used his agility around the
basket to keep the Army defence
busy.
9 Bde consolidated to win the
second quarter by one point and
dominated both ends in the fourth
quarter.
Although disappointed, captain
of the Air Force team SGT Tim
Muehlberg welcomed the boost in
competition with the addition of
7RAR.
LAC Amos was, without a
doubt, one of our best players. We
are lucky to have him on exchange
from the RNZAF as he is a quality
inside player, he said.
Scotty Tobias
THREE Air Force players SGT Tony
Tapper, CPL Jim Dwyer and FSGT
Shaun Keitel were named in the 16-
man Australian Services Bowls Asso-
ciation (ASBA) national team which
will go to South Africa in April.
The team was named after the
ASBA national championships in
Brisbane from September 19 to 23,
where Air Force failed by just four shots
to defend the Defence champions title it
won last year.
Three Air Force players were
named as reserves for the ASBA team
which will play the South African
National Defence Force.
They are CPL Wayne Jones,
LAC Phil Brown and SGT Michael
Petersen.
SGT Tapper was named player of
the series in Brisbane.
The scoreboard might read one
win out of three matches but Air
Force lawn bowlers can be proud of
their efforts, coming within a breath
of claiming the champions trophy.
Navy made a clean sweep of the
service competition though scores
were close in all three matches.
Air Forces first match was against
Army with the lead see-sawing
throughout. It was a thrilling contest
and after 84 ends and 336 bowls the
two teams couldnt be separated.
In the second round, Air Force
accounted for APS and Navy beat
Army to set up the title decider.
Navy led by 18 shots with a third
of the match to go when Air Force
began their comeback only to fail by
four shots.
Team manager SQNLDR Ian
Lane was delighted with his charges.
Couldnt ask for anything more, the
boys were great, he said.
In the first half of the champion-
ships, NSW whitewashed the state
competition.
MORE than 110 members
from Joint Task Force 633,
based at Al Minhad Air Base in
the United Arab Emirates, have
raised more than $3700 for
Legacy from their own version
of the Bridge to Brisbane char-
ity run. The run began at 6am
in order to avoid the blistering
heat which results in average
temperatures exceeding 35
degrees during September.
Even though we were 11,000
kilometres away, we tried
to replicate the spirit of the
event by using a mock-up of
the Sydney Harbour Bridge
as the starting line, while the
Brisbane accommodation
block was used as the finishing
point, event organiser MAJ
Wayne Bullock said.
BLUES ON GREEN: SGT Michael Petersen, who has been named
as a reserve for the ASBA team, checks the head at the national
championships. Inset, LAC Phil Brown, who has also been named as a
reserve for the team.
Heading for
South Africa
Missing two of our centres for
the tournament was a loss because
they would have helped us match
up to Armys frontline.
The tournaments most valuable
player honours were shared by PTE
Jason Morton and LS Nick Clancey.
SA basketballers will be select-
ed from training sessions begin-
ning in October for the Australian
Defence Basketball Association
national championships which will
be held at RAAF Base Williamtown
from November 26 to December 4.
For more information, visit www.
sadb.basketball.net.au or www.adba.
basketball.net.au
Bolstered team fails to
turn tables on Army
Al Minhad run
raises money
GOLF TROPHY: Winners of the
2011 South Australian Defence
golf regional championships from
September 11 to 13, from left,
FLTLT Craig Gee, FLTLT Michael
Bogan, CPL Mark Patton and FLTLT
Sam Harkiss.
Photo: LACW Nicci Freeman
ON THE ATTACK: LAC Andrew
Mattner drives the ball down the
court. Photo: LAC David Cotton
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FLTLT Stewart Parkinson
returned from the world
underwater hockey cham-
pionships in Portugal with
his second gold medal.
John Martin reports.
Y
OU would expect an underwa-
ter hockey world champion to
be able to hold his breath for a
long time and FLTLT Stew-
art Parkinson does not disappoint.
At 33, hes been holding his breath
often for a long, long time.
FLTLT Parkinson has represented
Australia at the elite level since 1996,
playing in Australias winning team at
the world championships in 2000 and
backing up more than a decade later
with another gold medal at the 2011
world championships in Portugal in
August.
For the record, the first time he held
his breath for 4 minutes yes 4
minutes was when he was 21 as part
of a medical study conducted on six or
seven of his underwater hockey team-
mates.
Its a neat party trick but he says
it hurts like hell and he wasnt doing
anything remotely strenuous at the time.
In the hurly burly of a game, he
says five to 20 seconds of breath-hold
is more the go.
Being able to go as hard as you can
while staying underwater for as long as
you can is a necessity but it is always
a balance between how long you stay
down and how much time you need to
recover on the surface before getting
back on the bottom, he says.
Nevertheless, practising hold-
ing his breath is something that goes
hand-in-hand with much of his train-
ing. And that is strenuous.
FLTLT Parkinson, who works
for Headquarters Surveillance and
Response Group at RAAF Base
Williamtown, drives from Newcastle
to Sydney two times a week to play.
He does five hard swim sessions
(3km to 5km) each week, much of
that underwater. And then there are
recovery swims, up to four gym ses-
sions a week and cross training such
as running or riding his bike.
Underwater hockey probably needs
some explanation for most of us.
Each match lasts for half an hour
and players wear masks, snorkels and
fins as well as donning silicone gloves
to protect their hands. They use a 30cm
hockey stick to push a 1.5kg lead puck
into the goals at either end of a 25m
court. There are six people on each team
in the water at any one time and each
team has four bench players who are
constantly subbed into the game, bring-
ing tactics heavily into play.
FLTLT Parkinson was a 12-year-
old high school student in Hobart
when he first tried this unusual sport
at a Come and Try day.
He loved pursuits like snorkelling
and free-diving so it was no great sur-
prise when he got into the game seri-
ously at 16. At 21, he found himself
in the pool playing for the Australian
elite men in the world championships.
FLTLT Parkinson did not play
another world championships until
2008 in Durban, South Africa.
Having dominated the sport until
2002, Australia went nine years without
winning a world championship gold
medal. So imagine the joy when
Australia beat South Africa 6-1 in
this years final. It was the biggest
winning margin in a world champi-
onship final for more than 20 years.
And it gave FLTLT Parkinson an
interesting new perspective.
In 2000, FLTLT Parkinson was
the newbie in the team and looked to
the more experienced team-members
to lead the way.
This year he was one of the
experienced players, one of four still
playing from the 2000 team and
he felt an affinity with the youngest
member of the team, also 21 just
like he was back then.
I felt more pressure than ever
before, he said.
So it was fantastic to win.
Breathtaking achievement from a dual world champion
Down
Under
triumph

No. 1 AGAIN:
FLTLT Stewart
Parkinson,
front left, with
his happy
teammates
after their
emphatic win
in the world
championships
in Portugal.
PICTURE
TELLS A
STORY:
The players
each use
a 30cm
hockey stick
to push a
1.5kg lead
puck into
the goals at
either end
of a 25m
court.
I felt more pres-
sure than ever
before. So it was
fantastic to win.
FLTLT Stewart
Parkinson
FIRE:
LAC Alex
Watson in
action.
TWO RAAFies have their sights set on the World Cup
Asia paintball championships in Malaysia in November.
LAC Stephen Wadwell and LAC Alex Weston will
be part of the TAG Relentless team which will contest
the three-day event against 32 other teams (and a total of
129 across different divisions) on Langkawi Island.
It is the pinnacle event in this region.
In a world first, the event will be held indoors, which
will be a new experience for most.
But not for LAC Weston, of RAAF Base
Williamtown. His nearest venue in Newcastle happens
to be indoors.
It will be a new experience, though, for LAC
Wadwell, of HQJOC in Bungendore but both men
have been hard at training, not just for Malaysia but also
for the Australian Masters and State of Origin, which
will be held in early December.
TAG Relentless is coming equal second in its divi-
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LAC Wadwell is actually a member of another team,
the Thundercats, but he has been asked to make the trip
to the World Cup as a guest player in the team.
I look forward to finally getting the chance to play
with Alex and his team as they are a great bunch of guys
and trained by a friend of mine who I know has taught
them well; well enough, I believe, to be serious con-
tenders here in Australia as well as in Malaysia, LAC
Wadwell said.
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John Martin
IF FLTLT Damon Stefani and CPL
Chris Holbert had failed to do well in
the ADF road cycling titles in Sydney
from September 15 to 17, who could
have held it against them?
True, they did come first and sec-
ond in last years titles but that was
history. This year they have both been
busy men off the bike.
FLTLT Stefani, 30, of RAAF Base
Edinburgh, had short deployments
to the Cocos Island and American
Samoa and 10 weeks in Dallas, Texas,
where he assisted on the Project
Coronis P-3 upgrade.
CPL Holbert, 39, of RAAF Base
Williamtown, spent two bikeless
months in the US working on the
Hornet Upgrade Program at China
Lake, California.
FLTLT Stefani was going to
give this year a miss, until he got all
inspired by Australian Cadel Evans
winning the Tour de France, and start-
ed training in the Mt Lofty Ranges
eight weeks before the ADF event.
CPL Holbert got back into training
when he got home but he held no great
hopes of doing well at the ADF titles.
My form is well below what it
was last year so I am not expecting
too much this year, he said in the
lead-up to the race, adding (intuitively
as it turns out), But you never know.
Well, we now do know.
Against some of the best cyclists
from Air Force, Army, Navy and the
APS, FLTLT Stefani won the title for
the second year in a row. He won the
points classification with victories in the
84km road race and 50 minutes-plus-
two-lap criterium and coming in second
in the 39km time trial.
It was a fantastic three days of
exciting and well-organised racing so
many thanks to all the riders and sup-
port staff, FLTLT Stefani said.
Just like last year, CPL Holbert
came in second overall, winning the
time trial, finishing third in the road race
and only losing the criterium in a sprint
finish to win the general classification.
Mind you, it was not smooth sailing.
Twenty kilometres into the road
race, he hit a sharp spot on the road
and punctured.
By the time the spares vehicle had
reached him and he had changed the
wheel, the peloton had powered away
from him.
It took me about 10km to catch
them and it took a lot of energy from
me, CPL Holbert said.
He managed to break away in the
last 25km with FLTLT Stefani and PO
Dion Blair but he started to cramp on
the last climb and the other two left
him behind with 1km to go. FLTLT
Stefani outsprinted PO Blair over the
last 200m.
CPL Holbert, who went into the
event hoping to build general classifi-
cation, was philosophical. Im not a
sprinter just yet.
He adds, though, that although
hes 39 he has only been road cycling
for three years, coming from a triath-
lon background, so he hasnt had time
yet to develop his sprint.
Take note of that for next year,
FLTLT Stefani.
RIDING a borrowed bike, CPL Michael
Crummy made quite an impact in his
road cycling debut at the ADF titles.
He finished second in the B grade
road race, eighth in the B grade criteri-
um and third in the B grade time trial.
CPL Crummy, of 37SQN, is better
known as an endurance mountain
biker. Usually, he can be found on a
dual-suspension bike riding the ups
and downs of dusty or muddy tracks.
The weekend after the road titles,
for instance, he was one of the com-
petitors in the Canberra leg of the
Rocky Trail Grand Prix. He finished
seventh in the eight-hour race (which
was reduced to seven hours because
of fading light) and that placing
secured him third place for the series.
His next big date is the Sydney
24-hour race in December.
Like many, he drew inspiration
from the feats of Cadel Evans who
won the Tour de France this year.
Evans started out his competitive
life as a mountainbiker, too, and CPL
Crummy thought it might be fun to
sample cycling on the other side. He
borrowed his bike from a FSGT.
Is he a convert? He laughed.
Well, I might have another go at
the next ADF titles.
THE Air Force men werent the
only ones celebrating at the ADF
road cycling titles. LACW Bel
Althaus won the womens divi-
sion.
On the way, she showed a
few of the men a clean set of
heels too.
There were onl y t hree
female competitors and they
competed alongside the C-grade
men in their three events.
LACW Althaus, of HMAS
Albatross, finished third in the
26km road race, beating the
nearest woman by 13 minutes.
She bettered the females by
a couple of minutes in the 20
minute + two-lap criterium and
rode a personal best in the 26
km time-trial; more than four
minutes ahead of her nearest
female rival.
LACW Althaus is no stran-
ger to the titles, having also won
in 2009.
Against the odds
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CPL Kirsten Nicolle has some
unfinished business with the moon-
lit Hawkesbury River and the Arrow
Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation
will be the beneficiary.
On October 22-23 she will pad-
dle a single kayak in the 111km
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic from
Windsor to Brooklyn in NSW. The
journey will take 13 to 14 hours.
Last year CPL Ni col l e, of
37SQN, managed to paddle eight
hours in a double kayak in the race
before succumbing to a stomach
bug.
Nevertheless she still raised $4136
for Arrow, which conducts research
and development into bone marrow
diseases.
This year she has ratcheted it up,
hoping to raise $10,000.
CPL Nicolle, who has been train-
ing three times a week and building
up her strength in a number of events,
is leaving nothing to chance.
Ive got new equipment for the
race this year including a lighter pad-
dle and new comfortable seat for the
kayak, she said.
I have land crew that will be fol-
lowing me through the checkpoints
along the way with extra food, water
and clothes as I need it.
The tide is expected to change
about halfway through the race so for
a significant portion I will be facing
the uphill battle of paddling against
the current.
The race starts at 4pm and contin-
ues through the night.
Aside from all the other paddlers,
CPL Nicolle wont actually be alone.
She is taking an MP3 player
hooked up to a waterproof speaker
system and will be armed with a
broad range of music from the likes
of Bruce Springsteen, Adele, U2 and
Mumford & Sons.
Springsteen, for one, is known to
be very good Dancing In The Dark.
To sponsor CPL Nicolle, go to www.
canoeclassic.asn.au/my/races/profile-
public?rid=8885
Moon river,
here
she
comes again
$10,000 AIM: CPL
Kirsten Nicolle has
borrowed this kayak for
the Hawkesbury Canoe
Classic. She raced
her own kayak in the
Canberra marathon but
its too unstable for this
length of race.
Coach returns. Now,
where were we?
John Martin
WHEN SGT Geoff Gillard was last in
charge of the Air Force open mens soccer
team, his charges scored two wins and a
draw in the ADF championship but was
pipped for the title by Army, which had
scored an extra goal in the tournament.
That was 2008 and SGT Gillard
remembers it well. One lousy goal.
Three years on and he is back. He
has been appointed by the Air Force
Football Association as coach of the
open mens team which will contest the
ADF championships in Sydney from
October 28 to November 11.
Im looking to keep that undefeated
run [from 2008] going this year and if
we can do that then we will be right in
the mix to win it, he said.
SGT Gillard, who works at Victoria
Barracks in Melbourne, is a household
name in Air Force soccer circles.
After a year playing in England as
a teenager, he made his debut for Air
Force in 1997, captained the team to the
ADF title five times and captained the
ADF combined team for four years.
He retired from the open team in
2007 but continues to play for the Air
Force over-35s team.
Thankfully, this year the shortest gap
between playing and coaching will be
on day one of the ADF titles, which will
give him ample time to shower and get
his mind into coaching mode.
Last year wasnt such a good one for
the Air Force open team at the ADF titles.
We had a good side but the boys
just couldnt put it together when it mat-
tered. That happens in football but we
put it behind us and 2011 is a new year.
The Air Force is going through a
transition stage as weve lost a lot of
experience but there are some really
good young players coming through
who have the ability to create a domi-
nation in the years to come. It all starts
now, though, and hopefully as coach I
can get the ball rolling.
SGT Gillard has not let the grass
grow under his feet these past three
years.
Since 2008 my coaching experience
has increased and, stepping back from a
playing role, so has my appreciation for
the technical and development side of the
game.
Ive gained experience, not just
coaching seniors but juniors as well to
give myself a full spectrum in the role.
Hopefully in the short time I have with the
players I can impart not only the knowl-
edge Ive gleaned by playing the game
for 30 years, but also what Ive learnt over
the past five years in coaching.
More information is available on the AFFA
website at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/
raafweb/sites/RAAFNSA or from FLTLT Ben
Cowan, ben.cowan@defence.gov.au
FLASHBACK TO MARCH 3: Air
Force News carried a feature on
SGT Geoff Gillard.
27 October 13, 2011 RCE AIRFF
Gala Game Day 1, Viking
Park, Canberra, October 1:
Tonga Defence Services 59 b
Peoples Liberation Army 12,
Royal Navy 73 b Australian
Federal Police 0, Royal Air
Force 73 b Papua New Guinea
Defence Force 0, British Army
33 b Samoa Police 10.
Gala Game Day 2, T.G. Mill-
ner Field, Eastwood, October
5: New Zealand Defence Force
b Royal Air Force 58-0, Aus-
tralian Services Rugby Union b
Tonga Defence Service 21-17,
Canberra b Royal Navy 83-0,
British Army b French Armed
Forces 36-11.
RESULTS
ASRUs
sweet
revenge
LICENCE TO
THRILL: The
ASRU players,
playing in green
and gold, stand
as one as the
Tongans perform
their wardance,
the Spi Tau,
before the
game; right, the
toughness of the
contest wasnt
lost on FLTLT
Andre Holmes.
Photos: AB Lee-
Anne Mack
Surprise packet unearthed
A CANBERRA team hurriedly put
together to take the place of a late
withdrawer needed just one victory to
advance to the International Defence
Rugby Competition (IDRC) quarter
finals on October 13.
The Canberra team, formed from
ACT A-grade players to replace the
South African Defence Force team
in Pool B, thumped the Royal Navy
83-0 on Gala Game Day 2 at the TG
Millner Field at Eastwood in Sydney
on October 5.
On Gala Game Day 1 at Viking
Park in Canberra on October 1,
Royal Navy had thrashed AFP 73-0,
so a mismatch on Gala Games Day
3 loomed.
But rather than risk possible inju-
ries, the IDRC Committee decid-
ed not to allow the game between
the AFP and Canberra on October
9 because the Canberra team were
clearly too fast and experienced to
play the developing AFP team.
Canberra is due to play the win-
ner of Pool D, the British Army, in
the quarter final at TG Millner Field
on October 13.
British Army won both of its pool
games convincingly.
LCPL Mark Doran
THIS time was different. Despite des-
peration by the Tonga Defence Forces
in the dying minutes, the Australian Ser-
vices Rugby Union (ASRU) held firm
to win its opening game of the Interna-
tional Defence Rugby Competition by
four points.
The Australians won the Pool A
game 21-17 on the second game day
at the TG Millner Field in Sydney on
October 5.
The last time the two teams had
met was October last year when
ASRU lost by one point in the Pacific
Nations Military Cup in Canberra. The
Australians had fought back from 25
points down then but fell just short.
This time, it was Tongas turn to
come home with a wet sail.
FLTLT Andre Holmes, one of the
cornerstones of the ASRU team, said
his teammates knew the Tongans were
going to be physical all day.
They really came at us in the end
stages and it was our structure which
got us through, he said.
We went in with a solid game plan,
but a lot of that went out the window
as it is hard to play a structured game
against the Tongans.
We relied heavily on our forward
play, broke the line and let our backs do
the rest of it.
WHERE TO NOW
Quarter-finals T.G.
Millner, Sydney,
October 13: noon,
3rd place Pool A v 3rd
place Pool C; 2pm, 3rd
place Pool B v 3rd place
Pool D.
Quarter-final Victoria
Barracks, Sydney: 4pm,
winner Pool A v runner-
up Pool C.
Pool Plate semi-finals,
Victoria Barracks,
Sydney: noon, 3rd place
Pool A v 3rd place Pool
C; 2pm, 3rd place Pool
B v 3rd place Pool D.
Pool Plate finals
Viking Park, Canberra
October 16: 1pm,
(bronze) runner-up
semi-final 1 v runner-up
semi final 2; 3pm, win-
ner semi-final 1 v winner
semi-final 2.
Semi-finals North
Shore RFC, Auckland,
October 18: 1pm, win-
ner quarter-final 1 v win-
ner quarter-final 2; 3pm,
winner quarter-final 3 v
winner quarter-final 4.
Finals Auckland
University, Auckland
October 22: 1pm,
(bronze) runner-up
semi-final 1 v runner up
semi-final 2; 3pm, win-
ner semi-final 1 v winner
semi-final 2.
ASRUs second pool game was
scheduled to be played in Canberra on
October 9 (after this newspaper went to
press) against the Peoples Liberation
Army from China.
ASRU coach CAPT DJ Cahill was
happy with the match result but thought
his team could have played better.
Our decision-making could have
been much better, CAPT Cahill said.
It is an emotional game playing
against the Tongans because of the
physicality of the players and their
ability and desire to purely play off
broken-play ball.
SP
October 13, 2011
RT
Many happy
turns
Birthday
boy wins
ADF road
cycling
title for
second
year
FLTLT Damon Stefani turned 30
the day before the ADF road
race in Sydney last month and
was happily surprised that age
was not slowing him down.
After joining a three-man
breakaway 25km from the end
of the 84km race, he unleashed
a withering sprint 200 metres
from the finish line to win.
Over the next two days, he
won a 50 minutes-plus-two-lap
criterium and finished second
in a 39km time trial against
the cream of cyclists from the
Air Force, Army, Navy and APS
to clinch the title of Australian
Defence Cycling Club road
champion for the second year
in a row.
Ive got a few years left in
me, he said. And if he ever
has doubts he should look no
further than another RAAFie,
CPL Chris Holbert, who finished
runner-up, also for the second
year in a row. He is 39.
Full story, Page 25
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How long
can this
champ
hold his
breath?
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