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An " independent impact evaluation" of the Australian Defence Force Academy is to be ulHlertaken. • A Canbe rra sta te ment riateness and C05l-effective- Jist the evaluation I t all says that consisten t with ness 0( the management , sc ages, including its findGovernme nt directions and Depanment of Fina nce guidelines, the Department of Defence uode rtakn formal inYeSl iga tions into the appropri ateness, effect iveness, and efficie ncy o f its o verall operations. ~ As

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and financial adminisu·ative , amln ge ments for the provIsion of office r cadets to the Defe nce Foroe . d . To asses5 the appropri ate ness o f the 1981 agreeme nt betwee n the Com· monwea lth a nd the University o f NSW .

the DPMC has endoned the Inspector-General un de rtaking a n inde pende nt impact e valuation of the A ustralia n Defence Fo roe Acade my (A DFA),- it adds .

e . T o assess the e xte nt to which ADFA rewurces a nd ca paci ties contribute to high er Defence objectives and the needs o f Defence Program Manage rs.

Aims of the evalu atio n are:

riate ness of the objectives a nd perfo rma nce reporti ng of the Com ponent in the contexU of the Defence program budge t and the annual Portfolio Performance State me nt.

a . To idc ntify the rationale fo r the ADFA Compone nt. b. To assess the extent to wh ich Defence objectives fo r mi litary training a nd highe r educa tion qua lifJCalions are bein g me t by the Compone nt . c. To assess th e approp-

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A Stee ri ng Com mitt ee, chaired by the InspeetorGene ra l, h as been formed as an inter-disci plinary expert ad visory group to as-

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ings and recomme ndations. The Stee ring Committee guides and assists the team which has been fo rmed to oonducc the evaluation. This team is see king info rmation about ADFA from a wide Dnge of sources, including Departme nla l files and o the r records, inte rviews with personne l hold ing appointmen ts associated with various aspctts of AD FA , and by see king re presen tations from interested parties via the throe 5erW::e newspapers. A draft report is p lan ned by Jun e 1992. The fi nal report , a fte r cieaTll IlCC by the Secretary and CDF, is expecte d to be rel eased by the Ministe r as a pu blic docume nt in Septembe r 1992, The Evaluation Team is inte rested in rece iving submissions from ind ividiual (or groups of) se rvice o ffice n wi th comments which d irectly add ress the terms of refe rence. Alterna tive ly_ the Team wou ld wish to intcrview those officers who may ha~O long to be procured??!) and an aircraft "self-lJoc,r of Falls Cretk has COD~"' arc scveral displays which include a moclr. up of a midshipman·s cabin and phoIoSlTUClaI K\'eral wooden ship models. his most gnph displays 01 midshipmrn al work . on !he !"«Cnl model of a 40 pm frigale !akin, over sponin, field and relaxing. ),00) hours 10 comv!ete. AnoIher area is SC I aside fOl" display of RAN These models a", donated frte of charge to ",lies and includes phoIographs of ships. cap talRANCby Mr Webber. lin, a model of a DOG , the last deck log of "The Historical Colleclion al50 consisls of sevHMAS AUSfRALIA (su nk under the terms of eral re1ic:$ located at HMAS CRESWELL. the Washington agreemrnt in 1924) and a leiter These include a Japanese Shrine Lant ern don31W 10 RANC in 1949. wrilten by a Pelty Ofrlttr onboard HMAS llIe lantern . from the ti ly of SYDNEY in November 1914 shortly afler lhe wn king of lhe EMDEN in "'hich he describes !he action. " "lIS dropped Uniforms and malal$ are displayed in another room and include the umfonn and medals 01. Commodoa Sir Jame RaTTlSilY. the ble GoveT1M)l" 01 Queensland. Yel another room, dcsIgna led as lhe mem0rial room conlains lrib..nn and plaqUCli 10 open each Wednnday for RANC gaduata ",ho have died in defence of inspec!ion and It .., 1150 a popular tourist ail raeAuslralia. lion for 100:31 bus tour groups. Thi$ display includes the Alben Medal preDonations of ilems including relies. pholo~med posthultl()U!;ly to Midshipman Kerry graphs, and documents are alw3YS appreciated Marian in 1964 for the p.1rt he played in saving as arc lllOncllIty donations. as the collection relives when HMAS VOYAGE R was sunk duro lin purely on donalions from the public in order ing a colli!;]on with the a.m:rafl carrier HMAS 10 improve lhe quality of It5 displays. Any enqulOes cuncemlJlg the colleetlon MELBOURNE. A separale room lD CERBERUS House hao. \hoold be sent 10 the H'sloncal CIlectlOn Of· ficer. Ueutenant Greg SWlnden, IIMAS beromc the RANC "'~nlatlOD Room and conlaim dass pt..:lIogTl1phs 01 mldshlpu",11 d,n CRESWELL. Je,,·is Bay 2540.

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WE LL. Ca ptllin C.S. H . Harrington, has bee n hon oured ,,'jlh II 5pecial ,"is;1 from Aboriginal Eld er Marjorie Timbery and local inno~:lIor Laddie Timbery. Discussio ns included the successful Ya lunga Festival (held in Sydney). the Lady DCliman Tourism Attraction in which they are act ively involved. and the hislOry of the Naval College. Marjo rie remembered th e Naval Collegc in its ea rliest years as hcr fathe r, Thom as Butler. was a good friend of Captain Lane Pool, II previolls Commanding Offi ce r o f the Naval College.

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A highlight of the visit was an exchange of presents including photographs. letters, informa· tiOll, and a surprise for Ca pta in HarringlOn - a boomerang! Laddie was enthusiastic in demonstrating his abili ty in boomerang throwing a nd afte r a few practices Ca ptain HarringlO li started to get the hang of it.

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The trade training establiWnenl HMAS l\1RUtmA has play ed host to si,; undergraduate Midshipmen on wori;: experience. TIley v.>ere: SBLT Peter Merttr. MrDN Darren Murphy. MIDN Martin 0Jarlcs, MIDN S. EJiiott, MIDN Roger Fonhof and MlDN Ryder. Dunllg the fi~ three weeks of their stay each undergraduate was tasked t:-y the Executive Offio:r to research a panicular problem NIRIMBA ""'lIS experiencing. Each compiled a paper and gave a 20 minute presentation before the Commanding OffICer. Executive OfrICer and in terested pen;onnei. Each presentation gained considerable interest and some changes may result from them - much to the Midshipmen's detight! For the remaining two

weeks the undergraduates spent time at different departments around NIRIMBA. 1hcy assisted in divisional ""ork and instT1JCliofJ of apprentices and phase sailors. TIle Englllcering students w.-:rc involved with a Phase Two Valve Course, where they disassembled. repacked and tested a number of valves. Thi5 gave them pructical experience and provided entcnainmcnt for the instructors.

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career future by Visiting the Bridge Simulator at HMAS WATSON and by \;siting other RAN establishments in the Sydney area. Three of the six arc now awaiting postings to HMAS CRESWELL for Junior Of-

Military and civilian staff or the hi-Service Defence International Training Centre in Melbourne have been subjected 10 five days or challenging and arduous activities with a journey to the Kosciusko National Park for their annw staff development training program. FLT LT Dave Lavieka chose picturesque To m Groggi n Station o n the Vict oria n I New Sou th Wal es borde r as base for the exe rcisc. Day 1 was taken up by the seven hou r road journey from Melbourne - followed by a 6 km run after alighting at Tom G rog· gin. The te mpo of eve nts quickened on Day 2 with pcrson llel dividing the day between 4 hours o f horse riding o ver hilly. wooded terrain (quite a feat as nearly all were novicc ride rs!). and a tricky orie nteering exercise. Leading Seaman Lawrie Curruthers must have thought he was in the Cox Plate wh en his horse (thereafter known as "G lue pot~) decided to bolt! Fortunately , neither person nor beast were injured . The highlight of the week, for most, was the five ho urs of white -water rafting o n the upper reaches of the Murray River. This

e xh ilarating sport requires great physical and me ntal stamin a; eve ryone has to wor k toget her as a team and follow the orders of the expe rienced rafting instructors. However, for anyone contem plating tak· ing up th is activity. there is a n absolute guarantee of enormous fun and en tertainment. Some o f the more intrepid ad~entur­ e rs. led by Lt Ph il Lowery and RAAF SGT AU De Vill ie rs. decided to abandon their raft s and "freefall" through some of the rapids. Day 4 involved a 13 km walk to the summit of Mt. Kosciusko. Staff were surprised by how much snow still remained on Australia's highest peak . The physica l exerti o n a nd fou r degree temperature on th e mountain gave even the reluctant o nes an appetite for the culinary delights of Service ration packs.

RANME employee, Mr E ric Stow has been a warded the Secre tary to Department of Defence Certificate for 40 years' long service. Commodore Mrrv)'n You!. NSC Chief o f Logis· tics, made the presentation. Eric has worked all his life in Defence . He was initially e mplo yed at St M:lr)'s Mun itio ns Factory in::t942. Se rving in the A .I.E from 1945-47 he was a member of th e Japanese Occupation Fo rces. On June 7_ 1948 he commenced employment wit h th e Navy at RANA D Kin gswood. He was involved with all

aspects of storage at RANA D and in 1972 transfe rred to RANMM E whe re he wo rk ed in the Ika ra I Seacat Facilities. A dedicated Storeman. Eric has seen and adjusted to tec hn ological change. Fro m chalk and sla te reco rd s in the ea rly d ays to co mput er e ntries on COMSARM. He is a true storeman in ewry aspect and has give n 43\f.: years of valuable ser~ice at Kingswood armamcnt logistics.

Lieutenant Commander Mike Deeks has been rowed ashore by his Heads of Department after formally handing Ol'er command of HMAS ORION 10 Commander Rick Shalders.

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D I TC Slaff on th~ summit of Mr. Kosciusko (top, I_r) : LT Phil L0 14·t!ry, Kris Wdfings, Sh~ilah Cro ... f~y, WOFF Waf Shuman, SGT AIJ D~ Vii/ius. I'ronl: LS.VrR Laurie Carru/hus, SQWN Sulwnlip, FLT LT Da~~ Lavicka, SeT Marx H~ms"'orth and CPL Ron Coopt!r.

A n informal farewell fun ct ion to mark the retirement of CMOR Arm strong from the RAN will be held at the CANBERRA YAC HT C LU B on Friday, April 24. 1992 commellcing al 1200. Friends and associates a re cordially invited . A buffet lunch will be provided at a co st of $25 per person. RSVP April 15 . 1992 to WO J Wilson (06) 265 5443 A G 19 Russell Offices CANBERRA 2600

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Last seen sipping from th e perpetual Com manding Officer's tankard so mewhere in Neutral Bay, LC DR Dee ks leaves the seagoing fold to take up a posting with DSMPW in Navy Office. Commallder Ri ck Shalders now jo ins O RI ON . his seeond submari ne com· mand , after se rvice in the United Kin gdom o n th e

warfare staff of Flag Officer Subm arines. Previously Commanding Office r of HM AS OXLE Y. the RAN's first WA-based Co mmander submarine. Shalders' knowledge o f mailers West Australian will p rove an asset when OR ION homeport s at HMAS STIRLI NG later in the year. CMDR Shalde rs welcomed aboard.

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and Wam~. licer trailling. TItc TCmallllllg . melll. particularly training of techmcal sailors. providing an undergraduates win retum to illSight for wocn they eventu' their respective universities to ally join the neet. complete their stud ies. AU agreed it was a valuAI J:'.I1RlMBA each underable time for them and all cngraduate gained valuable e~­ joyed their Slay at perienoe in a Naval environNIRlMBA.



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CAIRNS SERVICE REWARDED Comma nd er R .C . Thomas. the na'"al officerin _charge CA IRNS. hu l're~ ntcd ,\8WTR Shaun Hnllh ei mer and POSN Tnny Dallen wit h co mmendations fnr their oUbtanding e nthusiasm a nd dcdiclIlion bnth nn the job li nd in the navat cnmmunity.

Mr Martin Anton . manage r of th e Nort hern Heri t· age Motel and loiS Palmas Motel for the Navy. '\llso received a commcndation . Undoubtedly the many pcr~onnel from "down wuth " ..... ho V1S11 Cairns every year and have had

the pleasu re of visiting th e Northern Heritage wi ll agree that Mr Anton 's commen dation IS welldese rved. LS ME D Kerrin ,\ Iillington was presented wi th an Australi" D~y medallion at the conclUSIon of the commendations.

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The Slarr and Course Member.; or Ihe Joint Sen'ices Starr College ha"e rarewelled their longesl.~er'·ing Commandant " 'ilh Commodore Peter Mc Kay lea\'ing the Weslon Creek campus for Ihe last lime. He kao'es Ihe RAN afler 39 )'ea~ scnlcc AI a barbNue luocheon m lhe gar(lcns fronllng ,he College M e~~. ,he Commodore "'as prescnled .... ,Ih a large and claboratcly embelhshed card and a glf! of scoeral o'ldeo lapes (memorable Auslrahan Rugb) UnIon "!Clones ' ) A mesS d","cr earher 10 ,he week pru\ ided ,he upl"'flunlly for formalglfl prcsenlauons. Thc SIll" magnifiC('nl cogn .. e b~lIoons no ... a\ailable for use m Ihe me"" :Ire a filling Iribulc to Commodore McKay'S su.pi· cIon of Ropl Manne Officers und hl~ di~aln for >lekly. s.... eel pon. nOled our correo;pundcnt In keepmg ""Ih Ihe lrad 'llons of hl> Serv,,:e an d spccialisalIon. lhedcpa nmg Cummandant tool. 10 the ... .. tCrlu mal.c hi, depaTiure. belOg "",,, cd shore" b~ t h~ [)lreCllng Siaff (Na\·}"). Aner 3~ year.. allhe Cullege and 3\1 )'e~ .. ser~,,:c. Commadore MeKay retired from Ihe RA N on March D, 1992, A,r Commodore Uruce Une has a •• umed dUlies a~ Com· mandam J5SC. CDRE McKay. Jo,ocd the RAN College in 195J and uadualed In 1955, He prOC'l:cded to the UK for sea Imllling in the cadet tralmng shIP HMS TRI UMPH , and joined HMAS MELBOURNE. whJf:h had re.:cnl ly com mI ssioned . for p;Hsage home 10 A~lraha As a Li.";lcn~111 he $C ...·cd at Ihe RAN College. ' JH'nI 18 mont hs as Rag Locutenan t 10 ,he Ch.ef of NnaJ Siaff. and a year al HMA5 LEEUWIN a!oSOCialcd ",Ih Junior Reenul lralnlng. ikt"'-ecn 1964 and 1966 he scrved It sca in command of Insho~ MinesweepeT$ and FUI Patrol BoatS on 5CCOndmeni 10

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navigation The Officer in Charge Scaha .. " Introduction and Transition Unit (S ITU). Command.. r Alu Wrighl (piau",d ) has pt"aenled Ihe AUSlralian Instil"l e of Na"igalion '~ 1991 Profj· n..ncy A .... n! to SIT U's ne,,·I,.-joined Obsen·er. Midshipman Sha_ Craig. Midshipman C raig achicved the award as a result of Ihe navigalional e:c. cellencc he Ocmonslrated during h is basic Navigators oourse al RAAF Base Easl Sale .

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Th e Mlrit ime Com mllnder. 11:,\1);\1 R.A. K. Walts. hI.' prnenled CPOt.- rS Bany 5Ie"'IIr1 "'i lh I Marilime Commllnder'. Commend~lion ror his work al Ihe RAN Trillb and AS$I1isinl Unit (RANTA U). CPOETS Siewarl lomed the RAN m 1'J72 as ~ Gen· eral Entry sailor and hIS ca reer ha~ oenlred around guided missile destro~ers. He joined RANTAU in 1987 seoving as ,he DOG Trials Manager in lhe Surface Weapons Trials scctlon. During Ih'$ J>e'nod he man· aged Ihe succcSliful rumple· lion of Ihe lrials aspects of all three DDG', undergomg modcm isa lion lit Garden bland. Other projects to ... h,eh CPO Stew-a J1 pro,"ided con· sidernble and mOSI profes, sional a~siSlance includcd the inl.ooudion into scn "Ioe of Ihe TV Di rec.or Aim Cam· era. Muul e Velocily Indica· lion MK3 and Ihc Combal Syslems Trainer Van. Mea nwhile CPOCO Andy Robertson has receIved hi s R eet Commander'S Com· mendation from the Officer. in·Charge of Clearance D,v. in g Team One, Lie ut cna nl Commande r R.M, Crnwfurd. Andy's was Commended for hIS efforls as Opc.aliona l Ch,ef of Clearan ce Oi~ing Team One belween hnuary 1990 and Decem ber 1991 . He had been po.led al COTI from Januar. 7. 1990 10 Occc: mber 23. 1991 Du ring thO' lIme he ",,"'l'd as Co~s ..."atn up to ~1a) 1990 and Ihen cnmpleled hIS ',me "nh .he lcanl as Ihe Oper..• loonal Ch,ef While o!X'raul>oal he p~ . ' llci p;IICd tTl Ihe C"nJc lha Rock.!. Ran ge Clearance In Tu"ns"lIc tTl Jul\ ](} Clark. fill ed Ihe role of Pel!) Of· ficer m cha rge of Ihe galley dUri ng the absences of Ihe nom,al mcumbem . In ..ddilion he h~ s ~I)O lOanaged many povale fotlctlons Ihal have bee n ca lered by Ihe Wardroo m a nd main Galley. m< It « 0" .n O!>f>I ,< 4S • ..... s.'....., ............. It. PI'fl.UG' 01 ..... DIpI 01 0..., Cit INA V'n F~ .COW"'!" F_ _ _ e· ',""s _ .c.....· ..

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Plans arc underway ror a Royal Australian Navy Rugby team to tour South Arrica in 1993.

Moo. Presidcnt of Ihe RAN Rugby Union , Commodore M.T. Dunne. said :he proposed lour would folklw on from the successful tour of New Zealand by the nalional side 1:151 year. It is upeC1cd :hc RAN side would play games againSI leams from the South African Services. loor dates under