THE NAVY RESERVIST - Royal Australian Navy
THE NAVY RESERVIST - Royal Australian Navy
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<strong>NAVY</strong> <strong>RESERVIST</strong> 2<br />
From the<br />
Editor’s Desk<br />
LCDR Andrew Stackpool<br />
WELCOME to the second edition of “The <strong>Navy</strong><br />
Reservist”.<br />
I hope you enjoy the publication.<br />
Again, I would like to acknowledge the input<br />
from SQNLDR Deana Nott, LEUT Anna Glover,<br />
and SBLT Carolyn Docking and thank them<br />
for their enthusiasm and input.<br />
Also, my thanks to CMDR Steve Dunning and<br />
the other contributors.<br />
Without their input this magazine would not<br />
be possible.<br />
In this edition, we have a wide range of<br />
important matters to cover, as well as looking<br />
at more of the dedicated individuals in the<br />
part-time arm of the <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Navy</strong>.<br />
We are updating on <strong>Navy</strong>’s most important<br />
program for many decades, the New<br />
Generation <strong>Navy</strong> (NGN). We are covering the<br />
introduction of the new intelligence (INT) and<br />
operational logistics (OPLOG) PQs, which will<br />
have significant outcomes for many people.<br />
Also, we are providing an update on the new<br />
Public Relations (PREL) structure.<br />
The divers have been busy and we are<br />
reporting on two of their major activities,<br />
a deployment in support of the Clearance<br />
Diving Team world and Exercise Dugong in<br />
Tasmania. Also, in Brisbane, we have the<br />
Geospatial Intelligence Library.<br />
From ‘out there’, we have stories from the<br />
Gulf of Aden, Northern Trident and other<br />
places. Included, also, is a book review on<br />
the finding of HMAS Sydney II. It is worth<br />
recollecting that the majority of her ill-fated<br />
ship’s company, like the ships’ companies of<br />
most RAN ships during WWII, were Reservists<br />
‘hostilities only’ personnel. It is also worth<br />
contemplating that three of the ship’s<br />
company of HMS Hood in her final battle<br />
with the Bismarck were also <strong>Australian</strong> Naval<br />
Reservists. The modern <strong>Navy</strong> Reserves is built<br />
upon a solid record of Service and Sacrifice;<br />
truly service to “Country Not Self”.<br />
As I said in the first edition, this magazine will<br />
only be as good as the information and as<br />
importantly, the photos we receive from you,<br />
the <strong>Navy</strong> Reservists. I can seek input from<br />
Headquarters, the Forces, State Directors<br />
and other Command outlets, etc., but at the<br />
end of the day we are about the stories of the<br />
individual Reservists at home, on deployment,<br />
on the sporting field, in the community; even<br />
your hobbies and interests.<br />
So, please, if you have or are doing something<br />
you think is of interest, please let me know.<br />
For the Command at all levels, if you have<br />
Reservists doing things, especially at part-ofship<br />
or desk level, let us know.<br />
We do not require flowing prose; we can<br />
provide you guidelines, but we do want your<br />
stories.<br />
May you all have fair winds and following seas.<br />
The <strong>Navy</strong> Reservist - ISSUE #2