Topic: Operation MANITOU

Sailor remembered in Madagascar

Published on October 25, 2017 by LCDR Fiona Southwood (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

HMAS Newcastle’s crew have held the inaugural Australian Defence Force memorial service in Diego Suarez, Madagascar, for a Royal Australian Navy sailor lost during the Second World War.

New meets old in Jordan

Published on September 14, 2017 by LEUT Daniel Cochrane (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

HMAS Newcastle has completed a five-day port visit alongside Aqaba, Jordan, after her second counter terrorism patrol of Middle Eastern waters.

Newcastle completes operations with US 5th Fleet

Published on September 21, 2017 by Department of Defence (author), US Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emily Johnston (photographer)

HMAS Newcastle has completed an attachment with the US Navy’s 5th Fleet in the Arabian Gulf while deployed on maritime security operations in the Middle East region.

Navigating Middle Eastern Waters

Published on September 28, 2017 by CPL Sebastian Beurich (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

Looking after the safety of a 4,000-tonne frigate and her crew as it sails thousands of nautical miles from home may seem like a big job, but it’s all in a day’s work for Lieutenant Shaun Stibbard.

Maritime medical mastery in the Middle East

Published on September 27, 2017 by CPL Sebastian Beurich (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

Working in the sickbay of one of Navy’s warships is no easy task, as Seaman Medic Chelsea Deenen has found out through her deployment to the Middle East on Operation MANITOU.

Senior sailor’s star performance

Published on September 20, 2017 by LCDR Fiona Southwood (author), MAJ Chris Linden (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

Forty years of dedicated service by Chief Petty Officer Marine Technician Paul ‘Jock’ O’Keefe was recently celebrated by the crew of HMAS Newcastle, deployed to the Middle East region.

All at sea for fifth Middle East deployment

Published on September 16, 2017 by CAPT Megan McDermott (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)

Father of four, Petty Officer Boatswain Stephen Kypreos, had to settle for a long-distance Father’s Day this year, as he’s on operational service in the Middle East, serving in HMAS Newcastle.

 

Communicator coordinates in the Middle East

Published on September 11, 2017 by CAPT Megan McDermott (author), SGT Ray Vance (photographer)

Thousands of defence personnel from across the world are working to stop piracy and illegal drug trafficking in the Middle East region – among those is Commander Ted Cummins.

Combined experience supports operations

Published on September 06, 2017 by CAPT Megan McDermott (author), SGT Ray Vance (photographer)

Forty years ago, a seaman was pushing aircraft around a flight deck as a 17-year-old, and the idea of one day becoming a Commander within Aviation seemed like an impossible dream.

Systems sailor navigates I-sea-T

Published on September 05, 2017 by CAPT Megan McDermott (author), SGT Ray Vance (photographer)

While the bulk of the Australian Navy presence in the Middle East region is patrolling the region’s waters in the frigate, HMAS Newcastle, one Petty Officer’s job is to keep the communications links on point from ashore in United States Navy headquarters in Manama, Bahrain.

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