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I can only think of HMS Newcastle and HMAS Newcastle, what others are there? I think taking names which have strong historical precedent or pride of place in other navies is frowned upon.

I dont know what things are like in Canada, but in Australia i think it has the opposite effect. You will fail 100% of the time trying to get a Melbournian to connect to HMAS Sydney, and people from Adelaide couldn't care less about a ship called Newcastle. That is all due to city pride rivalry...

Learn from Australia, if you let jokes like that creep into the nation's mind they will never be erased. Before all the collins class troubles were fixed, jokes were commonplace, and now the subs are brilliant, but ehir reputation has been burned deep into the belief of the media and the...

Could you please elaborate? Do they get treated any worse than other officers? I am applying for to be the equivelant in the RAN and have heard similar things. I'd like to know more to have a better idea of what im getting myself into, though to be honest i dont think it could change my mind.

Umm, Dale Begg-Smith now competes for Australia, he made the switch to Aus when he was 15. The IOC would really have had to stuff up to give his gold to  :cdn:  Unless you winter folk would like to merge our tally results?  ;) on another note, Channel 7 here is Aus is useless, what i want to...

The Sheiffield was only samaged by the missile, what sunk her was the storm which hit whilst she was in tow. Most of the crew survived, and the majority of those that didnt were overcome by toxic gases when the remained in the ops room. The damage control saved the ship, and her mil spec...

Well the NZ ship is built to commercial, not military standards. Saves cost, build time whilst sacrificing quality, safety, and its usefullness in war. I dont think its the smartest way to go, but then again the NZDF and the RNZN in particular is in a terminal nose-dive. Not exactly, most of...

They dont get extra pay?That seems a bit tough. By contrast Royal Australian Navy boarding party members get an extra AUS$43.49/day during bording ops. So being on the boarding party during a 6 month persian gulf deployment would ring in quite a bit of dough on top of regular salary and...

Problem with fastcats is they are fuel guzzlers, and they outrun all of their escort and support vessels. HMAS Jervis Bay did some really good work in the Timor situation, but we found we had to string frigates and destroyers all along her route with each excort handing off responsibility to...

None of those are conventional light infantry forces, they are special ops and commandos. I still see airbourne as a great way to reinforce units already on the ground. Rather than wait for our amphibs to return or for runways to be built in the uneven tropical jungles of the pacific and Sth Est...

Very depressing news. In my view a dedicated para battalion is till required, one of the other battalions could have taken up the mech duties, 3RAR should have stayed Airbourne.

Mostly? If not exclusively? Well until recently the largest, and most troub;ed detention centre in Aus was Woomera, in the state of SOUTH Australia. Most of that state is desert. Another centre is Maribynong (near where i grew up) in the southernmost mainland city of Melbourne. These pictures...

Beggers cannot be choosers. IF they are true refugees then they are coming here to escape danger in their own country. Refugees must claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, if their situation is truly that dire then they should grab on to the first oppurtunity they can. Yes but they...

And did Canada, the UK, New Zealand, China, India, Belgium, etc do anything? And when conflict broke out in 1999, who was the only country to put its hand up and do something, Australia! We were a bees **** away from all out war with Indonesia. Yes 1975 was not a proud moment, but nobody else...

Don't comment on things that you have absolutely no idea about. The muslim population in this country is treated with the same rights and dignity of every other group. Australia is hated by many Indonesians, simply because of who we are, a free, rich, democratic and proud nation. Our lead in...

Here are two articles relating to the terrorists... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17185162-2,00.html?from=rss http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17178386-1702,00.html?from=rss A few months ago an AQ terrorist specifically threatened Melbourne in video. Then recently our PM John...

By joining the Military you are forced to give up some freedoms in order to protect those of others. Part of what seperates developed democracies from "less stable" nations is that our militaries do not participate in political debate or openly lend support to a political faction. It is very...

Can any AOR's RAS SSK's at sea? (Whoa, a few acronyms there). I have never seen or heard of it, but have wondered about it from time to time. I know there have been submarine tenders in the past (and presently in the USN), but surface dedicated AOR's being capable of servicing subs is something...

Well Australia currently has three large amphibious ships, and 6 medium amphibious landing craft. We have experience using them all in operations (timor, solomons, bouganville, iraq, etc). We have dedicated navy utility helicopters (seakings, old but they are something), and army blackhawks...

Tragic, I hope they hunt the evil JI members down like dogs. What can we expect though, in a country that will send you to jail for life for allegedly smuggling a bag of marijuana, yet will let somebody who is the spiritual leader of a major terrorist organisation responsible for hundreds of...