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Clearance Diving Team 4

Gap Year Seaman Vimbayi Hakutangwi with a dive helmet at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. Story by Richard Wilkins. Photo by Able Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
ADF People 

Achieving goals personally and professionally

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1944 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year, Clearance Diving Team 4, HMAS Stirling

Seaman Vimbayi Hakutangwi is hoping to inspire others, particularly young women, to pursue a career in Defence and show it

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Sri Lanka Navy Divers and Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers conduct interoperability exercises at the Sri Lanka Naval Base. Photo by Lieutenant Joe Woods.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

An underwater cultural exchange Part II – The video.

21/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1980 Views 0 Comments Clearance Diving Team 4, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Sri Lankan Defence Force

This video clip supports the previously posted story “An underwater cultural exchange”, originally posted here  20 July 2023. CAPTION: Sri

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Sri Lanka Navy divers and Royal Australian Navy clearance divers underwater during an exerciseas part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2023. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. All photos by Lieutenant Joe Woods.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy 

An underwater cultural exchange

20/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1605 Views 0 Comments Clearance Diving Team 4, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Sri Lankan Defence Force

Defence personnel stopped by Sri Lanka and participated in military exercises, workshops, training, sporting events and cultural activities as part

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Navy clearance divers extract packages of cocaine from a flooded ballast tank in the bulk carrier MV St Pinot. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy divers assist with massive cocaine bust

07/06/202317/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2205 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Clearance Diving Team 4

Royal Australian Navy clearance divers have assisted Australian Border Force, Australian Federal Police and Western Australian Police Force in a

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Royal Australian Navy clearance diver Able Seaman Jake Phillips prepares to survey ferry terminal pylons along the Brisbane River as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Captain Simon Hampson. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy team thanked for Brisbane River work

25/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1865 Views 0 Comments Clearance Diving Team 4, HMAS Shepparton, HMAS Yarra, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Royal Australian Navy personnel who helped clear flood material from the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay were given a big

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Navy divers Chief Petty Officer Cameron Schmid, right, and Able Seaman Jordan Bitolkoski, centre, assist Able Seaman Jake Phillips as he surveys ferry terminals pylons along the Brisbane River. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Divers clear debris from Brisbane River

10/03/202211/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1766 Views 0 Comments Clearance Diving Team 4, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Just a week ago, Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team Four were training with their protective diving suits underneath choppy

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