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Exercise Dugong 2021

Commanding Officer HMAS Gascoyne, Lieutenant Commander Geoff Crane kisses is daughter on the wharf at HMAS Waterhen following his return home after the completion of a successful deployment. Story by Lieutenant Jessica Craig. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Surveying Gascoyne’s successful deployment

30/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1608 Views 0 Comments Exercise Dugong 2021, HMAS Gascoyne

Friends and families of HMAS Gascoyne lined the wharf at HMAS Waterhen to welcome them back after a successful three-month deployment.

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Commander Australian Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Task Group, Commander Micheal Kerrisk, delivers the opening address to Australian and American personnel participating in Exercise Dugong 2021. Story by Photo by Lieutenant Jessica Craig. Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
News Royal Australian Navy USA 

Mine hunters put to the test

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2252 Views 0 Comments Exercise Dugong 2021, HMAS Gascoyne

The Port of Fremantle and its Indian Ocean accesses have been blocked by an adversary’s offensive mining tactics. CAPTION: Commander

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