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HMAS Brisbane crew, Fire and Rescue NSW and exercise observers gather in the Damage Control Centre on board Brisbane during Exercise Vulcan Phoenix at Fleet Base East, Sydney. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.

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Interagency emergency responses tested at Fleet Base East

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 343 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Brisbane

Interagency responses were tested at Fleet Base East, as Navy teamed up with emergency services for a joint exercise on

HMAS Brisbane’s rigid hulled inflatable boat crew rescues the stricken mariners from the hull of their upturned yacht off the coast of Wollongong. Photo supplied.

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HMAS Brisbane to the rescue

06/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 488 Views 0 Comments AMSA, Fleet Base East, HMAS Brisbane

Two sailors from a capsized yacht were rescued in extreme sea conditions by the crew of the Royal Australian Navy

Seaman Cloe Reichelt is welcomed by her mother at Fleet Base East, Sydney, after HMAS Brisbane returned to her home port at the end of a three-month deployment. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.

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Crews welcomed home in the east and west

21/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1294 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, Fleet Base West, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga, Regional Presence Deployment

HMA Ships Brisbane and Warramunga returned to their respective home ports in Sydney and Rockingham, WA, today after a three-month deployment.

Lieutenant Michael Wisniewski receives a cake on board HMAS Brisbane after he clocked up 2500 career flying hours. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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Pilot clocks up milestone on deployment

10/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 933 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane, MH-60R

A flight from HMAS Brisbane in the embarked MH-60R helicopter on December 3 wasn’t your average training serial for pilot

HMAS Warramunga sails astern of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Inazuma as the two ships conduct a transit in-company after departing Kure, Japan to conduct exercise Nichi-gou Trident. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.

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Australia & Japan conduct Exercise Nichi-gou Trident.

19/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 892 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, NICHI GOU TRIDENT

HMAS Warramunga and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Inazuma are currently conducting Exercise Nichi-gou Trident. CAPTION: HMAS Warramunga sails

HMAS Warramunga's principal warfare officer and former Royal Canadian Navy officer, Lieutenant Commander Stephen Wall, with his former ship HMCS Winnipeg and HMAS Brisbane in the background. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.

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Rendezvous at sea sweet as maple syrup

02/11/202102/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 609 Views 0 Comments canada, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga

A recent training activity between the Australian and Canadian navies in the Indo-Pacific was particularly significant for one Royal Australian