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Lieutenant Joel Woods from Clearance Diver Team Four helps Dodhi with a bomb suit helmet during his tour at the Fremantle Ports Maritime Day in Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

News Royal Australian Navy

Fleet Base West opens doors to eager public

04/11/202206/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 334 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base West, HMAS Stirling, HMAS Toowoomba

A window to life on board a busy Navy base was opened in Fremantle when HMAS Stirling and Fleet Base

Lieutenant Jared Burton provides an overview of the Pilatus PC-21 aircraft to students, Skye Councillor and Jorja Hammond from Derby District High School. Story by Peta Magorian. Photo by Sergeant Gary Dixon.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry

Inspiring the minds of Derby youth

23/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 317 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, NORFORCE, RAAF Curtin, RAAF Pearce

Eighteen students from Derby District High School were invited to visit RAAF Base Pearce, HMAS Stirling, BAE Systems Australia and two

Commanding Officer HMAS Stirling Captain Gary Lawton cuts HMAS Stirling's birthday cake with the bases youngest member Seaman Amity Coyer. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Lieutenant Gary McHugh.

History News Royal Australian Navy

44 years of Stirling service

12/08/202216/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 365 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling

Navy’s biggest base celebrated a birthday milestone recently as HMAS Stirling marked 44 years of service to the nation. CAPTION:

Library Manager Kym Andrews, left, Librarian Penelope Sherrell, Assistant Director Defence Archives and Services Centre Michael Chow and Commander Steve McCracken with donated library books on the bridge of HMAS Stalwart. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Petty Officer Richard Cord.

News Royal Australian Navy

Stalwart’s first edition published in the west

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 543 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stalwart, HMAS Stirling

HMAS Stalwart recently established its library thanks to an initiative in which ships receive a variety of reading material for

Graduates of the Indigenous Pre-Recruit Program fall in for the Graduation Ceremony held at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Josephine Rider.

ADF People

HMAS Stirling hosts Indigenous Pre-Recruit Program

29/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 372 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, Indigenous

Eight future Indigenous sailors, soldiers and aviators graduated from the recent Indigenous Pre-Recruit Program (IPRP) held at HMAS Stirling. CAPTION:

(L-R) Italian Air Force Defence Attaché Colonel Salvatore Trincone, Canadian Defence Attaché Colonel Richard Raymond, and German Deputy Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel (GS) Dominic Vogel, try food at HMAS Stirling. Story by Kristi Cheng. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Tour of bases fosters international ties

08/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 796 Views 0 Comments Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station, Henderson WA, HMAS Stirling, No. 2 FTS, RAAF Base Pearce, RAAF Learmonth

Foreign military officials have been able to tour Defence bases in Perth and Exmouth, now that Western Australia’s borders are

Leading Seaman Suamili Nanai trains at the HMAS Stirling gym in preparation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Story by Lieutenant Rilana Ostheim. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

ADF People

Sailor selected in Commonwealth Games team

20/05/202221/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 456 Views 0 Comments Commonwealth Games, HMAS Stirling

Leading Seaman Suamili Nanai has been selected in the Australian weightlifting team to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,

United States Nuclear Submarine USS Springfield berthed outboard of USS Frank Cable at Fleet Base West, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Richard Cordell.

Australian News USA

US nuclear sub visits WA

25/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1848 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, USS Frank Cable, USS Springfield

A United States Navy nuclear submarine visited Western Australia this week, calling in at HMAS Stirling for resupply. CAPTION: United

ADF personnel participated in the Summer Criterium Series cycling event held at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia. Story by Peta Magorian. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Navy

Cyclists race at Stirling

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 438 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling

A cool sea breeze provided some respite from the rising heat for cyclists racing at HMAS Stirling when the base

HMAS Anzac is photographed by a Submarine Advanced Warfare Course student through the periscope from HMAS Rankin during an anti-submarine warfare training activity conducted as part of Exercise Zeehond in the Western Australian Exercise area.

News Royal Australian Navy

Boost to submarine force

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1299 Views 1 Comment HMAS Rankin, HMAS Stirling, Submarine

Navy’s submarine warfighting force has been expanded with the recent graduation of seven students from the Submarine Advanced Warfare Course

Able Seaman William Candy won an opportunity to tour a sbmarine when he entered the competition in 2019 and has never looked back. Story by Michelle Fretwell.

News Royal Australian Navy

Missed opportunity to win all-expenses trip to tour a submarine

19/11/202122/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 975 Views 0 Comments Collins-class submarines, HMAS Stirling

Sit in a quiet room, pop on your headphones, close your eyes, press ‘play’ and imagine life deep underwater as

Leading Seaman Benjamin Jenkins, of HMAS Stirling, prepares to make a blood donation at the Rockingham Red Cross Lifeblood Centre, Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

‘Superhero’ stems the tide of leukaemia

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 335 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, Red Cross Blood Challenge

This year’s Defence Blood Challenge is at the halfway mark and well on track to reach the target of 10,500

HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Hunter-class ‘Ship Zero’ training facility for Western Australia

01/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5436 Views 0 Comments Future Frigate, HMAS Stirling, Hunter-class frigate, Ship Zero

Western Australia will be home to a new Hunter-class training and capability centre, known as ‘Ship Zero’, as part of