Scuttlebutt from down under
July 17th, 2009 | Foreign navies Liberty Ships | Posted by Andrew Scutro
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While you’re waiting for the night flight to Vegas or you’re just waiting for a bag of frozen steaks to thaw, check out this video from the Aussie fleet. The relevance is both Scoop Deck’s unrelenting curiosity about other naval forces as well as the looming arrival of Australian frigates Ballarat and Sydney in New York City — escorted by the destroyer Mahan — on Sunday. The crews will enjoy their own version of Fleet Week before getting back aboard and heading out to continue their Operation Northern Trident tour.
You will have to be a real ship geek to watch the whole 12 minutes, most of which is slightly dry, until the slightly more moto stuff at the end.
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chaps Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 7:59 pmRAN has always been very professional and loads of fun on liberty as well. They are among our most steadfast allies and we will need them again, I am sure. Training on real equipment, aboard real ships and not at computer desks. What a concept! BTW, did you notice the practical working uniforms? Guess the RAN doesn’t have a uniform board.