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Pride of the navy fleets - Jervis Bay the perfect backdrop as visiting warships go on parade
PUBLICLY it’s a party to rival New Year’s Eve but behind the scenes around the International Fleet Review, thousands of naval personnel are practising the business of war.
On the calm blue seas of Jervis Bay black masked commandos stealthily climbed aboard warships brandishing automatic weapons or rappelled down from hovering helicopters for an audience of foreign experts taking advantage of the unprecedented gathering.
“It’s not just the events up in Sydney, the training that we get at sea, both this week and the week after the fleet review ...(provide) some really valuable training with navies we don’t get to work with all that often,” Commodore Peter Leavy said. “You get to see how the other navies do business.”
“It’s a first ... it’s going to be extremely busy.”
Yesterday 11 nations took part in the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting, co-hosted by Malaysia and Australia, before beginning exercises with specialist commando units.
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International Fleet Review
3-11 October
Sydney Harbour
. Events
. Warships
. Tall ships
. Aircraft
. Maps
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Yo! party time!
Pride of the navy fleets - Jervis Bay the perfect backdrop as visiting warships go on parade
PUBLICLY it’s a party to rival New Year’s Eve but behind the scenes around the International Fleet Review, thousands of naval personnel are practising the business of war.
On the calm blue seas of Jervis Bay black masked commandos stealthily climbed aboard warships brandishing automatic weapons or rappelled down from hovering helicopters for an audience of foreign experts taking advantage of the unprecedented gathering.
“It’s not just the events up in Sydney, the training that we get at sea, both this week and the week after the fleet review ...(provide) some really valuable training with navies we don’t get to work with all that often,” Commodore Peter Leavy said. “You get to see how the other navies do business.”
“It’s a first ... it’s going to be extremely busy.”
Yesterday 11 nations took part in the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting, co-hosted by Malaysia and Australia, before beginning exercises with specialist commando units.
***
International Fleet Review
3-11 October
Sydney Harbour
. Events
. Warships
. Tall ships
. Aircraft
. Maps
#####
Yo! party time!
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