Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No.16 - Royal Australian Navy

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© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2005
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry
Australian Maritime Issues 2005: SPC-A Annual.
ISBN 0 642 29626 X.
ISSN 1832-861X
1. Sea Power - Australia. 2. Navies - Australia. 3. Australia - Defences.
I. Gilbert, G. P. (Gregory Phillip), 1962-. Davitt, R. J. (Robert, James), 1965-.
II. Title. (Series: Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs; No. 16).
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Sea Power Centre - Australia
The Sea Power Centre - Australia (SPC-A, formerly the Maritime Studies Program) was
established to undertake activities which would promote the study, discussion and
awareness of maritime issues and strategy within the RAN and the defence and civil
communities at large. The aims of the SPC-A are:
• To promote understanding of Sea Power and its application to the security of Australia’s
national interests;
• To manage the development of RAN doctrine and facilitate its incorporation into ADF
joint doctrine;
• To contribute to regional engagement;
• Within the higher Defence organisation, contribute to the development of maritime
strategic concepts and strategic and operational level doctrine, and facilitate informed
force structure decisions; and
• To maintain, develop, preserve and promote the history of the RAN, Commonwealth
and Colonial naval forces, through liaison with the Australian War Memorial,
international bodies, and interest groups, maintain a research facility, and conduct
historical research and analysis.
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foster debate and discussion on maritime issues of relevance to the Royal Australian
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Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs
The ‘Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs’ series is a vehicle for the distribution of
substantial work by members of the Royal Australian Navy as well as members of the
Australian and international community undertaking original research into regional
maritime issues. Papers will be drawn generally from manuscripts not scheduled for
publication elsewhere but that nonetheless merit extensive distribution. Candidates are
considered by an editorial board under the auspices of the Director of the Sea Power
Centre Australia.
Other volumes in the series are:
No. 1 From Empire Defence to the Long Haul: Post-war defence policy and its impact
on naval force structure planning 1945-1955 by Hector Donohue
No. 2 No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka 1945-1996 by James Goldrick
No. 3 Coastal Shipping: The Vital Link by Mary Ganter
No. 4 Australian Carrier Decisions: The Decisions to Procure HMA Ships Albatross,
Sydney and Melbourne by Anthony Wright
No. 5 Issues in Regional Maritime Strategy: Papers by Foreign Visiting Military
Fellows with the Royal Australian Navy Maritime Studies Program-
1998 edited by David Wilson
No. 6 Australia’s Naval Inheritance: Imperial Maritime Strategy and the Australia
Station 1880-1909 by Nicholas A. Lambert
No. 7 Maritime Aviation: Prospects for the 21st Century edited by David Stevens
No. 8 Maritime War in the 21st Century: The Medium and Small Navy Perspective
edited by David Wilson
No. 9 HMAS Sydney II: The Cruiser and the Controversy in the Archives of the
United Kingdom edited by Captain Peter Hore, RN
No. 10 The Strategic Importance of Seaborne Trade and Shipping: A Common Interest
of Asia Pacific edited by Andrew Forbes
No. 11 Protecting Maritime Resources: Boundary Delimitation, Resource Conflicts
and Constabulary Responsibilities edited by Barry Snushall and Rachael Heath
No. 12 Australian Maritime Issues 2004: SPC-A Annual edited by Glenn Kerr
No. 13 Future Environmental Policy Trends to 2020 by the Centre for Maritime
Policy, University of Wollongong edited by Glenn Kerr and Barry Snushall
No. 14 Peter Mitchell Essays 2003 edited by Glenn Kerr
No. 15 A Critical Vulnerability: The Impact of the Submarine Threat on Australia’s
Maritime Defence 1915-1954 by David Stevens
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About the Authors
Midshipman Steve Bell, RAN
Midshipman Steve Bell has recently completed a Bachelor of Arts (Management/
Geography) at the Australian Defence Force Academy, having joined the Royal Australian
Navy (RAN) as a seaman officer in 2002. He has completed training on HMAS Stuart and
is currently undertaking his Junior Warfare Application training. He conducted research
on the Pacific Patrol Boats while visiting the Sea Power Centre - Australia during the
summer break in the academic calendar 2004-05.
Ms Vanessa Bendle
Ms Vanessa Bendle joined the Department of Defence in February 2002 as a member of
the Graduate Entry Program, after completing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at Monash
University, including university exchanges in China and Germany, and a period in Taiwan
teaching English. On completion of the program she joined the Sea Power Centre - Australia
in December 2002 as a Naval Historical Officer and subsequently as a Research Officer.
Lieutenant Commander Penny Campbell, RAN
Lieutenant Commander Penny Campbell joined the Royal Australian Navy Reserves in
1994 as an Intelligence Officer. She transferred to the Permanent Navy Force in 1996, on
completion of her legal studies, and commenced duty with the Directorate of Navy Legal
Services, and subsequently, the Directorate of Operations and International Law. In 1999,
she was posted to Darwin as the Staff Legal Officer in Headquarters Northern Command
and deployed briefly to East Timor. She then served as the senior legal officer in HMAS
Stirling. Lieutenant Commander Campbell was posted to the Directorate of Advisings
before deploying to the Arabian Gulf as the legal adviser to Commander RAN Task Group
633.1, during Operations SLIPPER and FALCONER. On return to Australia in 2003, she
was posted as Deputy Director of Operations and International Law in Canberra and in
2004 as legal adviser to the Chief of Navy. Lieutenant Commander Campbell is currently
serving with Headquarters Integrated Air Defence System in Butterworth, Malaysia. She
holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Law, a Masters of Law, a Masters of Arts (Maritime
Policy) and is currently studying a Masters of Applied Linguistics.
Mr Alastair Cooper
Mr Alastair Cooper is a student of Australian naval history and maritime strategy. He is
a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy and served in the Royal Australian
Navy for 12 years. He currently works in the telecommunications industry and is
undertaking various small historical projects, including an ongoing study of the RAN’s
Chiefs of Naval Staff.
Commander Roger Dobson, RAN
Commander Roger Dobson joined the Royal Australian Navy as a midshipman at HMAS
Cerberus in February 1977. He commenced practical sea training in 1978 and was awarded
a full Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate in 1979. During 1980 he successfully completed the
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Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Officers Course at HMAS Penguin. During the 1980s
and 1990s he held various mine warfare positions, and command of HMAS Cessnock. In
September 2000 he was promoted to Commander and assumed the position of Deputy
Director Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving within the Capability Development Group.
After three years he was appointed to his current position as Director Establishments and
Infrastructure within Navy Systems Command.
Commodore Allan du Toit, RAN
Commodore Allan Du Toit was raised and educated in South Africa and entered the South
African Navy as a Midshipman in 1975. He is a mine warfare sub-specialist and Principal
Warfare Officer, and served mainly in frigates and mine countermeasures vessels
before moving to Australia in early 1987, where he accepted a commission in the Royal
Australian Navy. In addition to commanding HMAS Tobruk, his command appointments
have included Commander Amphibious Task Group (2001-02), and inaugural Commander
Australian Navy Amphibious and Afloat Support Force Element Group (2000-01). He is
currently the Director-General Navy Capability, Performance and Plans, and is a graduate
of the South African Navy Staff College (Junior Staff and Warfare Course), the RAN Staff
College and the Australian Joint Services Staff College. He holds a Bachelor of Military
Science and a Master of Defence Studies.
Dr Gregory P. Gilbert
Dr Gregory P. Gilbert is currently a Research Officer in the Sea Power Centre - Australia.
He previously worked within the Department of Defence (Navy) from 1985 to 1996 as a
naval design engineer, and subsequently as a Defence contractor. He has had a life long
interest in military history and strategy. Although he maintains a working knowledge
of maritime affairs, he has recently specialised in the archaeology and anthropology of
warfare, having received his Doctor of Philosophy on Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in
Ancient Egypt from Macquarie University in 2004.
Captain Andrew Gough, RAN
Captain Andy Gough joined the Royal Australian Navy College at Jervis Bay in January
1975. After graduating in June 1979 he undertook seaman officer training, culminating
with the award of his full Bridge Watch Keeping certificate in June 1981. Then followed an
active sea-going career aboard HMA Ships Parramatta, Warrnambool, Stuart, Sydney, Young
Endeavour and Jervis Bay. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in December 1988
and qualified as a Principal Warfare Officer in October 1989. Promoted to Commander in
June 1995, he was appointed in command of HMAS Melbourne in October 1999, and soon
after deployed for a tour of duty in East Timor as part of the INTERFET operations. He was
substantively promoted to Captain in January 2002, and in January 2003 was appointed
as the Commander Australian Amphibious Task Group. Captain Gough is now posted as
the Director of Trials in the Defence Capability Development Group in Canberra.
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Commander Glenn Ker, RAN
Commander Glenn Ker joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Midshipman at HMAS
Creswell in January 1980. He was awarded a full Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate in 1984
and in 1986 successfully completed the Clearance Diving Officers Course. From 1987 and
into the 1990s he held various mine warfare and clearance diving positions. In 1996 he
was posted overseas as the RAN Exchange Officer to the USN Mine Warfare Command
in Texas, US. Upon his return to Australia in 1999 he became the Mine Warfare and
Clearance Diving Tactical Development Officer at HMAS Waterhen. He was posted as
Commanding Officer of Clearance Diving Team One in August 2001, commissioning the
team in September that year. After the events of September 2001 he was responsible
for deploying numerous Explosive Ordnance Disposal detachments to operations in
the Persian Gulf, and an element of clearance divers to the 2003 Iraq War. In 2004
Commander Ker became the Deputy Director Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving within
the Capability Development Group in Canberra.
Lieutenant Commander Glenn Kerr, RAN
Lieutenant Commander Glenn Kerr joined the Royal Australian Naval College in 1984
as a Supplementary List Supply Midshipman. After supply training in 1986 he served
in a range of supply, capital procurement and logistic support postings. On expiration of
his Short Service Commission in 1993, he was transferred to the Naval Ready Reserve.
During the following five years he undertook wide-ranging duties in supply, training
support, naval strategic policy, and garrison support contract management. He was
posted as Senior Research Officer at the Sea Power Centre-Australia from January 2003
until early 2005. He then served within the Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 in Iraq
during Operation CATALYST. Lieutenant Commander Kerr is a graduate of the RAN Staff
Acquaint Course, for which he received the Lonsdale Medallion in 1998, and the Australian
Command and Staff Course. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of
Education and Master of Management (Defence Studies), and has recently completed the
requirements for a Master of Maritime Studies. He is currently undertaking Doctor of
Philosophy research in education at Deakin University.
Commander George McGuire, RAN
Commander George McGuire joined the Navy in 1985, and attended the Royal Australian
Naval College. He completed a Bachelor of Science at the Australian Defence Force
Academy in 1987. He has served in HMA Ships Perth and Brisbane before graduating as
dux of his Principal Warfare Officer course. He was seconded to the Royal Navy serving
as the Gunnery Officer and then Anti-Air Warfare Officer on HMS Gloucester, being
deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of the UN sanctions against Iraq. He returned to
Australia in mid 1996, serving at HMAS Stirling and later in HMAS Adelaide. Commander
McGuire moved to Maritime Headquarters in 1999 and subsequently served as the Naval
Operations Officer, Headquarters INTERFET, during the East Timor crisis. He attended
the RAN Staff College prior to assuming command of HMAS Hawkesbury in 2001. He
completed a Master of Business Administration in 2002, after which he joined Maritime
Development Branch in Canberra as the Deputy Director Surface Combatants, and as
Deputy Director Air Warfare Destroyer from August 2003. Commander McGuire assumed
command of HMAS Kanimbla in late January 2005.