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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 12:50 am |
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Gov strips funds from existing Defence programs to fund "new" announcements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laInqOgi9cg"Moved funding from sustainment to acquisition" - removing funding for critical and necessary maintenance on equipment to purchase costs on equipment way in the future.....
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Pony
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 8:54 pm |
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_________________ Mike (Pony) Moore O42860 Ex-LT GLEN(ME) 16th MOBI intake Jan 64 - Jul 88. Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.
May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:43 pm |
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_________________  Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:43 pm |
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_________________  Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:39 pm |
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I came across the following on You Tube: RAF trainees sharpen old-school skills to keep UK's advanced aircraft flying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PdTTeVV7W4
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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BC
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2025 5:57 pm |
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What a novel idea! 
_________________ Brian Carney R43371 Ex-WOMTP5 22nd Mobi Intake Jan 67 - Jan 89 RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:26 am |
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_________________  Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:05 pm |
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_________________  Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:59 am |
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Navy News - page 6: Still a tad chuffed but saddened to see that there has been no effort to improve some of the equipment that I was responsible for (8 years later). The breathing apparatus is OCCABA MkIV (my effort) and it was supposed to be reviewed/replaced 4 years ago. All they have done is upgraded the backpack to the current harness configuration and commenced sourcing cylinders with a life of 30 years (the former was avoided when I removed a stupid test on the backpack and reduced the fail rate from 12% per year to no fails per year) and the latter was part of a configuration upgrade that I left them with (on retiring). The stupid part is that there was supposed to be a new cylinder valve with a pressure indicator to reduce the DC Yeomans checks from 3 minutes per cylinder to 5 seconds per cylinder (weekly).
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:09 pm |
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Que..? 
_________________  Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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