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Navy Today - Issue 288, June 2024
In this edition AHSO Mya Wells describes the vigorous duties as a member of the Deployable Boarding Team. Our trainee officers undertake weeks at sea around New Zealand, seeking their Officer of the Watch qualification, and we showcase the impressive surveillance capabilities of 'Bellona', our Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel. We meet a sailor on her way to officer rank and a psychology profession, and explore the significance of the Samoan tatau (tattoo) for one of our sailors.
Navy Today - Issue 287, May 2024
In our May edition of Navy Today we showcase HMNZS Canterbury helping with logistics during the Solomon Islands election. Find out about HMNZS Matataua's Deployable Boarding Team and their mission with the Royal Navy, protecting Fijian waters from illegal fishing. See our sailors represent during Anzac Day at home and abroad, and read about the School to Seas camp at Devonport Naval Base.
Navy Today - Issue 286, April 2024
In this issue, we profile the Deployable Boarding Team supporting our UK cousins in HMS Tamar, ensuring waters around Fiji are free from illegal fishing. We meet an IT specialist who's returned to the Navy to develop his skills in Information Warfare, while our newest trainees come to grips with the long hours of the Basic Level of Capability phase on Whangaparaoa Peninsula. HMNZS Canterbury helps out the Solomon Islands election and we celebrate a Navy veteran's 100th birthday.
Navy Today - Issue 285, March 2024
In this issue, we showcase the return of the Navy to the Art Deco Festival in Napier, referencing not only the Navy's efforts in 1931 but the assistance after Cyclone Gabrielle. We meet LTCDR Jerry Kemp, Navigating Officer in HMAS Adelaide, the RAN's largest ship, and learn about the role of our Navy psychologist after a long deployment. We meet the new Commanding Officer of HMNZS Ngapona, while LCSS Hailey Gibbons tells us of her adventures on an icebreaker to Antarctica.
Navy Today - Issue 284, February 2024
The Navy's traditional role at Waitangi leads our February magazine. We celebrate our two New Year Honours recipients, showcase our upcoming trial of an automated uncrewed vessel, discuss the journey of those wearing facial moko, and show how we empower secondary school teachers to promote the possibilities of science and technology within the Navy.
Navy Today - Issue 258, September 2021
Find out there’s more to our divers than going underwater, as they get to grips with a variety of explosives. We catch up with the upcoming missions for HMNZS Canterbury, HMNZS Aotearoa and HMNZS Te Kaha as they progress towards deployments in South East Asia. What makes a good officer? We meet the staff who bring out the best in our young men and women during their 22-week training. We catch up with 100-year-old war veteran Jack Monaghan, meet Assistant Defence Attache LTCDR Tuijo Thompson in Singapore, and bring you the latest Navy rugby action.
Navy Today - Issue 257, August 2021
In this issue we showcase the great work of HMNZS Wellington and her crew, on a mission to Tokelau and the Cook Islands to deliver vaccines. We detail a new way for our experienced sailors to commission as officers, and meet a Waikato nurse who’s getting taste of military life as a naval reservist. Our NZDF Maori Cultural Advisor, Lieutenant Jack Rudolph, talks about Navy life in the eighties, and we have a one-on-one with our Defence Attaché in Washington DC.
Navy Today - Issue 256, July 2021
Going Under! Our divers are the poster team for our July edition of Navy Today, as they refine their techniques with stealthy rebreather equipment in a secluded bay in the far North. We meet HMNZS Manawanui’s new Commanding Officer, and find out what it takes to become qualified as a ship’s diver. A Devonport local writes an article about the excitement of watching a Navy graduation through the fence, and we profile some of our newest qualified officers. Navy historian Gerry Wright talks about Navy life in the fifties, as we progress towards our 80th anniversary this year.
Navy Today - Issue 255, June 2021
This June edition shows Navy re-introducing Surface Supplied Breathing Apparatus diving into its capability. We travel to Marlborough to watch the Seasprites learning to fly in mountains, and our hydrographers working with the NZ Police on body recovery exercises. HMNZS Matataua get into community work in Whakatane, while HMNZS Aotearoa visits Wellington. We celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Navy Museum and publish the historical accounts of Ken Searle, Fleet Air Arm, who arrived in England just too late for the war.
Navy Today - Issue 254, May 2021
In our May issue we showcase HMNZS Aotearoa’s ceremonial homeport visit to New Plymouth, and welcome local war veteran Trevor Watson on board for a personal tour. The Navy marae celebrates 21 years, while HMNZS Te Mana’s team struggle with COVID-19 in Canada. Our musicians take part in a history-making concert alongside Kiwi band Six60 at Eden Park, and we learn that real sailors do real sailing in our fleet of yachts. Finally, we outline the history of the ‘working’ Navy uniform, from Action Work Dress to General Work Dress – including the infamous ‘kaydees’!