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NAVY MUSEUM NZDF EXERCISE
AN OUTSTANDING GETTING READY TALISMAN
SUCCESS FOR 2020 SABRE
T e T a u a M o a n a – w a r r i o r s o f t h eour people
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CHIEF OF NAVY
Rear Admiral Jack Steer, ONZM
yours
aye
T
his month I want to talk about our Torpedo Bay Navy
Museum—Te Waka Huia o te Taua Moana o Aotearoa. One
of the things we value in our Navy is our heritage. Where
we come from is a big part of who we are today. The deeds and
sacrifices of those who went before us have helped shape our Royal
New Zealand Navy of 2015 and beyond. Our museum is a great
place to visit and learn about our history, the stories of our people
and their sacrifices.
The museum you see today (read the article starting on page eight)
is a big part of the life of our Navy, but it was not always this way.
The previous Navy Museum was a small building in Spring Street
just outside the Devonport Naval Base. People normally went
there as part of a tour or when told to! Now, we have a magnificent
museum that has been created from the existing old buildings at
courage, service and sacrifice of our Defence Force and our Navy.
Torpedo Bay. When I was a midshipman this is where we went to
It improves the public perception of our Defence Force and our Navy
get the rigging for the whalers and cutters we sailed around the
which in turn, enhances public support for our work.
Hauraki Gulf. Today we have this wonderful museum that has
become part of the Devonport landscape. So that is our museum. A fantastic place that really shows off
our Navy and indeed, our Defence Force in a wonderful way. It is
Our museum is now an integral part of the life of our Navy.
managed and run by an amazing group of people who are tireless
Beginning with our attestation and then several times in our
in their determination to make our museum the best it can possibly
careers, formal events are held at our museum. I must admit to
be. To David and your staff, I salute you for a job well done.
being a little shocked the first time I went there to see people
Whenever you get the opportunity to visit or use our museum I
wandering around our museum eating and drinking, but after a
encourage you to do so (www.navymuseum.co.nz). Be proud of it
while I realised that this is part of the attraction. Our museum
because it really does tell our story so very well. Our museum is an
is an engaging place that welcomes people to see and hear of
integral part of our Navy that apart from being a fun place to visit,
our heritage. It is just so much more than a stuffy old building
contributes a lot to our overall effectiveness. I don’t think we can
filled with relics of the past. It has life and a joy as it welcomes
ask for much more than that.
people to learn of our Navy. School holiday programmes, parades,
meetings, conferences, lunches, receptions and dinners all bring Finally on 17 July I launched our Navy 2020 Passage Plan to our
people nearer to our Navy. Not forgetting the permanent and Navy. Navy 2020 is our high level overview, to help us understand
temporary exhibitions and the research programmes that go what we are doing and why. It feeds into the Chief of Defence
on every day. The coffee shop is now also a major attraction for Force’s 2020 Ready. I encourage you all to read the document,
anyone visiting Devonport. understand your part in the plan and help us build the high
performing Navy of the future. See the article starting on page four.
So, all very well you are saying. Nice place, but do we really need
it? What benefits do we and the New Zealand Defence Force gain He heramana ahau
from our museum? Quite a lot I would say. As kaitiaki of our Navy’s I am a sailor
memory, our museum is the guardian of our story, our heritage,
traditions, culture and ethos. It provides formal and informal
learning and inspiration. In doing so it contributes to increased
effectiveness, improved alignment between our behaviour and
values and improves our reputation. It makes us a better Navy and
therefore increases our operational contribution to the outputs of
the New Zealand Defence Force.
Above: CN in the Navy Museum welcoming new Reserves trainee Mark
By showing our story and offering a unique form of engagement with Sleeman who was among the many trainees of Basic Common Training and
the people of New Zealand, our museum shows the commitment, Junior Officer Common Training who attested on 8 July.
yours aye 3
2020READY YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED What’s the vision for NZDF? On June 26, the NZDF launched a four-year organisational vision called 2020 READY. Its purpose is to clarify the organisation’s strategy to the 14,000 personnel of the NZDF and their families. Here are just a few of your questions answered. If you have more, email them to 2020READY@nzdf.mil.nz Defence Leadership Team. 4 BCT GRADUATION PARADE
BETTER TOOLS BETTER SUPPORT BETTER I NFORMED BETTER TOGETHER
How is 2020 READY relevant to Navy?
It’s relevant to everyone in Navy because it sets out how the NZDF plans to equip you with better tools
to operate now and in the future and how you’ll receive better support over the next four years. By 2020,
you’ll be better informed – thanks to the range of new information tools and processes in development.
There’s a Joint Intelligence Programme under way, which’ll mean we can understand our environment
better and respond appropriately. There’s also emphasis on improving our partnerships within the Answered by:
organisation, across services and externally. 2020 READY sets out how the NZDF will improve its RADM Jack Steer,
structures and processes to make that more effective. Chief of Navy
What’s 2020 READY all about? What’s in this for Navy personnel –
What are we trying to achieve? at the individual level?
It takes Future 35 – the NZDF’s big picture strategy launched Firstly, I think people are going to notice some pretty positive
in 2010 and spells out what’s happening and what we want changes at the individual level. Thinking about tools, for
to achieve over the next four years. The ultimate goal, by example, Navy personnel are going to be better equipped
2020, is to achieve Enhanced Combat Capability. That’s why with the right kit. There are key platform investments under
we’ve invested in combat-ready platforms like the Frigate way. Thinking about support, there’s a range of initiatives
Systems Upgrade and why we’ve launched support initiatives of interest to Navy personnel. Resilience training, health
like Force 4 Families. The new governance structures we’re and safety and leadership development. Finally, there’ll be
setting up will improve our decision making. Our investment more integration in the way we work and come together as
in multi-national interoperability is part of our push for a Defence Force. This will mean getting better at operating
better integration across units, our three Services, with local Joint Task Forces – improving the ways we work with our
agencies and with our international partners. government partners, other agencies and multi-nationals.
Answered by: Answered by:
CDRE John Martin, MAJ GEN Timothy Gall,
Assistant Chief Capability Commander Joint Forces
Why does the vision talk about Is this a new thing – where did
‘A Stronger You’ – what’s that about? it come from?
In 2020 we’ll be better at supporting you, We’ll support Yes, it’s new, but it’s linked to our big picture strategy Future
your well-being, your mental and physical health. We’ll 35, which has been around since 2010. To me, it’s a great way
get much better at supporting and communicating to to explain the next step on the journey to Future 35 in plain
your wider families and whanau. We’ll keep growing you terms. Summed up, 2020 READY has four key themes – better
too as a leader. We’ll help you grow the career you want. tools, better support, better informed and better together. Each
Help you track your goals so you can achieve that of these themes has something tangible for Navy people. My
long-term career and life success you want. We’ll make suggestion is talk to your commander or manager for more
sure you’re prepared when you step into harm’s way, information. You can also go online to the F35 webpage and
and are safe at home. read the latest Force 4 New Zealand magazine.
Answered by: Answered by:
Debra Francis, AVM Kevin Short,
Chief People Officer Vice Chief Defence Force
2020 READY 5
NAVY2020
the Navy’s journey
to enhanced
maritime combat
capability
The year 2020 is the next big step on
the road to an Integrated Defence
Force for the Future 35 programme.
B Operational Focus:
y 2020 the New Zealand Defence Force will have Enhanced
Combat Capability. We are going to deliver this by meeting
CAPT Dave McEwan,
Chief of Defence Force LTGEN Tim Keating’s five goals:
Captain Fleet Operational Support
Leveraging the Joint Effect, Generating a Sustainable Workforce,
Focusing Operational Capabilities, Partnering for Greater Effect and What does this mean for the Navy?
Leading with Excellence. Our Navy has to do many things, but our core mission is to Defend
CDF’s 2020 Ready gives you information on some of the things that New Zealand’s Interest at Sea. To be able to do this our ability to
Defence will deliver to help you play your part in achieving this. The conduct naval warfare, across the spectrum of operations, must be
Defence Force cannot achieve its goals without a strong Navy that exceptional. Our skills must be sharp and ready, and we need the tools
delivers Enhanced Maritime Combat Capability. and support in place to help us do this most important of our roles.
On 17 July Chief of Navy RADM Jack Steer launched Navy 2020
How will we achieve it?
to detail how our Navy will evolve to exceed that challenge.
Navy 2020 has three strategic goals—Operational Focus, which is By the end of 2020 our Navy will be well on track to having five
supported by Workforce Excellence and Organisational Agility. modernised and new capabilities. Some of the weapons and
sensor systems associated with these will take us to a new level of
In achieving these goals we will deliver Enhanced Maritime Combat
capability, and our ships and helicopters will be modernised and
Capability. It is important to remember that the Navy contributes
more sophisticated. Some of this equipment is here now and in the
to warfighting capability across the spectrum of operations, from
process of operational release, these are exciting times!
the Inshore Patrol Vessels and MANAWANUI through to the Anzac
Frigates. Below, some of our Navy captains explain how we will What will it mean for you?
achieve this and what it means for you.
Every day when you come to work, no matter where you are posted,
you play your part in Defending New Zealand’s Interests at Sea. You
Above from Top: Some 800 Navy personnel were
present for the Navy 2020 launch. will know that the organisation you work for and the equipment
CN with the Navy 2020 booklet at the launch. you use will be fully designed to support this.
6 NAVY 2020
Workforce Excellence: Strategic CHANGE
CAPT Richard Walker, PROGRAMME
Captain Fleet Personnel and Training
What does this mean for the Navy?
Our Navy will have the right number of people, with the right skills
and training. Together we will excel on operations, run a first class
Navy and Defence Force, and move our organisation into the future. Workforce
Excellence Leveraging the
This has already started and we are making good progress! strategic goal two Joint Effect
• Workforce
Generation
How will we achieve it? • Safety, Health and
Wellbeing
We are going to organise the Navy better, and by 2020 we will have
Generating
better ways of training, managing and empowering our people. We a Sustainable
Workforce
will also work constantly to make your workplace—whether that’s Operational
Focus
a ship, an office, a workshop or somewhere else—as safe as we can. strategic goal one
We are also creating a partnership between the people and the • Maritime Warfare
Regeneration Focusing
Navy to enable individuals to actively participate in planning then • Force elements introduction Operational
into service Capabilities
achieving their potential and goals. • Optimising availability of
Force elements in Service
What will it mean for you?
Industry standard training and qualifications, career and talent Partnering for
Greater Effect
management that is designed to bring the best out of you and a Organisational
Agility
Navy that prioritises your safety, health and wellbeing. We are strategic goal three
delivering increased flexibility to meet individual requirements. • Infrastructure
• Governance and
Accountability Leading with
Excellence
• Engagement
Organisational Agility:
CAPT Mark Worsfold,
Assistant Chief of Navy (Strategy)
What does this mean for the Navy? RADM Jack Steer’s wero:
Our Navy will be more organised and better informed. This will help Now that you know the situation
us to make the right decisions for our sailors and our ships, leading
I need you to:
to the best possible Navy and Defence Force. We will also have
modernised infrastructure and be better engaged with our partners.
How will we achieve it? Understand our mission.
Having the systems in place to support and inform us will help us
continue to deliver and enhance our world-class leadership and
governance. Whilst delivering on operations and running the Navy
we must still always be ready to adapt. We must always anticipate
the future of the Navy and the Defence Force, and ensure that we
Embrace the change to achieve 2020.
are prepared for this, with state of the art facilities, outstanding
leaders and excellent relationships.
What will it mean for you?
A flexible and supportive Navy, with leaders who have the Share our purpose with all you
right information to make good decisions. A Navy which come into contact with.
works well with our colleagues across Defence, nationally and
internationally. A naval base which is being developed to meet
future needs. There has already been significant progress on this
Play your part in leading the plan and
and you will have all noted some of the investment over the last helping us build the high performing
few years with more to come! Navy of the future.
NAVY 2020 7
Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
a big success as it nears its
fifth birthday
MORE THAN
,000
By David McLoughlin, editor, Navy Today
100
visitors a year
The Torpedo Bay Navy Museum celebrates its fifth birthday on 9
October and is expecting its 500,000th visitor about then.
Officially Te Waka Huia o Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa—National
Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy—the museum has become
OUR WEBSITE (navymuseum.co.nz) a highly successful guardian of the Navy’s memory and a Devonport
80,000
hits a year
attraction for civilians and sailors alike.
“We shouldn’t be as successful as we are,” says museum director
David Wright. “We are a single subject military museum which
shouldn’t draw the crowds we get. Yet we appeal to a really wide
segment of our community, with more than 100,000 visitors a year
now. Our website [navymuseum.co.nz] gets 80,000 hits a year.”
Above: CPOWTR Melissa Latu explains the legal paperwork to newly
attested trainees at the museum. Each of the three services has a dedicated museum. The National
Bottom Right: Museum director David Wright: “I spend a lot of time worrying Army Museum is at Waiouru in the central North Island and the Air
about what we need to continue to do to keep on being successful.” Force Museum is at Wigram in Christchurch.
8 NAVY MUSEUM
The Navy Museum was established in 1982 in a small building
in Spring St Devonport, just outside the front gate of the naval
base. In time it became too cramped for the navy heritage it was
expected to contain and its obscure location, with difficult car
parking, meant it got few visitors.
In 2001, the Navy Museum Board of Trustees decided bigger and
better premises were needed and they set about working on a
project that eventually led to the opening of today’s buildings at
Torpedo Bay, at the opposite end of the Devonport waterfront from
the naval base.
Torpedo Bay is Defence Force land and is of exceptional heritage
significance. It was part of Auckland’s early defence system and
has buildings that date from the 19th century. Archaeological
investigations done as part of the project to develop the site as a
museum uncovered evidence of significant pre-European Maori
settlement possibly dating to the period of the original Polynesian
settlement of the country some 700 years ago.
The museum has a popular café and a busy souvenir shop. It hosts
Navy events such as the attestation ceremonies for new recruits
and the graduation parades of junior officers. It runs school holiday
programmes for local children and hosts regular school visits—4133
students from 55 schools to mid-June this year compared with 1281
for same period last year. The interest in World War I accounts for
much of this increase.
Its exhibits are rich in New Zealand’s naval heritage, including
big displays of the battle cruiser HMS NEW ZEALAND which the Clockwise from Top Left: The gift shop.
country bought for Britain in 1911 (and took part in some of the School holiday activities.
major battles of World War I) and the Battle of the River Plate, The ever popular cafe.
NAVY MUSEUM 9
in which the mostly New Zealand crew of HMS (later HMNZS)
ACHILLES helped defeat the big German pocket battleship
ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE in the first sea battle of World War II.
Other displays highlight the various later WWII battles our ships
took part in, as well as our roles in Korea and Vietnam. Nothing is
glossed over. The sending of RNZN ships to Mururoa Atoll in the
1970s to protest against French nuclear testing is included, as is the
1985 sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior by French
agents in Auckland harbour, and the fall-out with the United States
over New Zealand’s anti-nuclear policy, which meant our Navy
was unable to attend the big US-led RIMPAC exercise in Hawaiian
waters until 2012.
While most displays are permanent, others regularly change.
At present the museum is hosting the 5000 Poppies display,
commemorating 100 years since the Anzac landings at Gallipoli. It
recently opened a World War 100 Pavilion and A D Boyle Room, the
latter having interactive displays enabling visitors to see the history
of the Great War. It has staged two runs of Geoff Allen’s World War
I play Sister Anzac to sell-out audiences.
The museum’s fifth birthday will be marked by the opening to public
access of the old boat shed, which sits above the waterline and was
used to house and launch boats. It will have a collection of historic
Navy boats, with signs explaining how they were used.
But above all, the museum is about the Navy’s people, present
and past. Big photos of current officers and ratings adorn the wall
leading to the main galleries. Audio and video exhibits allow visitors
to listen to Navy people talking about their lives.
“We are approachable, welcoming, we are modern,” says David
Top: Front Entrance of Te Waka Huia o Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa—National
Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Wright. “We focus on the people, not the machines, the people
Middle: Chief of Navy RADM Jack Steer addresses the intake of new basic stories. That brings an emotional edge to it. The sailors like it. They
common trainees and junior officers who attested at the museum on 8 July. bring their friends and families and show them round like it’s their
place, which it is.
10 navy museum“There’s no doubt we contribute to the operational effectiveness
of the Navy. We represent the Navy’s ethos, culture, traditions and
esprit de corps very effectively for our young people. Traditions are
very important in the Navy.
“We are seen as a critical part of our local community. We are a
key part of Devonport. Down the other end of the road [where
the naval base is] there are guards at the gate. You can’t walk in.
But you can walk in here so we are a significant part of the Navy’s
connection with the public.
“We have huge visitor satisfaction. People recommend that others
visit. We get lots of repeat visits. We stack up well against many
other organisations.”
In the year to 15 June, the museum had had 103,284 visitors, of
whom 5672 were from overseas. The total since it opened has been
473,556 to date since opening, with numbers running at a weekly
level sufficient to give a firm belief the 500,000th visitor will arrive
around 9 October.
The museum has 14 permanent staff who are augmented by
casual shifts worked by NZDF personnel. The site is owned by the
Defence Force, with the exhibits owned by the museum’s board of
trustees. Admission is free seven days a week though donations are
gratefully accepted. The Navy pays most of the museum’s costs.
“I spend a lot of time worrying about what we need to continue to
do to keep on being successful,” says David Wright, returning to his
Top Left: Museum staff with some of the 5000 Poppies display panels. original topic. Given the museum’s continuing success, he should
Below: Portraits of Navy personnel at the entrance to the galleries. not have too many sleepless nights.
navy museum 11Leadership is teaching people
to think, not telling them
what to do, says US leadership
expert CAPT David Marquet
By David McLoughlin, editor, Navy Today “The book was a struggle for me, getting everything written
L
down. On the submarine it was chaotic. We didn’t know what was
eadership expert USN Captain David Marquet (Rtd) says it is
happening. I tried to reflect that in the book. You give your people
fine for leaders to admit they don’t know something others
a little bit of control, not knowing what they will do. But they do
expect they should know. A submarine veteran of 28 years, he
it well. You give them the space to become a leader. It’s all about
came to New Zealand as a guest of Chief of Navy RADM Jack Steer
control, competence and clarity. Chaos is bad, especially on a
in late June and told an audience at Devonport Naval Base about
nuclear powered submarine.
his first submarine command appointment, USS OLYMPIA, a Los
“There were 135 sailors on my submarine, with an average age of
Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned in 1984.
26. All teams basically start with low competence and clarity, so the
“I spent 12 months learning everything about it, what every button
leader has to take control—but in steps give leadership to the rest.
and wire did, before taking command because I was to give the
The leader has to take a step back at first, but not a big one to start.
orders,” CAPT Marquet said. “Docked next to the USS OLYMPIA
So you can have frustration if you give the team too little control, or
was the USS SANTA FE [another Los Angeles-class but dating from
chaos if you give them too much control at the beginning.
1994]. It was the Enron of the fleet. SANTA FE was the worst one in
“We want people to think. Their value to the organisation lies in
the fleet. But the captain quit, and the Navy looked round and said,
their ability to think, not do. Unfortunately so much of what we
‘Marquet, SANTA FE’.
do is embedded in our bones. When I graduated in 1981, we were
“The thing that scared me the most was that SANTA FE was told ‘leadership can be defined as directing the thoughts, plans and
radically different from OLYMPIA. Everything was the newest, the actions of others so as to obtain and command their obedience,
greatest, none of which I had any idea how to operate. I had two their confidence, their respect’. And so I thought that was what
weeks to take over. I decided to ask the sailors. ‘What does that leadership was.”
button do? And that button’? And when they didn’t know, I said
CAPT Marquet got everyone at the presentation to log into a
‘I don’t know either. Let’s press it and see what happens’.
website on their mobile phones and type in how it would feel
“When the leader says ‘I don’t to work in such an environment. As people tapped, up on the
screen came—suffocating… restricting…uninspiring…frustration…
know’ it’s respectable for demotivation…
others to say ‘I don’t know’. That was exactly how it was when he took command of SANTA FE.
It turned out to be powerful.” “On a drill, with the reactor shut down to simulate a fault, we were
moving ahead one-third on batteries. I suggested to the Officer of
It was CAPT Marquet’s first visit to our Navy but he is no stranger the Deck it would make everyone work faster to fix the fault if we
to us. RADM Steer presents a copy of CAPT Marquet’s book Turn went ahead two-thirds, as that would run the battery down much
The Ship Around to each new commanding officer as they assume faster. He gave the order to the helmsman. I saw the helmsman
command of a ship. The book describes how he took SANTA FE flinch. I asked what was wrong and he said there was no two-thirds
from being the worst ship in the fleet to the best by encouraging on batteries in SANTA FE, only one third.
everyone to be a leader, not a follower of orders from on high. “I asked the Officer of the Deck why he ordered two-thirds when he
CAPT Marquet, who retired from the US Navy in 2009, also made a knew there was no two-thirds. He said ‘You ordered it’.
presentation via video at CN’s Whakaaro in August last year. “So I encouraged them to question orders if they thought they
CAPT Marquet grew up in Massachusetts. “I was a geeky kid. In were not right. And I changed my slogan to ‘leaders teach people
the chess club, on the math team. Submariners are geeky people. to think, not do’. It was quite revolutionary. It sounds ordinary. We
I woke up one day and said ‘I’m in the Navy, where can I hide’? In a come to work and do our jobs, not think our jobs. We have ‘to-do’
submarine! I spent seven years under water.” lists. We think that people thinking is not work.
He presented a series of slides, starting with one captioned: Give “I realised I needed to stop giving orders. I vowed never to give
control, give leadership, about the experiences which led to his another order. Once I started doing that I saw this explosion in
writing Turn The Ship Around. creativity around me. I got to know the SANTA FE very well.
12 LEADERSHIPTop Left: CAPT Marquet (centre) in discussion with CO WELLINGTON LT CDR
Graham MacLean (right) and XO LT Trent Nancekivell.
Above: Part of the audience during CAPT Marquet’s presentation.
Right: Give control, create leaders—CAPT Marquet making his presentation.
“It’s easy not to tell your people the answers when you don’t know LT CDR Graham MacLean, CO WELLINGTON, said that, up until
the answers. It’s different when you know the answers. Then you then, CAPT Marquet had been known by name as being associated
tell them to think about it. When you have to step in, do it, but tell with a framework of leadership principles centred on taking
yourself your team needs more training. ownership, striving towards tactical excellence and being able to
“The SANTA FE got inspected a year later. We got the highest make mistakes safely.
score ever seen in the Navy. The inspectors thought that ‘David “To suddenly meet the man in the flesh was surreal and a genuine
Marquet gives good orders’. But I didn’t give a single order in the privilege to those members of Ship’s Company who shared a
whole inspection. coffee with him and had the opportunity to informally discuss
day-to-day issues, stories of success as well as failure and receive
“Leaders help workers feel some sound advice.
safe. When people are under “His brief tour around the ship sparked conversations around the
similarities and differences to life at sea on an OPV versus a nuclear
stress it’s harder for them to submarine and how many procedures were actually quite similar,
think. In today’s workplace, notably how very junior members of a Ship’s Company are given the
there is too much stress and responsibility to drive multi-million dollar vessels.
“A short but valuable visit by an impressive champion for good
stress is a killer. Teams refer leadership in the workplace.”
to team members as ‘we’. LT Kurt Story, Executive Officer of HAWEA, said CAPT Marquet’s
Not ‘they’. We had a rule to visit to the ship was short but got everyone of every rank thinking.
use the word ‘we’ not ‘they’. “The initial surprise of finding out he decided to refrain from giving
orders was unanimous, as many asked questions of how it was
It requires your brain.” possible to achieve that. His answer sounded familiar to the more
senior members of Ship’s Company, feeling similar to the RNZN’s
After his presentation, CAPT Marquet visited the Inshore Patrol style of Command by Veto. His discussion was well received by all
Vessel HMNZS HAWEA and the Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS as he was engaging and gave everyone some things to think about,
WELLINGTON. speaking at a level where even our less experienced team members
could appreciate a thought process used by him in Command.”
LEADERSHIP 13Navy cripples US aircraft
carrier, sinks landing ship
during Exercise Talisman Sabre
(Fictionally, of course)
By Luz Baguioro, Public Affairs Manager, Joint Forces NZDF “Operating in this sort of maritime environment is exactly what TE
T
KAHA is designed to do,” said CDR Griffiths. “The exercise has been
he Navy’s frigate HMNZS TE KAHA and replenishment tanker a great chance for us to practise our core warfighting capabilities
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR took on the might of the United States and to improve our interoperability with our coalition partners.”
military as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 which ran
In keeping with their fictional role in the exercise, TE KAHA Ship’s
from 5 July to 25 July, mostly in parts of Australia.
Company developed ‘propaganda’ material that touted how the
The two RNZN ships completed a dynamic war-at-sea exercise with frigate crippled the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier with eight surface-
the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike Group and the to-surface missiles and sank the USS BONHOMME RICHARD. They
Royal Australian Navy during the biggest Australia-US warfighting also published a magazine called Kamaria Maritime Force Navy
exercise, which takes places every two years. Today with the main story headlined “Taking on a carrier battle
This was the first time New Zealand fully participated in the group; TEK shows how it’s done.”
exercise, which involved land, sea and air military exercises with
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almost 30,000 personnel from Australia, the US, New Zealand and
Japan, 21 ships, more than 200 aircraft and three submarines.
The NZDF deployed a total of 620 personnel, TE KAHA and
ENDEAVOUR, two RNZAF NH90 helicopters, a C-130 Hercules and
TE KAHA’s Seasprite helicopter, 22 Light Armoured Vehicles and
23 other military vehicles. HMNZS CANTERBURY took the Army
vehicles, the NH90s and many personnel to Australia and back for
the exercise.
“TE KAHA formed part of the opposing force with a mission
objective designed to locate and attack the exercise’s two main task
groups,” said CDR Simon Griffiths, TE KAHA’s Commanding Officer.
“These task groups were a collection of Australian and US vessels
centred on the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON and the Amphibious Top of page: TE KAHA in the Arafura Sea with HMAS LAUNCESTON behind.
Landing Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD. Above: ENDEAVOUR engaged in a Replenishment at Sea with the much
bigger tanker USNS TIPPECANOE.
14 EXERCISE TALISMAN SABREDay at the naval base hooked
SLT Moser on a Navy career
A day spent at Devonport Naval Base five years ago clinched
SLT Ethan Moser’s choice of career. “Devonport showcases
the values that characterise life in the Navy—courage,
commitment and comradeship. After only one day, I was
hooked,” said the former Auckland Grammar School prefect.
SLT Moser is a Bridge Watchkeeper of replenishment tanker
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR, which worked alongside many other
ships in the maritime warfare part of Exercise Talisman Sabre.
“During the exercise, a typical day for ENDEAVOUR consisted
of patrolling a designated area in Northern Australia,” said SLT
Moser. “This specific segment of water is cordoned off as a type
of support area where support ships from the US and Australia
also patrol, waiting to rendezvous with ships that are fighting
the ‘war’. We spent most of our time in company with the
Australian tanker HMAS SIRIUS.
“To keep everyone on their toes, we conducted daily internal
training for damage control, which includes firefighting, dealing
with toxic gas and flood-control exercises. We maintain the
highest degree of readiness to respond to any requests for fuel
by having our replenishment rig at 30 minutes’ notice to provide
replenishment at sea.”
SLT Moser, who recently finished his Bachelor of Commerce
degree at the University of Auckland with a full scholarship from
the Navy, said Talisman Sabre offered him “an exciting training
opportunity”.
“Exposure to an exercise like this and observing the military
interoperability between several countries is hugely beneficial
in helping improve my skills of navigating in a tactical
environment,” he said.
As a Bridge Watchkeeper, he monitors the safety of navigation
and helps ensure collisions are avoided. He also helps organise
future port visits and plan navigation tracks for future voyages.
Since joining the Navy as a midshipman in 2011, his most
memorable deployment to date was an exchange trip to
the Japanese training ship KASHIMA. “On board, I met and
befriended other junior officers from all over the world. The
experience of immersing myself in another country’s culture,
the opportunity to travel to different places and to say that this
is part of my job is really amazing,” SLT Moser said.
“If you are an adventurous person who loves to travel and are
up for a challenge, a life in the Navy would definitely suit you.
From the Top: USN MH-60 Seahawk comes in to land on TE KAHA. The Navy provides you with the opportunity to develop your
TE KAHA bridge team watch closely during a replenishment at sea. leadership skills, travel around the world and gain a whole new
Tending the distance line from TE KAHA during a Replenishment at Sea. set of friends as well as a stable and well-paid job,” he added.
TE KAHA’s newly qualified flight deck officer CPOMAA Harry Harris Top of page: SLT Moser takes sightings from ENDEAVOUR’s bridge.
hard at work.
EXERCISE TALISMAN SABRE 15was to monitor and track real-world and in-scenario casualties in
Talisman Sabre,” LT Vissers said.
A registered nurse, LT Vissers worked out of Headquarters Joint
Operations Command in Canberra throughout the exercise.
“Expert and efficient medical care saves lives on the battlefield
and is one of the most important support functions during
combat operations,” she said. “It’s been great to learn how
Navy medic has other nations complete tasks and to see if it is something we
great experience could incorporate into our practice, What I have learnt here will
be useful for working with the Australians and the Americans in
organising health the future.”
care at Talisman Sabre When she is not deployed, LT Vissers is the Fleet Health Officer
A s a former ship’s medic, LT Kasey Vissers has provided at Devonport Naval Base. In that role, she conducts health
health care for hundreds of people for weeks at a time. planning and supervises all deployable maritime health support
Deployed as a health planner for Exercise Talisman Sabre and the Navy medics.
2015, Australia’s largest warfighting exercise, the former Mana She joined the Navy straight from high school, while two
College student had to grapple with a health challenge 120 friends enlisted in the Army and the Air Force. “I love the Navy
times bigger—the 30,000 personnel from several countries at environment and the communal living,” said LT Vissers, whose
Exercise Talisman Sabre. grandfather was an ammunitions clerk for the Royal New
“Over three weeks, I worked in what is called the ‘Casualty Zealand Air Force during World War II.
Regulation Cell’ which is comprised of eight people. Our job “It’s great that we are encouraged to do sports because I love
soccer and cricket. There are also opportunities for you to do your
Above: LT Vissers (centre) with two Talisman Sabre colleagues outside
core job in a different environment. For Medical Services Officers
the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. like me, we are not stuck in a ward or sickbay,” she added.
“A career in the Navy means taking on a variety of challenges.
Every day is different and every three years or so, your job is
different,” said the former head girl of Palmerston North Girls’
High School.
“Talisman Sabre is predominantly operations-based so it is
the operations trades that are involved the most with the
daily tasks,” said LT CDR Evans. As ENDEAVOUR’s Supply
Officer, she is responsible for all logistic requirements, supply
and demand of stores requisitions, catering, finance and
administration.
LT CDR Evans and her twin sister LT CDR Sarah Smith, who is a
Weapons Engineer in the Navy, joined the Service straight from
The variety of roles high school.
and experiences “I saw the Navy as an opportunity to learn a little bit more
while working in the about what makes me tick and the basic training component
was a personal challenge which I viewed as similar to
Navy has always been completing a ‘gap year’,” she said.
a big draw for LT CDR Her most memorable deployment to date is a five-month trip
Fiona Evans to Australia and North Asia onboard HMNZS TE KAHA in 2007.
“The opportunity to visit China, Japan and Malaysia as an
I n late June, she and the crew of replenishment tanker
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR were in Southeast Asia for a multi-
national military exercise. For most of July, they were in
18-year-old was an incredible experience,” she recalled. “But my
most rewarding role so far has been providing leadership and
professional development training for sailors and officers at all
Northern Australia for Exercise Talisman Sabre. levels of the organisation.”
Above: LT Evans aboard ENDEAVOUR.
16 EXERCISE TALISMAN SABREOne of the Army’s Light Armoured Vehicles on patrol in central Queensland. CANTERBURY took many Army vehicles to Australia and back for Talisman Sabre.
(Continued from page 15) “The training that our personnel got in Talisman Sabre helps us
“Our goal was to practice neutralising surface threats that might better understand how we can work together with our partners as
attack the carrier strike group,” said US Navy LT Michael Beer, well as within our Defence Force as we enhance combat capabilities
Destroyer Squadron 15 exercises and engagements officer. “We use needed to support New Zealand’s requirements and a Joint Task
the air wing’s distance and striking power to eliminate the threat Force,” MAJGEN Gall said.
before it can get close enough to engage us.” Although Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise between Australia
To demonstrate a conflict at sea, TE KAHA and two Royal Australian and the US, “New Zealand is a natural partner for Australia and its
Navy ships acted as aggressors while USS GEORGE WASHINGTON participation is vital,” said VADM Admiral David Johnston, RAN,
and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, and the Arleigh Chief of Joint Operations (Australia).
Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS FITZGERALD and USS “We need to have confidence that our equipment is compatible
MUSTIN manoeuvred to defend themselves and counter-attack the with each other, our planning processes work and we can talk and
simulated threat. coordinate with each other. That confidence comes from training
HMNZS ENDEAVOUR worked with the support task force for the exercises like this,” VADM Johnston said.
naval part of the exercise, held mostly in the Arafura Sea out of Said LTGEN John Wissler, commander of the III Marine
Darwin. The land component of Talisman Sabre was mostly in the Expeditionary Force and US Marine Corps Forces Japan: “The fact
Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area in central Queensland. that New Zealand is here is a great opportunity to increase that
Says CDR Sandra Walker, CO ENDEAVOUR: “For the Ship’s interoperability. What we’re trying to do is bring together the
Company, it was an opportunity to observe the New Zealand unique capabilities of all our forces—Australia, the US, New Zealand
Defence Force’s joint warfighting capabilities, which is paramount and our Japanese partners—and ensure we can rely on each other’s
to the vision of Future35. Observing the integration of the deployed capabilities, operate together and be successful on any mission
combat task forces in this warfare-rich environment was a great from humanitarian assistance to very complex operations as we
training opportunity for our people.” have laid out in this exercise.”
The exercise sought to increase participating countries’ ability to During the exercise, the two RNZAF NH90s were embedded within
plan and execute contingency responses from combat missions to the Australian Defence Force’s 16 Aviation Brigade and operated
humanitarian assistance efforts. During the exercise, participating with six near-identical Australian MRH-90s, eight ARH Tiger
forces faced a realistic scenario against a peer adversary that tested helicopters and up to 600 US troops who served as the ground
the cohesion of the different militaries and required complex force for ‘Battle Group Griffin’.
planning and execution to include military operations at sea, in the Around 200 combat soldiers from the New Zealand Scots Squadron,
air and ashore. Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles were embedded within the
MAJGEN Tim Gall, Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, said ADF’s 7 Brigade and the RNZAF C-130 operated alongside the Royal
the joint training was critical for New Zealand to work better Australian Air Force’s 37 Squadron.
with security partners Australia and the US in conducting real- TE KAHA and ENDEAVOUR returned to Devonport Naval Base
world operations. on Sunday 2 August. CANTERBURY was due to return the army
vehicles and the NH90s to Wellington a week later.
EXERCISE TALISMAN SABRE 1718 Our People
Our frigate HMNZS TE KAHA and our tanker HMNZS ENDEAVOUR returned to Devonport Naval Base on Sunday 2 August
after long deployments. All these photos are of their homecoming. More than 1100 ecstatic family members and friends
welcomed the ships home. The ships were honoured with a flypast by two Navy Seasprite helicopters and a gun salute from
ashore in response to one from TE KAHA. TE KAHA had been away since 16 February, initially to Australia, then to Gallipoli
for the 100th anniversary of the Anzac Day landings in World War I. The frigate then spent more than a month on a Combined
Maritime Forces patrol in the Western Indian Ocean, seizing and destroying $235 million of heroin from two dhows boarded by
Ship’s Company. Immediately before returning to New Zealand, TE KAHA joined ENDEAVOUR in Darwin for Exercise Talisman
Sabre. ENDEAVOUR meanwhile had sailed for Australia on 9 March where she helped resupply and support Royal Australian
Navy ships, before going to Malaysia and Singapore waters for Exercise Bersama Shield.
our people 19CN’S koRowai steeped in
tradition
By WOSCS Jack Rudolph, Navy Maori Cultural Adviser Marae by the stepped pattern at the bottom seen in the photo.
S
The different colours represent the following:
ome of you may be wondering what the significance is of
White – Te Ara Poutama and our fallen sailors
the wonderful feathered cloak that adorns the Chief of Navy
while conducting ceremonial duties. Known traditionally Green – The seas in which we work (Tangaroa)
as a kahu huruhuru, most people today use the word korowai to Brown – All ethnicities within the RNZN which all link back to
describe Maori feathered cloaks. Korowai are the most highly prized the Devonport Naval Base and Papatuanuku (Mother Earth).
of all traditional Maori garments which were woven from traditional Te Ara Poutama and the deeds of Tane are powerful concepts of
materials such as flax and feathers of specific indigenous birds that Maori mythology. A metephor of the spiritual realm, to the physical
denoted status and leadership. and back to the spiritual. This embraces our fallen comrades and
In 2005 the Runanga o te Iwi Heramana (Council of Sailors) decided familes members of the past as well. The link back to Papatuanuku
to present a symbolic gift to the CN’s position. The gift would reminds us all of our duties as Kaitiaki, guardians of not only the
signify not only his status and rank, but also the biculturalism seas, but Aotearoa, New Zealand. Sounds familiar—Defend New
within the RNZN with links back to Tangaroa, our naval base, our Zealand’s interests at sea (WAD 06-15). These are infused into the
Marae, the officers and sailors of the RNZN, our civilians and wider Navy’s vision and core values
naval family, and also our fallen comrades. of Courage, Commitment and Comradeship.
We were fortunate enough at the time to have a person skilled in Many Maori taonga are contextual to today’s ideologies. This is no
the art of contemporary korowai-making. Mrs Ludene Halford, the more so than in the Symbol of Command for the Chief of Navy—
wife of LS Steve Halford (retired after 20 years in the RNZN and 22 the symbol of unity as he conducts his important duties here and
years in the dockyard) gave up her time to produce the korowai we overseas. It is good to know that we his navy are in support through
see today. his adorned korowai, as he is for us.
The stepped pattern you see on the korowai represents “Te Ara Ma te Huruhuru o te Manu ka rere
Poutama” which relates to Tane-nui-a-rangi and Tane-te-wananga From the diversities of life, we can achieve
who not only retrieved the baskets of knowledge, are responsible He Heramana ahau
for the higher house of learning which in todays term’s, we can
relate to the journey in the career path of RNZN personnel to
achieve the highest pinnacle of Chief of Navy. Top Right: The three Jacks, from left WOSCS Jack Rudolph, ex-Navy gunnery
instructor Jack Donnelly and Chief of Navy RADM Jack Steer wearing his
Te Ara Poutama is represented in our Pou of Tane at Te Taua Moana korowai.
Above: Pou of Tane at Te Taua Moana Marae. Above: Details of CN’s korowai.
20 CN’s korowaiMighty MOET Greens are
here to help you
By LT CDR Kelly Smith, Fleet Damage Control Officer the majority of the time re-scrubs are required. All compartments
A
are looked at and often it is publications and miscellaneous items
new initiative from the Maritime Operational Evaluation not secured that let the ship down. Remember a ship is your home;
Team (MOET) is to highlight Fleet strengths and deficiencies cleanliness and hygiene are an important part of protecting that
through a quarterly Navy Today article and a Fleetwide home.
signal. This is to ensure fleet standards across all departments
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across all departments are
are maintained and any shortfalls that are seen in the Fleet are
in need of attention. SOPs should be reviewed every 12 months and
addressed.
if your ship is one of a class of ship, these SOPs should be reviewed
This is the first Navy article and provides some details as to what is with other vessels.
not going so well in the Fleet at the moment.
When MOET are embarked, we expect dog-tags to be worn. Many
Earlier this year a signal was sent (DTG 19223Z APR 15) from MOET personnel come up with excuses for not having them. These are
addressing the incorrect use of the Gas Alert Quattro. Interrogating just as important as having an ID card and if missing should be
the readings particularly at the Scene Leader level has been ordered. It is recommended that dog-tags are mustered as part of
identified as a current shortfall. The recommendation was for all kit-musters.
shipborne Damage Control Instructors to ensure interrogation of
Generally personnel are keen and willing to learn when MOET come
the Gas Quattro is trained and practised in all post- fire actions and
onboard which is a good start. Enthusiasm goes along way and
toxic gas exercises, to ensure competency remains high.
when you give 100 per cent, it stands out. Do not be afraid to ask
Another Damage Control related practice that is not conducted questions, there is no such thing as a stupid question. A saying that
very well across the Fleet is the use of the ramfan (a smoke you will hear when MOET are onboard is ‘Fight what you see, like
extractor). Other than engineering personnel, it seems many other your life depended on it’. If you follow this, you cannot go wrong.
trades lack confidence in the set-up and operation. From MOET
Some personnel have seen MOET walk around Devonport Naval
experience, this comes down to ships not conducting post-fire
Base but do not know who we are or what we do. MOET wear
routines (de-smoking to O2 Safe) when conducting exercises
RNZN 10A which is green GWDs or overalls when assessing a ship.
onboard. The easiest way to rectify this is by conducting regular
If you see us, please pay us the same marks of respect you would
training on the ramfan, ensuring all personnel get to touch and
any other senior rate or officer. MOET are located on the fifth floor
play with the equipment. Damage Control equipment is very hard
of Cruiser Bock. We are made up of 15 core positions but regularly
to break. If you are not confident put your hand up and ask for
call on other personnel to assist, especially with engineering and
additional training.
Damage Control.
Overall, cleanliness and securing for sea has also been poor when
MOET embark. This is MOETs first impression. When achieved it Above: The mighty Super MOETS are the men and women in green who not
shows the sense of pride a ship’s company has for their ship, but only ensure our ships can operate up to standard, they are here to help you.
moet moments 21Women’s Development Forum
An inspiration to all who attended
This type of forum was designed to inspire the audience to take
ownership of their own success, remain engaged with the NZDF
and to leverage other people’s experience and tools to assist them
with approaching their own mid-career challenges.
External speakers included Dr Habiba Sarabi, the first woman
governor of Bamyan province in Afghanistan; Jimi Hunt from Live
More Awesome Trust; Lee-Anne Wann the Warriors nutritionist;
and Shelley Campbell from the Sir Peter Blake Trust. Internal
speakers from Army, Navy, Air and civilian positions also spoke,
aiming to give senior leadership and mid-career range men and
women an appreciation for the challenges NZDF women and
service couples face.
By LT CDR Ange Barker Feedback following the forum indicated this type of opportunity is
invaluable for all personnel as POWTR Jellick and AMED Williams
W
omen and men from all round the New Zealand Defence explain below.
Force gathered in Ohakea for the NZDF Women’s
Development Forum in late June. It was the third forum POWTR Monique Jellick
of its kind—others were in 2011 and 2013—with the theme this year This year I approached the Women’s Development Forum (WDF)
“Being Our Future”. with a broader perspective, as at the time of this year’s forum
The primary focus of this forum was to retain NZDF mid-career I was two months into my six-month secondment with the Sir
range talent through the opportunity to be placed in front of Peter Blake Trust.
inspirational, informative speakers who enhanced the audience’s I enjoyed hearing my mentor and chief executive of the trust,
own knowledge and promoted self development. Shelley Campbell speak, as well as Dr Sarabi, Jimi Hunt and
Chief of Defence Force LTGEN Tim Keating opened the forum Lee-Anne Wann. Hearing their stories of how they overcame the
speaking on the aims of holding such events and the establishment hardship and challenges they faced reminded me of the scenarios
of such programmes as More Military Women. military women face regularly. This, combined with the stories from
“Success will look like more women in uniform in the New Zealand our military personnel, both male and female, showed me how,
Defence Force. It will look like women’s careers lasting longer, or through determination and hard work, it is possible to have a happy
in the technical speak of our personnel branch—women’s attrition family and a successful career.
patterns closing to within one percent of men’s. And it will look like
an increasing number of women in senior leadership roles in our
Defence Force.”
Participants were then encouraged to use the two days to “refresh,
reinvigorate, and revive” their careers.
The 2015 programme differed from previous years as the audience
was given the opportunity to network while listening to inspiring
speakers from external organisations and serving military personnel.
Middle: Dr Habiba Sarabi is formally welcomed to Ohakea with a powhiri and
challenge.
Bottom Right: LTGEN Tim Keating and Dr Sarabi at the forum.
22 2015 WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FORUMThe forum benefits the NZDF greatly as it reiterates the wonderful
support we get, such as parental leave, family support and work
“The overall sense of
flexibility where appropriate. It is good for the NZDF to voice the the forum was that of
good they do and what they offer their people, as well as connect
people from different walks of life and form new networks. I have
positivity, empowerment and
made loads of new friends and became part of a greater community encouragement.”
through the women’s development forums I have attended.
A stand out speaker for me was Shelley Campbell, the chief
An Army counterpart, one of the women I met this year, had a
executive of the Sir Peter Blake Trust. She spoke about what it takes
fantastic idea. Using the NZDF recruiting bus, a group of defence
to be a good leader and gave some good advice. Some examples:
women from all over NZ and all walks of life would spend two
not assume that what has always worked, always will; and be aware
weeks travelling the length of New Zealand, visiting the hometown
when your strengths become weaknesses, such as confidence
of each, meeting potential recruits in our ‘civvy clothes’. We’d get
becoming arrogance. Her attitude was truly inspiring and motivated
to know these people and they would get to know us without
me to change a few habits of my own.
barriers. We would then reintroduce ourselves to them in uniform,
demonstrating how diverse the women of the NZDF are and that if Another great speaker was Jimi Hunt who spoke about mental
they can’t yet relate to the uniforms we wear, they can relate to the health and how important it is to ask for help. He has achieved
people we are. some amazing feats, such as building the world’s largest waterslide.
All of which he would never have been able to achieve if he didn’t
The value of the forum is that it is not about ‘women’s issues’;
ask for help.
it is about Defence Force issues discussed by women, who at
times think differently to men. Broadening perspectives, offering Thank you to the Women’s Development Steering Group for
inspiration and celebrating achievement in career and family are providing such a well organised and thought provoking event. It
the reasons why this is a worthwhile, wonderful event. has inspired me to pursue my career further in the NZDF with more
enthusiasm than ever. I will definitely be encouraging my peers to
AMED Caitlin Williams attend the next one.
The overall sense of the forum was that of positivity, empowerment
and encouragement. The fact that the whole forum was mixed-rank
and uniform-free brought a whole new level of conversation and
perspective to the environment. Through discussion and listening
to the amazing speakers I think I can safely say that we all came
away with some practical ideas with regards to leadership and self Above: The NZDF Womens Development Forum was held at RNZAF Base
Ohakea over two days and featured a number of insightful presenters.
belief that we can all apply in our everyday work and personal lives, Personnel, both men and women, from across all three services, civilian staff
as well as hearing some magnificent stories. and territorial personnel were in attendance.
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