A ROYAL Australian Navy chief petty officer stationed at HMAS Cerberus has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal for her work overhauling recruit swim training and data collection. Chief petty officer Michelle Bush received the award as part of the King’s Birthday honours, recognising her contribution to recruit training at the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School since posting there in 2024. Bush collected and analysed swim-test data to identify trends, track failures and measure how long recruits took to achieve the required standard – work that helped identify common reasons recruits struggled with the initial entry swim test. “I love…
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A FLINDERS surfer has voiced concern after a recent Navy training exercise above Flinders Beach saw a live-firing exercise reportedly take place as he and other surfers were in the water. Paul, who asked not to use his surname, said it was not uncommon to surf at Flinders Beach while Navy exercises were undertaken at the nearby West Head Gunnery Range on top of the cliffs – with surfers out of any live-firing zone and warnings sounded from the Navy to the alert the public as a precaution.There are two main surf breaks at Flinders called Meanos and Gunnery. Meanos…