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As an Officer or Sailor in the Navy your ship carries your equipment and you work as part of a team to make it run as a single war-fighting machine. But some specialists in the Navy, like the Clearance Divers, work away from their vessels and to perform their roles, must be equipped with an array of very specialised tools.
Australian Clearance Divers are the Australian Defence Forces' specialist divers. The primary focus of Clearance Divers is to locate, identify and perform Underwater Explosive Ordnance and Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (Underwater EOD and IEDD), which is the rendering safe and disposal of any underwater explosives. This role is conducted in the vulnerable approaches to ports and anchorages, potential beach landing sites, in the open ocean and in and around port facilities.
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Navy pilots are Officers who are in charge of the flight, tactical employment and safety of aircraft and its crew. They complete an amazing variety of tasks, including deployed operations from Navy warships, flying tactical missions and low level in amongst valleys or 50 feet above water. Navy pilots always fly with a range of safety devices such as a life-vest, beacon, oxygen cylinder, side-arm and torch.
A Navy Pilot's helmet is ergonomically fitted to the individual's head. Inside it contains a communications system and a selection of pull down visors for different environmental conditions.
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If boarding from the ocean, the party uses a RHIB (Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat) to approach the vessel. The ship will be asked to steer with the direction of the weather to minimise turbulence, while the RHIB approaches from the rear and side that offers the best protection. When alongside, ladders are thrown down by a compliant crew, or if not, hooks are thrown up by the boarding party. The party then ascends the side of the ship via a custom designed rope ladder.
Naval boarding parties are a select group of sailors who conduct boarding operations on other shipping vessels, away from their own ship. This can include searching vessels for contraband items such as weapons, oil or illegal fishing. Or it can be boarding a stricken vessel in a rescue operation. Boarding party duty is not a specialist trade. Party members are selected from almost any part of the ship’s crew, although weapons’ user and engineer categories are generally favoured. Sailors who are selected must first be willing to participate as they are still required to fulfill their normal duties onboard the ship, as well as the extra workload. It is a physically demanding job, with boarding party members frequently required to climb and haul equipment up ladders in rough seas.
The boarding party can board a ship's deck via a fast-rope, suspended from a Seahawk helicopter. Fast-roping is a very dangerous exercise, where the sailor drops to the deck of the ship, sliding down the thick rope fireman-pole fashioned, using their feet for friction. The sailor is untethered to the helicopter at this time, and in rolling seas any slip could plunge them into the ocean.
The Boatswain's Mate (BM) is primarily responsible for Boarding Operations, Small Arms Weapons and Seamanship. They specialise in Fast Roping from Navy Helicopters in support of boarding ships. The BM is also the Navy's subject matter expert in rifles, pistols, batons and machine guns. Additionally, within the seamanship area of employment, the BM will be able to perform the following tasks: tying knots, rope-work; work with wires, shackles, anchors and small boat operations.
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