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	Royal Australian Navy in Viet Nam
		This team was made up of personnel from the RAN's two existing diving teams, CDT1 and CDT2, and after a period of additional training arrived in Vietnam on February 6, 1967.
		RAN CDT 3 was primarily employed in clearing rivers and shipping channels of mines and booby traps laid by the Viet Cong.
		While the Clearance Divers operated as a distinct unit a number of personnel were attached for short intervals to USN diving teams.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/ran_vietnam.htm (0 words)

	Australian Clearance Diving Team 1 (Royal Australian Navy)
		Clearance Diving Team was created 18 March 1966 at HMAS Penguin to support the Eastern based fleet.
		The RAN Clearance Diving Branch's equipment has been state of the art and their techniques are regarded as world leading.
		Clearance Diving Team One consists of a headquarters element and three operational elements that specialise in Maritime Tactical Operations (MTO), Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) and Underwater Battle Damage Repair (UBDR).
	www.navy.gov.au /units/cdt1 (345 words)

	RAN - Information at Halfvalue.com
		Established in 1901, the RAN was formed out of the Commonwealth Naval Forces to become the small navy of Australia after federation, consisting of the former colonial navies of the new Australian states.
		Today the RAN is one of the largest naval forces in the Pacific region and has a significant presence in the Indian Ocean, and has undertaken operations in support of military campaigns and peacekeeping missions worldwide.
		The RAN today is one of the most modern in the Pacific and is tasked with the ability to defend Australian waters and undertake operations in distant locations.
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=RAN (1349 words)

	Mobile Support Team -1
		The Mobile Support Team was composed of the OIC, a Navy Line Lieutenant, and ten to fifteen enlisted men of various technical rates commensurate with PTF/PCF craft upkeep and repair.
		He was the founder and first commander of CSS and formed the Sea Commando Teams - Luc Luong Biet Hai in 1964 (original team trained in Nha Trang in 1960 for sea command missions under CIA).
		Beside running the spy network and commando teams to the North by air and by sea, Colonel Ngo was also instrumental in forming Earth Angles (North Vietnamese Ralliers), Sacred Sword Patriots League and other spyops with LTC McKnight and Colonel Sadler and Colonel Singlaub.
	warboats.org /MST1.htm (1547 words)

	Royal Australian Navy information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At this time, the RAN also began to move away from commissioning British designs; the last major British design used was the Type 12 frigate, which formed the basis of the "River" class frigates.
		When it was decided that the RAN should commission a destroyer armed with guided missiles, the obvious British design was the "County" class; however, the RAN had reservations regarding the gas turbine propulsion, the Seaslug missile system, and being able to adapt the design to Australian needs.
		By the mid-late 1960s, the RAN was at the zenith of its operational capabilities; it was capable of despatching a full carrier battle group in support of major operations by having in service an aircraft carrier, three large area defence destroyers of the Perth class, six modern "River" class frigates and four Oberon class submarines.
	www.search.com /reference/Royal_Australian_Navy (1850 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		The RAN established its Clearance Diving Branch in 1951 and adopted the motto: UNITED and UNDAUNTED.
		RAN CDT 3 was primarily employed in clearing rivers and shipping channels of mines and booby traps laid by the Viet Cong.
		While the Clearance Divers operated as a distinct unit a number of personnel were attached for short intervals to USN diving teams.
	www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/Australia/CDT/Default.html (609 words)

	Clearance Diving Team (RAN) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Clearance Diving Teams of the Royal Australian Navy consist of naval personnel who are qualified in diving, demolitions, underwater repairs, and reconnaissance.
		Clearance Diving Team One (AUSCDT ONE); this is the CDT assigned to the east of Australia, and is based at HMAS Waterhen in New South Wales
		Clearance Diving Team Four (AUSCDT FOUR); this is assigned to the west of Australia, based at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clearance_Diving_Team_(RAN) (348 words)

	Clearance Diving Team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Clearance Diving Team is a type of naval diving group.
		Clearance Diving Team (RAN) for Australian naval divers.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clearance_Diving_Team (96 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Copyright Clearance Center (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials.
		A central location for clearing permissions (for the re-use of copyrighted works) was envisioned during the process leading to enactment of the Copyright Act of 1976, and CCC was created not long after as an instantiation of this idea.
		Copyright Clearance Center participates in many industry organizations, among them: the Authors’ Coalition, the Copyright Society of the United States, the International DOI Foundation (IDF), NFAIS, and NISO.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Copyright_Clearance_Center (348 words)

	Royal Australian Navy - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Established in 1909, the RAN was formed out of the Commonwealth Naval Forces, the small navy of Australia after federation, which consisted of the colonial navies of the new Australian states.
		By the mid-late 1960s, the RAN was at the zenith of its operational capabilities; it was capable of despatching a full carrier battle group in support of major operations by having in service an aircraft carrier, three large area defence destroyers of the Perth class, six modern "River" class frigates and four Oberon class submarines.
		When it was decided that the RAN should commission ships armed with guided missiles, the obvious British design was the "County" class destroyer; however, the RAN had reservations regarding the gas turbine propulsion, the Seaslug missile system, and being able to adapt the design to Australian needs.
	www.voyager.in /Royal_Australian_Navy (2136 words)

	IRAQ ASSAULT 03: CDT AT UMM QASR & AS ZUBAYR
		The Clearance Diving Branch first experienced combat in Vietnam, when Clearance Diving Team 1 was deployed to Vung Tau in 1965 tasked with protecting anchorages against Viet Cong swimmer sappers who were attempting to lay limpet mines on US ships in Vietnamese harbours.
		Diving did not commence until the morning of March 25, when CDT3 were tasked to clear the southern stretch of the Old Port including the docking area for the nearby Iraqi Navy base.
		On April 11, the entire team and their almost 50 tonnes worth of stores and equipment was loaded in trucks and deployed 20 kilometres north of Umm Qasr to the large port on the KAZ at Az Zubayr.
	www.australiandefender.com.au /stories/cdtiraq/ad_cdtiraq.htm (3924 words)

	A Clearance Diving Experience
		A Clearance Diving Team was maintained in Vietnam from 1965 to 1971, firstly in Vung Tau and later in Danang.
		Diving pay gave us a bit of a lift in income and the working environment was excellent; it seemed like we had a hobby for a job.
		I then had a posting as Officer in Charge of the RAN Diving School where I spent over 4 years and didn't have a lot to do as Clearance Divers, who all knew what they were doing, surrounded me and I was only there to be responsible for their actions.
	www.mcdoa.org.uk /A_Clearance_Diving_Experience.htm (3272 words)

	Defence Media Release
		In addition to their diving and explosives skills, clearance divers are generally trained to a higher standard of fitness and weapon handling than the remainder of the Navy.
		RAN clearance divers are recognised as being amongst the best in the world at shallow water mine countermeasures.
		Clearance divers are also trained to recover mines to shore and render them safe for later scientific examination of the mines internal firing mechanisms.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030327-australia01.htm (4553 words)

	theage.com.au - The Age
		The main team crossed into Iraq behind US and British forces on March 24, from a staging point in northern Kuwait where they have been in the path of Iraqi missile strikes and were forced to don chemical warfare suits and respirators 11 times in one 24-hour period.
		The diving team was given the job of sweeping the entire Iraqi coastline between Umm Qasr and the townships of al Faw for unexploded ordnance, an area about 45 kilometres wide where Gavan Stevens and his crew discovered the sea mine.
		And when the men from the Clearance Diving Branch head home in a fortnight at the end of their tour of duty they will carry several of the sea mines recovered from the barge captured off Umm Qasr, mementoes of a successful engagement that might well have ended in disaster rather than distinction.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/05/02/1051382093430.html (1262 words)

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		The RAN established its Clearance Diving Branch in 1951.
		Between its inception and the war in Vietnam, the Clearance Diving Branch was kept busy growing its numbers and meeting the demands of domestic diving and peacetime EOD tasks.
		Clearance Diving detachments and individuals have supported almost all post-Gulf War ADF operations including; the search for and destruction of chemical filled ordnance in Iraq and RAN operations in the Persian Gulf, Somalia and Bougainville.
	rancd-association.com /id61_m.htm (929 words)

	Everest 2006 Team No Limits: Team No Limits Roger Coffey
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		Roger, the team's base camp manager, is loved by his fellow team members and his great personality adds great flavor to the team's group dynamics.
		During that time he will be constantly on call, manning the satellite telephone, keeping the team apprised of weather conditions and monitoring their position relative to the other climbing teams vying for the summit.
	www.everestnews.com /everest2006/teamnolimitseverest04072006.htm (500 words)

	RAN - ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Established in 1901, the RAN was formed out of the Commonwealth Naval Forces to become the small navy of Australia after federation, consisting of the former colonial navies of the new Australian states.
		Today the RAN is one of the largest naval forces in the Pacific region and has a significant presence in the Indian Ocean, and has undertaken operations in support of military campaigns and peacekeeping missions worldwide.
		The RAN has two Clearance Diving Teams which serve as parent units for the navy's élite clearance divers, Clearance Diving Team One (AUSCDT ONE), based at HMAS Waterhen in New South Wales and Clearance Diving Team Four (AUSCDT FOUR) based at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/RAN (1410 words)

	snowyriver
		At the request of the Snowy Mountains Authority, a team of Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers, (under the command of Commander M. Batterham, OBE, Assistant Director of Underwater Activities for Australia), were despatched to tackle the problem.
		Because of the inhospitable conditions, the RAN imported from France several of the then new Cousteau constant volume dry suits to protect the divers from the freezing cold.
		On the surface between dives there was plenty to do; while one diver was down another was dressed and standing by for emergencies, others controlled the air hoses or monitored the radio and listened for signs of narcosis.
	www.cisatlantic.com /trimix/strike/snowyriver.htm (1391 words)

	Australia-Singapore-U.S.: TRI-CRAB 99
		RAN EOD personnel prepare for a Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) rigging to carry them to the VBSS MV Dewayne T. Williams, where their mission is to find and disarm booby traps.
		Members of RAN Clearance Diving Team One fast rope to the deck of the Dewayne T. Williams.
		RAN EOD personnel secure their arrival area after fast roping to the deck.
	forum.apan-info.net /win99-2k/TriCrab99-2.html (215 words)

	soc.history.war.vietnam FAQ: Australian Order of Battle
		Clearance Diving Team 3 6th February 1967 11th April 1971 In early 1967 a team of one officer and five sailors known as Clearance Diving Team 3 formed for service in Vietnam.
		The team was assigned to Vung Tau Harbour defence between February 1967 and August 1970, and was then stationed at Da Nang until April 1971 when the unit was withdrawn from Vietnam.
		The team was withdrawn from Vietnam and disbanded on 19 December 1972.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/vietnam/australia/order-of-battle (1495 words)

	Brief History of the Australian Forces in Vietnam
		Since February 1967, a team of RAN clearance divers was attached to US Naval forces operating in South Vietnam engaged in ordnance disposal and diving tasks.
		The RAN commitment was further increased in October 1967 when eight naval helicopter pilots, four observer officers, four air crewman and 30 ground staff were deployed with the United States 135th Aviation Company which provided helicopter support to allied forces, including the Australian Task Force in Vietnam.
		The RAN troop transport, HMAS Sydney made several trips each year to Vietnam with men and equipment to relieve the Australian Military Forces deployed there and assist later with the withdrawal of the force.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /aussie1.htm (5042 words)

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	The CD Branch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Clearance Diving Branch of the Royal Australian Navy was formed in 1951 with the primary role of "location.
		The diving school was located at HMAS Rushcutter on Sydney Harbour and remained there until 1968 when it was relocated to HMAS Penguin, also situated on Sydney Harbour.
		During 1961 the first RAN trained CD officers qualified from Rushcutter and at the beginning of 1962 the branch numbered a total of 51 officers and sailors.
	people.smartchat.net.au /~eyt/cd_history.htm (412 words)

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		Their Gulf wars were 12 years apart but naval clearance divers Eugene Maxwell and Michael Aitken can both tell tales of severely limited underwater vision when clearing key ports of mines.
		As clearance divers, they also were required to use their specialised training to dispose of dangerous explosives and military ordnance found on land.
		In March 2003, as US-led forces began to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, LS Aitken was in the 28-member RAN Clearance Diving Team Three that cleared the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.
	www.kuwaittimes.net /fridaytimes.asp?dismode=article&artid=94842035 (696 words)

	CDT3 in KUWAIT
		CDT3 is the clearance diving operational team mobilized whenever the Royal Australian Navy becomes involved in global conflict, last activated for the Vietnam conflict, the team had been dormant since 1971.
		This team was comprised of thirteen members from the West coast and ten members from the East coast diving teams.
		RADM Taylor USN, presided over the ceremony and delivered a concise and fitting tribute to the clearance teams, and whilst we were pleased with the recognition received his closing remarks were the signal for us to leave.
	www.rancd-association.com /id49.htm (4924 words)

	The Gulf War
		On 29 November 1990 the UN, in the face of Iraq's unyielding attitude, passed Resolution 678 which gave authority to member states "to use all necessary means" against Iraq unless it withdrew from Kuwait by 15 January 1991.
		For the next phase of the operation the three RAN vessels in the MNNF were replaced, in early December 1990, by the destroyer HMAS Brisbane, the frigate HMAS Sydney and the largest ship in the RAN's fleet, the 40,870 tonne replenishment ship HMAS Westralia.
		A RAN Clearance Diving Team arrived in the operational area on 30 January 1991 and was employed in preparation for a planned amphibious assault on the beaches of Kuwait.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/gulf_war/gulfwarmain.html (588 words)

	Summary of Australian Participation in Peacekeeping Missions
		In August 1960 an Army medical team of three personnel was seconded to the International Red Cross and deployed to the Congo to support the rehabilitation process.
		Australians served on the Iranian side of the border as Iraq vetoed an Australian presence in the Iraqi held territory, due to the fact that an Australian Government scientist, Dr Peter Dunn, was a member of the UN team that had proved Iraqi use of chemical weapons during three inspections in the 1984-1987 period.
		The mandate of ONUMOZ was to facilitate the implementation of the Peace Agreement, monitor and verify the ceasefire, provide technical assistance and monitor the electoral process, provide security for vital infrastructure, disband private and irregular armed groups and coordinate and monitor humanitarian assistance operations.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/commac/studies/anzacsk/res2.htm (5043 words)

	Brief History of the Australian Forces in Vietnam
		Since February 1967, a team of RAN clearance divers was attached to US Naval forces operating in South Vietnam engaged in ordnance disposal and diving tasks.
		The RAN commitment was further increased in October 1967 when eight naval helicopter pilots, four observer officers, four air crewman and 30 ground staff were deployed with the United States 135th Aviation Company which provided helicopter support to allied forces, including the Australian Task Force in Vietnam.
		The RAN troop transport, HMAS Sydney made several trips each year to Vietnam with men and equipment to relieve the Australian Military Forces deployed there and assist later with the withdrawal of the force.
	www.vietvet.org /aussie1.htm (0 words)

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