HMAS Arunta returned to Fleet Base East on April 5 after a three-month regional presence deployment to South-East and North Asia, which included port visits where the crew could go ashore.
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The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta and a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently joined US Navy destroyer USS Momsen and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Yudachi for training in the South China Sea.
The ship’s company of HMAS Arunta recently spent an action-packed week at sea testing their warfighting skills with other regional navies on Exercise Milan 2022.
HMAS Arunta recently took part in the multilateral Exercise Milan 2022.
Training with partners, traversing vital shipping routes and visiting regional ports have all been part of HMAS Arunta’s latest regional presence deployment.
HMAS Arunta’s ship’s company has been busy maintaining and enhancing their skills since departing their home port of Sydney last month for a regional presence deployment.
HMAS Arunta sailed from her home port of Fleet Base East on January 28 for a three-month regional presence deployment.
One of Navy’s longest running and most prestigious awards, the Gloucester Cup, has been awarded to the crew of HMAS Arunta for excelling in all areas of operation at sea and alongside.
The ship’s company of HMAS Arunta is not resting on its laurels when it comes to maintaining the high tempo that has been a feature of the ship’s five-month deployment.
With less than a week to go before she returns to her home port of Fleet Base West, Western Australia, Arunta has undertaken a replenishment at sea with United States Naval Ship Amelia Earhart, followed by a passage exercise with Republic of Singapore Ship Valour a day later.
Arunta’s Marine Engineering Officer Lieutenant Commander Joshua Fearnley said after a six-day passage from Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, and with more than a week’s steaming ahead, the opportunity to refuel was a timely one for Arunta.
“Our Anzac-class frigates have a long endurance capability, but we always welcome the opportunity to enhance our interoperability with partner navies, particularly with our US allies,” he said.
“Arunta successfully took on 300 cubic meters of marine diesel fuel during the replenishment, a demonstration of our navies’ ability to seamlessly integrate during longer-term regional deployments.”
The following day Arunta conducted a passage exercise with RSS Valour, adding to the already extensive list of partner nations she has exercised with during the past five months.
Commanding Officer Arunta Commander Troy Duggan said these interactions between navies built confidence and contributed to the security of the Indo-Pacific.
“Regional deployments form part of Australia’s longstanding contribution to the preservation of security and stability in this region,” Commander Duggan said.
“Singapore and Australia have a long history of partnership and cooperation in matters affecting our region and it’s great to exercise with the Singapore Navy again.”
Arunta departed Fleet Base West in June and will return home after an absence of 164 days.
HMAS Arunta is on her way home after completing her deployment on Operation Argos, which is Australia’s contribution to the enforcement of United Nations’ Security Council sanctions on North Korea.