MUARA, Monday 9 Sept 2013 – KDB DARULAMAN sailed from Muara Naval Base this morning to partake in the ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise (FTX) followed by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) International Fleet Review (IFR) in Sydney, Australia commemorating the centenary of the first entry of the RAN Fleet into Sydney. With a total crew of 69 personnel, the deployment is lead by the Commanding Officer, Major (L) Willie bin Padan.
The deployment will take almost two months passing through the Celebes Sea to the Coral Sea in Australia, and on the passage back via the Timor Sea and Java Sea with a total distance in excess of 9,400 nautical miles.
KDB DARULAMAN will stop in Brisbane, Australia for a compulsory customs clearance. This will also be an avenue for exercise coordination with 14 foreign navies taking part in the FTX. KDB DARULAMAN will depart Brisbane for Jervis Bay, Australia in company with other exercise participants, and upon arrival will be involved in the ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise, which is mainly maritime interdiction operations but also includes boarding exercises and Critical Contact Of Interest (CCOI) tracking.
By 5 October, KDB DARULAMAN will be joining 42 other foreign warships, 16 tall ships and 3 civilian ships from 14 countries for the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review in Sydney. The 2013 RAN IFR will be reviewed by Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, the Governor-General of Australia during a sail pass of participating ships at anchor. KDB DARULAMAN will depart Sydney on 8 October and will stop in Surabaya, Indonesia for a logistical stop and also for a goodwill visit enroute to Muara. KDB DARULAMAN is scheduled to arrive in Brunei on 28 October 2013.
Present to bid farewell was Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin, Commander of RBAF, Colonel (L) Pg Norazmi bin Pg Muhammad, Acting Commander of RBN, RBN officers and men as well as families of the crew.
KDB DARULAMAN SERTAI LATIHAN DI SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MUARA, Isnin 9 Sept 2013 –
KDB DARULAMAN telah belayar dari Pangkalan Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei
(TLDB) pagi ini bagi menyertai ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field
Training Exercise (FTX) diikuti dengan International Fleet Review (IFR)
Tentera Laut Diraja Australia (TLDA) di Sydney, Australia bagi
memperingati seratus tahun pelayaran masuk Armada TLDA ke pelabuhan
Sydney. Dengan jumlah krew seramai 69 anggota termasuk pegawai,
deploimen ini diketuai oleh Pegawai Pemerintah Kapal Mejar (L) Willie
bin Padan. Pelayaran mereka akan mengambil masa selama hampir dua bulan
melalui Lautan Sulawesi hingga Lautan Coral di Australia, dan pada
pelayaran balik melalui Lautan Timor dan Lautan Java dengan jumlah jarak
pelayaran melebihi 9,400 batu nautika.
KDB
DARULAMAN akan berhenti di Brisbane, Australia bagi pelepasan
kastam. Ini juga akan menjadi satu saluran bagi penyelarasan latihan
bersama 14 Tentera Laut asing yang mengambil bahagian dalam latihan
FTX. KDB DARULAMAN akan berlepas dari Brisbane ke Teluk Jervis,
Australia bersama kapal tentera laut yang terlibat dan apabila tiba,
akan terlibat dengan ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training
Exercise, yang akan mengutamakan maritime interdiction operations,
tetapi juga melibatkan eksesais penggeledahan dan Critical Contact Of
Interest (CCOI) tracking.
Pada
5 Oktober nanti, KDB DARULAMAN akan menyertai 42 kapal perang, 16 kapal
layar dan 3 kapal awam dari 14 buah Negara bagi International Fleet
Review TLDA. IFR TLDA 2013 akan dikaji oleh Governor-General Australia,
Puan Yang Terutama Quentin Bryce melalui sail pass kapal-kapal berlabuh
yang ikut serta, dan akan menerima tabik hormat di kapal HMAS LEWIN. KDB
DARULAMAN akan berlepas dari Sydney pada 8 Oktober dan berhenti di
Surabaya, Indonesia bagi perhentian logistik dan lawatan muhibah dalam
pelayaran balik ke Muara. KDB DARULAMAN dijadualkan tiba di Brunei pada
28 Oktober 2013.
Turut
hadir mengucapkan selamat tinggal ialah Mejar Jeneral Dato Paduka Seri
Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka
Haji Abidin, Pemerintah Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei, Kolonel (L)
Pg Norazmi bin Pg Muhammad, Pemangku Pemerintah TLDB, pegawai-pegawai
dan anggota-anggota TLDB serta keluarga.