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From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
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Subject: Re: US Naval Forces in Gulf, Air Nat'l Gaurd units.
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.043429.1207@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 04:34:29 GMT
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From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
In article <1990Aug24.034424.1521@cbnews.att.com>, gnb@bby.oz.au (Gregory N. Bond) writes:
> 
>>>>>> On 15 Aug 90, macko@police.rutgers.edu (Peter C. Macko) said:
> 
> Peter> On top of that, the English, the Canadians, the Russians, and
> Peter> the Australians have also sent ships into the region.
> [...]
> 
> As an aside, this may be the first Australian naval action since WWII
> (Brian?), and none of the staff officers would have any combat
> experience, let alone the ship commanders....
> 

	Did I hear my name?  Well Greg your nearly right.  RAN was involved
during Vietnam mainly acting as Naval Gunfirce Support off Phuoc Tuy province
(and the one just to the north as well whos name escapes me) where Australian
troops operated.  They used the then brand new DDG's with their 5in guns.  In
addition they had duties as naval interception forces whom were mainly
concerned with preventing the smuggling off arms into South Vietnam via sea
trade (either coastal or from overseas).
	The RAN was also involved in a limited way after WWII during both the
Malaysian Emergency and the Confrontation with Indonesia.  However this was
mainly in a support role with the RN whom operated the actual ships.  The
action in the Gulf could/will(?) constitute for the first possible use of the
RAN as true combatants perhaps facing real opposition.

Brian Ross