Petty officer

By the, the sounds of it, uh, they each had spent a couple, three, maybe four years, uh, in the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Army.

And, uh, you know, several decades had passed, uh, since then, and yet they were, uh, uh, sitting there telling stories about sergeant this and, uh, uh, Chief Be- Petty Officer the other, and, uh, one time we did this, and the other time we did that.

One old gentleman reached into his pocket, and he had been, uh, uh, someplace in, in Europe and, uh, someplace where they had beer, um, as I recall his story.

They...

Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for.

HMCS Ottawa arrives with smiling sailors waving to the crowd, then docking for the first kiss with Petty Officers First Class Sadie Mayer and Alexander Antonovic.

It was really exuberant.

You could really feel that emotion on the bridge wings as we came alongside.

this little one Mexican dude goes up to me.

He's like, hey, bro, like Petty Officer.

I'm not going to mention her name, but Petty Officer, what's it called? Like, that's nasty, huh? Like, who would hit that? And I was like, any black dude on the ship? And he's all like, no, dude, what are you talking about? I'm like, bro.

You just see a little hand.

Who would hit this? You just see a

John Armfield is a highly decorated former Royal Australian Navy clearance diver, dedicated community volunteer and passionate advocate for truth, accountability and justice.

Over 20 years of service, John was promoted to Petty Officer, leading specialist teams in high-risk operations across the Middle East and humanitarian missions throughout the Pacific.

Since leaving the Navy in 2023, John played a significant role in the media, fearlessly advocating for defence personnel and veterans.

His testimony before the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide was pivotal in exposing systematic flaws or failures and demanding better support for those who serve.

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Petty Officers.

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First Engineer Douglas.

And then it just seemed like God moved his giant hand because he exposed all these terrorist acts that he did.

planes taken hostage, the body of Robert Steetham, the Navy Petty Officer, dumped out onto the tarmac when that 747 piloted by Captain John Testrake was taken for several days hostage by Islamic terrorists.

And I began to get soured on it.

I didn't see this religion of peace that everyone spoke about.