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Remembrance Day | Service across generations

More than 30 years after leaving the Navy, Raymond Moss has returned to HMAS Stirling, the naval base where he once served – this time as a transport supervisor with ISS. This Remembrance Day, he shares what returning has meant to him and reflects on those who served before him. 
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Raymond had retired in October 2025 after a civilian career in transport and operations. About six months later, ISS contacted him through LinkedIn about a job at HMAS Stirling.

“There’s only so much golf you can play,” he laughs. He took up the role in May 2026. “It’s quite funny how I ended up here, because this was my last role in the Navy. I was the Transport Manager here,” he says. “It is really good to come back here.”

Raymond spent his final three years in the Navy at HMAS Stirling before leaving the service in July 1995. “It was a great posting,” he says.

Memories of Navy life

Raymond’s 21-year Navy career gave him opportunities to travel that he still remembers fondly. Long before his posting to HMAS Stirling, he sailed to England aboard HMAS Melbourne, travelling with its escort ships for Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee. He recalls the ships taking part in a naval review during the visit. “That was incredible,” he says, remembering the voyage as a highlight of his service.
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Same base, different world

Returning to HMAS Stirling has given Raymond a chance to see how Navy life has changed since his own service. There are new buildings, new roads and more people, but the changes also go beyond the surroundings.
 
When he served at the base, people in uniform provided catering, cleaning and other support services. Today, civilian providers, including ISS, help deliver those services as a team-of-teams, with each specialist group contributing to the day-to-day running of the base. Raymond is now part of that civilian workforce, bringing his transport experience back to the place where he once served.
 
“It’s a completely different world from when I was here, but it works well,” he says.
 
Raymond’s job is to help organise the vehicles people at the base need, from cars and SUVs to additional hired transport under the contract. He calls the daily coordination “a day-to-day shuffle” – making sure the right vehicles are available when they’re needed.
 
“We're a small team, but we’ve got a big role supporting the base.”
 

More than a return to work

Settling into the role has been about more than managing transport requests and budgets. Raymond values knowing he has people to turn to for support, including base management, Richard Dyson, ISS Living Working Services Manager, and Philip Chen, General Manager of Operations, ISS Defence.

“Coming back here has been a real refresher,” he says.

After years of long working days in civilian roles, Raymond has found a different pace at HMAS Stirling.

“It’s a great role, great life balance.”

Working alongside those serving today has given Raymond a fresh perspective on everyday Navy life too. “The feeling is different,” he says. 
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“Getting to know the next generation of service men and women and seeing their energy and capability has renewed my optimism about the future.”
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Raymond Moss
Transport Supervisor, ISS Australia & New Zealand

A time to reflect

Raymond's confidence in those serving today comes with gratitude for those who came before them. On Remembrance Day, he thinks of his own family and others whose lives have been changed by service.
 
“Several of my uncles fought in the Second World War,” he says. “The generations before us made sacrifices that helped us enjoy the life we have now.”
 
He also thinks of Australian Defence personnel who in conflicts since then. He remembers those who died, and those who came home with injuries or other lasting effects of their service. Remembrance Day is a time to look back with gratitude and to look ahead with hope, he believes. Lest we forget.
 
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