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As part of the RAN Navy Systems Command, HMAS Penguin is home to several of the navy's major specialist training schools, including:
- RAN Diving School
- RAN Hydrographic School
- Medical School - Penguin
In addition, Penguin was also home to the navy's principal medical facility, Balmoral Naval Hospital, which provided some of the trained personnel for the Primary Casualty Receiving Facilities on the RAN's Kanimbla class vessels. Balmoral Naval Hospital closed 13 March 2008 for refurbishment. The Navy's hospital care will be provided through a contract with St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, located in Darlinghurst. As well as this, Penguin is the home of the Submarine and Underwater Medicine Unit and the RAN Recompression Chamber Facility. In 2006, Penguin received as lodger units both Headquarters and 1st Commando Company, 1st Commando Regiment.
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