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A bulldozer is landed at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay, from HMAS Adelaide.

Op Bushfire Assist – 14 January UPDATE

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2662 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am 15 January 2020 Watch Major General Jake Ellwood’s brief to media, 14 January 2020… MAIN PHOTO: A

Lieutenant Kynan Lang from the 10th/27th Battalion, RSAR, is supported by colleagues at the place where his uncle and cousin died in a bushfire on Kangaroo, before placing a memorial in their honour. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Army officer called-out to bushfire that killed family

14/01/202027/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7970 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A South Australian infantry officer heard of two family members killed by bushfires on the same day he was called out as an Army Reservist to the same fire.

A Royal Australian Air Force Transportable Air Operations Tower operated by 44WG during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 at Bairnsdale Airport. Photo by Chris Loadsman.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos

All those choppers need tower support

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3086 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A transportable air-operations tower deployed at short notice to Bairnsdale in early January has proven invaluable to humanitarian-aid flights in Gippsland.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopter loaded on a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III en-route from RNZAF Base Ohakea to RAAF Base Richmond for Operation Bushfire Assist tasking. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos

Help and hardware from across the ditch

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3427 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Deploying NH90 helicopters overseas is well-rehearsed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as bushfire relief operations in Australia have demonstrated.

An injured koala rescued by the Australian Army soldiers, New Zealand Army sappers and RSPCA members are transported await veterinary treatment on Kangaroo Island during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Army vet does perfect Drop Bear gag on TV reporter

13/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8204 Views 2 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Veterinarian and Army Reservist Captain Garnett Hall pulled off the perfect Drop Bear gag on an innocent Scottish TV reporter on Kangaroo Island this week.

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter loads stores on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist – 13 January UPDATE

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2363 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist continues to grow, with more ADF members joining the operation, and 100 PNGDF engineers touching down in Melbourne this evening.

An bird's eye view of the crashed water bomber recovery. ADF video screenshot.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Navy clearance divers recover crashed helicopter

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3480 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Navy clearance divers and an Army recovery mech successfully retrieved a crashed fire-bombing helicopter from a water reservoir near Eden, NSW.

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, move a bale of hay for livestock delivered by an Australian Army CH-47F Chinook near Jackson’s Crossing, Victoria: Photo by Private Michael Currie.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist 11 January UPDATE

11/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2832 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Daily operations update 11 January 2020 by Major General Jake Ellwood CAPTION: Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian

Corporal Michael Russ from the 1st Armoured Regiment moves in a convoy of ASLAVs tasked to support South Australia Water on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

ADF Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Expanded effort to defend Kangaroo Island

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3377 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The Australian Defence Force is expanding its efforts to defend Kangaroo Island in support of emergency services and the community.

Australian Army soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move on foot into the isolated community of Gipsy Point, north-west of Mallacoota, Victoria, to provide health support. Photo by Major Gavin Cole.

ADF Australian News Operations Videos

Op Bushfire Assist 10 January UPDATE

10/01/202011/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2459 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist 10-20 is currently the Australian Defence Force’s main effort, with several thousand full-time and reserve personnel providing direct support.

Leading Seaman Medic Abbey-Rose Yeoman and Red Cross volunteers fill out evacuation registration forms for the Mallacoota residents. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Choules’ evacuees comforted by multi-agency support

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3790 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

For evacuees on board HMAS Choules, the journey was made easier by the presence of people from other agencies who helped the ship’s company look after them.

Private Brodie Scott is thrilled to be home in Mallacoota to help her community after the devastating fires. By Pilot Officer Brent Moloney.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Tears flow for Army driver reunited with parents in Mallacoota

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3307 Views 2 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Tears flowed for one Aussie soldier reunited with her parents in Mallacoota when she choppered as a ‘called-out’ Army Reservist on Operation Bushfire Assist

An LCM8 transits from HMAS Choules to HMAS Cerberus to disembark evacuees from Mallacoota during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 as the ship takes on supplies via the ship's MRH-90 helicopter. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Second evacuation by “Mallacoota Ferry” complete

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2059 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Choules – now affectionately known as the “Mallacoota Ferry” – has conducted a second evacuation from Mallacoota in Victoria’s East Gippsland region.

Australian Army veterinarian Captain Garnett Hall (left), Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park owner Dana Mitchell and Private Alexie Tarasov from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, bandage one of many koalas that suffered burns at the park during the bushfires. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Perth veterinarian with Army Reserve on Kangaroo Island

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3580 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Perth veterinarian and Army Reserve infantry officer Captain Garnett Hall is treating injured wildlife during the bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island.

Corporal Dan Conelly, an Army Reservist from 3rd Field Squadron, 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, works to remove a burnt tree from a farm’s access road on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

ADF Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Big push in bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1867 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 100 Army Reservists are working with local authorities to provide assistance to bushfire recovery efforts on Kangaroo Island.

Embarked nursing officers Lieutenant Commander Thomas Miller (front) and Lieutenant Travis Robinson in HMAS Adelaide's treatment room. Photo by Able Seaman Thomas Sawtell.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Personal connection motivates medical personnel

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1655 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A key component of the ADF response to Op Bushfire Assist are the medical services provided by doctors, nurses, paramedics and support personnel of the Navy

Lance Corporal Trent Hewitt in front of a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle – Ambulance at the evacuation centre in Batemans Bay, NSW. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

From servo operator to serving the nation

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3090 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Driving his Bushmaster ambulance, former servo operator now LCpl Trent Hewitt passed the devastation of his home town travelling with an Army medical team.

Two Australian Army CH-47F Chinooks filled with supplies for isolated areas in Victoria depart RAAF Base East Sale, which has become a key and very busy air-operations hub. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos

East Sale becomes busy bushfire air hub

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2422 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

RAAF Base East Sale has become a key and very-busy air hub for the ADF air operations during Operation Bushfire Assist in Victoria.

Lance Corporal Damien Ewin reduces bushfire-damaged trees to manageable pieces for disposal during road clearance operations near Ilford, NSW. Lance Corporal Ewin is an Australian Army Reserve engineer, from the 5th Engineer Regiment, – and also owner of Premier Defence Agencies and long-time advertising supporter of CONTACT. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Reserve engineers working and learning on road gangs

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2826 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Army Reserve engineers are assisting local authorities in central NSW to make roads safe from trees that have fallen or were weakened by the bushfires.

St John Ambulance Registered Nurse Diana Wong chats with Australian Army medic Private Brenden Walker from the 1st Combat Health Battalion at Batemans Bay. Photo by Sergeant Bill Solomou.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

Army medical team treat civvies in Batemans Bay

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4680 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Stories of burnt homes and shattered lives have been shared with an Army medical team, in a departure from the usual tales of soldiers’ training injuries.