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Task Group Afghanistan medics Flight Lieutenant Tessa O’Brien, Leading Seaman Peter Gough and Lieutenant Commander Gavin Milkins treat a simulated patient at the Role 2 Enhanced NATO Medical Treatment Facility at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

Aussie medical personnel in Kabul

21/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4333 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Role 2 Enhanced NATO Medical Treatment Facility

There is no such thing as a typical day for the 14 Australian Defence Force medical personnel working at the

Australian Army Major Conrad Walsh is awarded the Afghan Ministry of Interior Medal of Honour.

Australian Australian Army News Operations

Australian Army officer awarded Afghan medal

21/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7031 Views 0 Comments Kabul Garrison, Major Conrad Walsh, Operation Highroad

Major Conrad Walsh, deployed to Afghanistan with Australian Defence Force Kabul Garrison General Command Advisor Team 2 (KGGC AT-2) has

About 350 Afghan officer cadets graduated on 20 July after completing an intensive 11-month training course supported by New Zealand Defence, Australian, Danish and British mentors. Photographer unknown.

ADF Australian New Zealand News Operations Overseas Videos

New Army officers graduate in Afghanistan – 2 headed for Duntroon

21/07/201728/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5256 Views 0 Comments ADF, Afghan officer cadets, New Zealand Defence Force, NZDF

About 350 Afghan officer cadets graduated yesterday, 20 July 2017, after completing an intensive 11-month training course supported by Australian

HMAS Arunta alongside Port Victoria, Seychelles, during her mission to the Middle East. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Brendan Gee.

Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Arunta homeward bound after longest ME deployment

11/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3622 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, Operation Manitou

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta is returning home to Australia after completing the longest deployment by a RAN vessel

Australian Federal Police and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force patrol the dock at Honiara. AFP photo by Brian Hartigan.

ADF Australian News Operations Pacific Police

RAMSI officially ends

30/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4713 Views 0 Comments Operation ANODE, RAMSI, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands – RAMSI – officially closed on 30 June 2017 after nearly 14 years

US Army AH-64 Apache fitted with Raytheon high-energy laser test capsule. US Army photo.

News Operations Science & Technology USA Videos

AH-64 Apache armed with laser tested

27/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3957 Views 0 Comments AH-64 Apache, High Energy Laser, Multi-Spectral Targeting System

Raytheon announced yesterday that, in collaboration with the US Army Apache Program Management Office and US Special Operations Command, it

Corporal Rob Johnson, 5th Aviation Regiment, guides an MRH-90 helicopter for landing during Operation Hannah in Papua New Guinea. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims.

Australian Australian Army News Operations Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Air Force

ADF supports PNG elections

23/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4972 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Force, B-300 King Air, C-130J Hercules, C-27J Spartan, MRH-90, Operation Hannah, PNG elections

The Australian Defence Force has delivered election material to support the Papua New Guinea government’s 2017 national elections. CAPTION: Corporal Rob

New Zealand Defence Force Hercules contingent in the Middle East. ADF photo.

Middle East New Zealand News Operations

Kiwi Herc serving well in Middle East

22/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3339 Views 0 Comments C-130 Hercules, New Zealand Defence Force, NZDF, RNZAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) transported 120 tonnes of supplies and about 500 military personnel supporting coalition operations in

Colonel Richard Vagg, Commander Task Group Taji 4, prepares to hand over command at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.

ADF Australian Middle East News Operations

Task Group Taji 4 home from Iraq

17/06/201717/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7980 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

About 300 Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to Operation OKRA either have or are about to return to Australia after

Family members pose for a selfie on the wharf at Fleet Base East before HMAS Newcastle departs for Operation Manitou. Photo by Able Seaman Bonny Gassner.

Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Newcastle’s final deployment to Middle East

15/06/201715/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5015 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle and her ship’s company of 230 departed Garden Island, Sydney, on her sixth deployment to the Middle East region on 11 June.

A member of HMAS Arunta's boarding party embarks a dhow smuggling illegal narcotics in the Middle East Region. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Arunta nets third major drugs haul

14/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3981 Views 0 Comments heroin, HMAS Arunta, Operation Manitou

HMAS Arunta has completed a third significant narcotics interdiction after seizing 260kg of heroin in the north Indian Ocean off

Iraqi Army Rangers practice firing at extended ranges with a Dragunov sniper rifle under the guidance of Australian and New Zealand Defence Force trainers from Task Group Taji 4 at Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.

Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Operations

ANZACs train Iraq Special Forces trainers

05/06/201705/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4669 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Special Forces’ Rangers, Task Group Taji

Task Group Taji 4 is helping the Iraqi Army to build its Special Forces’ Rangers capability by offering bespoke ‘train-the-trainer’

Members of HMAS Arunta's boarding party seize and account for illegal narcotics found during the search of a dhow while on patrol in the Middle East. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

Australian New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Kiwi Orion and HMAS Arunta team on major drug bust

12/05/201712/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4948 Views 0 Comments drug interception, HMAS Arunta, RNZAF P-3K2 Orion

Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta has seized approximately 250kg of heroin during a vessel interception off the coast of

P-3 Orion leaves Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Whenuapai on it's way to conduct maritime security opperations in the Middle East. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Operations

Flying Kiwis help nab 400kg heroin

11/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3848 Views 0 Comments Orion, P-3K2 Orion

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft has helped a multinational task force seize 400kg of heroin,

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules takes off for a new mission in the Middle East. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Operations Overseas

Kiwis send Herc on renewed air support mission

08/05/201708/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4064 Views 0 Comments C-130 Hercules

Thirty New Zealand Defence Force personnel and a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules strategic airlift aircraft left this

The fifth rotation of 106 New Zealand Defence Force troops has just completed training with their Australian counterparts as they prepare to head to Iraq in late May.

New Zealand News Operations Overseas Videos

New Zealand troops ready for fifth Taji rotation

30/04/201730/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4012 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

The fifth rotation of 106 New Zealand Defence Force troops has just completed training with their Australian counterparts as they

Major General Tim Gall, Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, and Iraqi Security Forces listen to a New Zealand Defence Force trainer in Iraq’s Camp Taji. Photo by Australian Defence Force.

Australian Australian Army New Zealand News Operations Overseas

More ANZAC-trained Iraqi soldiers for Daesh fight

28/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3193 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

A combined New Zealand and Australian task group will be training about 2000 Iraqi Security Forces in the next fortnight

An Australian Army Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle ambulance on an LCM8 landing craft exits the well dock of HMAS Choules. Photo by Able Seaman Bonny Gassner.

ADF Australian News Operations

Defence wraps up Queensland cyclone assistance

10/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3668 Views 0 Comments Tropical cyclone Debbie

The Australian Defence Force has commenced reducing its support to Queensland emergency services in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie.

Europe News Operations Videos

Syria cops ship loads of Tomahawk missiles

07/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4152 Views 0 Comments Tomahawk

US Navy ships conducted a cruise missile strike against Shayrat Airfield in Homs governorate, Syria, today at about 4:40am local

Wing Commander Philip Sexton congratulates his son Leading Aircraftman Caleb Sexton on receiving the Australian Operational Service Medal-Greater Middle East during the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) 3 medal parade in the Middle East on 20 February 2017. Photo by Corporal Bill Solomou.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force

Father and son complete Middle East deployments

04/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4774 Views 0 Comments Sexton

Julie Sexton, wife and mother of two Air Force personnel, had two great reasons to be proud and relieved recently