Op Bushfire Assist – 31 January UPDATE
ADF says temporary increase of 1100 in bushfire support is due to Reservists transitioning from compulsory to voluntary service. Counting same men twice?
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Operations
Army door-knocking as bushfire threatens Canberra
As a raging inferno threatened Canberra suburbs for the first time in 17 years, soldiers teamed up with ACT police
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Op Bushfire Assist – 30 January UPDATE
The ADF continues to work with local and state authorities to assist in reopening roads, restoring essential services and deliver emergency supplies.
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Artillerymen use search skills to find koalas
9th Regiment artillerymen proved they could do almost anything when they were tasked with searching bushfire-damaged forests for koalas in need of help.
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Helping all creatures great and small
Across the fire grounds of south-eastern Australia, Army veterinary officers have been supporting the health and welfare of all creatures great and small.
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Op Bushfire Assist – 29 January UPDATE
ADF is working with other authorities to determine where support is most needed, focused on reopening roads, restoring services and deliver supplies.
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ADF draws down another 900 personnel
The ADF removed another 900 people off their Operation Bushfire Assist commitments overnight, drawing the total ADF force down to a not-insubstantial 5500.
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Tumba-bloody-rumba whacks Army in Australia Day bash
Tumbarumba cricketers were quick to accept an Australian Army challenge to wield willow on a sunburnt cricket strip in the bushfire-affected shire.
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Pilot honoured two years after Hercules near disaster
The safe resolution of an in-flight emergency over Iraq has led Flight Lieutenant Brendon Carraro to be recognised in the 2020 Australia Day Honours list.
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Old warrior holds court in a biblical land
On New Year’s Eve, smoke wafted from a pipe at the Taji Military Complex north of Baghdad to mark another year gone and a new one’s beginning.
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Army nurse proud to show PM through facilities
It was a proud moment for one Army nursing officer when she was tasked to give some VIP visitors a guided tour of her unit’s medical set-up.
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Army helicopter started new fire bearing down on Canberra
An MRH-90 helicopter delivering firefighters to the Namadgi National Park west of Canberra accidentally started a new ‘Emergency Warning’ level bushfire.
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Getting 2 LHDs ready for Bushfire Assist was mammoth effort
Navy engineers, contractors and families who cut short Christmas holidays to support Operation Bushfire Assist were thanked for their mammoth efforts.
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Task Force Boar ruts through Namadgi
Soldiers are swinging chainsaws and brush cutters as they clear paths in the rugged Namadgi National Park for the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency.
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Reservists defending history in high country
Army Reserve soldiers have hit the heights to clear timber and forest-floor materials in an effort to protect a heritage arboretum
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New Zealand engineers going home
New Zealand Army engineers and medical staff deployed to Operation Bushfire Assist are returning home today after completing their assigned tasks.
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Aust/NZ call on US Army Space and Missile Defense Command for bushfire comms
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command have been a vital partner in Operation Bushfire Assist since 5 January, providing vital communications capacity.
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Op Bushfire Assist – 27 January UPDATE
Update on ADF efforts in assisting state authorities to reopen roads, restore essential services and deliver emergency supplies to fire-affected communities
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Withdrawal of Reserves has already begun
Defence says the draw-down of Reserve personnel assisting in the bushfire cleanup has already begun, despite the ‘compulsory call-out’ ending 7 February.
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Vision of C-130 crash site released
New South Wales Police have released drone footage of the devastating C-130 air tanker crash site in the Snowy Mountains.
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