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HMA Ships Canberra and Success depart Sydney Harbour (in company with HMAS Newcastle) for a four month deployment conducting training exercise and international engagement activities. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

Joint Task Groups departs Sydney

19/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2678 Views 0 Comments

HMA Ships Canberra, Newcastle and Success departed Fleet Base East on Sunday 17 February on a Joint Task Group deployment of up to four months.

Cambodian interpreter Toch Rada with family and colleagues at the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh.

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Recognition for Cambodian who saved Aussie lives

15/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3456 Views 0 Comments

By Fleur Lapthorne A Cambodian man has been recognised 25 years after he saved the lives of two Australian soldiers

Republic of Korea Air Force receives first Airbus A330 MRTT at Gimhae Air Base. Air Bus photo.

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South Korea receives first A330 MRTT

31/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3021 Views 0 Comments MRTT

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)

The Royal Navy's Duke-class frigate HMS Montrose departs Auckland, New Zealand after a five-day visit. Photo and video by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.

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HMS Montrose visits NZ during 4-year deployment

22/01/201922/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3100 Views 0 Comments HMS Montrose

From Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, UK, to Devonport Naval Base in Auckland – the Royal New Zealand Navy welcomed

Greenvale, Queensland (town boundary – not the boundary of the new training area).

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ADF buys land for new training area

14/12/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6598 Views 0 Comments ASMTI, Singapore Armed Forces, training areas

Defence is one step closer to establishing a new training area in north Queensland as part of the Australia-Singapore Military

HMAS Huon sails through Sydney Harbour to begin a north-east Asia deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.

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Two minehunters visit Asia – two for sale

06/11/201806/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2830 Views 0 Comments Huon-class

The Royal Australian Navy says two of its minehunters – HMA Ships Gascoyne and Huon – have completed a successful visit

Air Warfare Officer Flight Lieutenant Adam Palmer and Air Loadmaster Corporal Toni Thompson load aid into a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, for delivery Palu, at the 'air bridge' in Balikpapan airport. NZDF photo.

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International air bridge flies aid into Palu

10/10/201810/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2329 Views 0 Comments Palu

An international ‘air bridge’ has been established between Balikpapan, a port city in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, about 380 kilometres east

Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell engages a 'killer tomato' with a Browning M2 12.7mm machine gun on HMAS Warramunga during Exercise Bersama Lima 2016. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Martin Anderson.

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Bersama Lima 2018 kicks off

03/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4377 Views 0 Comments Bersama Lima

A multinational response to a regional security threat is the focus of the latest military exercise to involve all three

Australian soldier Lance Corporal Chris Gagliardi, 7RAR on exercise with Singapore Army soldiers in Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

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$660 million Shoalwater Bay works contracted

25/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5064 Views 0 Comments Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Laing O’Rourke has been chosen as the Managing Contractor for the Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) facilities project works at

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer David Bradshaw monitors a radar onboard an AP-3C Orion during a night exercise in the Philippines. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Australia and New Zealand send N-Korea-watching Orions to Japan

10/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2821 Views 0 Comments AP-3C Orion, North Korea

Australia will deploy two AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

HMNZS Te Mana steams across the Pacific during her transit to Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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Te Mana to lead international fleet in Oz

31/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3407 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Mana has been sent to lead a multinational group of ships taking part in

A coffin containing the remains of a New Zealand soldier is returned to his family at Auckland International Airport. NZDF photo. This was part of an ongoing known as Project Te Auraki (The Return).

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Repatriated New Zealand soldiers arrive in Auckland

21/08/201822/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3190 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The remains of 27 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia and Singapore have been returned

The reamins of 26 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia have been farewelled during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. NZDF photo.

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Remains of NZ soldiers farewelled from Malaysia

20/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3151 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

Malaysian Armed Forces have farewelled the remains of New Zealand Defence Force personnel being repatriated to New Zealand during a

New Zealand Ambassador to South Korea Phillip Turner (front row, fourth from left) joins representatives of the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand Defence Force, Ministry of Defence, Hyundai shipyard and Lloyds of London in celebrating the keel laying of the future HMNZS Aotearoa. Photo supplied by NZDF.

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Largest ever RNZ Navy ship official keel-laying

14/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3085 Views 1 Comment HMNZS Aotearoa

A keel-laying ceremony for the future HMNZS Aotearoa has been held at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South

Laos Army personnel unload Australian Humanitarian Aid pallets that have been delivered to Pakse International Airport by a No. 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster. Photo by Corporal Colin Dadd.

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Australian aid flown to Laos after dam bust

29/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2644 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Government is providing humanitarian assistance to support the Government of Lao PDR to respond to the collapse of

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan takes a selfie with Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather at Government House, Canberra, after the presentation of bravery medals and awards for Australian Thai cave rescuers. Photo by Lieutenant Tony Martin.

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Medals and awards for Thai cave rescuers

24/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7048 Views 0 Comments Bravery Medal, Order of Australia, Star of Courage

Chief Petty Officer Troy Eather was one nine Australians recognised for their involvement in the Thailand cave rescue by the

Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, demonstrate room-clearance drills to members of the Royal Thai Army during Exercise Chapel Gold 2018, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. Photo by Corporal Matthew Bickerton.

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1RAR in Thailand for Ex Chapel Gold

11/07/201817/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7750 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, Exercise Chapel Gold, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Thai Army

Australian soldiers arrived in Chiang Mai Province in Thailand on Monday 9 July to conduct jungle warfare training with the

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Statement on successful Thai cave rescue

11/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2833 Views 0 Comments Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan

Minister for Defence Marise Payne has released a statement following the successful rescue of the soccer team from a Thai

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster takes off from Canberra Airport to take the first tranche of Australian personnel and equipment to Thailand to assist in the international search-and-rescue effort for children missing at a cave complex in Chiang Rai. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.

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Thai cave rescue – Navy SEAL dies – Australia sends more help

07/07/201811/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4767 Views 0 Comments Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan, Thailand

Australia has provided further support to the Government of Thailand’s efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped

Australian Federal Police Specialist Response Group members and an official from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster at Canberra Airport to assist in the international search and rescue effort for children missing in a cave complex in Thailand. Photo by Sergeant Ray Vance.

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ADF and AFP lend hand in successful Thai cave search

03/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3535 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, C-17A Globemaster, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Tham Luang Nang Non cave

A soccer team of 12 boys aged between 11 and 16, along with their 25-year-old coach, who went missing in