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A member of the NZDF air loading team loads pallets to be carried on a C-130 Hercules of either the Royal New Zealand Air Force or Royal Canadian Air Force, in Germany. NZDF photo.

New Zealand crews distribute Ukraine-bound weapons around Europe

05/05/202205/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3181 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to Europe have quickly integrated with international partner militaries and commenced supporting Ukraine’s self

The unveiled headstone of recently identified First World War Australian Army soldier Driver Albert Nicholson at Adelaide Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, France. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly.

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Headstone unveiled for WWI soldier Albert Nicholson

29/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3899 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, Unrecovered War Casualties – Army, Villers-Bretonneux, WWI

More than 104 years after his death, the grave of 21-year-old WWI soldier, No. 10778 Driver Albert Nicholson is now marked

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Australia sends six 155mm howitzers and ammo to Ukraine

27/04/202227/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4448 Views 4 Comments Ukraine

Australia has sent six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and ammunition to Europe for on-forwarding to Ukraine. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules departs Auckland for Europe. NZDF photo.

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New Zealand deploys significant enablers for Ukraine support

13/04/202213/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3039 Views 1 Comment Ukraine

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules has departed New Zealand for Europe to assist with shipments of weapons

Two Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine wait to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

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Further support for Ukraine

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3104 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, RAAF Amberley, Ukraine

The Australian Government will provide further support to the Government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including

A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle ambulance variant awaiting loading onto a C-17 Globemaster at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. Photo by Kym Smith.

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First of 20 Bushmasters leave for Ukraine

08/04/202209/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5873 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

The Australian government has provided further support to the government of Ukraine by gifting 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including

Pallets of Australian-supplied defensive military assistance supplies are off-loaded from an RAAF C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft at a base 'somewhere in Europe' for on-forwarding to Ukraine. US Air Force photo.

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Symposium on lesson from the first six weeks of Ukraine invasion

03/04/202203/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3070 Views 1 Comment

Supplied by the University of New South Wales Canberra From the resistance of the Ukrainians and the Kremlin’s failures to

A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle is loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Australia sending Bushmasters to Ukraine

03/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5955 Views 7 Comments Ukraine

Australia will send Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Ukraine after President Zelenskyy specifically requested them in an address to Australia’s

Former HMNZS Pukaki (pictured) and HMNZS Rotoiti are being sold Ireland. NZDF photo.

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Two Kiwi patrol boats going to Ireland

14/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4357 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force will sell two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels to the Republic of Ireland’s

Royal Australian Air Force personnel from No. 22 Squadron load pallets of military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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Australian military supplies leave for Ukraine

02/03/202206/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7635 Views 1 Comment Ukraine

EDITOR’S NOTES: Not long after Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce refused to say what was in an aircraft load of ‘military

Defence personnel from Japan, USA, UK, Fiji, New Zealand, France and Australia make up the new coordination cell at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. Story by Major Cameron Jamieson. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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Coordination crucial for Tonga mission

03/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2984 Views 0 Comments HADR, HQJOC, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) has establish a new cell to coordinate the international effort to assist with the response

Lieutenant James Mark Kennedy, his grave site and Nurse Lottie Kendell whom he met on the troop ship to war and married in Egypt after surviving Gallipoli.

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Soldier from WWI identified

13/11/202113/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2837 Views 1 Comment

The body of a Victorian soldier killed in action during the First World War has been identified in an unnamed

Ships and aircraft from the navies of Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States participate in training in the Indian Ocean during the Maritime Partnership Exercise. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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Maritime partnerships strengthened

20/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2431 Views 0 Comments HMAS Ballarat

The Royal Australian Navy this month joined key partners Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom for the Maritime

Leading Seaman Kirsten Robinson sings the German National Anthem during a commemorative service held at the Western Australian State War Memorial in King’s Park, as part of FGS Bayern's visit to Western Australia during their ongoing Indo-Pacific deployment. Story by Lieutenant Rilana Ostheim. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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Unity celebrated in Perth

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2002 Views 0 Comments

The crew of German Navy frigate FGS Bayern on October 3 celebrated Germany’s national day while in Perth during their

German Navy warship FGS Bayern is welcomed into Fremantle. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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German warship visits Fremantle

01/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2389 Views 0 Comments

German warship FGS Bayern arrived in Fremantle on September 28 for a week-long goodwill visit during her seven-month Indo-Pacific deployment.

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French reaction to Australia’s nuclear submarine announcement

16/09/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4200 Views 4 Comments AUKUS

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian issued an official communiqué in response to today’s AUKUS announcement, which included the cancellation of