Silvershield to protect Afghans against IEDs
A new state-of-the-art force protection capability designed to protect against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is now being
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Middle East
HMAS Warramunga makes tenth drug bust
HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized record amounts of narcotics on Operation Manitou following their latest interdiction. CAPTION: A sailor from Royal
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Warramunga strikes again – 8 tonnes of hashish
The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga has intercepted two vessels and seized approximately eight tonnes of hashish
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Governor General visits Aussie troops in Iraq
Governor General of Australia General Sir Peter Cosgrove visited Australian Defence Force personnel and Defence civilians in Iraq yesterday. CAPTION: Governor-General
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Op Highroad staff get advanced training before deployment
Royal Australian Air Force personnel deploying on Operation Highroad as part of the Train Advise Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air)
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Deploying troops farewelled in Townsville
Troops deploying to the Middle East on Operation Accordion have taken part in a farewell parade held at the Australian
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HMAS Warramunga cracks $billion$ drug-bust milestone
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized another 414kg of heroin valued in excess of $124 million during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Two Kiwis helped HMAS Warramunga land record drug haul
Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors form part of a team that carried out one of the biggest ever drug
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HMAS Warramunga does it again – with new record drug bust
HMAS Warramunga’s crew has conducted one of the largest drug seizures in Operation Manitou’s history as part of the Australian-led
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Air Task Group welcomed home
The final contingent of Royal Australian Air Force strike aircraft that were deployed to the Middle East as the Air
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Forces Entertainment Tour 2017/18
A Forces Entertainment Tour – FET – performed for deployed troops across the Middle East Region during December 2017 and
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Super Hornets fly last mission in Iraq
Two Royal Australian Air Force Super Hornets flew the Australian Air Task Group’s final strike mission over Iraq on Sunday.
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Hawkei delivered for testing on ops
The Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle – Light, in two- and four-door variants were photographed recently at the Taji Military Complex,
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Drug-bust trifecta for Warramunga
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga seized 111 kilograms of heroin valued at $33 million during operations in the Arabian
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Warramunga adds 3.5 tonnes of hash to her holiday collection
While many of us are still on Christmas holidays, HMAS Warramunga, with support from a UK Royal Navy helicopter, seized
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Warramunga nabs tonnes of drugs after Christmas
The crew of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga boosted their post-Christmas by seizing almost 8 tonnes of hashish and
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Australia’s F/A-18F Super Hornets withdrawing from Iraq
Minister for Defence Marise Payne has delivered an official update on Australia’s contribution to the international counter-Daesh coalition. CAPTION: No. 462 Squadron
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Navy medic’s mission ashore in Afghanistan
The sound of an alarm at Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield is a trigger that gets Chief Petty Officer medic Sarah Hall’s
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Iraq declared ‘liberated from ISIS’
Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared this week that all areas of Iraq have been liberated from ISIS control. The Australian
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Task Group Taji 5 complete deployment in Iraq
More than 300 Australian Defence Force personnel from Task Group Taji 5 are returning to Australia in time for Christmas,
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