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Army Warrant Officer Class Two Benjamin Dwyer from the School of Army Aviation prepares to conduct a rescue by winch of a community member from an MRH-90 Taipan, over Lismore.

Operation Flood Assist 2022 overview

04/03/202205/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2560 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: Army Warrant Officer Class Two Benjamin Dwyer from the School of Army Aviation prepares to conduct a rescue by

ADF personnel from Team Defence competed in the Bennelong Cup touch football competition at Randwick Barracks to raise funds for charities supporting young Indigenous people. Story by Jacqui Duong 1. Photo by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Bennelong Cup raises money for charity

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1751 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

More than $40,000 has been raised for Indigenous schools-to-work programs in the fifth annual Bennelong Cup held at Randwick Barracks

Commanding Officer HMAS Arunta Commander Samuel Woolrych salutes as Royal Malaysian Navy frigate KD Lekiu sails past. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

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HMAS Arunta on first regional deployment for 2022

04/03/202205/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1989 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, Regional Presence Deployment, Republic of Singapore Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy, united States Navy

Training with partners, traversing vital shipping routes and visiting regional ports have all been part of HMAS Arunta’s latest regional

HMAS Canberra and HMAS Supply (left) sail into Nuku‘alofa harbour in Tonga as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.

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HMAS Canberra relieves HMAS Adelaide in Tonga

04/03/202205/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3267 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Supply, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

HMAS Canberra has arrived in Tonga to relieve HMAS Adelaide on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. CAPTION: HMAS Canberra and HMAS

Post Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12163, James Maughmer, lays a wreath during a service held in Fremantle commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Sunda Strait. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

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Loss of HMAS Perth I remembered

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1513 Views 1 Comment HMAS Perth I, Thai-Burma railway, WWII

HMAS Perth III visited Fremantle recently for events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Perth I and

Corporal Quinn Jensen, 1RAR. Photo: Corporal Brodie Cross.

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Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award 2022

03/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4504 Views 0 Comments

One helped Afghans escape the Taliban, another prevented domestic violence where some may have looked the other way. Private Jacob

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New Zealand Defence Force activity summary Feb 2022

03/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1867 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Public Affairs has produced a report to summarise the key activities that the New Zealand Defence Force

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 6473 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

Soldiers from 2RAR's small boat platoon move 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment personnel onto Atata Island in Tonga. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badio.

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Amphibious platoon shows versatility in Tonga

01/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3255 Views 0 Comments 2RAR, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), small boat platoon showed their versatility on Operation Tonga

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, assist with the clean-up at a nursing home in Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Air Crewman John Solomon.

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Soldiers help with flood clean-up

01/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2134 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Five soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment (5RAR) helped staff at a Brisbane aged care facility clean up

Soldiers from the School of Army Aviation arrive safely at RAAF Base Amberley on Friday, 25 February 2022, after rescuing several south-east Queensland community members affected by the rising flood waters.

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Army aircrews help in flood emergency

01/03/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2426 Views 0 Comments Army Aviation Training Centre, East Coast Flood Emergency 2022, MRH-90 Taipan, Oakey, RAAF Amberley

The Australian Army has provided critical support to the emerging Queensland flood crisis. CAPTION: Soldiers from the School of Army

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart prepares to berth in Hobart, Tasmania, in support of the 184th Royal Hobart Regatta. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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HMAS Hobart at home for regatta

01/03/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2412 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

Royal Australian Navy guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has provided an impressive backdrop in the Derwent River for the 184th Royal Hobart

RAN sailor Able Seaman Maritime Personel Operations Christina Heron clears dead vegetation on Pangaimotu Island, Tonga. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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Pangiamotu Island clean-up

01/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1978 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Australian Defence Force personnel have rehabilitated a tsunami-damaged monument that marks where Tonga’s first Catholic mass was conducted in 1842

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CONTACT magazine – Issue 73

01/03/202201/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4895 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT Air Land & Sea magazine issue number 71 was published on 1 September 2021 and is completely free for anyone

Leading Aircraftman Ronan Geoghgan (left) from No. 23 Squadron and a United States airman prepare to refuel a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku-Jieitai) F-15J Eagle aircraft during Exercise Cope North. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Cope North strengthened ties

25/02/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2381 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Exercise Cope North, No

Enhancing Australian, Japanese and United States relationships was a key outcome of Exercise Cope North 2022, which concluded on February

Three Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft from No. 77 Squadron prior to mid-air refueling over the Pacific Ocean during Exercise Cope North 22. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo: Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Integrated flying at its finest

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2451 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, Exercise Cope North, F-35A Lightning II, Guam, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 2 Squadron, No. 77 Squadron, USAF

Combat and airspace battle management aircraft ruled the skies over Guam during Exercise Cope North 22, executing multinational missions. CAPTION:

RAAF pilot Squadron Leader Justin Della Bosca gives Solomon Islands Government officials a tour inside a C-27J Spartan aircraft at Honiara international airport, Solomon Islands. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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Support to Solomon Islands on show

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2147 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, C-27J Spartan, COVID-19 Assist, Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Government officials recently visited Australia’s support team in Honiara to better understand how the Australian Government was assisting the

ustralian Defence Force personnel from the Aged Care Support Planning & Coordination Team working with Department of Health personnel in Canberra on 22. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Kym Smith.

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ADF support to aged care set to increase

25/02/202228/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2631 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Twenty-four ADF medical teams assisted at aged-care facilities in the first weeks of ADF support to the aged-care sector, with

The Royal Australian Navy Band Tasmania performs at the 184th Royal Hobart Regatta in Hobart. Story by Leading Seaman Dorian Broomhall. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

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Navy band rocks Hobart Regatta

25/02/202228/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1628 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, Navy Band

The music of the Royal Australian Navy Band Tasmania filled the air in Hobart on February 13 when the band

RAN sailors from a deployable geospatial support team begin surveying the beach on Pangaimotu Island, Tonga, as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Left to right: Able Seaman Jesse O'Sullivan, Leading Seaman Robert Johnson, Petty Officer Eric Duthie and Able Seaman Shannae Fiddyment. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.

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Beach survey paves way for relief effort

25/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2075 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

ADF hydrographic and amphibious beach survey teams are finalising work to enable humanitarian assistance to begin on Pangaimotu Island in