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HMAS Adelaide and HMS Spey alongside PSA Sembawang, Singapore, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour. Story by Lieutenant Mick Wheeler. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

Indo-Pacific Endeavour closes in Singapore

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 932 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Stuart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), Australia’s flagship regional engagement activity, has come to a close with HMA Ships Adelaide and Stuart leaving Singapore for

A vessel in distress captured by members of No 35 Squadron aboard a C-27J Spartan aircraft during a search and rescue mission over the Coral Sea. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photo by Corporal Joshua Dows.

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Spartan role agility put to the test

06/03/202410/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1269 Views 0 Comments Australian Border Force, C-27J Spartan, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, No. 35 Squadron

The crew of a deployed Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-27J Spartan responded to a yacht in distress in the

Ship's company line the upper decks of HMAS Maryborough II during its decommissioning ceremony. Story by Lieutenant Harrison Thomas. Photos by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.

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Two Armidale-class patrol boats decommissioned

06/10/202307/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1833 Views 0 Comments Armidale-class patrol boat, Australian Border Force, Australian Federal Police, HMAS Coonawarra, HMAS Larrakia, HMAS Maryborough

Ship’s company, family members and an extended Navy community said goodbye to two Armidale-class patrol boats in September. CAPTION: Ship’s company

Members from the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center during a digital forensics practical exercise in Thailand for Exercise Indo-Pacific Endeavour. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.

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Two-way exchange in Thailand

25/08/202327/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1223 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Thailand

The spirit of regional cooperation was alive and well as Australia’s annual flagship engagement activity, Exercise Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2023 (IPE23)

Navy clearance divers extract packages of cocaine from a flooded ballast tank in the bulk carrier MV St Pinot. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring.

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Navy divers assist with massive cocaine bust

07/06/202317/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1982 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Clearance Diving Team 4

Royal Australian Navy clearance divers have assisted Australian Border Force, Australian Federal Police and Western Australian Police Force in a

Australian miscellaneous News

4,100,000 ecstasy pills confiscated

15/10/201616/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4570 Views 0 Comments Australian Border Force, Australian Federal Police, ecstasy, MDMA

Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Justice Saunders and Australian Border Force Regional Commander Tim Fitzgerald address media today to outline an