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Australian Army officers Captain Will Guelen and Captain Max Cubis, of 12th Chief Engineer Works, oversee the concrete pour for the boat ramp under construction at Lombrum Naval Base, PNG. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photos by Corporal Joshua Thomas.

Australian Army News Overseas

Aussie sappers and tradies at work on Admiralty Islands

03/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 779 Views 0 Comments 12th Chief Engineer Works (12CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, PNGDF

During World War 2, more than 200 ships could be found at anchor in Seeadler Harbor, Papua New Guinea, a

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The ship's company of HMTSS Te Matailii III man the upper decks as the national flag of Tuvalu is raised for the first time during the Guardian-class patrol boat handover ceremony at Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Connor Morrison.

Australian News Pacific

Tuvalu receives patrol-boat gift from Australia

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 890 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program

Australia has handed over a new Guardian-class patrol boat – HMTSS Te Mataili III – to Prime Minister of Tuvalu

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Technical Adviser to the Kiribati Police Service Maritime Unit Chief Petty Officer Lyndon Quirke, right, and Commanding Officer RKS Teanoai II Superintendent Tom Redfern at Tarawa, Kiribati. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.

Advising among the atolls

14/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1214 Views 0 Comments Kiribati, Pacific Maritime Security Program

Chief Petty Officer Lyndon Quirke counts his current posting as one of the most rewarding and challenging roles of his

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Palau's new Guardian-class patrol boat PSS President HI Remeliik II sails from its home port to commence maritime patrols as part of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Rai Balang. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

ADF News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos

Palau’s patrol boat supports Pacific priorities

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2063 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Operation Solania, Pacific Class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Palau

The Australia Defence Force is working closely with the Pacific nation of Palau to enable it to patrol its vast

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Pacific Patrol Boat Systems Program Office Director Kim Metcalf in front of Tuvalu’s Guardian-class patrol boat Te Mataili II, which is in Cairns for planned maintenance.

ADF News Pacific

Patrol boat office moves to Cairns

13/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1646 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class, Pacific Maritime Security Program

The Department of Defence’s Pacific Patrol Boat Systems Program Office (PPB SPO) has relocated to Cairns from Canberra so it

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The Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project is an Australian security initiative that aims to enhance practical maritime security cooperation across the South Pacific through the donation of patrol boats to replace an ageing fleet of boats donated to the same countries in a program that commenced in 1987. The project includes 19 or more 39.5m vessels designed and constructed by Austal in WA for delivery to up to 13 Pacific-island nations from late 2018. Construction of the first patrol boat started earlier this year. Austal image.

Australian News Overseas Pacific Science & Technology

Australia donating two patrol boats to Timor Leste

19/04/201826/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5461 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

Australia will gift two patrol boats to Timor Leste under its Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project – sometimes referred to

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