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Two US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions operate from HMAS Adelaide during the final amphibious assault of RIMPAC 2018. US DoD video screen grab.
ADF Australian News Overseas Pacific USA Videos 

RIMPAC wraps up with final amphibious assault

03/08/201818/08/2018 Brian Hartigan 1112 Views 0 Comments 2RAR (Amphib), Harpoon, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Toowoomba, Poseidon, RIMPAC

More than 1600 members of the Australian Defence Force have successfully completed Exercise RIMPAC 2018, the world’s largest multinational maritime

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Australian Army Joint Fires Team (JFT) soldiers in Hawaii conduct a fire mission in support of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2018 (RIMPAC).
Australian Australian Army News Overseas USA Videos 

Joint Fires Teams and artillery pound Hawaii

26/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1249 Views 0 Comments Joint Fires Team, RIMPAC

Australian Army Joint Fires Team (JFT) soldiers are busy in Hawaii conducting missions in support of Exercise Rim of the

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Australian Australian Army News Overseas USA Videos 

2RAR and US Marine snipers train together

25/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 2158 Views 2 Comments RIMPAC, sniper training

The US Department of Defence released a video and interviews with soldiers from the 2nd Battalion (Amphibious), Royal Australian Regiment,

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Royal Australian Air Force crew from No. 11 Squadron load an ATM-84J Harpoon on to their P-8A Poseidon at Marine Corps Base Hawaii before a live-fire opportunity during RIMPAC 18. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Technology USA Videos 

RAAF’s Poseidon fires first Harpoon

22/07/201819/08/2018 Brian Hartigan 4623 Views 0 Comments ATM-84J Harpoon, P-8A Poseidon, RIMPAC

A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon successfully fired its first Harpoon missile during Exercise RIMPAC 18. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air

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United States Marines prepare to board HMAS Adelaide's MRH-90 helicopter in support of amphibious operations off the coast of Hawaii, as part of Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

HMAS Adelaide embarks biggest load yet

20/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1575 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide

HMAS Adelaide has embarked its biggest passenger load to date, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). CAPTION: United States Marines

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United States Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, prepare to enter HMAS Adelaide's well deck at sea during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 18. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

HMAS Adelaide leads major amphibious exercise

19/07/201820/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 781 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, RIMPAC

The Royal Australian Navy’s landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide conducted significant amphibious operations in Hawaii this week. CAPTION: United States

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Coyote unmanned aerial vehicle in flight. Raytheon photo.
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US Army to use drones to hunt and kill drones

17/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1213 Views 0 Comments Coyote

The US Army will use Raytheon’s Coyote® unmanned aircraft system and the KRFS radar – which stands for Ku band

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Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

RAAF helps armies sink ex-USS Racine

17/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1032 Views 0 Comments P-8A Poseidon, RIMPAC, USS Racine

Live fire from aircraft, a submarine and land assets participating in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise sank the

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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon carries a developmental test version of Norway’s Joint Strike Missile. US Air Force photo by Christian Turner.
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JSM for JSF tested from F-16

17/07/201817/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 657 Views 0 Comments Joint Strike Missile, JSM

Norway’s Ministry of Defense has successfully test fired a Joint Strike Missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, demonstrating the weapon’s

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Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

Rare look inside an Aussie Collins-class submarine

11/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 2855 Views 0 Comments HMAS Rankin, RIMPAC

HMAS Rankin, one of Australia’s six Collins-class submarines, is currently deployed on Exercise Rim of the Pacific – RIMPAC. Her

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Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Clearance Diver Benjamin Johnson grabs a selfie before diving on the USS Arizona Memorial site in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Johnson.
Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

USS Arizona – very rare and special wreck-dive

11/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1057 Views 0 Comments USS Arizona Memorial

Royal Australian Navy clearance divers were afforded an opportunity to dive on the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbour during Exercise RIMPAC

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Australian Australian Army News Overseas USA Videos 

Surfing in Hawaii the 2RAR way

09/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 592 Views 0 Comments Zodiac

Australian Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion (Amphibious), Royal Australian Regiment, practice surf negotiation skills using Zodiac boats at Kaneohe

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Australian Australian Army News Overseas USA Videos 

2RAR add helocasting to their skill sets

08/07/201808/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 1501 Views 0 Comments 2RAR (Amphib), RIMPAC

Australia took a leap forward in amphibious capability recently as 2nd Battalion (Amphibious), Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR (Amphib)) soldiers released

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A Guam-based B-52 Stratofortress departs Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, on a training sortie over south-east Queensland (20 June 2018). US Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Richard P. Ebensberger.
ADF Australian News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Guam-based B-52 bombers on SE Queensland training run

22/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 1512 Views 0 Comments Andersen AFB, B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence, Guam

Australian Defence Force elements combined with United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers for a training exercise in

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International observers disembark the MV-22 Osprey at South Goulburn Island to observe Exercise Crocodile Strike. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Technology USA 

First US military construction in Australia since WWII

22/06/201822/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 2215 Views 0 Comments Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, MRF-D, United States Force Posture Initiative in Australia

United States Force Posture Initiative in Australia has commissioned the construction of the first military project to be built in Australia

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A view of the Earth from the moon, taken by the Apollo 11 – 20 July 1969. NASA photo.
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America officially recruiting Space Cadets

19/06/201819/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 1007 Views 0 Comments

I am herby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish the Space

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USNS Mercy arrives in Yokosuka, Japan, for a Exercise Pacific Partnership port visit on 10 June 2018. US Navy photo.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas Pacific USA 

Exercise Pacific Partnership wraps up

16/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 775 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pacific Partnership

The Australian Defence Force will complete Exercise Pacific Partnership 2018 today with the exercise focusing on humanitarian assistance and disaster

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The 300th F-35 (an F-35A for the US Air Force) departs Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, facilities fro deliver to the customer. Lockheed Martin photo.
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300th F-35 delivered

12/06/201812/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 800 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin yesterday delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft. CAPTION: The 300th F-35 (an F-35A

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Minister for Defence Marise Payne looks over a M777 howitzer in company with an artillery marine from Marine Rotation Force - Darwin, during a visit to Robertson Barracks, Darwin. Photo by Leading Seaman James Whittle.
Australian Australian Army News USA 

MINDEF visits MRF-D

05/06/2018 Brian Hartigan 1088 Views 0 Comments Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, MRF-D

Minister for Defence Marise Payne, Commanding General US Marine Corps Forces Pacific Lieutenant General David Berger, and Australian Chief of

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AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon in flight during RAAF Super Hornets tests at Woomera. Photo by Squadron Leader Ben Nunan.
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F-35C gets precision engagement with JSOW missile

18/04/201818/04/2018 Brian Hartigan 966 Views 0 Comments F-35C, JSOW

Raytheon and the US Navy have completed final developmental tests to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35

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