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Bushmaster

A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle bound for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces is loaded onto HMAS Choules in Brisbane, Queensland. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Choules in Pacific – delivers Bushmasters to Fiji

30/06/202421/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3880 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster, Fiji, HMAS Choules, Tonga

HMAS Choules has delivered 14 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Fiji as part of a month-long deployment in the South

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Soldiers from the Army School of Transport prepare their vehicles for deployment to Shepparton in support of the Victorian flood response. Story by Lieutenant Colonel Philippa Cleary. Photo by Captain Gary Ferreira.
Australian Army News 

Army’s newest drivers support flood response

26/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1999 Views 0 Comments 40M Truck, Army School of Transport (AST), Bushmaster, Operation Flood Assist

Army’s newest drivers got an early taste of the responsiveness required of its people, deploying in support of Operation Flood

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A Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guard from No. 2 Security Forces Squadron conducts a building clearance during Exercise Urban Nomad at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Suellen Heath. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

No. 2 Security Forces Squadron on Ex Urban Nomad

29/07/202204/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3819 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster, Explosive Detection Dogs, Military Working Dogs, No. 2 Security Forces Squadron, RAAF Amberley, Urban Operations Training Facility

As the moon rose, the quad bikes crept in and the drone hovered in the sky. CAPTION: A Royal Australian

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Photo by Brian Hartigan
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Reorganising the reorganisation of the reorg

20/06/201710/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8003 Views 2 Comments ASLAV, Bushmaster, M113, RAAC, RAInf

. Seems change is as good as a holiday, or is it the old let’s keep the troops busy. Maybe it’s because

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Dutch Bushmaster with .50 cal in Afghanistan .50
Australian News 

Dutch order 12 new Aussie Bushmasters

30/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4706 Views 0 Comments Australian, Bushmaster

A dozen life-saving Bushmasters are going into production in Bendigo for export to the Netherlands, after the country’s Ministry of

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