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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

Asia News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF Base Pearce welcomes Republic of Singapore Air Force contingent

10/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2009 Views 0 Comments Republic of Singapore Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force is hosting an extended fighter-aircraft detachment from the Republic of Singapore Air Force over the period

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Editor's Vlog 

Meet Mr fan Tastic

09/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1066 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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Outgoing Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell at the Change of Command Ceremony for the Chief of Joint Capabilities at Russell Office, Canberra. Photo by Rodney Braithwaite.
ADF News 

Senate to investigate process of awarding medals in Defence

06/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3872 Views 10 Comments

The Senate has approved a motion to launch an investigation into the process of awarding medals in Defence – including

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Editor's Vlog 

Meet Mr fan Tastic

06/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 816 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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News Veterans 

New veterans’ entitlements legislation now law

03/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2671 Views 1 Comment

The federal government is simplifying and harmonising Australia’s veterans’ rehabilitation and compensation system – with new legislation introduced today. Under

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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 3084 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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United States Navy submarine tender, USS Emory S. Land arrives at Fleet Base East, Sydney, as part of its Australia tour. Photo by Warrant Officer Shane Cameron.
News Royal Australian Navy USA 

US submarine tender visits Sydney

29/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3231 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

More than 500 United States Navy officers, sailors and civilian mariners will enjoy the sights of Sydney in the coming

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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from RAAF Base Darwin to commence a night mission during Exercise Diamond Storm 24. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ex Diamond Storm 24 graduates new air warfare instructors

29/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1903 Views 0 Comments Exercise Diamond Storm

One of the Royal Australian Air Force’s most challenging training activities has concluded in the Northern Territory, with the successful

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HMAS Sydney arrives in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in preparation for Rim of the Pacific 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF News USA 

Australia slashes participation at RIMPAC

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2964 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC

Approximately 320 Australian Defence Force personnel have joined 28 international partners to undertake the world’s largest international maritime exercise. CAPTION:

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News Veterans 

New appointees to Australian War Memorial Council

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1894 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh today announced three new members have been appointed to the Australian War Memorial Council.

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A staff member from the United States’ McMurdo Station in Antarctica is boarded onto a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H to be flown to Christchurch for medical treatment. Photo supplied by McMurdo Station staff.
New Zealand News 

RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1690 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules crew has today carried out a rare medical evacuation of a

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Artists concept of a possible SSN-AUKUS, Australia's future nuclear-powered submarine. Image supplied.
Australian News Sovereign industry USA 

First Australian submarine workers on AUKUS training at Pearl Harbor

23/06/202423/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2543 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

The first cohort of skilled submarine workers from ASC have deployed to the USA for comprehensive sustainment training on nuclear‑powered submarines.

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Editor's Vlog 

My shed nearly sux – installing dust collection

22/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1618 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My ‘new’ shed is getting a long-overdue upgrade. And this time, I’m doing it more properly than the last time.

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BAE Systems' Type 26 Global Combat Ship
News Royal Australian Navy 

First steel cut on Australia’s new Hunter-class frigates

21/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3354 Views 2 Comments Hunter-class frigate

Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas officially cut steel on Australia’s first Hunter-class ship

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HMAS Sydney sails out of Sydney Harbour to conduct a regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Sydney on four-month Pacific deployment

20/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1693 Views 0 Comments HMAS Sydney II

HMAS Sydney has departed for its regional presence deployment – the Australian Defence Force’s continued commitment to regional security. CAPTION:

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News Veterans 

Suicide RC publishes “book of lived experiences”

20/06/202420/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1472 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Minister for Defence Richard Marles said today that the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide “has delivered a report

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Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.
News Veterans 

New Veterans’ Acute Housing Program launched

20/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1469 Views 0 Comments Veterans’ Acute Housing Program

The Federal government announced a $30million grants pool to address veteran homelessness. FILE IMAGE: Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.

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Editor's Vlog 

Marrying two spaces – bathroom and toilet

15/06/202415/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1324 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Ashling – “the client” – was scheduled to go out of town for four or five days (for surgery) last

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Australian Army News 

DOGS OF VALOUR – War Documentary on Military Working Dogs

10/06/202410/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2710 Views 0 Comments Dogs of Valour, Military Working Dogs

DOGS OF VALOUR is a new documentary movie about war dogs risking life and limb to protect ‘their pack’, set

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Editor's Vlog 

Only the fiddly bits left

08/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1175 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’m getting close to the finish line in my bathroom build. All that’s left now is ‘the fiddly bits’. Cornice

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