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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

ADF MRF-D News 

Major upgrades at Nackeroo complete

06/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1675 Views 0 Comments

Australia and the United States will now have greater training opportunities in northern Australia after the completion of upgrades to

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An Australian Army soldier from 1st Military Police Battalion and his military working dog Petra alongside soldiers from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during an assault at the Urban Operations Training Facility on Exercise Brolga Run 2024 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Captain Brittany Evans.
Asia Australian Army News USA 

Multinational urban-assault in Townsville

05/06/202405/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1340 Views 0 Comments

Personnel from Australia’s 3rd Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army conducted an assault on the urban operations

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A Joint Explosive Ordnance Support - West member watches the blast of an explosive ordnance disposal task on farmland at Two Rocks, Western Australia. Photo by Petty Officer Craig Walton.
ADF News 

UXOs destroyed in WA

05/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1419 Views 0 Comments

A recent joint operation between the ADF and emergency services led to six unexploded WWII-era munitions being destroyed on a

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HMAS Farncomb in rough seas off Sydney. Photo by Leading Seaman Brenton Freind.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Government approves next phase of Collins-class life extension

05/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1488 Views 0 Comments Collins-class submarines

HMAS Farncomb will be the first of Australia’s six Collins-class submarines to undergo sustainment and capability enhancement under a life-of-type

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Australian Defence Force trainee medics from the Australian Defence Force medic course march onto the parade ground at the Army School of Health graduation at Latchford Barracks in Bandiana, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
ADF News 

ADF now recruiting non-citizens

04/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3365 Views 3 Comments

New Zealanders who call Australia home will soon be able to apply to join the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army

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No. 36 Squadron Loadmaster Corporal Deon Jones watches as palletised cargo rolls off the ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III during an airdrop of supplies to Mawson Research Station, Antarctica. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.
Australian Army News Rest of World Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF air-drops essential supplies to Mawson Station

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1510 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Program, Mawson Station

Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Army personnel combined forces to resupply the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) from the air,

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Seaman Riley Moreton, Sub-Lieutenant Nathan Rose, Able Seaman Justin Haynes and Seaman Jamie Jackson in a rigid hull inflatable boat at Fleet Base East after assisting a a distressed kayaker in Sydney Harbour. Photo by Leading Seaman Harry Boardman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy rescues civvie kayaker from Sydney Harbour during peak hour

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1157 Views 0 Comments

A quick, coordinated rescue effort by Royal Australian Navy personnel had a distressed kayaker plucked from icy waters, preventing a

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Australian and partner military personnel work on clearing a site to be used to dispose of WWII remnants during Operation Render Safe in Nauru. Photo by Sergeant Craig Barrett.
ADF News Pacific 

Operation Render Safe hits Nauru

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1923 Views 0 Comments Operation Render Safe

Australian Army personnel from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment and 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, along with allied partners, have

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Australian Army medical specialists receive a simulated casualty in the Role 2 Basic resuscitation bay during Exercise Rhino Run at Cultana Training Area. Photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
Australian Army News 

Testing deployable hospital close to front line

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2169 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers could be less likely to succumb to battlefield injuries thanks to a new manoeuvrable surgical medical-treatment facility that operates

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Editor's Vlog 

Seriously chunky bathroom shelves

01/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1210 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Out comes another slab of ironbark – this time to make two seriously chunky shelves for the bathroom. I don’t

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Sapper Aidan Jones and his explosive detection dog, Yambo, during Exercise Brolga Run 2024 in Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Captain Brittany Evans.
Australian Army News 

Explosive detection dogs on Ex Brolga Run

31/05/202431/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1840 Views 0 Comments 3CER, EDD, Explosive Detection Dogs

From curling up with their handlers to doing a happy dance when they find explosives, the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment’s

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Pallets of aid from Australia and the United Kingdom bound for Enga Province in Papua New Guinea wait to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.
News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

Aid heads to PNG after landslide

31/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1445 Views 0 Comments PNG landslide

The ADF has delivered much-needed supplies of humanitarian aid to Papua New Guinea in the aftermath of the deadly landslide

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Royal Australian Air Force aviators from No. 26 Squadron provide assistance to occupants disembarking Beechcraft B200 Super King Air VH-XDV after an emergency wheels-up landing at Newcastle Airport, NSW. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Civilian aircraft lands in safe hands

31/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1704 Views 0 Comments RAAF Base Williamtown

A civilian light aircraft with one crew and two passengers on board performed a textbook wheels-up landing at RAAF Base

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Royal Australian Navy Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Bathurst sails past USS Emory S. Land as the United States Navy ship prepares to come alongside Kuru Wharf at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, NT, during her visit of Australia. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.
News Royal Australian Navy 

US submarine tender (with 30 Aussie crew) visits Darwin

30/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2248 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

Australia has welcomed the United States of America’s submarine tender USS Emory S. Land to Darwin for a port visit.

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HMAS Stirling and WA emergency services personnel care for simulated casualties during Exercise Vulcan Phoenix 2024 at Fleet Base West, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Interagency crisis-response exercise in WA

29/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1574 Views 0 Comments

It was an all-agencies approach at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, as Exercise Vulcan Phoenix got underway. CAPTION: HMAS Stirling and

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Gunners from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire an M777 Howitzer while taking up defensive firing positions, at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Private Alfred Stauder.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers experience ‘danger-close’ artillery

29/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1880 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

Soldiers from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conducted live-fire training, including danger-close serials, as part of a combined-arms training activity

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Soldiers from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, on board F470 Zodiacs conducting small-boat training in the littoral environment during Exercise Tiger's Run 2022 on the Timor Sea. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Call for pitches to optimise the soldier for littoral operations

27/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2111 Views 1 Comment

The Australian Army is calling on defence industry and academia to pitch innovative capabilities to optimise the soldier for littoral

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Lieutenant Donna Nabure, from the Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute team, talks with a Papua New Guinea Defence Force member and his child during a health survey. Photo by Corporal Samuel Miller.
ADF News Pacific 

Scientific team surveys health in PNG

25/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1726 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, PNG, PNGDF

Bringing science to the heart of Papua New Guinea, the ADF Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute spent several weeks conducting

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Last known image of AE1, 9 September 1914 – five days before she was lost – with HMAS Ships Australia and Yarra in the background.
News Royal Australian Navy Veterans 

Marking 110 years of silent service

25/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2264 Views 0 Comments HMAS AE1, HMAS AE2

It’s been 110 years since the Royal Australian Navy took delivery of its first submersible vessels, and while the technology

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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fire a 12.7mm Mark 2 machine gun at night at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey and Captain Brittany Evans.
Australian Army News 

1RAR fires heavy weapons at night

25/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1741 Views 0 Comments 1RAR

Soldiers from the direct fire support weapons platoon (DFSW) of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducted a full-mission profile

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