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Author: Brian Hartigan

Australian Munitions being loaded for export. Image supplied.
News Sovereign industry 

Australian Munitions chalks up record export year

06/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 1168 Views 0 Comments

Australian Munitions had a record year, signing more than $30 million in munitions orders to the US, New Zealand, Canada, Asia and Europe.

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Saab MCS Desert Landscape. Supplied.
News Sovereign industry 

Saab selects NSW company for sovereign cammo manufacture

06/04/202106/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 407 Views 0 Comments

Saab selected GDS as its Australian-industry partner to locally manufacture Mobile Camouflage Systems and multispectral camouflage screens.

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Poets Corner 

Once I was Something

06/04/202109/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 478 Views 0 Comments By Nato

A poem by Nato – AKA Charlie Mike on Facebook    

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HMAS Sirius conducts a replenishment at sea with USS Theodore Roosevelt on her current deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Thoms Sawtell.
India News Royal Australian Navy 

RAN on multi-national naval exercise in Bay of Bengal

06/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 189 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Anzac and HMAS Sirius will join vessels from France, India, Japan and the United States for the French-led maritime Exercise La Perouse.

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Letter to the Editor re Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal for Fiji
Letters to the Editor 

OP Fiji Assist – Overseas Humanitarian Service Medal

03/04/2021 James R 295 Views 0 Comments Fiji Assist

Do you know anything about about members of the ADF who served on OP Fiji Assist 2016 receiving the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal?

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Details unknown
Poets Corner 

THE WOMAN WHO SITS AND WAITS

03/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 176 Views 0 Comments By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

I WATCHED THEM SAIL TO HOSTILE SHORES, TO GALIPPOLI’S BLOOD SOAKED SAND OR THE QUAGMIRE OF THE WESTERN FRONT AND

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51st Far North Queensland Regiment's new regional support craft on sea trials. Photo courtesy The Whiskey Project Group.
Australian Army News 

51FNQR’s new boat unveiled

01/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 3092 Views 2 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment

A new regional support craft destined for Army’s 51st Far North Queensland Regiment is undergoing sea trials in Yamba on NSW north coast.

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An artist's impression of a 16th Air Land Regiment NASAMS emplacement. Raytheon concept image.
Australian Army News 

$111million sustainment contract for missiles we haven’t got yet

01/04/2021 Brian Hartigan 666 Views 0 Comments NASAMS

The government has unveiled a $111million sustainment contract with Raytheon to support the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System.

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HMAS Arunta fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia to test its missile systems after undergoing the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Australia to develop own guided-missile manufacturing industry

31/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 1094 Views 0 Comments

The government will accelerate the creation of a $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise to build guided missile in Australia.

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The stamps issued by Australia Post to commemorate the Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ministerial birthday wishes for RAAF Centenary

31/03/202131/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 559 Views 0 Comments RAAF Centenary

Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie congratulated the Royal Australian Air Force on its century of distinguished service.

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Australian aviation artist Drew Harrison puts finishing touches on the artwork he was commissioned to paint to mark the Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force. Image supplied.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Art commissioned for RAAF Centenary

31/03/202130/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 271 Views 0 Comments RAAF Centenary

To mark its centenary, RAAF will kick off a long list of birthday events with a spectacular flyover of up to 60 aircraft in Canberra today.

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News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF Centenary promotions off to flying(?) start

30/03/202130/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 355 Views 0 Comments RAAF Centenary

Curious what might be happening for the Royal Australian Air Force’s 100th we visited their web site for details – of which there were none.

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Defence's COVID-19 update 30 March 2021
ADF Australian News 

Defence flies past 180 COVID-19 cases

30/03/202130/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 328 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence updated its COVID-19 daily updates page to add four new cases today, including one that was very unusually detailed on Sunday.

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C-17 at Avalon. File photo by Brian Hartigan
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

AVALON Airshow deferred a week because of F1 Grand Prix

30/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 1387 Views 2 Comments

The Australian International Air Show at Avalon, Victoria, has been deferred for a week because of the rescheduled Melbourne Formula 1.

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New Zealand Defence Force personnel lower the New Zealand National Flag in Kabul for the last time. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News 

NZDF pulls down flag for last time on 20-year deployment

29/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 450 Views 0 Comments

All New Zealand Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan are home, having lowered the flag on NZDF’s 20-year deployment to the country.

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Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Pirie sails into Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, for the last time before she decommissions. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Pirie decommissioned after 15 years

29/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 1866 Views 8 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy decommissioned Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Pirie last week, after 15 years of service.

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Commanding Officer of Combined Team Uruzgan Rotation Four, Colonel Simon Stuart, leads his unit during the welcome home parade in Darwin. Photo by Corporal Bill Solomon.
Poets Corner 

Ode to our leaders fine

29/03/202129/03/2021 Jim Richards 302 Views 0 Comments By Jim Richards

Ode to the Chief of the Defence Force; the Minister for Defence and the Prime Minister of Australia We weren’t

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Peter Dutton
ADF News 

New Defence Minister – Peter Dutton

29/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 622 Views 0 Comments

Peter Dutton has been announced as the new Minister for Defence, replacing Lynda Reynolds who remains on medical leave.

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News Veterans 

New employment assistance for recent veterans

29/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 292 Views 0 Comments

Veterans can access more one-on-one support to help them find employment through a new Support for Employment program launched today.

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Soldier dies in Darwin
Australian Army News 

Soldier died after collapsing in training

28/03/202128/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 1634 Views 0 Comments

Defence confirms an Australian soldier died in the Darwin on 25 March after collapsing during training at East Point Reserve, on 8 March.

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