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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

Participants in the first Veterans Surfing Program, which was launched at Gerroa, NSW, on 10 February 2021. Story and photo courtesy Robert Crawford, South Coast Register.
News Veterans 

Lockheed Martin sponsors Keith Payne VC Veterans Benefit Group

10/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2054 Views 0 Comments

The Keith Payne VC Veterans Benefit Group and Lockheed Martin Australia have launched a three-year veterans’ sponsorship to support the

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Australian Army Japan MRF-D News 

Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2022 begins

10/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2237 Views 0 Comments Exercise Southern Jackaroo

Hundreds of Australian soldiers, troops from the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force (JGSDF) and US Marines have started a major

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News Royal Australian Navy 

Indo Pacific 2022 and SeaPower Conference begin

10/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2301 Views 0 Comments

A record number of Defence industry businesses and international naval delegations will participate in the Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime

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A single MH-60 Romeo helicopter (photo digitally altered) conducts a running take during first-of-class flight trials onboard HMAS Adelaide. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvahill.
News Royal Australian Navy 

13 new MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawks for Navy

10/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3258 Views 2 Comments

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, NSW, yesterday to announce the purchase of 13 new MH-60R Seahawk

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Army Privates Kate Larby and Maddison Lillie, and Victorian Department of Health Authorised Officer Daniel Green on patrol as part of a COVID-19 Household Engagement Program to support the Victorian State government’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Photo by Private Michael Currie.
ADF News 

Defence COVID-19 Task Force officially disbanded

09/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2244 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 Assist

After more than two years on the front line of Australia’s response to the global pandemic, the Defence COVID-19 Task

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GME manufacturing facility
Australian News Science & Technology Sovereign industry 

Sydney-based radio manufacturer opens new secure facility to support ADF

09/05/202205/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2325 Views 0 Comments

GME, a leading Australian manufacturer of communications and life-saving equipment, has unveiled a new $5m Zone 4 manufacturing facility at

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Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett
Poets Corner 

An Adrenaline Rush

08/05/202208/05/2022 Mick Shave 1568 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT   When hit by a high velocity bullet, The skull explodes and its contents spray Through shattered

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Life on the Line Podcast 

Eddie Robertson – Life on the Line

08/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2232 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Alex Lloyd interviews Afghanistan and Iraq veteran, formerly of the 2nd Commando Regiment, Eddie Robertson. As a former member of

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A member of the NZDF air loading team loads pallets to be carried on a C-130 Hercules of either the Royal New Zealand Air Force or Royal Canadian Air Force, in Germany. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News 

New Zealand crews distribute Ukraine-bound weapons around Europe

05/05/202205/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2600 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to Europe have quickly integrated with international partner militaries and commenced supporting Ukraine’s self

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A RAAF heritage formation at the RAAF Base Amberley Airshow 2008 – Mustang, Vampire, Meteor, Hawk, Hornet. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
News Royal Australian Air Force What's on... 

RAAF Amberley air show tickets now on sale

05/05/202208/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7942 Views 9 Comments Amberley

Defence, in partnership with the Ipswich City Council, announce the Ipswich Amberley Air Tattoo (Air Tattoo) will be held over

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Editor's Vlog 

Rosie’s walk-in-wardrobe refurb – part 1

03/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1838 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie went to Ireland recently. As is my want, I began a significant project in the house just as soon

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Australian New Zealand News 

NIOA buys New Zealand firearms wholesaler

01/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2921 Views 0 Comments NIOA

NIOA will expand its presence in New Zealand with the acquisition of a leading firearms and ammunition wholesale distributor as

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President of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre), and Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie (centre right), farewell Vietnamese peacekeepers in Hanoi, deploying to the United Nations mission in South Sudan on a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III. Photo supplied. Left to right: Ms Caitlin Wiesen-Antin (white scarf), United Nations Acting Resident Coordinator for Vietnam; Senior General Phan Văn Giang, Vietnam’s Minister for National Defence; President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Ms Mudie.
Asia News Rest of World Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF C-17 takes another Vietnamese peacekeeping rotation to Africa

28/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3895 Views 0 Comments Vietnam

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster will transport Vietnam People’s Army personnel, equipment and medical supplies to and from

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CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan participates in the Veteran Surf Project, reported on WIN News Illawarra.
Australian News Veterans Videos 

Your editor made the news last night

28/04/202227/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1778 Views 2 Comments

CONTACT Editor Brian Hartigan – and friends – were featured on WIN News Illawarra 5.30 Local News on 27 April

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Australian Army Europe News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia sends six 155mm howitzers and ammo to Ukraine

27/04/202227/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3574 Views 4 Comments Ukraine

Australia has sent six M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and ammunition to Europe for on-forwarding to Ukraine. CAPTION: Royal Australian Air

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Crowds line the strreet to see the ANZAC Day march in Camden, NSW. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.
ADF News Veterans Videos 

Defence supports post-pandemic ANZAC-Day events at home and abroad

25/04/202226/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2361 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022

On Anzac Day, we remember not only the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers who died on 25

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United States Nuclear Submarine USS Springfield berthed outboard of USS Frank Cable at Fleet Base West, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Richard Cordell.
Australian News USA 

US nuclear sub visits WA

25/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3091 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, USS Frank Cable, USS Springfield

A United States Navy nuclear submarine visited Western Australia this week, calling in at HMAS Stirling for resupply. CAPTION: United

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Soldiers from Mentoring Task Force – Three (MTF-3) move away from a helicopter landing zone, after loading Australian casualties wounded by an improvised explosive device on a Bushmaster, in the Chora Valley, southern Afghanistan. Photo by Able Seaman Jo Dilorenzo.
Poets Corner 

There’s them, There’s us

24/04/202224/04/2022 Mick Shave 1943 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

Stand at ease; Attention; Move to the right in threes. Orders, orders, orders, Some of which were these. But really

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Faces of Australian war veterans projected on a facade in Martin Place, Sydney, during an Anzac Day dawn service. Photo by Able Seaman Bonnie Gassner.
Poets Corner 

The ghosts of the honored dead

24/04/202224/04/2022 Anndrà an Ruadh 1706 Views 0 Comments By Anndrà an Ruadh

I was out protesting the war just the other day, when the ghost of a soldier came up to me.

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Life on the Line Podcast 

Ivan Ingham – Life on the Line

23/04/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2479 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Angus Hordern interviews Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy career officer Ivan Ingham.     EXPLORE MORE LIFE ON THE

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