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RNZN Divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution – NZDF's recovery/salvage operation. Image supplied.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui sinking – human error

29/11/202429/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2703 Views 4 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, the interim Court of

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Editor's Vlog 

Kitchen ceiling – part 2

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1130 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The central, drop-down part of the ceiling will be a centrepiece of my daughter’s kitchen – if all goes to

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Editor's Vlog 

Kitchen benchtop – part 5 (and last)

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1045 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I promise – this is the last video of the benchtop installation. It was a tricky and long-winded journey, but,

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Landing Ship Transport 100 (LST100) concept. Supplied by Damen Shipyards Group.
Australian Army News 

Army’s new Landing Craft Heavy announced

23/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4632 Views 12 Comments Landing Craft Heavy, Landing Ship Transport 100, LST100

Defence has selected a design by Damen Shipyards Group as the preferred option for the Army’s landing-craft heavy. CAPTION: Landing

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Editor's Vlog 

Kitchen ceiling – part 1

16/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1121 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The ceiling in my daughter’s kitchen has lived in my head for months. It’s finally time to get it out

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Editor's Vlog 

Kitchen benchtop – part 4

15/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 655 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

How long does it take to fit one bench top, you might ask? Well, we’re near the end – just

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The Victoria Cross for Australia was awarded to the late Private Richard Norden.
Australian Army News Veterans 

VC posthumously awarded 56 years after action

12/11/202412/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2731 Views 3 Comments Victoria Cross

The late Private Richard Norden will be awarded a Victoria Cross for Australia for his gallantry during the Battle of

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Kitchen benchtop – part 3

09/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1157 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This episode features a nice big slab of ironbark, which will be a standout feature of my daughter’s kitchen. Ironbark

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Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies on the day of his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2022. Photo supplied by NZDF.
New Zealand News Veterans Videos 

VALE – last veteran of New Zealand’s 28 (Maori) Battalion

08/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3039 Views 0 Comments

Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua yesterday, aged

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ADF News 

Defence (or govt?) weasels out of $12billion satellite ordered last year

04/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1404 Views 0 Comments JP9102

On 3 April last year, Defence was proud to announce Lockheed Martin Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver a

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An American plane sprays chemicals near unit lines of 1st Armoured Squadron Workshop RAEME, at Nui Dat, Vietnam 1968. Photo by Des Kearton.
Letters to the Editor 

RAEME units sprayed sprayed with chemicals, Vietnam 1968 – RANCH HAND defoliant flights

03/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1098 Views 0 Comments

Operation Ranch Hand was a name given by the USA to the tactical project for aerial spraying of herbicides in

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An American HIMARS in action. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

Australia to build GMLRS and forge M795s for ADF and export

03/11/202409/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2406 Views 2 Comments GMLRS, GWEO Enterprise, HIMARS

The government has announced more initiatives in the domestic manufacturing of missiles and munitions at scale. FILE PHOTO: An American

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US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Eli Gregg, an assistant M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system gunner with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force –Darwin 24.3, assists Lance Corporal Ryan Waskosky, a MAAW gunner also with Fox Co. 2nd Bn., 5th Marines (Rein.), MRF-D 24.3, while firing a MAAW during a live-fire range as a part of Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Juan Torres.
MRF-D News 

US Marines head home after six months down under

03/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1409 Views 0 Comments MRF-D

Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 2024 has departed Australia, concluding the 13th annual rotation of United States Marine Corps

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Australian Army soldiers and aviators conduct helicopter insertion and extraction training as part of UH-60M Black Hawk introduction-into-service activities. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Videos 

Army UH-60M Black Hawk fleet update

03/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3145 Views 2 Comments UH-60M Black Hawk

The Australian Army says it is rapidly bringing its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in to service, with the

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Two steps to failure

02/11/202402/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 981 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This was a hard one to cop – but it was, in the end, a big fat fail. Or was

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Kitchen benchtop – part2

02/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 813 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Putting the stone on top of the kitchen bench is a momentous milestone. One ‘simple’ act seems to progress the

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The memorial wall listing the crew of HMAS Sydney II at Mount Scott Geraldton. The interior concave side of the Wall of Remembrance, situated at the front of memorial, details the names of all 645 men who lost their lives. The centre piece is a dome mounted by seven pillars. Representing the seven states and territories of Australia. The dome is constructed by a canopy of silver gulls. A Stele is made of Stainless Stell and represents the bow of the HMAS Sydney II. A bronze sculpture of a a woman closest to the ocean. She wears an anchor necklace and holds hat against the breeze from the sea. Her anxious expression and her fixed gaze to the horizon. She represents a waiting woman grieven for her lost love one.
Lest We Forget Letters to the Editor 

Is the HMAS Sydney II crew MIA or KIA?

31/10/202431/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 637 Views 0 Comments HMAS Sydney II

A recent Letter to the Editor here at CONTACT piqued my interest – are the members of the crew of

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Blind corner cupboard

26/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 990 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

A blind corner cupboard in any kitchen is a pain to deal with. More so in a small kitchen where

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Kitchen benchtop – part 1

26/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1239 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Like the cupboards, I felt the stone benchtop also needed a solid, level base. In my head, that was always

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Figure 1. A racing drone used by the Air Force Drone Racing Association
Thought provoking 

The Weaponisation of Toys and Implications for the Air Force

25/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1580 Views 0 Comments

The Weaponisation of Toys and Implications for the Air Force Ryan Hodson Australian Defence Force The ‘poor man’s air force‘

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