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Editor's Vlog 

Blind corner cupboard

26/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 997 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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Editor's Vlog 

Kitchen benchtop – part 1

26/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1249 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 1586 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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HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Australia buys $7billion of Standard Missiles

22/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1677 Views 2 Comments Standard Missile 6, Standard Missile-3

The government today announced a $7billion agreement with the United States to acquire Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC)

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Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Tegan Ross from Australia's Federation Guard with representatives from Commonwealth countries escort the Gold State Coach during the Procession following the Coronation of King Charles III. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Sleeman.
ADF News 

King Charles promoted to top ADF ranks

19/10/202420/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 10962 Views 7 Comments King Charles III

His Majesty King Charles III has been appointed the Honorary Ranks of Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian

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Editor's Vlog 

Hanging wall panels and high cupboards

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1233 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After getting the first cupboards installed, I move on to panelling the walls – then some high cupboards. There was a

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The ship's company of HMTSS Te Matailii III man the upper decks as the national flag of Tuvalu is raised for the first time during the Guardian-class patrol boat handover ceremony at Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Connor Morrison.
Australian News Pacific 

Tuvalu receives patrol-boat gift from Australia

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1475 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program

Australia has handed over a new Guardian-class patrol boat – HMTSS Te Mataili III – to Prime Minister of Tuvalu

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Master Chief Petty Officer Cynthia Huratiak, command master chief for the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command, congratulates an unnamed Royal Australian Navy sailor after his graduation from the United States Navy Nuclear Power School. US Navy photo by Kellie Randall.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie sailors graduate from USN Nuclear Power School

18/10/202418/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1585 Views 0 Comments AUKUS, SSN, Virginia-class

In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States enhanced trilateral security partnership AUKUS, the first seven Royal

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HMAS Parramatta arrives at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia to begin a capability upgrade. Photo by Petty Officer Richard Cordell.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Billions promised for Henderson shipyards expansion

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2063 Views 0 Comments Henderson WA

The Australian government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard to underpin tens of billions

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An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams tank fires during Exercise Jericho Dawn 2016. Photo by Sergeant Pete Gammie
Australian Army Europe News 

Australia donates retiring Abrams to Ukraine

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1428 Views 9 Comments M1A1 Abrams, M1A2 Abrams, Ukraine

The Australian government has announced it will gift 49 retiring M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to bolster that country’s fight

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A Royal New Zealand Navy diver examines the wreck of HMNZS Manawanui. New Zealand Defence Force photo.
New Zealand News Pacific 

Update on HMNZS Manawanui sinking

16/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3674 Views 1 Comment HMNZS Manawanui

The New Zealand Defence Force issued an update for media today, sending us the first official photos of HMNZS Manawanui in

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Editor's Vlog 

First cupboards installed in daughter’s kitchen

13/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1941 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After building a good solid base, it’s time to start installing some cupboards on top. But that’s not as easy

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The future Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel at Devonport Naval Base. Photo by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
New Zealand News Pacific 

Aussie expert on Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui sinking

11/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2505 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

New Zealand Defence Force has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in

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HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon as part of Operation Render Safe 2022. Photo bu Petty Officer Christopher Weissenborn.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui survivors homeward bound

07/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1290 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

Crew and passengers from Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui will be flown home to Auckland tonight aboard a

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HMNZS Manawanui at sea for the first time under Royal New Zealand Navy Control, in the Hauraki Gulf. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Pacific 

HMNZS Manawanui hits reef and sinks off Samoa

06/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2594 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Manawanui

Royal New Zealand Navy Ship HMNZS Manawanui hit a reef off the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa, on Saturday evening

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Australian High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus Fiona McKergow assists a woman and her family to board a bus after arriving in Larnaca, Cyrpus, by Australian-government chartered aircraft from Beirut, Lebanon. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army Middle East Royal Australian Air Force 

Deployment of ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East

06/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2634 Views 0 Comments Operation Beech

ADF personnel and aircraft have been deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Beech – Defence’s support of

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Editor's Vlog 

A good base to start kitchen layout

05/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1013 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After a rocky start, I set out to build a solid foundation on which to rest the kitchen cupboards. But,

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Veterans What's on... 

The Healing | Veterans Health Week special movie screening + Q&A

03/10/202403/10/2024 Jess Heinrich 1936 Views 0 Comments

Following the final report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Horse Aid is hosting a special online

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Editor's Vlog 

Rough start to a kitchen project

28/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 994 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s taken a while – and A LOT of procrastination – but, I finally got around to making a start on

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Beaufort bombers in 1945.
News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans 

Missing WWII bomber found off PNG

27/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2445 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Air Force officials have positively identified a missing World War II aircraft, discovered late last year in waters

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