Health and Wellbeing – Page 16

Australian Army surgeon Major Daniel Chan is part of the Australian Surgical Team deployed to the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre in Iraq. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

Sharing is the currency of deployment

05/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2245 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

An Australian Army general surgeon has swapped more than knowledge and experiences with his foreign counterparts during a deployment to

Corporal Aaron Hopgood, left, and Lance Corporal Matthew Bosman, of the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, relax after donating blood at an Australian Red Cross Lifeblood mobile donor centre at Woodside Barracks, South Australia. Story by Captain Evita Ryan.

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First-timers line up to donate blood

05/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2394 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Red Cross Blood Challenge

The determined effort of Lance Bombardier Bianca Ross has led to a two-day blood-donation blitz at Woodside Barracks in the

Air Force perioperative nurse Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is deployed to Iraq and is working at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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COVID support part of deployment

02/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2092 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Iraq, Operation Okra

As part of her deployment to Iraq, RAAF nursing officer Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is providing COVID-19 support to contractors

Plans officer with No. 382 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Trent Blinco making his 52nd blood donation at the Lifeblood Donor Centre in Ipswich as part of the 2021 Defence Blood Challenge. Story by Flight Lieutenant Robert Cochran.

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Challenge set for Air Force members

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1727 Views 0 Comments Red Cross Blood Challenge

It’s late afternoon at the Lifeblood donor centre in Ipswich and Flight Lieutenant Trent Blinco is about to make his

A soldier from the 7th Combat Brigade crawls under barbed wire during the 7th Combat Brigade Commander's Cup obstacle course competition at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Story b y Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

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Obstacle course challenge boosts morale

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2073 Views 0 Comments

The entire 7th Combat Brigade gathered at the Gallipoli Barracks obstacle course in Brisbane on October 21 to cheer on the

Pika Wiya registered nurse Rebecca Simpson conducts a pre-assessment in the Port Augusta town centre before a local receives their COVID-19 vaccination out of the ADF ambulance. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

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Battalion supports Indigenous vaccinations

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1857 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Indigenous health in the Port Augusta region of South Australia has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to

Leading Seaman Benjamin Jenkins, of HMAS Stirling, prepares to make a blood donation at the Rockingham Red Cross Lifeblood Centre, Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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‘Superhero’ stems the tide of leukaemia

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1501 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, Red Cross Blood Challenge

This year’s Defence Blood Challenge is at the halfway mark and well on track to reach the target of 10,500

Lieutenant Commander Katey D'Costa donates blood at the Lifeblood Civic Plasma Donor Centre. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.

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Saving lives year after year

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1921 Views 0 Comments Red Cross Blood Challenge

What was a seed of an idea back in 2009 between Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and the ADF has now

Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson is deployed to Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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Navy surgeon enjoying time in the sand

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2691 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

A deployment to Iraq is providing Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson with some unique challenges. CAPTION: Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant

Owner of My Little Bookshop Kerry Ridley with Leading Seaman James McPhail on board HMAS Warramunga at Fleet Base West. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Lon. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.

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Library’s new chapter has positive sub-plot

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1883 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

A new ship’s library in HMAS Warramunga is not only providing the crew with a wide range of reading options,

Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is an anaesthetist with the Australian Surgical Team at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre in Iraq. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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Team an anaesthesia to challenges

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2124 Views 0 Comments Iraq

Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is currently deployed with his triservice colleagues to the only role 3 hospital

hilippine Navy Deputy Commander Indo-Pacific Endeavour Captain Constancio Reyes, right, with Lieutenant Maria Hondrade aboard HMAS Anzac during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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So close, but so far…

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2235 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Sailing into Manila Bay during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21) was a slightly bittersweet moment for two Navy officers who longed

Army radiographer Lieutenant John Langley and physiotherapist Lieutenant Alison Muller in the health centre in HMAS Canberra during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Army boosts ship’s health capability

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2271 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Six Army health personnel are working on board HMAS Canberra during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21), lending a green hue to the maritime-focused

Malabugilmah resident Latia Williams has her temperature taken by Leading Aircraftman Joel Forster at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre.

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ADF supports remote vaccination mission

20/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1968 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Early this month, NSW Health, police and ADF personnel travelled to a tiny Aboriginal community two-and-a-half hours’ drive inland from

Lance Corporal Mancell Laidler, of Joint Task Group 629.9, inspects the licence of a motorist at the ACT Federal Highway border-control point during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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ADF winds up ACT COVID control support

13/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1921 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF personnel have spent the past few weeks supporting ACT Policing at vehicle checkpoints on the ACT-NSW border set up

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Blood Challenge – I challenge you to beat me

11/10/202111/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1694 Views 0 Comments

I am ex Navy (albeit if the NAVY was not so ageist I could have returned to fill one of

A 'Let's Chalk about Mental Health' activity was held at Adams Auditorium, ADFA, in 2019 in support of World Mental Health Day. Photo by Jay Cronan.

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Look out for your mates, and yourself

11/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2066 Views 0 Comments

Defence marked the October 10 World Mental Health Day with online and in-person activities around Australia in the lead-up to the

Ipswich Indigenous community members and children inside a C-17A Globemaster III for a flight from RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Sergeant Peter Borys.

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Connections made high above ground

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2756 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

More than 130 Ipswich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families had the experience of a lifetime: a

NSW Police Senior Constable Peter Heginbotham, front left, and Midshipman Bridie Kemp on hotel quarantine duties during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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ADF supports evacuees in quarantine

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1933 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, COVID-19

Recent evacuees from Afghanistan are being helped in their transition to a new life in Australia by ADF personnel on

Enrolled nurse Nicole Gentry prepares Flight Sergeant Kate Morris, of No. 295 Squadron, for her plasma donation at the Red Cross Ipswich Donation Centre in Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Leading the way for blood donations

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2087 Views 0 Comments Red Cross Blood Challenge

Even a three-year posting to Florida, United States, didn’t slow down Flight Sergeant Kate Morris’ blood and plasma donations in