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Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni (centre) and Australian High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga, Rachael Moore (centre left), talk with military personnel from the Royal Australian Navy, French Armed Forces and the Republic of Fiji Military Force.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Farewell acknowledged work of Pacific family

22/03/202224/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2076 Views 0 Comments CH-47F Chinook, COVID-19 Assist, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Canberra, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

A farewell ceremony at Tonga’s Vuna Wharf was held on March 16 to thank personnel from the Australian Defence Force

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Federated States of Micronesia personnel from the Guardian-class patrol boat FSS Toshiwo Nakayama salute as the Micronesian flag is hoisted on board for the first time during the boat's handover ceremony at Austal ship building facility in Henderson, Perth, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
Australian News Pacific Videos 

Micronesia receives first of two Guardian-class patrol boats

18/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3765 Views 0 Comments Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received the first of two Guardian-class patrol boats, delivered through the Pacific Maritime

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Loadmaster Corporal Jakeb Thorogood looks out over the C-17J Spartan aircraft ramp during a maritime surveillance flight over Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Photo by Leading Seaman Nadev Harel.
News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Navy, Air Force support Pacific fisheries

18/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2640 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, HMAS Melville, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Solania, Palau

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is working with its south-west Pacific neighbours to detect and deter illegal maritime activity in

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United States Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable pulls into Brisbane, Queensland, during a deployment. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
News Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

US Navy crew helps with Brisbane clean up

18/03/202219/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2511 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022, US Navy

USS Frank Cable recently arrived in Brisbane, and some of the ship’s company stepped ashore to help Australian Defence Force

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Australian Army soldiers from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, collect flood-damaged household items for loading onto a truck as they clear a street in Chinderah, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Army clean up in Chinderah

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2043 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Despite nearly continuous domestic deployments, disruptions to training, and dirty conditions, the smiles on the faces of 6th Battalion, Royal

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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment remove flood-damaged equipment and furniture during a clean up of Richmond River High School in Lismore, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Lismore high school gets armoured support

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2820 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Only a week ago Richmond River High was underwater, with floods scraping the second-storey ceiling of the Riverside Campus in

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Australian Army soldiers and Mr Daniel Clark, Coraki SES commander, check on community members along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New South Wales. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez-Pinto. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Army, SES rescue man during welfare check

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2435 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022, State Emergency Service (SES)

Australian Army soldiers joined State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers recently to conduct welfare checks along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New

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A Murrook Cultural Heritage Team member conduct a smoking ceremony at No. 41 Wing's naming ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan and Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Renaming RAAF’s air battle management system

10/03/202214/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2503 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, No. 41 Wing, RAAF Williamtown

No. 41 Wing and the Worimi community came together to celebrate the Aboriginal renaming of the Royal Australian Air Force’s

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Screen grab of Australian Mexeflote, LHD landing craft rendered in VBS4 – courtesy Bohemia Interactive Simulations.
News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

BAE buys Australian-born Bohemia Interactive Simulations for $200mil

09/03/202209/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4266 Views 0 Comments

BAE Systems has announced it has completed the acquisition of Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) for about $200 million. CAPTION: Screen

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Former Air Force search and rescue boat O2-06 is pulled from the water at Lakes Entrance in Victoria for transport to an Air Force History and Heritage Branch facility in Spotswood, Melbourne. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Christopher Moon.
History News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Historic RAAF boat to be restored

04/03/202209/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 5421 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Air Force has been gifted the only remaining World War II RAAF rescue launch for the Air

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ustralian Army soldiers Private Riva Brown and Private Jamie Morrison from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, unload crates of refrigerated milk to Ulmarra on the New South Wales mid-north coast. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News Videos 

Army trucks keep supplies rolling in

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2326 Views 0 Comments 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

The high-clearance vehicles from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (41RNSWR), have been in demand during Operation Flood Assist

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HMAS Canberra and HMAS Supply (left) sail into Nuku‘alofa harbour in Tonga as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Canberra relieves HMAS Adelaide in Tonga

04/03/202205/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3316 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Supply, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

HMAS Canberra has arrived in Tonga to relieve HMAS Adelaide on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. CAPTION: HMAS Canberra and HMAS

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RAN navigator Lieutenant Dean Gilbert mentors Sub Lieutenant Annabelle Wall (left) as she conducts duties as assistant officer of the watch on the bridge of HMAS Hobart. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Able Seaman Jarryd Capper.
ADF People Videos 

Time at sea a steep learning curve

04/03/202204/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1685 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, HMAS Watson

HMAS Hobart is providing opportunities for trainee maritime warfare officers (MWOs) to consolidate what they’ve learnt during their training at

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Royal Australian Air Force personnel from No. 22 Squadron load pallets of military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
Europe News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Australian military supplies leave for Ukraine

02/03/202206/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6531 Views 1 Comment Ukraine

EDITOR’S NOTES: Not long after Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce refused to say what was in an aircraft load of ‘military

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Soldiers from the School of Army Aviation arrive safely at RAAF Base Amberley on Friday, 25 February 2022, after rescuing several south-east Queensland community members affected by the rising flood waters.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Army aircrews help in flood emergency

01/03/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2477 Views 0 Comments Army Aviation Training Centre, East Coast Flood Emergency 2022, MRH-90 Taipan, Oakey, RAAF Amberley

The Australian Army has provided critical support to the emerging Queensland flood crisis. CAPTION: Soldiers from the School of Army

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Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart prepares to berth in Hobart, Tasmania, in support of the 184th Royal Hobart Regatta. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Hobart at home for regatta

01/03/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2460 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

Royal Australian Navy guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has provided an impressive backdrop in the Derwent River for the 184th Royal Hobart

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RAN sailor Able Seaman Maritime Personel Operations Christina Heron clears dead vegetation on Pangaimotu Island, Tonga. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Pangiamotu Island clean-up

01/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2022 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Australian Defence Force personnel have rehabilitated a tsunami-damaged monument that marks where Tonga’s first Catholic mass was conducted in 1842

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Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, right, meets with Uncle Harry Allie and Aunty Deb Booker prior to the Air Force Elder handover ceremony at RAAF Base Glenbrook, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photos by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
ADF People History Videos 

New Indigenous Elder for Air Force

01/03/202209/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2029 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, RAAF Glenbrook

Air Force’s Elder, Uncle Harry Allie, has passed the title to a newly appointed Elder, Aunty Deborah Booker, at a

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Leading Aircraftman Ronan Geoghgan (left) from No. 23 Squadron and a United States airman prepare to refuel a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku-Jieitai) F-15J Eagle aircraft during Exercise Cope North. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.
Japan News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

Cope North strengthened ties

25/02/202202/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2425 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Exercise Cope North, No

Enhancing Australian, Japanese and United States relationships was a key outcome of Exercise Cope North 2022, which concluded on February

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ustralian Defence Force personnel from the Aged Care Support Planning & Coordination Team working with Department of Health personnel in Canberra on 22. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Kym Smith.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF support to aged care set to increase

25/02/202228/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2685 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Twenty-four ADF medical teams assisted at aged-care facilities in the first weeks of ADF support to the aged-care sector, with

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