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Join me for a special ANZAC Day Dawn Service

30/03/202023/04/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5233 Views 9 Comments COVID-19

Wounded Heroes has brought forward its major fundraiser – Ex Stone Pillow 2020 – to cope with a major call on its services in the face of the COVID-19.

Australian Army reservist Private Connor Styles from the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, supporting the mandatory COVID-19 quarantine arrangements for international travellers at Brisbane Airport, Queensland. Photo by Trooper Jonathan Goedhart.

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Soldiers help enforce mandatory COVID-19 quarantine

29/03/202031/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4723 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF has deployed teams across the country to work in partnership with state and territory police to conduct COVID-19 quarantine compliance checks.

Algorithms can interpret human actions to detect coughing ands sneezing. Heartrate and temperature can also be extracted from drone video footage.

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UniSA working on ‘pandemic drone’ to detect coronavirus

26/03/202026/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3052 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the UniSA in partnership with a Canadian company.

Colonel Bradley Robertson and Warrant Officer Class Two Steven Cosstick discuss options for making a replacement part for a surgical-mask manufacturing machine with David Mather at Med-Con Pty Ltd, a small manufacturer in Regional Victoria. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

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Defence deploying across the country in COVID-19 fight

23/03/202024/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3280 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF is further supporting the national response to COVID-19 by deploying additional personnel to assist State and territory health authorities.

Julie-Ann Finney makes an impassioned speech to camera.

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Finney says PM untruthful re Royal Commission

13/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3414 Views 0 Comments

Julie-Ann Finney say Prime Minister Scott Morrison was untruthful when he told parliament and the Australian public he would consider a Royal Commission

HMAS Arunta fires an Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia to test its missile systems after undergoing the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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HMAS Arunta fires Evolved Sea Sparrow

12/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4573 Views 0 Comments

Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow missile off the coast of Western Australia.

A No. 2 Squadron E-7A Wedgetail taxis out to the Andersen Air Force Base runway during Exercise Cope North 20 in Guam. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Wedgetail impresses at Cope North

03/03/202003/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2891 Views 0 Comments

With up to 60 fast jets in the air around Guam, a No. 2 Sqn E-7A Wedgetail follows the fight, providing battlespace surveillance during Exercise Cope North.

The Australian Army Banner on parade at Russell Offices in Canberra to celebrate the Australian Army's 119th birthday. ADF photo.

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Army awarded Theatre Honour East Timor

02/03/202012/03/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7499 Views 3 Comments

The Australian Army has been presented with the Theatre Honour East Timor 1999-2003 during a parade in Canberra, as part of its 119th birthday celebration.

An Apache helicopter from 656 Squadron, 4 Regiment Army Air Corps, on exercise within the Arctic Circle. British Army photo.

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UK Apaches launch Arctic Hellfire

29/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4696 Views 0 Comments

British Army’s Apache attack helicopters have fired Hellfire missiles inside the Arctic Circle for the first time to prepare for extreme-cold exercising.

An emotional farewell for the Fijian Bushfire Assist contingent at Orbost, Victoria.

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Emotional farewell for Fijians from Orbost

25/02/202026/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 18172 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Orbost held an emotional farewell event for Fijian military deployed in support of Operation Bushfire Assist as the contingent prepared to go home.

Australian Army Sergeant Stuart Conlin with Trip, RAAF Leading Aircraftman Gregory Chance with Veda, New Zealand Army Lance Corporal Maylin Broderick with Flicka, RAAF Leading Aircraftman Bradley Evans with Ollie and Australian Army Sapper Luke Saxton with Mate, at the new Military Working Dogs Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.

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New Military Working Dogs Memorial at AWM

25/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5156 Views 1 Comment

The Australian War Memorial has unveiled a new memorial dedicated to, and created by, military working dogs and their handlers.

Australian soldiers from Darwin-based 1st Combat Service Support Battalion are instructed on the capabilities of SPEE3D printing. Photo supplied.

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Army starts field-trial of 3D parts printing

25/02/202025/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3485 Views 0 Comments SPEE3D

Army has kicked off a 12-month trial of 3D metal printing that could see on-the-spot design and manufacturing available to

Soldiers from 6RAR with ACT Parks and Conservation Service Aboriginal field officer Kie Barratt at one of the important heritage sites they helped protect from recent bushfires. Photo by Lieutenant Jack Membrey.

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Ancient and heritage sites shielded by soldiers

19/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3598 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

When Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve staff raced to save endangered species from bushfires, they relied on 6RAR to prepare facilities and heritage sites.

Skyborne Technologies' 40mm-armed Cerberus GL fires a grenade during a demonstration for the US Army. Company-video screen-grab.

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SE Qld company demos 40mm-armed man-pack drone to US Army

16/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7190 Views 0 Comments

Skyborne Technologies successfully demonstrated their 40mm-armed Cerberus GL to the US Army as part of the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment.

Corporal Travis Ward, 6RAR, loads a G-Wagon with debris at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, NSW. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

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6RAR clearing a path to regrowth

14/02/202014/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2917 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, sadly devastated by a bushfire in early January, got a serious injection of manpower from 6RAR.

Lieutenant Colonel Renee Kidson updates Major General Justin Ellwood, left, and TNI Lieutenant Colonel Teddi on the work being conducted by troops at the Zig Zag Railway. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.

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Indonesian zig-zag Bushfire Assist

14/02/202016/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2979 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Devastated by two fires in the past seven years, Australia’s iconic Zig Zag Railway near Lithgow, NSW, is benefiting from support of Indonesian military friends.

Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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Wasp uses waterbomber downtime to help plan next attacks

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3292 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE unmanned aircraft from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley.

Leading Aircraftwoman Tiarne Westland helps with the removal of hazardous trees near Batlow, NSW.

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RAAFie axewoman has more quals than she ever dreamt of

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3134 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Five years into her ADF career, Leading Aircraftwoman Tiarne Westland has more construction and destruction qualifications than she ever dreamt of.

Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers carry a component of a temporary medium girder bridge installed at Buchan Caves during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Whiteley.

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International team builds bridges communities get over

14/02/202003/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3419 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Two bridges constructed by the Australian, Fijian and PNG militaries will improve access to a popular tourist attraction in the wake of the bushfires.

Senator Jacqui Lambie speaking in the Senate, 11 January 2020.

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Lambie ‘names-and-shames’ DVA ‘desk jockey’ for bullying psychiatrist

12/02/202012/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 17414 Views 3 Comments

Senator Jacqui Lambie has named and attacked a senior DVA exec whom she said threatened a psychiatrist for marking diagnoses too high in favour of veterans.