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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 4746 Views 1 Comment

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

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Australian soldiers from Darwin-based 1st Combat Service Support Battalion are instructed on the capabilities of SPEE3D printing. Photo supplied.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology Videos 

Army starts field-trial of 3D parts printing

25/02/202025/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3151 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

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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.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Ancient and heritage sites shielded by soldiers

19/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3028 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.

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Skyborne Technologies' 40mm-armed Cerberus GL fires a grenade during a demonstration for the US Army. Company-video screen-grab.
Australian News Science & Technology Videos 

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

16/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6879 Views 0 Comments

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

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

6RAR clearing a path to regrowth

14/02/202014/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2464 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.

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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.
Asia Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Indonesian zig-zag Bushfire Assist

14/02/202016/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2550 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.

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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.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Wasp uses waterbomber downtime to help plan next attacks

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3016 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.

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Leading Aircraftwoman Tiarne Westland helps with the removal of hazardous trees near Batlow, NSW.
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

RAAFie axewoman has more quals than she ever dreamt of

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2564 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.

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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.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Pacific Videos 

International team builds bridges communities get over

14/02/202003/09/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2897 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.

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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 16585 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.

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Australian Army CH-47F Chinooks from 5th Aviation Regiment head back to Adelaide from a Bushfire Assist sortie on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
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Chinooks set record flying on Bushfire Assist

10/02/202010/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4055 Views 1 Comment Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Army personnel deployed in support of the bushfire relief effort in Victoria set a record for the most hours flown in a month by Australian CH-47s Chinooks.

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Regimental Sergeant Major 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victorian Regiment, Warrant Officer Class One Anthony Jones watches as Omeo local Ryan checks out a Mercedes G-Wagon. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.
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Task Group Dingo opens doors for a sticky-beak

06/02/202006/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1794 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Omeo locals got a closer look at some of the vehicles and equipment they’d seen around town recently as TG Dingo opened its doors for a sticky-beak.

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Excalibur impact during Australian trials 2013. Photo by Major Mike Hartas.
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Excalibur upgrade hits moving targets

06/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3065 Views 0 Comments Excalibur

Raytheon’s new Excalibur S precision-guided artillery munition scored direct hits on moving targets during recent US Navy tests.

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Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel have contributed to the effort to reopen a 150km stretch of the Princes Highway (A1) between Cann River and the NSW border, which was closed due to severe bushfires in Victoria. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieren Whiteley.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 5 February UPDATE

06/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2083 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 9am 6 February 2020 CAPTION: Australian Defence Force and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel have contributed to

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No 35 Squadron loadmaster Sergeant Michael Jones helps secure southern brushtail rock wallabies in the C-27J Spartan transport aircraft. Photo: by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Endangered wallabies hop a lift with ‘Wallaby Airlines’

05/02/202005/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2803 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Endangered southern brush-tail rock wallabies made an inter-state hop with Air Force’s very own ‘Wallaby Airlines’ during Operation Bushfire Assist.

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Ambulance Commander Joel Powell (centre), from the ACT Ambulance Service, discuss firefighting operations with Lance Corporal Matt Fegeleson, while Lance Corporal Jessica Zhang monitors emergency services radio traffic, in the Brindabella Ranges. Together they form a remote-area ambulance team, using a six-wheel drive Army G-Wagon ambulance, to support an ACT Rural Fire Service strike team operating in remote woodlands. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 4 February UPDATE

05/02/202005/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2172 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8.30am 5 February 2020 CAPTION: Ambulance Commander Joel Powell (centre), from the ACT Ambulance Service, discuss firefighting operations

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The first of three NH90s is returned to RNZAF Ohakea via RCAF CC-177 Globemaster. NZDF photo.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

Kiwi NH90s and crews flying home – thanks Canada

04/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3311 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Three RNZAF NH90 helicopters that have been in Australia as part of the ADF-led Operation Bushfire Assist are now heading home, thanks to the RCAF.

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Soldiers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces perform a cultural dance to welcome students visiting from Newmerella Primary School as part of a visit to the Orbost Football Oval, headquarters for the assistance effort during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 in Victoria. Photo by Leading Aircraftman John Solomon.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 3 Feb UPDATE [official figures get wackier]

04/02/202004/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2595 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Yesterday, Defence reported the arrival of 38 Indonesian engineers. Today they assure us the contingent was 40 strong in one line and 35 in another.

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Engineers from Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Indonesia's national armed forces – are welcomed at RAAF Base Richmond in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.
ADF Asia Australian News Operations Videos 

Indonesian contingent arrives for Bushfire Assist

03/02/202003/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3481 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Around 35 military engineers from the TNI – Indonesia’s national armed forces – have arrived in Australia to help out on Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20.

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RAAF No 22 Squadron Air Movements Section personnel prepare to unload fire retardant from a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal David Said.
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Op Bushfire Assist – 2 February UPDATE

03/02/202003/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2374 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated 9am 3 February 2020 CAPTION: RAAF No 22 Squadron Air Movements Section personnel prepare to unload fire retardant from

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