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Gunner Kyle Moore, an artilleryman from 7 Field Regiment, crosscuts a fallen tree resting on a road at Lower Bago, south of Tumut, NSW. He is trained in chainsaw operations to make gun pits for the artillery, and is putting his skills to work helping the combat engineers from the Brisbane-based 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

Gunners join the Alpine’s cutting edge

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Artillerymen have joined the Army’s frontline response teams, helping to clear away fallen trees and trees at risk of collapsing in the NSW Snowy region.

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook Helicopter prepares to land on HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

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Amphibious Task Group embeds working well

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3084 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

THe Amphibious Task Group in HMAS Adelaide have forged close ties and collaborative relationships with regional authorities supporting efforts ashore.

Private Shaun Whitehurst and Cooma farmer George Walters load fodder onto Private Whitehurst's truck for distrution to farmers on the New South Wales south coast. Photo by Sergeant Dave Morley.

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Army assists with fodder distribution

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3416 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

While people and native wildlife left devastated by the bushfires are increasingly being cared for, livestock on farms haven’t received the same attention.

An Australian Army Combat Engineer from the 5th Engineer Regiment uses a JD-450 Bulldozer to spread burnt woodchips at the Eden Woodchip Mill in southern NSW in support of Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.

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Dozers help douse woodchip mountain

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Burning, smouldering piles of waste at Eden’s woodchip mill proved a danger, as Army engineers turned and drenched the pile to quell the flames.

Australian Army CH-47 Chinook from Townsville-based 5th Aviation Regiment prepares to uplift hay bales to deliver to remote bushfire-affected farms on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 15 January UPDATE

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Updated at 8am, 16 January 2020 More than 6000 full-time and reserve personnel are now providing direct support in the

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel walk from their C-130H Hercules after arriving at RAAF Base Richmond to assist in Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by David Said.

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Japan sending two Hercs for Bushfire Assist

16/01/202017/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3790 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Japan Self Defence Force is sending two C-130 Hercules and associated personnel to assist in Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20.

A soldier from New Zealand Army’s 2ER gives water to a Koala while the unit assisted ADF members at Kangaroo Island’s Hanson Bay Wildlife Reserve.

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NZDF witness devastation and survival on Kangaroo Island

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3915 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

NZDF personnel working on Kangaroo Island have seen first-hand the devastating impact Australia’s bushfires have had on communities and wildlife.

A bulldozer is landed at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay, from HMAS Adelaide.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 14 January UPDATE

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Updated at 8am 15 January 2020 Watch Major General Jake Ellwood’s brief to media, 14 January 2020… MAIN PHOTO: A

Lieutenant Kynan Lang from the 10th/27th Battalion, RSAR, is supported by colleagues at the place where his uncle and cousin died in a bushfire on Kangaroo, before placing a memorial in their honour. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Army officer called-out to bushfire that killed family

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A South Australian infantry officer heard of two family members killed by bushfires on the same day he was called out as an Army Reservist to the same fire.

A Royal Australian Air Force Transportable Air Operations Tower operated by 44WG during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 at Bairnsdale Airport. Photo by Chris Loadsman.

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All those choppers need tower support

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3468 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A transportable air-operations tower deployed at short notice to Bairnsdale in early January has proven invaluable to humanitarian-aid flights in Gippsland.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopter loaded on a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III en-route from RNZAF Base Ohakea to RAAF Base Richmond for Operation Bushfire Assist tasking. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Help and hardware from across the ditch

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Deploying NH90 helicopters overseas is well-rehearsed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as bushfire relief operations in Australia have demonstrated.

An injured koala rescued by the Australian Army soldiers, New Zealand Army sappers and RSPCA members are transported await veterinary treatment on Kangaroo Island during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Army vet does perfect Drop Bear gag on TV reporter

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Veterinarian and Army Reservist Captain Garnett Hall pulled off the perfect Drop Bear gag on an innocent Scottish TV reporter on Kangaroo Island this week.

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter loads stores on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 13 January UPDATE

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Operation Bushfire Assist continues to grow, with more ADF members joining the operation, and 100 PNGDF engineers touching down in Melbourne this evening.

An bird's eye view of the crashed water bomber recovery. ADF video screenshot.

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Navy clearance divers recover crashed helicopter

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3966 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Navy clearance divers and an Army recovery mech successfully retrieved a crashed fire-bombing helicopter from a water reservoir near Eden, NSW.

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, move a bale of hay for livestock delivered by an Australian Army CH-47F Chinook near Jackson’s Crossing, Victoria: Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Op Bushfire Assist 11 January UPDATE

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Daily operations update 11 January 2020 by Major General Jake Ellwood CAPTION: Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian

Corporal Michael Russ from the 1st Armoured Regiment moves in a convoy of ASLAVs tasked to support South Australia Water on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Expanded effort to defend Kangaroo Island

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3940 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The Australian Defence Force is expanding its efforts to defend Kangaroo Island in support of emergency services and the community.

Australian Army soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move on foot into the isolated community of Gipsy Point, north-west of Mallacoota, Victoria, to provide health support. Photo by Major Gavin Cole.

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Op Bushfire Assist 10 January UPDATE

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Operation Bushfire Assist 10-20 is currently the Australian Defence Force’s main effort, with several thousand full-time and reserve personnel providing direct support.

Leading Seaman Medic Abbey-Rose Yeoman and Red Cross volunteers fill out evacuation registration forms for the Mallacoota residents. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

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Choules’ evacuees comforted by multi-agency support

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4120 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

For evacuees on board HMAS Choules, the journey was made easier by the presence of people from other agencies who helped the ship’s company look after them.

Private Brodie Scott is thrilled to be home in Mallacoota to help her community after the devastating fires. By Pilot Officer Brent Moloney.

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Tears flow for Army driver reunited with parents in Mallacoota

10/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3785 Views 2 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Tears flowed for one Aussie soldier reunited with her parents in Mallacoota when she choppered as a ‘called-out’ Army Reservist on Operation Bushfire Assist

An LCM8 transits from HMAS Choules to HMAS Cerberus to disembark evacuees from Mallacoota during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 as the ship takes on supplies via the ship's MRH-90 helicopter. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

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Second evacuation by “Mallacoota Ferry” complete

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2630 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Choules – now affectionately known as the “Mallacoota Ferry” – has conducted a second evacuation from Mallacoota in Victoria’s East Gippsland region.