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Forces Entertainment Tour members Victoria Darke and Brad Bergen belt out a tune with the Australian Army band at the main air operating base in Australia's Middle East. ADF photo.
Australian Middle East News Operations Videos 

Forces Entertainment Tour 2017/18

23/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4042 Views 0 Comments Forces Entertainment Tour

A Forces Entertainment Tour – FET – performed for deployed troops across the Middle East Region during December 2017 and

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Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer addresses a small gathering on-board HMAS Canberra before his handover as Commander, Australian Fleet to friend and colleague Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Commander Australian Fleet handover ceremony

19/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4327 Views 0 Comments Commander Australian Fleet

Following a record tenure of three-and-a-half years as Commander, Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer officially stepped down today. CAPTION: Commander

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Lieutenant Colonel Mike Harris
Australian Australian Army News Videos 

VALE Lieutenant Colonel Mike Harris

19/01/201823/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7845 Views 0 Comments Lieutenant Colonel Mike Harris

I am saddened to inform you that Lieutenant Colonel Mike Harris passed away [on Wednesday night] after a long battle

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Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance
Australian Australian Army News Veterans Videos What's on... 

Sir John Monash Centre tapestry on display at Melbourne’s Shrine

18/01/201819/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3870 Views 0 Comments Sir John Monash Centre, The Morning Star tapestry

The Morning Star tapestry, created to hang in the new Sir John Monash Centre in France, went on display at the

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Editor's Blog Videos 

YouTube just made life harder for CONTACT

17/01/201817/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3755 Views 0 Comments Patreon, YouTube

New terms and conditions will be introduced by YouTube next month. Two key new rules mean that CONTACT may no

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Australian News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Navy’s Tickford Racing experience program to continue

15/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3745 Views 0 Comments Tickford Racing

The Tickford Racing (formerly Prodrive Racing Australia) Outplacement Program has provided Royal Australian Navy technicians with valuable and extensive opportunities

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Science & Technology Videos 

Hawkei delivered for testing on ops

13/01/201815/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8751 Views 0 Comments Hawkei

The Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle – Light, in two- and four-door variants were photographed recently at the Taji Military Complex,

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Leading Seaman Clearance Diver Luke Woodcroft from HMAS Warramunga numbers parcels of seized narcotics on the deck of a trafficking vessel. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Warramunga nabs tonnes of drugs after Christmas

30/12/201731/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3899 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

The crew of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga boosted their post-Christmas by seizing almost 8 tonnes of hashish and

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The crew of HMAS Warramunga sing Christmas carols on the flight deck, in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
ADF Australian News Videos 

Christmas messages from our troops overseas

29/12/201729/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3392 Views 0 Comments Christmas 2017

   …and our Kiwi brethren…   …and after Christmas…    

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HMAS AE1’s helm.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Veterans Videos 

Submarine AE1 –– FOUND!!!

21/12/201721/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11512 Views 1 Comment AE1

Australia’s oldest naval mystery has been solved with the discovery of the wreck of Australia’s first submarine HMAS AE1 off

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A cardboard container is dispatched from a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop 17. Photo by Eamon Hamilton.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Operation Christmas Drop complete

16/12/201719/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4155 Views 0 Comments Operation Christmas Drop

A little festive cheer has been delivered to isolated communities across the western Pacific during Operation Christmas Drop. CAPTION: A cardboard

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Able Seaman Samuel Millar and Able Seaman Alice Saunders lower HMAS Darwin’s Australian White Ensign for the last time. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Hayes.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Veterans Videos 

HMAS Darwin formally decommissioned

12/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4902 Views 0 Comments HMAS Darwin

The Royal Australian Navy has decommissioned the Adelaide-class frigate HMAS Darwin on Saturday 9 December at her homeport of Garden Island, Sydney,

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Ship's company of HMNZS Endeavour perform a Haka after the ship's final return to port. Photo by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
New Zealand News Overseas Videos 

HMNZS Endeavour home for last time

07/12/201707/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4549 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Endeavour

The Royal New Zealand Navy`s 30-year-old tanker support ship HMNZS Endeavour made a final port entry at Waitemata Harbour and Devonport

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Australian Australian Army News Videos 

Binh Ba – exercise in challenging battlespaces

07/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7392 Views 0 Comments Exercise Binh Ba

Staff Cadets from the Royal Military College – Duntroon, were in Whyalla, South Australia, last month conducting a wide range

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Iraqi Army Rangers disembark from an Iraqi Army MI-17 helicopter during the Rangers' certification activity at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
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Iraqi Army Rangers certification exercise

06/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4383 Views 0 Comments

The Iraqi Army Qwat Khasah (special forces) Battalion conducted two company-sized air mobile operations as part of the certification exercise

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A United States Air Force B-1B Lancer lands at RAAF Base Amberley during Exercise Lightning Focus. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Jesse Kane.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

End ex for Lancers at Amberley

05/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5798 Views 0 Comments B-1B Lancers

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft from Williamtown and Amberley have completed a training exercise with United States Air Force B-1B

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Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations Videos 

Task Group Taji 5 delivers sniper course in Iraq

05/12/201705/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3654 Views 0 Comments

Members of Task Group Taji 5 have delivered a sniper course to select members fo the Iraqi Army. Students were

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Airfield Engineers use elevated work platforms to insert cross bracing while constructing aircraft flightline shelters in the Middle East Region. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Watch RAAF build an aircraft shelter in 1 minute

05/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4318 Views 0 Comments

Airfield engineers deployed to the Middle East Region (MER) construct temporary shelters on the flightline at Australia’s main air operating

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The Royal Australian Navy conducts the final flight of the S-70B-2 Seahawk "Bravo" after 29 years of operational service and hold a formal ceremony to hand the aircraft to the Australian War Memorial for preservation in the National Collection. Photo by Jay Cronan.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Veterans Videos 

Seahawk B-model and Squirrel helicopters farewelled by Navy

05/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3893 Views 0 Comments AS350BA Squirrel, S-70B-2 Seahawk (Bravo)

On Friday 1 December 2017, HMAS Albatross conducted ceremonial divisions to farewell two great workhorses of the Royal Australian Navy

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A United States Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft arrives at RAAF Amberley. Photo by Corporal Ben Dempster.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force USA Videos 

Two B1-B Lancers arrive at RAAF Base Amberley

29/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9122 Views 0 Comments B-1B Lancer

Two United States Air Force B-1B Lancers are currently in Australia and have started training with the Royal Australian Air

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