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HMAS Supply (left) and HMAS Adelaide conduct a replenishment at sea during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Supply on Operation Tonga Assist 2022

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3097 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Supply, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMAS Supply arrived in Tongan waters as part of Operation Tonga Assist 2022 on February 12. CAPTION:

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Leading Seaman Nathan Bob, left, directs Able Seaman Bradley Hocking as he fires an F89 Minimi on the flight deck of HMAS Arunta in the lead-up to the ship's regional presence deployment. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Crew trains hard in lead-up to deployment

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2194 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Arunta’s ship’s company has been busy maintaining and enhancing their skills since departing their home port of Sydney last

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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 

HMAS Hobart at home for regatta

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2131 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

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

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Australian Army officer Captain Jyra Blake-Waller, left, and PNGDF officer Captain Charles Namuesh, right, deliver a solar-powered vaccination fridge to Mumeng Health Centre, Morobe Province, PNG. Photo by Captain Nathanael Kennedy.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Working with PNG on COVID response

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2051 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force personnel are working closely together to assist Papua New Guinea with

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An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter returns to HMAS Adelaide after air-lifting disaster relief stores to Atata Island in Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

ADF troops land on vacated Tongan island

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2134 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Australian personnel from HMAS Adelaide stepped ashore for the first time on 4 February to survey damage caused by the volcanic

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(l-r) Aircraftwoman Kate Ogilvie, Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Devine and Aircraftwoman Taryn Worby, Medical Technicians from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at an aged care facility in Victoria, prepare to provide support to staff as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4179 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency

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Navy sailor Seaman combat systems operator Mark Duivesteyn carries fruit gifted from the Tonga onboard HMAS Adelaide during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

A taste of Tonga for crew of HMAS Adelaide

09/02/202210/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2495 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Government of Tonga has expressed its gratitude for HMAS Adelaide’s delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief stores by

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Damage to Atata Island in Tonga, following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano and subsequent tsunami. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Reconnaissance flights survey Tonga

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1746 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

After successfully delivering 88 tonnes of supplies to Tonga, the Australian Defence Force has responded to a request from the

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Defence personnel from Japan, USA, UK, Fiji, New Zealand, France and Australia make up the new coordination cell at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. Story by Major Cameron Jamieson. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.
Australian Army Europe Japan New Zealand News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy UK USA 

Coordination crucial for Tonga mission

03/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2243 Views 0 Comments HADR, HQJOC, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) has establish a new cell to coordinate the international effort to assist with the response

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HMAS Arunta departs Fleet Base East in Sydney on a regional presence deployment to South-East Asia. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Arunta departs for three-month deployment

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3422 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Arunta, Regional Presence Deployment

HMAS Arunta sailed from her home port of Fleet Base East on January 28 for a three-month regional presence deployment.

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Army soldier Private Mathew Dowthwaite behind the wheel of an ambulance during driver training at the Ambulance Victoria Training Centre in Sunshine, Victoria. Story by Captain Martin Hadley. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF driving support to Victoria

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2035 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

The Australian Defence Force is assisting the Victorian Government with ambulance drivers and planners as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist.

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Air Force officer Flight Lieutenant Tjapukai Shaw plays the didgeridoo during the new Australian national anthem recording at Alan Eaton Studios in Melbourne, Victoria. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Petty Officer Nina Fogliani.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

New instrumental national anthem features Indigenous instruments

01/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3998 Views 0 Comments Air Force Band, Indigenous

The Royal Australian Air Force Band and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from across the Australian Defence Force have

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Australian soldiers and sailors inspect the three Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters embarked on HMAS Adelaide. Photo by an unnamed DFAT staffer.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Adelaide hit by significant power problems

31/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4682 Views 5 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

ABC today reported that “A massive electrical power failure has crippled the Australian Navy’s largest warship as it completes its

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Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief stores are prepared for offloading as HMAS Adelaide sails into Tonga during Operation Tonga Assist 22. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Outbreak of COVID on HMAS Adelaide on Tonga mission

27/01/202219/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1658 Views 0 Comments Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Department of Defence reported 23 positive COVID-19 cases on board HMAS Adelaide on Tuesday, while the ship was in transit

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Minister for Defence the Hon Peter Dutton MP and Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral Christopher Smith CSM RAN, board HMAS Leeuwin during their visit to HMAS Cairns, Queensland. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Contract to support Navy’s survey vessels extended

26/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2037 Views 0 Comments BAE Systems, HMAS Cairns, HMAS Leeuwin

BAE Systems Australia’s in-service support arrangements for the Royal Australian Navy’s hydrographic platforms in Cairns have been extended. CAPTION: Minister

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ADF personnel embark onto HMAS Adelaide at the Port of Brisbane before departure on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Tonga relief set to sail

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1767 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

HMAS Adelaide has finalised the loading of humanitarian and disaster relief stores, equipment and personnel in readiness to aid recovery efforts in

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RAAF personnel unload humanitarian assistance and engineering equipment from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Fua’amotu international airport in Tonga. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF supports Australia’s response to Tonga

25/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2303 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, COVID-19, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Australian Defence Force is supporting Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano on January 15.

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The Navy One crew prior to the start of the Rolex Sydney to Story by Leading Seaman Kellie Nash. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Kelvin Hockey.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Navy crew among few who finished Sydney to Hobart 2021

25/01/202228/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2514 Views 0 Comments

For most people Boxing Day is spent sleeping in and barbecuing with family. CAPTION: The Navy One crew prior to

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News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Opening of Regional Maintenance Centre Cairns

20/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2462 Views 0 Comments Cairns QLD, Darwin NT, Henderson WA, Sydney NSW

The Royal Australian Navy’s fleet is expanding and will be able to further sustain its edge at sea thanks to

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A C-130J Hercules departs RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist the Government of Tonga after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF supports Australia’s response in Tonga

20/01/202223/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2319 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, HMAS Adelaide, P-8A Poseidon, Tongan volcano 2022

The Australian Defence Force is supporting the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as it coordinates Australia’s support Tonga

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