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Leading Seaman Christy-Lee Doyle guides an MRH-60R Helicopter onto the flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba during unit readiness training. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Byrne.

First Australian, French, Japanese and US maritime ex

18/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3850 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Naval vessels from Australia, France, Japan and the United States are set to commence the first iteration of the French-led

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HMAS Ballarat destroys another 2.6 tonne of drugs

13/05/201917/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3373 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has intercepted another 2.6 tonnes of illicit drugs while conducting a patrol in international

Boilermaker Kane Ramsay and Document Editor Lauren Pitman prepare to assist Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan to lay a traditional coin under the keel of the future HMAS Arafura. Photo supplied by ASC.

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Official keel-laying ceremony for first Arafura class

10/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3459 Views 0 Comments

The first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel reached a significant milestone today with a ceremonial keel laying ceremony at the Osborne

HMA Ships Newcastle and Canberra underway during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. (cropped) Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.

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Aussie ships visit Vietnam

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The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE19) Joint Task Force is continuing its international engagement activities with the arrival of two ships

A sailor on HMAS Gascoyne throws a line to a Funafuti wharf worker as the ship pulls alongside in Tuvalu during a south-west-Pacific-engagement tour. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

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Gascoyne farewells south-Pacific hosts after month of hospitality

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HMAS Gascoyne has farewelled Tonga and Tuvalu following a month-long deployment to the Southwest Pacific region. CAPTION: A sailor on

Vehicles from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment embark HMAS Adelaide as part of an Amphibious Task Group at Port Adelaide, South Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Ryan McKenzie.

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HMAS Adelaide embarks mechanised combat team for first time

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HMAS Adelaide has for the first time embarked a mechanised combat team including supporting elements to conduct Sea Basing Amphibious

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon passes HMAS Darwin . Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

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P-8A Poseidon/HMAS Melbourne deployed to enforce North Korea sanctions

26/04/201928/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3147 Views 0 Comments

RAAF is deploying a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan, from where it will conduct maritime surveillance operations to

NUSHIP Brisbane on builder sea trials. AWD Alliance photo.

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HMAS Brisbane to visit City of Brisbane

03/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4302 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s newest warship HMAS Brisbane III, will arrive in her namesake city for the first time on Thursday 4 April.

STS Young Endeavour heading towards Fremantle Port after a year-long circumnavigation of the world. Royal Australian Navy photo.

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Young Endeavour scheduled to be replaced

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The government has announced that the STS (sail training ship) Young Endeavour will be replaced. FILE PHOTO (December 2015): STS

An Airbus Helicopters EC135T2+ over Jervis Bay – just one element of the ADF's Helicopter Aircrew Training System – HATS. Photo by Petty Officer Kelvin Hockey.

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HATS achieves IOC

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Australian Defence Force’s Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) has successfully achieved Initial Operating Capability. FILE PHOTO (2016): An Airbus Helicopters

Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Kacey Neindorf on board HMAS Ballarat. Photo by Leading Seaman Bradley Darvill.

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Technician helps bust drug smugglers

31/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3269 Views 0 Comments

The most rewarding part of Leading Seaman Kacey Niendorf’s deployment to the Middle East on HMAS Ballarat is helping to disrupt

HMAS Ships Parramatta, Canberra, Newcastle and Success in formation with a P-8A Poseidon and a MH60-R helicopter off the Western Australia coast on its way to Sri Lanka and beyond. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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IPE19 wraps up largest ever Defence engagement with Sri Lanka

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The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE 19) Joint Task Force has departed Sri Lanka following Australia’s largest Defence engagement activity with

Minehunter coastal HMAS Diamantina sails across the Bay of Bengal towards Sri Lanka before commencing a search for the lost Australian warship HMAS Vampire. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Jackson.

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New search fails to find HMAS Vampire

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Two Royal Australian Navy ships have finished an intensive underwater search for World War II destroyer HMAS Vampire I, without

HMAS Melbourne's crew trial the prototype Maritime Multi-cam Pattern Uniform at sea, in company with HMAS Brisbane. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Dempsey

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Navy trialling new camouflage uniforms

27/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11043 Views 15 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy is currently testing a new camouflaged uniform just 10 years after going to cams instead of

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NUSHIP Sydney could be delivered a year ahead of current schedule

26/03/201926/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2902 Views 0 Comments

A significant capability upgrade to the Hobart-class destroyers will allow NUSHIP Sydney to enter into operation one year ahead of

Fleet Base East, Garden Island, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Sarah Williams

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Contract awarded for Garden Island upgrade Stage 2

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Lendlease has secured a $286 million contract for Stage 2 redevelopments of Navy’s Fleet Base East in Sydney Defence is

HMAS Choules sails into Port Villa, Vanuatu, during her 2019 month-long Pacific Engagement deployment. Photo by WO2 Mick Davis.

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HMAS Choules home after month in the Pacific

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The Australian Defence Force’s first enhanced regional engagement activity in the Pacific for 2019 has concluded with the return of

Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRPC) staff board an Australian landing craft Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Island. Photo by Sergeant W Guthrie.

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Aust/PNG MoU on Manus Island navy-base extension

21/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3457 Views 1 Comment

Australia and Papua New Guinea reached another milestone in the bilateral relationship with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding

Leading Seaman Daniel Jackson maintains the ship's sea boats as part of his regular duties on board HMAS Ballarat, but has secondary duties that see him employed as a drug-buster. Photo by Leading Seaman Bradley Darvill.

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Ballarat’s marine techs bust stereotypes – and drug runners

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For a long time, marine technicians, or ‘stokers’ as they are known in the Navy, have had a reputation for

Minister for Defence Industry Linda Reynolds and Commanding Officer HMAS Canberra Captain Ashley Papp inspect members of Joint Task Force 661 before their departure for Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Leading Seaman Steven Thomson.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 fleet leaves WA

12/03/201912/03/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2658 Views 0 Comments

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 19 (IPE19), the third iteration of this activity, was launched in Western Australia yesterday with the departure of