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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.

Endangered wallabies hop a lift with ‘Wallaby Airlines’

05/02/202005/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 289 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.

Dawn Service, Kiama, NSW. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

ADF Australian News Veterans

New suicide Commissioner with powers of Royal Commission

05/02/202005/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 466 Views 1 Comment

An independent body with the powers of a Royal Commission will be created to investigate all suspected veteran and Australian Defence Force suicides.

Rafael's Spike LR2 anti-tank missile, now selected by the Australian Army for use by dismounted troops. Image courtesy Rafael.

Australian Australian Army News Technology

Army buying Spike LR2 for dismounted troops

05/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 1446 Views 3 Comments

The Australian Army and the wider Australian Defence Force will acquire the Rafael Spike LR2 missile system as its long-range

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.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 4 February UPDATE

05/02/202005/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 227 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

Australian Army soldiers deployed with Joint Task Force 646.5, supported by medics; petroleum operator elements of 7 Combat Service Support Battalion north of Abbeyard in support of Operation Bushfire Assist.

ADF Australian News Operations

Plans for military withdrawal underway

04/02/202004/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 482 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

As the bushfire threats in many areas subside and residents and holiday-makers return in earnest, ADF and civic leaders plan for a military withdrawal.

Privates Will Asquith and Aaron Smith help former Army major now NSW Rural Fire Service member Nick Sheply (centre) to set up a NSWRFS portable automatic weather station at Belowra on the New South Wales south coast.

Australian Australian Army News Operations

Army private gets his PAWS on big transport role

04/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 497 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

From Ocean Shores on the far north coast of NSW, Army Reserve driver Private Aaron Smith has had no trouble finding his way around the nation’s capital.

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 Brian Hartigan 457 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.

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 Brian Hartigan 369 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.

Family and friends watch HMAS Parramatta depart Fleet Base East, Sydney, bound for a four-month deployment to South East Asia. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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HMAS Parramatta departs on SE Asia tour

03/02/202003/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 311 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Parramatta today departed Fleet Base East in Sydney for a four-month deployment to South East Asia.

Australian Army Signaller Jacob Gatehouse is deployed with Theatre Communications Group at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.

Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations

Bookworm keeps lines of communication open

03/02/202003/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 186 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

Self-proclaimed bookworm Sig Jacob Gatehouse has gone from reading military history to creating a chapter of his own while deployed to Iraq.

Australian Army radiologist Captain Julian Thompson was a professional artist before joining the military and now takes inspiration from his environment while deployed at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by US Army Specialist Caroline Schofer.

Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations

Artist sees through Iraq deployment

03/02/202003/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 346 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

Imagery is so much part of one officer’s life that when the X-rays of his ‘day job’ get put to bed, the brush and paints of his passion come out to play.

Air Commander Australia Air Vice Marshal Joe Iervasi is briefed by Leading Aircraftwoman Tori-Lee Carson at Distributed Ground Station - Australia during a visit to RAAF Base Edinburgh to meet with units and personnel supporting Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force

Brand new unit’s intelligent contribution to Bushfire Assist

03/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 896 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Real-time mapping from the Air Warfare Centre has provided crucial information for the emergency services engaged in bushfire fighting across Australia.

An aerial view of Royal Australian Navy establishment HMAS Watson, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

Six-year HMAS Watson redevelopment about to start

03/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 1035 Views 0 Comments HMAS Watson

A major redevelopment project at HMAS Watson on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay, gets underway later this month.

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.

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Indonesian contingent arrives for Bushfire Assist

03/02/202003/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 478 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.

Squadron Leader Del Gaudry takes a rest from the front line in her other role as a volunteer firefighter, in the Blue Mountains.

Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF reservist fighting under a different hat

03/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 342 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

With an RAAF career that started in 1976, Squadron Leader Del Gaudry has worn many hats in her time – currently a firefighter’s in the Blue Mountains.

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A sits on the RAAF Base Richmond flightline after delivering fire retardant from the USA to replenish Australian stocks. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Canadians lend a hand delivering fire retardant

03/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 346 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Approximately 29 tonnes of fire retardant was delivered to RAAF Base Richmond from the USA on 1 February by a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A Globemaster.

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 Brian Hartigan 326 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

An Australian Army G-Wagon six-wheel-drive ambulance follows an ACT fire truck onto Mt Franklin Road for the drive to the edge of the Orroral Valley fire. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

Australian Australian Army News Operations

Army ambulances on Canberra’s firefront

02/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 433 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Two Army ambulances flown by C-17 to Canberra are now operating high in the ACT’s hills alongside fire trucks and crews battling the Orroral Valley Fire.

Royal Australian Artillery soldiers gather around their workstation as they guide their AE Wasp III Small Unmanned Aircraft System over the Orroral Valley fire in the south of the ACT. Photo: Captain Shaun Montgomery

Australian Australian Army News Operations

Dawn drone patrol over Orroral Valley fire

02/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 354 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A new era of dawn patrols has arrived in the ACT with Army drones monitoring spot fires during early morning hours before conventional aircraft get started.

Australian Army Reservist Private Sam Cantle, a combat medical attendant with the Sydney-based 5th Combat Services Support Battalion gives familiarisation tips on the Bushmaster ambulance vehicle to ACT Ambulance Service officers John Berry (left) and Paul Haines at Fairbairn, Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Dave Morley.

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Army bolsters ACT ambulance capacity during State of Emergency

02/02/202002/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 397 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The Australian Army has increased its support to the ACT Ambulance Service by providing ambulances, crews and familiarisation training for