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Evacuees from Port Sudan on board buses after departing the Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft at Cyprus. Photo by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.

Operation Carnelian – military-assisted evacuation from Sudan

05/05/202305/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5383 Views 1 Comment Operation Carnelian

In followup to our story of of 3 May, the ADF has now released more details of the evacuation mission

HMAS Ballarat and her embarked MH-60R helicopter on the ship's south-east Asian deployment, May 2021. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

Asia News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Ballarat serving short stint on NKorean sanctions patrol

17/05/202117/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11840 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Ballarat has joined the international effort to enforce UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea.

Navy and Army personnel from Transit Security Element 100 at HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin, Northern Territory. Story by Lieutenant Gordon Carr-Gregg. Photo: by Petty Officer Peter Thompson.

ADF News Operations

Milestone for border security force

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 9001 Views 0 Comments

A joint force protecting Australia’s borders and maritime interests has marked 100 rotations. CAPTION: Navy and Army personnel from Transit

HMAS Ballarat's embarked MH-60R Seahawk departs the ship. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

Asia News Operations Royal Australian Navy

Australia joins Indonesian lost-submarine search

23/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 10112 Views 1 Comment

Indonesia has accepted Australia’s offer to assist in the search for missing submarine, KRI Nanggala (402). FILE PHOTO: HMAS Ballarat’s

Corporal Jessica Healey-Render, Corporal Charles Munns, Private Maddison Van Sitter – all recognised for their actions following a deadly rocket attack at Taji Military Camp in March 2020. NZDF photo.

Middle East New Zealand News Operations

Three Kiwi soldiers recognised for actions after deadly Taji rocket attack

22/04/202122/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13448 Views 1 Comment

Three New Zealand Army personnel have been recognised for their courageous actions in a rocket attack on the Taji Military

Members of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) prepare to fly into Oruzgan's Baluchi Valley and Chora regions in support of an MTF1 mission, in 2010. Photo by Lieutenant Aaron Oldaker.

Australian Army Middle East News Operations Veterans

Defence Minister overturns Meritorious Unit Citation revocation

19/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8268 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Defence has overruled the CDF’s threat to revoke Meritorious Unit Citations for SOTG in Afghanistan.

Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Task Group prepare for a mission at Multi-National Base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan, in 2012.

Australian Middle East News Operations

Australia to end military mission in Afghanistan

15/04/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2077 Views 3 Comments

Australia announced today it will end its contribution to the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan by September this year.

An Army HX77 and excavator being used to reconstruct a bridge near Wauchope, NSW, which was damaged by the floods. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.

Australian Army News Operations

Bridge work reconnects community

01/04/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1516 Views 0 Comments

Sappers from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2CER) put their skills to good use on Operation NSW Flood Assist, reparing

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III at Wilkins Aerodrome in Antarctica during Operation Southern Discovery. Photo by Michael Wright.

News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology

C-17 delivers snow vehicle to Antarctica

05/03/202105/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2592 Views 0 Comments

The heavy-lifting capability of Air Force’s C-17A Globemaster III ensured the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) could launch an important science

Ros Radburn, left, Glen Bouwman, Carmel Ryan, Jacqui Stuart and Luke Collison on Operation Accordion in the Middle East region. Photo by Sergeant Ben Dempster.

Australian Middle East News Operations

Defence public servants on operations

19/02/202102/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1734 Views 0 Comments

Serving alongside ADF personnel, five Defence public servants are deployed on Operation Accordion in the Middle East.

Commandant Army Logistics Training Centre Colonel Jim Matchett visits Victoria Police members staying at the Albury Wodonga Military Area.

ADF Australian News Operations

ADF logistical support in Victoria concludes

19/02/202101/03/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2187 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The ADF has concluded its support of providing meals and accommodation to Victoria Police who operated checkpoints on the border

Lieutenant Colonel Adam Shockley from the US Air Force, Colonel Shinobu Yamamoto from the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Wing Commander Alan Brown from RAAF discuss operational matters during Exercise Cope North. Photo by Master Sergeant Masumi Suehara.

News Operations Royal Australian Air Force

Trilateral training for disaster relief

18/02/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1889 Views 0 Comments

Australia, Japan and the United States combined at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

The final Rosenbauer Panther Crash Tender is loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. Photo by Sergeant Ben Dempster.

Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Air Force

ADF’s firefighting mission in Middle East ends

08/02/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2941 Views 0 Comments

ADF’s fire, crash and rescue presence in the Middle East ended with JTF 633’s firefighting capabilities returned to Australia.

Island of Galoa locals in front of the Galoa Island Primary School repaired by Republic of Fiji Military Forces and ADF personnel from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

ADF News Operations Pacific Videos

Spirit of giving put into action in Fiji

29/01/202129/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2177 Views 0 Comments

The ADF put the Christmas spirit of giving into action when 618 personnel headed to Fiji on December 24 to lend

The ADF medical team embedded in Iraq’s Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre, Afghanistan, Major Paul Smith, left, Captain Ian Young Lieutenant Commander Anna Kane, Captain Rachel Gillies, Major Adam Mahoney and Major Kyle Bender.

ADF Middle East News Operations

Medical team deployment a first for ADF

29/01/202129/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2274 Views 0 Comments

In a first, an ADF medical team was embedded in the Role 3 medical facility at Iraq’s Baghdad Diplomatic Support

HMAS Adelaide sailors load disaster-relief supplies onto a MRH-90 Taipan bound for Nabouwalu on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji, during Operation Fiji Assist 20-21. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

ADF Operations Pacific

Helicopters vital in delivery of supplies to Fiji

25/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1856 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Adelaide’s embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopters played a vital role in delivering much-needed supplies to Fijian communities that had been

Soldiers from the 10th Force Support Battalion drive a light amphibious resupply cargo 5 onto the island of Galoa, in Fiji to drop off supplies required to repair buildings affected by Cyclone Yasa. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

News Operations Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Sailor explains intricacies of amphibious landings

24/01/202124/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1660 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Adelaide showcased its sophisticated amphibious deployment systems during Operation Fiji Assist, transporting more than 400 tonnes of disaster relief supplies from

Evacuees from Mallacoota are transported to HMAS Choules. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

ADF People Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos

Anniversary of Mallacoota evacuation

16/01/202116/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1889 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

When bushfires cut off a coastal Victorian hamlet, “the largest civilian maritime evacuation in our nations history” was launched 1 year ago.

The first six recipients of the Australian Service Medal for Operation Bursa with the Commander Fleet Air Arm Commodore Don Dezentje, centre. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.

ADF Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy Veterans

Retrospective medals for Fleet Air Arm

16/01/202117/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3083 Views 0 Comments

Navy’s Fleet Air Arm has been recognised for its contribution to Operation Bursa with the awarding of the Australian Service

Last year was an unprecedented year with bushfires and a global pandemic, but the ADF was up to the challenge of supporting Australia, while continuing its core role. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Dempsey.

ADF Australian History News Operations Overseas

ADF up to the challenges of 2020

12/01/202112/01/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2087 Views 0 Comments

Last year was difficult and disruptive for our nation and was a defining year for Defence. FILE PHOTO: By Leading Seaman

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