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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.

Defence public servants on operations

19/02/202102/03/2021 Mike Hughes 248 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 Mike Hughes 178 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 Mike Hughes 193 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 Brian Hartigan 1059 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 Mike Hughes 321 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 Mike Hughes 434 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 Mike Hughes 316 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 Mike Hughes 358 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 Mike Hughes 447 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 Mike Hughes 1212 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 Mike Hughes 623 Views 0 Comments

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

Corporal Mitchell Webster, left, Joel Palmer and Corporal Aaron Bartlett competing in the 2020 Cyber Warrior Challenge.

ADF ADF People Middle East Operations Science & Technology

Cyber teams put their skills to the test

12/01/202112/01/2021 Mike Hughes 316 Views 0 Comments

A team from Australia’s Joint Task Force 633 (JTF633) in the Middle East placed third in the region and sixth

Royal Australian Navy aircrewman Leading Seaman Ben Nixon of 808 Squadron assesses a NSW national-parks bushfire from his MRH90 Taipan helicopter. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Kelvin Hockey.

ADF Australian News Operations

Medal and clasp for Operation Bushfire Assist

07/01/202107/01/2021 Brian Hartigan 3322 Views 15 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Many people who took part in the firefighting effort during last summer’s bushfires will be awarded the National Emergency Medal with clasp.

Major General Cheryl Pearce welcomed by an Honour Guard provided by the mission’s Mobile Force Reserve.

ADF Australian Army News Operations Overseas

A milestone deployment complete

07/01/202108/01/2021 Mike Hughes 377 Views 0 Comments

Major General Cheryl Pearce has completed a milestone deployment to Cyprus as the first Australian Commander of the UN Peacekeeping

Australian Australian Army News Operations Pacific Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Adelaide and 600 pers head to Fiji

27/12/2020 Brian Hartigan 1110 Views 0 Comments

On Thursday 24 December 2020, more than 600 Australian Defence Force personnel boarded HMAS Adelaide and headed for Fiji.

Outgoing Commander of Joint Task Force 633 Major General Susan Coyle and her replacement, Rear Admiral Michael Rothwell sign the papers to transfer command of Australian forces in the Middle East, watched by incoming Command Warrant Officer WO1 Mark Retallick. Photo by Sergeant Ben Dempster.

ADF Australian Middle East News Operations

Change of command in the Middle East

26/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 1389 Views 0 Comments

Major General Susan Coyle has transferred command of Australian Forces in the Middle East region to Rear Admiral Michael Rothwell.

Leading Seaman Aircrewman Brad Firkin collects information on a vessel of interest from HMAS Arunta's MH-60R Seahawk helicopter during Operation Argos. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

Asia Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Arunta ends North Korea sanctions duty

18/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 592 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Arunta is on her way home after completing Operation Argos duties – enforcement of UN sanctions on North Korea.

ADF Australian Middle East News Operations

IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry press conference on Thursday

16/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 1166 Views 0 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

CCDF General Angus Campbell will front a press conference in Canberra on Thursday re the findings from the IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry.

ADF Australian News Operations

Defence COVID-19 cases overseas climbing

12/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 1002 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence today added another confirmed case of COVID-19 to its total, which now stands at 101. The new case was

Prime Minister Scott Morrison watches 2nd Commando Regiment soldiers in action at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich

ADF Australian Australian Army Middle East News Operations

PM announces new Afghanistan Inquiry investigative body

12/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 1296 Views 0 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

PM Morrison announces new investigative body to examine the Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry findings.

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