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Australian Army riflemen from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a simulated assault with United States Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey support at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
ADF Asia Australian Australian Army MRF-D News USA Videos 

Southern Jackaroo wraps up tri-lateral exercise

07/06/201902/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4407 Views 0 Comments

A two-week military field exercise has been completed this week, with more than 700 Australian Defence Force, United States Marine

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HMAS Ships Parramatta, Newcastle, Canberra and Success in formation during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 returns home

26/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4113 Views 0 Comments

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE 19) Joint Task Force has returned to Australia following a three-month regional-engagement mission to South and

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HMA Ships Canberra and Newcastle sail in company during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Leading Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Task Force visits Indonesia

20/05/201920/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2570 Views 0 Comments

The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 Joint Task Force has begun its engagement program in Indonesia during the final port visits before

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ADF Asia Australian News Overseas 

Australia deploying armistice observers to Korean border

13/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2941 Views 0 Comments

Following a request from the United Nations Command, the Australian Defence Force has deployed a small number of military personnel

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HMA Ships Newcastle and Canberra underway during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. (cropped) Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.
Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie ships visit Vietnam

07/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3685 Views 0 Comments

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

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Australian Army officer Liuetenant Duncan Yates from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, is coached through an urban shooting course by Malaysian Armed Forces soldier Sergeant Azmir Azman during a joint live-fire exercise at Terendak Barracks, Malaysia, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Able Seaman Kieren Whiteley.
Asia Australian Australian Army News Overseas Videos 

Aussie soldiers on jungle training in Malaysia

02/05/201902/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7156 Views 1 Comment

CAPTION: Australian Army officer Liuetenant Duncan Yates from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, is coached through an urban shooting course

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A RAAF P-8A Poseidon passes HMAS Darwin . Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.
Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

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

26/04/201928/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3188 Views 0 Comments

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

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HMA Ships Canberra and Success depart Sydney Harbour (in company with HMAS Newcastle) for a four month deployment conducting training exercise and international engagement activities. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.
Asia Australian India News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Joint Task Groups departs Sydney

19/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2861 Views 0 Comments

HMA Ships Canberra, Newcastle and Success departed Fleet Base East on Sunday 17 February on a Joint Task Group deployment of up to four months.

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Cambodian interpreter Toch Rada with family and colleagues at the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Asia Australian Australian Army News Overseas 

Recognition for Cambodian who saved Aussie lives

15/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3753 Views 0 Comments

By Fleur Lapthorne A Cambodian man has been recognised 25 years after he saved the lives of two Australian soldiers

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Republic of Korea Air Force receives first Airbus A330 MRTT at Gimhae Air Base. Air Bus photo.
Asia News Overseas Science & Technology 

South Korea receives first A330 MRTT

31/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3233 Views 0 Comments MRTT

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)

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The Royal Navy's Duke-class frigate HMS Montrose departs Auckland, New Zealand after a five-day visit. Photo and video by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
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HMS Montrose visits NZ during 4-year deployment

22/01/201922/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3320 Views 0 Comments HMS Montrose

From Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth, UK, to Devonport Naval Base in Auckland – the Royal New Zealand Navy welcomed

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Greenvale, Queensland (town boundary – not the boundary of the new training area).
ADF Asia Australian News 

ADF buys land for new training area

14/12/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6972 Views 0 Comments ASMTI, Singapore Armed Forces, training areas

Defence is one step closer to establishing a new training area in north Queensland as part of the Australia-Singapore Military

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HMAS Huon sails through Sydney Harbour to begin a north-east Asia deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.
Asia Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

Two minehunters visit Asia – two for sale

06/11/201806/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3097 Views 0 Comments Huon-class

The Royal Australian Navy says two of its minehunters – HMA Ships Gascoyne and Huon – have completed a successful visit

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Air Warfare Officer Flight Lieutenant Adam Palmer and Air Loadmaster Corporal Toni Thompson load aid into a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules, for delivery Palu, at the 'air bridge' in Balikpapan airport. NZDF photo.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Rest of World Royal Australian Air Force 

International air bridge flies aid into Palu

10/10/201810/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2503 Views 0 Comments Palu

An international ‘air bridge’ has been established between Balikpapan, a port city in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, about 380 kilometres east

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Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell engages a 'killer tomato' with a Browning M2 12.7mm machine gun on HMAS Warramunga during Exercise Bersama Lima 2016. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Martin Anderson.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas 

Bersama Lima 2018 kicks off

03/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4562 Views 0 Comments Bersama Lima

A multinational response to a regional security threat is the focus of the latest military exercise to involve all three

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Australian soldier Lance Corporal Chris Gagliardi, 7RAR on exercise with Singapore Army soldiers in Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
ADF Asia Australian News 

$660 million Shoalwater Bay works contracted

25/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5273 Views 0 Comments Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Laing O’Rourke has been chosen as the Managing Contractor for the Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) facilities project works at

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Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer David Bradshaw monitors a radar onboard an AP-3C Orion during a night exercise in the Philippines. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

Australia and New Zealand send N-Korea-watching Orions to Japan

10/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3005 Views 0 Comments AP-3C Orion, North Korea

Australia will deploy two AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

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HMNZS Te Mana steams across the Pacific during her transit to Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
Asia Australian New Zealand News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy USA 

Te Mana to lead international fleet in Oz

31/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3628 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Te Mana has been sent to lead a multinational group of ships taking part in

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A coffin containing the remains of a New Zealand soldier is returned to his family at Auckland International Airport. NZDF photo. This was part of an ongoing known as Project Te Auraki (The Return).
Asia New Zealand News Overseas Videos 

Repatriated New Zealand soldiers arrive in Auckland

21/08/201822/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3438 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

The remains of 27 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia and Singapore have been returned

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The reamins of 26 New Zealand Defence Force personnel and one child repatriated from Malaysia have been farewelled during a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. NZDF photo.
Asia New Zealand News Overseas 

Remains of NZ soldiers farewelled from Malaysia

20/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3347 Views 0 Comments Te Auraki

Malaysian Armed Forces have farewelled the remains of New Zealand Defence Force personnel being repatriated to New Zealand during a

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