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HMAS Sheean leads MV Mega Bakti and MV Besant to out of Fleet Base West for sea-phase elements of Exercise Pacific Reach 2019. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle.

Multi-national submarine-rescue exercise wraps up in WA

18/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3847 Views 0 Comments

A major international submarine search and rescue exercise has concluded off the coast of Western Australia. Exercise Pacific Reach 2019,

An Australian Army Bushmaster conducts tactical mounted manoeuvres with an M113/AS1 from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army (TNI-AD) at Dodiklatpur training base, East Java. Photo by Corporal Shane Kelly.

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Bushmasters debut in Indonesian exercise

17/11/201929/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4354 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from Darwin’s 1st Brigade have travelled to Indonesia to participate in Exercise Wirra Jaya 2019, a bilateral training exercise

HMAS Sirius conducts a dual replenishment at sea with Malaysian ships KD Lekiu and KD Kelantan during her East Asia deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Byrne.

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HMAS Sirius visits Vietnam

14/11/201914/11/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3115 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy replenishment ship HMAS Sirius has arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, as part of Navy’s second East Asia Deployment

Captain Simon Rooke, who will be the Commanding Officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest ship, Aotearoa, Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy and New Zealand's Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor at the ship’s naming ceremony at the Hyundai Shipyard in South Korea. RNZDF photo.

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New Zealand’s largest ship christened

26/10/201926/10/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4071 Views 2 Comments

Four of the more important words any Chief of Navy looks forward to hearing during their tenure – “I name

The Vietnam Memorial in Canberra. Photo by Laura Larking.

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Australia supports Vietnam’s MIA recovery efforts

11/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2438 Views 0 Comments

As part of the ongoing cooperation between Australia and Vietnam, the Department of Defence has presented the Vietnamese Deputy Minister

No 3 Squadron F/A-18 Hornets taxi at Korat Air Force Base during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF on two consecutive exercises in SE Asia

08/09/201908/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3072 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Alyssa Vickridge Royal Australian Air Force has deployed more than 120 people and six aircraft from RAAF

Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets take off at Avalon, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

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Aussie Hornets on first combat exercise in Japan

08/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2799 Views 0 Comments

Up to 150 Royal Australian Air Force personnel will participate in the first bilateral air combat exercise between the Royal Australian

Participants in the official Service of Commemoration for those who fought and died in two undeclared wars fought on the Malay Peninsula and in northern Borneo in the 1960s – the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia – at The Heroes’ Cemetery in Kuching, Sarawak. Photos by Major (ret’d) Paul Rosenzweig.

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Malaya-Borneo Veterans commemorate in Sarawak

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A Service of Commemoration was held in the Sarawak Heroes Memorial Park in Kuching on Saturday 29 August to commemorate

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon supports sea trials for NUSHIP (now HMAS) Hobart in the Gulf St Vincent off the coast of Adelaide. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Poseidon deployed on North Korea sanctions

01/09/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2878 Views 0 Comments

Australia is deploying a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

Survivors from 5 Platoon, B Company, 3RAR, after the Battle of Maryang San, October 1951. AWM P04953.002

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66th Anniversary Korean War Armistice

27/07/201926/07/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2738 Views 0 Comments

Today marks 66 years since the Korean War Armistice was signed, ending three years of war in Korea. FILE PHOTO:

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.

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Southern Jackaroo wraps up tri-lateral exercise

07/06/201902/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4707 Views 0 Comments

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

HMAS Ships Parramatta, Newcastle, Canberra and Success in formation during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 returns home

26/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4316 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

HMA Ships Canberra and Newcastle sail in company during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Leading Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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Task Force visits Indonesia

20/05/201920/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2831 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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Australia deploying armistice observers to Korean border

13/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3095 Views 0 Comments

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

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

07/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3987 Views 0 Comments

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

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.

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Aussie soldiers on jungle training in Malaysia

02/05/201902/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7562 Views 1 Comment

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

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 3407 Views 0 Comments

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

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.

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Joint Task Groups departs Sydney

19/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3043 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.

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

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Recognition for Cambodian who saved Aussie lives

15/02/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4027 Views 0 Comments

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

Republic of Korea Air Force receives first Airbus A330 MRTT at Gimhae Air Base. Air Bus photo.

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South Korea receives first A330 MRTT

31/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3517 Views 0 Comments MRTT

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