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HMAS Anzac (right) sails in company with USS Chung-Hoon through the South China Sea during a regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.

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A rendezvous at sea – and above it

24/05/202324/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 733 Views 0 Comments HMAS Anzac

HMAS Anzac recently rendezvoused with US Navy destroyer USS Chung-Hoon, sailing in company and conducting flying operations in the South

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Australian Army soldiers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a presence patrol with soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles in Bourail, New Caledonia, during Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023. Photo by Sergeant Brodie Cross.

Australian Army News Pacific

Aussie soldiers flex on French exercise

18/05/202318/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1587 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud, New Caledonia

The Australian Army deployed a range of capabilities on Exercise Croix du Sud, the French Armed Forces-led humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief

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HMAS Perth returns home to Fleet Base West after a three-month deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Brad Firin.

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HMAS Perth home from three-month deployment

03/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 440 Views 0 Comments Exercise La Perouse

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Perth has returned home to a warm welcome from family and friends after three months

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Royal Australian Navy Captain John Cowan (left) and Australian Army Captain Ash Bowers (right), discuss plans for Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023 with French Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel Matthieu Pieter at the French Marine base in Plum, New Caledonia. Photo by Major Martin Hadley.

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Complicated HADR rehearsals under Croix Du Sud

03/05/202303/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1058 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud

Australia will wrap up its involvement in Exercise Croix Du Sud on 6 May, after working with 19 nations to

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Australian Army personnel from the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery and Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines observe an air-defence live-fire demonstration by the US Army at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui during Exercise Balikatan 2023. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

Australian Army News Pacific

International partners unite for live-fire demo

02/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 613 Views 0 Comments Balikatan

Artillery units from across the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), United States military and Australian Army united on Exercise

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Commander Combat Training Centre Colonel Benjamin McLennan, Captain of the FS La Fayette Capitaine Jean, and Captain of the FS Dixmude Capitaine Emmanuel salute during the French national anthem at a wreathe-laying ceremony at ANZAC Memorial Park in Townsville. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

ADF News Pacific

Commemorative service for French visitors

02/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 489 Views 0 Comments

To welcome the visit of French Ship Dixmude and French Armed Forces to Townsville, Australian Army personnel hosted a memorial

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Sergeant Ryleigh Egan, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), conducts a live-fire serial with the US Army on the M240B Medium Machinegun at Fort Magsaysay during Exercise Balikatan 23. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Aussie infantry ‘blooded’ in the Philippines

01/05/202301/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1279 Views 0 Comments 6RAR, Balikatan, Philippines

‘Balikatan’, meaning ‘shoulder to shoulder’ in the Filipino dialect of Tagalog, has been displayed through mateship and cooperation between Australian,

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Commander US 7th Fleet Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Commander-in-Chief of Self-Defense Fleet Vice Admiral Saito Akira, Royal Australian Navy Commander Australian Fleet Rear Admiral Chris Smith and Commander Republic of Korea Fleet Vice Admiral Kim Myung-soo are greeted for a shipboard tour at the 2023 Fleet Commanders’ Roundtable Discussion hosted aboard ROKS Hansando in Busan, Republic of Korea. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Reymundo A. Villegas III.

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Fleet commanders’ annual roundtable meeting

30/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 934 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Chris Smith recently joined navy leaders from Japan, South Korea and the United States in

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Royal Australian Air Force aircraft conduct a flypast of the French Marine Nationale Frigate La Fayette. The flypast consisted of a No. 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon and two No. 75 Squadron F-35A Lightnings during a maritime strike and anti-submarine warfare training mission. French navy photo by Vincent Idrac-Virebent from the amphibious helicopter dock Dixmude.

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RAAF aviators meet Jeanne d’Arc on round-the-world voyage

26/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 870 Views 0 Comments

An around-the-world journey by the Marine Nationale (French Navy) has allowed closer working ties to be forged with Royal Australian

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The Montevideo Maru

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Wreck of Montevideo Maru found

22/04/202322/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2199 Views 3 Comments Montevideo Maru

The shipwreck that represents Australia’s largest loss of life at sea has been discovered more than 80 years after it

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Lance Corporal Angus Brownlie and members of 6th Engineer Support Regiment receive gifts from students of the Etas Grace Primary School in Port Vila after completion of Operation Vanuatu Assist 2023 engineering works. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

ADF News Pacific

Operation Vanuatu Assist officially ended

21/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1463 Views 0 Comments Operation Vanuatu Assist

The Australian Defence Force has concluded its support to Vanuatu under Operation Vanuatu Assist 23 with more than 100 tonnes

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The CAT938K with Faun Trackway on the front drives off a landingcraft on to Lomolomo Beach, Fiji. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Pacific

NZDF trials beach-landing equipment overseas

11/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 812 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force has successfully trialled some of its beach-landing equipment in an overseas environment for the first

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Australia's Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell, left, and Commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Major General Mark Goina, cut the ribbon to refurbished soldiers accommodation at Taurama Barracks, Papua New Guinea. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News Pacific

CDF opens new barracks in PNG

29/03/202303/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 752 Views 0 Comments Chief of the Defence Force, PNGDF

Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell officially opened Taurama Barracks while on a visit to Papua New Guinea

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An Australian Army CH-47 Chinook takes off from HMAS Canberra near the coast of Futuna Island to conduct a vertical replenishment during Operation Vanuatu Assist 2023. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

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Army engineers give remote island a lift

24/03/202324/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1526 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu

Army engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment (6ESR) will spend several days on Vanuatu’s remote island of Futuna to help

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Australian Army medic Sergeant Kathleen Cole speaks with Papua New Guinea Defence Force Warrant Officer Class 2 Jerry Aini at Murray Barracks Health Centre, Port Moresby. Story Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News Pacific

Mentoring fellow medics in PNG

24/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 513 Views 0 Comments mentoring, PNGDF

A contingent from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is in Papua New Guinea to carry out a series of annual

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An Australian Army hydrographic vessel, from Littoral Riverine Survey Squadron, is hoisted into the water in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Story by Flight Lieutenant Lily Lancaster. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Surveying for the Solomons

22/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 588 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Guardian-class, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Solomon Islands

On a remote island in the east of Solomon Islands, a team of specialist surveyors collected data that will help

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Sapper Dean Ridgeway tamps sandbags during a trench construction activity in Townsville. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Sergeant Brodie Cross.

Australian Army News Pacific

Aussie and PNG engineers dig in for trench building

21/03/202322/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 621 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, PNGDF

Sappers from 3 Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER) and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) have been working together to do

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Australian Army officer Major Lachlan McAuliffe, with Papua New Guinea Defence Force officer Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

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PNG officer reunited with Australian soldiers

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments PNGDF, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga, of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), has been reunited with Australian Army soldiers deployed

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Members of Australian Clearance Diving Team One conduct a salvage diving operation in Port Vila Harbour during Operation Vanuatu Assist. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Able Seaman Michaela Bennett.

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Navy divers refloat Vanuatu fisheries boat

17/03/202319/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 831 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, Navy Clearance Diving Team One, Vanuatu

Royal Australian Navy clearance divers have helped the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD) salvage one of their small boats, which sunk

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From left, Leading Seaman Sevanna Tansey, Vanuatu Police Maritime Senior Inspector and Executive Officer Gary Aru and Able Seaman Sean Davies stand by the well deck of HMAS Canberra during Operation Vanuatu Assist. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

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Vanuatu Policeman ready for landing

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 752 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, Vanuatu Police Force

A member of the Vanuatu Police Force has taken advantage of HMAS Canberra’s presence in his country, taking part in

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