Tonga receives second Guardian-class patrol boat
The Kingdom of Tonga received its second Australian-built Guardian-class patrol boat at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia, today.
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Pacific
Ballarat and McCain test freedom in South China Sea
HMAS Ballarat and USS John S. McCain came together in the South China Sea this month to exercise the capabilities and freedom of navigation.
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Engineers share skills in Exercise Hari’i Hamutuk
Facilities at three military bases in Timor-Leste were upgraded during Exercise Hari’i Hamutuk thanks to F-FDTL, ADF and US Navy.
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Arunta exercises with Japan, US in South China Sea
HMAS Arunta joined USS John S. McCain and JS Kirisame in the South China Sea for multinational exercises this week.
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Minister leaving on Indo-Pacific defence-talks tour
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced this evening that she will travel to Japan, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines to advance
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Regional Presence Deployment 2020 Task Group all home
Navy’s largest deployment this year –the Regional Presence Deployment 2020 Task Group have all returned home after three months away.
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Australia to help build Vanuatu emergency radio network
The governments of the Vanuatu and Australia are partnering to repair and upgrade the national emergency radio network across Vanuatu.
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Mission success/US budget cuts put pressure on RAAF’s Triton buy
In January this year, the US Navy deployed Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton on its first live deployment, to Guam.
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Big guns still deployed in China’s back yard
Navy is conducting a regional deployment across Southeast Asia from July to October 2020 with HMA Ships Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius.
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Palau gifted 7th Guardian-class patrol boat
Australia handed over a new Guardian-class patrol boat during a COVID-safe ceremony in Henderson, WA, to the Republic of Palau.
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Sirius critical to success of international exercises
HMAS Sirius proved invaluable to the Australian ships in the task group and to multiple partner nations during her current deployment.
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RIMPAC 2020 kicks off
Four Royal Australian Navy warships have joined 18 ships and a total of 5300 personnel from 10 nations for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in Hawaii.
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RNZAF flies Vanuatu citizens/RIP High Commissioner home
The New Zealand Defence Force assisted with a further repatriation flight yesterday of Vanuatu nationals stranded in New Zealand.
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HMAS Canberra remembers namesake in Solomon Islands
In a solemn sunrise ceremony in the seas of the Solomon Islands HMAS Canberra marked the resting place of its namesake lost in a World War II naval battle.
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Multilateral naval exercises in the Pacific
Australian ships conducted multilateral exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei and the US while sailing to Hawaii for Ex Rim of the Pacific 2020.
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French rendezvous for RAN ships
HMA Ships Choules and Huon and French FS d’Entrecasteaux conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) and flight training serials in the Pacific Ocean recently.
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2RAR take supplies to stranded men on desert island
Soldiers from 2RAR aboard HMAS Canberra delivered food and supplies to three mariners stranded on small Micronesian while they await rescue.
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Choules and Huon training not for the faint-hearted
HMA Ships Choules and Huon and an embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopter conducted navigational and flight-training exercises during a six-day passage to Vanuatu
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Aussie small boats join Vanuatu’s Independence celebrations
Royal Australian Navy small boats joined a colourful Seafarer’s Parade as part of Vanuatu’s 40th Anniversary of Independence celebrations on 30 July.
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HMAS Canberra finds fishermen lost at sea
HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets assisted in locating three fishermen who had been missing for nearly three days in Micronesia last week.
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