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On Her Majesty's Papua New Guinea Ship Lakekamu sailors and soldiers prepare to launch exclusion-zone markers off the coast of Port Moresby for APEC 2018 Leaders' Week security. Photo by Able Seaman Kieren Whiteley.
Australian Australian Army News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

PNGDF and ADF lay exclusion-zone markers for APEC security

17/11/201817/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4205 Views 0 Comments APEC

PNG sailors and Aussie soldiers placed dozens of exclusion-zone markers around Port Moresby Harbour to support the security effort for

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Royal Australian Air Force military working dog Dawn takes a break during a patrol in Port Moresby in support of APEC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Kieren Whiteley.
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RAAF military working dogs help secure APEC

17/11/201817/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3753 Views 0 Comments APEC

Keeping RAAF assets secure in PNG during APEC are a specialised unit of RAAF military working dogs, including Herc and

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Leading Aircraftwoman Alex McClenaghan, a RAAF air surveillance operations operator, monitors the airspace over Port Moresby in support of APEC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Kieren Whiteley.
ADF Australian News Overseas Pacific Videos 

ADF air traffic control in Port Moresby for APEC

17/11/201817/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3661 Views 0 Comments APEC

Australian Defence Force air traffic control officers are helping Papua New Guinea’s civilian aviation authorities monitor the skies above Port

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Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago and Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship HMAS Adelaide at anchor off Port Moresby as part of international support to APEC 2018. ADF photo.
New Zealand News Operations Pacific 

New Zealand involvement in PNG’s APEC security

15/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3478 Views 0 Comments APEC

New Zealand Defence Force personnel have arrived in Papua New Guinea to form part of a multinational force protecting world

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Royal Australian Navy landing craft unload marker buoys at HMPNG Basilisk Naval Base, Port Moresby, in support of APEC. Photo by Able Seaman Kieran Whiteley.
ADF News Overseas Pacific 

Aussie security arrives in PNG for APEC

07/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4020 Views 0 Comments APEC

Landing helicopter dock HMAS Adelaide and Armidale-class patrol boats HMA Ships Larrakia and Glenelg and about 1500 ADF personnel are in Port

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RAAF Corporal Adam Parrington guides Leading Aircraftman Madison Dukes, while loading a C-130J Hercules with humanitarian-aid supplies in Balikpapan as part of Operation Indonesia Assist 2018. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.
Australian News Operations Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

Operation Indonesia Assist 18

13/10/201813/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3156 Views 0 Comments Operation Indonesia Assist 18

A team of 34 personnel from No. 381 Contingency Response Squadron (381CRS) is working in Balikpapan, Indonesia, in support of

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A Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier conducts a landing-zone briefing and coordinates the extraction of military personnel by an Australian Army Black Hawk helicopter in Papua New Guinea during an exercise. Photo by Leading Seaman Justin Brown.
ADF Australian News Overseas Pacific 

1500 ADF in PNG for APEC security

12/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4954 Views 0 Comments APEC, PNGDF

The Australian Defence Force is supporting Papua New Guinea’s hosting of APEC 2018 with up to 1500 ADF members deployed

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RNZAF Orion. NZDF file photo
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

NZDF finds two fishermen adrift in Pacific

29/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2308 Views 0 Comments

The New Zealand Defence Force has found two men adrift on a boat in the Pacific, four days after the

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Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRPC) staff board an Australian landing craft Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Island. Photo by Sergeant W Guthrie.
Australian News Overseas Pacific 

Australia to upgrade PNG navy base on Manus Island

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5641 Views 2 Comments Manus Island

Australia will invest millions of dollars in upgrading wharf facilities on Manus Island ahead of the gifting of new patrol

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A soldier from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces crawls under an obstacle during Exercise Hydra at Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.
Australian Australian Army MRF-D News Overseas Pacific 

Exercise Hydra builds bonds across borders

17/09/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3743 Views 0 Comments Exercise Hydra

Soldiers from six nations last week participated in an intense competition that tested individual and team skills – and extended

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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 3609 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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HMAS Toowoomba transits calm seas during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
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Indo-Pacific Endeavour ships coming home

21/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4175 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour

The Australian Defence Force has completed its final two port visits as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) 2018, marking the

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Medical teams and Solomon Island Police Force personnel board waiting MRH-90 helicopters on HMAS Adelaide to support a medical evacuation from an island near Honiara, Solomon Islands. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.
Australian News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

ADF involved in medical emergency mission in Solomon Islands

18/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4254 Views 0 Comments Solomon Islands

The Australian Defence Force’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour Task Group (IPE18) has assisted the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force in rescuing four

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HMAS Success in company with HMAS Toowoomba (rear), and HMAS Adelaide (handrail, front) during Indo Pacific Endeavour 2018. (This image was digitally altered by Defence (no details)). Photo by Able Seaman Kieran Dempsey.
Australian MRF-D News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie ships headed for Honiara and Rabaul

15/08/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4342 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour, IPE

Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) is making its way to two of Australia’s closest Pacific partners, in a demonstration of Australia’s commitment

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Royal New Zealand Navy fisheries patrol off Fiji. NZDF file photo, digitally altered by CONTACT.
New Zealand News Overseas Pacific 

RNZN concludes another fisheries mission off Fiji

05/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2797 Views 0 Comments Fiji Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy

The New Zealand Defence Force said about 140 vessels had been inspected so far during combined maritime patrols with Fiji

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Two US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions operate from HMAS Adelaide during the final amphibious assault of RIMPAC 2018. US DoD video screen grab.
ADF Australian News Overseas Pacific USA Videos 

RIMPAC wraps up with final amphibious assault

03/08/201818/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4158 Views 0 Comments 2RAR (Amphib), Harpoon, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Toowoomba, Poseidon, RIMPAC

More than 1600 members of the Australian Defence Force have successfully completed Exercise RIMPAC 2018, the world’s largest multinational maritime

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Daymon Wickens (fifth from left) with personnel from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Peacekeeping School. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations Overseas Pacific 

Fiji military training with NZDF for Golan Heights mission

01/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3642 Views 0 Comments Golan Heights, New Zealand Defence Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

The New Zealand Defence Force is mentoring Fiji Peacekeeping School personnel, who are training about 150 troops due to be

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USNS Mercy arrives in Yokosuka, Japan, for a Exercise Pacific Partnership port visit on 10 June 2018. US Navy photo.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas Pacific USA 

Exercise Pacific Partnership wraps up

16/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2992 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pacific Partnership

The Australian Defence Force will complete Exercise Pacific Partnership 2018 today with the exercise focusing on humanitarian assistance and disaster

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HMAS Success (centre) conducts a replenishment at sea with HMA Ships Adelaide and Melbourne, shadowed by HMAS Toowoomba, during Exercise Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.
Australian News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

IPE18 ships visit Fiji

12/06/201818/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5323 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018

HMA Ships Adelaide and Melbourne have farewelled Fiji following a successful port visit as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018 (IPE).

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HMAS Adelaide sails the Timor Sea during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.
Australian Australian Army News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Navy task group to depart Townsville with free Mogs

31/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4844 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018

An Australian Defence Force Joint Task Group will depart Townsville tomorrow to undertake Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018 (IPE18), a major maritime

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