Pacific – Page 18 – CONTACT magazine

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.

1500 ADF in PNG for APEC security

12/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5130 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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NZDF finds two fishermen adrift in Pacific

29/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2524 Views 0 Comments

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

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

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Australia to upgrade PNG navy base on Manus Island

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5888 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

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.

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Exercise Hydra builds bonds across borders

17/09/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3872 Views 0 Comments Exercise Hydra

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

HMNZS Te Mana steams across the Pacific during her transit to Exercise RIMPAC 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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Te Mana to lead international fleet in Oz

31/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3788 Views 0 Comments

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

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 4332 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

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.

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ADF involved in medical emergency mission in Solomon Islands

18/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4487 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

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.

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Aussie ships headed for Honiara and Rabaul

15/08/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4563 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

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

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RNZN concludes another fisheries mission off Fiji

05/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2988 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

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.

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RIMPAC wraps up with final amphibious assault

03/08/201818/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4350 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

Warrant Officer Class 2 Daymon Wickens (fifth from left) with personnel from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Peacekeeping School. NZDF photo.

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Fiji military training with NZDF for Golan Heights mission

01/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3875 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

USNS Mercy arrives in Yokosuka, Japan, for a Exercise Pacific Partnership port visit on 10 June 2018. US Navy photo.

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Exercise Pacific Partnership wraps up

16/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3180 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

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.

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IPE18 ships visit Fiji

12/06/201818/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5857 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).

HMAS Adelaide sails the Timor Sea during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

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Navy task group to depart Townsville with free Mogs

31/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5158 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

The first of 21 new Guardian-class patrol boats for the Pacific Patrol Boat Program moving from build site to water for launch. Austal photo.

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First Guardian-class patrol boat launched

30/05/201830/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9006 Views 0 Comments

The first of of 21 new new Guardian-class patrol boats for the Pacific Patrol Boat Program was was launched in

New Zealand's Chief of Navy Rear Admiral John Martin watches as Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo leaves Auckland on a three-month mission to conduct maritime patrols in support of the Republic of Fiji Navy. NZDF photo.

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HMNZS Taupo leaves for Fiji mission

21/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3161 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Taupo

Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo left Auckland today to spend the next three months conducting maritime

The Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project is an Australian security initiative that aims to enhance practical maritime security cooperation across the South Pacific through the donation of patrol boats to replace an ageing fleet of boats donated to the same countries in a program that commenced in 1987. The project includes 19 or more 39.5m vessels designed and constructed by Austal in WA for delivery to up to 13 Pacific-island nations from late 2018. Construction of the first patrol boat started earlier this year. Austal image.

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Australia donating two patrol boats to Timor Leste

19/04/201826/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6022 Views 0 Comments Guardian-class, Pacific Maritime Security Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Program, Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

Australia will gift two patrol boats to Timor Leste under its Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project – sometimes referred to

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter returns to Mount Hagen Airport during Operation PNG Assist 2018. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

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ADF earthquake mission in PNG complete

18/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2968 Views 0 Comments Operation PNG Assist 18

Australian Defence Force aircraft and personnel have completed their humanitarian assistance mission in Papua New Guinea following the 7.5 magnitude

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook takes off from Mount Hagen Airport during Operation PNG Assist 2018. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

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F-model Chinook’s first operational deployment

30/03/201830/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3919 Views 0 Comments CH-47F Chinook

At the request of the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Australian Defence Force provided support following a 7.5-magnitude

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1st RPIR get advanced shooting training from 1RAR

29/03/201828/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5862 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, 1st Battalion, 1st Royal Pacific Islands Regiment, Royal Australian Regiment

Members of Papua New Guinea’s 1st Royal Pacific Islands Regiment benefited from a course of Enhanced Shooting Techniques with soldiers