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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.

First Guardian-class patrol boat launched

30/05/201830/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8771 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 3012 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 5790 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 2823 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 3743 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 5621 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

A pallet load of emergency supplies is unloaded from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster in Tonga in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Gita. Photo by Corporal Colin Dadd.

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Post-cyclone Tongan mission ends

23/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2836 Views 0 Comments Cyclone Gita, Operation South West Pacific Assist 2018

Minister for Defence Marise Payne today announced the conclusion of the Australian Defence Force’s assistance to Tonga and Fiji, which

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules in front of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster at Fuaamotu International Airport, Tonga. NZDF photo.

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Australia and New Zealand both aid Tonga

15/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3854 Views 0 Comments Tropical Cyclone Gita

Australia and New Zealand are both providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help the people of Tonga, following Tropical Cyclone Gita.

RAAF Amberley air-load team members load pallets of Australian Aid onto a RAAF C-17A Globemaster for delivery to Tonga. Photo by Sergeant Peter Borys.

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Australia provides emergency aid to Tonga

14/02/201814/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4430 Views 0 Comments Cyclone Gita, Tonga

The Australian Government is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help the people of Tonga, following Tropical Cyclone Gita, a Category 4

New Zealand Defence Force personnel prepare to load 12 tonnes of aid supplies for cyclone-hit Tonga. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Operations Overseas Pacific

NZDF delivers aid to Tonga after cyclone

13/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3199 Views 0 Comments cyclone, Tonga

The New Zealand Defence Force has taken 12 tonnes of aid supplies and a 10-member team to Tonga to assess

A No. 77 Squadron F/A-18A Hornet at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Photo by Corporal Glen McCarthy.

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RAAF deploys to Guam for Cope North 18

10/02/201830/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5541 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North

Royal Australian Air Force members have deployed to Guam to participate in Exercise Cope North 18, which starts today and

A computer-generated image showing HMNZS Kiwi ramming Japanese submarine I-1 in Guadalcanal on 29 January, 1943. CREDIT: Watertight Productions.

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75 years since only Japanese code books of WWII captured

29/01/201827/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6055 Views 0 Comments WWII

Today marks the 75th anniversary of an heroic New Zealand naval engagement – the destruction of a Japanese submarine by

Survivors from a missing ferry in Kiribati are found in a dinghy – and a Royal New Zealand Air Force crewman prepares to drop emergency supplies to them. NZDF photo.

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RNZAF Orion finds seven survivors from missing ferry

28/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2967 Views 0 Comments Kiribati, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion sent to look for a missing ferry off Kiribati with 50 people on

An RNZAF Orion on the tarmac shortly before departing on a search mission off Kiribati, 27 January 2018.

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RNZAF Orion sent to find boat with 50 missing

27/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3045 Views 0 Comments RNZAF Orion

The New Zealand Defence Force has joined the search for a 17m wooden catamaran with more than 50 people on

Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Omar Rigo, 37 Squadron pilot, flies a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules toward Micronesian islands during Operation Christmas Drop. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant David Owsianka.

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RAAF Santas drop pressies on remote islands

14/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3724 Views 0 Comments Operation Christmas Drop

A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules and crew is currently deployed on Guam for Operation Christmas Drop 2017. MAIN

The tri-Service ADFC party departs the stadium after raising the flags to mark the commencement of the 10th Pacific School Games (front to rear): Leading Cadet Lachlan Jenkins (No 604 Squadron, AAFC), Cadet Under Officer Aaron Louch (43 Army Cadet Unit, Warradale Barracks) and Petty Officer Alex White (TS Noarlunga, ANC). The Flag Party Commander was Cadet Corporal Benjamin Grillett (No 617 Squadron, AAFC). Photo by FLGOFF (AAFC) Paul Rosenzweig, HQ 6WG

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Tri-service flag-raising ceremony for Pacific School Games

10/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4389 Views 2 Comments Pacific School Games

Under an ominous Adelaide sky, four Australian Defence Force Cadets supported the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Pacific School Games.

A RAAF member of the HMAS Adelaide crew walks through the headstones of Bomana Commonwealth War Cemetery, in Papua New Guinea, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Private Roger Brennan.

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HMAS Adelaide visits Kokoda Track

22/11/201722/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3669 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea

Crew and embarked forces of HMAS Adelaide gather at Ower’s Corner, at the southern end of the Kokoda Track, Papua

Australian Army officer Lieutenant Wes Walsh talks with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull after an urban-combat-skills demonstration at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Headquarters in Manila. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.

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PM visits Aussie troops in Philippines

16/11/201716/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7270 Views 0 Comments Operation Augury, Philippines

Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull attended an urban close-combat demonstration given by soldiers from the Australian Army’s Joint Task

Philippine Army soldier Corporal Dennis Nalugon conducts urban-combat training with Australian soldier Lance Corporal Adam Seaman from the 3rd Brigade, at Capinpin, Philippines, as part of Operation Augury. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.

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Aussie soldiers train Philippine counterparts in urban ops

16/11/201716/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8048 Views 0 Comments Operation Augury, Philippines

Australian soldiers, mainly from Townsville’s 1RAR, were deployed to the Philippines late last month to train Philippine soldiers in advanced

A RAAF C-27J Spartan at Shark Bay Airport, Western Australia. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

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Spartan heads to New Caledonia

13/11/201713/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3966 Views 0 Comments Exercise Mhanuu, New Caledonia

Over the period 13–24 November 2017, 44 Royal Australian Air Force personnel and a C-27J Spartan transport aircraft will participate