NZ Navy’s Fijian maritime patrols end
Combined maritime patrols between New Zealand and Fiji involving HMNZS Hawea have ended on a high note, with about 550
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Pacific
75th anniversary of Kokoda
Eleven veterans of the Kokoda campaign will be guests of honour at a reception in Canberra followed by a Last
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Indonesia selects NASAMS air defence system
Kongsberg has signed a contract worth US$77million with the Ministry of Defence of Indonesia to supply a National Advanced Surface
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Australian warships to exercise off Korea next week
Royal Australian Navy and Republic of Korea Navy warships and planes will participate in a bilateral anti-submarine-warfare exercise from 1
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HMAS Adelaide trains with Singapore Armed Forces
HMAS Adelaide was in Singapore recently to strengthen humanitarian assistance and disaster relief interoperability with counterparts in the Singaporean Armed
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Aussie boots on the ground in Philippines
The Australian Defence Force will expand its assistance to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to strengthen its long-term ability
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ADF and Philippine Marine Corps joint training
Two ships from the Indo-Pacific Endeavour Task Group recently visited the Philippines and, among other activities, conducted joint training with the
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Filipino orphans visit HMAS Adelaide
Crew members from HMAS Adelaide visited the Amazing Grace Refuge Home in Subic Bay, Philippines, last Saturday to play basketball
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ADF volcano evacuation assistance in Vanuatu ends
The Australian Defence Force’s commitment to humanitarian assistance in Vanuatu after the island of Ambae was evacuated because of a
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Philippine President Duterte tours HMAS Adelaide in Manila
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the Secretary for National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and a delegation of senior government and military officials
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Indo-Pacific Endeavour reaches Malaysia
Australian and Malaysia marked 25 years of Defence cooperation this week with a port visit and amphibious exercise as part
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Aussies land tonnes of aid in Vanuatu
RAAF C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlifters have brought tonnes of aid and relief to thousands of displaced citizens in Vanuatu.
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Mass evacuation and foreign aide for Vanuatu volcano threat
Australia has deployed HMAS Choules, personnel and humanitarian aide to communities displaced from Vanuatu’s Ambae Island due to volcanic activity, with
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Australia now primary charting authority for Solomon Islands
Defence and Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Infrastructure Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning hydrography cooperation, formally assigning the
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HMAS Adelaide delivers role-2 portable hospital to Dili
HMAS Adelaide called into Dili, East Timor, on 20 September to deliver a role-2 portable hospital ahead of Exercise Hari’i
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Largest Navy Task Group in years leaves Sydney
An Australian Defence Force Joint Task Group – Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017 – has departed Sydney to participate in a series
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Fiji sniffer dogs nose inshore Kiwi
Sniffer dogs working with Fiji’s Police and Customs staff trained yesterday on the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol
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NZDF boarded 26 vessels during Pacific fisheries patrols
New Zealand Defence Force personnel located 60 vessels of interest and boarded 26 others in multilateral fisheries patrols conducted recently
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Defence says goodbye to Hannah in PNG
Defence has completed its contribution to Papua New Guinea’s 2017 National Elections. CAPTION: Australian Army soldier Corporal Rob Johnson, from the
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HMNZS Hawea finds 45 infringements on Fiji patrol
Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Hawea boarded about 250 vessels and detected 45 infringements since arriving in
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