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Landing craft from the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army in formation with Philippine Marine Corps small unit riverine craft, during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training conducted from HMAS Adelaide in Subic Bay, Philippines, for Indo Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

ADF and Philippine Marine Corps joint training

18/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5243 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Philippine Marine Corps

Two ships from the Indo-Pacific Endeavour Task Group recently visited the Philippines and, among other activities, conducted joint training with the

Crew from HMAS Adelaide pose with children and staff from the Amazing Grace Refuge Home, in Dinalupihan, Philippines during a visit to HMAS Adelaide while alongside in Subic Bay. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

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Filipino orphans visit HMAS Adelaide

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Crew members from HMAS Adelaide visited the Amazing Grace Refuge Home in Subic Bay, Philippines, last Saturday to play basketball

A local boy on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu greets sailors and soldiers from HMAS Choules during Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017. Photo by Able Seaman Jake Badaior.

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ADF volcano evacuation assistance in Vanuatu ends

15/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4933 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu’s Ambae Island, volcano

The Australian Defence Force’s commitment to humanitarian assistance in Vanuatu after the island of Ambae was evacuated because of a

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is greeted by Australia's Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin during a visit aboard HMAS Adelaide in Manila. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

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Philippine President Duterte tours HMAS Adelaide in Manila

10/10/201711/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5197 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, Philippines

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the Secretary for National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and a delegation of senior government and military officials

Landing craft from HMAS Adelaide sail through Port Klang to conduct training with Malaysian Armed Forces during a visit to Malaysia for Indo Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Peter Thompson.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour reaches Malaysia

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Australian and Malaysia marked 25 years of Defence cooperation this week with a port visit and amphibious exercise as part

RAAF Sergeant Matt Jones (centre) directs Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Gale as she removes a pallet of Australian Aid supplies from a C-17 Globemaster in Vanuatu during Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Aussies land tonnes of aid in Vanuatu

06/10/201706/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4492 Views 0 Comments Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017

RAAF C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlifters have brought tonnes of aid and relief to thousands of displaced citizens in Vanuatu.

RAAF personnel are assisted by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Palladium workers and Vanuatu locals to unload Australian Aid supplies from a C-17 Globemaster at Santo-Pekoa International Airport in Vanuatu as part of Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

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Mass evacuation and foreign aide for Vanuatu volcano threat

05/10/201705/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3695 Views 0 Comments Operation Vanuatu Assist 2017, Vanuatu’s Ambae Island

Australia has deployed HMAS Choules, personnel and humanitarian aide to communities displaced from Vanuatu’s Ambae Island due to volcanic activity, with

File photo – nautical charts HMAS Melbourne. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Australia now primary charting authority for Solomon Islands

29/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3544 Views 0 Comments nautical charts, Royal Australian Navy, Solomon Islands

Defence and Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Infrastructure Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning hydrography cooperation, formally assigning the

A MRH-90 Taipan helicopter delivers visitors from the Timor Leste government to HMAS Adelaide in Dili Harbour, as Navy and Army landing craft deliver a mobile hospital.

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HMAS Adelaide delivers role-2 portable hospital to Dili

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HMAS Adelaide called into Dili, East Timor, on 20 September to deliver a role-2 portable hospital ahead of Exercise Hari’i

HMA Ships Adelaide, Toowoomba and Darwin in formation off the coast of Sydney, heading north on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

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Largest Navy Task Group in years leaves Sydney

06/09/201706/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9569 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017, Royal Australian Navy

An Australian Defence Force Joint Task Group – Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017 – has departed Sydney to participate in a series

Sniffer dogs working with Fiji’s Police and Customs staff trained on the Royal New Zealand Navy Inshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS Hawea, which has been deployed to Fiji for six months to help with maritime surveillance.

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Fiji sniffer dogs nose inshore Kiwi

11/08/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5142 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Hawea, Republic of Fiji Navy, Sniffer dogs

Sniffer dogs working with Fiji’s Police and Customs staff trained yesterday on the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol

A Zodiac from HMNZS Otago, with fisheries officers from New Zealand and Vanuatu, approaches a fishing vessel in the south-west Pacific during Operation Island Chief. NZDF photo.

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NZDF boarded 26 vessels during Pacific fisheries patrols

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New Zealand Defence Force personnel located 60 vessels of interest and boarded 26 others in multilateral fisheries patrols conducted recently

Australian Army soldier Corporal Rob Johnson, from the 5th Aviation Regiment in Townsville, waves to locals after conducting a community-engagement task during Operation Hannah in Papua New Guinea. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims.

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Defence says goodbye to Hannah in PNG

03/08/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5972 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, PNG elections

Defence has completed its contribution to Papua New Guinea’s 2017 National Elections. CAPTION: Australian Army soldier Corporal Rob Johnson, from the

Fijian Fisheries Officer Waisea Aka speaks to a local fisherman during a HMNZS Hawea-assisted fisheries and customs patrol in Fiji. NZDF photo.

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HMNZS Hawea finds 45 infringements on Fiji patrol

19/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3775 Views 0 Comments Fiji, fisheries patrol, HMNZS Hawea, HMNZS Otago, Royal New Zealand Navy

Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Hawea boarded about 250 vessels and detected 45 infringements since arriving in

Australian Federal Police and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force patrol the dock at Honiara. AFP photo by Brian Hartigan.

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RAMSI officially ends

30/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5841 Views 0 Comments Operation ANODE, RAMSI, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands – RAMSI – officially closed on 30 June 2017 after nearly 14 years

Corporal Rob Johnson, 5th Aviation Regiment, guides an MRH-90 helicopter for landing during Operation Hannah in Papua New Guinea. Photo by Corporal Jake Sims.

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ADF supports PNG elections

23/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5803 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Force, B-300 King Air, C-130J Hercules, C-27J Spartan, MRH-90, Operation Hannah, PNG elections

The Australian Defence Force has delivered election material to support the Papua New Guinea government’s 2017 national elections. CAPTION: Corporal Rob