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Representatives from Fijian industry begin to 'cut and fill' the site for the MESC project in Suva. Story Noah Diamantopoulos.

Working with Fiji to enhance maritime capabilities

07/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2315 Views 0 Comments Republic of Fiji Military Forces

ADF project management personnel have been working alongside Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and Fijian industry to deliver the

HMAS Adelaide sails in company with Indian Navy Ships Jalashwa and Kavaratti, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 ends

02/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2569 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 (IPE22), Australia’s flagship regional engagement activity, has come to a close with HMAS Adelaide sailing into Darwin.

Australian Defence Vessel, Reliant, off the coast of Savo Island, Solomon Islands as part of Exercise Longreach. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long.

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Island evacuation a first for support vessel

01/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2311 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Exercise Longreach, Solomon Islands

Australia’s new Pacific support vessel, Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, has put its disaster response capability to the test in Solomon Islands.

Ship's company and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel celebrate HMAS Stalwart's first birthday. Story by Lieutenant Allan Ferguson. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Aaron Robinson.

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Ship’s first birthday on deployment

01/12/202201/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1926 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base West, Regional Presence Deployment

The ship’s company of HMAS Stalwart celebrated her first birthday while on a regional presence deployment in the Indo Pacific.

A RAAF C-17 Globemaster III flies in a 2-ship formation with a US Air Force C-17 over Papua New Guinea. Story by By Flight Lieutenant Tanya Carter. Photo by Staff Sergeant Alan Ricker.

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Skilled aviators master tricky terrain

25/11/202229/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3678 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Global Dexterity, No. 36 Squadron, Papua New Guinea, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Scherger, United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)

Flying in the valleys of Papua New Guinea has provided a unique challenge for American and Australian aviators during Exercise

RAAF Flight Lieutenant Jayden Hasemann, left, and Leading Aircraftman Jack Atkins play basketball with students at Sokehs Roie Soledi Peidie Elementary School. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Aviators join in the fun at Micronesian school

18/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2683 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Chaplains, Micronesia, Operation Solania

In between flying aerial maritime surveillance sorties, Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed on Operation Solania 22-4 have engaged with local

HMAS Arunta fires her 5-inch naval gun during Exercise Malabar 2022. Photo by Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.

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Four nations on Exercise Malabar 22

16/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2039 Views 0 Comments Exercise Malabar

The Australian Defence Force joined key regional partners India, Japan and the United States for Exercise Malabar 22 off the

Pacific leaders visit the humanitarian and disaster-relief warehouse at Blackrock Camp, during the Joint Heads of Pacific Security Meeting 2022, in Fiji. Photo by Allan Stephen.

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25-nation Pacific security leaders meeting

13/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2620 Views 0 Comments

Pacific security leaders from 25 countries have visited Nadi, Fiji, for the fourth Joint Heads of Pacific Security (JHOPS) meeting

Australian Army officer, Officer Commanding Alpha Company, Major Jared Slansky of 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment emerges from the bear pit tunnel during Exercise True Grit at Tully Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Aussie and French troops show grit on jungle exercise

08/11/202213/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2542 Views 0 Comments 8/9 RAR, Exercise True Grit, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

In the harsh humidity of far-north Queensland’s jungles, soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9RAR), and the French

French Armed Forces in New Caledonia soldier Private Thimeo, left, climbs over a vertical tyre obstacle during Exercise True Grit at the Tully training area, Queensland. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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French get acquainted with Australian critters

08/11/202208/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2149 Views 0 Comments 8/9 RAR, Exercise True Grit, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

Leeches, snakes, and a ‘velociraptor-like’ bird greeted soldiers from the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia in Tully, while training with the

Australian Defence Vessel Reliant alongside at Betio Port in Kiribati to unload disaster relief stores. Story by Petty Officer Jake Badior. Photo by Lieutenant Commander BJ Glover.

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Reliant delivers disaster-relief stores to Kiribati

01/11/202204/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2591 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Kiribati

Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant delivered humanitarian assistance and disaster relief stores as part of the whole-of-government response to drought

Philippine Air Force members work with RAAF Combat Controllers from 4 Squadron during Close Air Support training activities at Salt Ash Air Weapons Range near RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Flight Sergeant Josa Kohler. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Air forces share skills on Ex Havoc Strike

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3005 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Havoc Strike, F-35A Lightning II, Hawk-127, No. 4 Squadron, No. 76 Squadron, PC-21, RAAF Williamtown

This year’s Exercise Havoc Strike, 4 Squadron’s premier close-air support exercise, included the participation of members from the Philippine Air

ADF members meet with members of the Solomon Islands Government to discuss humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

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Savo Island volcano disaster plan updated on Ex Longreach

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2462 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, HADR, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)

For the first time in 47 years, Solomon Islands has reviewed its Savo Island volcano disaster management plans. CAPTION: ADF

Australian Corporal Louis Carbery, an infantry soldier with 8/9RAR, discusses how his army clears hallways and intersections at Blackrock Training Camp, Fiji, during Exercise Cartwheel. Story and photo by US Army Sergeant Brian D. Jones, 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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Australia and Fiji sign Status of Forces Agreement

20/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2970 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Status of Forces Agreement

Fiji’s Minister for Defence, National Security, and Policing and Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management