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HMS Medway crew us a drug-smuggler's boat for target practice after seizing 400kg of cocaine in the Caribbean. UK MoD. photo.

Royal Navy sinks drug-smugglers’ boat

01/11/202201/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 608 Views 0 Comments

A Royal Navy ship and US Coast Guard boarding team has seized more than 400kg of cocaine from a boat

Australian Government-donated Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, in April. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane.

Aussie troops to train Ukraine forces

28/10/202206/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1593 Views 2 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Operation Interflex, Ukraine

From January next year, Australia will join an international military operation to provide critical training for Ukrainian troops in response

Flight Commander Lieutenant Commander Thomas Craig talks with guests from the Australian Embassy in Manila, Philippines, during a tour of HMAS Hobart while berthed in Manila Bay. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

Asia News Royal Australian Navy

Australia’s Manila Embassy staff wowed by warship tour

28/10/202229/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 647 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Philippines

Staff members and their families from the Australian Embassy in Manila, Philippines, had the unique opportunity to tour HMAS Hobart

Officials from the Philippines Government attend Australian-run maritime security workshop as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 in Manila, Philippines. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Asia News Royal Australian Navy

Legal officers chart course in the Philippines

28/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 361 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Philippines

Legal experts from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted a maritime security workshop with officials from the Government of the

Members of the Service Attachés and Advisers Group tour RAAF Base Amberley in Brisbane as part of their engagement program. Story by Kristi Cheng.

Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Brisbane bases and industry in the spotlight

28/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 588 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, Gallipoli Barracks, RAAF Amberley, Service Attachés and Advisers Group (SAAG)

The Service Attachés and Advisers Group (SAAG) concluded this year’s engagement program with a trip to Defence bases and industry

Australian Defence Force and German Navy members walk along the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Story by Lieutenant Emma Anderson. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

Europe News Royal Australian Navy

Germans soak up Aussie experience

28/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 386 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022

The food’s fantastic, fitness is prioritised and the Aussies are friendly. That’s the first impression of three German Navy members

HMAS Arunta’s embarked MH-60R helicopter 'Athena' come in to land as the ship transits through the Indonesian archipelago during a regional presence deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.

Asia News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Arunta to patrol North Korea sanctions

28/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 206 Views 0 Comments Operation Argos

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta is supporting the deterrence and monitoring of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned goods bound

Action from the first ever women's International Defence Rugby Competition, a 15-a-side rugby tournament hosted by New Zealand. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Videos

France wins inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

27/10/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 750 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

France has taken the honours in the first women’s International Defence Rugby Competition (IDRC) following an arm-wrestle final with New

Two Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine wait to be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

Australian Army Europe News UK

More Bushmasters, infantry trainers to support Ukraine

27/10/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 558 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

In a doorstop interview with journalists at Parliament House, Canberra, this morning, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard

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.

News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force

Air forces share skills on Ex Havoc Strike

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 555 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.

Australian Army News Pacific

Savo Island volcano disaster plan updated on Ex Longreach

26/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 491 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

HMA Ships Hobart and Stalwart, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ship Kirisame and US Navy Ship Milius in the South China Sea. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.

Asia News Royal Australian Navy USA

Ships ‘foxtrot’ in the South China Sea

23/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 442 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, HMAS Stalwart, Regional Presence Deployment

HMA Ships Hobart and Stalwart are in the Philippines after completing a trilateral transit of the South China Sea. CAPTION:

A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft the ground at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Italy in support of Operation Sea Guardian 2022. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.

Europe News Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF Mediterranean patrol ends after 11 days

21/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1013 Views 0 Comments NATO

NATO says it has forged a new partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force through its maritime security operation in

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.

ADF Australian News Pacific

Australia and Fiji sign Status of Forces Agreement

20/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 970 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

Australian Army soldier Corporal Connor McLeod explains to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines how to attach a detonator to a breaching charge in the Philippines. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

Asia Australian Army News

Sharing skills in the Philippines

19/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 835 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, 3rd Battalion RAR, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Armed Forces of the Philippines

A series of training activities are under way in the Philippines, aiming to strengthen interoperability between the Australian Defence Force and

A Republic of Singapore Air Force CH-47F helicopter lands on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Exercise Trident near Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland. Story by Captain Carla Armenti. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.

Asia Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy

Exercise with Singapore wrapped up

19/10/202219/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 414 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, Exercise Trident, HMAS Adelaide, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Republic of Singapore Navy

A combined maritime task group comprised of Australian and Singaporean warships and troops has completed Exercise Trident. CAPTION: A Republic of

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment conduct small boats familiarisation training with Royal Solomon Islands Police Force personnel in Gizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands as part of Exercise COASTWATCHERS II. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvhill.

Australian Army News Pacific Videos

Maritime partnership on show in Solomons

12/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 653 Views 0 Comments 2RAR (Amphib), Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Solomon Islands

Fourteen officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) completed a boat-handling course with Army’s 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian

Australia's first MQ-4C Triton aircraft poses for its first official portraits after emerging from the Northrop Grumman Palmdale paint booth. Photo by Alan Radecki, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Media Services.

News Royal Australian Air Force USA

Australia’s first Triton rolled out

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 900 Views 0 Comments MQ-4C Triton, P-8A Poseidon, US Navy

Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System was rolled out in September as part of a partnership between the

HMAS Stalwart sails into Timor-Leste during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Asia News Royal Australian Navy

A first for Stalwart on deployment

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 972 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Anzac, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Stalwart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Timor-Leste

HMAS Stalwart has completed its first visit to a foreign port while deployed in support of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 (IPE22).

Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lieutenant Desmond Reuben on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News Pacific

Familiar faces come together in PNG

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 610 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

The strong relationships between the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) and Australian Army have been evident during Exercise Puk