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A member of the New Zealand Defence Force at the militarised border between North and South Korea. NZDF photo.

NZDF postpones o/s troop rotations – deployed pers left in place

16/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 691 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The New Zealand Defence Force has postponed routine rotations of personnel on international missions because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Algorithms can interpret human actions to detect coughing ands sneezing. Heartrate and temperature can also be extracted from drone video footage.

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UniSA working on ‘pandemic drone’ to detect coronavirus

26/03/202026/03/2020 Brian Hartigan 835 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the UniSA in partnership with a Canadian company.

Governor-General, General (Retd) David Hurley, addresses the congregation at the National Commemorative Service for the 25th anniversary of the UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda, at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial, Canberra. Photo by Lauren Larking.

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Australia’s Rwanda Peacekeepers remembered

22/02/202022/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 693 Views 0 Comments Operation Tamar

The service and sacrifice of Australia’s Rwanda peacekeeping veterans was remembered this morning at a service at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial.

Captain Levi, of the PNG Defence Force, and Lieutenant Scott Bowers in a meeting with members of Victoria Police at the Swift Creek Incident Control Centre during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Dingos thrive in multi-agency setting

06/02/202014/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 461 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Staff from many different agencies at the Swift’s Creek Incident Control Centre include several Australian Army and Papua New Guinean Defence Force officers

A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A sits on the RAAF Base Richmond flightline after delivering fire retardant from the USA to replenish Australian stocks. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Canadians lend a hand delivering fire retardant

03/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 489 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Approximately 29 tonnes of fire retardant was delivered to RAAF Base Richmond from the USA on 1 February by a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177A Globemaster.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster airdrops a Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) load near Casey Station in Antarctica for Operation Southern Discovery.

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New air-drop gear successful in Antarctica

31/01/202007/02/2020 Brian Hartigan 1027 Views 0 Comments

A RAAF 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster transport aircraft used new airdrop technologies to deliver payloads to Casey Station in Antarctica on 27 January 2020.

Members of the Australian Contingent 1994-1995 in Rwanda. Photographer unknown.

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National Commemorative Service for Rwanda mission

19/12/2019 Brian Hartigan 1631 Views 2 Comments

The 25th anniversary of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), Operation Tamar, will be marked with a National

Flight Sergeant Geoff McLaughlin of Number 37 Squadron writes a message on an airdrop load destined for a Micronesian island during Operation Christmas Drop 2019. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Operation Christmas Drop all dropped out

17/12/2019 Brian Hartigan 396 Views 0 Comments

Operation Christmas Drop 19 has concluded in Guam, with a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules and crew delivering 23

Members of a Vietnam People's Army medical team board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster in Hanoi, Vietnam, for transport to the Vietnamese Field Hospital supporting the United Nation's mission in South Sudan. Photo by Sergeant Christopher Dickson.

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RAAF transports second Vietnamese medical mission to South Sudan

29/11/2019 Brian Hartigan 1084 Views 0 Comments

Australia continues to boost regional peacekeeping capabilities in South East Asia, in support of Vietnam’s second deployment to the United

Two French Cougar helicopters depart for a night mission. Ministère de la Défense.

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13 French soldier killed in helicopter collision

28/11/2019 Brian Hartigan 1059 Views 0 Comments

On Monday 25 November shortly before 8pm Paris time, 13 French soldiers died in an accident between two military helicopters

A Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle on patrol in Mali. Photo courtesy Milrem Robotics.

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Estonian infantry deploy unmanned ground vehicle on ops

02/10/2019 Brian Hartigan 1223 Views 2 Comments

An Estonian infantry platoon currently serving in Mali has deployed for the first time the Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS unmanned ground

HMAS Melbourne leads STS Young Endeavour and Chilean Navy tall ship, Buque Escuela Esmeralda into Sydney Harbour. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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Chilean tallship visits Sydney

01/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 958 Views 0 Comments

Four historic Australian ships and two contemporary Royal Australian Navy ships welcomed the Chilean Navy’s tallship Buque Escuela Esmeralda to Sydney today. CAPTION: