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Navy, Army and Air Force personnel clear flood debris from Kedron Brook in Mitchelton, Brisbane, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Flying Officer Rob Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Forces unite to make park safe

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1602 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022, US Navy

Navy, Army and Air Force personnel converged on flood-ravaged recreation areas in Kedron Brook in Mitchelton, Brisbane, to ensure they’re

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Commander of the Operation Flood Assist Joint Task Force, Lieutenant General David Thomae (right), surveys flood-affected areas in the greater Sydney region from an Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update 17 March 2022

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2125 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: Commander of the Operation Flood Assist Joint Task Force, Lieutenant General David Thomae (right), surveys flood-affected areas in the

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Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct a 12.7mm machine gun live-fire serial during Exercise Milan 2022. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.
India News Royal Australian Navy 

Plenty of action for crew on Exercise Milan

17/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2474 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, MH-60R Seahawk, Regional Presence Deployment

The ship’s company of HMAS Arunta recently spent an action-packed week at sea testing their warfighting skills with other regional

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Leading Seaman Breanna Jacobs-Rochford, right, and Uncle Shane Clarke from Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation speak to Navy Indigenous Development Program participants and recruit school staff at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy Indigenous Development Program base visit

17/03/202218/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2400 Views 0 Comments HMAS Cerberus, Indigenous, Navy Indigenous Development Program

As the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) enters its eighth year, 13 current participants and their instructors headed to HMAS

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Corporal Rebecca Barry embraces a Casino local while organising donations at the local racecourse and showgrounds in northern NSW as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF Australian Army News 

Enduring community spirit lives on

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2032 Views 0 Comments 1st Combat Service Support Battalion, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Communities like Casino have an enduring spirit, which is exemplified in tough situations like this year’s floods. CAPTION: Corporal Rebecca

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Australian Army soldiers from 7th Brigade assist a farmer near Gatton, Queensland, by cleaning fences of flood debris and checking their integrity. Story by Private Jacob Joseph.
ADF Australian News 

Soldiers helping to mend fences

14/03/202217/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2165 Views 0 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), 7th Brigade, Operation Flood Assist 2022

In the grips of a drought, Mrs Shirley Schultz sold one-third of her cattle in 2019. CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers

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Australian Army soldiers from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, collect flood-damaged household items for loading onto a truck as they clear a street in Chinderah, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Army clean up in Chinderah

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2032 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Despite nearly continuous domestic deployments, disruptions to training, and dirty conditions, the smiles on the faces of 6th Battalion, Royal

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Army engineer Lance Corporal Jack Dalrymple assists Lismore Shire Council to clear debris from Mulgum Creek Weir in Nimbin, New South Wales, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez Pinto. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF Australian Army News 

Nimbin pipeline repairs underway

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2135 Views 0 Comments 21, 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Australian Army combat engineers and Lismore City Council workers swung into action after Nimbin in northern New South Wales was left with

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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment remove flood-damaged equipment and furniture during a clean up of Richmond River High School in Lismore, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Lismore high school gets armoured support

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2804 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Only a week ago Richmond River High was underwater, with floods scraping the second-storey ceiling of the Riverside Campus in

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Australian Army soldiers and Mr Daniel Clark, Coraki SES commander, check on community members along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New South Wales. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez-Pinto. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Army, SES rescue man during welfare check

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2421 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022, State Emergency Service (SES)

Australian Army soldiers joined State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers recently to conduct welfare checks along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New

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A northern New South Wales farmer watches Army soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load feed for his stock into his ute as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2214 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: A northern New South Wales farmer watches Army soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load feed for his

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Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart, left, and Sapper Ben Lowe, right, load flood-damaged furniture and equipment from Lismore police station in northern NSW onto a truck. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Police Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Clean up continues in Lismore

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1881 Views 0 Comments 9th Combat Service Support Battalion, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Waterlogged furniture, office supplies and carpets were piled high outside the Lismore police station. CAPTION: Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart,

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Former HMNZS Pukaki (pictured) and HMNZS Rotoiti are being sold Ireland. NZDF photo.
Europe New Zealand News Overseas 

Two Kiwi patrol boats going to Ireland

14/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3611 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Defence Force will sell two decommissioned Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessels to the Republic of Ireland’s

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US Marines with the Command Element, 5th Marine Regiment, MRF-D 22 offload a Boeing 777 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, NT, Australia, 12 March 2022. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Cedar Barnes.
MRF-D News 

2022 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin begins

14/03/202214/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2663 Views 0 Comments MRF-D

The first batch of US Marines posted to the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin for 2022 touched down in Darwin

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Hanwha K9 Thunder – possibly called Huntsman in Australia. Photo courtesy Hanwha.
Australian Army News 

Aussie Huntsman to use Norwegian fire control

11/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3812 Views 6 Comments

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a contract worth AU$67million with Hanwha Defense Australia following a recent announcement by the Australian

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An Australian Army’s new Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle conducts a live-fire battle run during exercise Diamond Walk at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
ADF News 

Defence to grow by around 30%

10/03/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2005 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that the size and capability of the Australian Defence Force will be significantly increased.

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Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct training on a 12.7mm machine gun using a flare target during their regional presence deployment. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.
India News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy unites with partners in Milan

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1888 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, India

HMAS Arunta recently took part in the multilateral Exercise Milan 2022. CAPTION: Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct training on

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A Murrook Cultural Heritage Team member conduct a smoking ceremony at No. 41 Wing's naming ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan and Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Samuel Miller.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Renaming RAAF’s air battle management system

10/03/202214/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2494 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, No. 41 Wing, RAAF Williamtown

No. 41 Wing and the Worimi community came together to celebrate the Aboriginal renaming of the Royal Australian Air Force’s

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An Army soldier uses a backhoe to clear flood-damaged household goods from a street in Lismore, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News 

Lismore flood-damaged goods cleaned up

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1988 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Bobcats scoop up destroyed stock from an electrical supply store and move back-and-forth, emptying the waste into an Army dump

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Private Tejinder Singh (right) and Private Leon Hooke of 9th Force Support Battalion prepare an Army truck for travel to Lismore in northern NSW to assist with clean-up efforts. Story by Captain Annie Richardson.
ADF Australian Army News 

Making logistics happen

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2054 Views 0 Comments 17th Sustainment Brigade, Operation Flood Assist 2022

More than 250 Army soldiers from 17th Sustainment Brigade were rapidly preparing to respond to the flood crisis in Lismore in

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