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An Australian Army Combat Engineer from the 5th Engineer Regiment uses a JD-450 Bulldozer to spread burnt woodchips at the Eden Woodchip Mill in southern NSW in support of Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Dozers help douse woodchip mountain

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3612 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Burning, smouldering piles of waste at Eden’s woodchip mill proved a danger, as Army engineers turned and drenched the pile to quell the flames.

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Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force air-movements personnel work together to palletise equipment at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, in support of Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Air Force 

Kiwis happy to share the loads

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1720 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Similar equipment and procedures made integrating into Australian air-load teams easy for a Royal New Zealand Air Force team to support Bushfire Assist.

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Australian Army soldiers Private Daniel Muntz (left) and Private Brendan Harvey deliver 9000 litres of water to remote-property owner Donna Thomson, who's water pump was destroyed by bushfires, leaving her, her family and her livestock dangerously short of water. The soldiers are from the Brisbane-based 7th Combat Service Support Battalion. Phot and story by Sergeant Dave Morley.
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Diggers deliver drink to desperate Donna

16/01/202016/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1842 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Two Aussie Digger delivered 9000 litres of much-needed water to a remote farming property in an eight-hour adventure through burnt-out countryside.

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Soldiers from 15 Force Support Squadron load pallets of water at the Foodbank Victoria warehouse in Melbourne. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Enough to feed an army – of firefighters

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1987 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The saying ‘an army marches on its stomach’ also applies to emergency services workers on the frontline of Victoria’s bushfire

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Sapper James Denton and Lance Corporal Stephen Baylis, of 5th Engineer Regiment, prepare to fell a burnt-out tree threatening a road near Wonboyn Lake. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Answering trunk call with inside knowledge

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1707 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Sections of chainsaw-armed sappers work to clear residential roads, create bush tracks for firefighters and fell fire-damaged trees in remote NSW towns.

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Australian Army CH-47 Chinook from Townsville-based 5th Aviation Regiment prepares to uplift hay bales to deliver to remote bushfire-affected farms on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 15 January UPDATE

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2375 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am, 16 January 2020 More than 6000 full-time and reserve personnel are now providing direct support in the

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Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Defence attacks negative submarine coverage

16/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2157 Views 0 Comments future, future submarine program

Defence has responded to negative and sensationalist media reporting on the contents of an ANAO report on the progress of the future submarine contract.

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Japan Self-Defense Force personnel walk from their C-130H Hercules after arriving at RAAF Base Richmond to assist in Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by David Said.
Asia Australian News Operations Videos 

Japan sending two Hercs for Bushfire Assist

16/01/202017/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3600 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Japan Self Defence Force is sending two C-130 Hercules and associated personnel to assist in Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20.

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A soldier from New Zealand Army’s 2ER gives water to a Koala while the unit assisted ADF members at Kangaroo Island’s Hanson Bay Wildlife Reserve.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

NZDF witness devastation and survival on Kangaroo Island

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3638 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

NZDF personnel working on Kangaroo Island have seen first-hand the devastating impact Australia’s bushfires have had on communities and wildlife.

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A bulldozer is landed at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay, from HMAS Adelaide.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 14 January UPDATE

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2968 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am 15 January 2020 Watch Major General Jake Ellwood’s brief to media, 14 January 2020… MAIN PHOTO: A

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4th Combat Service Support Battalion Paramedic Private Rod Scanlon and Nursing Officer Captain Phil Barber at the Alpine Health Centre in Bright, where they took charge of community care in the absence of evacuated nurses. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Two soldiers thrust into town medical role when locals evacuate

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2698 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Two soldiers found themselves in a unique position to use their skills to assist a Victorian community during the bushfires.

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Sappers Kane Sorrell (on chainsaw) and David Mercuri from Brisbane-based 2 Squadron, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, help make the Monaro Highway safe. Photo by Sergeant Dave Morley
Australian Australian Army News Operations 

Chainsaw crews clearing vital links

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2284 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Queensland-based Army engineers have cleared a bushfire-affected section of the Monaro Highway between Bombala, NSW, and Cann River in Victoria.

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Lieutenant Kynan Lang from the 10th/27th Battalion, RSAR, is supported by colleagues at the place where his uncle and cousin died in a bushfire on Kangaroo, before placing a memorial in their honour. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Army officer called-out to bushfire that killed family

14/01/202027/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8263 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A South Australian infantry officer heard of two family members killed by bushfires on the same day he was called out as an Army Reservist to the same fire.

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A Royal Australian Air Force Transportable Air Operations Tower operated by 44WG during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 at Bairnsdale Airport. Photo by Chris Loadsman.
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

All those choppers need tower support

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3300 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A transportable air-operations tower deployed at short notice to Bairnsdale in early January has proven invaluable to humanitarian-aid flights in Gippsland.

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A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopter loaded on a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III en-route from RNZAF Base Ohakea to RAAF Base Richmond for Operation Bushfire Assist tasking. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.
Australian New Zealand News Operations Videos 

Help and hardware from across the ditch

14/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3671 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Deploying NH90 helicopters overseas is well-rehearsed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as bushfire relief operations in Australia have demonstrated.

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Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Albatross praised for bushfire support while base smouldered

14/01/202017/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2572 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Albatross and its resident squadrons have made a significant contribution to the aerial component of the NSW Rural Fire

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An injured koala rescued by the Australian Army soldiers, New Zealand Army sappers and RSPCA members are transported await veterinary treatment on Kangaroo Island during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos 

Army vet does perfect Drop Bear gag on TV reporter

13/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8563 Views 2 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Veterinarian and Army Reservist Captain Garnett Hall pulled off the perfect Drop Bear gag on an innocent Scottish TV reporter on Kangaroo Island this week.

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An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter loads stores on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Petty Officer Tom Gibson.
ADF Australian News Operations Videos 

Op Bushfire Assist – 13 January UPDATE

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2576 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Operation Bushfire Assist continues to grow, with more ADF members joining the operation, and 100 PNGDF engineers touching down in Melbourne this evening.

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NUSHIP Stalwart slips into the water in Ferol, Spain, during her well-attended ceremonial launch. Navantia drone image.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Randwick Navy training centre expansion complete

13/01/202013/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2607 Views 0 Comments

A $24 million extension to the Navy Training Systems Centre at Randwick Barracks is finished in time for the first Navy training course to commence.

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More than 1000 cadets and 250 volunteer Officers from 99 New Zealand Cadet Force (NZCF) units throughout New Zealand, will be based in Waiouru and Ohakea for four intense days of activities relevant to Navy, Army and Air Force. NZDF photo.
CONTACT Cadets New Zealand 

Kiwi cadets in for a big challenge

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2518 Views 0 Comments

More than 1000 teenagers from the NZCF are packing their kitbags for four intense days of activities on Exercise Cadet 2020.

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