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An LCM8 transits from HMAS Choules to HMAS Cerberus to disembark evacuees from Mallacoota during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 as the ship takes on supplies via the ship's MRH-90 helicopter. Photo by Petty Officer Helen Frank.

Second evacuation by “Mallacoota Ferry” complete

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2302 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Choules – now affectionately known as the “Mallacoota Ferry” – has conducted a second evacuation from Mallacoota in Victoria’s East Gippsland region.

Australian Army veterinarian Captain Garnett Hall (left), Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park owner Dana Mitchell and Private Alexie Tarasov from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, bandage one of many koalas that suffered burns at the park during the bushfires. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Perth veterinarian with Army Reserve on Kangaroo Island

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3913 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Perth veterinarian and Army Reserve infantry officer Captain Garnett Hall is treating injured wildlife during the bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island.

Corporal Dan Conelly, an Army Reservist from 3rd Field Squadron, 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, works to remove a burnt tree from a farm’s access road on Kangaroo Island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Big push in bushfire recovery on Kangaroo Island

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2038 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 100 Army Reservists are working with local authorities to provide assistance to bushfire recovery efforts on Kangaroo Island.

Embarked nursing officers Lieutenant Commander Thomas Miller (front) and Lieutenant Travis Robinson in HMAS Adelaide's treatment room. Photo by Able Seaman Thomas Sawtell.

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Personal connection motivates medical personnel

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1853 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A key component of the ADF response to Op Bushfire Assist are the medical services provided by doctors, nurses, paramedics and support personnel of the Navy

Lance Corporal Trent Hewitt in front of a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle – Ambulance at the evacuation centre in Batemans Bay, NSW. Photo by Sergeant Max Bree.

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From servo operator to serving the nation

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3382 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Driving his Bushmaster ambulance, former servo operator now LCpl Trent Hewitt passed the devastation of his home town travelling with an Army medical team.

Two Australian Army CH-47F Chinooks filled with supplies for isolated areas in Victoria depart RAAF Base East Sale, which has become a key and very busy air-operations hub. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

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East Sale becomes busy bushfire air hub

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2656 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

RAAF Base East Sale has become a key and very-busy air hub for the ADF air operations during Operation Bushfire Assist in Victoria.

Lance Corporal Damien Ewin reduces bushfire-damaged trees to manageable pieces for disposal during road clearance operations near Ilford, NSW. Lance Corporal Ewin is an Australian Army Reserve engineer, from the 5th Engineer Regiment, – and also owner of Premier Defence Agencies and long-time advertising supporter of CONTACT. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson

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Reserve engineers working and learning on road gangs

09/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3025 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Army Reserve engineers are assisting local authorities in central NSW to make roads safe from trees that have fallen or were weakened by the bushfires.

St John Ambulance Registered Nurse Diana Wong chats with Australian Army medic Private Brenden Walker from the 1st Combat Health Battalion at Batemans Bay. Photo by Sergeant Bill Solomou.

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Army medical team treat civvies in Batemans Bay

09/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5090 Views 2 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Stories of burnt homes and shattered lives have been shared with an Army medical team, in a departure from the usual tales of soldiers’ training injuries.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 is unloaded off a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Richmond during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Globemaster delivers Kiwi helicopters for Bushfire Assist

08/01/202011/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3377 Views 3 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster delivered the first of three Royal New Zealand Air Force NH-90 helicopters to Australia as part of Operation Bushfire Assist.

A 5th Aviation Regiment MRH90 Taipan after a hard day's work on Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 duty. 5 Aviation Regiment photo.

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MRH90 graphically demos poor air quality

08/01/202008/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5989 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

5th Aviation Regiment CO published photos that graphically demonstrate the poor quality of the air across much of Australia’s south east this week.

HMAS Adelaide as seen through the bridge window of MV Sycamore in Twofold Bay, New South Wales. Photo by Commander Brinckmann.

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HMAS Adelaide on standby as safety island

08/01/202009/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2149 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Royal Australian Navy’s largest ship, HMAS Adelaide, joined HMAS Choules and MV Sycamore in support of Operation Bushfire Assist earlier this week.

Smoke haze over mountains near Cooma, New South Wales, as viewed from a No 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon conducting damage assessment and surveillance in the bushfire-affected area. Photo by Sergeant Murray Staff.

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Poseidon’s eyes in the sky prove invaluable

08/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1752 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon is being used daily to provide vital information to firefighting crews on the ground as part of Operation Bushfire Assist.

No. 23 Squadron air movements personnel load an Australian Army 6th Engineer Support Regiment water purification system on to a C-17A Globemaster at RAAF Base Amberley, destined for Kangaroo Island off South Australia. Photo: Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

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C-17 delivery turns sea water into drinking water

08/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2824 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster has flown from Brisbane to Adelaide with a water purification and desalination system (WPDS) to supply drinking

An Iraqi Army M1A1M Abrams tank provides cover during a Junior Leaders Course combined-arms training assessment at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.

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Iran fires ‘more than a dozen missiles’ at coalition forces in Iraq

08/01/202008/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2198 Views 0 Comments Operation Okra, Task Group Taji

The Pentagonsays that at 1.30am local on 7 January, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq.

Corporal Luke Jackson from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment assembles an Australian Army mobile water filtration system at the Kingscote town jetty on Kangaroo Island. The mobile plant will turn sea water into drinking water for residents of the island. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Op Bushfire Assist boss issues guidance to his troops

08/01/202008/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3383 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Commander of Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 Major General Jake Ellwood has issued a Facebook video (and, presumably, also a ‘normal-means’

Reservists from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, load vehicles onto the Kangaroo Island ferry at Cape Jervis, South Australia, during Op Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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More Army resources roll out for bushfire support

07/01/202007/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2682 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The Australian Army continues to roll out more and more personnel – reserves and regulars – and equipment in support

The flight deck glows orange from bushfire smoke as the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules attempts to land at Merimbula airfield to deploy fire and rescue crews to assist fighting the bushfires. Photo by Sergeant Christopher Dickson.

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RAAF Op Bushfire Assist update 7 January

07/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2478 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The Royal Australian Air Force issued the following update on its Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20 operations this morning… ➡️ No.

An AQS-24B minehunter being deployed from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel. Northrop Grumman photo.

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Northrop Grumman tests sonar on unmanned mine hunter

07/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2208 Views 0 Comments

Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine-hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation deploy-and-retrieval (D&R) payload from a mine countermeasures