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A New Zealand Defence Force soldier returning home after a six-month deployment in Iraq hugs his two sons upon arrival at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea this afternoon. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Eighth rotation of Kiwis home from Taji

23/05/201901/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2556 Views 0 Comments

About 90 New Zealand Defence Force soldiers returned home this afternoon after a six-month deployment in Iraq. CAPTION: A New

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HMA Ships Canberra and Newcastle sail in company during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. Photo by Leading Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
ADF Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Task Force visits Indonesia

20/05/201920/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2595 Views 0 Comments

The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 Joint Task Force has begun its engagement program in Indonesia during the final port visits before

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The future Royal New Zealand Navy dive and hydrographic vessel at Devonport Naval Base. Photo by Mike Millett, AirflowNZ.
New Zealand News Overseas Science & Technology Videos 

New Zealand’s new dive tender delivered

19/05/201931/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5188 Views 0 Comments

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s future dive and hydrographic vessel arrived at Devonport Naval Base Auckland this week. CAPTION: The

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Leading Seaman Christy-Lee Doyle guides an MRH-60R Helicopter onto the flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba during unit readiness training. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Byrne.
Australian News Overseas Rest of World Royal Australian Navy 

First Australian, French, Japanese and US maritime ex

18/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3904 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Naval vessels from Australia, France, Japan and the United States are set to commence the first iteration of the French-led

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Australian Army soldiers from 1RAR fire an 84mm Carl-Gustaf weapon at High Range Training Area near Townsville. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Science & Technology 

NIOA starts 84mm production at Benalla

15/05/201915/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3551 Views 0 Comments

NIOA announced today that it has commenced operations at the Commonwealth-owned munitions facility at Benalla. FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from 1RAR

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Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Ballarat destroys another 2.6 tonne of drugs

13/05/201917/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3435 Views 0 Comments

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has intercepted another 2.6 tonnes of illicit drugs while conducting a patrol in international

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ADF Asia Australian News Overseas 

Australia deploying armistice observers to Korean border

13/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2942 Views 0 Comments

Following a request from the United Nations Command, the Australian Defence Force has deployed a small number of military personnel

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Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, killed in training, 8 May 2019.
New Zealand News Overseas 

Exercise that saw death of NZSAS soldier resumes

13/05/201913/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6215 Views 0 Comments

The counter-terrorism exercise between New Zealand Special Operations Forces and United States forces, which was suspended on Thursday following the

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Boilermaker Kane Ramsay and Document Editor Lauren Pitman prepare to assist Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan to lay a traditional coin under the keel of the future HMAS Arafura. Photo supplied by ASC.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Official keel-laying ceremony for first Arafura class

10/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3587 Views 0 Comments

The first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel reached a significant milestone today with a ceremonial keel laying ceremony at the Osborne

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An Australian Army M1 Abrams tank fires its 120mm gun during a combined-arms live-fire activity as part of Exercise Chong Ju 2019 at Puckapunyal Military Training Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Kyle Genner.
Australian Australian Army News Videos 

Army demos firepower at Chong Ju 2019

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4272 Views 1 Comment

A fighting force of tanks, helicopters, armoured reconnaissance vehicles and infantry soldiers showcased Australian Army’s combined-arms capabilities during a live-fire

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US Navy tests 5-inch Excalibur N5. Raytheon photo.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA Videos 

US Navy tests 5-inch Excalibur precision

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3698 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon and the US Navy completed a new round of successful Excalibur N5 munition test firings in the US this week

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Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, killed in training, 8 May 2019.
New Zealand News Overseas 

LCpl Nicholas Kahotea named as NZSAS soldier killed in training

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6232 Views 0 Comments

The soldier who died in a training accident in Auckland last night has been named as Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea,

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New Zealand News Overseas 

NZ SAS trooper killed in training accident

09/05/201909/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3708 Views 0 Comments

A member of the New Zealand SAS has died following a training accident in Auckland last night. The trooper was

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New Zealand Army Vietnam Veterans in front of NZ7002 – the same Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules that flew them to the Vietnam War on 8 May 1969. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News Overseas Veterans 

NZ Vietnam Vets fly same Herc that took them to war, to 50th reunion

07/05/201907/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3454 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Army veterans took a trip down memory lane today when they flew to Christchurch on the same Royal

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HMA Ships Newcastle and Canberra underway during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. (cropped) Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.
Asia Australian News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie ships visit Vietnam

07/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3696 Views 0 Comments

The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE19) Joint Task Force is continuing its international engagement activities with the arrival of two ships

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A sailor on HMAS Gascoyne throws a line to a Funafuti wharf worker as the ship pulls alongside in Tuvalu during a south-west-Pacific-engagement tour. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.
Australian Australian Army News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Gascoyne farewells south-Pacific hosts after month of hospitality

07/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2060 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Gascoyne has farewelled Tonga and Tuvalu following a month-long deployment to the Southwest Pacific region. CAPTION: A sailor on

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Raytheon’s troposcatter system transmitting during U.S. Army field testing. The system works by scattering signals in the troposphere to overcome the limits of terrain and the potential loss of satellite availability. Raytheon image.
News Overseas Science & Technology USA 

US Army’s $billion$ ‘Wi-Fi from the sky’

06/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2522 Views 0 Comments

Raytheon will deliver new troposcatter communication systems to the US Army as part of a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth up

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One of the first two Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning Joint Strike Fighters flies overhead RAAF Base Williamtown on delivery day. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

F-35s begin ground-attack training at Salt Ash

06/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4060 Views 0 Comments

No. 3 Squadron from RAAF Base Williamtown will conduct the first training for F-35A Joint Strike Fighter over the Salt Ash

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Corporal Quintus Rama was farewelled by members of the Tiger Battalion with a small military ceremony on 2 May 2019, attended by the CO, RSM and other members of 5RAR.
Australian Australian Army News 

Tiger Battalion mascot dies

03/05/201905/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8804 Views 0 Comments

Corporal Quintus Rama – a Bengal Tiger and the mascot of ‘The Tiger Battalion”, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment –

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A New Zealand soldier bound for Operation Manawa 9 says good bye at RNZAF Base Ohakea Air Movements terminal. NZDF photo.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

9th rotation of Kiwis leave for TG Taji

03/05/201903/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2862 Views 0 Comments

The ninth rotation of about 70 New Zealand Defence Force troops left today for a training mission in Iraq. CAPTION:

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