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An MRH-90 maritime support helicopter on HMAS Canberra. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.

New round of Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants announced

15/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2967 Views 0 Comments

The government today award $2.4million in Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Grants to local businesses looking to boost their capability.

Soldiers from 6RAR are briefed by Scott Seymour from the ACT Environmental Services Agency before laying sediment traps in water-flow lines of the Corin Dam catchment in Namadgi National Park during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

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Setting traps for new enemy – rainwater contaminants

19/02/202019/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2981 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Following an urgent request from the ACT emergency services, Alpha Company, 6RAR, deployed to the Namadgi National Park to help protect Corin Dam waterways.

Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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Wasp uses waterbomber downtime to help plan next attacks

14/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3010 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Bombardier Jarrod Logan launches a Wasp AE unmanned aircraft from a paddock 20km south of Canberra to survey blazing scrub in the Orroral Valley.

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Army helicopter started new fire bearing down on Canberra

28/01/202030/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3062 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

An MRH-90 helicopter delivering firefighters to the Namadgi National Park west of Canberra accidentally started a new ‘Emergency Warning’ level bushfire.

Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid trucks loaded with fodder heading for Bonang in the north of Gippsland on Australia Day in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 27 January UPDATE

28/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2934 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Update on ADF efforts in assisting state authorities to reopen roads, restore essential services and deliver emergency supplies to fire-affected communities

Sergeant Ian MacGregor refuels a Chinook helicopter at at RAAF Base East Sale in preparation for a mission during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

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Experience ensures quick pitstops for choppers

24/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2401 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

‘Hot refuelling’ is a critical skill that quick turnarounds for cargo and passenger movements into and out of bushfire-affected areas is kept efficient.

Australian Army engineers were swiftly redeployed 100km north from Cooma to Canberra in response to the Canberra fires on January 23rd. following a call from the ACT’s Emergency Services Agency. A bulldozer, excavator and grader were quickly loaded onto trucks and sent forward to the emergency zone. in this photo, Sapper Mathias Beddie, from the 2nd Combat Engineer Task Group – NSW, pulls-down piles of burning mulch so that bulldozers and graders can spread it for firefighters to douse with water. The piles are too dense to extinguish without first being spread and would otherwise smoulder for weeks and remain a fire hazard. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 23 January UPDATE

24/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2366 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Nearly 6400 ADF personnel are supporting Operation Bushfire Assist – approximately 3000 Reserves and 3400 full-time, plus more than 350 foreign troops.

An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, conducts a route reconnaissance near Swifts Creek, Victoria, in support of Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 22 January UPDATE

23/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2234 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 9am 23 January 2020 CAPTION: An Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment,

Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege to be given the opportunity to assist, especially as Australia is usually responding to our disasters. I’m honoured to come over here and return the favour”.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 20 January UPDATE

21/01/202021/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2155 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 8am 21 January 2020 CAPTION: Major Francis Fabilia, a Deputy Supply Officer from Port Moresby, says, “It’s a privilege

Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct map reconnaissance with Deputy Incident Controller Emma Conway and Commander Mitch Simmons from the Country Fire Authority, to assess fire damage in Omeo, during Operation Bushfire Assist. Photo by Private Madhur Chitnis.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 19 January UPDATE

20/01/202007/02/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2269 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated 9am 20 January 2020 CAPTION: Lieutenant Matilda Connell and Corporal Trent Jones from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct

Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW, for delivery to fire-affected farms. Photo by Sergeant Brett Sherriff.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 18 January UPDATE

19/01/202019/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4225 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Updated at 9.30am 19 January 2020 CAPTION: Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles load up with fodder near Cooma, NSW,

Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 17 January UPDATE

18/01/202018/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2401 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

Australian Army soldiers from 16 Regiment Emergency Support Force assist in flushing a contaminated water tank near Lobethal, South Australia.

A graphic evidence of how close the bushfires came to HMAS Albatross on New Year's Day, even as military and civilian aircraft continued bushfire-support operations from the base.

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Bushfire threat to Albatross much worse than earlier report

17/01/202024/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4373 Views 1 Comment Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

For those at HMAS Albatross on NYE, the irony of launching helicopters to assist elsewhere while the base came under serious fire threat wasn’t lost.

Private Richard Crisp from the Australian Army's 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment conducts morning checks and prepares to refuel a NSW Bush Fire Service vehicle near Tumut, NSW. Photo by Lance Corporal Brodie Cross.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 16 January UPDATE

17/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3008 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

More than 6500 full-time and reserve ADF are now providing direct support across fire-affected regions of Australia in support of Operation Bushfire Assist.

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.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 15 January UPDATE

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

A bulldozer is landed at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay, from HMAS Adelaide.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 14 January UPDATE

15/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2867 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

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.

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Op Bushfire Assist – 13 January UPDATE

13/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2510 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.