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An Australian Army ARH Tiger helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in Micronesia. The SOS message of the stricken sailors can be seen on the beach. ADF photo.

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HMAS Canberra finds fishermen lost at sea

03/08/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6071 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets assisted in locating three fishermen who had been missing for nearly three days in Micronesia last week.

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Australian Defence Vessel Cape Fourcroy alongside HMAS Coonawarra. Photo by Leading Seaman James Whittle.

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Government orders six new Cape-class for Navy

01/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5204 Views 3 Comments Cape-class

The government today announced it would spend around $350 million to build six new Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy.

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Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRPC) staff board an Australian landing craft Lombrum Naval Base, Manus Island. Photo by Sergeant W Guthrie.

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Australia to upgrade PNG navy base on Manus Island

25/09/201825/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5649 Views 2 Comments Manus Island

Australia will invest millions of dollars in upgrading wharf facilities on Manus Island ahead of the gifting of new patrol

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A RAAF P-8A Poseidon supports sea trials for NUSHIP (now HMAS) Hobart in the Gulf St Vincent off the coast of Adelaide. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

ADF Australian News

Federal Budget 2018 – Defence ministers’ views

08/05/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3341 Views 0 Comments Budget 2018

The Turnbull Government’s first priority is the safety and security of Australia and its people. The 2018–19 Budget will

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HMNZS Hawea takes up station alongside HMAS Wollongong as the two ships practice Officer of the Watch manoeuvres off Fiji. Photo by Able Seaman Neil James.

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ANZNCs visit Fiji

01/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4598 Views 0 Comments HMAS Wollongong, HMNZS Hawea, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Australian and New Zealand Navy contingents visited Fiji recently on separate missions, but took time to join up for mutual

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An Aussie and three US F-35A Lightning IIs on a training sortie near Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Lockheed Martin photo

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BUDGET 2017 – Defence share

09/05/201709/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4676 Views 0 Comments Defence Budget

SENATOR THE HON MARISE PAYNE Minister for Defence THE HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP Minister for Defence Industry Budget 2017–18

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Flight test trials of a RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport refuelling a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III during the first air-to-air refuel near Brisbane Queensland. Photo by Sergeant Rodney Welch

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BUDGET 2016-17 – DEFENCE and VET AFFAIRS OVERVIEW

03/05/201603/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4513 Views 1 Comment Defence Budget

The 2016 Defence Budget delivers on the Turnbull Government’s commitment to ensuring Australia’s long-term security and economic prosperity. It provides the funding

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Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

$40billion shipbuilding program planned

24/04/201624/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4945 Views 0 Comments F100, FREMM Frigate, Type 26 Frigate

On 18 April Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Defence Minister Marise Payne and Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett firmed

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ADV Reliant delivers one of three boats to be given to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force during a port visit to Honiara, Solomon Islands. Story by Captain Lyndon Harvey. Photos by Lieutenant Commander Brenton-James Glover.

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ADF back to Solomons on survey mission

25/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1110 Views 0 Comments 12th Chief Engineer Works (12CEW), Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Littoral Riverine Survey Squadron, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant deployed to Solomon Islands recently for vital survey work, reinforcing Australia’s longstanding commitment to the

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NUSHIP Arafura returns to the Osborne Naval Shipyard after conducting sea trials in August 2024. Image provided by Luerssen Australia.

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First (overdue) Arafura-class OPV finally delivered

31/01/202531/01/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2336 Views 0 Comments Arafura-class

Defence has accepted the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel – NUSHIP Arafura – for further test and evaluation ahead of

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Australian Army officers Captain Will Guelen and Captain Max Cubis, of 12th Chief Engineer Works, oversee the concrete pour for the boat ramp under construction at Lombrum Naval Base, PNG. Story by Major Evita Ryan. Photos by Corporal Joshua Thomas.

Australian Army News Overseas

Aussie sappers and tradies at work on Admiralty Islands

03/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1244 Views 0 Comments 12th Chief Engineer Works (12CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Pacific Maritime Security Program, PNGDF

During World War 2, more than 200 ships could be found at anchor in Seeadler Harbor, Papua New Guinea, a

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Air Force C-27J Spartan aircraft from No. 35 Squadron, takes off from Port Moresby International Airport, Papua New Guinea, during Operation Island Chief 2024. Story by Captain Peter Nugent. Photos by Corporal Emma Schwenke.

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On watch for illegal fishing

12/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1066 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Island Chief, Operation Solania, PNGDF

As the C-27J Spartan soared skyward from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, with fully laden fuel tanks, ahead awaited hours

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Members of ship's company of HMAS Broome prepare to march past during the vessel's decommissioning ceremony at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin. Story by Lieutenant Commander Jonathan White. Photos by Able Seaman Jackson Dowling.

History News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Broome decommissioned

10/09/202419/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1273 Views 0 Comments decommissioning, HMAS Broome, HMAS Coonawarra

After 17 years of proud service, HMAS Broome has decommissioned in Darwin, in front of former commanding officers, crew, families

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Commanding Officer of HMAS Choules Commander Arron Convery salutes HMS Tamar after successful Officer Of the Watch manoeuvres. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Aussies exercise with UK and Japan off Fiji

09/07/202414/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1451 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Regional Presence Deployment, Royal Navy, Tonga

One of the Royal Australian Navy’s largest ships, HMAS Choules, recently participated in training exercises with warships from the United

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Commander French Navy POM Auguste Benebig Jean-Francois Cabaret with HMAS Cairns Commanding Officer Alfonso Santos. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Ken Wilson.

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French OPV visits Cairns

15/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2330 Views 0 Comments French Navy, HMAS Cairns, New Caledonia

A brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian

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Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.

ADF People Royal Australian Navy

Stepping up and talking the talk

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1964 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Sea Training Group

When Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant stepped up to act in a lieutenant commander’s role, she could walk the walk,

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NUSHIP Arafura sailors Leading Seaman Jack Bellingham, Able Seaman Joshua Keys and Leading Seaman Joshua Guy, conduct daily duties on ADV Reliant, during a six week rotation, in July 2023. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photo. by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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NUSHIP Arafura shipmates Reliant on experience

18/08/202325/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2175 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, HMAS Stirling, NUSHIP Arafura, PNGDF

NUSHIP Arafura shipmates experienced a six-week rotation aboard Australia’s Pacific support vessel ADV Reliant to prepare them for their future

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Technical Adviser to the Kiribati Police Service Maritime Unit Chief Petty Officer Lyndon Quirke, right, and Commanding Officer RKS Teanoai II Superintendent Tom Redfern at Tarawa, Kiribati. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.

Advising among the atolls

14/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1621 Views 0 Comments Kiribati, Pacific Maritime Security Program

Chief Petty Officer Lyndon Quirke counts his current posting as one of the most rewarding and challenging roles of his

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His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupouto'a ‘Ulukalala, of Tonga, right, with current student Lieutenant Commander Ametisi Fonokolafi at the Australian Defence College, Canberra. Story and photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Royal visit to Australian Defence College

07/03/202307/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1972 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence College, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, Royal Military College

The last time Lieutenant Commander Ametisi Fonokolafi of His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga rubbed shoulders with royalty, he was commanding

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Two Kiribati fishermen found after a search by crew on aRoyal New Zealand Air Force Orion (photo digitally altered by NZDF). Supplied.

New Zealand News Pacific

Last Orion search mission saves two

17/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1922 Views 0 Comments

A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion crew has successfully located two Kiribati fishermen in what will probably be

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