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British Armed Forces

New Zealand Defence Force teams training Ukrainian recruits to defend their nation. Story by Lieutenant Commander John Thompson.
Australian Army New Zealand News 

Aussie Chief of Army views Ukrainian training

18/11/202220/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1369 Views 9 Comments British Armed Forces, Chief of Army, New Zealand Army, Ukraine

Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart has praised the commitment and courage of Ukrainian army recruits during a visit

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Australian Army Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, right, works alongside Papua New Guinea Defence Force and British Army soldiers on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
ADF People 

Sapper returns to her Pacific roots

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 626 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Exercise Puk Puk is a homecoming for Australian Army combat engineer Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, who grew up in Papua New

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Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lieutenant Desmond Reuben on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Familiar faces come together in PNG

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 813 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

The strong relationships between the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) and Australian Army have been evident during Exercise Puk

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British Army Lieutenant Hannah Garside on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
ADF People Videos 

A healthy change for former physiologist

05/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 362 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A career change from the health field to the Army has taken Lieutenant Hannah Garside from the UK to a

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British Army Staff Sergeant Kalivati Bakani on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by British Army Staff Sergeant Kalivati Bakani on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Sergeant Nunu Campos. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
Australian Army News UK 

PNG deployment feels like home for Pom

30/09/202202/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 914 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A British Army staff sergeant is putting his Fijian background to good use building relationships on Exercise Puk Puk in

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Lieutenant Jacob McLean on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
ADF People 

Engineer embraces his change of career path

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 585 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A decision to leave a civilian university degree and walk through the front door of Defence Force Recruitment (DFR) has

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British Army Lance Corporal Shane Bundy, left, PNGDF Lance Corporal Clement Nibabe, kneeling, and Australian Army Sapper Anthony Toigo, paint the guardhouse walls during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
Australian Army News Pacific UK 

Renovations a combined effort

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 441 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

The guardhouse at the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Goldie River Training Depot near Port Moresby is being renovated

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Sapper Cameron Turner, right, from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment, checks the level of a frame on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
ADF People 

Sapper living his dream

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 517 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Sapper Cameron Turner, from Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter region, is fulfilling his dream of leading a construction activity overseas

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Captain Lara Perkovic on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
ADF People 

Following in Dad’s footsteps

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 893 Views 0 Comments 25th Support Squadron, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A desire to follow in her father’s footsteps of civil engineering and see the world has taken Captain Lara Perkovic,

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Australian Army, British Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force sappers work together at a construction site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.
Australian Army News Pacific UK 

Sappers build ties in PNG

20/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 927 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The strong ties that link the armed forces of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom are being strengthened

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The Band of the Grenadier Guards lead an Armed Forces Day Parade through Guildford on Armed Forces Day 2015.
News Overseas Veterans 

Seventh annual Armed Forces Day

27/06/201521/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2705 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces Day, British Armed Forces

Thousands of people across the UK celebrated the men and women of the Armed Forces, past and present, at more than

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