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COVID-19 scam targeting DVA clients

23/04/202023/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 751 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

There’s a scam being sent to DVA clients and others purporting to be from DVA and COVID-19 support payments – DO NOT FALL FOR IT.

Captain Tom finishes the 100 laps of his garden he initially set out to achieve, but vowed to walk on as long as people kept donating. Photo by by Emma Sohl – Capture The Light Photography.

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‘Bowie’ tribute to Captain Tom as he passes $50million

23/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1212 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A Scottish pantomime singer has recorded a tribute to Captain Tom Moore – the 99-year-old British walk-a-thon fundraiser.

Axiom Managing Director Jim Grose and Ben Barona from Defence Science and Technology Group examine an injection moulding die used to manufacture face-mask components. ADF photo.

Australian News Science & Technology

Defence-designed face shields now in mass production

22/04/202022/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1418 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence has joined forces with a family-owned South Australian company to rapidly produce face shields for frontline healthcare workers.

US Marines with Marine Rotation Force - Darwin load a Humvee at East Wharf Port Darwin. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Natalie Greenwood.

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MRF-D resupplies arrive despite COVID-19 deferral

22/04/202002/05/2020 Brian Hartigan 1519 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Despite Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 2020 being cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, long-lead-time logistics are going ahead.

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Uniforms reinforce Tassie COVID-19 call centre

21/04/202021/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 850 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Tasmania’s government opened a new call centre near Hobart on 17 April to increase the capacity of the Public Health Hotline during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Defence adds six COVID-19 cases to its dodgy map

21/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 494 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence says it’s managing 34 COVID cases in the locations illustrated on the map – including one new case in Perth and five removed on Friday reinstated.

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Australian Cyber Security Centre targeting COVID-19 scammers

21/04/202021/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 653 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Australian Cyber Security Centre is increasing its fight against malicious cyber activity protect the Australian health sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft are transporting vital emergency supplies to Fiji and Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Harold. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Pacific

NZ Hercules distributes aid and repatriates Kiwis after Pacific cyclone

18/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 593 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules are busy around the South Pacific in the wake of Cyclone Harold – distributing aid and repariating Kiwis.

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Defence plays sillybuggers with COVID-19 stats

17/04/202018/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1754 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Defence officially update today that it is currently managing 33 cases of COVID-19 in the locations illustrated above – while the map only adds up to 28.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment form an honour guard for Captain Tom Moore as he races towards what was supposed to be the finish line in an epic fundraising effort. Photo by Frances Haycock, UK MoD.

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Captain Tom Moore races past charity goals

17/04/202017/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1537 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

WWII vet Captain Tom Moore, walking to raise funds for the British National Health Service, is more than 17,000,000% past his initial fundraising goal.

A member of the New Zealand Defence Force at the militarised border between North and South Korea. NZDF photo.

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NZDF postpones o/s troop rotations – deployed pers left in place

16/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 839 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The New Zealand Defence Force has postponed routine rotations of personnel on international missions because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Private Connor Place-Diamond from 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment, assists Western Australian Police Officer First Class Constable Linda Taurima to conduct a traffic stop on Indian Ocean Drive in Wilbinga as part of the Defence Assistance to the Civil Community support for COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

Australian News Science & Technology

Defence leading new COVID-19 rapid-response group

16/04/202016/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 799 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A new Defence-led rapid response group will help increase domestic stocks of invasive ventilators, as part of Australia’s response to COVID-19.

Australian Defence Force medical and scientific personnel from the Army, Air Force and Navy boarded a C-130J Hercules aircraft at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Queensland, travelling to assist with a recent COVID-19 outbreak at North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania. Photo by Trooper Jonathan Goedhart.

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On-line training for COVID-19 deployments

16/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1546 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The Australian Defence Force has rolled out an online training package to support Defence personnel who may be deployed as part of Op COVID-19 Assist.

Australian Defence Force medical and scientific personnel from the Army, Air Force and Navy board a C-130J Hercules at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, travelling to assist with a recent COVID-19 outbreak at North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania. Photo by Trooper Jonathan Goedhart.

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ADF medical pers to help run Tassie hospital closed by COVID-19

14/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 1123 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF has deployed medical personnel to Tasmania after two hospitals were closed because of a COVID-19 outbreak among hospital staff.

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Too good to last – two new ADF cases added

14/04/202014/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 540 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

“Defence is currently managing 32 confirmed cases of COVID-19,” Defence reported today – adding two new cases, six days after its last reported case.

Australian News Veterans

Free weekly tinnitus forum launching soon

14/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 823 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

During these times when we can’t go out for ‘minor’ things, Tinnitus Treatment is launching a free weekly forum to answer veterans’ tinnitus questions.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill transit the Philippine Sea in February. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch.

News Overseas Pacific USA

Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of COVID-19

14/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 763 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt died of ‘COVID-related complications’ on Sunday in the intensive-care unit of US Naval Hospital Guam on 13 Feb.

New Zealand Defence Force personnel onboard a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules on their way home after more than five months deployment in Iraq followed by two weeks in isolation to meet COVID-19 requirements. The Hercules dropped members off in Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and at RNZAF Base Ohakea in Manawatū before returning to RNZAF Base Auckland later today. NZDF photo.

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NZDF Taji crew home after COVID-19 isolation

11/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 594 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Taji

A group of NZDF personnel who returned recently from Iraq have finished their two-week COVID-19 isolation and are now on their way home to their families.