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A Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle bound for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces is loaded onto HMAS Choules in Brisbane, Queensland. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

Choules in Pacific – delivers Bushmasters to Fiji

30/06/202421/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3104 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster, Fiji, HMAS Choules, Tonga

HMAS Choules has delivered 14 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Fiji as part of a month-long deployment in the South

From left, Commanding Officer HMAS Stuart Commander Richard Raymond, Sapper Sean Egan-Richards, Seaman Thomas Brum and Australian Defence Adviser to Fiji Army Colonel Henry Stimson cut the 123rd birthday for cakes for Navy and Army on board HMAS Stuart while at anchor in Suva, Fiji. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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Army and Navy celebrate birthdays in Fiji

13/03/202413/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2277 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMAS Stuart

Navy and Army celebrated their 123rd year on March 1 in Fiji aboard HMAS Stuart. CAPTION: From left, Commanding Officer HMAS

Participants of the ADF Sport’s training program for sport officials in Fiji for AFL, netball, rugby league and touch football. Story by Emily Egan. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Chris Moon.

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Strengthening bonds in the Pacific through sport

23/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1327 Views 0 Comments Fiji

Members of Australian Defence Force Sport are delivering a sports officials program in Suva, Fiji, as a sign of the

Australian Corporal Louis Carbery, an infantry soldier with 8/9RAR, discusses how his army clears hallways and intersections at Blackrock Training Camp, Fiji, during Exercise Cartwheel. Story and photo by US Army Sergeant Brian D. Jones, 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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Australia and Fiji sign Status of Forces Agreement

20/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2764 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Status of Forces Agreement

Fiji’s Minister for Defence, National Security, and Policing and Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management

New Zealand and Fijian soldiers fire an 81mm mortar during Exercise Cartwheel. NZDF photo by Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn.

New Zealand News Pacific

NZDF and RFMF infantry train together in Fiji

22/09/202222/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2384 Views 0 Comments Fiji

For the first time in more than 27 years, the New Zealand Army has undertaken 81mm mortar demonstrations as part

Teachers and students of Lekutu Secondary School during the official handover ceremony to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction project in Vanua Levu, Fiji on July 21. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

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Rebuilding schools for Fijian leaders of tomorrow

26/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2509 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Fiji, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Tropical Cyclone Ana, Tropical Cyclone Yasa

In a rural Fijian town well off the tourist map, hundreds of school children were dancing, singing and celebrating the

Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief stores ready to be loaded on to a No. 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster bound for Fiji from RAAF Base Amberley.

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Essential supplies delivered to Fiji

06/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1701 Views 0 Comments Blackrock, C-17A Globemaster III, Fiji, No. 36 Squadron

The Australian Defence Force has worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver almost 100 pallets of

Sergeant Cameron Scales delivers a physical training lesson for members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces during Exercise Coral Warrior 2021 in Fiji. Story by Captain Dan Mazurek. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

Australian Army News Pacific

Sharing knowledge in Fiji

10/11/202116/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2498 Views 0 Comments Coral Warrior 21, Fiji

There’s a flurry of red shorts, pink dust and the sound of clicking camera shutters in Fiji as Australian Army

HMNZS Hawea approaches a fishing vessel while on fisheries and customs patrols off Fiji. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Pacific

NZ Navy’s Fijian maritime patrols end

03/11/201703/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3804 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMNZS Hawea, maritime patrols, NZDF

Combined maritime patrols between New Zealand and Fiji involving HMNZS Hawea have ended on a high note, with about 550

Fijian Fisheries Officer Waisea Aka speaks to a local fisherman during a HMNZS Hawea-assisted fisheries and customs patrol in Fiji. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Pacific

HMNZS Hawea finds 45 infringements on Fiji patrol

19/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3389 Views 0 Comments Fiji, fisheries patrol, HMNZS Hawea, HMNZS Otago, Royal New Zealand Navy

Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Hawea boarded about 250 vessels and detected 45 infringements since arriving in

Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a Bushmaster. Photo by Corporal Bernard Pearson.

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Fiji buys Aussie Bushmasters for peacekeeping

09/02/201716/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9357 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Fiji

Ten refurbished Australian Bushmasters have been sold to Fiji for peacekeeping duties. CAPTION: Australian soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan aboard a

Students from the Rakiraki Muslim Primary School cheer as an Australian Army Taipan MRH-90 helicopter takes off for another mission during Operation Fiji Assist. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn

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Aussie soldiers leave Fiji after cyclone cleanup

16/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4579 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Tropical Cyclone Winston

Fijian dignitaries and troops have formally farewelled Australian Defence Force personnel who have provided humanitarian support and undertaken disaster relief