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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 1725 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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HMAS Perth boatswain’s mates Able Seaman Patrick Kehoe and Seaman Mitchell Milne fire a 12.7mm Browning machine gun while conducting anti-aircraft firing serials. Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.

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Fleet goes all guns blazing

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1291 Views 0 Comments Exercise Kakadu, French Navy, HMAS Perth, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Thai Navy, US Navy

The fleet went ‘all guns blazing’ into the Exercise Kakadu sea phase, with six warships from six nations combining for

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