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Manitou

Photo courtesy HMAS Melbourne
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Melbourne returns from eighth MEAO tour

28/02/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3157 Views 0 Comments HMAS Melbourne, Manitou

Royal Australian Navy frigate, HMAS Melbourne was welcomed back to her homeport of Sydney today after 203 days away from home, on operations in

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HMAS Melbourne personnel dispose of 65kg illegal narcotics (heroin) seized from a dhow in the northern Indian Ocean. Photo by Able Seaman Bonnie Gassner
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HMAS Melbourne nabs another 65kg of heroin

04/02/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3121 Views 0 Comments CMF, heroin, HMAS Melbourne, Manitou, Middle East

HMAS Melbourne has completed a fifth successful drug seizure, nabbing another 65kg of heroin on a dhow in the Indian Ocean. Hidden in a concealed compartment

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RAAF Aircraft Armament Technicians prepare GBU-54 and GBU-38 bombs for use by the Australian Air Task Group. Photo by Corporal Ben Dempster
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Media reports Australia said ‘no’ to US off mark

14/01/201622/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4638 Views 0 Comments ATG, Manitou, Okra, SOTG

Mainstream media is reporting today that Australia said ‘no’ when the USA asked for increased input in the war on

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Aussies adopt radical disguises to protect ID on ops

07/01/201610/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3626 Views 0 Comments Accordion, Afghanistan, Highroad, Iraq, Manitou, Okra

Australians serving overseas are adopting radical but effective disguises to protect their identities while on operations, especially when bastard photographers

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Family tears as Darwin heads east

30/12/201530/12/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4453 Views 0 Comments HMAS Darwin, Manitou

Some tears were shed in Sydney today as HMAS Darwin departed for a tour of duty in the Middle East. HMAS Darwin

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HMAS Melbourne Ship's Company load onboard an illegal cargo of narcotics. HMAS Melbourne intercepted the fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean and a subsequent search of the vessel revealed over 118 kilograms of high-grade heroin valued at AUD$108.8 million. Photo by Able Seaman Bonny Gassner
Australian News Operations 

‘White Christmas’ as Melbourne takes 118kg of heroin out of circulation

29/12/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3570 Views 0 Comments heroin, HMAS Melbourne, Manitou

HMAS Melbourne had a ‘white Christmas’ of sorts after landing 118kg of heroin from a fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean on

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Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Avionics Warwick Douglas, surrounded by his ship mates, displays a banner proposing to his partner who is waiting on the wharf as HMAS Newcastle returns home from a successful rotation in the Middle East. SHE SAID YES! Photo by Able Seaman Tom Gibson
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

SHE SAID YES!

27/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3585 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, Manitou

It was a personal, emotional and human story today as HMAS Newcastle returned triumphantly to Garden Island, Sydney, after a six-month Operation

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Appearing tiny against the backdrop of a freighter, crew members including the Medical Officer from HMAS Melbourne draw alongside the merchant vessel City of Beijing in Melbourne's sea boat.
Australian News Operations 

Melbourne aids ill seaman

21/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3468 Views 0 Comments HMAS Melbourne, Manitou

HMAS Melbourne aided a critically-ill merchant seaman in the southern Arabian Sea on Sunday. Melbourne, deployed on Operation Manitou in the Middle East, responded

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