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Operation PNG Assist

Warrant Officer Class Two Grayson Poon is deployed to Papua New Guinea as part of Operation PNG Assist. Story and photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF People 

Deployment to PNG a homecoming for soldier

17/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2182 Views 0 Comments Operation PNG Assist, PNGDF

After deploying on back-to-back international operations to Afghanistan and Iraq, Warrant Officer Class Two Grayson Poon is now on deployment

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Flight Lieutenant Tracy Zordan at Murray Barracks in Port Moresby, where she has worked as a nurse on Operation Papua New Guinea Assist. Story and photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF People 

Nurse not afraid of a challenge

13/05/202220/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1634 Views 0 Comments Operation PNG Assist, RAAF Reserve

After saving lives in some of the poorest and most dangerous places on Earth in her civilian job, Flight Lieutenant

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Army officer Major Mark Vele supported Operation COVID-19 Assist for almost 18 months in 2020-21. Story by Captain Jessica O’Reilly.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Personal tragedy motivates deployment

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1560 Views 0 Comments Army Reserve, COVID-19 Assist, Operation PNG Assist, PNGDF

For Major Mark Vele, the opportunity to lead a contingent in his native Papua New Guinea just made sense. CAPTION: Army

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