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A RAAF C-17 Globemaster III flies in a 2-ship formation with a US Air Force C-17 over Papua New Guinea. Story by By Flight Lieutenant Tanya Carter. Photo by Staff Sergeant Alan Ricker.

Skilled aviators master tricky terrain

25/11/202229/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1406 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Global Dexterity, No. 36 Squadron, Papua New Guinea, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Scherger, United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)

Flying in the valleys of Papua New Guinea has provided a unique challenge for American and Australian aviators during Exercise

A member from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force participates in a combined activity with members of the other forces at the live-fire range in Sydney before embarking on Exercise Kokoda Wantok. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

Australian Army History News

Kokoda trek a sober reminder

23/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 782 Views 1 Comment Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Don’t be fooled by the breathtaking jungle beauty. The famed 100km Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is no

Papua New Guinea Defence Force Sapper Lawrence Turalom on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News

Career fuels sapper’s dream

19/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 492 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Ask Sapper Lawrence Turalom what he wants to achieve from his career in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF)

Australian Army Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, right, works alongside Papua New Guinea Defence Force and British Army soldiers on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Sapper returns to her Pacific roots

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 622 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Exercise Puk Puk is a homecoming for Australian Army combat engineer Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, who grew up in Papua New

Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lieutenant Desmond Reuben on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News Pacific

Familiar faces come together in PNG

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 804 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

The strong relationships between the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) and Australian Army have been evident during Exercise Puk

British Army Lieutenant Hannah Garside on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People Videos

A healthy change for former physiologist

05/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 355 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A career change from the health field to the Army has taken Lieutenant Hannah Garside from the UK to a

British Army Staff Sergeant Kalivati Bakani on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by British Army Staff Sergeant Kalivati Bakani on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Sergeant Nunu Campos. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News UK

PNG deployment feels like home for Pom

30/09/202202/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 903 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A British Army staff sergeant is putting his Fijian background to good use building relationships on Exercise Puk Puk in

Lieutenant Jacob McLean on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Engineer embraces his change of career path

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 577 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A decision to leave a civilian university degree and walk through the front door of Defence Force Recruitment (DFR) has

British Army Lance Corporal Shane Bundy, left, PNGDF Lance Corporal Clement Nibabe, kneeling, and Australian Army Sapper Anthony Toigo, paint the guardhouse walls during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News Pacific UK

Renovations a combined effort

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 440 Views 0 Comments British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

The guardhouse at the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Goldie River Training Depot near Port Moresby is being renovated

Sapper Cameron Turner, right, from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment, checks the level of a frame on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Sapper living his dream

30/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 507 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Sapper Cameron Turner, from Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter region, is fulfilling his dream of leading a construction activity overseas

Captain Lara Perkovic on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Following in Dad’s footsteps

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 886 Views 0 Comments 25th Support Squadron, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A desire to follow in her father’s footsteps of civil engineering and see the world has taken Captain Lara Perkovic,

Army nursing officer Lieutenant Lorraine Cheesewright pays her respects at the grave of her great uncle, Corporal Frederick Cheesewright at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Videos

Keeping Kokoda memory alive

27/09/202230/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 522 Views 0 Comments 16th Battalion RWAR, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Corporal Frederick Cheesewright’s new stripes were barely sewn to his uniform when a sniper’s bullet abruptly ended his life on

Major Scott Atkinson on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo bySergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Country town background good prep for Army role

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 618 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Growing up in the small country town of Wingham, on the NSW mid north coast, Major Scott Atkinson could not have

Distressed vessel Ogoi Ratz, left, made ready for towing by civilian merchant vessel Uni Sunshine after being located by RAAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo from RAAF No. 11 Squadron.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Poseidon assists in search and rescue

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 863 Views 0 Comments AMSA, P-8A Poseidon, Papua New Guinea, RAAF Edinburgh

“Thank you very much for your assistance. I will now be able to spend Independence [Day] with my family and

Lieutenant Colonel Leigh Partridge, commanding officer of the 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment, lays a wreath during a dawn service commemorating 80 years since the start of the Battle of Brigade Hill, along the Kokoda Track, in Papua New Guinea. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Australian Army Lest We Forget News Videos

Remembering Kokoda

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1211 Views 1 Comment 16th Battalion RWAR, 39th Operational Support Battalion, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea, WWII

Several events have been organised to mark the 80th year since the Kokoda Track Campaign in Papua New Guinea during

Australian Army, British Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force sappers work together at a construction site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News Pacific UK

Sappers build ties in PNG

20/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 921 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The strong ties that link the armed forces of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom are being strengthened

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission personnel begin sorting and loading ballot papers for PNG's 2022 election, at the Air Transport Wing – Port Moresby. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

ADF Australian News Pacific Videos

ADF assistance for PNG elections concludes

16/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 815 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australia’s operation to support Papua New Guinea’s 2022 national election has now concluded. FILE PHOTO (June 2022): Australian Defence Force

Chaplain Stuart Asquith (centre) and ADF members on Operation Kimba join Parish Priest Father Philip Jiregari and parishioners at a Sunday service at Saint Martin's Anglican Church, East Boroko Papua New Guinea. Story and photo by Major Martin Hadley.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

PNG friendships enhanced through faith

01/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 512 Views 0 Comments Operation Kimba, Papua New Guinea

Church officials and members of the congregation of St Martin’s Anglican Church provided a warm welcome to visiting Australian Defence

Operation Kimba Contingent Commander Wing Commander Michael Rouhan, right, speaks with Superintendent Steven Francis from the Royal PNG Constabulary at the Air Movements Wing – Port Moresby. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force

Spartan takes off for PNG election support

17/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 861 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, Operation Kimba, Papua New Guinea

A RAAF C-27J Spartan flight carrying 20 personnel from the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) marked the beginning of air

Australian Army officer Captain Jyra Blake-Waller, left, and PNGDF officer Captain Charles Namuesh, right, deliver a solar-powered vaccination fridge to Mumeng Health Centre, Morobe Province, PNG. Photo by Captain Nathanael Kennedy.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Working with PNG on COVID response

15/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1062 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Australian Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force personnel are working closely together to assist Papua New Guinea with

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