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Sapper Dean Ridgeway tamps sandbags during a trench construction activity in Townsville. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Sergeant Brodie Cross.

Sappers who dig together, stay together

21/03/202321/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 102 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, PNGDF

Sappers from 3 Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER) and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) have been working together to do

Australian Army officer Major Lachlan McAuliffe, with Papua New Guinea Defence Force officer Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News Pacific

PNG officer reunited with Australian soldiers

17/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 653 Views 0 Comments PNGDF, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Second Lieutenant Alvirah Bunemiga, of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF), has been reunited with Australian Army soldiers deployed

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 490 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 617 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 798 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 352 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 900 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 576 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 436 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 504 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 884 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,

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 616 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

Lieutenant's Fraser Campbell, left, and William Samios on the flight line at Air Transport Wing, during Operation Kimba, Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photo by Sergeant Kirk Peacock.

ADF People

Mates reunite in Papua New Guinea

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 480 Views 0 Comments 7th Signal Regiment, Operation Kimba, PNGDF, Royal Australian Corps of Signals, Royal Australian Corps of Transport

The flight line of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Air Transport Wing in Port Moresby is an unlikely

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 810 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

Corporal Blake Smythe and Lance Corporal Carl Tangredi, from 1st Signal Regiment, conduct safety checks before conducting maintenance on the communication equipment at Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island. Story by Captain Jessica O’Reilly. Photo by Lance Corporal George Corchis.

ADF People

Signals training received loud and clear in PNG

31/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 771 Views 0 Comments PNGDF

In the grand scheme of deployments, 10 days is not a long time. But signallers from 127th Signals Troop made

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 1049 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

Australian Army soldiers provide guidance to PNGDF soldiers about creating a shield wall during population protection and control training as part of Exercise Olgeta Warrior. Story by Captain Jessica O’Reilly.

Australian Army News Pacific

Exchanging tactics in PNG

13/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1562 Views 0 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, PNGDF

About 50 personnel from the Australian Army’s 3rd Brigade spent two months providing training to the Papua New Guinea Defence

Chief of Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld and Major General Mark Goina (right), Chief of Papua New Guinea Defence Force, shake hands after signing an aviation safety memorandum of understanding at Air Transport Wing in Port Moresby. Story by John Noble.

History News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force

Helping restore air capability in PNG

06/05/202212/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1457 Views 0 Comments PNGDF, WWII

Australia is lending a helping hand in getting the air arm of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) back

Papua New Guinea Defence Force and Australian Army personnel who were classmates at the Royal Military College at Duntroon are reunited at the Headquarters 2nd Battalion, Royal Pacific Islands Regiment, in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Story by Captain Diana Jennings.

Australian Army News Pacific

Surprise reunion for Duntroon classmates in PNG

23/04/202227/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1812 Views 0 Comments Duntroon, PNGDF

Three years after graduating from the Royal Military College at Duntroon, a surprise reunion has left Army and Papua New

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 545 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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