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UN Peacekeeping

People’s Army of Vietnam UN peacekeepers prepare to take off from Juba International Airport, South Sudan, after boarding a RAAF 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster during a strategic airlift. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

Vietnamese medics rotate to South Sudan thanks to RAAF

05/11/202408/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1268 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, No. 36 Squadron, South Sudan, UN Peacekeeping, Vietnam

Lieutenant Do Thi Dieu Huyen wanted to show the world a heroic face. CAPTION: People’s Army of Vietnam UN peacekeepers prepare

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Members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces aboard a RAAF C-17 Globemaster for the final leg of their journey home from the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq. Story and photos Corporal Michael Rogers.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

Giving our Pacific neighbours a lift home

20/09/202421/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1475 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster III, Middle East Region, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, UN Peacekeeping

As a C-17 Globemaster began its final approach into Fiji, the harmonious singing that rose above the jet-engines’ roar signalled

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Then Flying Officer Harvey Reynolds, second from left, during his INTERFET deployment with 2 Airfield Defence Squadron on a routine patrol of Atauro Island, East Timor. Story by John Noble.
ADF People History Overseas 

Aviators remember ‘significant moment’ in peacekeeping

20/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1407 Views 0 Comments Timor-Leste, UN Peacekeeping

In September of 1999, the world’s attention was firmly fixed on East Timor as it sought to restore its independence.

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Australian Army Major Matthew Breckenridge delivers core pre-deployment training to the Indonesian Armed Forces Garuda Contingent deploying to the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Story by Corporal Veronica O’Hara.
ADF People Overseas 

Indonesian exchange helps keep the peace

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1593 Views 0 Comments Indonesian National Armed Forces, UN Peacekeeping

Gangs of monkeys ambushed Major Matthew Breckenridge when he started cycling along the steep, rural road leading to his new

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Major Andrew Moses as the Australian flagbearer for the 75th anniversary to the United Nations Truce Supervision commemorative event in Jerusalem, Israel. Story by Major Carrie Robards.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Major honours fallen hero

08/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1033 Views 0 Comments Operation Paladin, UN Peacekeeping, UNTSO

The opportunity to carry the Australian flag in honour of a fallen ADF peacekeeper was the highlight for Major Andrew

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Group Captain Jarrod Pendlebury, Defence Attache for United Nations New York, speaking at the United Nations Security Council. Story by Kristi Cheng.
ADF People 

Defence on show at United Nations event

07/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1538 Views 0 Comments UN Peacekeeping

It was a surreal experience for Group Captain Jarrod Pendlebury to sit at the horseshoe table dominating the centre of

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The emblem of the 75th anniversary of Australian peacekeeping.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Keeping the peace for 75 years

23/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1567 Views 1 Comment Australian Peacekeeping Memorial, UN Peacekeeping

A national commemorative service recognising the 75th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in peacekeeping operations will be held in Canberra on

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Australian Army officer Major Nathanael von Muralt (left) who is serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Peacekeepers from 61 countries are represented in MINUSMA. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossup.
Australian Army News Overseas 

Australian Army officer working to keep the peace in Mali

08/07/202214/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3345 Views 0 Comments UN Peacekeeping

Seeing a man riding a motorcycle while carrying two goats in one of the world’s poorest nations is part and

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