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Australian Army engineer Captain Lachlan Attard, right, with site supervisor Mr John Tokataake at the Vanuatu Police Force's Cook Barracks redevelopment site in Port Vila. Story by Captain Dan Glover. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

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Barracks redevelopment a boost for Vanuatu

16/12/202221/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 943 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

The Cook and Tiroas Barracks redevelopment infrastructure project in Vanuatu has entered the final stages. CAPTION: Australian Army engineer Captain

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Vanuatu rugby league and touch delegates undertaking their level 1 accreditation as touch football referees. Story by Vanuatu rugby league and touch delegates undertaking their level 1 accreditation as touch football referees. Story by Group Captain Jay Clarke and Emily Egan. Photo supplied.

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ADF and Vanuatu united through sport

13/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 478 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

Australian Defence Force (ADF) sporting associations joined forces with Vanuatu netball, rugby league, and touch football associations in a five-day

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Australian Army Sergeant Dale Daff and Vanuatu Police Force Private John Pierre work on a vehicle during the vehicle maintainers' course at Cook Barracks in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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ADF helps keep Vanuatu police vehicles on the road

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1069 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

Australian Army mechanics have been building the skills of the mechanics responsible for maintaining Vanuatu Police Force vehicles. CAPTION: Australian

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Australian Army Lieutenant Matthew Taylor assists Vanuatu Police Force Corporals Josephine Fred, left, and Kimason Doro with navigation training during the Sergeants Course at Cook Barracks, Port Vila. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Building skills with Pacific neighbours

10/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 983 Views 0 Comments 7th Combat Brigade, Vanuatu

Supported by the Vanuatu-Australia Defence Cooperation Program, a 22-member Mobile Training Team from the Australian Army’s 7th Combat Brigade partnered

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Australian Army Warrant Officer Class Two Jamie Miller and Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) Constable Junior Borenga at the construction site for Project 222 at Cook Barracks, Port Vila. Story by Sackrine Kaman, Vanuatu Police Force. Photo by Sackrine Kaman, VPF Media Team.

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Vanuatu barracks redevelopment progressing well

10/12/202112/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1262 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

Upgrades at the Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF) Cook Barracks under the Cook and Tiroas Barracks Redevelopment Project are progressing well

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Vanuatu Police Force Inspector Paul Thompson (right) and Sergeant Willie Daniel Obed test their handheld radios at the Tongoa Island Police Post during the Vanuatu Government National Emergency Radio Network project. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Kieren Whiteley.

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Better connecting Tongoa in Vanuatu

30/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 614 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

The Vanuatu Police Force post on Tongoa Island has received significant upgrades to their radio communication capabilities, allowing for better

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Australian Army signallers conduct very high frequency radio installations on Tanna Island Tower 495 during the Vanuatu Government National Emergency Radio Network project. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Kieren Whiteley.

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Vanuatu Radio Network extended further

19/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 858 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

Thanks to a team of Vanuatu Police Force and Australian Army signallers who installed new additions to Tower 495 on

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Lance Corporal Ryan Davies speaks with Vanuatu Police Force members Corporal Alex Sope, left, Constable Simeon Samuel and Private Georgette Kalorib during training with the Barrett 4090 High Frequency Man-Pack Radio. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Kieren Whiteley.

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Australian Army radio training vital to Vanuatu

09/11/202116/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1116 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

Australian Army personnel are training members of the Vanuatu Police Force in the use of high-frequency radios at Port Vila.

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Vanuatu Police Maritime Force Wing member PC Merwel Vocor studying at HMAS Creswell. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello. Photo by Leading Seaman Ryan Tascas.

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Learning new skills to take home

20/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 528 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

As her friends and family were celebrating Vanuatu’s 41st anniversary of independence in late July, Vanuatu Police Force Maritime Wing

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File photo RNZAF P-3K2 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Phillip Pavlovich.

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RNZAF Orion to survey volcanos on way home from Middle East

25/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2945 Views 0 Comments P-3K2 Orion, RNZAF, RNZDF, Vanuatu

The New Zealand Defence Force is planning to conduct an aerial survey of an erupting volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae Island

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A container of medical supplies being loaded onto HMNZS Wellington, bound for Vanuatu.

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Royal New Zealand Navy takes hospital supplies to Vanuatu

18/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3143 Views 0 Comments hospital supplies, Vanuatu

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington left this morning to conduct fisheries patrols and port visits

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