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From left, Air Component Coordination Element Middle East Region Wing Commander Sarah Stalker, aircraft captain Squadron Leader Dean Bolton, Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Bill Shorten, MP, and Commander Joint Task Force 633 Rear Admiral Trevor Jones, AO, CSC, RAN with a RAAF C-17A Globemaster aircraft near Camp Baird in the Middle East Region.

Corporal Stuart Birkin (right) - a member of the Headquarters Northern Command in Darwin - has been acknowledged for three years of unwavering support to personnel assigned to Operation RESOLUTE. Presented a Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) 639 Silver Commendation by Rear Admiral Michael Noonan AM, Corporal Birkin said the award was both encouraging and humbling.

HMAS Success's doctor, Lieutenant Michael Bonning, RAN (right) prepares to treat an ill fisherman on an Iranian vessel in the Middle East Region during Operation MANITOU.

ADF personnel proudly display their white ribbons during a morning tea to support White Ribbon Day 2014 in the Middle East Region.

Royal New Zealand Navy Commander John Crighton and Naval Aviation Capability Manager, Commander Phillip McBride during a break in proceedings as part of Exercise COOPERATION SPIRIT 2014 in Nanjing, China.

Around 40 skydivers have brightened up the skies around Picton in New South Wales during the annual Australian Defence Parachuting Championships held between 15-19 December 2014.

Australia's Air Task Group (ATG) consisting of six RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets, an E-7A Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft continue to support Operation OKRA with missions in Iraq.

On Monday, 22 December the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) operated national Sail Training Ship (STS) Young Endeavour set sail at the start of an extraordinary 12-month circumnavigation of the world - the vessel's first such deployment in more than 20 years.

The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Tony Abbott, MP, has visited Royal Australian Air Force personnel assigned to the first Australian Air Task Group (ATG) in the Middle East Region who are approaching the end of their deployment on Operation OKRA and preparing to return to Australia.