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HMAS Success in sea search
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Chris Sinclair of HMAS Success searches for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the ship's Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat while deployed to the southern Indian Ocean.
Photo by ABIS Julianne Cropley
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Exercise Sea Dawn
An Australian Army landing craft carrying members of the Combat Support Element returns to HMAS Choules during Exercise Sea Dawn 2014. Australian Army, Navy and Air Force members are participating in the exercise in north Queensland from 24 March to 16 April.
Photo by Able Seaman Richard Cordell
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Search for MH370
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Scott Brandon conducts a visual search from an AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft during the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Photo by Leading Aircraftman Oliver Carter
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Preparing for assessment
Major Ross Wehby briefs No. 52 Joint Terminal Attack Controller course students Gunner Sean Bradow (left) and Gunner Oliver Price, before their night assessment at Line Creek Junction, High Range, Queensland.
Photo by Corporal Shannon McCarthy
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Navy hosts Indian Ocean symposium
Seaman Communications Information Systems Leroy Ghee during a cultural dance display with the Royal Australian Navy Indigenous Performance Group and RAN Band during the 2014 Indian Ocean Naval Symposium Gala Dinner in Perth, Western Australia.
Photo by Able Seaman Lee-Anne Mack
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Sailor turns gap year into career
Geraldton's Kirsty Strike has come along way in life since leaving Strathalbyn College and joining the Navy's gap year program.
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New rotation guards flight line in Kandahar
Personnel from RAAF Base Amberley have arrived in Afghanistan to assist the international team tasked with providing security at one of the world's busiest airports.
Regional welcome for Chinese ship
The town of Albany in Western Australia played host to a unique international visitor on 9 April when the People's Liberation Army - Navy (PLA-N) vessel Qiandaohu visited.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister greets RAAF C-17 Humanitarian Assistance flight
The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Mr Gordon Darcy Lilo has thanked Australian personnel who arrived in Honiara on 09 April to support relief efforts in the flood ravaged Pacific Island nation.
Defence continues support in Solomon Islands
The Australian Defence Force is continuing to support Australian Government assistance to the Government of the Solomon Islands as they work to respond to the needs of people affected by severe flooding late last week.
Making our information easier to find
In a significant step towards providing more easily discoverable information, Defence provides new pathways to information on our website through the Information Publication Scheme pages and documents released under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 which are now available online.
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In keeping with improved accountability within Department of Defence, from 20 January 2012, Hot Issue Briefs submitted to the Minister for Defence by the Department of Defence will be publicly released.
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