Year In View
July 2005
Nick Farley, who works for Personnel—Air Force was selected to compete in the World Transplant Games in Canada, a week-long Games that will see more than 2,000 athletes from 55 countries compete. Nick underwent a kidney transplant in 1995.
Leading Seaman Musician Jason Beach performs to a crowd of approximately 20,000 people at the concert held in Honiara to celebrate the second anniversary of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
The ADF Members in Al Muthanna, now known as 'THE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER' did themselves proud by defeating their British counterparts in the first match of the Desert ASHES series. The Australians scored 221 for the loss of only 6 wickets while the Brits were all out for 102.
August 2005
Salute to Veterans 60th Anniversary Celebrations in Canberra.
Private Luke Wiffen on patrol as part of the Al Muthanna Task Group in Iraq watches local children play soccer.
HMAS Anzac returns to HMAS Stirling, Garden Island, Western Australia after a 6-month deployment to Europe and South Africa.
An Air Force loadmaster and three Australian Army riggers deploy a helibox and a maxibox load from a C-130J Hercules as part of Exercise Pacific Airlift Rally in Thailand.
September 2005
An Air Force C-130 in Iraq.
Army Signaller Craig Rootes and RAAF Corporal Matt Burger assembled one of nine satellite dishes which allowed ADF members in the Middle East to watch live coverage of the AFL Grand Final.
An Australian Combat Engineer assists a Locally Employed Contractor, on a construction site in a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan.
October 2005
Lieutenant Colonel Paul McLachlan and Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble, watch as local children and adults enjoy new computers in a refurbished community centre at As Salman, Iraq. The centre was renovated as an Australian Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) project.
Flying Officer Julia Phillis looks on as Defence Force Recruiting competition winner Brook Hindmarsh takes a closer look inside the cockpit of an Air Force F-111C aircraft.
Defence takes out the 2006 Diversity@Work Award.
Navy celebrates the commissioning of HMAS Toowoomba.
November 2005
The Tiger helicopter's successful test with Hellfire missiles at Woomera, SA.
Remembrance Day in Iraq.
Opening of a Mobile Health Clinic in Iraq.
December 2005
Lance Corporal Andrew Foster of the Australian Army shows an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) to members of the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction Support Group.
Launch of Reserve Forces Day 2006, with flags representing the nations in which Australia's reserves have served.
Captain Bob Bishop, the padre of Al Muthanna Task Group, plays Santa Claus to distribute Christmas cards to soldiers on guard duty at Camp Smitty in Iraq.
January 2006
ADF medics, in Kashmir as part of Operation Pakistan Assist, practise helicopter winching skills.
Petty Officer Sherylee Folkes of HMAS Parramatta conducts a search of a cement tanker transiting through the North Persian Gulf.
Infantry soldiers walk the streets of Baghdad on patrol.
February 2006
Navy ships involved in Exercise Ocean Protector, the annual exercise between Australia and New Zealand's Navy and Air Force.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Richard Polson and Warrant Officer Class 1 Bill Whitburn, discuss training techniques with instructors of the Iraqi Jundis (soldiers) during their recruit training in Iraq.
Air Force members participating in Exercise Red Flag 06 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada USA, do a Foreign Object Damage (FOD) walk at sunset to ensure no loose objects remain on the tarmac which might damage aircraft.
March 2006
NORFORCE protecting Australia's northern coast line.
Defence providing support to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Shannon Lawler and his father John enjoy a flight over the Point Cook area in a Black Hawk helicopter. The flight was arranged after ADF personnel assigned to the Commonwealth Games learnt of Shannon's terminal cancer. Defence extends its condolences to the Lawler family on the sad news of Shannon's death. We salute a very brave boy.
Operation Larry Assist, the Australian Defence Force mission to help the people of cyclone-devastated far North Queensland.
April 2006
Maintenance work on a Chinook helicopter at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.
Private Jacob Kovco died while serving with Operation Catalyst in Iraq on 21 April 2006.
The ADF responds to civil unrest in Solomon Islands with the deployment of peacekeepers.
May 2006
ADF members present AusAID-funded sports gear to Iraqi youth.
Australian soldiers arrive in East Timor to quell an outbreak of violence.
Australian troops at work as a dust storm closes in on Camp Smitty, Iraq.
June 2006
The special commemorative 20th anniversary F/A-18 participates in Aces North 06 in the Northern Territory.
DSTO scientist Dr Tony Lindsay, 2006 winner of the Minister's Award for Achievement in Defence Science.
Private Nathan Wood talks to locals during a security patrol in East Timor.
HMAS Manoora in transit to RIMPAC 2006 in Hawaii.