Image Galleries
| January 2009 |
The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP officially opens new Project Single LEAP Phase 1 View Gallery |
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| Royal Australian Navy’s new Disruptive Pattern Navy Uniform The Disruptive Pattern Navy Uniform (DPNU) is a two-piece operational fire-retardant uniform to be worn by Royal Australian Navy personnel in circumstances such as operations, working on or near machinery, physical shore based activities, undertaking boarding party duties, and participating in strenuous training activities both ashore and at sea. (Date uploaded: 30 January - 33 images) View Gallery |
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| Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin MP pays a visit to the STS Young Endeavour. (Date uploaded: 28 January - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Secretary's Fellowship The fellowship encourages and supports innovative research that will benefit Defence. (Date uploaded: 28 January - 01 image) View Gallery |
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| Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour At the conclusion of each Young Endeavour Youth Scheme 11 day voyage, the ship’s youth crew and the Royal Australian Navy personnel host a half-day sail for children with disabilities. (Date uploaded: 28 January - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Australia Day celebrations in East Timor Slap-happy - Personnel serving with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor are gearing up for Australia Day celebrations. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 02 images) View Gallery |
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| Lieutenant General Mark Evans, AO, DSC Lieutenant General Mark Evans, AO, DSC had an opportunity to visit and share lunch with deployed personnel at Task Group 633.2 (TG633.2) in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Patrols around the clock Patrols are conducted around the clock to ensure the security of the Royal Australian Air Force personnel and assets deployed to the Middle East in support of Operations SLIPPER and CATALYST. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Task Group 633.2 maintenance Task Group 633.2 maintenance members have been recognised with a Commander's Commendation for their outstanding efforts over a three month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operations SLIPPER and CATALYST. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| Commander of the US 7th Fleet Vice Admiral John Bird visits ISF Commander of the US 7th Fleet Vice Admiral John Bird met with International Stabilisation Force (ISF) Commander Brigadier Bill Sowry at Camp Phoenix for discussions over breakfast. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| New Zealanders welcome new Commander in East Timor The International Stabilisation Force Commander makes his first visit to Australian and New Zealand soldiers at bases around East Timor. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| ISF Commander visits Forward Operating Base Chauvel The International Stabilisation Force Commander makes his first visit to Australian and New Zealand soldiers at bases around East Timor. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Australia Day celebrations in the Middle East Australian personnel far from home take a moment to celebrate in their own way while deployed in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). (Date uploaded: 27 January - 01 images) View Gallery |
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| Australia Day in Melbourne The Australian Defence Force provided a Royal Guard of Honour (Tri Service), Australian Army Band, a flag raising ceremony and a F/A-18 fly over for the Australia Day celebrations held at Town Hall Melbourne. (Date uploaded: 27 January - 20 images) View Gallery |
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| Celebrating the true Aussie spirit in southern Afghanistan For the troops of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF), based in southern Afghanistan, the chance to celebrate Australia Day came a few days early. (Date uploaded: 23 January - 13 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Defence Force Academy Appointment Ceremony More than 50 high school graduates from across NSW have started their training as officers in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). (Date uploaded: 23 January - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel visits RAAF Base Richmond The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has seen the work of Defence’s own alcohol rehabilitation program during a visit to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Richmond. (Date uploaded: 22 January - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| New Navy advertisement launch A new exciting direction in Navy advertising has been launched with the new recruiting advertisement 7 Days in the Navy. (Date uploaded: 22 January - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Victoria Cross on loan to Australian War Memorial Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, presented his Victoria Cross to the Australian War Memorial on permanent loan on 22 January 2009. (Date uploaded: 22 January - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Governor-General visits troops in Afghanistan The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce and Mr Michael Bryce have completed a two day visit to Australian troops serving at Tarin Kowt base in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 21 January - 19 images) View Gallery |
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| Chief of Defence Force and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel visit Afghanistan On the 9th January 2009, the soldiers of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force were visited by a number of dignitaries including Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston and the Honourable Warren Snowdon MP. (Date uploaded: 21 January - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Change of Command Ceremony - Middle East On 12 January 2009, the Command of Joint Task Force 633 was passed from Major General Hindmarsh to Major General Mark Kelly. (Date uploaded: 21 January - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Medal presentations Outgoing International Stabilisation Force Commander, Brigadier Mark Holmes presents soldiers of Charlie Company, Timor Leste Battle Group 5 with the Australian Service Medals with East Timor clasp. (Date uploaded: 20 January - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Black Hawks Aircraft technicians from the East Timor Aviation Group 9 and the C-130H Hercules loadmasters manoeuvre a Black Hawk helicopter from the aircraft on the tarmac of Dili International Airport. (Date uploaded: 20 January - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| Forward Operating Base Maliana Forward Operating Base Maliana was handed back to the District Administrator by the International Stabilisation Force, after just over six months. (Date uploaded: 19 January - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| International Stabilisation Force handover Brigadier Bill Sowry takes command of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor during a parade in Dili. (Date uploaded: 19 January - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Lar De Santa Teresinha orphanage Charlie Company, Timor Leste Battle Group 5 based in Baucau, delivered sporting equipment and musical instruments to Lar de Santa Teresinha Orphanage. (Date uploaded: 19 January - 03 images) View Gallery |
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Awarding of Victoria Cross to Trooper Donaldson |
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Navy Hosts the CA Brumbies at HMAS Creswell |
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| Personal biography of Trooper Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson, VC (Date uploaded: 16 January - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| ADF and F-FDTL Soldiers East Timorese and Australian soldiers practice obstacle crossing drills and hone their navigation skills in Viqueque, East Timor. (Date uploaded: 14 January - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Chief of the East Timor Defence Force vists Australian troops in East Timor Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak, Chief of the East Timor Defence Force escorted Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), Brigadier Mark Holmes MVO, and Deputy Commander ISF, Colonel Peter Wood on a tour of Manatuto. (Date uploaded: 14 January - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Warramunga departs Fleet Base West HMAS Warramunga departed Diamantina Pier, Fleet Base West for the Middle East Area of Operations. This will be the second time that Warramunga has been deployed to the Gulf (Date uploaded: 14 January - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS SYDNEY Commission of Inquiry On 19 November 1941, the Royal Australian Navy Modified Leander Class light cruiser HMAS SYDNEY II, en route to Fremantle, intercepted the disguised German raider the HSK KORMORAN about 100 nautical miles west of Steep Point off the coast of Western Australia. In the ensuing battle, HMAS SYDNEY was sunk with the loss of her entire crew of 645 men. (Date uploaded: 12 January - 20 images) View Gallery |
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| Private Gregory Sher funeral, Melbourne Family, friends and colleagues gathered at Melbourne’s Chevra Kadisha Cemetery at Lyndhurst, Victoria, for the funeral of Private Greg Sher, who was tragically killed in Afghanistan on 4 January, 2009. (Date uploaded: 12 January - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Medal presentation A medal ceremony was held in Dili to farewell various members of East Timor Battle Group 5 (TLBG 5) who are returning to Australia to proceed on posting. (Date uploaded: 12 January - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Ramp ceremony for Private Gregory Sher in Melbourne Private Greg Sher, who was tragically killed in a rocket attack in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, has returned home to Australia, in a solemn ramp ceremony held at Tullamarine Airport, Melbourne. (Date uploaded: 09 January - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Ramp ceremony for Private Gregory Michael Sher The ramp ceremony for Private Gregory Michael Sher in the Middle East was conducted before members of the Australian Defence force and the Coalition in the early morning hours of 8 January 2009. (Date uploaded: 08 January - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Explosive Detection Dogs The Explosive Detection Dogs are a key tool in locating insurgent improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and weapons caches. (Date uploaded: 08 January - 05 images) View Gallery |
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Ceremony farewells digger mate from Afghanistan |
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| Operation KORU An ISF Commendation for Outstanding Achievement was awarded to Gunner William Johnson. Commander of the International Stabilisation Force Brigadier Mark Holmes, presented the Commendation to Gunner Johnson before the members of Kiwi Company. (Date uploaded: 08 January - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Change in command Lieutenant Colonel Darren Huxley has replaced Lieutenant Colonel Jake Ellwood as Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and East Timor Battle Group 5. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2009 - 05 images) View gallery |
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| Private Gregory Michael Sher Private Gregory Michael Sher was killed in a rocket attack in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, early last Sunday evening Australian time. (Date uploaded: 07 January 2009 - 03 images) View gallery |
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