Image Galleries
| March 2009 |
Funeral service held for Sergeant Brett Till (Date uploaded: 31 March - 06 images) |
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Celebrating 88 years with the Air Force (Date uploaded: 31 March - 20 images) |
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Spinning for charity (Date uploaded: 31 March - 10 images) |
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Forces Entertainment Tour to Afghanistan (Date uploaded: 31 March - 27 images) |
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77 Squadron visit Royal Children’s Hospital (Date uploaded: 30 March - 04 images) |
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Corporal Mathew Hopkins (Date uploaded: 27 March - 08 images) |
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Funeral Corporal Mathew Hopkins (Date uploaded: 27 March - 09 images) |
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Exercise Combined Strength 09 |
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Sergeant Brett Till has returned to Australian soil |
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Navy identifies containers off Cape Moreton |
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| Survival training at the Kangaroo Flats Training Area Corporal Neilson from 1CSSB shows East Timor Military members Major Marcelino Ximenes (left) and Lieutenant Ricardo Barros techniques of signalling to search rescue parties with a mirror, during an introduction to navigation and survival training at the Kangaroo Flats Training Area in the Northern Territory. (Date uploaded: 26 March - 10 images) View Gallery |
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Exercise Combined Strength 09 |
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Repatriation of Corporal Mathew Hopkins |
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Boomers coach boosts leadership skills |
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| Ramp ceremony for Aussie soldier Sergeant Brett Till has commenced his journey home to Australia. A ramp ceremony at Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan provided an opportunity for friends and colleagues to bid farewell to the popular soldier (Date uploaded: 22 March - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Sergeant Brett Till (Date uploaded: 21 March - 07 images) View Gallery |
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Afghan Diggers farewell a mate |
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| Defence Indigenous Pre Recruitment Course visits Canberra Members of the Defence Indigenous Pre Recruitment Course met with the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP during their visit to Parliament House, Canberra. (Date uploaded: 18 March - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| First Defence Science Indigenous Scholarship Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, presented Macquarie University student, Kurtis Lindsay with the first Defence Science Indigenous Scholarship in Canberra today. (Date uploaded: 18 March - 03 images) View Gallery |
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Corporal Mathew Hopkins (Date uploaded: 18 March 2009 - 06 images)View Gallery |
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Shave for a cure Darwin View Gallery |
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Weapons familiarisation exercise in East Timor |
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ADF assistance to QLD Oil Spill View Gallery |
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Minister for Defence to launch "A History of Australian Strategic Policy since 1945" |
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Winding down in Marysville |
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Commander visits Camp Phoenix View Gallery |
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| Navy makes histroy in Freedom of Entry Parade Sydney Central Business District was a sea of white on Saturday 14 March 2009, as approximately 4,600 Royal Australian Navy personnel marched through the city’s streets. (Date uploaded: 14 March - 25 images) View Gallery |
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| Farewell to Marysville The Australian Defence Force (ADF) withdrew its troops from Marysville on 14 March 2009 after Victorian Police advised that their support for the search task was complete. (Date uploaded: 14 March - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Fleet Entry and Review 2009 HMAS Sydney led 15 Royal Australian Navy ships as they steamed through Sydney Heads as part of a historic Fleet Divisions ceremony this morning. (Date uploaded: 13 March - 31 images) View Gallery |
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| Prime Minister of Iraq visit the Australian War Memorial The Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) role in the reconstruction of Iraq was recognised at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) with a visit from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, H.E. Mr. Nuri Al Maliki. (Date uploaded: 12 March - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Miranda Gets a Gig 'Miranda' is the latest AP-3C aircraft to commence operations in the Middle East. Following tradition dating back to World War One, Aircraft from 92 Wing in Adelaide which are deployed on operations are ‘named’ for the duration of their service. (Date uploaded: 12 March - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Water Purification for the Karumba Community Defence continues to provide personnel and equipment to ensure the supply of freshwater to the Karumba community in Northern Queensland. (Date uploaded: 12 March - 05 images) View gallery |
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Trawler found |
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Cleaning up the chaos |
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| Australian surgical team in Afghanistan Australia is currently providing a Surgical and Intensive Care team to the International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 11 March - 06 images) View Gallery |
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| Controlling the coalition's air battle space Members of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) serving with the Controlling and Reporting Centre (CRC) – Taipan; are working in Camp Palomino at Kandahar, in Southern Afghanistan. The CRC completes the vitally important task of controlling the coalitions air battle space. (Date uploaded: 11 March - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian International Air Show 2009 Minister for Defence Science and Personnel the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has opened the 13th Australian International Aerospace Congress in Melbourne. (Date uploaded: 10 March - 03 images) View Gallery |
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Chinooks arrive in Kandahar |
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Air to air over Melbourne View Gallery |
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Honouring Caribou's service to Australia View Gallery |
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| Prime Minister opens Joint Operations Command Headquarters The new home of the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Operations Command Headquarters, the General John Baker Complex was officially opened by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on March 7 2009. (Date uploaded: 07 March - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Operations abroad Maintenance crew work through the night preparing two RAAF C-130 Hercules and two AP-3C Orion aircraft for flight in the Middle East Area of Operations. (Date uploaded: 07 March - 16 images) View Gallery |
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New Headquarters Joint Operations Command complex |
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New East Timor training wing |
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| Canines round up medals Thursday 5 March 2009 was a very special day indeed for the Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) of the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2 CER) who were recognized for their years of dedicated service on operations. (Date uploaded: 06 March - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| Scrolls of support from the US Australian Defence Force personnel from the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan recently received thousands of written messages of support from US citizens. (Date uploaded: 05 March - 07 images) View Gallery |
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Minister for Defence meets leaders of East Timor View Gallery |
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| Army turns 108 The Force Support Unit (FSU) members include administrative and movements personnel, signallers, logistics soldiers, engineers, and drivers. (Date uploaded: 04 March - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| Forces Entertainment Tour- Solomon Islands Seven performers donated their time and talent to entertain troops from South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia based 9th and 13th Brigades as part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Forces Entertainment Tour to Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 04 March - 20 images) View gallery |
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Stores on stand-by |
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| Defence continues cleanup Soldiers remain on the ground in fire-ravaged areas of Victoria and will stay until local communities and authorities are ready to take over the recovery effort. (Date uploaded: 03 March - 03 images) View gallery |
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Chief of Defence Force Parade |
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| Specialist Combat Communications Course Operation ASTUTE is the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) contribution to the Australian Government's response to a request from the Government of East Timor to assist in restoring peace and stability to their country. (Date uploaded: 02 March - 04 images) View gallery |
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