Image Galleries
| May 2009 |
Minister at Shangri La Dialogue (Date uploaded: 31 May 2009 - 17 images) |
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Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, The Hon Warren Snowdon MP visit to RAAF Base Tindal |
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Defence Review finds no investigation of Minister |
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Dare Memorial |
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Suspected Piracy in the Gulf of Aden |
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| Operations Update Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force conduct last minute discussions with an Afghan Army Officer during joint operations in the Baluchi Valley. The soldiers are about to conduct a search of a compound of interest. (Date uploaded: 28 May 2009 - 27 images) View Gallery |
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Northern Trident 2009 |
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| HMAS Toowoomba Workups HMAS Toowoomba's flight deck crew prepares the helo for takeoff. (Date uploaded: 27 May - 33 images) View Gallery |
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| Major General Slater Visit to East Timor Major General Michael Slater, DSC, AM, CSC, recently visited troops currently deployed to East Timor as part of Operation ASTUTE. (Date uploaded: 27 May - 23 images) View Gallery |
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Northern Trident 2009 |
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No 38 SQN King Air on the production line |
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| Operation Mani Ghar The 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force concentrated on the West Dorafshan region of Oruzgan Province during its latest missions as part of Operation Mani Ghar (the name of a local mountain). (Date uploaded: 27 May 2009 - 21 images) View Gallery |
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Breaking down barriers in Sudan |
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Exercise Bersama Shield 2009 |
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HMAS MANOORA South East Asia Deployment |
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2009 Australian Services Rugby Championships |
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‘Sleeping Beauty’ presented to the Wardroom at HMAS Stirling |
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| HMAS Warramunga in the MEAO Hometowner of Able Seaman Writer, Jenna Wilson, 22, from Caboolture, Queensland. She assisted in the landing of a US Navy Desert Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of HMAS Warramunga. (Date uploaded: 25 May - 23 images) View Gallery |
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| East Timor Recognition for Outstanding Service A presentation was held on the 21st of May at the Dili office of the President of East Timor, His Excellency, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, to recognise two Australian Army Officers for their service to East Timor throughout the past ten years. (Date uploaded: 22 May - 13 images) View Gallery |
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| President of East Timor, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, inspects the guard The people of East Timor celebrated the 7th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence on the 20th May, 2009. (Date uploaded: 22 May - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| HIFIRE-0 Test vehicle launch as part of hypersonics trial (HIFIRE-0) at Woomera, South Australia, 7 May 2009. (Date uploaded: 22 May - 02 images) View Gallery |
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| Metinaro Training Facility A Static Grenade Range, built in East Timor by elements of Timor-Leste Battle Group V, was officially opened by the Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), Brigadier Bill Sowry, recently. (Date uploaded: 21 May - 09 images) View Gallery |
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HMAS MANOORA South East Asia Deployment |
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General Tariq Majid Visits the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP |
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| Defence at Cowley Beach Defence Trial at Cowley Beach with 10 Force Support Battalion 9 Petroleum Operator Squadron deploying a 100,000 litre fuel bladder and fuel delivery system. (Date uploaded: 20 May - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Hot Game of gaelic footy in East Timor Gaelic football isn’t usually associated with hot and humid conditions, but that is what greeted players in East Timor recently. (Date uploaded: 20 May - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| New Zealand Minister of Defence visits Kiwi soldiers as part of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor New Zealand Minister of Defence, the Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp, recently visited Kiwi soldiers currently deployed as part of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date uploaded: 20 May - 09 images) View gallery |
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| Cairns ADF Personnel Briefed On The Defence White Paper The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, today visited Navy personnel at HMAS Cairns with Member for Leichhardt, Mr Jim Turnour MP, to brief them on the new Defence White Paper (Date uploaded: 19 May 2009 - 07 images) View gallery |
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| ADF Family Healthcare Trial Gets Underway The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, today officially launched the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Family Health Care trial in Cairns. (Date uploaded: 19 May 2009 - 06 images) View gallery |
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| Emergency response training HMAS WARRAMUNGA sets sail in the Persian Gulf leaving from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during Operation Slipper. (Date uploaded: 19 May 2009 - 30 images) View Gallery |
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| Life aboard HMAS WARRAMUNGA Executive Officer of HMAS WARRAMUNGA, Lieutenant Commander Mark Sirois, waiting for a visiting Kuwaiti officer to board the ship. (Date uploaded: 19 May 2009 - 19 images) View Gallery |
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| At-sea replenishment in the Gulf HMAS Warramunga recieves a Resupply At Sea (RAS) from USNS Leroy Grumman during its six month deployment in the Persian Gulf as Part of Operation Slipper. (Date uploaded: 19 May 2009 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| HMA Ships SYDNEY & BALLARAT involved in piracy incident (Date uploaded: 18 May - 34 images) View Gallery |
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| Tour de Force 15 Australian troops deployed in East Timor as part of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), were treated to a series of concerts this week by Australian entertainers and sports people as part of Tour de Force 15, the fifteenth Forces Entertainment Tour to visit East Timor. (Date uploaded: 18 May - 31 images) View Gallery |
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| Launch of the Defence Indigenous Development Program Twenty young Indigenous men from Arnhem Land’s Numbulwar through to Hermannsburg in Central Australia have begun a seven month military and life skills training course as part of the first Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP). (Date uploaded: 15 May 2009 - 04 images) View gallery |
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Minister farewells troops |
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Northern Trident 2009 |
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C SQN 5th Aviation Regt |
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| Camp Baker Kandahar IN a shed in a corner of Kandahar, five tradies tough it out without thought of reward or distinction. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2009 - 03 images) View Gallery |
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Combined OMLT and Combat Team Operations |
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| Leadership Tour of Gleno Commander of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor, Brigadier Bill Sowry, hosted a tour of Forward Operating Bases (FOB’s) for key leaders in the East Timor security sector, including Secretary of State for Defence Julio Tomas Pinto, as well as members from the Attaché community and the East Timor Police Development Program. (Date uploaded: 15 May - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| The cavemen are busy today The Rotary Wing Group C Sqn Tech Support Troop, ‘The Cavemen’, are performing regular 10 - day avionics tests and removing a blade from the rear rotor of one of their CH-47D Chinooks at Kandahar Airfield. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2009 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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Globemaster goodwill visit to Indonesia |
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| Bomb making and ammunition caches found Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF – 1) left in the early hours, a day after marking Anzac Day to commence Operation Zamarai Silawel, 15 kilometres east of their main base at Tarin Kowt. (Date uploaded: 14 May 2009 - 13 images) View Gallery |
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| Defence Indigenous Development Program Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) Trainer Warrant Officer Class Two Kevin Greaves (left) talks with Roper Gulf Shire Council member Sandi Talbot and local NORFORCE soldier Private Russell Numamurdirdi during a visit to the Numbulwar council office in the Northern Territory to engage the community on the DIDP. (Date uploaded: 14 May 2009 - 24 images) View Gallery |
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| Rotary Wing Group in Southern Afghanistan Aircrew of the Rotary Wing Group C-47D Chinooks conduct pre flight checks before each mission over Afghanistan’s south. (Date uploaded: 13 May 2009 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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MINDEF looking over Defence Housing Australia |
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| A Special Day on Operations Three mothers and one grandmother are serving with the Battle Group in Tarin Kowt and the women gathered together to enjoy a quick chat and a laugh about motherhood and how their children marked the occasion, while mum was away. (Date uploaded: 13 May 2009 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| HMA Ships SUCCESS and PIRIE in Qingdau for the Chinese Navy's 60th Anniversary Fleet Review (Date uploaded: 12 May - 22 images) View Gallery |
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| MINDEF Visits HMAS ALBATROSS (Date uploaded: 11 May - 06 images) View Gallery |
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Parliamentary Secretary Kelly visits Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera View Gallery |
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| Air Warfare Destroyer Announcement The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP attended a significant announcement made by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance at FORGACS Engineering, Newcastle, regarding the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project. (Date uploaded: 09 May - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| A Better Protected and Better Connected Army for the North Minister for Defence, Hon Joel Fitzgibbon visits Army personnel at Robertson Barracks in Darwin. (Date uploaded: 08 May - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Albany, Attack One, board suspected illegal entry vessel A suspected illegal entry vessel was intercepted on 25 Apr 09 by the Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Albany, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, 90 nautical miles south-west of Ashmore Island, approximately 900 kilometres from Darwin. (Date uploaded: 08 May - 05 images) View Gallery |
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| OP Catalyst Secdet XIV A JOB at the German embassy passes without incident, and that is just how the MPs of the SECDET personal security detachment like it. (Date uploaded: 08 May - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| Battle of the Coral Sea Commemoration (Date uploaded: 07 May 2009 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| A Better Protected and Better Connected Army for the North Minister for Defence, Hon Joel Fitzgibbon visits Army personnel at Robertson Barracks in Darwin. (Date uploaded: 07 May 2009 - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon visit to Lavarack Barracks Apart from meeting troops and their families at Lavarack Barracks the Minister for Defence also announced that existing port facilities in Townsville will be upgraded ahead of the introduction into service of Navy’s Landing Helicopter Dock ships in 2014. (Date uploaded: 08 May - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support Visits RAAF Amberley The Honourable Doctor Mike Kelly AM MP (Australian Medal, Member for Parliament), Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, visits RAAF Base Amberley to brief personnel about the Defence White Paper. (Date uploaded: 07 May 2009 - 07 images) View Gallery |
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| Navy Aircrewman Honoured at NSW Government House Nowra-based Aircrewman, Petty Officer Benjamin Sime, has been awarded the prestigious Medal for Gallantry by the New South Wales Governor in recognition of outstanding heroism during a terrorist attack in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 07 May 2009 - 04 images) View Gallery |
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| CONTROLLED pandemonium The trauma bays at the Kandahar Airfield Role 3 Hospital are buzzing with surgeons, medics, scribes, runners, X ray techs, escorts, interpreters and aircrew. (Date uploaded: 07 May 2009 - 05 images) View Gallery |
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Exchange Long Look 2009 |
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The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP visits Townsville |
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| Pheasant Wood excavation Work to recover the remains of up to 400 WWI British and Australian soldiers will begin today at Pheasant Wood, in the village of Fromelles in France. (Date uploaded: 06 May - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| Range Shooting The International Stabilisation Force (ISF) Combined Operational Liaison Team host a weapons familiarization, range shoot and informal shooting competition with the East Timor National Police (PNTL) and their United Nations security partners at Metinaro Range. (Date uploaded: 05 May - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Op Kruger Patrol route Irish ASLAVs carrying SECDET soldiers regularly leave ‘the Cove’ on escort tasks and sustainment runs to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). (Date uploaded: 05 May - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| Northern Trident 2009 - Damage Control exercise HMAS SYDNEY and HMAS BALLARAT are currently on the first leg of Northern Trident, a worldwide deployment aimed at supporting Government of Ausralia priorities in selected Western, European, North America and Asian Countries. (Date uploaded: 05 May - 09 images) View Gallery |
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Minister of Defence visit to Techport SA |
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| Northern Trident 2009 - HMAS BALLARAT Boarding Team Exercise conducted onboard HMAS SYDNEY HMAS SYDNEY and HMAS BALLARAT are currently on the first leg of Northern Trident, a worldwide deployment aimed at supporting Government of Ausralia priorities in selected Western, European, North America and Asian Countries. (Date uploaded: 04 May 2009 - 07 images) View gallery |
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| Exercise Arnhem Thunder 2009 Number 77 Squadron will deploy 14 F/A-18 Hornets and approximately 180 personnel to RAAF Base Tindal to conduct Exercise Arnhem Thunder 09-01 with 75 Squadron. (Date uploaded: 04 May 2009 - 10 images) View gallery |
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F111 Amberley to Point Cook road trip (Date uploaded: 04 May 2009 - 18 images) |
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| Defence White Paper The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, tours HMAS STUART and talks to ship's company in the junior sailors' mess, before launching the Defence White Paper 2009 onboard HMAS STUART. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2009 - 08 images) View gallery |
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| Release Dunt Report Mr Snowdon said that the national conference was the peak meeting for health and allied professionals to exchange developments in mental health support for serving ADF members and those in the ex Service community. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2009) View gallery |
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| White Paper 2009 Joint Strike Fighter. (JSF) (Date uploaded: 01 May 2009) View gallery |
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