Cop this: Comedian Wayne Deakin shares a laugh with Cpl Phillip Hutt, 1HSB, and Pte Rebecca Carson, JMCO, at a Middle Eastern air base. The comedian was en-route to North Camp in the Sinai – the base for 25 Australian soldiers on peace-monitoring duties with the Multinational Force and Observers – for a concert tour organised by the Forces Advisory Council on Entertainment.
Photo by David Edlington.

Now then, big breaths: Capt Nerida Byrnes at work in the Medical Centre at Camp Smitty in Al Muthanna, Iraq.
Photo by AB Kade Rogers.

In focus: Pte Adam James, 1HSB, who was in Aceh for Operation Sumatra Assist, looks at an ADF display in a bank branch in the Sydney CBD. The exhibition covers Australia’s role in international disaster relief, including the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and aid relief to Timor-Leste, Rwanda, Bougainville and Somalia.
Photo by Bill Cunneen.