Op Sumatra II winds up from Nias Island
ADF involvement in Australia’s humanitarian mission in earthquake-ravaged Nias Island is winding down. Defence Minister Robert Hill has announced that assistance will now progress to a repair and reconstruction phase with Australian aid provided through civilian agencies.

Exercise wasn’t just a game
X-WING fighters, Battlestar Galactica, and the concept of phaserarmed spaceships hurtling around the solar system shooting at each other will remain in the realms of fantasy for generations to come.

ANZAC Day now online
AN ANZAC Day web site has been launched in time for this year’s 90th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

First Timorese evacuated for life-saving medical treatment
AN EAST Timorese woman suffering a heart complication has become the first Timorese national to be evacuated from Dili to Melbourne with the help of the ADF’s AME team.

 

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