Exercise Kakadu 2008
| 05 August 2008 Ships formation Two thousand sailors and airmen from nine nations are gearing up in northern Australia for Exercise Kakadu IX, an important international Defence exercise. The 19 day exercise will bring together Defence personnel from Australia, New Zealand, the French Armed Forces - New Caledonia (FANC), Singapore, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Japan and Thailand; with observers from the Philippines, Indonesia and India. |
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| 20080730ran8100087_006 Singapore Victory Class Missile Corvette, RSS Vengeance sails in company with HMAS Melbourne during exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 30 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080730ran8100087_010 Commander Allison Norris, Commanding Officer HMAS Melbourne, serves lunch to the crew of Melbourne from the galley. (Date taken: 30 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080730ran8100087_050 76mm gun firing on board HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 30 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_007 Malaysian Guided Missile Frigate, KD Jebat conducts replenishment at sea approaches with Australian replenishment ship, HMAS Sirius. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_020 Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Richard Clark is swimmer of the watch during a man overboard exercise on HMAS Melbourne. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_024 Warrant Officer Aircrewman Brian Pashley sits in the door of HMAS Melbourne's Seahawk helicopter as it flies around ships during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_043 Seaman Boatswains Mate Chris Love mans the Target Designating Transmitter during a 50 Calibre gun firing on HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_044 Petty Officer Bosun Felipe Caceres mans the communications circuit during a 50 Calibre gun firing on HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080731ran8100087_065 Malaysian Guided Missile Frigate, KD Jebat (front), Thai Ratanakosan Class Missile Corvette, HTMS Sukhothai (right) and Singapore Victory Class Missile Corvette, RSS Vengeance sail in formation at sunrise during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 31 July 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_026 Huon Class Mine Hunter Coastal, HMAS Gascoyne of the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_061 Armidale Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Maitland (foreground) in formation during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_072 Huon Class Mine Hunter Coastal, HMAS Gascoyne (foreground) in formation during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_094 Huon Class Mine Hunter, HMAS Gascoyne off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_096 HMAS Toowoomba off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_100 HMAS Sirius off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_133 HMAS Melbourne off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8100087_145 HMAS Melbourne off the coast of Darwin during Exercise Kakadu. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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| 20080801ran8115969_004 Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Tina Strickland as lookout on the Bridge Wing of HMAS Melbourne. (Date taken: 01 August 2008) low-res | high-res |
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