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Corporal Mitchell McLean from the 1st Combat Signal Regiment talks to Casino High School students during a visit to his former school in Casino. Photo: Corporal Sagi Biderman
18 Mar 2022
Army
News

Back to school for Army corporal

Corporal Mitchell McLean from 1st Combat Signal Regiment has returned home to Casino to assist as part of Operation Flood Assist.

People & service
Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni (centre) and Australian High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga, Rachael Moore (centre left), talk with military personnel from the Royal Australian Navy, French Armed Forces and the Republic of Fiji Military Force
18 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Farewell acknowledges work of Pacific family

A farewell ceremony at Tonga’s Vuna Wharf has been held on March 16 to thank personnel who have been operating together from HMAS Canberra.

Relief & assistance
Corporal Mark Bennett with Rodney Crocker at the Pearl Retirement Village aged-care facility in Darwin. Photo: Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca
17 Mar 2022
Army
News

Regiment's bed-making skills 'too perfect'

Soldiers of the 1st Brigade are used to adapting to new environments.

People & service
Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Elian and Warrant Officer Class Two Michael Foster (right) with Mr Gary Carr, Empire Vale Post Office manager, after providing flood damage clean-up assistance. Photo: Corporal Dustin Anderson
17 Mar 2022
Army
News

Big effort for Australia's smallest post office

Australia’s smallest post office in the northern NSW town of Empire Vale has been reopened thanks to the help from 1st Armoured Regiment.

People & service
Navy, Army and Air Force personnel clear flood debris from Kedron Brook in Mitchelton, Brisbane, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Corporal Nicole Dorrett
17 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Forces unite to make park safe

Navy, Army and Air Force personnel converged on flood-ravaged recreation areas in Brisbane to help make them safe for the public.

Relief & assistance
A soldier from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) removes flood-damaged produce from a cold storage warehouse at the Brisbane Markets in Rocklea. Photo: Cpl Nicole Dorrett
16 Mar 2022
Army
News

ADF helps Brisbane 'get back on its feet'

The recent floods left a large part of the Brisbane Markets underwater, causing millions of dollars of damage.

Relief & assistance
Casino local Terry Lloyd with his youngest daughter stand in his daughter Clarisa's Casino, New South Wales, backyard with the Richmond River, which flooded the house, in the background. Photo: Corporal Sagi Biderman
16 Mar 2022
Army
News

Army sweeps in to help clean up

Casino local Clarissa Lloyd bought her home near the Richmond River just shy of one year ago. Everything was going well until flood waters…

Relief & assistance
Corporal Rebecca Barry embraces a Casino local while organising donations at the local racecourse and showgrounds in northern NSW as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Corporal Sagi Biderman
16 Mar 2022
Army
News

Enduring community spirit lives on

Communities like Casino have an enduring spirit, which is exemplified in tough situations like this year’s floods.  

People & service
Major-General David Thomae and Mayor of Lismore Steve Krieg survey the damage and recovery efforts in Lismore from an Army MRH-90 Taipan. Photo: Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree
15 Mar 2022
Army
News

Rescues stuff of movie script, says commander

As floods decimated Lismore, soldiers of the 41st Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment, pulled people from boats and took them to safety.

Relief & assistance
Private Darren Loveday assists volunteers sort essential supplies donated for flood-affected community members at the Lifeline distribution centre in Lismore. Photo: Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello
15 Mar 2022
Army
News

Army throws charity a lifeline

Flooding may have destroyed the Lifeline furniture store in Lismore, but it didn’t destroy store manager Ethan Smith’s spirit. 

Relief & assistance
An Army soldier from 5th Engineer Regiment assists with clean up at Cabbage Tree Island Primary School in northern NSW as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Corporal Dustin Anderson
14 Mar 2022
Army
News

Sappers assist with Cabbage Tree Island recovery

The Australian Defence Force has helped to restore some sense of normality to Cabbage Tree Island.

Relief & assistance
Australian Army soldiers from 7th Brigade assist a farmer near Gatton, Queensland, by cleaning fences of flood debris and checking their integrity.
13 Mar 2022
Army
News

Soldiers help mend fences

In the grips of a drought, Mrs Shirley Schultz sold one-third of her cattle in 2019. Waiting for the rain at her Gatton farm, the 84-year-old widower…

Relief & assistance