06/15/2016: Family and friends gathered at Fleet Base West, Rockingham to farewell HMAS Perth as she departed for the Middle East Region to relieve HMAS Darwin. The Commander Australian Fleet, RADM Stuart Mayer, CSC and Bar, RAN and Commander Australian Surface Force, CDRE Lee Goddard, CSC, RAN were on hand and…
06/13/2016: According to a USMC story published on June 8, 2016, the Marines are participating in Red Flag Alaska 16-2. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, traveled to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to participate in…
06/12/2016: Two Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft touched down at RAAF Base Richmond on 3 June 2016 at 10.30am to return home to Australia the remains of 33 Australian service personnel and dependents, many of whom were casualties of the Vietnam War, from cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore. The…
06/11/2016: The Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) is staging open days at its Melbourne laboratory for industry and academia to showcase innovative technologies being developed to give the Australian Defence Force a capability edge. The Partnerships Week event (6 to 10 June) is part of DST's outreach campaign for closer…
06/10/2016: The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) conducted a replenishment at sea, April 19, 2016 with three U.S. and foreign vessels that recently participated in exercise Komodo. Credit:Military Sealift Command Far East: 4/19/16
06/10/2016: Australian Army soldiers, predominantly from Brisbane's 7th Brigade, are participating in Exercise Haringaroo near Kota Bharu, Malaysia, from 23—27 May 2016. The annual exercise is an infantry-based activity seeing Australians and Malaysians working side-by-side with the aim to develop their tactical training and reinforcing professional relationships. The Australian soldiers have…
06/09/2016: Exercise Southern Jackaroo / Diamond Sprint 16 wrapped up with a 12 hour live fire defensive battle against a fictional enemy at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in May. Many of Brisbane 7th Brigade’s assets and weapons systems were used including mortars, javelins, 84mm M3 Carl Gustavs, small arms, machine guns…
06/07/2016: A Coalition unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) observes two Da’esh fighters emplacing an improvised explosive device (IED) near the town of Doudyan, Syria, this information was used to report threat locations back to friendly forces. The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the Daesh…
