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Australia Sends the HMAS Arunta to Operation Manitou

12/02/2016
12/02/2016: HMAS Arunta and her ship’s company of 191 departed HMAS Stirling naval base at Rockingham, Western Australia for Operation MANITOU in the Middle East Region. This is Arunta’s 3rd deployment to the area and the first time a ship will be deployed for nine months. HMAS Arunta and her ship’s…

Creating Terror-Free Zones: How a Citizen Organization is Helping in the Philippines

12/02/2016
2016-11-28 By Albert  Santoli, President, Asia America Initiative The Philippine archipelago of 7,000 islands and water passages of trade, defense and communications form a strategic crossroad vital to the security to the entire Pacific Region and the West Coast of the United States. The strategic relationship between the United States and the…

P-8 Arrival Ceremony at RAAF Base Edinburgh

12/01/2016
12/01/2016: The Royal Australian Air Force’s first P-8A Poseidon has arrived to its new home at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Number 92 Wing will operate Australia’s newest maritime surveillance aircraft, which will support a full range of tasks, including anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, maritime and overland intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, electronic…

EXERCISE DUGONG 2016

11/30/2016
11/30/2016: Exercise Dugong brings together more than 50 specialist divers and support staff to practise state-of-the-art underwater construction techniques and damage repair, search and salvage, shipping hazard removal, medical and communication techniques. Eighteen divers from the USA will be conducting continuation training and demonstrations in underwater welding, thermal cutting, underwater chainsaw…