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ADF support to Vietnamese Deployable Medical Facility

Posted on November 9, 2018 | by Caroline Teames

11/09/2018

Australia supported Vietnam’s first deployment of a Role 2 field hospital to a United Nations peacekeeping mission through providing two airlifts by Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft in late September 2018. Additionally, the Australian Defence Force provided the Vietnamese Peacekeepers with English language training and other specialist equipment…

Thailand and ADF Co-Host Peacekeeping Exercise

Posted on July 6, 2018 | by Caroline Teames

07/06/2018

PIRAP JABIRU is a biennial exercise Australia has been co-hosting with Thailand since 1998. As a key regional peacekeeping forum, it provides an environment to come together to enhance our collective understanding of the planning considerations necessary to be successful on contemporary peace operations. Australia and Thailand bring together more…

Bushmaster handover to Fiji

Posted on March 30, 2017 | by Caroline Teames

03/30/2017

The ADF has started the Bushmaster handover to Fiji.

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