Australians take the lead On Tuesday, a short ceremony was held in southern Afghanistan to mark the official transfer of authority, between Dutch and Australian Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLT).
Pacific Patrol Boat Program Twelve Pacific nations have been provided twenty-two Pacific Patrol Boats as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program.
A final farewell for HMAS Sydney II Today, HMAS Manoora and HMAS Sydney conducted the first memorial service at sea for the lost sailors of HMAS Sydney II over the site of the sinking.
Street patrols in Afghanistan Soldiers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF-1) have been conducting street patrols in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
Defence assistance to storm clean up More than 750 Australian Defence Force Personnel have been mobilised to assist the Brisbane City Council and Emergency Management Australia to clean up in the wake of Sunday’s storm.
The Government has approved the deployment of approximately 3,500 Australian Defence Force personnel to 11 operations overseas and within Australia to protect Australia and its national interests.
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Defence Annual Report 2007-08 The Defence Annual Report 2007-08 (Volume 1) addresses the Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which are collectively referred to as ‘Defence’. The Defence Annual Report 2007-08 (Volume 2) addresses the Defence Materiel Organisation as a prescribed agency.
HMAS Sydney II On 28 March 2008, Air Chief Marshal A.G. Houston, AC, AFC, Chief of the Defence Force, appointed a Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Honourable T.R.H. Cole, AO, RFD, QC as President, to inquire into and report upon circumstances associated with the loss of HMAS SYDNEY (II) in November, 1941.
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Leading Seaman Cassandra Morris
Mandurah’s Cassandra Morris, 24, is now patrolling Persian Gulf waters with her 180 shipmates aboard Navy frigate HMAS STUART. They are safeguarding two key Iraqi oil terminals that bring in 80% of the country’s revenue, and chasing down contraband runners.
