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18th August 2010
Ramp Ceremony held at Royal Australian Air
Force Base Pearce, WA, for Trooper Jason Brown
Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) Trooper Jason Brown, who
was Killed In Action in Afghanistan on 14 August, was repatriated in a
sombre Ramp Ceremony at RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia on 18
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18TH AUGUST 2010
Memorial service for Trooper Jason Brown
Australian Service men and women deployed to the Australian
Support Base in the United Arab Emirates pause in their duties to pay
their respects at a memorial service held for Special Air Service
Trooper Jason Brown recently killed in Afghanistan. |
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Trooper Jason Brown - Farewelled from
Afghanistan
Trooper Jason Brown departed Afghanistan yesterday (16 APRIL) after a
memorial service and ramp ceremony at the Multi National Base, Tarin
Kowt. |
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17AUGUST 2010 The four Air Force Chiefs lay wreaths at the tomb of the
unknown Australian soldier. From left to right are Air Marshal Mark
Binskin, Chief of Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Air Chief
Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, Chief of Air Staff, Royal Air Force,
Lieutenant General Andre Deschamps, Chief of Air Staff, Canada’s Air
Force and General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff, US Air Force. |
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Medical assistance programs changing lives
in East Timor
Members of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF),
Defence Cooperation Program (DCP), Pacific Partnership 10 (PP10) and
the East Timorese Defence Force (F-FDTL) have combined to deliver
critical medical support to remote villages. |
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ADF assist in surgeries during Pacific
Partnership 2010 visit to East Timor
ADF personnel assigned to PP10 have been conducting
surgeries onboard USNS Mercy whilst in East Timor. |
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16 August 2010
HMAS Melbourne departs for the Middle East
Family and friends gathered at Garden Island to
farewell their loved ones departing on HMAS MELBOURNE to the Middle
East Area of Operation. The ship will deploy for six months as a
part of Operation Slipper, the Australian Defence Force contribution
to the international campaign against terrorism, counter piracy
operations in the Gulf of Aden and maritime security.
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14 August 2010
TROOPER JASON THOMAS BROWN
29 year old, Trooper Jason Thomas Brown from the
Perth-based Special Air Service Regiment died as a result of gunshot
wounds sustained in the engagement.
Trooper Brown leaves behind his parents and one
sister who are currently receiving support from Defence.
Trooper Brown was born in Sydney, NSW in 1981. He
joined the Army on 13th June 2000 and following Recruit and Initial
Employment Training, Trooper Brown was posted to the 1st Battalion
Royal Australian Regiment. In 2004 he joined the 4th Battalion Royal
Australian Regiment (Commando). On successful completion of the 2007
Selection Course, Trooper Brown became a member of the Special Air
Service Regiment. This was his first tour to Afghanistan, although
he had deployed previously on three occasions to East Timor. |
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13 August 2010
Patrolling in the Deh Rawood region
Mentoring Team Delta (MT-D), part of the 1st Mentoring Task
Force (MTF-1), began operations in the Deh Rawood area, west of
Tarin Kowt in early July 2010.
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13 August 2010 First
patrol in the Deh Rawood region
Mentoring Team Delta (MT-D), part of the 1st Mentoring Task
Force (MTF-1), began operations in the Deh Rawood area, west of
Tarin Kowt in early July 2010.
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13 August 2010 Australian
Defence Force personnel and partner nations visit the Ambon war
cemetery during Pacific Partnership 2010. |
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12 August 2010
1st Mentoring Task Force
(MTF-1), commences operations in the Deh Rawood area
Mentoring Team Delta (MT-D), part of the 1st
Mentoring Task Force (MTF-1), began operations in the Deh Rawood
area, west of Tarin Kowt in early July 2010.Operations in the Deh
Rawood Valley Region became part of MTF-1 responsibilities that
synchronised with the drawdown of Dutch forces in Uruzgan Province. |
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12 August 2010
RAAF Base Wagga celebrates 70 years of
Service and the reformation of No 31 Squadron
Personnel from RAAF Base Wagga exercised the right of Freedom of
Entry to the City of Wagga Wagga on Saturday 31 July 2010. |
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12 August 2010
The Australian Special Operations Task
Group facilitated the arrival of six up-armoured Hummer
The Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) recently
facilitated the arrival of six Hummer up-armoured vehicles for the
Afghan Provincial Police Reserve Company (PPRC) in Tarin Kowt. |
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12 August 2010
AUSAID supplies loaded into a C-17 bound
for Operation Pakistan Assist II
Fourteen pallets of AusAID supplies for the people of flood-ravaged
Pakistan were loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17
Globemaster at Amberley this afternoon |
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09 August
2010 Aussie Gunners deployed with
British troops in Afghanistan
Fourteen Australian artillery gunners from 4 Field Regiment are
working and living with British artillery unit 4th Regiment Royal
Artillery, out of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Budwan, Helmand
Province Afghanistan |
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05 August
2010
Air Force Heron Detachment deployed to
Afghanistan assisting Australian soldiers on the ground
The Australian Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a key asset in the
conduct of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in
the Afghanistan theatre of operations. |
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02 August 2010
Officers from the International Security and
Assistance Force (ISAF) salute during the playing of the Afghan
National Anthem at the transfer of authority ceremony held at
Multi-National Base Tarin Kot in Afghanistan.
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02 August 2010
HMAS Newcastle - Change of Command - Handover
HMAS Newcastle returned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as RIMPAC
2010 came to a close. HMAS Newcastle Participate in the Exercise as
well as a SAMEX (Surface to Air Misslie Exercise) with HMAS
Warramunga. |
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