Dash For Cash 08 Exercise DASH FOR CASH 08 is a three day, annual, fund-raising activity by the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Lavarack Barracks in Townsville. This year the fundraiser was conducted from the 29 – 31 August.
Top Gun Training Goes International Australian Air Force top guns tested their air combat skills against six United States Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft.
Exercise Albatros Ausindo 2008 Recently, personnel from 11 Squadron at RAAF base Edinburgh travelled to Bali to work with the Indonesian Armed Forces as part of Exercise Albatros Ausindo 2008.
Temporary Detainee Holding Enclosures in Afghanistan The Department of Defence has released images of the temporary detainee holding enclosures used by ADF elements at a Forward Operating Base on 29 April 2008.
The Government has approved the deployment of approximately 4000 Australian Defence Force personnel to 11 operations overseas and within Australia to protect Australia and its national interests.
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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.
Defence Force Air Show The Australian Defence Force 2008 Air Show being conducted at RAAF Base Amberley on the 4-5 October. This year's show will be the most exciting and feature filled show yet. With an extensive line up of displays!
Great White Fleet The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen gleaming, white modern American battleships & their escorts, that later came to be known as the Great White Fleet.
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Sailor Leigh Weinert Townsville 'Born and Bred'
Local sailor Leigh is a Marine Technician in the Royal Australian Navy. He recently made the transit to Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, to partipate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific.
