Eight Month Operational Tours 4th June 2008 - Views: 819 This increase in deployment length will provide a corresponding increase in time between deployments. This will provide our Army the time to train in the broad range of capabilities that a modern Army requires to be successful in the contemporary security environment.
Exercise Pitch Black 2008 Gears Up Northern Territory For Air-to-air Combat 3rd June 2008 - Views: 764 Pitch Black is a regular RAAF exercise held every two years in the Northern Territory.
Minister For Defence To Attend Shangri-la Dialogue 30th May 2008 - Views: 784 The Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP will meet with Ministerial counterparts from a wide variety of partner countries in Singapore.
Combat History Of The 2nd D&e Platoon In The Vietnam War 29th May 2008 - Views: 1579 he Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, and Ms Jennie George MP met today with veterans of the 2nd D&E Platoon who served in the Vietnam War as part of the Australian Task Force (ATF), to discuss the acknowledgement of the Platoon and its history in that conflict.
Uk And Australian Defence Ministers Meet In Canberra 29th May 2008 - Views: 745 The Minister of Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, and the UK Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt. Hon. Des Browne MP, met in Canberra today, their fourth meeting since the November 2007 Australian election.