Private David Fisher to return home The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has announced that remains recovered in the Cam My District of Vietnam in late August have been officially identified as Private David Fisher.
Military Police Dog ‘Ziggy’ Passes Away in East Timor Australian Army Chaplain John Sanderson and New Zealand Army Chaplain Hylton Froggatt conducted a memorial service for ‘Ziggy’, a Military Police Dog at the Headquarters of the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor.
$6 Million To Maintain Air Force Capabilities The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP has announced a new $6 million package that will offer selected Air Traffic Controllers and Air Field Engineering trades personnel retention bonuses as part of broader strategies to maintain capabilities.
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.