OPERATION CATALYST IRAQ

The ADF remains in Iraq as the new government begins the wind down in our commitment Includes Overwatch Battle Group West 3 ( OBGW3 ) in Dhi Qar, SECDET VII in Badhdad and HMAS Anzac in the NAG with TF-158 ........

EXERCISE MALABAR

HMAS Adelaide joined warships from the US Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy and Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force in the first major SEAEX with the Indian Navy......

TIMOR

East Timor security situation has improved but Australian and New Zealand soldiers of Battle Group Samichon and UN police are still on the streets facing the gang, while Reinados armed rebels hold up in the hills ....

AFGHANISTAN: Heavy Fighting in the Hindu Kush

Aussie Diggers with RTF 2 and RTF3 and the Special Operations Task Group VI ( SOTG VI ) are in close contact in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province.......

AFTER ACTION REPORT EMBASSY VBIED

We examine the time line of the al Qa'ida in Iraq VBIED attack on the Australian Embassy in Baghdad on 19 January 2005......

OTHER STORIES:
FIRST UPGRADED M-113AS4S DELIVERED TO 7RAR, FFG UPGRADE SEA TRIALS, RAAF ORDERS AIM-9X & AGM-154, NEW PROJECT OVERLANDER TRUCKS & OFF ROAD VEHICLES, NEXT GENERATION 155 ARTILLERY ROUNDS, RNZN INSHORE PATROL CRAFT, AUSTRALIAN BATTLEFIELD SIMULATION STORMS USA, RAN ACCEPTS FINAL ARMIDALE PATROL BOAT, ADF ORDERS 250 EXTRA BUSHMASTER IMVS.