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6RAR Diggers liaise with TNI troops along the Timor/Indonesian border at Motaaine.
HMAS Parramatta Boarding Parties check on a dhow in the southern Arabian Gulf.
1 Sqn F/A-18F Rhino strike fighters over Qld.
SOTG operators prepare to deploy from the FOB Riply strip at Tarin Kowt.

UNTAET'S BORDER WAR

In mid 2000, Australian 6RAR and New Zealand forces within UNTAET fought a low tempo hot border war with pro Otonomy Militias along the Timorese/Indonesian border........

ICAT

ADF forces deployed under the International Coalition Against Terror (ICAT) including Security Detachment Baghdad 16, C-130J Hercs and AP-3C Orions in the UAE and HMAS Parramatta counter piracy and counter terrorism in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman........

AFGHANISTAN

The 6RAR led Mentoring Task Force 1 (MTF1), SOTG responds to Gizab anti Taliban rebellion, Dutch Task Force Uruzgan, US Special Operations and ANA operations to deny Uruzgan Province to the Taliban continued during the worst of the Afghan winter.......

RHINOS OVER AMBERLEY

The first of the RAAF's new F/A-18F Block II Rhino multi role combat aircraft deployed to RAAF Base Amberley west of Brisbane in March........

TIMOR LESTE

The 8/9RAR led Timor Leste Task Group is half way through its eight month tour of Timor within the International Stabilisastion Force as the ADF winds back its presence in the tiny Republic.....

OTHER STORIES:
MRH-90 PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY GERMAN REPORT, ARMY ORDERS 7 NEW CH-47Fs, G WAGONS ARRIVED IN AUST, NEW 84mm M3 MAAWS, RNZN OPVS, ANZAC ASM UPGRADE, CERAKOTE WEAPONS COATINGS, M113AS4 IN SERVICE.

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An F-88A1 armed F-FDTL grunt fires during a live training ex with Aussie Diggers in Timor.