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21st century wars/conflict

Occasional Paper 45: HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004

Editorial Staff · Feb 12, 2019 ·

The following story was first published in the June 2007 edition of the Naval Historical Review. At the time, very little news about the RANs day to day activities was ...

RAAF Orions: Watching Over the Middle East

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2013 ·

The prominence of ISR … is a clear reflection of its growing importance in enabling operational success in the increasingly complex environments in which the ADF is called upon to ...

The White Ensign in the Middle East

David Michael · Sep 1, 2012 ·

By Greg Swinden Having recently returned from a second deployment to the Middle East a colleague suggested that I put down in writing some of my thoughts and recollections of ...

Letters: VC for Sheehan is a Pandora’s Box

Letter Writer · Dec 7, 2008 ·

Noting the statement regarding the Sheehan’s family fight for VC, I thought that the enclosures may be of interest to your members. While there is no denying the bravery of ...

HMAS Adelaide – Boarding Party, Persian Gulf 2004

Johnston, Anthony, DSM, Lieutenant Commander, RAN · Jun 4, 2007 ·

Because of the remote location of the Coalition’s naval forces in the Persian Gulf, very little news about their day to day activities is reported in the Australian media, apart ...

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HMS Marlborough’s Account of the Iraq War, March 2003

Anderson, Mark, B.Sc. (Hons), Captain, RN · Sep 8, 2003 ·

After active participation in the naval war against Iraq earlier this year, HMS Marlborough visited Sydney for rest and relaxation. Your Editor requested the Captain to write an article for ...

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