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Operation Papua New Guinea Assist
Operation Papua New Guinea Assist was the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the Australian humanitarian effort in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea following heavy flooding caused by Cyclone Guba in November 2007. The humanitarian effort was being led by AusAID and the ADF provided logistical support. The first ADF units involved in this operation deployed to Papua New Guinea on 21 November 2007 following a request from the PNG government. The operation was completed early December 2007. The ADF force was designated Joint Task Force 636 and was led by Group Captain Tim Innes. The force had a strength of about 170 personnel and involved the following ADF units: * A small ADF support and command element * Two C-130 Hercules from No. 37 Squadron RAAF * One C-17 Globemaster III from No. 36 Squadron RAAF * Three DHC-4 Caribou from No. 38 Squadron RAAF * HMAS ''Wewak'' * One Beechcraft Super King Air from the 173rd Surveillance Squadron * Three S-70A Blackhawks from B Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and several "tri-service" units. The ADF has a strength of just over 85,000 full-time personnel and active reservists and is supported by the Department of Defence and several other civilian agencies. During the first decades of the 20th century, the Australian Government established the armed services as separate organisations. Each service had an independent chain of command. In 1976, the government made a strategic change and established the ADF to place the services under a single headquarters. Over time, the degree of integration has increased and tri-service headquarters, logistics, and training institutions have supplanted many single-service establishments. The ADF is technologically sophisticated but relatively small. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAS Wewak (L 130)
HMAS ''Wewak'' (L 130) was the fifth ship of the of heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Design and construction The eight-vessel ''Balikpapan'' class was ordered as a locally manufactured replacement for the Australian Army's LSM-1-class landing ship medium and ALC 50 landing craft. They are long, with a beam of , and a draught of .Wertheim (ed.), ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 26 The landing craft have a standard displacement of 316 tons, with a full load displacement of 503 tons. They are propelled by two G.M. Detroit 6-71 diesel motors, providing 675 brake horsepower to the two propeller shafts, allowing the vessels to reach . The standard ship's company is 13-strong. The ''Balikpapan''s are equipped with a Decca RM 916 navigational radar, and fitted with two machine guns for self-defence. The LCHs have a maximum payload of 180 tons; equivalent to 3 Leopard 1 tanks, 13 M113 armoured personnel carriers 23 q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Health Support Battalion
The 1st Close Health Battalion (1CHB) was a unit of the 17th Sustainment Brigade (Australia), 17th Sustainment Brigade of the Australian Army. It was headquartered at the Robertson Barracks, Robertson Army Barracks in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, but had sub-units located in Darwin, Townsville and Brisbane. The unit traced its lineage back to the 1st Field Hospital, which was raised in the 1960s for service as part of Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War, Australia's contribution to the Vietnam War. Since then, the unit has changed names twice and personnel have been deployed on numerous peacekeeping and warlike operations throughout Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. In February 2022, following the disbandment of 1CHB as part of the Army's restructure of its health battalions, four new health battalions were formed that were to be placed under the command of the 2nd Brigade (Australia), 2nd Health Brigade. 1CHB lives on through the newl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
