RAR QLD Defence News. Australian support for Fiji continues 2. Mar 1. 6 (2. 6 Mar 1. Today we announce that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployment to Fiji under Operation Fiji Assist will transition to a new phase. Australia will continue to assist Fiji as it moves from response to recovery in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Winston. Australia’s largest naval vessel, HMAS Canberra, has successfully completed its first operational deployment and will depart Fiji today. Australian Defence Force command and engineering personnel, vehicles and helicopters will remain in Fiji to conduct assessment activities and deliver assistance.
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Defence force personnel removed debris, restored critical infrastructure, supplied fresh drinking water and delivered lifesaving supplies to the islands of Koro and Taveuni. More than 1,0. 00 Australian Defence Force and humanitarian personnel have deployed, providing critical assistance, including: •delivering over 3. Australia has committed $1. Fiji’s recovery, providing life- saving supplies and access to health services to 2. The Australian Defence Force will continue to work with the National Disaster Management Office and in support of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to help Fiji recover from this disaster. We remain committed to supporting Fiji’s recovery and assisting our friends and neighbours in times of crisis.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence. Emergency response teams train together 2. Mar 1. 6 (2. 4 Mar 1.
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Operating out of Fiji’s Nausori International Airport in Suva, an Australian Defence Force (ADF) medical team and Emergency Responders from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2. CER), have been conducting first- aid and equipment familiarisation training with the airport’s local aviation fire- fighters and Fiji’s National Fire Service. The medical team and Emergency Response Section are based at the airport in support of 5th Aviation Regiment’s rotary- wing capability, facilitating the transfer of personnel, distribution of aid and Aero- Medical Evacuation (AME) as part of Operation Fiji Assist 2. Commander Emergency Response Section, Corporal (CPL) Robert Blamires, said that in the event of an emergency it’s important that the medical team, Fiji aviation fire- fighters and ADF Emergency Response Section work together. If an incident occurs involving an aircraft at the Airport, the Fijian aviation fire- fighters will be the first to respond through the airport’s control centre,” CPL Blamires said. Our team, as well as the medics, will provide first- aid and extraction support,” “It’s important for us to have an understanding of each others’ standard operating procedures so that we can effectively communicate on the ground in the event of an emergency.” The ADF medical team and Emergency Response Section were quick to recognise the need to integrate with the airport’s aviation fire- fighters through the provision of joint training. The Fijian and Australian fire- fighters showed off their skills in a competitive display of team work.
Donning their yellow turnout gear, the Emergency Responders together with the Fijian fire- fighters took to the tarmac practicing simple hose and fire- fighting drills using the airport’s two emergency response vehicles. Training with the Fijian fire- fighters allows us to continually develop and look at each others’ operating procedures,” CPL Blamires said. Not only have they learnt a lot from us but we have also learnt a lot from them in regards to aviation fire- fighting.” Whilst trained in advanced first aid, the local aviation fire- fighters are not often afforded the opportunity to refresh their skills or practice with modern equipment. Sergeant (SGT) Bernadette Serong from the 1. Close Health Company, said that they had been delivering various first- aid training incorporating spinal immobilisation and extraction techniques using standard ADF equipment such as the cervical collar and Kendrick Extraction Device (KED). We’ve shown them how to remove a casualty from an airframe,” she said.
We have also covered haemorrhage control techniques using improvised tourniquets and splinting techniques for various fractures they might see.” In addition to working closely with the airport’s aviation fire- fighters, the ADF medics and Emergency Responders have been visiting surrounding fire stations delivering training. Acting Station Officer, Suva Fire Station, Mr Timoci Nakaruru, said that the visits had given him an understanding of how the ADF conduct disaster relief operations, providing insight into the possibilities for future emergency response and AME capability. It gives us an idea of how we should be thinking in the future if we want to effectively respond to the outer islands,” Mr Nakaruru said. During the height of the cyclone we received many calls from the outer- islands. Because we have limited capability there, we just couldn’t respond to them all,” “Down the line, in a few years or so, we need to have the capability to airlift our rescue teams into the villages so we can save more lives.” Whilst the training delivered will better equip the Fijian’s for future disasters, the Emergency Responders will also return home with improved skills and broadened industry knowledge. It’s not often that we get the chance to train with different fire- fighting agencies, so this has been great exposure for my crew,” CPL Blamires said.
Defence News and Media. Veteran Pensions Set to Increase 2. Mar 1. 6 (2. 0 Mar 1. Veteran pension payments will increase in March in line with the biannual indexation process. Pension recipients including veterans, their partners, war widows and widowers across Australia will see the increase from 2. March 2. 01. 6. Due to pension rates calculating on a daily basis, the first pension paid after the indexation on payday 3. March 2. 01. 6 will comprise both the old and new rates.
The new pension rates will be fully effective from payment date 1. April 2. 01. 6. The table (at link below) highlights the new fortnightly rates..
Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Vet. Ride 2. 01. 6 2. Mar 1. 6 (2. 1 Mar 1. Today, Senator Zed Seselja welcomed to Canberra nearly 1. Vet. Ride initiative. Senator Seselja, representing the Prime Minister and the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan, said the riders had made the 6. Melbourne to Canberra, stopping at Benalla, Bandiana, Kapooka, Cootamundra and Yass on their way to Canberra.
Each year Vet. Ride conducts the ‘Service and Sacrifice Tour’ cycling event to raise awareness of Vietnam veterans’ issues and to honour and remember the 5. Australians killed in the Vietnam War,” Senator Seselja said. This year’s ride commemorated the 5. Battle of Long Tan, where 1. D Company RAR resisted a far larger group of Viet Cong soldiers in what became one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia’s military history.” The Prime Minister acknowledged the vital support events such as Vet. Ride provide for the Veteran community. The government has an important responsibility to support serving soldiers, veterans and their families; a role it undertakes gladly and enthusiastically." "Initiatives such as Vet.
Ride are an essential support for past ADF personnel and their families." The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Dan Tehan, also acknowledged the positive work of this annual fundraising cycle event. Vet. Ride is a terrific initiative of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia supporting the welfare of veterans, the ex- service community and their families, through an annual fundraising cycling event,” Minister Tehan said.
The Service and Sacrifice Ride helps highlight the importance of the physical and mental health of our veterans and Vet. Ride is commended for its efforts in raising awareness of the issue.” Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Australian Defence Force tests air- land integration in the joint battlespace 2. Mar 1. 6 (2. 1 Mar 1. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the Australian Army, with support from Northrop Grumman, have successfully conducted a firepower demonstration and a combat team quick attack demonstration at Puckapunyal Military Area in Victoria as part of Exercise Jericho Dawn to display the powerful effects of integrated air and land operations.
The live fire exercise allowed RAAF and Army operators, together with Defence and industry representatives, to observe the combined air and land capabilities in two scenarios. The operators demonstrated the current capabilities, before trialling new ways to improve air- land integration, including the way that aircraft and vehicles connect and translate information through different communication networks.
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies AO, CSC, said that the demonstration showcased existing air- land operations technologies and processes, and the operational gains that have already been achieved through better integration of systems and information. Through today’s demonstration we were able to provide a visualisation of the effects of some of the Australian Defence Force’s capabilities,” Air Marshal Davies said. The lessons identified from the activity will help shape Defence’s future capability decisions and improve existing training activities. Demonstrations such as today are an important means of testing and displaying joint effects. We are building on the Air Force’s international reputation for being good at what we currently do, and asking important questions about taking Air Force’s contribution to joint operations even further. If this kind of training exercise shows us something we can do that would help Air Force, Army and Navy fight better as a team, then that’s what we will pursue.” The Australian Army’s Head Modernisation and Strategic Planning, Major General Gus Mc.
Lachlan, AM, said that greater air- land integration is an important step towards the Army and the ADF working in a joint, combined and interoperable environment. Our Army is focussed on two key areas to ensure improved air- land integration.