A&NZD No44
3RAR and US Army Paratroopers jump into SWBTA during Ex Crocodile 2003.

EX CROCODILE 03

The largest US/ADF training Exercise in Australia for years rocked Shoalwater Bay Training Area in September. US Marines and Army, RAAF and RAN units practised high level warfare training.

Japanese Coast Guard SF fast rope onto a target vessel during the PSI Ex Pacific Protector.

EX PACIFIC PROTECTOR

The Royal Australian Navy was joined by the United States Navy, Japanese Coast Guard and the French Navy to practise the interception of Weapons of Mass Destruction at sea during a major Maritime Ex in the Coral Sea.

SECDET ASLAV under Saddam's Victory Arch Baghdad 2003

BAGHDAD

Five page feature on the ADF's contingent in Iraq, working the mean streets of down town Baghdad. SECDET Diggers and 2 Cav ASLAVs provide the security while Iraq Survey Group, EOD teams and ATCs do their work.

Tactical Assault Group East (TAG-E) demonstration in Sydney 2003.

DARK SIDE PHOTO OP

A sensational pictorial close up of Tactical Assault Group East during demonstrations in Sydney including LOHO, COW assault, fast rope, weapons and equipment in use with Aust counter terrorist units.

RAMSI AFP Policeman and a Digger catalogue an SR-88A rifle in the Solomon Islands weapons handover 2003.

SOLOMON ISLANDS' RAMSI

The Federal Police led Regional Assistance Mission in the Solomon Islands has successfully disarmed the factions and restored law and order in the Solomon Islands.

A 5 Avn Regt S-70 Black Hawk FOB Moliana Timor Leste 2003.

AUSBATT IX TIMOR TCL

The 6RAR Group (AUSBATT IX) has returned to AO Matilda after taking over from the 1RAR Group (AUSBATT VIII) as the ADF winds down its involvement in East Timor.

SMALLER STORIES:

$50 BILLION FOR DEFENCE CAPABILITY PLAN, NEW ARMADALE PATROL BOATS ORDERED, REPLACEMENT TANKS FOR ARMY, ANZAC SHIP PROJECT MATURES, RAAF HORNET FLEET UPGRADED, RAN SEASPRITES, WEDGETAIL AEW&C, INDON TNI-AU SU-27 AND SU-30 FLANKERS.

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