Australian & NZ Defender No 41 March 2003

Inside - Afghanistan: 1 Squadron Special Air Service Regiment, SASR, Special Forces Task Group SFTG counter terrorist ops under Operation Slipper, the ADFs contribution to the US led Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan 2001 - 2002 major pictorial.

Iraq: Operation Bastille the ADF's preparation to invade Iraq January - March 2003.

HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin pre Iraq invasion Maritime Security Operations with the Multinational Interception Force MIF.

C Squadron 5 Aviation Regt CH-47D Chinooks, HMAS Kanimbla with embarked equipment, Clearance Diving Team 3, AP-3C Orions.

Timor: AUSBATT VII 5/7RAR operations on the Tactical Coordination Line TCL.

Vietnam: Royal Australian Corps of Signals 1965 -1972.

Australia: Collins class submarine HMAS Sheean slideshow.

News - Special Operations Command SOCOMD raised, Special Forces Task Group withdraws from Afghanistan, Exercise Dugong counter mine warfare, Exercise Croix du Sud 2002, FGM-148 Javelin missile system, Fremantle class patrol boat replacement, Dechaineux accident, Bushfire ADF response.