Australian & NZ Defender No 56 December 2006

Inside - Timor: ADF intervention in the Timor Leste 2006 civil war, 6RAR 1RNZIR, 1RAR Battle Group Anzac and international special police suppress communal violence in Dili, Baucau and Viqueque.

Operation Astute Special Forces feature with Special Air Service Regiment, 4RAR Commando, Malaysian PASKAL, Portuguese GOE and GNR and Australian Federal Police Operational Response Team.

Iraq: 2RAR 2/14 Light Horse Regt Overwatch Battle Group West 1, Dhi Qar and Al Muthanna.

3RAR SECDET X Baghdad and HMAS Warramunga TF-158 North Arabian Gulf.

Afghanistan: 1CER, 7RAR, 2Cav Reconstruction Task Force 1 Camp Holland Tarin Kowt.

News - Two additional RAR infantry battalions - 5RAR and 8/9RAR, M1A1 Abrams training begins in NT, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, First RAAF C-17A Globemaster arrives, Armidale patrol boats, KC-30A MRRT tanker, RAAF tests JDAM ER at Woomera, Mariner UAV, HMAS Sirius commissioned.