Australian & NZ Defender Magazine No 82 June 2013

Inside- Afghanistan: Combined Team Uruzgan operations in Afghanistan with 7RAR Task Group and Provincial Reconstruction Team. Counter Insurgency operations by Special Operation Task Groups XIX and XX in Uruzgan, Kandahar, Helmand and Zabol.

New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team final Ops in Bamyan Province.

MEAO Seas: RAN Counter Piracy and Counter Terrorism Maritime Security Operations with Combined Maritime Forces in Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Bab Al Mandeb, Somali Basin.

Iraq: RAN Op Falconer March 2003 combat operations in the North Arabian Gulf, Khawr Abd Allah waterway, Khawr Az Zubayr river and Al Faw amphibious Support.

Afghanistan 2010: We profile the June 2010 Battle of Eastern Shah Wali Kot in which Special Operations Task Group XII SAS, 2 Commando and Incident Response Regt operators defeated a much greater force of Taliban at Chenartu and Tizak.

News: EA-18G Growler acquisition and F-35A Lightning II postponement, EF-88 Enhanced Austeyr rifle, ASLAV-Surveillance vehicle enters service, Landing Ship Dock HMAS Choules operational, Canberra-class Landing Helicopter Docks, MRH-90 to enter service with RAN, RNZAF acquires exRAN SH-2G(A) to convert to SH-2G(I).

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