Australian & NZ Defender No 85 March 2014

INSIDE: Afghanistan: Combined Team Uruzgan final operations - Special Operations Task Group, 2 Cavalry Regiment Task Group and RAAF Security Force 2 end of operations and withdrawal from Uruzgan.

MEAO Seas: HMAS Melbourne busts massive heroin and marijuana shipments during counter narcotics interdiction in Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean off Somalia and Tanzania.

SASR Sniper Concentration: SASR Sniper Cell conducts its annual upskilling and long range shooting competion in WA.

Southern Sudan: RAAF C-17A Globemaster and C-130J Hercules transports conduct an emergency support airlift to Southern Sudan to reinforce the United Nations Mission in Southern Sudan.

New Zealand: The NZDF hosted its largest ever international training exercise in November with Australian, US, Canadian, Singaporean, Papua New Guinean and Tongan forces combining for Exercise Southern Katipo in NZ Canterbury Region.

NEWS: The RAN's LHD2 hull Nuship Adelaide arrives in Melbourne with sea trials for LHD1 Nuship Canberra delayed, RAN accepts first two MH-60R Romeo helicopters, RAAF C-27J Spartan transport conducts first flight, Steyr 40mm SL-40GLA selected for EF-88 rifle, NZDF Multi Terrain Camouflage Uniform, RAN goes Haze Grey, ADF humanitarian efforts under Operation Philippines Assist.

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