U.S. Navy’s NCIS App keeping Personnel and their Families communities safe
Keeping communities safe for Department of Navy personnel and their families isn’t only up to law enforcement—NCIS relies on you to provide us with tips on suspected crime and threats to the DON....
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HMNZS Canterbury (L421) QTH Lyttelton 230824
I live in Lyttelton, still waiting for my invite!
View ArticleHMS Tamar returns to New Zealand to visit windiest city in the world
HMS Tamar arrived in the New Zealand capital following exercises with the Royal Australian Air Force Refer: https://tinyurl.com/bd2cu76h
View ArticleFalklands conflict: Everything you need to know
A look at how 74 days of conflict in the Falklands unfolded and what it meant for the UK and Argentina. Refer: https://tinyurl.com/55wuzn57
View ArticleMIA Minister
Most ex-service people would have expected having an ex-sailor with a LAW DEGREE in charge of the New Zealand Armed Forces Military Veteran’s wheelhouse, once the coalition MfV had come to grips with...
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N.Z. Defence Force spends $3m per year on all-Christian chaplains
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is spending almost $3 million a year on 29 Christian chaplains.The annual pay on average for a chaplain, including reserves, is almost $100,000.On top of...
View ArticleNZDF’s first woman Service Chief appointed
The first woman service chief across New Zealand’s Defence Force has been appointed the Chief of Army. Brigadier Rose King was announced as the new Army head by Defence Minister Judith Collins on...
View ArticleThe Veterans’ Pin and Certificate of Appreciation
We are about to mail out about 200 veterans’ pins and certificates of appreciation. We plan to collate the applications and then send them out around every six months. You can apply for the veterans’...
View ArticleCanada seals the deal for soldiers with beards by developing hood for gas mask
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Passing Tui Burgess
Regret to advise that Beverley Tuirangi JP (Tui) Burgess passed away early on 28 August 2024 with family beside her. Tui was the beloved wife of Colin (Budge) Burgess; the gorgeous mother and...
View ArticleRSL Australia
Have a look at this website, what they do for, or available too their veterans.https://www.rslaustralia.org
View ArticleKombucha!!
WRT drinking cups of KOMBUCHA, I’m now led to believe the best way forward to ease the Ministerial MIA pain is for armed forces serving and ex-serving people to ‘flag away’ the KOMBUCHA touch and...
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Story of Innovation: C-130 Hercules
Who wanted to build a stubby turboprop cargo aircraft at the dawn of the jet age? Our Royal New Zealand Air Force currently operates five C-130(NZ) Hercules aircraft. We took delivery of the first...
View ArticleINDEPENDENT ANALYSIS ON ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FRIGATES
Refer: https://tinyurl.com/yy7ndwnv Independent analysis recommendations for the future Royal Australian Navy surface fleet include six Hunter Class (Type 26) frigates rather than nine.
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HMNZS Pukaki (F424) A Typical Daily Orders 15th May 1957
(British atomic bomb test Christmas Island period)
View ArticleJack Passings – September 2024
ILES Robert aka “Grumpy” “Bob” RNZN Ret. Born 1938 at Wallingford Home. Died in Timaru Hospital after a brief illness on 2.9.2024, at 86. A returned Temuka “lad”.Son of the Late Joyce and Lance,...
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