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‘Nothing I have achieved has been an individual effort’ – former Navy chief and ONZM recipient
Former head of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral (Rtd) David Proctor admits he is a little uncomfortable with being named an Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM).
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Oamaru fencer loving the standards in NZ Army Reserve Force
Working as a fencer helped hammer in the physical and mental endurance Private Joel Parsons has needed while serving as an infantry soldier in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.
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Sailor returns to Canada for Invictus Games five years on from life-threatening experience
Close to five years ago while deployed to Canada on HMNZS Te Kaha, Leading Logistics Supply Specialist (LLSS) Tyler-Marie Gray unexpectedly found herself spending seven weeks in hospital fighting for her life.
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NZ-led naval taskforce in Middle East makes first drug bust of year
A New Zealand-led naval task force in the Middle East has made its first drug bust of the year.
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Army reserve recruit committed to helping communities in Marlborough
When Ishaan Kolbaker started digging his shell scrape in the rain it may not have been quite what he’d envisaged when he thought of community contribution for the Marlborough region.
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Naval officer training ‘best decision’: Tokoroa student
Newly minted naval officer Montana Hartley, 18, says she feels like she’s lived so much more than the 22-weeks of Royal New Zealand Navy officer training at Devonport Naval Base.
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Air Force firefighters help battle Northland fire
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) firefighters were part of the team battling a recent 100ha blaze at Northland’s Waipoua Forest, which threatened a local settlement and New Zealand’s largest known living kauri tree, Tāne Mahuta.
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Devonport Naval Base declares war on waste
Devonport Naval Base could nearly halve the amount of waste it produces and reduce waste costs by about a quarter in a “war on waste” with the backing of shore-based staff who were outnumbered by rubbish bins under their desks.
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Best in show
No. 40 Squadron crews showed off the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s newest aircraft at the Avalon International Airshow, held in Australia recently.
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Combined Task Force 150
Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) is one of five operational task forces under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) based in Bahrain and is focussed on maritime security in the Middle East region, in particular the disruption of drug smuggling operations.