| PAPUA NEW GUINEA DROUGHT |
| THE PNG AND AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE PEOPLE OF PNG DURING THE 1997 – 1998 DROUGHT |
| NEWS RELEASES |
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| Hi-Tech Headquarters: The equipment and technology
deployed on this OP has made communicating at every level
a simple exercise. By: Captain Grant King - December 13 ,1997 |
| Moving the Relief Supplies: OPERATION SIERRA, the delivery
of food aid to Papua New Guinea reached a milestone this
week (11 December) with the shipment, by air, of the
1000th tonne of emergency supplies. By: Captain Grant King - December 13 ,1997 |
| Navy Ships Return Home: Apart from the 1000 tonnes of
emergency aid delivered by RAAF and Army aircraft so far,
a further 332 tonnes has been delivered by the Royal
Australian Navy’s ships LABUAN and TARAKAN which are
now making their way home to Australia. By: Major Robert Barnes - December 10 ,1997 |
| 1000th Tonne of Food Aid
Delivered:
Australian Defence Force drought relief operations in
Papua New Guinea will reach a major milestone today with
the delivery of its 1000th
tonne of emergency food aid. By: Major Robert Barnes - December 10 ,1997 |
| School Help Out with
Drought Relief: Food collected by school students is on
its way to drought affected areas. By: Captain Grant King - December 06 ,1997 |
| Promotion in PNG: An Australian Army officer
recently received a promotion while serving in Papua New
Guinea. By: Captain Grant King - December 06 ,1997 |
| Caribou Continue Drought
Relief:
From the air there's no true indication of the drought
that has hit Papua New Guinea. By: Captain Grant King - December 06 ,1997 |
| Building a Closer
Relationship: The Anglican minister of the Townsville
based 5th Aviation Regiment (5 Avn) Bob McKennay was in
Papua New Guinea as the Joint Task Force (JTF) chaplain
for Defence personnel posted to OPERATION SIERRA. By: Captain Grant King - November 28 ,1997 |
| Cooperation of a Different
Kind:
Shortly after arriving in PNG the team made contact with
Andrew Edwards at Global Technologies and Father Milak
Zidzizlaw, the Executive Secretary of the Religious
Television Association. By: Captain Grant King - November 28 ,1997 |
| Sailors Join Drought
Relief:
Air Force and Army personnel from the Australian and PNG
Defence Forces were joined by their Navy counterparts,
over the weekend, for drought relief operations in PNG. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 25 ,1997 |
| Relief in Gulf Province: Australian Army and Navy
Personnel have joined forces in the continuing struggle
to combat the effects of the drought in Papua New Guinea. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 25 ,1997 |
| The Unsung Achievers: Among the muffled shouts of
RAAF C-130 and Caribou crew whose voices are drowned out
by the roar of aircraft engines at Jackson's Airfield in
Port Moresby are a group of people who, although small in
number, and not considered as glamorous as others in
business of aviation, standout as the real movement force
in Operation Sierra. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 18 ,1997 |
| Uncle Sam joins Aussies in
PNG:
The most experienced pilot in the Australian Army’s
5th Aviation Regiment is arguably a visitor. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 16 ,1997 |
| Military Works to Fight
Drought Effects: The PNGDF, Royal PNG Constabulary and
the Australian Defence Forces are working together to
assist PNG Government efforts to provide drought relief
to the nation’s most remote locations. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 13 ,1997 |
| Land of the Unexpected: The Drought in Papua New
Guinea has brought with it many problems but with the
problems also come solutions. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 12 ,1997 |
| Air Crew Battle Smoke &
Mountains:
Aviation crews from the Australian Army's,
Townsville-based, 5th
Aviation Regiment are facing a greater challenge than the
cloud spearing peaks of the Owen Stanley Range during
drought relief operations in PNG. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 11 ,1997 |
| Caring for Kosipe: THE Mission station of Kosipe
in the Goilala district of Central Province is one of the
saddest cases of the drought and frost which have
devastated most parts of Papua New Guinea in recent
months. By: Captain Chip Henriss-Anderssen - November 10 ,1997 |