Australia Completes Amphibious Exercise with Timor Leste
27 September 2017
An Australian amphibious assault ship has completed an amphibious dispatch operation of deployable medical equipment, including a mobile hospital, to Timor-Leste. Payload further demonstrates the range of humanitarian assistance operations that can be undertaken by the platform (photo : Aus DoD)
Australia further flexes HADR capabilities in exercise with Timor-Leste
In a further demonstration of the Canberra class’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) capabilities, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has completed an amphibious delivery operation of rapidly deployable medical equipment via the platform to Timor-Leste.
The equipment was delivered to the capital city of Dili via three LCM-1E amphibious mechanised landing craft operated from the RAN’s second Canberra-class amphibious assault ship (LHD), HMAS Adelaide .
The operation was conducted as part of ‘Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017’, which is a series of military exercises that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is conducting with regional partners from 4 September to 26 November.
The operation’s payload included a mobile hospital that will be used in a separate annual multinational engineering exercise to be held in the country in October 2017, said the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) in a statement released on 23 September.
“Delivering these supplies to Dili is a great opportunity for ‘Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017’ to demonstrate HMAS Adelaide ’s amphibious capability and the humanitarian assistance and medical capability the ADF brings to the region,” said Captain Jonathan Earley, Commander of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) Joint Task Group 661.
While the operation was in progress, the Adelaide (Oliver Hazard Perry)-class guided-missile frigate HMAS Darwin , and the Anzac (Meko 200)-class ship of a similar type, HMAS Toowoomba , provided support to the LHD in the background, the department added.
(Jane's)
Australia further flexes HADR capabilities in exercise with Timor-Leste
In a further demonstration of the Canberra class’ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) capabilities, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has completed an amphibious delivery operation of rapidly deployable medical equipment via the platform to Timor-Leste.
The equipment was delivered to the capital city of Dili via three LCM-1E amphibious mechanised landing craft operated from the RAN’s second Canberra-class amphibious assault ship (LHD), HMAS Adelaide .
The operation was conducted as part of ‘Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017’, which is a series of military exercises that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is conducting with regional partners from 4 September to 26 November.
The operation’s payload included a mobile hospital that will be used in a separate annual multinational engineering exercise to be held in the country in October 2017, said the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) in a statement released on 23 September.
“Delivering these supplies to Dili is a great opportunity for ‘Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017’ to demonstrate HMAS Adelaide ’s amphibious capability and the humanitarian assistance and medical capability the ADF brings to the region,” said Captain Jonathan Earley, Commander of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) Joint Task Group 661.
While the operation was in progress, the Adelaide (Oliver Hazard Perry)-class guided-missile frigate HMAS Darwin , and the Anzac (Meko 200)-class ship of a similar type, HMAS Toowoomba , provided support to the LHD in the background, the department added.
(Jane's)
0 Response to "Australia Completes Amphibious Exercise with Timor Leste"
Post a Comment