Navy Today - Issue 260, November 2021
In this issue read about the highlights from Bersama Gold, Singapore, where is the Navy across the world, our new Maritime Component Commander, drug busts with CTF 150, our Chef of the Year and more.
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In this issue read about the highlights from Bersama Gold, Singapore, where is the Navy across the world, our new Maritime Component Commander, drug busts with CTF 150, our Chef of the Year and more.
The post operation report for the Afghanistan non-combatant evacuation operation.
NZDF Annual Report | Te Pūrongo Ā-Tau for the year ended 30 June 2021, and Report by the Minister for Veterans on selected non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2021, and Financial statements of the Veterans’ Medical Research Trust Fund for the year ended 31 March 2021. Presented to the House of Representatives Pursuant to Section 44(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989 and Section 91 of the Defence Act 1990
In this final issue of Army News for the year read about how our soldiers are put to the test during recent exercises, the graduation ceremonies of RRF 403 & 404, the newly reopened National Army Marae, and much more.
This issue provides a snapshot of today’s New Zealand Defence Force: who we are, where we are and what we do, with a focus on what we have done in 2021.
Case studies that represent the breadth and depth of our Defence Force are used to illustrate the overarching descriptions in the first section of the magazine, acknowledging there is much more to the NZDF than the size of this publication permits.
In this issue read about our newest Airman of the Year; an Orion on UN sanction flights in the coast off North Korea; a rare counter-terrorism training on board the InterIsland ferry; and what milestone was reached in our NH90 fleet.
Defence Assessment 2021: he moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka / a rough sea can still be navigated was released on 8 December 2021 by the Secretary of Defence alongside the Minister of Defence.
The document provides a comprehensive review of the challenges to New Zealand’s strategic defence interests, as well as defence officials’ advice to Government on changing New Zealand’s defence policy settings.
The Ministerial Priorities for Defence were released on 8 December 2021 by the Minister of Defence alongside the Secretary of Defence.
The Principles for Defence were released on 8 December 2021 by the Minister of Defence alongside the Secretary of Defence. The four new Principles for Defence reinforce the diversity and values of New Zealand’s defence agencies.
In this issue read about the workhorse ethic of HMNZS Wellington, just back from the Western Pacific and straight back out to the Solomon Islands, the Navy team at NATO’s premier explosive ordnance disposal exercise in Iceland, our 2020 Sailor of the Year, and HMNZS Aotearoa going to Antarctica next year.