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Reserve Force training pushes new Blenheim soldier
For his 20th birthday, Blenheim’s Dylan Guillemot found himself well out of his comfort zone, sleeping outside and doing 20 push-ups on his big day.
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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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Hercules retirement flight
As the sun sets on the 60-year-long career of our Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules fleet, No 40. Squadron will farewell the workhorse of the skies with a flypast over Northland on the 29th January 2025.
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Basketball coach finds personal growth in the Reserve Force
Marlee Pene has found coaching young basketball players is not too different to learning soldiering skills in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.
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NZDF celebrates successful launch of a second satellite payload
A second New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) payload, hosted on a United States research satellite, has been successfully launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket.
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NZ Soldier defied doctors’ grim predictions following machine gun wounds, will compete at Invictus Games
Nearly 24 years ago New Zealand Army Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Ed Dore-Wright was preparing to deploy to East Timor for a second time when he was involved in a live-fire training accident which went horribly wrong.
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Top shooter right on the mark as he gets his Army career underway
Reserve Force soldier Private Luke Hartnell is more than used to lugging his rifle and gear through dense New Zealand bush, tracking wildlife as a hired hunter.
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Adding value in Canada
A three-year deployment to Ontario, Canada for Navy couple Chelsea Dixon and Rhys Williamson had its challenges, but it was worth every moment.
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First New Zealander appointed to senior role in Royal Australian Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Air Commodore Susie Barns (Ngāti Porou) is reinforcing New Zealand and Australia’s close bonds after being appointed the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Deputy Air Commander Australia.
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RNZAF C-130H Hercules fleet retires after 60 years of service
For 60 years the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules fleet has served New Zealand at home and around the world and now the mighty workhorses are about to take their final bow.