By
CPL Simone Liebelt
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Warrant Officer Katrina Salvesen speaks with Fatmawati Uty,
the Force Extraction Team linguist, as TNI soldiers look
on at Sabang airport during Operation Sumatra Assist II.
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by CPL Neil Ruskin.
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Humanitarian aid supplies are unloaded from an Australian
C-130J at Sibolga airport, to be transported to the people
of the earthquake-affected island of Nias.
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Photo
by AB Phillip Cullinan.
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ADF
involvement in Australia’s humanitarian mission in earthquake-ravaged
Nias Island is winding down. Defence Minister Robert Hill has
announced that assistance will now progress to a repair and reconstruction
phase with Australian aid provided through civilian agencies.
The ADF’s contribution during Operation Sumatra II comprised HMAS
Kanimbla, three Air Force transport aircraft, aviation support
crews, Army medical personnel and logistic specialists.
The ADF’s crash investigation team will remain in Indonesia to
continue its investigations into the cause of the Sea King accident.
A
C-130 will support them. Some of the ADF’s achievements from the
deployment include:
