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Defence Medal Now Available to All Ex-Service Personnel
Defence Medal Now Available to All Ex-Service Personnel Thursday, 26 July 2012, 10:56 am Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force Media Release 26 July 2012 Defence Medal Now Available to All Ex-Service Personnel Applications for the New Zealand Defence...
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Navy to Parade at Waitangi
Navy to Parade at Waitangi Thursday, 2 February 2012, 3:42 pm Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force Media Advisory Thursday 02 February 2012 Navy to Parade at Waitangi The Navy will continue its proud history this year of playing a major part in the...
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Navy Brings Vital Fuel Supplies to Northern Cook Islands
Navy Brings Vital Fuel Supplies to Northern Cook Islands Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 4:27 pm Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force 19 June 2012 Navy Brings Vital Fuel Supplies to Northern Cook Islands The New Zealand Navy’s replenishment tanker HMNZS ENDEAVOUR...
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A SHIP operated by the Royal Australian Navy will be crewed by civilians
Civilians to fill navy's skills void BY: CAMERON STEWART From: The Australian March 20, 2012 12:00AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print A SHIP operated by the Royal Australian Navy will be crewed by civilians, as the service explores ways to...
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PACOM chief: Positive signs for China ties
PACOM chief: Positive signs for China ties By Audrey McAvoy - The Associated Press Posted : Wednesday Jul 25, 2012 21:06:33 EDT CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — The top U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific region said Wednesday he’s seeing positive signs as he...
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American basic cadet training’s most grueling test began with a rugby chant. - “Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora, Ka ora,” they proclaimed, parrying their rifles and each muzzle into ghost targets. “K
Basics 'home free' after torture test at Air Force Academy By JAKOB RODGERS The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Published: July 28, 2012 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The fading pigment of purple lined the bottom of Victoria Yeaste’s left eyelid, highlighted...
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My son Paul, on New Zealand's TV3's Cafe Secrets
Paulie seems to be a star that did not quite star at the end. Does look like a lovely place for a hoiday, I did spend quite a bit of time at Great Barrier in my early days and things seem to have changed a lot. Click on the link to view (sorry, not available...
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Went to the eye surgeon this morning
Had a few problems with watery eyes and a bit of gunk appearing in the corners of my eye balls so Mei whips me off to the Eye Hospital. Well, they sit me down behind this eyeball viewing machine and the eye doctor peers into my eyes and then flick the...
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We went to Dandong - a while ago actually
DAndong is on the border of North Korea so it was interesting to peer over the fence and river to see what it looked like. Dandong Trip Slideshow: John's trip from Anshan, Liaoning, China to Dandong was created by TripAdvisor. See another Dandong slideshow....
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My birthday, Feb 2nd, and 70 years old.
My birthday, Feb 2nd, and 70 years old. They say that three score years and ten is your lot and I seemed to have reached it with out too many problems. I am not keen to move off this mortal coil just yet so I have decided that I am going to stick around...
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US Marines arrive in Darwin
US Marines arrive in Darwin Updated at 11:16 am today The first contingent of US troops to be deployed in northern Australia under a new bilateral defence deal, landed in Darwin on Tuesday night to start a six-month rotation. About 200 US Marines from...
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Welcome to Overblog!
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Found on RNZN Communicators Association Blog
Travelling with NZ Super - RNZN Communicators Association Blog Posted on March 3, 2012 I know this is not going to effect the younger members of the association, but for those of you who are about to tip over the edge and become eligible and for those...
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Small earthquake here
Was woken by the noise and our apartment block shaking, found out later that it was a 4.7 quake centered at Yingkou, about 80 Km south of us. No apparent damage or injuries. I sleep with very little on and thoughts of having to evacuate the building and...
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A bit of a cough, and so a bit of a story
Coughed and sneezed and wheezed and hacked during the night so this morning, I say I am fine but she who must be obeyed whips me off to the new Doctors clinic. Well it is a 4 storey building and gleaming throughout, had an x-ray, blood test and all the...
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A bit of hither, thither and yon
In The Navy Slideshow: John’s trip from Nelson, South Island, New Zealand to 8 cities Auckland, Wiltshire, Wellington, Portsmouth, Kaneohe, Sembawang Estate (near Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia), Kampong Dungun (near Juara, Pulau Tioman) and Chinhae was...
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Absolute balderdash - ban the food police and eat sensibly
THE NEEDN'T FOODS With suggested replacements (* = omit entirely): 1. Alcoholic drinks Water/diet soft drinks 2. Biscuits * 3. Butter, lard, dripping or similar fat (used as a spread or in baking/cooking etc.) Lite margarine or similar spread or omit...
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This old veteran
This old veteran, down on his luck and all alone in the world is walking main st... from RNZN Veterans4justice's Facebook Wall by RNZN Veterans4justice This old veteran, down on his luck and all alone in the world is walking main street Hamilton one day,...
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One of my ships while serving in the RNZN - HMNZS Otago
Well known shot of Otago in Cook Strait, New Zealand - I was on the bridge
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A blast from the past
John Currin, the late Eddie Hotere, Twang Smith and Meatball Cunningham. I suspect drinking Tiger Tops in a Bar down in Sembawang. May have been The Armada Club at HMS Terror, Singapore
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John and Mei in Xi'an
We visit The Terracotta Warriors - Mei not having a look yet John with Diane and Helen Row upon row - seen them many times on TV etc but in real life quite awsome.
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We have rain today and it is much cooler, about 22c so maybe autumn is getting closer. Trying a photo first. We have lots of twins at our school. Trying HTML View on ExposureRoom
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Sarah is a very long term student
Sarah and her friend Billy have been coming to me for years, (Billy is late) Sarah was top in her school last year and Billy second so they are good students. Their mothers are both teachers, not English though, and always come a long to the classes....
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It is raining
A bit of rain today and a lot cooler as well, I guess winter is not far away. Alina and Mei and a some Autumn colour