They include a former chief of the Australian defence force, two former navy chiefs and a former head of the defence department.

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It will be good for our Australian Defence Force to increase their capabilities by joint training, combined training, with the U.S. Marines and personnel.

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It is a new agreement to expand the existing collaboration between the Australian Defence Force and the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force.

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An example of this business is that Manpower manages all hiring for the Australian defence force, recruiting about 9, 000 people a year at all levels.

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Six Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Marine Enforcement Officers serving aboard the Australian Customs and Border Protection Vessel Triton, and 12 members of the Australian Defence Force serving on the patrol boat HMAS Pirie, nominated by Australia, for rescuing 41 survivors from a small wooden vessel which had smashed against rocks off Christmas Island, in December 2010, with an estimated 70 to 100 persons on board.

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The brief for the assignment was to find the best Australian medical students in the country and test them to see if they had the right stuff for a Defence Force University Scholarship.

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