Every job in the Navy is unique and all involve different activities, challenges and more importantly experiences; most life changing.
Read our postcards from crew serving in the field or and at sea. Find out who you could be working with, and what their jobs are all about.
Postcards
Postcard from Afghanistan >
Read about Medic Laura Johannsen's experiences in Afghanistan, and what it was like having a white christmas overseas.
Postcard from Antartica >
The New Zealand Defence Force has been involved in supporting scientific research and discovery in Antarctica for over 50 years. Hear about Ross Hickey's experiences on the ice.
Postcard from the Arabian Gulf >
2008 saw HMNZS TE MANA spend 21 days on patrol in the Arabian Gulf monitoring shipping movements and conducting interdiction boardings. Find out from Major Lisa Ferris just what that was like!
Postcard from Campbell Island >
Over the last two years HMNZS TE KAHA has been deployed to operations on Campbell Island, Auckland Island, Singapore and Malaysia ending with a series of exercises with the RAN.
Postcard from the Cook Islands >
Exercise Tropic Twighlight was a humanitarian mission deployed to the South Pacific to conduct close country training in a tropical environment. Read about the mission and the crew's experiences.
Postcard from China >
ENDEAVOUR and TE MANA participated in the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy Fleet Review in Qingdao Hong Kong; find out about the crew's activities and experiences in China.
Postcard from the Pacific >
Pacific Partnership 2008 was a humanitarian deployment, primarily in Papua New Guinea. The Navy team, lead by CDR John Duncan, worked with surgeons and medical teams from around the world.
Postcard from Sudan >
The conflict in Darfur started in 2003 and resulted in brutal attacks against the civilian population of this western region of Sudan. As part of the UN Mission in Sudan the NZDF contributes two Military Observers and one staff officer to UNMIS headquarters in Khartoum. Lt CDR French is currently in Sudan and shares his experiences.