3.1.4 Warlike Service Determinations
The following table contains the warlike service determinations that have been made under paragraph 6(1)(a) of the MRCA as of April 2012.
Note: The most recent determinations may be found within the Service Eligibility Assistant.
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Name of operation |
Nature of operation |
Area of operation |
Start date of operation |
End date of operation |
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CATALYST |
ADF contribution in support of the US-led coalition operations in Iraq in order to support the Australian whole-of-Government effort to assist with the rehabilitation of Iraq and to remove the threat posed to global security by Iraq's WMD capability |
The total land areas, territorial waters, internal waterways and superjacent airspace boundaries of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia (north of latitude 23° North), the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz |
16 July 2003 |
31 July 2009 |
|
PALATE |
ADF Support to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
18 April 2003 |
5 July 2004 |
|
SLIPPER |
ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism |
The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: 48°00΄N 81°00΄E 48°00΄N 35°00΄E 12°00΄N 35°00΄E 12°00΄N 81°00΄E |
11 October 2001 |
30 July 2009 |
|
PALATE II |
ADF Support to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
27 June 2005 |
Ongoing |
|
KRUGER |
ADF contribution to the provision of security to the Australian embassy in Iraq |
Iraq |
1 January 2009 |
Ongoing |
|
RIVERBANK |
ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq |
Iraq |
21 July 2008 |
Ongoing |
|
SLIPPER |
ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism |
The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: 39°00΄N 78°00΄E 39°00΄N 32°00΄E 05°00΄S 32°00΄E 05°00΄S 78°00΄E |
31 July 2009 |
Ongoing |
|
PALADIN |
ADF contribution to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization |
Southern Lebanon bounded 33°12'N 35°12'E 33° 10'N 35°20'E 33°19N 35°25'E, on the Litani River, then along the Litani River to 33°25'N 35°49'E, on the Syria-Lebanon border, then south to the junction of the Syria-Lebanon-Israel border, then east along the Lebanon-Israel border to the coast, then north along the coast to 33°12'N 35°12'E |
12 July 2006 |
14 August 2006 |
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ADF contribution to the NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya |
Libya and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace |
31 March 2011 |
31 October 2011 |
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/policy-manual/ch-3-liability/31-definitions/314-warlike-service-determinations