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Lieutenant Lara Hamblin on Exercise Cartwheel as the officer in command of demolitions, Nasouri Highlands, Fiji. Story and photos by Captain Annie Richardson.
ADF People 

Horse rider’s Army career galloping ahead

08/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1596 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year, ADFA, Exercise Cartwheel, RAEME, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Combat engineer Lieutenant Lara Hamblin’s journey in the Army began with a snap choice to join the Army Gap Year

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Army soldier Corporal Shannon Griffith at the Rotary Wing Aircraft Maintenance School at Oakey, Queensland. Story. y By Captain Tadek Markowski. Photo by Bradley Richardson.
ADF People Australian Army Sovereign industry 

Experienced civvies a boost for Army aviation

20/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1646 Views 0 Comments Army Reserve, Lockhead Martin, Oakey, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

In the close-knit world of Army Aviation, 35-year-old Corporal Shannon Griffith is something of an outlier. CAPTION: Army soldier Corporal Shannon

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Personnel at the Army Logistics Training Centre use the MakerSpace workshop on Latchford Barracks. Story and photos by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Science & Technology 

Intuitive 3D printers improve cognitive learning

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1782 Views 0 Comments 3d Printer, MakerSpace, RAEME

Creating a T-800 Terminator skull with glowing red eyes to hold your beret might not seem like the most ‘military’

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Warrant Officer Class Two William Parsons, right, with his son Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Parsons, outside the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Sergeants' Mess at the Puckapunyal Military Area. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman.
ADF People Australian Army History 

Like father, like son

01/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3039 Views 0 Comments RAEME

When Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Parsons was four, his dad took him on base and showed him a Centurion

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Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang has been recognised in the Australia Day awards with a Conspicuous Service Medal. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army 

Army officer recognised the need for speed

26/01/202428/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1840 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Aviation Command, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

Approval of the UH-60M Black Hawk acquisition for Army, a process typically spanning three to four years, was completed in

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Craftsman Sheldon Anstey, from the 3rd Combat Signal Regiment, conducts his summative assessment for the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Subject Two for Corporal Course. Photo by Sapper Jacob Chiplen.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Promotion course goes long distance

08/01/202211/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3330 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, RAEME, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Army’s newest Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) corporals were assessed in their promotion course in Townsville virtually by Army

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