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Recruiting

A young boy is fitted with an Army radio during the 31st/42nd Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment, Army Reserve open day. Story by Captain Cath Batch. Photos by Susanna Beyer.
Australian Army News 

Recruiting them younger and younger

27/09/202304/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2267 Views 0 Comments 31st/42nd Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment, Army Reserve, Jezzine Barracks, Recruiting

What started out as a normal open day at Jezzine Barracks, Townsville, for 31st/42nd Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment (31/42RQR),

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Rory Albert from the Defence Industry Pathways Program Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander intake. Story by Phillip Morton.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Pathways to Defence open to everyone

19/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2453 Views 0 Comments Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP), Indigenous, Recruiting

The Defence Industry Pathways Program (DIPP) has been kick-starting the careers of West Australians for the past year, and now

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Warrant Officer Class Two Charlotte Hansen, left, of the 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, talks to Private Zach Holmes, of the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, at the jobs expo in Brisbane. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News 

Army shows its flexibility at jobs expo

05/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1743 Views 0 Comments Recruiting

Four Army brigades based in south-east Queensland have hosted a jobs expo with a difference. CAPTION: Warrant Officer Class Two

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Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF’s new recruiting campaign – what do you think?

12/08/201615/08/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14751 Views 7 Comments RAAF, Recruiting

Defence Force Recruiting (DFR) is launching a new national Air Force recruitment campaign which will be broadcast for the first

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