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United States Navy submarine tender, USS Emory S. Land arrives at Fleet Base East, Sydney, as part of its Australia tour. Photo by Warrant Officer Shane Cameron.
News Royal Australian Navy USA 

US submarine tender visits Sydney

29/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3352 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

More than 500 United States Navy officers, sailors and civilian mariners will enjoy the sights of Sydney in the coming

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A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from RAAF Base Darwin to commence a night mission during Exercise Diamond Storm 24. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ex Diamond Storm 24 graduates new air warfare instructors

29/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1978 Views 0 Comments Exercise Diamond Storm

One of the Royal Australian Air Force’s most challenging training activities has concluded in the Northern Territory, with the successful

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HMAS Sydney arrives in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii in preparation for Rim of the Pacific 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF News USA 

Australia slashes participation at RIMPAC

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3028 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC

Approximately 320 Australian Defence Force personnel have joined 28 international partners to undertake the world’s largest international maritime exercise. CAPTION:

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News Veterans 

New appointees to Australian War Memorial Council

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1942 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh today announced three new members have been appointed to the Australian War Memorial Council.

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A staff member from the United States’ McMurdo Station in Antarctica is boarded onto a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H to be flown to Christchurch for medical treatment. Photo supplied by McMurdo Station staff.
New Zealand News 

RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation

28/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1729 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules crew has today carried out a rare medical evacuation of a

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Artists concept of a possible SSN-AUKUS, Australia's future nuclear-powered submarine. Image supplied.
Australian News Sovereign industry USA 

First Australian submarine workers on AUKUS training at Pearl Harbor

23/06/202423/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2614 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

The first cohort of skilled submarine workers from ASC have deployed to the USA for comprehensive sustainment training on nuclear‑powered submarines.

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Editor's Vlog 

My shed nearly sux – installing dust collection

22/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1643 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My ‘new’ shed is getting a long-overdue upgrade. And this time, I’m doing it more properly than the last time.

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BAE Systems' Type 26 Global Combat Ship
News Royal Australian Navy 

First steel cut on Australia’s new Hunter-class frigates

21/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3407 Views 2 Comments Hunter-class frigate

Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas officially cut steel on Australia’s first Hunter-class ship

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HMAS Sydney sails out of Sydney Harbour to conduct a regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Sydney on four-month Pacific deployment

20/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1768 Views 0 Comments HMAS Sydney II

HMAS Sydney has departed for its regional presence deployment – the Australian Defence Force’s continued commitment to regional security. CAPTION:

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News Veterans 

Suicide RC publishes “book of lived experiences”

20/06/202420/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1515 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Minister for Defence Richard Marles said today that the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide “has delivered a report

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Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.
News Veterans 

New Veterans’ Acute Housing Program launched

20/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1498 Views 0 Comments Veterans’ Acute Housing Program

The Federal government announced a $30million grants pool to address veteran homelessness. FILE IMAGE: Homeless in Sydney mockup, by CONTACT.

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Editor's Vlog 

Marrying two spaces – bathroom and toilet

15/06/202415/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1357 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Ashling – “the client” – was scheduled to go out of town for four or five days (for surgery) last

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Australian Army News 

DOGS OF VALOUR – War Documentary on Military Working Dogs

10/06/202410/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2782 Views 0 Comments Dogs of Valour, Military Working Dogs

DOGS OF VALOUR is a new documentary movie about war dogs risking life and limb to protect ‘their pack’, set

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Editor's Vlog 

Only the fiddly bits left

08/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1208 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’m getting close to the finish line in my bathroom build. All that’s left now is ‘the fiddly bits’. Cornice

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ADF MRF-D News 

Major upgrades at Nackeroo complete

06/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1743 Views 0 Comments

Australia and the United States will now have greater training opportunities in northern Australia after the completion of upgrades to

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An Australian Army soldier from 1st Military Police Battalion and his military working dog Petra alongside soldiers from Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during an assault at the Urban Operations Training Facility on Exercise Brolga Run 2024 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Captain Brittany Evans.
Asia Australian Army News USA 

Multinational urban-assault in Townsville

05/06/202405/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1385 Views 0 Comments

Personnel from Australia’s 3rd Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Army conducted an assault on the urban operations

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A Joint Explosive Ordnance Support - West member watches the blast of an explosive ordnance disposal task on farmland at Two Rocks, Western Australia. Photo by Petty Officer Craig Walton.
ADF News 

UXOs destroyed in WA

05/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1782 Views 0 Comments

A recent joint operation between the ADF and emergency services led to six unexploded WWII-era munitions being destroyed on a

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HMAS Farncomb in rough seas off Sydney. Photo by Leading Seaman Brenton Freind.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Government approves next phase of Collins-class life extension

05/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1537 Views 0 Comments Collins-class submarines

HMAS Farncomb will be the first of Australia’s six Collins-class submarines to undergo sustainment and capability enhancement under a life-of-type

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Australian Defence Force trainee medics from the Australian Defence Force medic course march onto the parade ground at the Army School of Health graduation at Latchford Barracks in Bandiana, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
ADF News 

ADF now recruiting non-citizens

04/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3659 Views 3 Comments

New Zealanders who call Australia home will soon be able to apply to join the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army

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No. 36 Squadron Loadmaster Corporal Deon Jones watches as palletised cargo rolls off the ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III during an airdrop of supplies to Mawson Research Station, Antarctica. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.
Australian Army News Rest of World Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF air-drops essential supplies to Mawson Station

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1562 Views 0 Comments Australian Antarctic Program, Mawson Station

Royal Australian Air Force and Australian Army personnel combined forces to resupply the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) from the air,

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