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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

A P-8A Poseidon off the South Australian coast. Photo by Corporal Bill Solomou.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF P-8A Poseidon to patrol with NATO in Mediterranean

05/10/202207/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1701 Views 0 Comments Operation Sea Guardian

Defence has deployed a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the Mediterranean as part of Operation

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart tours the convention floor at Land Forces 2022 in Brisbane. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Army News 

Address by Chief of Army to Land Forces 2022

05/10/202205/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1847 Views 0 Comments Land Forces Conference

CAPTION: Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart tours the convention floor at Land Forces 2022 in Brisbane. Photo by

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Australian soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire M2A 105mm howitzers as part of a reenactment during the 80th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin commemorative ceremony in Darwin, Northern Territory. Original photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron, digitally altered by CONTACT.
Poets Corner 

THE STOCKMAN’S DAUGHTER

03/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1808 Views 0 Comments By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

This town is still familiar, for I lived here long ago Gazing down Kelly St, the memories begin to flow

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Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Waller sails in company with HMAS Warramunga during the inaugural Australian Submarine Command Course off Australia's east coast. Photo by Able Seaman Jarryd Capper.
ADF News Royal Australian Navy 

Two officers pass inaugural Australian Submarine Command Course

03/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2850 Views 0 Comments Australian Submarine Command Course

Australia has successfully launched a sovereign training program to produce its own next generation of submarine commanders, with two Royal

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Life on the Line Podcast 

Sarah Turner and Michael Wright – Life on the Line

02/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1676 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Angus Hordern interviews War on Terror veterans Sarah Turner and Michael Wright. Sarah and Michael served together aboard HMAS Kanimbla. They

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An internal view of the Space Surveillance Telescope inside its dome at Harold E. Holt Satellite Sensor Site facility near Exmouth, Western Australia. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.
ADF Australian News USA 

Space Surveillance Telescope in Australia reaches IOC

01/10/202201/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2367 Views 1 Comment The Space Surveillance Telescope

The Australian Defence Force, in collaboration with the United States Space Force, have achieved Initial Operational Capability to provide enhanced

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SIG Sauer's MCX in .300 Blackout calibre [7.62×35mm] [a sub-sonic round] has been selected as the ADF's new personal rifle to replace the 5.56mm Steyr. Photo Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
ADF News 

ADF brings more 7.62mm into service

01/10/202208/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 38723 Views 57 Comments Accuracy International AX-SR, Barrett M107A1, Benelli M3A1, SIG Sauer MCX, Sig Sauer P320

EDITOR’s NOTE: I have edited my headline and photo caption to correct my assumption that the SIG Sauer MCX would replace

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ADF News Veterans 

Government responds to Suicide RC interim report

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1195 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Albanese Government has responded to the 13 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s Interim Report.

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Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 40 Squadron, conduct a sortie over St. Joseph, Missouri, while attending the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center. US Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Patrick Evenson.
New Zealand News USA 

NZ aircrews experience advanced tactical flying in US

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1295 Views 0 Comments

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has undertaken advanced tactics training with the United States Air Force in Missouri and

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Yolgnu community, NORFORCE and other ADF personnel commemorate the 80th anniversary of the makarrata which formed the NTSRU with a bungul (Yolngu ceremony) at Raymangirr, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Photo by Major Martin Hadley.
Australian Army News Veterans 

80th anniversary of NORFORCE ancestor unit

30/09/202201/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2039 Views 0 Comments NORFORCE

The Australian Army and the Australian Defence Force have joined Indigenous and community leaders to commemorate the 80th anniversary of

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Australian Army soldiers from 10 Force Support Battalion await the arrival of a Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle during Exercise Sea Raider 2022 at Cowley Beach, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.
ADF Asia News 

Australia and Indonesia conduct joint exercises in Townsville

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2086 Views 0 Comments Exercise Sea Raider

Two large-scale Army exercises came to a close in Townsville last week, with Australian and Indonesian military personnel participating in

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HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon as part of Operation Render Safe 2022. Photo bu Petty Officer Christopher Weissenborn.
ADF News Pacific USA 

Op Render Safe contingent identifies UXOs for later disposal

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1963 Views 0 Comments Operation Render Safe

A combined contingent from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, and United States Marine Corps

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Self medicating. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Australian News Veterans 

Workplace health study targets veterans

30/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1283 Views 0 Comments

A University of Queensland study is investigating the issues around employee disclosure of medical conditions in the workplace, with a

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Insitu Pacific's Integrator tactical uncrewed aerial system. Photo by Captain Cody Tsaousis.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

New training course for new Army drone

29/09/202229/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3688 Views 0 Comments Integrator, Shadow 200 UAS

Army’s new tactical uncrewed aerial system (TUAS) has reached a significant milestone, with personnel from 20 Regt, RAA, Army Aviation

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Life on the Line Podcast 

Bob Hunter – Life on the Line

25/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2116 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Alex Lloyd interviews SAS veteran Bob Hunter. Bob is a former squadron commander in the Special Air Service Regiment. He

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New Zealand Defence Ferns showed their prowess by thrashing NZ Police Women 80-0 in 2020. NZDF photo by Corporal Vanessa Parker.
ADF Europe New Zealand News Pacific UK 

Inaugural women’s International Defence Rugby Competition

24/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2024 Views 0 Comments Women's Rugby

The New Zealand Defence Force will next month welcome military women’s rugby teams from the Pacific and around the world

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Artist's impression of a Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, courtesy of Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
News Science & Technology USA 

US Air Force selects contractors to deliver first hypersonic cruise missiles

23/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2599 Views 1 Comment HACM, Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, SCIFiRE, scramjet

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, have been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile for

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Sergeant Nathan Lissing watches a South Sydney Rabbitohs match while deployed with the MFO in Sinai, Egypt. Photo supplied.
Letters to the Editor 

Good luck – no, no, good luck to you…

23/09/202223/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1877 Views 0 Comments

Sergeant Nathan Lissing, deployed on Operation Mazurka – the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)

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A customs dog team searches for explosives in at the International Antarctic Program terminal in Christchurch. This is the first NZ flight to the ice for the season 2022/23. NZDF photo by Corporal Sean Spivey.
New Zealand News 

NZ Air Force’s Antarctic-support season opens

23/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1747 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

The first group of New Zealand Defence Force personnel have arrived in Antarctica on the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s

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New Zealand and Fijian soldiers fire an 81mm mortar during Exercise Cartwheel. NZDF photo by Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn. 
New Zealand News Pacific 

NZDF and RFMF infantry train together in Fiji

22/09/202222/09/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2390 Views 0 Comments Fiji

For the first time in more than 27 years, the New Zealand Army has undertaken 81mm mortar demonstrations as part

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