Long way to a top achievement
Like many musicians in the Royal Australian Navy Band, Able Seaman Donna Chung has a diverse background. CAPTION: Able Seaman
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Author: Mike Hughes
Townsville local on guard during Talisman Sabre 21
Going away for an exercise can really benefit one’s career; for Leading Aircraftman Matthew Pearson it also means looking forward
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Communications centre keeps pulse in HMAS Brisbane
It is the heart of the ship – the centre where information flows between ships sailing together. CAPTION: Able Seaman
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Scientists assess reactions to COVID-19
As Australia contends with varying degrees of lockdown to manage the spread of COVID-19, Defence scientists are developing tools to
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Program ignites innovative ideas
The current participants in a program that links innovators with Defence and has led to the creation of 13 businesses
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Graduate forum to address key industry challenges
Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and the Australian Council of
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Camcopter has eyes in the sky during Talisman Sabre
Apart from an MH-60R helicopter, HMAS Ballarat also carries an S-100 Schiebel Camcopter, an unmanned aerial vehicle that offers enhanced surveillance capability
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Exercise a noteworthy occasion for band
From the small confines of the junior sailors café in HMAS Brisbane come some big sounds. CAPTION: HMAS Brisbane’s band,
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Sailors killed in WWII mine accident remembered
Two men believed to have been the first service personnel killed on Australian soil as a result of enemy action
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HMAS Brisbane’s first Talisman Sabre
HMAS Brisbane, the first Hobart-class warship to participate in Exercise Talisman Sabre, is the air and missile-defence commander for the exercise,
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Ballarat adds naval gunfire to Talisman Sabre
HMAS Ballarat has added the force of its five-inch gun to a blue-water combat event as part of Exercise Talisman
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Allies work together to deliver barrage
“Okay, if you’re a JTAC please raise your hand.” CAPTION: A F-35B Lightning II drops a GBU-12 – 500LB Paveway
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Striking in a new way
It’s the ADF’s newest joint warfighting concept and it’s on show at this year’s Exercise Talisman Sabre (TS21) in a
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Talisman Sabre stomachs won’t growl
As Patriot surface-to-air missile fuel burnt bright against the blue sky of Shoalwater Bay, cooking fuel in the Camp Growl kitchen
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Veterans celebrate 32 Squadron’s birthday
No. 32 Squadron celebrated the 32nd birthday of its re-formation on July 1 by honouring its last remaining World War
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COVID response continues in Fiji
The ADF has provided airlift capability to transfer critical personnel, stores and equipment to Fiji in support of the Australian
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Army pilot speaks Air Force lingo
Captain David Fileman is an Army helicopter pilot working in an Air Force squadron and deployed on the multi-national Exercise Talisman Sabre (TS21).
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A booming career in the Army
Not long after finishing at Trinity Bay State High School, Cairns, in 2014, Lance Bombardier Marc Millett started the process
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Cooking up a storm on Talisman Sabre
A chance encounter with a Defence tent at a Melbourne food festival first sparked Private Zaniel Noriel’s curiosity of combining
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Sailor dons many hats on Talisman Sabre
As Able Seaman Boatswains Mate James Anson peers through a pair of binoculars while the sun set on waters off the
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