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Connor Levinge is following in his father’s footsteps, Chief Petty Officer Carl Levinge, by also joining the Royal Australian Navy. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Williamson. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.

A Navy Week to remember

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2315 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Navy Week

This year’s Navy Week was a memorable one for 24-year-old Connor Levinge from Mango Hill in Brisbane. CAPTION: Connor Levinge is

Navy gap year sailor Seaman Ross Hunter chats with veterans in Bathurst during HMAS Harman's Navy Week tour of the central west, NSW. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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First nuclear-powered attack submarine captain could be schoolgirl from Dubbo

08/03/202410/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2419 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year, Australian Submarine Agency, HMAS Harman

Head of the Australian Submarine Agency said Defence must act now to build a workforce for the future – setting

Able Seaman Kendall Byrnes, left, Commander Tina Brown, Lieutenant Tori Costello and Sub-Lieutenant Cameron Moncrieff on board HMAS Hobart. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Madelyn Hanna.

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All-female command navigation team takes sail

08/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2136 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart, International Women's Day

HMAS Hobart recently departed Cowper Wharf, Sydney, for a routine passage to Eden – a challenging navigation for the nearly

Chief Petty Officer David Dillon with the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter "Hermes" during the Airshows Downunder Shellharbour at Shellharbour Airport Career Day. Story by Pilot Officer Shanea Zeegers. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.

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Shellharbour airshow plane fun for all

06/03/202410/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1876 Views 0 Comments 822X Squadron, CAMCOPTER® S-100, HMAS Albatross

As an aviation enthusiast, Chief Petty Officer David Dillon was thrilled to attend Airshows Downunder Shellharbour at Shellharbour Airport in

Wing Commander Craig Keane with Defence Member and Family Support staff members at the 2024 South Australia welcome event. Story by Chelsey Ballard.

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Defence families welcomed to South Australia

01/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1286 Views 0 Comments Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS)

More than 900 Defence personnel and their families attended the Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS) welcome event in Adelaide

Rear Admiral Lincoln Reifsteck, US Navy, presents Commander Daniel McCall, Royal Australian Navy, with a citation that accompanies the US Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

ADF People Royal Australian Navy

Submariner’s accomplishments commended

23/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2049 Views 0 Comments AUKUS, Nuclear Powered Submarines, Royal Navy, US Navy

Two years since completing an exchange posting aboard a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine, an Australian submariner received the United States

Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Graney salutes during the national anthem as part of HMAS Newcastle’s decommissioning ceremony at Fleet Base East, Sydney, in 2019. Story by Olivia Ransome Gilding. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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A 20-year voyage of growth

23/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1016 Views 0 Comments

Having devoted 20 years of his life to the Navy, Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Graney reflected on the motivations that have

Lieutenant Commander Will Singer works on his repurposed bicycle sculpture as part of the ADF ARRTS program at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Art for health’s sake

20/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1727 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

For Lieutenant Commander Will Singer, serving as the Deputy Director of Navy Communications and Media often involved juggling multiple high-pressure

Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton in Brussels, Belgium, where she is Australia’s first female military representative to NATO and the EU. Story by Captain Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Antje Devon.

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“Do what you love doing – you will make a difference”

16/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1721 Views 0 Comments

Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton saw her first conflict zone as a flying officer in Somalia, 1993, deploying with Air Lift

RAAF Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield, of 27 Squadron, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Exercise Cope North 24. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.

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Dynamic moves for Cope North

16/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1475 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North, No. 27 Squadron, USAF

Embedded within a United States Air Force (USAF) squadron for Exercise Cope North 24, Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield from 27

From Air Force cadet to Army officer to Navy pilot – Lieutenant Andrew Colebourn continues to diversify his career, taking a new path to become a Navy medical officer via Defence’s graduate medical scheme. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Williamson.

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Pilot turns to medicine for next challenge

13/02/202414/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1953 Views 0 Comments

From flying sky-high to saving lives, Lieutenant Andrew Colebourn’s career in the ADF continues to go from strength to strength.

Petty Officer Physical Training Instructor Jan Gilmour at HMAS Creswell gymnasium. Photo by Able Seaman Jasmine Saunders.

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Three decades ensuring sailors are ship-shape

13/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1534 Views 0 Comments HMAS Creswell, PTIs

She’s the physical training instructor charged with ensuring the next generation of naval officers are fighting fit. CAPTION: Petty Officer Physical

Seaman Elmarie Faurie in the Navy' Centre for Innovation, Sydney, with her 3D-printed torch clip. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Gap-year sailor excels in 3D

13/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year

An eight-week posting to Navy’s Centre for Innovation to finish off Seaman Elmarie Faurie’s Gap Year program has led to

A picture of Vice Admiral (retd) Ian Warren Knox during his funeral service at the Garden Island Chapel, HMAS Kuttabul, NSW. Story by Midshipman Jonathan Rendell. Photos by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

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Leaving behind a legacy

13/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 969 Views 0 Comments Chief of Navy, Garden Island

Bestowing military honours on a Navy veteran who has died is among the most sacred of duties, and the funeral

Bravo Zulu - Navy Jack Speak for well done.

ADF People Royal Australian Navy Videos

Learn Naval Slang (Jack-Speak)

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3274 Views 0 Comments

A series of short video clips highlighting what Navy personnel might understand their own slang to mean. CAPTION: Bravo Zulu –

Sergeant Andrew Noordhuis, who has received a bronze commendation, pictured in 2019. Story by Corporal Melina Young. Photo by Sergeant Kirk Peacock.

ADF People Royal Australian Air Force

Hot work leads to cool commendation

09/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1292 Views 0 Comments No. 25 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Learmonth

Sergeant Andrew Noordhuis was on an unaccompanied posting to RAAF Base Learmonth and knew something was up when his wife

Deputy Commander 3rd Brigade Colonel Boniface Aruma being promoted by his wife, Cynthia, and daughter, Hannah, at the Army Museum North Queensland, Townsville. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Corporal Guy Sadler.

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PNGDF officer appointed deputy commander Townsville brigade

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2061 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, PNGDF

Colonel Boni Aruma has been appointed Deputy Commander of Australia’s 3rd Brigade – the first time a Papua New Guinea

Warrant Officer Ian 'Blue' Macgregor, Simulator Project Manager from 37 Squadron, RAAF Base Richmond, NSW. Story by Flying Officer Madeleine Magee. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.

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Retired after 50 years service

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1366 Views 1 Comment RAAF Reserve

From rubbing shoulders with royalty and former prime ministers, to pioneering work on aircraft, Warrant Officer Ian ‘Blue’ Macgregor has

Australian and New Zealand Defence Force members, from left, Petty Officer Vincent Carlsen, ex-sailors Kelly Kavanagh, Durham (Jack) Forbes and Sean (Squizz) Taylor skied for 62 days to reach the South Pole. Story by Captain Krysten Clifton. Photo by Kelly Kavanagh.

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Sights set on glacial trifecta

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1075 Views 0 Comments Antarctica

Having just celebrated the one-year anniversary of a 62-day expedition to the South Pole, Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Sean

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.

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Like father, like son

01/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2367 Views 0 Comments RAEME

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