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An Australian Army Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank during a live-fire serial as part of a qualification course for Royal Australian Armoured Corps soldiers at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Letters to the Editor 

1st Armoured Regiment: Will it ever be a tank regiment again?

09/06/202609/06/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 181 Views 1 Comment

Will Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, the first woman to be Chief of Army, be the saviour of the Royal Australian Armoured

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Medical personnel from the 2nd Health Battalion use a deployable CT scanner at a Role 2 Enhanced treatment facility on Exercise Viper Walk at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Story by Captain Chris Wade. Photo by Private Alli Craig.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

CT scanner a game changer for medics in the field

05/06/202605/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 509 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Exercise Viper Walk, Gallipoli Barracks

It’s widely regarded as one of the most important medical innovations of the past 50 years, earning its inventor –

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Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) members enter a training compound at Multi National Base Tarin Kowt (MNBTK). Photo by Corporal Chris Moore.
Letters to the Editor 

AWM will henceforth credit ADF photographers

05/06/202605/06/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 336 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM

G’Day Brian, Love the work you do at CONTACT Magazine, keeping the stories of our serving personnel authentic.    We’ve had

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Commanding Officer 100 Squadron Wing Commander Richard Brougham, left, and 100 Squadron Warrant Officer Andrew Doyle, right, sit with Ted McConchie to watch the Anzac Day commemorations together. Story by Flying Officer Rose Gigliotti.
ADF People History Veterans 

Honouring past and present generations

04/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 259 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, No. 100 Squadron, RAAF Point Cook

A 102-year-old Second World War veteran has reconnected with the Air Force squadron he served with more than 80 years

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Australian Army M1A1 Abrams tank and Australian Army personnel from the Amphibious Force and Indonesian National Armed Forces marines move inland from Banongan Beach, East Java, during Exercise Keris Woomera 2024. Photo by Andrew Green.
Letters to the Editor 

Close fire support for infantry: A thing of the past?

04/06/202604/06/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 249 Views 0 Comments

“Our attack was timed to start at 12.30am on 23 July 1916.  Three shrill blasts on a whistle, was the

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Soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, watch on as an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires in support during Exercise Diamond Run 2017. Photo by Captain Anna-Lise Brink.
Letters to the Editor 

Does armour have limited value on modern battlefields?

03/06/202603/06/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 215 Views 1 Comment

Dear Editor, Many eminent writers have expressed their individual and collective concerns about Army decisions concerning significant change to Armoured

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Letters to the Editor 

2026 Veterans’ Affairs Budget deserves much closer scrutiny than it’s getting

27/05/202627/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 262 Views 0 Comments

After the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, veterans were promised structural reform. Instead, the Budget now introduces a

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An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams tank fires during Exercise Jericho Dawn 2016. Photo by Sergeant Pete Gammie
Letters to the Editor 

Why did 1st Armoured Regiment have to be stripped of its tanks?

27/05/202627/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 278 Views 0 Comments

Why was 1 Armd Regt nominated to become the Army’s experimentation unit, instead of any other unit?   Why not,

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ADF personnel form a catafalque party for an Anzac Day dawn service in Darwin City. Story by Captain Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Corporal Gregory Scott.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Large crowds gather for Anzac Day in Top End

08/05/202608/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 547 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, ANZAC Day

As flags at half-mast gently moved with the cool breeze in the Top End, thousands of Territorians commemorated Anzac Day

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Letters to the Editor 

Trust: Is this Army’s weakness?

08/05/202608/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 229 Views 0 Comments

Trust … the result of a working environment in which human values are paramount: the dignity of the individual is

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a trench clearance supported by Abrams main battle tanks from 2nd Cavalry Regiment, as part of Exercise Brolga Sprint at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Private Jessica Gray.
Letters to the Editor 

How long was 1 Armd Regt’s experimentation unit in the planning?

04/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 309 Views 0 Comments

The Defence Connect headline on 26 September 2023 was “Rumours are swirling that the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)

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ADF People History Lest We Forget Videos 

Anzac Day 2026 Around the World

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 687 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

On Anzac Day, we mark the landings at Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers in 1915

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Wing Commander Patrick Bridge honours his great-uncle Private Donald Arthur Bridge in Gapeyong, South Korea, at the 75th anniversary of the Korean War Kapyong battle. Story by Squadron Leader Bel Culley.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Remembering the Battle of Kapyong

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 690 Views 0 Comments Kapyong, Korean War

In a solemn tribute to the past and a firm nod to the future, Australian Defence Force (ADF) members serving

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Chief of Joint Capabilities Lieutenant General Susan Coyle hugs Rick Deeks during the Anzac Day service at the Bullecourt Digger Memorial in France. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Commemoration becomes personal for relatives

01/05/202601/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 587 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Bullecourt, ww1

At the Bullecourt Digger Memorial on Anzac Day, the commemorative address took on an unexpectedly personal meaning for one family

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Australian Army soldiers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment demonstrate the power of their M1A1 Abrams tank as part of 3rd Brigade's Lavarack Barracks open day activities in north Queensland on Saturday, 3 September 2016. Photo by Sapper Josh Saurin.
Letters to the Editor 

“Look at what we have allowed the Army to become!”

01/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 424 Views 2 Comments

This was a cry from the heart by the Deputy Chief of Army, Major General Chris Smith, DSC, AM, CSC, during

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Letters to the Editor 

Has Welcome to Country become a compliance market?

30/04/202601/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 582 Views 5 Comments

Dear Editor, Welcome to Country on Anzac Day has become a sharper issue than many institutions seem willing to admit.

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3 Squadron personnel, who raised funds in this year’s March On, in front of a 3 Squadron F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Evana Ho. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Elise Ross.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force 

Marching On for mental health

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 593 Views 0 Comments Air Warfare Instructors Course, March On, mental health, No. 3 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown, Soldier On

Across March, members from 3 Squadron balanced running the Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) with putting in the hard yards

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Second Lieutenant Duncan McKenzie has been identified a century after World War I.
ADF People Australian Army Europe History Lest We Forget News 

Unknown no more: two WWI soldiers identified

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 797 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Passchendaele, Third Battle of Ypres, WWI

More than a century after they were killed in action in World War I, the remains of two missing Australian

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Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Kieran Nieves plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Cove dawn service on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye. Story by Flying Officer Freya Hansen. Photos by Corporal Andrew Shaw.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Anzac Day commemorated at Gallipoli

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 889 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Turkey

As the sun rose on another Anzac Day at Anzac Cove, Türkiye, the members of Australia’s Federation Guard and the

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Australian Army, New Zealand Defence Force, United States Marine Corps and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel hold an Anzac Day service during Exercise Balikatan in Aporawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Jacob Joseph. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
Asia Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

A true Anzac field service in the Philippines

29/04/202629/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 564 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Balikatan, US Marines

As dawn broke above the West Philippine Sea, hundreds of Australian, New Zealand, Filippino and United States personnel gathered to

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