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Malabugilmah resident Latia Williams has her temperature taken by Leading Aircraftman Joel Forster at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre.

ADF supports remote vaccination mission

20/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 108 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Early this month, NSW Health, police and ADF personnel travelled to a tiny Aboriginal community two-and-a-half hours’ drive inland from

HMS Resolution was a Royal Navy Resolution-class nuclear-powered submarine. Story by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.

ADF People History

Former RN nuclear-sub XO likes AUKUS announcement

16/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 152 Views 1 Comment

With two sons in the Royal Australian Navy, former Royal Navy (RN) nuclear submarine executive officer, Captain Henry Finnis (retd),

Lance Corporal Mancell Laidler, of Joint Task Group 629.9, inspects the licence of a motorist at the ACT Federal Highway border-control point during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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ADF winds up ACT COVID control support

13/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 227 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF personnel have spent the past few weeks supporting ACT Policing at vehicle checkpoints on the ACT-NSW border set up

Letters to the Editor

Let’s help these civvies understand

13/10/202113/10/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 127 Views 0 Comments By Spent Cartridge

Dear Editor, Hello to all Australian Serving ADF Members and Veterans. I just wanted to remind you to give your

Health and Wellbeing

Blood Challenge – I challenge you to beat me

11/10/202111/10/2021 Ange Kenos 141 Views 0 Comments

I am ex Navy (albeit if the NAVY was not so ageist I could have returned to fill one of

A 'Let's Chalk about Mental Health' activity was held at Adams Auditorium, ADFA, in 2019 in support of World Mental Health Day. Photo by Jay Cronan.

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Look out for your mates, and yourself

11/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 182 Views 0 Comments

Defence marked the October 10 World Mental Health Day with online and in-person activities around Australia in the lead-up to the

Ipswich Indigenous community members and children inside a C-17A Globemaster III for a flight from RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Sergeant Peter Borys.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Connections made high above ground

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 259 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

More than 130 Ipswich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families had the experience of a lifetime: a

NSW Police Senior Constable Peter Heginbotham, front left, and Midshipman Bridie Kemp on hotel quarantine duties during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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ADF supports evacuees in quarantine

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 204 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, COVID-19

Recent evacuees from Afghanistan are being helped in their transition to a new life in Australia by ADF personnel on

Enrolled nurse Nicole Gentry prepares Flight Sergeant Kate Morris, of No. 295 Squadron, for her plasma donation at the Red Cross Ipswich Donation Centre in Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photo by Corporal Nicci Freeman.

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Leading the way for blood donations

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 230 Views 0 Comments Red Cross Blood Challenge

Even a three-year posting to Florida, United States, didn’t slow down Flight Sergeant Kate Morris’ blood and plasma donations in

Corporal Rhian Mears, of 3rd Brigade Headquarters, plays for the Curra Swans Australian Rules football team during their grand final win in Townsville. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Corporal Brodie Cross.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Army helps Swans fly high

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 187 Views 0 Comments

With an army of fans in tow and a swarm of Army players on the team, the Curra Swans Football

Players from the Wallabies Rugby team throw footballs with participants of the Proud Warrior Youth Engagement Program at Pallarenda Beach, Queensland on 23 September 2021. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Videos

Wallabies inspire Proud Warriors

08/10/202108/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 179 Views 0 Comments

From the troubled suburbs of Sydney’s inner west to the international rugby arena, Wallabies player Scott Sio understands the value

Leading Seaman Kirsten Robinson sings the German National Anthem during a commemorative service held at the Western Australian State War Memorial in King’s Park, as part of FGS Bayern's visit to Western Australia during their ongoing Indo-Pacific deployment. Story by Lieutenant Rilana Ostheim. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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Unity celebrated in Perth

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 84 Views 0 Comments

The crew of German Navy frigate FGS Bayern on October 3 celebrated Germany’s national day while in Perth during their

Colonel Richard Barrett's work 'Redacted' in the grounds of the Centre for Defence Leadership and Ethics. Story by Major Rachel Beeton.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News

New association encouraging creativity in the ADF

08/10/202114/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 154 Views 0 Comments

Creative expression in the ADF may sound like a contradiction, but a new association for personnel is aiming to break

Warrant Officer Class 2 Luke Woolfe, left, and his son Trooper James Woolfe. Story by Captain Sandra Seman-Bourke.

ADF People History

Family reflects on connection to unit

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1089 Views 0 Comments

With the countdown on to the re-raising of Western Australia’s most storied unit, the 10th Light Horse Regiment, as a

Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer with NSW Police, Uncle John Skinner, with Corporal Ashleigh Shannon, who were part of a remote vaccination team in northern NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Going home on deployment

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 263 Views 1 Comment COVID-19, Indigenous

Rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations in her home town has been a career highlight for Yaegl woman and Army air dispatcher,

ADF personnel and other mobile vaccination team members from Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation, Rekindling the Spirit, Bullinah Aboriginal Medical Service, Northern NSW Local Health District, and NSW Police ahead of the Northern NSW tour. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

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Taking vaccines to Indigenous communities

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 136 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Vaccination efforts in rural and remote areas of NSW allowed Defence members to positively engage with local Indigenous communities. CAPTION:

HMAS Shepparton's Hydrographic Department proudly displays the First Lady of the Fleet plaque at HMAS Cairns. Story by Able Seaman Emily Wain and Able Seaman Rebecca Churches.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Shepparton the First Lady of the Fleet

01/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 526 Views 0 Comments First Lady of the Fleet

Paluma-class survey motor launch HMAS Shepparton II is the new First Lady of the Fleet. CAPTION: HMAS Shepparton’s Hydrographic Department proudly

Teams from HMA ships Canberra, Sirius and Anzac came together for an inter-ship sports carnival on board HMAS Canberra while alongside in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Sport brings deployed crews together

01/10/202106/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 169 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Music blared, and laughter and excited chatter filled the air as hundreds of participants battled for team bragging rights during

Executive Officer HMAS Dechaineux Lieutenant Commander Darren White raises the 'Jolly Roger' on Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux at Fleet Base West. Official Defence photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.

Letters to the Editor

Jolly Roger for all new subs

30/09/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 907 Views 1 Comment By Spent Cartridge

Dear Editor, Just a quick question for the CDF General Angus Campbell… Will these new submarines come complete? (with Jolly Roger).

Commander Combat Support Group Air Commodore Veronica Tyler lays a wreath at the Hobart Cenotaph. Story by Flight Lieutenant Kate Davis. Photo by Sergeant Tanya Russell.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Wartime valour remembered in Tasmania

29/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 233 Views 0 Comments WWII

The 81st anniversary of the Battle of Britain was commemorated in Hobart on September 11 at a remembrance service at

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