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ADF People

Invictus Games Team Australia competitor Former Army Craftsman Erin Brigden at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, Narrabeen NSW. Story by Tina Langridge. Photos by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.
ADF People 

Finally putting herself first

25/08/202303/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1376 Views 0 Comments ADF Sport, Invictus Games

Erin Brigden’s primary motivation for taking part in Invictus Games Düsseldorf is deeply personal. CAPTION: Invictus Games Team Australia competitor Former

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Australian Army soldier Private Jeremy Janson in a Bushmaster vehicle during protection operations by Battle Group Waratah around the town of Ingham, Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Australian Army soldier Private Jeremy Janson in a Bushmaster vehicle during protection operations by Battle Group Waratah around the town of Ingham, Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Captain Jon Stewart. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
ADF People 

Going anywhere and everywhere

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 733 Views 0 Comments 8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment

Hailing from Ballarat, Victoria, Private Jeremy Janson looked up to his family role models, including his father and brothers, as

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Leading Aircraftwoman Buj Nike and Flying Officer Lincoln Rolfe stand in front of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Private Dean Armstrong
ADF People 

From Toowoomba to the skies

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1015 Views 0 Comments Exercise Malabar, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh

Toowoomba-born Leading Aircraftwoman Buj Nike and local Flying Officer Lincoln Rolfe chose the high life when they decided to join

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Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer Naval Police Coxswain Gary McIntosh is a miltary advisor and mentor at the Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing at RVS Mala Base, Port Vila. Story by Lieutenant Nic Hawkins. Photos by Sergeant David Cotton.
ADF People Overseas 

Maritime mentor makes a difference in Vanuatu

25/08/202328/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2187 Views 2 Comments Military Police, Vanuatu Police Force

Mentoring comes naturally to Naval Police coxswain Petty Officer Gary McIntosh, who is using his ability to make a difference

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Australian Army soldiers from the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment with members from the Long Tan Veteran's Association attend the 57th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan service held at the at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. Story by Corporal Rebecca Draheim. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
ADF People History Lest We Forget Veterans 

Soldiers connect with veterans

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1184 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Gallipoli Barracks, Long Tan

Marking 57 years since the battle, the camaraderie and unspoken exchanges among veterans were unmistakable as they met at St

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Air Force’s Women in Aviation program participant Belicia experiences flying in the FA-18F Super Hornet simulator at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Winnall. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.
ADF People 

Casting their eyes to the skies

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 915 Views 0 Comments RAAF Amberley, Women in Aviation Program

A Women in Aviation program, held recently at RAAF Base Amberley, showed participants what an Air Force career might mean

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Australian Army Major Matthew Breckenridge delivers core pre-deployment training to the Indonesian Armed Forces Garuda Contingent deploying to the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Story by Corporal Veronica O’Hara.
ADF People Overseas 

Indonesian exchange helps keep the peace

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1621 Views 0 Comments Indonesian National Armed Forces, UN Peacekeeping

Gangs of monkeys ambushed Major Matthew Breckenridge when he started cycling along the steep, rural road leading to his new

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Australian Army Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award ambassador Corporal Justin Wells, beside the headstone of Gunner William Tasker at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux France. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Wallabies seek inspiration from our fallen

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1004 Views 0 Comments ADF Sport, France, Last Post, Villers-Bretonneux, WWI

It was one of the most stunning battlefield victories and the beginning of the end of WW1. CAPTION: Australian Army

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Australian military uniforms
ADF ADF People News 

New Veteran Transition Strategy for ADF members and families

22/08/202322/08/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2218 Views 0 Comments Veteran Transition Strategy

Today the Australian government released its Veteran Transition Strategy to better support veterans’ and their families transition to civilian life.

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Pilot Officer Alanna Carew RAAF Base East Sale with a 32 Squadron B350 King Air Aircraft. Story by Flight Lieutenant Cindy Ritchie. Photo by Petty Officer Rick Prideaux.
ADF People History 

Following their aviation mission

18/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1664 Views 0 Comments National Science Week, RAAF East Sale

Pilot Officers Alanna Carew and Kris Byrne are following their passion for aviation while undertaking training at the Air Mission

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Aviators from 35 Squadron, RAAF Base Amberley, preparing to walk the Kokoda Track in July. Story by Flight Lieutenant Greg Hinks.
ADF People Lest We Forget 

Aviators’ life-changing Kokoda experience

18/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1312 Views 0 Comments Kokoda Track, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

Walking the Kokoda Track is a rite of passage for many Australians, and was an emotional experience for nine 35

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Australian Army reserve soldier Private Cameron Parkinson from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment at Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera, Brisbane. Story by Jon Kroiter.
ADF People 

Flexible service helps soldier achieve life goals

17/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1271 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Army Reserve

Having extra cash each month is something that would interest any university student. CAPTION: Australian Army reserve soldier Private Cameron Parkinson

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From left, Lieutenant Commander Lachlan Darrow, Seaman Caitlin Hartley, Major Matthew Jones, Squadron Leader Sarelle Woodward and Musician Benjamin Lim at the Australian Coastal Rowing and Beach Sprints Championships at Mooloolaba, Queensland. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

ADF rocks the boat at coastals

17/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1027 Views 0 Comments ADF Sport

Battling large swells and whitewash, ADF rowers waded out into the ocean and came back in with a bronze medal.

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Flight Lieutenant Joelene Buntain at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Corporal Brenton Kwaterski.
ADF People 

Aviator reaches for the stars

16/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1041 Views 0 Comments Australian Space Command

As Defence Space Command looks to the stars, one of its aviators is an expert on what happens when those

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Chief Petty Officer Simon Steyn with his mother Jackie and father Nick on HMAS Onslow in the UK, prior to the O-boat arriving in Australia in 1969.
ADF People History 

Like father, like sons, like subs

16/08/202319/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1385 Views 0 Comments Submarine

The smell of diesel would reach up the stairwell to a third-floor Lilyfield apartment before the man coated in it

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Australian Army Chaplain Major Haydn Parsons serving communion to US Army personnel during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Camp Growl in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People 

Faith in the field

15/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1030 Views 0 Comments 9 Force Support Battalion., Chaplains, Exercise Talisman Sabre

Chaplain Haydn Parsons was in a dark place when inspiration struck. CAPTION: Australian Army Chaplain Major Haydn Parsons serving communion to

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Flight Lieutenant Garry Cooper (retd) during the Vietnam War in front of a US Air Force O-1 Bird Dog. Story by Flight Lieutenant Greg Hinks.
ADF People History Veterans 

A historic bird: flying with a Vietnam War pilot

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2850 Views 0 Comments AWM, Forward Air Controllers, US Army, Vietnam War

The South Vietnamese sky was a smoky orange as dusk approached in July of 1968.  The buzz of a United

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The sculpture of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial. Story and photo by Private Nicholas Marquis.
ADF People History Lest We Forget News 

Statue a tribute to all military nurses

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1828 Views 0 Comments AWM, Service Nurses, WWII

As the sun rose above the Australian War Memorial on August 2, its light touched the face of the first

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Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia competitor Flight Sergeant Nathan King prepares to throw during an athletics training session at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation, Narrabeen NSW. Story by Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Invictus Games 

‘We look fierce’: Invictus Games kit revealed

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1904 Views 0 Comments ADF Sport, German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Invictus Games

The Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 Team Australia kit has been launched and it’s already been labelled a hit by the

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Corporal Christopher Meldrum, an avionics technician from 33 Squadron, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 at RAAF Base Darwin. Story and photo by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.
ADF People 

From the runway to the sky

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1204 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 33 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Darwin

Corporal Christopher Meldrum finds fixing an aircraft one of the most rewarding parts of being an aircraft technician in the

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