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Plans officer with No. 382 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Trent Blinco making his 52nd blood donation at the Lifeblood Donor Centre in Ipswich as part of the 2021 Defence Blood Challenge. Story by Flight Lieutenant Robert Cochran.

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Challenge set for Air Force members

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1414 Views 0 Comments Red Cross Blood Challenge

It’s late afternoon at the Lifeblood donor centre in Ipswich and Flight Lieutenant Trent Blinco is about to make his

Leading Seaman Benjamin Jenkins, of HMAS Stirling, prepares to make a blood donation at the Rockingham Red Cross Lifeblood Centre, Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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‘Superhero’ stems the tide of leukaemia

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1079 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, Red Cross Blood Challenge

This year’s Defence Blood Challenge is at the halfway mark and well on track to reach the target of 10,500

Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson is deployed to Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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Navy surgeon enjoying time in the sand

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1796 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

A deployment to Iraq is providing Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davidson with some unique challenges. CAPTION: Navy neurosurgeon Lieutenant

Lance Corporal Craig Luchetta on Operation Victoria Bushfire Assist in 2009 when he was a private. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Graham McBean.

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Reservist puts SKATERZ up after hectic career

31/10/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2000 Views 1 Comment Army Reserve

Hailing from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Lance Corporal Craig Luchetta was inspired to join the Army Reserve in 2006 after meeting

Commanding Officer HMAS Watson Commander Tina Brown, Warrant Officer Nigel Jeffers and Petty Officer Jessica Fisher take part in the Legacy lunge challenge held at HMAS Watson. Story by Lieutenant Kiz Welling-Burtenshaw.

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HMAS Watson lunges for Legacy

29/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1361 Views 0 Comments Battle of the Bases, HMAS Watson, Legacy

Members of HMAS Watson dug deep this month to raise funds for Legacy by competing in the ADF-wide Battle of

The 10th Force Support Battalion held a family dining-in night on September 21. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

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Families served taste of military traditions

26/10/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1864 Views 1 Comment

The families of personnel from the 10th Force Support Battalion were given a taste of military traditions when they attended

Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is an anaesthetist with the Australian Surgical Team at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre in Iraq. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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Team an anaesthesia to challenges

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1475 Views 0 Comments Iraq

Navy medical officer Lieutenant Commander Lin Hu is currently deployed with his triservice colleagues to the only role 3 hospital

Aircraftman Haydon Youngs is studying aircraft systems and components at the RAAF School of Technical Training, Wagga. Story by Flight Lieutenant Tritia Evans. Photo by Corporal Kirbee Forrest.

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Puzzle pieces come together

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1535 Views 0 Comments

“There’s a lot to it, but it gets you up in the morning because you want to learn about it.

Former Wallaroo Gunner Tanya Osborne is serving with A Battery, 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Hamid Farahani.

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Former Wallaroo represents Australia in another uniform

26/10/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2517 Views 1 Comment

For many people, joining the Army and donning the uniform with the Australian flag emblazoned on it is a particular

hilippine Navy Deputy Commander Indo-Pacific Endeavour Captain Constancio Reyes, right, with Lieutenant Maria Hondrade aboard HMAS Anzac during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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So close, but so far…

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1577 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Sailing into Manila Bay during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21) was a slightly bittersweet moment for two Navy officers who longed

Private Daniel Newman is deployed to the Middle East region. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

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Tassie driver answers the call

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1327 Views 0 Comments Operation Accordion

While sailing on the Tasman Sea between Hobart and Bruny Island, Private Daniel Newman received a phone call asking about

Able Seaman Maddie Hohnberg conducts maintenance on HMAS Warramunga's gas turbine. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.

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Tinkering drives Navy career

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1342 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Growing up on a farm outside the regional NSW town of Trangie, Able Seaman Maddison Hohnberg would spend hours tinkering

Lieutenant Jaime Spragge is a CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter pilot with the 5th Aviation Regiment based at RAAF Base Townsville. Story and photo by Corporal Veronica O'Hara.

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Hard work pays off for pilot

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1756 Views 0 Comments

It was watching videos of military flying that first piqued the interest of a young Lieutenant Jaime Spragge, who went on

Corporal Brodie Cross clears the bar in the open men's pole vault at the Athletics NQ Championships in Townsville. Story by Corporal Veronica O'Hara.

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Vaulting into national competition

26/10/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1212 Views 0 Comments

Clearing a 4.7m-high bar at the Athletics North Queensland Championships gave pole vaulter Corporal Brodie Cross an automatic ticket to

Master Gunner of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, Warrant Officer Class One Matthew Dawson. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Hamid Farahani.

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Gunner looks back in milestone year

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1210 Views 0 Comments

This year’s 150th anniversary of Australian artillery has given one master gunner an opportunity to reflect on his two decades

Army radiographer Lieutenant John Langley and physiotherapist Lieutenant Alison Muller in the health centre in HMAS Canberra during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Army boosts ship’s health capability

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1894 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Six Army health personnel are working on board HMAS Canberra during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21), lending a green hue to the maritime-focused

Flying Officer Brett Smith talks with his mate and former colleague Senior Constable Jared Cowan at the Gold Coast Highway police checkpoint. Story by Lieutenant Nicolas Hawkins. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

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Mates reunited at border checkpoint

20/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2019 Views 1 Comment COVID-19

Turning up to work for his first day at the Gold Coast Highway police control point, Flying Officer Brett Smith

Colonel Michael Scott has completed his deployment to the Middle East on Operation Paladin, which began in July 2019.

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Testing UN deployment ends

20/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2254 Views 0 Comments UNTSO

Mentoring and teaching the next generation of junior officers and enlisted personnel is Colonel Michael Scott’s passion, even when they

Newly promoted Director of Music–Navy Commander Cassandra Mohapp at the Garden Island Defence Precinct. Story by Leading Seaman Jonathan Rendell. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

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Chorus of praise for key change

16/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1723 Views 0 Comments

In an historic development for the Royal Australian Navy Band, the Director of Music – Navy position has been upgraded

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

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Former RN nuclear-sub XO likes AUKUS announcement

16/10/202127/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2871 Views 2 Comments

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