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Blood Challenge – I challenge you to beat me

11/10/202111/10/2021 Ange Kenos 1489 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.

Look out for your mates, and yourself

11/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1783 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 2010 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.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

ADF supports evacuees in quarantine

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1722 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.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Leading the way for blood donations

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1794 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 1677 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 1584 Views 0 Comments

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

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 1490 Views 0 Comments

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

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 1870 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.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Taking vaccines to Indigenous communities

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1760 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:

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.

Asia Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Navy

Sport brings deployed crews together

01/10/202106/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1257 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

Navy medic Seaman Alana Leonard, from HMAS Penguin, administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the Vaccination Outreach Clinic at the Nyngan Showgrounds, NSW, Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF vaccination teams still making a difference

29/09/202102/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1330 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

ADF Vaccination Outreach Teams have administered more than 46,000 COVID-19 vaccines in more than 30 regional and remote NSW communities since late

Obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Rachel Green hosts a women's health presentation at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Women’s health in the spotlight

29/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1264 Views 0 Comments

On September 7, more than 100 serving women from RAAF Base Amberley gathered at the Astra Complex at an event

ADF Aussie Rules Association’s Sergeant David Wood umpires an AFL match at the SCG during the 2021 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Round. Story by Lieutenant Ben Willee.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Army PTI spends 9 weeks in AFL bubble

29/09/202110/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1560 Views 0 Comments

When physical training instructor Sergeant David Wood joined the Army in 2011 he never imagined he would spend nine weeks

Lieutenant Amanda Dreger in the dispensary at the ADF’s main operating base in the Middle East. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Pharmacist embraces responsibility

29/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1439 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Operation Accordion

Monday 25 September was World Pharmacist Day, spare a thought for the sole operator across the Middle East region. CAPTION: Lieutenant

Medical officer Flight Lieutenant Melanie Smyth gives the fire commander from Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Services and fellow Air Force members a situation report on the crash victims. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

‘Crash’ tests emergency response

24/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1834 Views 0 Comments

This year’s Exercise Kangaroo Down tested the emergency response limits of RAAF Base Townsville to a simulated helicopter crash. CAPTION: Medical

Sergeant Sean Whittington supervises during a physical training session for Australian Defence Force personnel deployed to the Middle East region. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Kicking physical training goals on deployment

24/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1579 Views 0 Comments Operation Accordion

Playing football in Mittagong, the Southern Highlands of NSW, as a teenager was where Sergeant Sean Whittington’s passion for physical fitness

Able Seaman Dental Assistant Caitlin Taylor, left, and Dental Officer Lieutenant Danica Zhan are embarked on HMAS Canberra to care for the dental health of the task group during Indo-Pacific Endeavour. Story by Lieutenant Alicia Morris, Royal Canadian Navy. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Dental duo sink their teeth into deployment

24/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1662 Views 0 Comments IPE21

The unofficial motto of Lieutenant Danica Zhan and Able Seaman Caitlin Taylor’s department is ‘fit to bite, fit to fight’.

Champion weightlifter Sergeant Steven Graham celebrates his best result. Story by Corporal Veronica O’Hara.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Weightlifter celebrates triple title win

24/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1506 Views 0 Comments

Pushing 118kg above his head, Sergeant Steven Graham won the Australian, Oceania and Commonwealth Masters Championships for his age and

Squadron Leader Walter Goedde administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a member of the Orange community as a part of NSW Operation COVID-19 Assist. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Support from public is touching, says nurse

22/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1201 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Walter Goedde feels privileged to help provide COVID-19 vaccinations at pop-up clinics in regional