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Seaman Jack Foulstone practices correct application of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in preparation for their deployment on Operation COVID-19 Assist. Story and photo: Captain Kristen Daisy Clelend

ADF supports Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak

04/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1747 Views 0 Comments

Australian Defence Force (ADF) members from across Victoria are preparing for deployment on Operation COVID-19 Assist. This morning they were

Commander Australian Fleet Rear Admiral Mark Hammond and Consul-General of Japan Kiya Masahiko prepare to lay wreaths during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by LSIS Leo Baumgartner.

History News Royal Australian Navy

Lives lost at Kuttabul remembered

03/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1757 Views 0 Comments

The 79th HMAS Kuttabul memorial service was held at Garden Island on Sydney Harbour to remember the 27 lives lost in a

An Army recruit fits his chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRND) suit during Army’s first CBRND basic course using the latest versions of the equipment.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing Science & Technology

Recruits train with new equipment

03/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3297 Views 0 Comments

The 1 Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB) has delivered Army’s first chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRND) basic course with

Commanding Officer HMAS Cerberus Captain Ainsley Morthorpe, right, presents Joe Alexander with a butchers rate badge during his visit to the old butchers shop at Cerberus. Story by Lieutenant Ben Willee. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougal.

ADF People History

A butcher’s hook at old stomping ground

03/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1553 Views 0 Comments

Retired Chief Petty Officer butcher Joe Alexander, one of the few remaining Butcher Branch sailors to serve in the Navy,

Former chief of naval personnel Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths (retd) at the launch of his biography, Guy Griffiths: The Life & Times of an Australian Admiral, at the Australian War Memorial. Story by Lieutenant Sarah Rohweder. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.

ADF People History Veterans

Admiral’s story a ‘piece of naval history’

03/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2315 Views 0 Comments

Guy Griffiths was just a teenager when the warship he was serving in as a young midshipman was sunk in

ADF Health and Wellbeing Veterans

Wounded Heroes Veterans Lounge opened in Brisbane

03/06/202105/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2184 Views 0 Comments

Veterans, serving members, transitioning members and their families are encouraged to come together over a coffee at the Wounded Heroes

Deputy Fleet Commander Commodore Jonathon Earley tours the facility that houses the rigid-hull inflatable boat training simulator at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Lieutenant Commander Dave Devlin. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

Health and Wellbeing Royal Australian Navy

Cerberus leading the world in safety training

02/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1942 Views 0 Comments

The first rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) training simulator of its type in the world has been installed at Navy’s premier

The robotic arm of the Semi-automated Explosive Ordnance Inerting Capability and the filtered catch-buckets that collect the extracted material.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News Science & Technology

Technicians win safety award

27/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2110 Views 0 Comments

Defence technicians who ensure military equipment is safe by removing explosive material have been recognised at the 2021 Comcare National Work

Major Lee Sankey and his daughter, Lydia, make some quick repairs to their vehicle during some down time in the Shitbox Rally.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Family’s car raising funds for cancer research

27/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1224 Views 0 Comments

A 10th Force Support Battalion soldier has turned a cheap car into a cancer-fighting endurance machine for an event that

Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty and Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell receive their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Duntroon Health Centre, Canberra. Photo by Jay Cronan.

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

Defence bosses roll up sleeves for vaccine rolls out

27/05/202101/06/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2107 Views 0 Comments

Key Defence leaders have received their COVID-19 vaccine and have encouraged staff – particularly those aged over 50 – to

Private Alex Norgrove at work at Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory. Story by Captain Rebecca Griffith. Photo by Private Georgia Armstrong.

ADF People History

History inspires soldier in work and play

27/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1684 Views 0 Comments

Private Alexander Norgrove’s interest in military history not only inspired him to join the Army, but forms the basis of

Senior Australian Defence Force Officer for RAAF Base Williamtown Group Captain Anthony Stainton presents George Lincoln an Air Force centenary memento. Story by Wing Commander Sue Yates. Photo by Sergeant David Gibbs.

History Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Ex-RAAF centenarian get surprise service memento

27/05/202130/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2267 Views 0 Comments

World War II veteran George Lincoln was presented a Royal Australian Air Force 100th birthday commemorative memento on 11 May

Thought provoking

IT’S TIME FOR OUR ELECTED CAESAR TO ACT

26/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3062 Views 0 Comments By George Mansford

Like many Australians, I have great empathy for COs, their officers and NCOs slowly being stripped of authority, smothered by Canberra.

South Australian Police Chief Superintendant Stuart McLean challenges No. 24 (City of Adelaide) Squadron during a march along King William Street to Adelaide Town Hall. Story by Flying Officer Suellen Heath. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

History News Royal Australian Air Force

Medieval tradition on parade in Adelaide

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2217 Views 0 Comments

Air Force’s No. 24 Squadron exercised its right to Freedom of Entry to Adelaide on May 7 to mark the

No. 460 Squadron aviators pose in front of the G for George Lancaster bomber at the Australian War Memorial. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jessica Aldred. Photo by Sergeant Oliver Carter.

History Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Remembering WWII Bomber Command aviators

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2208 Views 0 Comments

The 79th anniversary of RAAF squadrons joining combat operations with the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Bomber Command in World War

Participants in the HMAS Sirius parkrun event run laps on the ship's flight deck. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Lieutenant Sarah Lucinsky.

Health and Wellbeing Royal Australian Navy

Recreating popular parkrun at sea

15/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1440 Views 0 Comments

When some of the crew from HMAS Sirius began missing their regular Saturday morning parkrun, they did the next best

Air Movements Operators from No. 23 Squadron load pallets of AstraZeneca vaccines and COVID-19 medical supplies bound for Fiji onto a C-130J Hercules, at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading AIrcraftwoman Emma Scwenke.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Supporting the COVID-19 battle in Fiji

10/05/202115/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2226 Views 0 Comments

A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft delivered 10,000 doses of the Australian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Fiji on

Members of General Entry 388 Emms Division standing at ease during their graduation parade at the Navy Recruit School at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria, with family and friends in the background. Story by Lieutenant Ben Willee. Photo by Leading Seaman Bonny Gassner.

History Royal Australian Navy

Families back on deck at parade

10/05/202110/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 2125 Views 1 Comment

For the first time in more than 12 months, family and friends of Navy recruits were able to attend a

Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force veteran Beryl Barton is presented an Air Force 2021 commemorative memento by Senior Australian Defence Force Officer RAAF Base Wagga Group Captain Chris Ellison. Story by Flight Lieutenant Lana Woodhouse. Photo by Sergeant John Marshall.

History Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Work with Mosquitoes a source of pride

04/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1733 Views 0 Comments

Personnel from RAAF Base Wagga helped Beryl Barton (nee Slingo) celebrate her 100th birthday just before Anzac Day. CAPTION: Women’s

Franklin II enters the waters near HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay, NSW, accompanied by Navy One. Story by Lieutenant Commander Dave Jones. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.

History Royal Australian Navy

College icon sails home

02/05/202102/05/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1874 Views 0 Comments

Restored ex-Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) yacht Franklin II sailed back to her former home port of HMAS Creswell in