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Frozen blood products can support ADF health clinicians to deliver trauma care in challenging and harsh environments. Story by Michelle Hoare. Photo by Corporal Melina Young.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Frozen blood a lifesaver on the battlefield

19/11/202519/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 130 Views 0 Comments Joint Health Command

If a soldier is injured on the battlefield and urgently needs blood, fast access to blood products could mean the

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Director-General of Security Mike Burgess.
ADF Australian Army Cyber News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Defending Australians against espionage

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 228 Views 0 Comments

The ADF remains a prime target for foreign intelligence services, according to Australia’s security service. CAPTION: Director-General of Security Mike

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Aviators from RAAF Base Pearce take part in the inaugural Goggins’ Challenge, raising $7400 for mental health. Story by Flying Officer Stina Frantzich Gardiner. Photo by Sergeant Joshua Mulligan.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force 

Aviators raise $7400 for mental health

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 212 Views 0 Comments 2 Flying Training School, mental health, No 79 Squadron, No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron, No. 25 Squadron

RAAF Base Pearce personnel have gone the distance for mental health, raising $7400 in 48 hours for the Black Dog

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Sandy Sandford, a former Regimental Sergeant Major of Trentham Military Camp in New Zealand, sells poppies in Melbourne ahead of Remembrance Day. Story by Major Carla Armenti. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.
Australian Army History News 

Royal visit evokes fond memory for veteran

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 178 Views 0 Comments Remembrance Day

As the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASIGS) celebrates its centenary with parades and activities across the country to commemorate

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Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force 

Joint training boosts air crash response

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 189 Views 0 Comments Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTRSQN), No. 34 Squadron, RAAF Woomera

Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTRSQN) and 34 Squadron have completed a joint emergency response exercise at RAAF Base Woomera

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A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16C takes off at RAAF Base Pearce. Story and photos by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Singapore amps up fast jets in WA

18/11/202518/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 211 Views 0 Comments Extended Fighter Detachment (EFD), RAAF Pearce, Republic of Singapore Air Force

Four Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C jets shared the skies over RAAF Base Pearce during their recent Extended

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United States Army 17th Field Artillery Brigade High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) during the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 firepower demonstration at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
News USA 

Lockheed Martin delivers 750th HIMARS launcher

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 574 Views 0 Comments

Lockheed Martin has marked a major milestone delivering the 750th HIMARS launcher to the US Army. FILE PHOTO: United States Army

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News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF salutes supporters

14/11/202516/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 389 Views 0 Comments RAAF Williamtown

RAAF Base Williamtown, 77 Squadron and 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) have hosted a family day in recognition of the

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Author and former broadcaster Mike Carlton speaks to the audience at Indo Pacific 2025. Photos by Able Seaman Taylor Johnson.
History News Royal Australian Navy 

Mike Carlton honoured at Indo Pacific 2025

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 301 Views 0 Comments Chief of Navy, Indo Pacific

An author, historian and journalist known for his stories of the people behind some of Navy’s most notable missions has

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Air Force Chaplain Wing Commander Wayne Ross uses the new RAAF Welfare Trust Fund website at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Wing Commander Michael Rowe. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Fast financial support for aviators

14/11/202514/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 284 Views 0 Comments Chaplains, RAAF Welfare Trust Fund (RWTF)

For Air Force, 1989 was a busy year. Transport squadrons were stretched, flying more than 6500 hours to move over

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An F60 Bangalore torpedo explodes at a demolitions range at the School of Military Engineering, Holsworthy, NSW. Story and photos by Major Dan Mazurek.
Australian Army News 

Bangs galore out of the box

12/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 634 Views 0 Comments F60 Bangalore torpedo, Holsworthy Barracks, School of Military Engineering

Sappers on their Subject 4 Corporal’s Course at the School of Military Engineering, Holsworthy Barracks, are among the first in

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1 Space Surveillance Unit’s Commercial Data Mission Centre delivers its first international Joint Commercial Operations-200 training course. Story by Major John Yialeloglou.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Space Division 

ADF delivers first international space course

12/11/202512/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 468 Views 0 Comments Joint Commercial Operations (JCO-AUS), No.1 Space Surveillance Unit (1SSU)

1 Space Surveillance Unit’s Commercial Data Mission Centre has delivered its first international Joint Commercial Operations-200 (JCO-200) course. CAPTION: 1

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Defence Cooperation Program qualified flying instructor Squadron Leader Cory Fischer and PNG Defence Force Air Transport Wing Second Lieutenant Rothman Spaiye flying a PNG Defence Force PAC-750XL. Story by Squadron Leader Belinda Culley. Photo by Squadron Leader Cory Fischer.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF aviators strengthen PNG partnership

12/11/202512/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 519 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Group, Air Mobility Group (AMG), C-27J Spartan, Defence Cooperation Program, Defence Pacific Assistance Program (DPAP)

In a display of regional cooperation and capability enhancement, RAAF 35 Squadron’s C-27J Spartan aircraft continues supporting the long-standing Defence

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HMAS Supply arrives at Twofold Bay. Story by Lieutenant Natalie Starkoff.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Supply returns home to Eden

12/11/202512/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 538 Views 0 Comments HMAS Supply

On November 5, HMAS Supply made a welcome return to her ceremonial home port of Eden, arriving in Twofold Bay to conduct

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Poppies in front of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Photo by Andrew Green.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Keeping the memories alive

11/11/202511/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 369 Views 0 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day address from Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston CAPTION: Poppies in front of the Australian War

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Military working dog handlers and retired military working dog Genie during a military working dog charity event at RAAF Base Williamtown. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Flower.
ADF ADF People K9 Training 

Fur-tastic support for a worthy cause

11/11/202511/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 355 Views 0 Comments Military Working Dogs, No. 26 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown, Working Paws Australia

The Military Working Dog Section of Air Force’s 26 Squadron has held a fundraising event for Working Paws Australia, raising

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A400m Atlas. Luftwaffe photo supplied.
Europe New Zealand News 

Luftwaffe training visit to New Zealand

09/11/202509/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1178 Views 0 Comments

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will host several German air force (Luftwaffe) aircraft, working alongside the visitors as they

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Exercise Suman Warrior 2025 underway in Linton Military Camp, New Zealand. Exercise SUMAN Warrior seeks to enhance the interoperability between Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) nations. NZDF photo supplied.
New Zealand News 

New Zealand hosts Five Powers exercise

08/11/202508/11/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 682 Views 0 Comments

Manawatū’s Linton Military Camp is this month the battlefield headquarters for leading soldiers from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and

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Seaman Angus Norbury and Able Seaman Christopher Diviak lay a wreath on board HMAS Ballarat during a service commemorating the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Jake Badior. Photos by Leading Seaman Connor Morrison.
History Lest We Forget News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Honouring our fallen

07/11/202507/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 494 Views 0 Comments HMAS Ballarat, WWII

HMAS Ballarat paused at sea to honour those who fought and fell in the Battle of Leyte Gulf – one of the

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Australian Army soldier Private Annaliese Luckman, of 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, conducts an urban clearance as part of Exercise Wantok Warrior in Lae, PNG. Story by Captain Tadek Markowski. Photos by Lance Corporal Jessica Gray.
Australian Army News Overseas 

Urban warfare realism on Wantok Warrior

07/11/202507/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 812 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, Exercise Wantok Warrior, PNG, PNGDF

The sun isn’t yet up but Major Patrick Hoare, Officer Commanding Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR),

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