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Lieutenant Oliver Breeze of 2nd Force Support Battalion chats with Austin outside the Army display at Agfest in Tasmania. Story by Major Tim Sydenham.
Australian Army News 

Agfest ripe for Army pickings

01/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 143 Views 0 Comments Army Reserve, Defence Force Recruiting

Hailed as a main event in Tasmania for many years, Agfest is an ideal recruiting ground for Army. CAPTION: Lieutenant

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A rifleman from 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, engages a target with an EF88 Austeyr rifle during a platoon live-fire training serial a part of Exercise Cobra Run. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Sapper Tristan Montagu.
Australian Army News 

8/9RAR’s new soldiers on steep learning curve

01/06/202301/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 245 Views 0 Comments 8/9RAR, 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, CBRN, Cobra Run, EF88 Austyer rifle

It was a baptism of live-fire for new members of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9RAR), as they took part

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Australian Army soldier Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith, VC, MG, takes a seat after being awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia during the investiture ceremony in Perth on 23 January 2011. Photo by Corporal Chris Moore.
Australian Army News Veterans 

Ben Roberts-Smith VC loses defamation case

01/06/202301/06/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2433 Views 15 Comments Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG

The verdict in the defamation case brought by Ben Robert-Smith against Fairfax Media and others was handed down this afternoon.

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A P-8A Poseidon from 11 Squadron departs RAAF Base Darwin for an Exercise Albatross AusIndo mission. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell. Photos by Sergeant Pete Gammie.
Asia News Royal Australian Air Force 

TNI-AU and RAAF join forces for Aussie-based exercise

01/06/202301/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 180 Views 0 Comments Albatross Ausindo, Indonesia, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, TNI-AU

Flying together over Australia’s northern oceans, aircrew from the Royal Australian Air Force’s 11 Squadron and 5 Squadron from Tentara

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Australian Army solider Private Liam Brown from the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, takes a bound forward during a platoon attack on Exercise Robey at the Wide Bay Training Area. Photo by Private Connor Morrison.
Australian Army News 

9RQR build warfighting foundation skills

30/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 598 Views 0 Comments 9RQR

Soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment (9RQR), based from Brisbane to Bundaberg, developed foundation warfighting skills at platoon-level

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Navy Regional Indigenous Development Coordinator Leading Seaman Joseph Canning plays the didgeridoo at ANZAC Cove during an ANZAC Day rehearsal on the Gallipoli peninsula in Türkiye. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.
ADF News 

Defence’s calling to Indigenous affairs

30/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 448 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

National Reconciliation Week is a chance for Defence to reflect on the contribution First Nations personnel have made, and continue

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The Royal Military College Band perform their first concert at Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, as part of a Masterworks for Winds series. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.
Australian Army News 

Band strikes up to aid Legacy

26/05/202326/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 921 Views 0 Comments Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

The Band of the Royal Military College performed the first concert in its 2023 Masterworks for Winds series on May

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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a clearance of the Townsville Port on Exercise Septimus Stride 2023 in Townsville, Queensland. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Australian Army News Videos 

1RAR tests urban tactics

26/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1228 Views 0 Comments 1RAR

An infantry company has battled enemy role-players to gain control of port infrastructure while practising clearance of a complex urban

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Deputy Chief of Army Major General Natasha Fox talks with Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Army Lieutenant at Russel Offices, Canberra. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
ADF News 

ADF’s inaugural Chief of Personnel – first female 3-star

25/05/202325/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3388 Views 5 Comments Natasha Fox

Current Deputy Chief of Army Major General Natasha Fox has been appointed the inaugural Chief of Personnel in the Australian

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HMAS Anzac conducts officer of the watch manoeuvres with HMAS Perth as they transit north for a regional presence deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

Penske contracted to support Navy’s diesel engines

24/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 865 Views 0 Comments Penske Australia

Defence yesterday signed a contract with Penske Australia to provide local-industry support for diesel-engine sustainment activities for the Royal Australian

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HMAS Anzac (right) sails in company with USS Chung-Hoon through the South China Sea during a regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.
News Pacific Royal Australian Navy USA 

A rendezvous at sea – and above it

24/05/202324/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 579 Views 0 Comments HMAS Anzac

HMAS Anzac recently rendezvoused with US Navy destroyer USS Chung-Hoon, sailing in company and conducting flying operations in the South

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Amy Plant from Defence's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group exchanges non-fungible token challenge coins with the US Air Force's Brennan Townley. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF geeks host UASF counterparts for three-day brainstorm

24/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 684 Views 0 Comments Jericho Labs

The RAAF Jericho Disruptive Innovation team played host to members of the United States Air Force (USAF) Digital Transformation Office

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Australian Army Corporal Jack Bromhead, catering instructor at the Australian Defence Force School of Catering at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Dempsey.
ADF News 

Three services’ chefs training merged

24/05/202324/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1675 Views 2 Comments ADF School of Catering

ADF chefs will receive the same training regardless of their service under a new streamlined format that will turn out

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Members of the public have a close look at an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank at the Gallipoli Barracks Open Day 2023. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News 

Gallipoli Barracks open day a big hit

24/05/202324/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 796 Views 0 Comments Gallipoli Barracks

About 18,000 people from south-east Queensland registered to attend the Gallipoli Barracks Open Day at Enoggera on 20 May. CAPTION:

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An Australian Army soldier deployed on Operation Kudu leads recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine as they march to a field training area in southern England. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Sleeman.
Australian Army News 

Third rotation of Ukrainian recruits in training with Aussie soldiers

23/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 727 Views 0 Comments Operation Kudu

The third rotation of Ukrainian recruits to be trained by Australian soldiers has commenced initial training as part of Operation

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HMAS Toowoomba transits calm seas during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Toowoomba’s mileage is out of this world

23/05/202323/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 658 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba has completed half a million sea miles since she was commissioned – equivalent to a trip to the

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A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 27 conducts a show of force as part of the live-fire exercise during Exercise Black Dagger 2017. Photo by Sergeant Kirk Peacock.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ex Black Dagger brings thunder to NQ

23/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 587 Views 0 Comments Exercise Black Dagger

RAAF Base Townsville will have an influx of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft and activity for this year’s Exercise Black

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ADF ADF People News 

Army captain finishes first female, second overall in 231km run

22/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 834 Views 0 Comments

Army ultra-marathon runner Captain Meghann Coffey has smashed a personal best by finishing second overall and first female in a

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Leading Seaman Cory Duggan gives a tour to Singapore Navy personnel on board HMAS Toowoomba. Photos: Able Seaman Ashlee Ritz.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Toowoomba opens to visitors in Singapore

22/05/202322/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 562 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba played host in Singapore, welcoming international guests on board for warship tours and Australian culinary delights. CAPTION: Leading

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No. 35 Squadron C-27J Spartan pilot Flight Lieutenant Matthew Still on approach to Cormorant airfield, west of Townsville during Exercise Ready Spartan Prove. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Greg Hinks.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Spartan proves ready for more

21/05/202321/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 754 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan

It was Friday afternoon when the call was made for RAAF Base Amberley-based 35 Squadron to mobilise and move to

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