Defence adds four cases of COVID-19
Defence added another four cases of COVID-19 to its tally of confirmed cases today – all four accounted as being ‘overseas’.
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Operation NSW Flood Assist winding down
After assisting thousands of residents and business in hard-hit flood-affected communities, Op NSW Flood Assist 21-1 is winding down.
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Aussie Supashock wins two Rheinmetall contracts
Supashock has secured a multi-million dollar export order for running gear suspension systems on Rheinmetall military vehicles in Europe.
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Learn naval shipbuilding on line
A new naval shipbuilding ‘taster course’ endorsed by Australia’s defence industry is set to be rolled out to its first
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HMAS Supply commissioned into service
Royal Australian Navy’s operational support capability has received a significant boost with the commissioning of HMAS Supply into service.
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80th anniversary of the siege that spawned ‘The Rats of Tobruk’
On 10/11 April 2021, we commemorate 80 years since the start of a port siege in Libya – and the birth of ‘The Rats of Tobruk’.
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Six new cases of COVID-19 in Defence
Defence added another six confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. All were accounted as occurring ‘overseas’ – with two ‘recovered’ (sub-total 175)
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Air Force grounded for flood clean-up
With tasks piling up in regional NSW following the one-in-100-year flooding, 51 members of the Air Force were called in
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Hard work recognised
The commander of the ADF’s support to the flood recovery efforts in NSW, Brigadier Mick Garraway, has praised the work
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Soldiers up to Tour de Cure challenge
Two serving Army officers and a retired officer rode their bicycles 1000km in seven days to raise money for cancer
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Women fitted to fight
Women’s roles in combat are taking another step forward with the development and trialling of combat equipment and uniforms designed
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Fijians join Aussie soldiers for urban training
Soldiers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) have joined Australian infantry soldiers from Army’s 7th Combat Brigade for
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Ceremony welcomes Fijian soldiers
Welcomes don’t come much warmer than the one given by the 7th Combat Brigade to 37 soldiers and officers from
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Fighting and winning ashore
From the first response with aircraft flying from HMAS Albatross to personnel on the ground in the NSW mid-north coast,
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Malaysia and Australia replenish relationship
HMAS Sirius conducted a series of exercises with the Royal Malaysian Navy corvette KD Lekir in the Andaman Sea, and
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Aussie ships impress on French-led exercise
HMA Ships Anzac and Sirius made an immediate impact with their international counterparts in the French-led Exercise La Perouse in
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Sirius has a day to remember
HMAS Sirius has completed one of its biggest ever Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with the 100,000-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS
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Survey work to make navigation safer
HMAS Melville has returned to her home port of Cairns after a six-week deployment completing survey work in poorly surveyed
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Indigenous company to build Nulka assembly plant
An Indigenous company has a contract to build a $23.9million Nulka assembly and maintenance facility in Orchard Hills, NSW.
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RAAF dumps ‘airmen and airwomen’ for ‘aviators’
The Royal Australian Air Force has replaced the term ‘airmen and airwomen’ with ‘aviators’ as it enters its second century.
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