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Australian soldiers undertake tactical combat-casualty-care training in preparation to deploy to the United Kingdom to provide training support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photo by Petty Officer Peter Thompson.

Aussie troops off on Ukrainian training mission

18/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 812 Views 0 Comments Operation Kudu, Ukraine

Australian soldiers will depart Darwin this week to join partner nations in the United Kingdom, providing critical training to Ukrainian

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‘Purple Heart’-type award for Australia – RECOMMENDED

13/01/202313/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5571 Views 31 Comments

In January 2021, then Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester directed Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal to consider recognition

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50th Anniversary of National Service ending

05/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1486 Views 8 Comments Nashos, National Service

Today we recognise more than 280,000 Australians who were called up to serve their country in National Service schemes between

HMAS Adelaide sails in company with Indian Navy Ships Jalashwa and Kavaratti, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 ends

02/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 917 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 (IPE22), Australia’s flagship regional engagement activity, has come to a close with HMAS Adelaide sailing into Darwin.

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman meets with Bahrain Defense Affairs Minister Lieutenant-General Abdulla bin Hassan Al Nuaimi in Bahrain. Image supplied.

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CAF represents ADF at Bahrain strategic meeting

01/12/202201/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 226 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force, International Institute for Strategic Studies’ (IISS)

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Robert Chipman represented the Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell at the

Cubic Australia employees, including ADF veterans, won Employer of the Year – Large 2022.

ADF News Veterans

Prime Minister’s National Veterans’ Employment Awards 2022

25/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 511 Views 0 Comments Veterans’ Employment Awards

Australia’s top veteran and partner employers, employees and entrepreneurs were celebrated last night at the 2022 Prime Minister’s National Veterans’

RAAF Flight Lieutenant Jayden Hasemann, left, and Leading Aircraftman Jack Atkins play basketball with students at Sokehs Roie Soledi Peidie Elementary School. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

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Aviators join in the fun at Micronesian school

18/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 935 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, Chaplains, Micronesia, Operation Solania

In between flying aerial maritime surveillance sorties, Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed on Operation Solania 22-4 have engaged with local

Self medicating. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

ADF News Veterans

Latest official suicide-figures reported

16/11/202216/11/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1018 Views 2 Comments suicide

A report released today into the rate of suicide among current and former serving Australian Defence Force personnel reaffirms that

Defence scientists Mr Alex Rohl, right, and Dr Susannah Whitney, second from left, feature on a panel at PAX Aus 2022. Story by Sophie Calabretto.

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Cyber skills to strengthen Defence training

15/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 688 Views 0 Comments DST, DSTO

Defence scientists featured on an expert panel at Australia’s largest gaming convention in October, discussing the use of game techniques,

Australian Government-donated Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, in April. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Jesse Kane.

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Aussie troops to train Ukraine forces

28/10/202206/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1752 Views 2 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Operation Interflex, Ukraine

From January next year, Australia will join an international military operation to provide critical training for Ukrainian troops in response

Group Captain (retd) Wayne Johnston, left, and Wing Commander Mark Pitt at the opening of the Pitt-Johnston Electronic Warfare Research Centre at the Joint Survivability Tactics Validation Unit. Story by Leading Aircraftwoman Jasna McFeeters. Photo by Sergeant Murray Staff.

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Electromagnetic Warfare Research Centre opened in Adelaide

26/10/202230/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 751 Views 0 Comments DST, JCG

Defence’s Electromagnetic Warfare Program received a major boost last month with the official opening of the Pitt-Johnston Electromagnetic Warfare Research

INTERFET veterans march through the streets of Dili during an official parade of remembrance in Timor-Leste. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

ADF News Veterans

Budget 2022 – government’s official statement re veterans and Defence personnel

25/10/202226/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 666 Views 0 Comments Budget 2022

The Australian Government is investing in a better future for Defence personnel, veterans and families, responding to important recommendations put

HMAS Stuart leads HMA Ships Hobart and Canberra out of Sydney Harbour as seven Aussie warships depart head to sea. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.

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Budget 2022 – government’s official statement re Defence

25/10/202225/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 565 Views 0 Comments Budget 2022

THE HON RICHARD MARLES MP DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MINISTER FOR DEFENCE THE HON PAT CONROY MP MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY

North West Mobile Force soldier Private Corinthian Noketta from the Wallman Community in Turkey Creek radios information to command elements during a patrol activity on Operation Resolute on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Photo by Gunner Shannon Joyce. 24 year-old Private Corinthian joined NORFORCE in 2001 and works as a signaller and coax man on water patrols. Private Corinthian is a Community Dole Project (CDP) participant at home, but wants to get training as a ranger to do more for his land. When Private Corinthian returns from patrol, the first thing he plans to do is roll out his 1980 Falcon Fairmont for a cruise around Katherine. Private Corinthian plays Australian Rules Football for Klarno.

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$2billion communications upgrade for ADF

25/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 579 Views 0 Comments

The Australian government has announced a major boost to Defence’s strategic high-frequency communications capability to support regional and global operations.

Australian Army recruits in training at 1st Training Battalion, Kapooka, NSW. 1RTB photo.

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Defence changes horses in new recruitment race

24/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 731 Views 0 Comments Defence Force Recruiting

In the latest move to scale up the Australian Defence Force, the Australian government has selected Adecco Australia as Defence’s

Australian Corporal Louis Carbery, an infantry soldier with 8/9RAR, discusses how his army clears hallways and intersections at Blackrock Training Camp, Fiji, during Exercise Cartwheel. Story and photo by US Army Sergeant Brian D. Jones, 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

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Australia and Fiji sign Status of Forces Agreement

20/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1112 Views 0 Comments Fiji, Status of Forces Agreement

Fiji’s Minister for Defence, National Security, and Policing and Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, and National Disaster Management

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ADF News Veterans

Government seeking veteran input on DVA legislative change

17/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 666 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Consultation on reforming veterans’ legislation commenced today with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs seeking submissions from the community. The Australian

Ghost Robotics Vision 60 Quadrupedal Uncrewed Ground Vehicles are displayed at the 2022 Land Forces expo. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

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Expo showcased dogs of war

14/10/202219/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1262 Views 0 Comments 7th Combat Service Support Battalion, Land Forces Conference, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation & Coordination Office (RICO)

They’re nicknamed robot dogs, but the mechanical movements of Army’s quadrupeds walking around Land Forces don’t prompt warm feelings like

Marissa Bond, chief technology officer, and Thomas Hastwell, chief commercial officer, at Lumination's offices in Adelaide.

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Company shines light on innovative training

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1025 Views 0 Comments Defence Innovation Hub

Lumination, an Adelaide-based company specialising in bringing classroom lessons to life using immersive technologies, is working with the Defence Innovation

Lieutenant Mia Parsons, of the 1st Close Health Battalion, takes a COVID test sample from a member of the public at the Goulburn Valley Health COVID testing site in Shepparton, Victoria. Story by Major Fiona Bickerstaff. Photo by Private Dustin Anderson.

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Operation COVID-19 Assist officially ends

07/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 626 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the national response to COVID-19 officially concluded today, marking the official end of Operation COVID-19

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