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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Corporal Jason Marsh. Story by Flying Officer Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Ending career on Invictus Games high

24/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1354 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Corporal Jason Marsh is one of those people who performs at his best when he’s working towards a goal. CAPTION: Invictus

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Colin McCallum. Story. by Story by Flying Officer Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Invictus competitor already a winner

24/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1499 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Given his stint as a Navy cadet, his passion for sailing and his father’s naval background, it was hardly surprising

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Leading Seaman Christopher Hill. Story by Fying Officer Tina Langridge. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Teamwork makes Chris’ dream work

24/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1395 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Leading Seaman Christopher Hill’s life is testament to the power of teamwork. CAPTION: Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Leading Seaman

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Petty Officer Jarryd Boyd. Story by Flying Officer Tina Langridge. Photos by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Proud Aussie eyes new goals

24/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1180 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

As a physical training instructor with the Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer Jarryd Boyd understands the importance of sport and

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Cindy Chawner. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Daredevil grandmother makes games debut

17/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2110 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

During snowboarding competitions, you’ll typically find Cindy Chawner at the bottom of a slope waiting for her youngest daughter, Mia,

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitors Callan McLean, right, and Jake Christie dive into the pool during a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Invictus reignites sailor’s passion

14/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1875 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Bilateral cartilage issues in both knees and multiple musculoskeletal injuries prematurely ended Callan McLean’s naval career and recreational sporting pursuits

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Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Alexander Gair. Photo by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.
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Inspiring others at Invictus Games

14/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1857 Views 0 Comments Invictus Games

Alexander Gair is mighty proud of his 20-year career with the Australian Army. CAPTION: Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitor Alexander

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An Aussie veteran of Task Group Taji
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Operation Okra in Iraq officially ends

29/12/202429/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8079 Views 0 Comments Iraq, Operation Okra

Operation Okra, the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the international coalition against Daesh in Iraq and Syria, has concluded with

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A Ventia firetruck conducts a firefighting demonstration at RAAF Base Pearce in Western Australia. Photo by Flying Officer Michael Thomas.
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ACCC sues over alleged price-fixing cartel for ADF base-services contracts

12/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4023 Views 2 Comments

ACCC has started civil cartel proceedings in the Federal Court against two companies and four senior executives for alleged price

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Deputy Mission Commander Pacific Partnership Wing Commander Scott Minchin holds a child during the mission in the Pacific. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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Friendly Aussie faces in the Pacific

06/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1668 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership

The outgoing deputy commander of a US-led operation to provide humanitarian assistance across the Indo-Pacific said Australian servicemen and women

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Defence (or govt?) weasels out of $12billion satellite ordered last year

04/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1890 Views 0 Comments JP9102

On 3 April last year, Defence was proud to announce Lockheed Martin Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver a

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Royal Australian Air Force Corporal Tegan Ross from Australia's Federation Guard with representatives from Commonwealth countries escort the Gold State Coach during the Procession following the Coronation of King Charles III. Photo by Sergeant Andrew Sleeman.
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King Charles promoted to top ADF ranks

19/10/202420/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 12027 Views 7 Comments King Charles III

His Majesty King Charles III has been appointed the Honorary Ranks of Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian

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Australian soldiers with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a medical evacuation of a local boy in the Oecusse Enclave, East Timor. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.
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25 years since INTERFET deployment

20/09/202420/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 15472 Views 2 Comments East Timor, INTERFET, Timor-Leste

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for

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An Australian Army medic chats with students during a visit to a boys' school in southern Afghanistan. Photo by Corporal Ricky Fuller.
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Safer without it? Should army medics wear the Red Cross?

18/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2309 Views 2 Comments Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt University research into the wearing of the Red Cross brassard by members of the Australian military show they

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Defence Science and Technology Group scientist Dr Ben Sparkes, left, works with Australian-built quantum clocks at the University of Adelaide.
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Defence buys atomic clocks for $2.7million

13/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2586 Views 0 Comments QuantX Labs

The Australian government is acquiring quantum optical atomic clocks from Adelaide-based QuantX Labs to deliver position navigation and timing (PNT)

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by Jay Cronan, digitally altered by CONTACT.
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Defence Minister Marles’ updates on Brereton Report

12/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2496 Views 0 Comments

Statements by Minister for Defence Richard Marles… FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles. Photo by

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Final Report from veteran-suicide Royal Commission handed down

09/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2007 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the government and tabled in Parliament

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A Joint Strike Missile (orange) loaded in an internal weapon's bay of a US Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during test and evaluation trials. Image supplied by Kongsberg to the ADF for distribution to media.
ADF News 

Joint Strike Missile acquisition expedited

05/09/202406/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2818 Views 0 Comments Kongsberg

The government is further accelerating Australia’s long-range strike capability through the acquisition of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) beginning next

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HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a SINKEX off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii,as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
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New missile factory for Newcastle

22/08/202422/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4276 Views 3 Comments Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise, GWEO, Joint Strike Missile, JSM, Kongsberg, Naval Strike Missiles, NSM

The Australian government will contribute up to $850 million in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture and service missiles

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Defence Science and Technology Group's MIST sensor, used for chemical detection on the battlefield. Story by Emma Thompson.
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Defence capability put to new use

16/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2074 Views 0 Comments CBRN, DSTG

A thumb-sized device made by Defence for chemical detection has found a new purpose. CAPTION: Defence Science and Technology Group’s MIST

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