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A Joint Explosive Ordnance Support - West member watches the blast of an explosive ordnance disposal task on farmland at Two Rocks, Western Australia. Photo by Petty Officer Craig Walton.
ADF News 

UXOs destroyed in WA

05/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2034 Views 0 Comments

A recent joint operation between the ADF and emergency services led to six unexploded WWII-era munitions being destroyed on a

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Australian Defence Force trainee medics from the Australian Defence Force medic course march onto the parade ground at the Army School of Health graduation at Latchford Barracks in Bandiana, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
ADF News 

ADF now recruiting non-citizens

04/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5069 Views 3 Comments

New Zealanders who call Australia home will soon be able to apply to join the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army

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Australian and partner military personnel work on clearing a site to be used to dispose of WWII remnants during Operation Render Safe in Nauru. Photo by Sergeant Craig Barrett.
ADF News Pacific 

Operation Render Safe hits Nauru

03/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2360 Views 0 Comments Operation Render Safe

Australian Army personnel from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment and 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, along with allied partners, have

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Lieutenant Donna Nabure, from the Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute team, talks with a Papua New Guinea Defence Force member and his child during a health survey. Photo by Corporal Samuel Miller.
ADF News Pacific 

Scientific team surveys health in PNG

25/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2694 Views 0 Comments Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, PNG, PNGDF

Bringing science to the heart of Papua New Guinea, the ADF Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute spent several weeks conducting

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Royal Australian Navy EC-135 Aircraft from 723 Squadron conduct a fly past during the 723 Squadron Graduation Ceremony held at HMAS Albatross in Nowra. Story by Sub Lieutenant Jess Gould. Photo by Leading Seaman Ryan Tascas .
ADF News 

ADF helicopter-pilot training increased 50%

23/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2462 Views 0 Comments

After substantially increasing flying hours over the past two-and-a-half years, 723 Squadron has increased its graduate output by 50 per

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The Joint Australian Training Team-Philippines (JATT-P) Mobile Training Team (MTT), supported by the ADF Warfare Training Centre, deliver two Joint Warfighting Planning Foundations Courses to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the first time.
ADF Asia News 

Inaugural warfighting courses delivered in Philippines by mobile training team

21/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2238 Views 0 Comments

Two Joint Warfighting Planning Foundations courses have been delivered to the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the first time.

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Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro, left, Minister-Counsellor Defence Science and Technology – Washington Darren Sutton, and US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu at the POST Conference in Hawaii. Story by Emma Thompson.
ADF News Science & Technology 

Collaborating on the future of Defence

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1817 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group

Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro has led a delegation to the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Conference in Hawaii,

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Soldiers from the Australian Army's 176 Air Dispatch Squadron work with Air Terminal Company, 3 Singapore Armed Forces Transport Battalion, during a Republic of Singapore Air Force C-130 training sortie. Photo by Aircraftwoman Maddison Scott.
ADF Asia News 

Singapore Hercules training at RAAF Base Richmond

07/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2247 Views 0 Comments Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)

The Australian Defence Force is supporting the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) as it conducts air mobility training from

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A traditional ceremonial guardian doll and handwritten letter from the Ukrainian community in Australia sits on the desk of a Ukrainian soldier attending an Australian Army-led leadership course in England. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
ADF News UK 

Letters from Australia lift Ukrainian spirits

17/04/202423/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1793 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces of Ukraine, Chaplains, Operation Kudu

The room was quiet and the mood was subdued as an Australian Army chaplain stood before a classroom of Armed

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Vice Admiral David Johnston and Air Marshal Robert Chipman will become Australia's new Chief of Defence Force and Vice Chief of Defence Force in July 2024.
ADF News 

New senior appointments in Defence announced

09/04/202409/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4724 Views 3 Comments

The Australian government has recommend a number of senior command changes within the Australian Defence Force to the Governor-General. FILE

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Head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator Professor Emily Hilder addresses the Quantum Australia 2024 Conference in Sydney. Story by Natalie Staples.
ADF ADF People Science & Technology 

Making the tiniest things count in war

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2178 Views 0 Comments Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), AUKUS, Defence Strategic Review, Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT)

Harnessing quantum behaviours to develop advanced technologies could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage. CAPTION: Head of

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Australian Army soldiers from the ADF Parachuting School's Red Berets parachute display team drop into Sydney's Australia Day festivities. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photo: by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
ADF News 

Australia Day 2024 Military-list honours announced

26/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2737 Views 0 Comments

Australia Defence Force personnel have been recognised for devotion to duty during natural disasters, strategic innovation and professional mastery in

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Aussie soldiers plan their cleanup work at the Oxenford State School where large trees fell during Christmas-holiday storms and needed to be removed. Photo by Sergeant Hatcher.
ADF News 

Soldiers work to help schools re-open on time

08/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1666 Views 0 Comments

Australian Defence Force personnel are hard at work helping schools re-open in time for the start of the school year,

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Navy aviation technician Able Seaman Casey Anderson, of HMAS Toowoomba, takes oil samples from the embarked MH-60R helicopter Valkyrie during a regional presence deployment. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
ADF News 

$50,000 retention bonuses roll out to eligible ADF personnel

07/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5937 Views 1 Comment

Eligible ADF personnel are now able to receive a one-off $50,000 payment in exchange for an additional three-year commitment to

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Australian Army soldiers and high -clearance vehicles from 11th Brigade assist in the cleanup at Coomera, following recent violent storms. Photographer unknown.
ADF News 

ADF helps after two Queensland weather events

05/01/202405/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2249 Views 0 Comments

Soon after Defence concluded support to flood-affected far-north Queensland on 29 December, it was called out again to provide assistance

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Garden Island - Thales Australia © Photo by Salty Dingo 2022.
ADF News 

Audit of Defence estate received by government

04/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2919 Views 0 Comments Defence Strategic Review

An enterprise-wide audit of the Defence estate and infrastructure was initiated in response to the recommendations of the Defence Strategic

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Australian Army soldiers from 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, and 5th Aviation Regiment evacuate a resident from Wujal Wujal. Photo by Carolyn Barnett.
ADF News 

ADF support to north-Queensland flood response

20/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2598 Views 3 Comments

The ADF is providing support to the Queensland Police Service via the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in response to

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An Australian soldier deployed to the UK on Operation Kudu supervises the training of Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel. Photo by Lieutenant Commander Ryan Zerbe.
ADF Europe News 

Australia to expand Ukraine training operation

18/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2818 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

Australia will extend and expand its commitment to the training of recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part

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Australian Army, United States Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel at the opening ceremony of Exercise Yama Sakura 85.
ADF Japan News 

Aussies’ first participation in Ex Yama Sakura

08/12/202315/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2702 Views 0 Comments 1st (Australian) Division, Exercise Yama Sakura, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), US Army

Australia is participating in Exercise Yama Sakura (YS85) for the first time, enhancing  interoperability and mutual defence capability with Japan

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Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell said he was committed to recognising in salary ADF members' skills and contribution to capability.
ADF News 

ADF pay rise approved

17/10/202318/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 5363 Views 2 Comments Chief of Defence Force

All ADF personnel will receive a pay rise of 11.2 per cent over three years after the Defence Force Remuneration

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