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Private AJ Shinner, 1RAR, stands guard over a food-distribution point near Baidoa. Photo by Corporal Gary Ramage – 21 Jan 1993.
ADF News Veterans 

Meritorious Unit Citation for Somalia approved

18/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3593 Views 1 Comment Somalia

Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal  has recommended that Australian Defence Force personnel who served in Somalia in the 1990s

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ADF News 

ADF says war-crimes defendant not entitled to protected-identity status

18/04/202322/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3161 Views 10 Comments Protected Identity Status

Defence has issued a statement on the topic of protected identity and how it affects former members – including the

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Invictus Games 2023 Team Australia competitor Karney Armstrong. Photo by Flight Sergeant Ricky Fuller.
ADF ADF People News Veterans 

Team Australia for Invictus Games 2023 announced

17/04/202317/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4764 Views 2 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2023

31 athletes will represent Australia at this year’s Invictus Games in Dusseldorf Germany this September. CAPTION: Invictus Games 2023 Team

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ADF News Science & Technology 

ADF selects UK partner to develop high-powered defensive laser

04/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1700 Views 1 Comment

Defence has awarded a $12.9 million contract to QinetiQ Australia to co-develop and manufacture a high-energy defensive laser system prototype

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ADF News Veterans 

Information-access recommendation from Suicide Royal Commission implemented

04/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1665 Views 2 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The government has implemented a key recommendation from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s interim report. Changes have

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ADF News Veterans 

Veterans Chaplaincy Pilot Program launched

04/04/202304/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1751 Views 0 Comments Veterans Chaplaincy

Veterans and families will soon benefit from the ongoing support of Australian Defence Force (ADF) chaplains in their transition to

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Australian soldiers prepare a Shadow 200 UAV for a mission at Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, September 2012. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
ADF Australian News 

Government ‘War Powers’ Inquiry hands down report

31/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2214 Views 2 Comments

The Defence Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has completed its examination on how Australia makes decisions

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ADF News Veterans 

First Aussie soldier arrested for war crimes

20/03/202320/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8641 Views 40 Comments War crimes

A former SAS trooper has been arrested by Australian Federal Police near Goulburn, NSW, in relation to alleged war crimes

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A solar power instillation in the Northern Territory. Photographer unknown.
ADF News 

Renewable energy for 10 ADF bases

14/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1929 Views 3 Comments

The Australian government will invest $64 million in the Defence Renewable Energy and Energy Security Program to deliver solar energy

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Humanitarian aid supplies are loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster heading to Vanuatu as part of the Australian government’s response to Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.
ADF Australian News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

ADF responds in wake of two cyclones that hit Vanuatu

05/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2004 Views 0 Comments Vanuatu

A RAAF C-130J has arrived in Vanuatu and is conducting aerial damage assessments as part of the Australian government’s response

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Australian Army soldier load rations on to a G-Wagon during a flood-assist operation. Image digitally altered by CONTACT.
ADF News Science & Technology 

ADF rolling out gluten-, dairy-, nut-free and religion-friendly ration packs

01/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6619 Views 20 Comments Combat Ration Packs

The Australian Defence Force is rolling out a range of purpose-designed combat rations to better serve the needs of the

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Ukrainian recruits gather to commemorate the year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine at a urban training facility in the United Kingdom. Image has been altered for security purposes. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
ADF News UK Videos 

First Aussie-trained Ukrainians graduate

26/02/202326/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2293 Views 0 Comments Ukraine

On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost 200 Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) recruits marched out

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Ukrainian trainees rehearse medical-evacuation drills during the urban phase on the Australian Army’s first rotation of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF News UK 

Australian soldiers train Ukrainians in urban operations

21/02/202321/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2438 Views 0 Comments Operation Kudu

Under the instruction of Australian Army personnel deployed on Operation Kudu, Armed Forces of Ukraine recruits are now more lethal

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Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Aircraft Julijan Pavin marshals personnel as HMAS Hobart’s embarked MH-60R helicopter conducts deck landing practice while transiting through the Indonesian Archipelago during a Regional Presence Deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF News 

Defence Strategic Review has landed

14/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2317 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles received the final Defence Strategic Review (DSR)

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Australia's Federation Guard Present Arms during the Australia Day 2019 National Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony at Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Photo Petty Officer Paul Berry.
ADF ADF People News 

ADF personnel honoured

27/01/202329/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2830 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours List

A leader in the response to the COVID-19 crisis and a long-serving rear admiral are among the Defence personnel recognised

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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.
ADF Australian Army Europe News 

Aussie troops off on Ukrainian training mission

18/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3177 Views 1 Comment 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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Aussie Heart Medal composite
ADF Australian News Veterans 

‘Purple Heart’-type award for Australia – RECOMMENDED

13/01/202321/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13256 Views 34 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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file photo
ADF News Veterans 

50th Anniversary of National Service ending

05/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3486 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

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

Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 ends

02/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2246 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.

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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.
ADF Middle East News 

CAF represents ADF at Bahrain strategic meeting

01/12/202201/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1148 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

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