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Map of Wodonga Institute of TAFE and National Technical Education Network partners. Story by John Grech and Danielle Malone.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy 

Army and Navy adopt new trades training system

02/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2347 Views 1 Comment

In a move to bolster the technical prowess of its personnel, Navy and Army have introduced a state-of-the-art joint technical trades

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Warrant Officer Class Two William Parsons, right, with his son Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Parsons, outside the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Sergeants' Mess at the Puckapunyal Military Area. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman.
ADF People Australian Army History 

Like father, like son

01/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2445 Views 0 Comments RAEME

When Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Parsons was four, his dad took him on base and showed him a Centurion

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Australian Army soldier Bombardier Jordan Whicker with grandparents, Sue and Dean Wilkinson, in Townsville during a tour of a Patriot missile launcher in 2021. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army History Veterans 

Grandfather gunner inspires grandson gunner

01/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3320 Views 0 Comments 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery

As 40mm shells arced into the sky, aimed at a balloon towed by an aircraft, the anti-aircraft gunner was confident

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HMAS Choules in Sydney Harbour for the 2024 Australia Day celebrations. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF thrills Sydney’s Australia Day crowds

01/02/202401/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1611 Views 0 Comments 9th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, ADF Red Berets, Australia Day, HMAS Choules, MH-60R Seahawk, Roulettes

With the sun shining bright for Australia Day, the ADF provided a spectacular display on and around Sydney Harbour. CAPTION: HMAS

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Members of the Australian Army Cadets prepare to race tiny drones during the Army Cadet Drone Racing camp at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Cadet Sergeant Joshua Parcell.
ADF People Australian Army Videos 

Cadets put drone skills to the test

01/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3490 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, Army Cadets, Army Drone Racing Team, Gallipoli Barracks

Cadets from across the country learnt how to pilot small drones reaching speeds of up to 200km/h at the Australian

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Australian Army Medic, then Sergeant Joanne Cook, examines a little girl with malaria in February 1993. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Corporal Gary Ramage.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing History News Overseas 

Citation for troops who risked their safety to help Somalis

01/02/202402/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2255 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, HMAS Tobruk, Meritorious Unit Citation, Operation Solace, Somalia

Meritorious Unit Citations (MUC) have been awarded to ADF units that served in Somalia between 1992 and 1995. CAPTION: Australian Army

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Senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of the Defence Force Warrant Officer Ken Robertson. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Lauren Larking.
ADF People Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Senior Enlisted Advisor to CDF

01/02/202403/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1773 Views 0 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) (SEAC)

Continuous support to domestic operations without much respite was one issue raised with the Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chief of

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Staffs Cadet of the Royal Military College celebrate their graduation from the Royal Military College - Duntroon. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Army News 

Duntroon cutting officer training time by a third

29/01/202430/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 17972 Views 9 Comments Combined Arms Training Centre (CATC), Land Combat College (LCC), Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Royal Military College–Duntroon will trial a new approach to officer training this year, which will shorten the current 18-month program

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Australia Defence Force Personnel have been recognised for their continued efforts in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Australia Day honours announced

26/01/202427/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2299 Views 1 Comment Australia Day Honours

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

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Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore, from 16 Regiment, The Royal Australian Artillery has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal this Australia Day. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
ADF People Australian Army 

Award a surprise for bombardier

26/01/202426/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1652 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

When Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore was given a counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) role at 16 Regiment, he recognised development was needed

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Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang has been recognised in the Australia Day awards with a Conspicuous Service Medal. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army 

Army officer recognised the need for speed

26/01/202428/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1600 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Aviation Command, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

Approval of the UH-60M Black Hawk acquisition for Army, a process typically spanning three to four years, was completed in

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Corporal Thomas Grayham received a Conspicuous Service Medal in the 2024 Australia Day Honours. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Seaman Abdus Chowdhury.
ADF People Australian Army 

‘Pretty chuffed’ with medal for work during floods

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1326 Views 0 Comments 145 Signal Squadron, Australia Day Honours, Mobile Cloud Operations Network (MCON), Randwick Barracks

Just days after life-saving surgery, as flood waters inundated Sydney, Corporal Thomas Grayham was back at work. CAPTION: Corporal Thomas Grayham

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Deployed soldiers from 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, on parade during their Operation Kudu farewell ceremony at Edinburgh Defence Precinct, Adelaide. Story and photos by Captain Peter March.
Australian Army News Overseas UK 

Ukraine community farewells SA-based soldiers

19/01/202419/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2315 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Brigade, 7th Battalion RAR, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Edinburgh Defence Precinct, Land Combat College, Operation Kudu

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), 2nd Health Brigade and Land Combat College were farewelled in a

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An Australian Army MRH90 Taipan conducts reconnaissance in Victoria during Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Captain Carolyn Barnett.
Australian Army News 

‘Bury the b@$€@rds’ – government’s plan for MRH-90 Taipan helicopters

18/01/202418/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3220 Views 8 Comments MRH-90 Taipan

THE HON PAT CONROY MP MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY FILE PHOTO: An Australian Army MRH90 Taipan during Op Flood Assist

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Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Group 629.3 deliver supplies in Wujal Wujal, Queensland. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.
Australian Army News 

Diggers muck in to help community

17/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1218 Views 0 Comments Joint Task Group 629.3, Queensland Flood Assist

The rural towns of Ayton, Bloomfield and Wujal Wujal were among some of the hardest hit communities devastated by floodwaters

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Australian Army News 

Lockheed Martin contracted to begin guided-missile manufacturing in Sydney

17/01/202418/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2433 Views 0 Comments HIMARS, Lockheed Martin, Orchard Hills

Defence has signed a $37.4 million contract with Lockheed Martin Australia to start manufacturing guided multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS)

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An Army landing craft mechanised Mk8 (LCM8) from 10th Force Support Battalion delivers plant equipment to the community of Ayton, Queensland as part of the ADF support to the region following the devastation of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvhill
Australian Army News 

ADF equipment aids flood recovery

16/01/202416/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1843 Views 0 Comments 10th Force Support Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Queensland Flood Assist

ADF personnel continue to assist regional communities across Queensland’s far north devastated by severe floods following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper in

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Will Forker and Luis Leal demonstrate the EB-EBEE TAC during the Technical Cooperation Program AI Strategic Challenge 2023 at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay Territory. Story by Emma Thompson. Photos by Pettty Officer Kayla Jackson
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

AI technology strategic challenge tested

10/01/202414/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1935 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence (AI), DSTG, HMAS Creswell

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to deter, shape and change the character of warfare. CAPTION: Will Forker and Luis Leal

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An Armed Forces of Ukraine recruit scans for enemy during trench defence training, as part of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News UK Videos 

More Aussie soldiers deploy for Ukraine training

07/01/202412/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9376 Views 9 Comments Armed Forces of Ukraine, Operation Kudu

South Australian-based soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, will depart Australia tomorrow to train Ukrainian recruits in the

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A 500lb unexploded ordnance after detonation during Operation Render Safe, Nauru. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photos by Corporal Sam Price.
ADF People Australian Army Videos 

Risky business just another day at the office

20/12/202320/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3473 Views 0 Comments Nauru, Operation Render Safe, UXO

It might have been a relatively simple task for Sergeant David Bailey, but rendering safe a 500lb bomb amidst vital

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