8/9RAR setting sights on busy year ahead
Soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducted live-fire training at Wide Bay and Greenbank training areas in Queensland
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Soldiers train to deal with protesters
Soldiers with shields, unruly role players and snapping canines were all that was needed to run a population protection control
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Drone program opens new career flight path for students
The Army Drone Racing Team has joined forces with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Sir Lawrence Wackett Defence
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Employers sample Defence life
Selected Australian employers enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience life in the Australian Defence Force Reserves during BossX International 2023.
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Army combat rations pass the taste test
It is a comfort for soldiers to know that team members who develop combat rations for Australia’s Army sample everything
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HIMARS means Army will grow by one new artillery regiment
For the first time in its history, the Army will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of
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Royal Australian Navy recruiting for Space Command
While it heavily relies on satellites, Navy has the smallest representation within Defence Space Command. CAPTION: Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Piggott
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Diggers teach Ukrainian recruits skills to survive
In a section of woodlands in southern England, a platoon of Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) recruits are developing survivability skills
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Flood workers’ positivity a big plus for community
Royal Australian Air Force personnel who have been helping with flood recovery efforts in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
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Aussie Diggers train first batch of Ukrainian recruits
The Australian contingent deployed on Operation Kudu has taken responsibility for its first company of Ukrainian recruits, as part of
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Base-support services should improve under new contracts
Services to Defence bases and establishments around the country are set to improve through the next generation of contracts. FILE
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Big gun with an even bigger story
Firing 300kg shells more than 25km, this astonishing piece of hardware is described as the finest trophy captured by any
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DPM/MinDef visits Aussie troops training Ukrainians
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong yesterday visited Australian soldiers
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Darwin-based soldiers face frosty conditions on Ukrainian training mission
Australia’s contingent of soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), have arrived in the UK for Operation Kudu,
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Soldiers prepare for Philippines deployment
Members of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment and 2nd Health Battalion have been preparing for
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Army airlift for hungry cattle
What was a river became a 50km wide stretch of water threatening the lives of thousands of cattle in the
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ADF participation in Townsville’s Australia Day celebrations
Guns blasted from the hilltops, flags flew, soldiers marched, the band played and guests were welcomed with a warm respect
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Splash of Red (Beret) and guns in Sydney’s Australia Day
The Australian Defence Force put on spectacular displays in and around Sydney Harbour for Australia Day. CAPTION: Gunners from the 9th
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Army choppers take evacuated residents home
Two weeks after being evacuated from rising flood waters, residents of Noonkanbah in Western Australia were returned to their homes
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Looking back at missile testing in Australia
Lessons learnt from British missile testing gave Australia decades of advantage. This history article tells the story of Defence Science
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