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CONTACT fan shoots Riverfire and ‘neighbours’ aircraft

07/09/202513/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4725 Views 0 Comments Riverfire

Dear Brian, I just thought that you’d like to see a couple of photos I shot from the Riverfire practice

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Private Janet Puk, from 4th Health Battalion, examines mosquitoes under the microscope in Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise Alon. Story and photos by Sergeant Roger Tang.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Soldier combats enemy that’s hard to see

05/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4332 Views 0 Comments 4th Health Battalion, Exercise Alon, Philippines

Battling mosquitoes and torrential rain, an Environmental Health soldier protected Defence members from health risks during Exercise Alon in the

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Commander 17th Sustainment Brigade, Brigadier Rebecca Talbot, centre, and Regimental Sergeant Major Andrew Crook visit the newly completed Kup Murri (traditional cooking pit) constructed by 6th Engineer Support Regiment soldiers. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photos supplied.
Australian Army News 

Cooking up connection on Warraber Island

05/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4036 Views 0 Comments 17th Sustainment Brigade, 19th Chief Engineer Works (19CEW), 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

Australian Army engineers marked a major milestone on Warraber Island, with the completion of their first community construction project. CAPTION: Commander

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Recipients of the Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award (JCGSA) approach the Sandakan Death March Memorial in Sabah, Malaysia, while retracing the historic route. Story and photos by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army History Lest We Forget Overseas 

A journey of remembrance and learning in Borneo

05/09/202516/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6382 Views 0 Comments Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award, WWII

Recipients of the Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award (JCGSA) have retraced the route of the single worst atrocity inflicted on

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Sapper Jeirome Auda-Muckan is using his carpentry skills to construct a community hall on Erub Island, Torres Strait, as part of the Army Ailan (Aboriginal) Assistance Program. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photos by Corporal L Warwick.
Australian Army News 

Sapper gives back to his island home

03/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3380 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

A soldier has returned to familiar faces of his childhood home to build stronger futures through the Army Ailan (Aboriginal)

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Australian Army soldiers from Battlegroup Ram fire a M777A2 howitzer during Exercise Alon in the Philippines. Story by Major Tom Maclean. Photo by Sergeant Roger Tang.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Major exercise in the Philippines

02/09/202507/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3719 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces of the Philippines

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) demonstrated their ability to deliver integrated and

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An Australian light armoured vehicle from the Australian Army School of Armour tops up with renewable diesel (RD30) at the Defence Fuel Installation, Puckapunyal. Story and photos by Major Peter Nugent.
Australian Army News Uncategorized 

Army active in the fuel security transition

02/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3833 Views 0 Comments National Defence Strategy (NDS), Puckapunyal, School of Armour (SoARMD)

The first 15,000-litre renewable diesel delivery to Army’s School of Armour (SOARM) Puckapunyal is already powering the fleet. CAPTION: An Australian

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Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADFA open day 2025 the biggest yet

29/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3891 Views 0 Comments ADFA

The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) annual open day this month was an opportunity for prospective trainee officers, families, friends

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Commander 2nd Health Brigade, Brigadier Louise Martin, visits soldiers at Shoalwater Bay during the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise. Story by Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Rickey. Photo by Corporal Johnny Huang.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News 

2nd Health Brigade keeps soldiers in the fight

27/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4165 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Brigade, Australian Army Warfighter

At first glance, the Australian Army’s Warfighter exercise series is just that, an opportunity to practise high-end combat operations within

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Australian Army soldiers farewell Armed Forces of Ukraine members as they return home to Ukraine from Operation Kudu Rotation 10 in the United Kingdom. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Corporal Guy Sadler.
Australian Army News UK 

Training Ukrainians becomes personal

27/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4007 Views 0 Comments NATO, Operation Kudu, United Kingdom

For Australian soldiers and officers on the 10th rotation of Operation Kudu, supporting and training Ukrainian soldiers for four-and-a-half months

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Joint Positioning, Navigation and Timing Directorate team conduct GPS-denial testing during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Cleo Arya. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Smith.
Australian Army Cyber News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Space Division Talisman Sabre 

Defence strengthens edge against GPS denial

27/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 5426 Views 1 Comment Delamere Air Weapons Range, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Joint Positioning Navigation and Timing Directorate, RAAF Tindal

Defence has taken major steps to strengthen its warfighting edge with the establishment of the Joint Positioning, Navigation and Timing

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A soldier from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), conducts small boat operations during Exercise Black Cutlass at Cowley Beach Training Area in North Queensland. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photos by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.
Australian Army News Videos 

Leadership ability cuts through at battalion

22/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 8354 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Black Cutlass

On Exercise Black Cutlass, the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) proved the Australian Army’s mission to demonstrate leadership

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Trade apprentices, carpenter Sapper Jack Graham, electrician Aircraftman Erik Wegger and carpenter Sapper Samuel Meredith, from The School of Military Engineering, work on the underground Command Post for Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story and photos by Captain Joanne Leca.
Australian Army News Talisman Sabre 

Sappers dig deep for Talisman Sabre

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3012 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

While other soldiers prepared for deployment to Exercise Talisman Sabre, engineers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment were already hard at

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Army Service Medallions for, left to right, 20 years, 10 years, four years. Photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Medallion pays tribute to service

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4005 Views 2 Comments

Good leaders recognise their people’s achievements while great leaders shape a recognition culture. CAPTION: Army Service Medallions for, left to right,

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The signing of the surrender document by Allied personnel and representatives of the Japanese forces aboard the United States battleship Missouri, September 2, 1945. Story by Rosalind Turner. Photos from Australian War Memorial.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

15/08/202526/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3985 Views 0 Comments Victory in the Pacific, WWII

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan publicly announced that Japan would accept the Allies’ ultimatum

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Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo supplied.
Australian Army Cyber News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Space Division Videos 

Quantum science guides new way of navigating

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 8182 Views 0 Comments DSTG, National Science Week

The future of navigation might rely not on satellites but on sub-atomic particles. CAPTION: Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at

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A Sallyman provides hot and cold beverages, biscuits and a friendly ear to soldiers 'out bush'. Photo by Corporal Nick Wiseman.
Australian Army News 

Who killed the Sallyman?

13/08/202517/08/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5580 Views 16 Comments

After 126 years, the Australian Army has axed funding for the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Defence Services’ Sallyman service. FILE

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Defence fuel chemist Dr Dave Evans ensures that fuels perform as intended. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Megan Sheppard.
Australian Army Cyber News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Space Division 

Good chemistry keeps Defence moving

13/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3895 Views 2 Comments DSTG, Net Zero Strategy, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Addressing climate change is a shared responsibility for our society, from the choices individuals make to the way organisations go

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Defence scientist Ben Harris is attracted to the extraordinary field of quantum physics. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Kasi Metcalfe.
ADF People Australian Army Cyber Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Space Division 

Weird particles reveal future of computing

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3620 Views 0 Comments DSTO

A two-year-old child knows that if a toy is hidden behind a screen, the toy still exists and its form

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A staff cadet from Royal Military College – Duntroon provides security during Exercise Koepang, the cadets' final field exercise, in Goulburn, NSW. Story by Captain Carlie Gibson. Photo by Corporal Jack Pearce.
Australian Army News 

Urban environment tests staff cadets

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2467 Views 0 Comments ADF Cadets, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Goulburn’s famous resident, ‘Rambo’ The Big Merino, was upstaged recently when 133 staff cadets from the Royal Military College –

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