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Seaman Elmarie Faurie in the Navy' Centre for Innovation, Sydney, with her 3D-printed torch clip. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Gap-year sailor excels in 3D

13/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1445 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year

An eight-week posting to Navy’s Centre for Innovation to finish off Seaman Elmarie Faurie’s Gap Year program has led to

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Bravo Zulu - Navy Jack Speak for well done.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Learn Naval Slang (Jack-Speak)

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 4026 Views 0 Comments

A series of short video clips highlighting what Navy personnel might understand their own slang to mean. CAPTION: Bravo Zulu –

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HMAS Warramunga conducts a cooperative activity with the United States and Japan during a regional presence deployment. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga conducts transit through South China Sea

09/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2980 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Warramunga, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Regional Presence Deployment, US Navy

Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Warramunga has conducted a multilateral transit through the South China Sea with ships of

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Maldives Vice Chief of Defence Force, Brigadier General Ibrahim Hilmy, presents a shield to Indo-Pacific Endeavour 23 Commander, Air Commodore Tony McCormack, following key leadership engagement in Male during the Indo-Pacific Endeavour visit in January 2024. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long.
Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Indo-Pacific Endeavour returns to Maldives

09/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2516 Views 0 Comments Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Maldives

Defence’s flagship regional engagement activity, Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), returned to Maldives in January for only the second time. CAPTION: Maldives Vice

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Captain Richard Brickacek, front left, Midshipman Rhys Williams and Commanding Officer ADV Cape Pillar Lieutenant Commander Liam McMahon cut a homeporting cake at Larrakeyah Officers' Mess, Darwin. Photos by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
News Royal Australian Navy 

New beginnings for new patrol boat

08/02/202409/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2552 Views 0 Comments ADV Cape Pillar, HMAS Coonawarra

ADV Cape Pillar and its crew were officially welcomed to their home port of HMAS Coonawarra with a ceremony conducted

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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 2734 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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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 2504 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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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 2214 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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Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Stepping up and talking the talk

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2311 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Sea Training Group

When Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant stepped up to act in a lieutenant commander’s role, she could walk the walk,

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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 2717 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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Engineering Officer Lieutenant Parritt in front of HMAS Hobart, Sydney, NSW. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Stoked to set an example

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1690 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart

Work to make a guided missile destroyer more capable and reliable were just some of more than 100 improvements overseen

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Commander Rose Apikotoa addresses family, Defence members and guests at the handover takeover ceremony conducted at HMAS Moreton, Queensland. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Williamson. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

When one achieves, we all achieve

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1478 Views 0 Comments HMAS Moreton

Commander Rose Apikotoa recently became the first Australian of Tongan heritage to take a Navy command role, as the Commanding

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Crew members on HMAS Warramunga wave goodbye to loved ones as they depart Fleet Base East, Sydney, to conduct an Indo-Pacific Presence Deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Zac Dingle.
Asia News Pacific Royal Australian Navy 

Royal Australian Navy resumes regional presence deployments

26/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2803 Views 1 Comment Regional Presence Deployment

The Australian Defence Force deployed a Royal Australian Navy warship this week to conduct the first regional presence deployment for

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News Royal Australian Navy USA 

Three Royal Australian Navy officers pass second phase of US nuclear school

14/01/202414/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3723 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

Three Royal Australian Navy officers graduated from the US Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) in Charleston, South Carolina on

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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 2855 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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USS North Carolina during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 in the Indian Ocean. Image by US Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jordan Brow.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Work begins on Australia’s nuclear-submarine construction yard

27/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4459 Views 0 Comments AUKUS

Preliminary enabling works on a new Submarine Construction Yard at Osborne, South Australia, have begun – which will eventually become

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United States Navy Virginia-class submarine USS Mississippi arrives at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia, for a port visit. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

Australia authorised to buy Virginia-class submarines

15/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8668 Views 1 Comment AUKUS

Today the US Congress passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes substantial enabling provisions for Australia’s AUKUS

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Leading Seaman Matthew Parry escorts Liam Glackin from HMAS Brisbane’s embarked MH-60R helicopter while conducting an evacuation from Willis Island off the coast of Queensland. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy evacuates weather bureau staff in heavy seas

14/12/202316/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2583 Views 0 Comments Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Fleet Base East, HMAS Brisbane, MH-60R Seahawk

Four Bureau of Meteorology personnel have escaped Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper and are safely ashore in Sydney after being evacuated

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Industry staff of the international interoperable underwater communications and relay capability during Autonomous Warrior at HMAS Creswell. Story by Emma Thompson. Photo by Able Seaman Jasmine Saunders.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Scientists dive into better communication

08/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2758 Views 0 Comments Autonomous Warrior, Bluebottle USV, Defence Strategic Review, DSTG, HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay

Having the chance to see their work in action is a highlight for many Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)

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HMAS Toowoomba sailors Petty Officer Peter Sutton, left, and Able Seaman Finn Jackson display the national flag of the Philippines during the inaugural maritime cooperative activity during a regional presence deployment. Story by Lieutenant Commander Kieran Davis.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Reflecting and celebrating diversity

08/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1597 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba, Philippine Navy

For several members of HMAS Toowoomba with Filipino heritage, sailing in company with the Philippine Navy allowed them to proudly

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