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The crew of HMAS Melbourne conduct a Freedom of Entry march into the city of Melbourne. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieran Dempsey.

HMAS Melbourne exercises Freedom of Entry one last time

15/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 402 Views 0 Comments

By Lieutenant Ryan Zerbe The bonds between HMAS Melbourne (III) and her namesake city were reaffirmed 14 September with the

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Nominations open for 2020 PM’s Veterans’ Employment Awards

13/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 322 Views 0 Comments

Nominations for the Prime Minister’s Veterans’ Employment Awards, which highlight the contributions made by veterans in the civilian workforce and

Soldiers from the New Caledonian Armed Forces run in an endurance event, with an Australian Army officer as their observer, during Exercise Hydra 2019 at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Gunner Sagi Biderman.

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Exercise Hydra tests multiple military heads

12/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 706 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from eight nations are engaging in a military skills competition in Brisbane testing the teamwork, physical stamina and mental rigour

A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan investigate a fishing vessel spotted during an Operation Solania maritime patrol. RAAF photo.

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Spartan and King Air patrol Pacific

11/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 626 Views 1 Comment

By Eamon Hamilton The combination of Spartan and King Air aircraft proved a winning pair for the Air Force in

C-130J Hercules aircraft from No.37 Squadron fly in formation over RAAF Base Richmond. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Hercs celebrate 20th birthday

09/09/201909/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 633 Views 0 Comments

September 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the C-130J Hercules to Royal Australian Air Force service. CAPTION:

No 3 Squadron F/A-18 Hornets taxi at Korat Air Force Base during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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RAAF on two consecutive exercises in SE Asia

08/09/201908/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 594 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Alyssa Vickridge Royal Australian Air Force has deployed more than 120 people and six aircraft from RAAF

C-17A Globemaster's from the United States Air Force begin to taxi out for another mission on Exercise Mobility Guardian 17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs.

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RAAF deploys on Ex Mobility Guardian

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 638 Views 0 Comments

By Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren The Royal Australian Air Force has dispatched its two largest aircraft to the United States

Australian Army Force Support Battalion during the Force Support Element 11 farewell parade at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. Photo by Private Paensuwan.

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Force Support Element 11 farewelled at Lavarack

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 776 Views 0 Comments

Around 85 Australian Defence Force personnel have been farewelled at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville ahead of their upcoming deployment to the

A remote control robot, operated by Australian Engineers from the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force moves in, to deal with an improvised explosive device, which the Australian troops uncovered during Operation Zamarai Silawel. Photo by Corporal Ricky Fuller.

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Study finds soldiers care about robots

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 506 Views 1 Comment

It is increasingly common to use robots in war zones to examine and disarm hazards or recover objects with the

Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets take off at Avalon, Victoria. Photo by Corporal Jessica de Rouw.

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Aussie Hornets on first combat exercise in Japan

08/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 599 Views 0 Comments

Up to 150 Royal Australian Air Force personnel will participate in the first bilateral air combat exercise between the Royal Australian

A RAAF C-27J Spartan drops Australian Aid onto the Mount Bundey Training Area during Exercise Crocodile Response, NT, Australia. Photo by Staff Sergeant Jordan Gilbert.

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Aust/US working HADR together in the NT

07/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 411 Views 0 Comments

Australian Defence Force and Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) members have completed the humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief (HADR) activity

Participants in the official Service of Commemoration for those who fought and died in two undeclared wars fought on the Malay Peninsula and in northern Borneo in the 1960s – the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia – at The Heroes’ Cemetery in Kuching, Sarawak. Photos by Major (ret’d) Paul Rosenzweig.

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Malaya-Borneo Veterans commemorate in Sarawak

03/09/201903/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 984 Views 0 Comments

A Service of Commemoration was held in the Sarawak Heroes Memorial Park in Kuching on Saturday 29 August to commemorate

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon supports sea trials for NUSHIP (now HMAS) Hobart in the Gulf St Vincent off the coast of Adelaide. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.

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Poseidon deployed on North Korea sanctions

01/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 625 Views 0 Comments

Australia is deploying a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to conduct maritime surveillance in support of the international

The Bulimba Barracks site in Brisbane as sold – red boundary indicates the sale area, blue boundary indicates the new Defence boundary now commissioned as HMAS Moreton.

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Bulimba Barracks sold to Taiwanese-back developer

31/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 1517 Views 0 Comments

Defence has entered into a contract with Shayher Group for the sale of the decommissioned Bulimba Barracks site on the

NUSHIP Stalwart slips into the water in Ferol, Spain, during her well-attended ceremonial launch. Navantia drone image.

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NUSHIP Stalwart launched in Spain

31/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 2359 Views 0 Comments

NUSHIP Stalwart, the Royal Australian Navy’s second new support tanker was launched at Ferrol, Spain, yesterday. CAPTION: NUSHIP Stalwart slips into

The first of 36 retrofits ordered by the French Ministry of Defence – and designated by France as Tiger Mk II. Airbus Helicopters photo.

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Tiger officially enters Tiger-replacement race

30/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 2432 Views 2 Comments

Airbus Helicopters is offering what they say is a cost-effective approach for taking the Tiger platform beyond 2040, in response to

Principal Guest of Honour at the Adelaide Malaya-Borneo Veterans Day ceremony Hieu Van Le, Governor of South Australia, who is also Patron of the SA/NT Branch, NMBVAA. Photo by Major (ret’d) Paul Rosenzweig.

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Malaya-Borneo Veterans Day 2019

28/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 689 Views 1 Comment

On Saturday 24 August 2019, the SA/NT Branch of the National Malaya-Borneo Veterans Association of Australia hosted its annual service

Australian Army Parachute Display Team freefall from a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules at the 2019 Australian Defence Force Academy Open Day, Canberra. Inset: ADFA’s Precision Drill Team put on a spectacular routine. Photos by Sam Price.

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ADFA Open Day showcases military careers

24/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 455 Views 0 Comments

Prospective trainee officers, family and friends and the local community descended on the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) today for

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JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ – VETERANS MINISTERIAL COUNCIL

23/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 391 Views 0 Comments

Presented as delivered – no editing… Veteran wellbeing, mental health, homelessness and transition have been the focus of a meeting

Australian Army soldiers from the Combat Training Centre are joined by Mule (rear) and Ghostrobotics (right) unmanned ground vehicles, as well as a Black Hornet nano UAV in a display of human-machine teaming during Army Demonstration Day at Russel Offices. Photo by Corporal Sebastian Beurich.

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Army Demo Day – and ADFA Open Day

23/08/2019 Brian Hartigan 542 Views 0 Comments

Army held it’s Army Demonstration Day in Sir Thomas Blamey Square at Defence headquarters today – most of which will be on