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An artist's impression of the BAE Systems SEA 5000 Future Frigate, Global Combal Ship - Australia.
Australian News Science & Technology 

Naval Shipbuilding College opened

05/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4106 Views 0 Comments Techport

 A National Workforce Register has been launched to connect Australian workers and students with new career opportunities as part of

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Artist's impression of the Australian War Memorial expansion. AWM image.
Australian News Veterans Videos 

$500million expansion for Australian War Memorial

05/11/201805/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2831 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial

The government has committed $498m to a major new expansion of the Australian War Memorial. CAPTION: Artist’s impression of the Australian

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Australian News Veterans 

New Veterans Employment Commitment announced

04/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3455 Views 1 Comment Veterans' Employment Commitment, Veterans’ Employment Program

Thousands of ex-service men and women across Australia are set to benefit from a new initiative to connect them with

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Department of Veterans' Affairs Australia, logo
Australian News Veterans 

Independent review of Jesse Bird case

04/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2769 Views 0 Comments DVA, Jesse Bird

In 2017, the government committed to an independent review of the implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Defence/Department of

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Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – special issue of COMBAT Camera magazine out now.
ADF Australian CONTACT Shop Invictus Games News Veterans 

INVICTUS GAMES – COMBAT Camera issue 17

03/11/201830/01/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4554 Views 3 Comments Invictus Games, Invictus Games 2018

I have very great pleasure in presenting below, Issue 17 of COMBAT Camera, a bumper 100-page magazine dedicated to my

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Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance
Australian News Veterans What's on... 

November at the Shrine

01/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2488 Views 0 Comments Shrine of Remembrance

REMEMBRANCE DAY Sunday 11 November, from 10.15am The guns fell silent 100 years ago on the eleventh hour of the

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Family and friends wave goodbye to their loved ones on HMAS Ballarat as the ship sails from Fleet Base West, WA, to commence a nine-month operational deployment to the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Ballarat begins nine-month deployment

28/10/201807/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2723 Views 0 Comments HMAS Ballarat

HMAS Ballarat departed from her home port of Fleet Base West, Garden Island, Western Australia on 28 October to begin

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Personnel of the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin prepare to board their flight home from RAAF Darwin, Northern Territory. Photo by Sub Lieutenant Max Logan.
Australian MRF-D News USA 

MRF-D 18 happy to be going home

28/10/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4024 Views 0 Comments Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, MRF-D

The 2018 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), consisting of 1587 US Marines, has completed another six months of training

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The commissioning crew of HMAS Brisbane march on to their new ship during a ceremony at Fleet Base East. Photo by Leading Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

HMAS Brisbane III commissioned

28/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5690 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy welcomed a new ship into the fleet yesterday, with the commissioning of the guided missile destroyer

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Department of Veterans' Affairs Australia, logo
Australian News Veterans 

New Veterans’ Covenant, card and lapel pin

27/10/201823/01/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6122 Views 6 Comments

Veterans and their families are at the centre of a fresh package of initiatives from the Morrison Government to recognise

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Australian Army soldier Lance Corporal Cameron Webster shows Royal Thai Army soldier Corporal Metha Yupanit how his drone works during the International Drone Racing Tournament at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Tara Byrne.
Australian Australian Army Invictus Games News 

Aussie Army wins first Military International Drone Racing Tournament

21/10/201807/11/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2498 Views 0 Comments

The inaugural Military International Drone Racing Tournament team cup was won by the Australian Army beating the New Zealand Defence

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New Army Land 121 vehicles cross a new dry support bridge during Land Trial 02-18 in High Range Training Area, north Queensland. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology Videos 

Army tests new gear before roll-out

19/10/201819/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5771 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Army tested a range of new capabilities during a land-trial exercise in Townsville over the past month, to

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Sailors and officers from HMAS Success prepare to abseil from a Sydney skyscraper, raising funds for the Sir David Martin Foundation. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Jackson.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Success-full jump from a tall building

19/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2800 Views 0 Comments HMAS Success

Crew-members from HMAS Success threw themselves off a very tall building in Sydney yesterday at sunset. CAPTION: Sailors and officers from

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Two Black Hawk helicopters from 6th Aviation Regiment fly over Sydney Harbour to celebrate 50 years of the Australian Army Aviation Corps. Photo by Photo by Flight Sergeant Glen McCarthy.
Australian Australian Army News Science & Technology Veterans 

Army Aviation turns 50 – Kiowa retires

18/10/201819/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4648 Views 1 Comment

The Australian Army Aviation Corps today marked 50 years since formation, celebrating with a ceremonial parade, flypast and a variety

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HMAS Stirling, Western Australia. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.
Australian miscellaneous News What's on... 

Strategic thinkers to invade Perth

16/10/201816/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3000 Views 0 Comments

Influential delegates from around Australia and the Indo-Pacific region will gather for the Western Australian Indo-Pacific Defence Conference on Monday

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NUSHIP Brisbane on builder sea trials. AWD Alliance photo.
Australian News Science & Technology 

ASC sheds shipbuilding jobs

16/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2910 Views 0 Comments Air Warfare Destroyer

ASC [Australian Submarine Corporation] has entered a second round of job cuts as the construction of the Royal Australian Navy’s

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SQNLDR (AAFC) Robert Boyd with members of the 2018 IACE Belgium detachment at the F-16 monument, Kleine Brogel Air Base, municipality of Peer, Belgium.
Australian CONTACT Cadets News 

IACE 2018 Part 1: 6 Wing’s overseas experience

15/10/201815/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3685 Views 1 Comment AAFC

The Australian Air Force Cadets has just called for nominations for the 2019 International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE) Outbound Program,

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Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance
Australian News Veterans 

Preparing for Remembrance Day at the Shrine

13/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2423 Views 0 Comments Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day 2018 marks the centenary of the Armistice of the First World War – the end of four years

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RAAF Corporal Adam Parrington guides Leading Aircraftman Madison Dukes, while loading a C-130J Hercules with humanitarian-aid supplies in Balikpapan as part of Operation Indonesia Assist 2018. Photo by Leading Seaman Jake Badior.
Australian News Operations Pacific Royal Australian Air Force 

Operation Indonesia Assist 18

13/10/201813/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3110 Views 0 Comments Operation Indonesia Assist 18

A team of 34 personnel from No. 381 Contingency Response Squadron (381CRS) is working in Balikpapan, Indonesia, in support of

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Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, A35-009, taking off from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. USAF photo.
Australian News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia grounds its F-35 fleet

13/10/201814/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3582 Views 0 Comments F-35A Lightning II

The ABC is reporting that Australia has grounded its fleet of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters in America following

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