Sunday, August 17, 2025
Latest:
  • New steps in the bunker – part 2
  • New Zealand Army delivers first mortar course in PNG
  • The questions Chief of Army and his Chief of Staff declined to answer
  • Medallion pays tribute to service
  • Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

CONTACT magazine

Australia's best free military news site

  • NEWS
  • Poetry
  • Podcasts
  • Fitness
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Write to us
CONTACT magazine

Australian

Defence-related Australia military news

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a SINKEX off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii,as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

HMAS Sydney’s new missile fire a major milestone

22/07/202422/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2739 Views 0 Comments Naval Strike Missile, RIMPAC

Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Sydney has conducted a successful firing of the Naval Strike Missile, Navy’s replacement for the ageing Harpoon

Read more
From left, Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Stephen Chappell, Warrant Officer of the Air Force Ralph Clifton; Saskia Hobbs and Reverend Mark Perry take part in the lighting of the candle ceremony. Story and photos by Lieutenant Commander John Thompson.
ADF People History Lest We Forget Royal Australian Air Force 

Lighting a candle for fallen aviators on London trip

19/07/202430/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1872 Views 0 Comments Chief of Air Force, RAF, United Kingdom

Australia’s new Chief of Air Force has embarked on his first overseas trip, arriving in London for a series of

Read more
Soldiers from 11th Brigade move out from Porton Barracks in Cairns in their Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles at the start of Exercise Austral Shield. Story by Captain Andrew Lee. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
Australian Army News 

Austral Shield turns up the heat

19/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1985 Views 0 Comments 11th brigade, 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment, Army Reserve, Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Exercise Austral Shield

On a comfortable 26-degree winter’s day in Far North Queensland, Army personnel, vehicles and equipment from Brisbane’s 11th Brigade arrived

Read more
Captain Matthew Flinders. Story by Lieutenant Commander JA Thompson.
History News Royal Australian Navy 

Captain Matthew Flinders finally returns home

19/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1733 Views 0 Comments

The ADF was on hand recently for the reburial of the Royal Navy captain who led the first circumnavigation of

Read more
Australian Army surveyor Sapper Shaun Jackson from 6th Engineer Support Regiment completes a surveying task as part of the 2024 Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme in Amata, SA. Story by Flight Lieutenant Marina Power. Photo by Private Jack Hayes.
ADF People Australian Army 

Army surveyors shoot lasers

19/07/202430/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1682 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, AACAP

Shooting lasers is all in a day’s work for the small cohort of Army surveyors. CAPTION: Australian Army surveyor Sapper Shaun

Read more
Air Force aviators from 11 Squadron transfer a Mk54 Lightweight exercise torpedo to a RAAF P-8A Poseidon during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Adam Abela.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Poseidon hunts submarines in the Pacific

19/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2884 Views 0 Comments MQ-9A, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, RIMPAC, US Navy

A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon dropped four exercise torpedoes on a US Navy nuclear submarine during a maritime

Read more
Pig mascots William and Elizabeth are farewelled by the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment at RAAF Base Edinburgh. Story and photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army News 

7RAR says goodbye to its mascots – doesn’t say why

19/07/202421/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2488 Views 0 Comments 7th Battalion RAR, RAAF Edinburgh

Clad in unit colours, William and Elizabeth, the beloved pig mascots of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR),

Read more
Lieutenant Nicholas Dale, left, and Commanding Officer HMAS Sydney Commander Billy Maddison steer the ship during a replenishment at sea with German Navy Ship Frankfurt Am Main during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photos bu Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Taking fuel from German Navy

19/07/202421/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2528 Views 0 Comments German Navy, HMAS Sydney, Replenishment at Sea (RAS), RIMPAC

For HMAS Sydney’s crew, a replenishment at sea (RAS) is a well-practised mariner skill, but taking fuel from the German

Read more
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Exercise Pitch Black – in videos

18/07/202425/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2968 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black

Exercise Pitch Black 24 is the Royal Australian Air Force’s biennial capstone international engagement exercise, with forces drawn from a

Read more
Military working dog 'Kuga' in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, Afghanistan. SOTG photo.
Australian Veterans 

Remembering SAS hero dog Kuga

17/07/202421/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3587 Views 0 Comments Military Working Dogs

Belgian Mallinois Kuga saved lives in Afghanistan but paid the ultimate price, succumbing to war wounds on 24 July 2012.

Read more
Head of Air Shows Air Force, Air Commodore Micka Grey, talks during the media launch event for the start of Exercise Pitch Black held at RAAF Base Darwin. Story by Flight Lieutenant Matthew Edwards. Photos by Sergeant David Gibbs.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

All systems go on largest Pitch Black

17/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1383 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black, RAAF Darwin

In the presence of friends, and surrounded by allied aircraft on the heat of the flightline, senior ADF officers and

Read more
Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour pulls alongside East Arm Wharf, Darwin, ready to participate in Exercise Pitch Black. Story by Flying Officer Shanea Zeegers. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Italy’s flagship debut at Pitch Black

17/07/202417/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3308 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black, Italian Navy

In an historic first, the Italian Navy’s flagship, the aircraft carrier Cavour, has arrived in Australia to participate in Exercise

Read more
RAAF Group Captain Glenn Pascoe, Surgeon to the Combined Forces Air Component Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii for Exercise RIMPAC, speaks with medical team members. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photo by Corporal Adam Abela.
Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

RAAF surgeon leads international medical team at RIMPAC

17/07/202424/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1199 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC

A RAAF medical officer is filling one of three component surgeon positions, charged with ensuring the care of more than

Read more
Squadron Leader Joshua Brown, right, describes the P-8A Poseidon airborne electronics analyst work stations to Squadron Leader Cosimo Panetta, left, and visiting contractors Peter Ryder, Adam Webber and Justin King. Story by Flying Officer Xavier Szegi. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.
News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry 

New software ensures a safer flight

17/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1383 Views 0 Comments No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, RAAF Edinburgh

The Government’s focus on Australian industry capability has resulted in the delivery of an Australian-developed software Weight and Balance Tool

Read more
Personnel from 1 Security Forces Squadron, RAAF Base Williamtown, participate in a non-permissive training scenario on the flightline at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Tastri Murdoch. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Going from virtual to reality

16/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1712 Views 0 Comments No. 1 Security Forces Squadron., No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (3AMES), RAAF Amberley, RAAF Richmond, US Air Force

Late last month, for the first time, the United State Pacific Air Force (PACAF) 18 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (18AES) visited

Read more
Lieutenant David Gouge talks with other members in the Multi-National Logistics Support Element during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, in Hawaii. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
News Royal Australian Navy USA 

Logistics cell critical to the mission

16/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1211 Views 0 Comments RIMPAC, US Navy

Five ADF members are part of a multinational team of about 40 surface logistics personnel providing essential support to the

Read more
An unexploded World War II-era Japanese bomb that was later disposed of by the ADF's North Queensland Joint Explosive Ordnance Support team after it was unearthed at the Stokes Hill Waterfront Precinct in Darwin. Image supplied.
Australian Army History News 

Normal day at work ends with a bang

16/07/202421/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1442 Views 0 Comments Joint Explosive Ordnance Support (JEOS), UXO, WWII

Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) Kyle Johnson arrived at work on June 26 expecting a routine day. CAPTION: An unexploded World

Read more
A Philippine Air Force FA-50PH pilot holds an Australian flag after arriving at RAAF Base Darwin, ready for Exercise Pitch Black 24. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Maddison Scott.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Philippines lands a first at Pitch Black

12/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2333 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black, Philippine Air Force, RAAF Darwin

The arrival of Philippine Air Force aircraft to Exercise Pitch Black marks the first time the Philippines has deployed air

Read more
Australian Amphibious Force members, Privates Jaguar Nibreda, Matthew Price, Jarrod Roughley, Jack Vaysset and Jack Thompson, rescued swimmers in distress at Berry Springs, NT. Story by Lieutenant Angela Faulkner.
ADF People Australian Army Health and Wellbeing 

Soldiers save swimmers’ lives

12/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1660 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide

Quick thinking by several Australian Army soldiers saved the life of an unconscious swimmer and four others in a Northern

Read more
A Republic of the Marshall Islands team from the Pacific Forum-class RMIS Lomor approaches the Guardian-class patrol ships PSS President HI Remeliik II from the Republic of Palau to run through a mock law enforcement boarding off Guam. Story by Leon Ha. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Aaron Wheeler.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

New naval operation in Guam creates forum for Pacific nations

12/07/202413/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1987 Views 0 Comments Operation Irensia, RANMSA, Sea Training Group, US Coast Guard

The inaugural Operation Irensia came to life last month with the Royal Australian Navy’s Maritime Security Advisors (MSAs) and Sea

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Hours more reading…

OUR SUPPORTERS…



About CONTACT

Contact is an independent veteran owned and operated Australian publishing house that curates this web site and a weekly newsletter – available by subscribing (free) via Patreon.

Write to us via editor@militarycontact.com

 

CONTACT Air Land & Sea plus COMBAT Camera magazines were past publications of this business. Digital copies of both magazines can be viewed or downloaded via our Archives (see menus).

Main Menu

  • NEWS
  • Poetry
  • Podcasts
  • Fitness
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Write to us

Admin Menu

  • Write to CONTACT
  • Sponsored Posts
  • About Us
  • Our Privacy Policy
  • SUBSCRIBE FREE
  • MUSEUM OF ARROGANT HUBRIS
©Copyright Contact Publishing