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Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey with Dr Michael Sharp at a Defence Science and Technology Group display on board HMS Prince of Wales. Photo by Jay Cronan.

Australia, UK partner on guided weapons R&D

22/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4203 Views 0 Comments DSTG, Minister for Defence

The adoption of novel weapons and tactics in today’s battlespace is happening at an extremely rapid rate. CAPTION: Australian Deputy Prime

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.

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Leadership ability cuts through at battalion

22/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6564 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

Visitors at the first public open day of the RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre. Story. by Squadron Leader Karyn Markwell. Photos by Flying Officer Casie Scott.

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Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre reopens

20/08/202523/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2918 Views 0 Comments RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre (RTAHC)

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Stephen Chappell officially reopened the RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre (RTAHC) this month after

A RAAF EA-18G Growler crew fires an AIM-9X Sidewinder (Block II) missile at a BQM-74E aerial target during Exercise Archer 2025. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photo supplied.

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US joins air and missile defence trials off NSW

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3598 Views 0 Comments AIM-9X Sidewinder, Beecroft Weapons Range, Exercise Archer, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Williamtown, US Air Force, US Navy

Australian and United States naval and air forces have completed live missile firing and advanced target trials off the NSW

Navy personnel from HMAS Encounter assist with logistical support for the Hutt Street Centre’s Walk a Mile in My Boots annual charity event at Victoria Park in Adelaide. Story by Lieutenant Marcus Middleton. Photos by Leading Seaman Jayden Mansfield.

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Encounter promises Adelaide ‘you’ll never walk alone’

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3041 Views 0 Comments HMAS Encounter

Thousands of South Australians have braved icy conditions to support a key annual fundraiser for one of Adelaide’s most cherished

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.

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Sappers dig deep for Talisman Sabre

19/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2595 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

Army Service Medallions for, left to right, 20 years, 10 years, four years. Photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Medallion pays tribute to service

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3298 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,

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.

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Commemorating 80 years since Victory in the Pacific

15/08/202526/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3501 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

Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo supplied.

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Quantum science guides new way of navigating

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6648 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

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 4142 Views 16 Comments

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

Defence fuel chemist Dr Dave Evans ensures that fuels perform as intended. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Megan Sheppard.

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Good chemistry keeps Defence moving

13/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3179 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

Chaplain Jean-Pierre Schroeder, left, with Chaplain Miljan Popovic at RAAF Base Curtin during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Story by Evana Ho. Photo supplied.

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Chaplain tastes red dust of northern deployment

13/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2753 Views 0 Comments Chaplains, Exercise Talisman Sabre, No. 13 Squadron, RAAF Curtin, RAAF Reserve

In the space of a week, Jean-Pierre Schroeder went from his duties as an Anglican community school chaplain in Perth

Defence scientist Ben Harris is attracted to the extraordinary field of quantum physics. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo by Kasi Metcalfe.

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Weird particles reveal future of computing

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3205 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

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.

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Urban environment tests staff cadets

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2121 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 –

Members on the Tactical Rope Rescue Instructors’ Training Course practise a simulated casualty rescue at Holsworthy Training Area. Story by Major Peter Nugent. Photos by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

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Learning the ropes to save lives

12/08/202512/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6434 Views 0 Comments Holsworthy Barracks

If you ever have the misfortune of finding yourself stuck at the bottom of a cliff, look up … you

Major Brian Moore receives his Federation Star from Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, right, in the presence of family members. Story and photo by Major Carolyn Barnett.

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Career comes full circle

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 13085 Views 0 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment

For Major Brian Moore, life has come full circle. CAPTION: Major Brian Moore receives his Federation Star from Chief of Army

A Royal Marine from His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga, left, and an Australian Army soldier at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Photo by Captain Karam Louli.

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Largest iteration of Talisman Sabre comes to an end

08/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2871 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

After three weeks of intensive training and high-end warfighting scenarios across Australia, and for the first time in Papua New

Commander Andrew Watson, left, and Chief Petty Officer Simon Hustwit prepare the Callisto 50 logistics drone for flight during a trial phase at Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Drone trial points to game changer for Navy

08/08/202508/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2652 Views 0 Comments drones, Exercise Talisman Sabre

Navy ships may soon receive crucial stores without having to launch a helicopter or come off task, thanks to an

Navy marine technician Able Seaman Lachlan Hannan conducts work in the Deployable Additive Manufacturing and Repair unit near Gladstone during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story and photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Navy prints solutions to operational problems

08/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2850 Views 0 Comments 3d Printer, Additive Manufacturing and Repair Capability (DAMR), Exercise Talisman Sabre

In a shipping container near Gladstone, Navy’s newest engineering asset hummed to life during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. CAPTION: Navy marine

French Armed Forces officer Captain Antoine Lefeuve, left, Commander of the 2nd Company, 21st Marine Infantry Regiment, stands with Commander 3rd Brigade, Brigadier Benjamin McLennan, on completion of Exercise Talisman Sabre at Lavarack Barracks, Queensland. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photo by Lance Corporal Caitlyn Davill.

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Soldiers bid adieu to French comrades

08/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1898 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, Exercise Talisman Sabre, French Armed Forces, Townsville Field Training Area

In the Townsville Field Training Area, Australian and French soldiers marked a military partnership milestone as they worked side by