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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.

US joins air and missile defence trials off NSW

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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’

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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 2781 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

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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

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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

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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.

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Who killed the Sallyman?

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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 3359 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

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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

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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 2244 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

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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 13359 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 3093 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

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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

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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

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

US Navy ship USS Pearl Harbor alongside at Lae, PNG, as the Republic of Korea Ship II Chul Bong departs during Exercise Pacific Partnership. Photos by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.

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ADF provides valuable contribution to US-led exercise in PNG

07/08/202509/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3155 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pacific Partnership, PNG, US Navy

The Australian Defence Force has concluded a successful deployment of personnel to Papua New Guinea as part of Exercise Pacific

Australian Army AH-64E Apache pilots, Captain Craig Burger, left, and Captain Jonathan Hogan, at the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence, in Alabama. Story by Captain Jonathan Hogan. Photos supplied.

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The art of teaching Apache – an aviator’s experience

07/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2647 Views 0 Comments 1st Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache, US Army

Australian Army pilot Captain Jonathan Hogan describes his training as an instructor on the Apache attack helicopter in Alabama. CAPTION: Australian

Centenarian and World War 2 Air Force veteran June Hunter cuts her birthday cake with help from Aircraftwoman Molly Blanch and Leading Aircraftwoman Nicole Webb. Photos by Group Captain Gregory Weller.

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Celebrating the life of a WWII air force veteran

07/08/202518/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2813 Views 0 Comments WWII

The life of World War II veteran June Hunter (nee Hitch), who died in late July, was a story that