Pacific family gathered in remembrance
Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF) personnel gathered for a memorial service to mark Fiji’s Infantry Day on June 23. CAPTION: Australian Defence
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Stalwart’s ceremonial homecoming
HMAS Stalwart last month visited its ceremonial home port of Geraldton on Western Australia’s Batavia Coast for the first time.
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Relationship with South Korea reinforced
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Parramatta and its ship’s company received a warm welcome to Busan, South Korea recently. CAPTION: HMAS Parramatta arrives
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Indigenous program graduates inspire others
After five months of hard work and determination, the members of class 17 of the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP)
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2022 Royal Military College Graduation Parade
Chief of Army Lieutenant General Rick Burr celebrated the graduation and commissioning of the Australian Army’s next generation of leaders
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Townsville confirmed as Australia’s biggest veteran centre
Townsville’s status as Australia’s largest garrison city has been confirmed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the release of
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NATO ready reaction force to expand eight-fold –– to more than 300,000
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday 27 June 2022 said NATO leaders meeting in Madrid this week were set
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Census results – first-ever veteran head count
For the first time ever, it is now known that 581,139 Australians have reported they have served or are currently
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ADF head shed re-appointed –– 3 new Service Chiefs
In a surprise announcement today, Australia’s new Federal government announced that General Angus Campbell’s tenure as Chief of Defence Forces
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2022 Napier Waller Art Prize winner announced
The Australian War Memorial has announce that retired major, Mrs Anneke Jamieson, has won the 2022 Napier Waller Art Prize
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Rededication ceremony for HMAS Sydney II ‘unknown sailor’
More than eighty years after HMAS Sydney II was sunk, the Royal Australian Navy has re-dedicated the remains of Able
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Storm passes to reveal gems of instructors
The largest Royal Australian Air Force Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) to date, which culminated in Exercise Diamond Storm 2022,
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Lightning strikes friend and foe in Storm
The ‘enemy’ enjoyed an advantage on Exercise Diamond Storm 22, with No. 75 Squadron flying F-35A Lightning II aircraft from
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Sailors build friendships at sea and on land
HMAS Ararat earlier this month completed a joint maritime patrol with Republic of Fiji Navy (RFN) Guardian-class patrol boat RFNS Savenaca. Ararat
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New govt to hire more staff/other initiatives to address DVA backlogs
A key report into the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ claims processing system has today been made public. Minister for Veterans’
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Army kicks off 25th year on AACAP
This year the Australian Army celebrates its 25th year of providing support to remote First Nations communities through the Army
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Air Warfare Instructor Course 2022 concludes
The Royal Australian Air Force has concluded its third biennial Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC), following a six-month-long series of
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Kiwis finish Ukraine-assist mission
The Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules and personnel that were deployed to Europe in support of Ukraine have
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Army gets two extra Chinook helicopters
Two additional CH-47F Chinook helicopters arrived at RAAF Base Townsville today after an expedited sale from the United States government.
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Control and reporting units complete the picture
In the complex and congested battlespaces of Exercise Diamond Storm 22, aircrew rely on tactical command and control units to
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