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Royal Australian Navy Flight 607 personnel transfer a training torpedo onto an MH-60R Seahawk on the flight deck of HMAS Hobart. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
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Old goats fly in hunt for submarines

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 934 Views 0 Comments ASWEX

Four of Navy’s most advanced multi-mission MH-60R helicopters supported the six warships, and RAAF and RNZAF Poseidon P-8 aircraft, to

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The RAAF's newest aircraft, the F-35A Lightning II, right, and F/A-18F Super Hornet fly in formation with a 100 Squadron CA-18 Mustang and a Supermarine Spitfire MK VIII at the Australian International Airshow 2025. Story b y Flight Lieutenant Sharon Sebastian. Photo by Leading Aircrafman Campbell Latch.
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Swan formation takes flight, featuring past and present

25/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 670 Views 0 Comments Australian International Airshow, No. 100 Squadron

A CAC-18 Mustang and Supermarine Mk VIII Spitfire have flown in a formation with the next generation of air power

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State Emergency Services brief Australian Army soldiers of 144th Signal Squadron during Exercise Mercury Scatter in Yankallila, South Australia. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Sergeant Adam Barlow.
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Signallers prepare for the worst

20/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 537 Views 0 Comments 144th Signal Squadron, Country Fire Service (CFS), Exercise Mercury Scatter, State Emergency Service (SES)

Signallers in South Australia have ensured communications and information services are ready for the high-risk weather season. CAPTION: State Emergency Services

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, right, and Regimental Sergeant Major of Army Warrant Officer Kim Felmingham, left, present Warrant Officer First Class Andrew Beaman with his advancement to Tier-C. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
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Senior adviser a technical first for Army

16/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1066 Views 0 Comments Chief of Army

One of the biggest changes Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Andrew Beaman has seen during his service is the complexity

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Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) correctional officer Olga Toata Junior demonstrates learned first-aid skills during a 'train the trainer' course at RSIPF Police Station, Rove. Story by Sergeant Felicity Richardson Major Simon Hampson. Photos by Lieutenant John Townsend.
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Delivering life-saving training skills

25/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1260 Views 0 Comments NZDF, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF)

ADF members of the Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF) have supported the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and Correctional

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Third-year trainee officers Samuel Woods, Matilda Roberts and Emily Lewis during the ADFA Leadership Challenge Three exercise in Majura training field in Canberra. Story by Chelsey Ballard. Photos by Officer Cadet Mikaela Cox.
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Cadets face final leadership test

06/10/202306/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1606 Views 0 Comments ADF Cadets, ADFA

Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) trainee officers embarked on a final test of character, leadership and ethics before they graduate

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Air Task Group aircraft fly in formation over the USS Ronald Regan in the Timor Sea while participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre 23.
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Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 officially ended

04/08/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2723 Views 0 Comments

After two weeks of high-end warfighting, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 (TS23) has officially closed. CAPTION: Exercise Talisman Sabre Air Task

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Sergeant Carly Box, from Headquarters 16th Aviation Brigade with a Shadow tactical uncrewed aerial system at 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery at Enoggera Barracks, Queensland. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
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Aviator ‘returns home’ to Army

23/06/202323/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2265 Views 0 Comments

When tactical uncrewed aerial system (TUAS) operator Sergeant Carly Box saw insurgents digging in the road ahead of the convoy

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DEFENCE STRATEGIC REVIEW 2023 – unformatted

24/04/202303/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3432 Views 0 Comments Defence Strategic Review

Following is the full text of The Australian government’s response to the Defence Strategic Review 2023, copied and pasted here

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HMAS Anzac departs Fleet Base West on a regional deployment. Screen-grab from video by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
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HMAS Anzac departs for SE-Asia regional-presence deployment

20/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2087 Views 0 Comments Bersama Shield, HMAS Anzac

Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Anzac has commenced a regional-presence deployment to Southeast Asia. CAPTION: HMAS Anzac departs Fleet

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Australian soldiers from Reconnaissance Platoon, 2RAR, on the move at Fog Bay Northern Territory, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. Photo by Corporal Kyle Jenner.
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Largest ever Exercise Talisman Sabre later this year

16/04/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2589 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023

Australia will host the largest ever Exercise Talisman Sabre this year across northern Australia, with approximately 30,000 military personnel to

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Lockheed Martin selected to deliver ADF satellite communications

04/04/202304/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1978 Views 0 Comments JP9102, Lockhead Martin

Defence has announced Lockheed Martin Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver on a new Australian Defence satellite communication system,

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A PAC-750XL aircraft currently in service with the PNGDF Air Wing. Photo by Wing Commander Tim Shaw.
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ADF gift two aircraft and support to PNGDF at Avalon

02/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2401 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell and Papua New Guinea’s Chief of Defence Force Major‑General Mark Goina have

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Memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battles of FSBs Coral and Balmoral, at the Vietnam War Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra. Photo via DVA.
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Community organisations share $1million commemorative grants

13/01/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2525 Views 0 Comments

Community organisations across Australia will share in more than $1 million in grant funding to recognise veterans and preserve Australia’s

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Chief Petty Officer Anita van der Meer fought for the rights of gay and lesbian members in Defence. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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ADF’s three decades of pride

01/11/202201/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2371 Views 0 Comments

In 1992, Chief Petty Officer Anita van der Meer was threatened with dismissal. CAPTION: Chief Petty Officer Anita van der

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RAAF technicians Corporal Nima Nikfarjam, centre, and Leading Aircraftman Matthew Crowe, left, talk with Hensoldt Australia instructor Prue Bowley about the ASR-NG radar system. Story by By Flight Lieutenant Claire Burnet. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
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First RAAF graduates of inaugural radar course

17/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2955 Views 0 Comments RAAF Amberley

Seven Air Force personnel have graduated from the inaugural Airport Surveillance Radar – Next Generation (ASR-NG) fixed defence air traffic

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Converted Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles bound for Ukraine are loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Captain Mike Edwards. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.
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Our soldiers doing their bit for Ukraine

17/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2644 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, RAAF Amberley, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Ukraine

Albury-Wodonga is a long way from the battlefields of Ukraine, but local Australian Army soldiers are doing their bit to

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NZ Army soldiers receive instructions during Exercise Tagata’toa in New Caledonia. Photo courtesy French Armed Forces New Caledonia.
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New Zealand (and Oz) troops train with French Armed Forces New Caledonia

17/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3077 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers of the New Zealand Army have returned to field training in the Pacific after two years spent protecting New

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Australian Defence Force personnel on HMAS Adelaide line the flight deck as the ship returns to her home port of Fleet Base East in Sydney following a deployment on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
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HMA Ships Adelaide and Supply return home

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1963 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Supply, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

HMA Ships Adelaide and Supply have returned to their home port in Fleet Base East in Sydney after an important

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Leading Seaman Sarah Battenally in pit lane as a participant in the Navy V8 Supercars placement program in 2015. Story by Angus Pagett.
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Endless possibilities in Navy career

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2021 Views 0 Comments International Women's Day

Tinkering with V8 supercars or 3D printing firefighting equipment may seem like unusual projects for a Navy marine technician. CAPTION:

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