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ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

Lieutenant Commander Will Singer works on his repurposed bicycle sculpture as part of the ADF ARRTS program at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Art for health’s sake

20/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1699 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

For Lieutenant Commander Will Singer, serving as the Deputy Director of Navy Communications and Media often involved juggling multiple high-pressure

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ADF Arts for Recovery, Resilience, Teamwork and Skills program participant Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper with her family at the showcase event at the University of Canberra’s Inspire Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Lest We Forget 

Drawings worth a thousand words

04/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1060 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

In 2017, Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper was asked by a shipmate to take a photo of him in full service

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Warrant Officer Class 2 Aaron Waddell embraces creative writing at the University of Canberra’s Inspire Centre during this year’s ARRTS program. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas. Photo by Corporal Olivia Cameron.
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Writing course provides stress relief

21/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 972 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

It was doing intel work, as an Army intelligence analyst, that brought Warrant Officer Class 2 Aaron Waddell to the

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Major Dianne Hutchinson checks a patient's breathing rate during training at the Camp Taji Clinic at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq, in 2017. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor. Photo by Able Seaman Chris Beerens.
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Army nurse touches lives of thousands of veterans

16/12/202216/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1297 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS), Army Reserve

While growing up in Melbourne, Dianne Hutchinson always knew she wanted to pursue a career helping people. CAPTION: Major Dianne

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ADF ARRTS Program participant FLTLT Tess O'Brien with her art in the visual arts studio at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy. Photo by CPL Olivia Cameron.
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Dealing with a Pandora’s Box of memories

16/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1045 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS), Afghanistan

When a bout of what was dismissed as ‘the blues’ took a greater toll on nursing officer Flight Lieutenant Tessa

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