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Petty Officer Mark has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal in the Australia Day honours for his rescue of a fellow submariner. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Able Seaman Zac Dingle.

Fear of sharks shelved in the line of duty

28/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1020 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HMAS Farncomb, RIMPAC

Australia Day CAPTION: Petty Officer Mark has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal in the Australia Day honours for his rescue

Chief Petty Officer Matthew with his wife and father after HMAS Waller berths alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West. He received a Conspicuous Service Medal during the 2025 Australia Day Honours. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.

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Sailor rewarded for fight against heavy metal

28/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1308 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Collins-class submarines

Australia Day CAPTION: Chief Petty Officer Matthew with his wife and father after HMAS Waller berths alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet

Personnel from across the spectrum of Defence activities and capabilities have been honoured in this year's Australia Day awards list. Photo by Corporal Jarrod Moreels.

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Honours for excellence in all domains

28/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 571 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

Australia Day CAPTION: Personnel from across the spectrum of Defence activities and capabilities have been honoured in this year’s Australia Day

Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Stepping up and talking the talk

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1790 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Sea Training Group

When Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant stepped up to act in a lieutenant commander’s role, she could walk the walk,

Australia Defence Force Personnel have been recognised for their continued efforts in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.

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Australia Day honours announced

26/01/202427/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2165 Views 1 Comment Australia Day Honours

Australia Defence Force personnel have been recognised for devotion to duty during natural disasters, strategic innovation and professional mastery in

Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore, from 16 Regiment, The Royal Australian Artillery has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal this Australia Day. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Award a surprise for bombardier

26/01/202426/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1558 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

When Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore was given a counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) role at 16 Regiment, he recognised development was needed

Royal Australian Air Force officer, Wing Commander Chaplin Lindsay Carey at Fort Queenscliff in Victoria. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Warrant Officer Don Kenny.

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Aiding healing from moral injury

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1358 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Chaplains, effects of PTSD

After Defence-approved research found about 62 per cent of air force veterans may have some type of moral injury, Chaplain

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer Melinda Skinner from 13 Squadron at the Air Movements section in RAAF Base Darwin. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Ready to help with open arms

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1583 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HADR, No. 13 Squadron

When overseas travellers returned to Australia because of COVID-19 in 2020, movements Warrant Officer Melinda Skinner was on the frontline

Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang has been recognised in the Australia Day awards with a Conspicuous Service Medal. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Army officer recognised the need for speed

26/01/202428/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1465 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Aviation Command, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

Approval of the UH-60M Black Hawk acquisition for Army, a process typically spanning three to four years, was completed in

Corporal Thomas Grayham received a Conspicuous Service Medal in the 2024 Australia Day Honours. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Seaman Abdus Chowdhury.

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‘Pretty chuffed’ with medal for work during floods

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1186 Views 0 Comments 145 Signal Squadron, Australia Day Honours, Mobile Cloud Operations Network (MCON), Randwick Barracks

Just days after life-saving surgery, as flood waters inundated Sydney, Corporal Thomas Grayham was back at work. CAPTION: Corporal Thomas Grayham

Engineering Officer Lieutenant Parritt in front of HMAS Hobart, Sydney, NSW. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Stoked to set an example

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1228 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart

Work to make a guided missile destroyer more capable and reliable were just some of more than 100 improvements overseen

Australia Day Award recipient Sergeant Justin Kurban, an aviation technician with 37 Squadron, RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Decade of aviation innovation honoured

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 884 Views 0 Comments 35 Squadron, Air Mobility Group’s (AMG), Australia Day Honours, No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond

An avionics technician who developed bespoke secure communications for C-27J Spartan aircraft and rapidly assembled a Hercules maintenance crew for

Chief Petty Officer Garry Danaher with a member of the Royal Tongan Navy on board an Australian-gifted Guardian-class patrol boat in Tonga. Story byCorporal Jacob Joseph.

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CSM for CPO for creative response to volcanic havoc

31/01/202305/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Technical adviser Chief Petty Officer Garry Danaher, commended for his actions during the 2022 Tongan volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami,

Group Captain Kerry Hollings has been made a Member in the Military Division of the Order of Australia in this year's Australia Day honours. Story by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

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Projects delivered with dedication

27/01/202305/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1368 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

Group Captain Kerry Hollings’ work executing the NATO funding in Afghanistan, boosting recruitment diversity and developing a new professional military