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Private Christie Rayner, from Joint Health Unit – North Queensland prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the Blue Care Aged Care facility in Ingham, Queensland, in March.

Analysts support vaccine rollout

21/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 615 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

The expertise of Defence operations’ analysts helped make the Vaccine Operations Centre (VOC) more efficient as it faced the challenges

Hunter Division of Navy's Reserve Entry Officers’ Course 3-21 at HMAS Creswell. Story by Sub Lieutenant Emily Tinker.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Navy

Course navigates way through pandemic

07/12/202108/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 202 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, HMAS Creswell, Navy Reserve

When COVID-19 hit, it looked like the Navy Reserve Entry Officers’ Course (REOC) would be an early casualty of the

Australian Army officer Captain Liz Daly at ACT Health Centre Duntroon, Canberra. Photo by Kym Smith.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Army health officer nationally recognised

17/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 313 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, STEM

A Newcastle Army health officer has been nationally recognised for creating an online COVID-19 health training package for the ADF.

Able Seaman Matthew Mu, left, is greeted by National COVID-19 Task Force Commander Brigadier Mick Garraway after being released from quarantine following his attempt to resuscitate a COVID-positive man in Wellington, NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dean Squire. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

“There was really no choice” – says sailor after COVID-patient emergency

05/11/202107/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1046 Views 3 Comments COVID-19

During a routine mid-morning COVID-19 compliance check in Wellington, NSW, earlier this month, COVID-19 task force member Able Seaman Matthew Mu

Corporal Aaron Hopgood, left, and Lance Corporal Matthew Bosman, of the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, relax after donating blood at an Australian Red Cross Lifeblood mobile donor centre at Woodside Barracks, South Australia. Story by Captain Evita Ryan.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

First-timers line up to donate blood

05/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 281 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Red Cross Blood Challenge

The determined effort of Lance Bombardier Bianca Ross has led to a two-day blood-donation blitz at Woodside Barracks in the

Air Force perioperative nurse Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is deployed to Iraq and is working at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

COVID support part of deployment

02/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 220 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Iraq, Operation Okra

As part of her deployment to Iraq, RAAF nursing officer Flying Officer Cheryl Brophy is providing COVID-19 support to contractors

Pika Wiya registered nurse Rebecca Simpson conducts a pre-assessment in the Port Augusta town centre before a local receives their COVID-19 vaccination out of the ADF ambulance. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Battalion supports Indigenous vaccinations

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 306 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Indigenous health in the Port Augusta region of South Australia has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to

Recruit School Instructor Leading Seaman Kelsie Wright presents Arms during the graduation ceremony on the parade ground of RAN Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Rene Joy van Rooyen. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle.

News Royal Australian Navy

Recruit school agile, innovative and resilient in pandemic

29/10/202101/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 317 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, HMAS Cerberus, recruits

The Royal Australian Navy Recruit School at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria, is responsible for providing the Navy with trained, confident sailors

hilippine Navy Deputy Commander Indo-Pacific Endeavour Captain Constancio Reyes, right, with Lieutenant Maria Hondrade aboard HMAS Anzac during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

So close, but so far…

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 155 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021

Sailing into Manila Bay during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21) was a slightly bittersweet moment for two Navy officers who longed

Flying Officer Brett Smith talks with his mate and former colleague Senior Constable Jared Cowan at the Gold Coast Highway police checkpoint. Story by Lieutenant Nicolas Hawkins. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

ADF People

Mates reunited at border checkpoint

20/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 521 Views 1 Comment COVID-19

Turning up to work for his first day at the Gold Coast Highway police control point, Flying Officer Brett Smith

Malabugilmah resident Latia Williams has her temperature taken by Leading Aircraftman Joel Forster at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre.

ADF Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF supports remote vaccination mission

20/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 261 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Early this month, NSW Health, police and ADF personnel travelled to a tiny Aboriginal community two-and-a-half hours’ drive inland from

Lance Corporal Mancell Laidler, of Joint Task Group 629.9, inspects the licence of a motorist at the ACT Federal Highway border-control point during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF winds up ACT COVID control support

13/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 396 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

ADF personnel have spent the past few weeks supporting ACT Policing at vehicle checkpoints on the ACT-NSW border set up

Personnel from HMAS Canberra deliver personal protective equipment to Manila, Philippines, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.

Asia News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Philippines supported in milestone year

13/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 409 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021, Philippines

Celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations, Australia and the Philippines strengthened their defence and whole-of-government ties with a number of

NSW Police Senior Constable Peter Heginbotham, front left, and Midshipman Bridie Kemp on hotel quarantine duties during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

ADF Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

ADF supports evacuees in quarantine

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 369 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, COVID-19

Recent evacuees from Afghanistan are being helped in their transition to a new life in Australia by ADF personnel on

Turbans 4 Australia President Amar Singh with ADF members at the charity's warehouse in Clyde, NSW. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Charity support a learning experience

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 254 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

With ADF support, a Sikh charity is delivering 1500 emergency food hampers every week to homes and community groups in

Lieutenant Thomas McAllister and Private Nikita Booth read a story to some children at the library in Texas, Queensland. Story by Captain Pete Conrad.

Australian Army News

Big hats off for Texas visit

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 811 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Cowboy hats should have been the order of the day for soldiers of the COVID-19 task force when they visited

Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer with NSW Police, Uncle John Skinner, with Corporal Ashleigh Shannon, who were part of a remote vaccination team in northern NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Going home on deployment

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 459 Views 1 Comment COVID-19, Indigenous

Rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations in her home town has been a career highlight for Yaegl woman and Army air dispatcher,

ADF personnel and other mobile vaccination team members from Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation, Rekindling the Spirit, Bullinah Aboriginal Medical Service, Northern NSW Local Health District, and NSW Police ahead of the Northern NSW tour. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Taking vaccines to Indigenous communities

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 246 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Vaccination efforts in rural and remote areas of NSW allowed Defence members to positively engage with local Indigenous communities. CAPTION:

Navy medic Seaman Alana Leonard, from HMAS Penguin, administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the Vaccination Outreach Clinic at the Nyngan Showgrounds, NSW, Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF vaccination teams still making a difference

29/09/202102/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 318 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

ADF Vaccination Outreach Teams have administered more than 46,000 COVID-19 vaccines in more than 30 regional and remote NSW communities since late

Lieutenant Amanda Dreger in the dispensary at the ADF’s main operating base in the Middle East. Story by Flight Lieutenant Clarice Hurren. Photo by Sergeant Glen McCarthy.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Pharmacist embraces responsibility

29/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 151 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Operation Accordion

Monday 25 September was World Pharmacist Day, spare a thought for the sole operator across the Middle East region. CAPTION: Lieutenant

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