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The Headquarters Middle East Anzac Day memorial following the dawn service. Story. and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Keeping traditions alive in the Middle East – Anzac Day

01/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 884 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Middle East, PTSD

Deployed servicemen and women in the Middle East gathered before first light to mark 109 years since the Gallipoli landings

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Sergeant Andrew Summers in front of a F-35A Lightning II at 2 Operational Conversion Unit, RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Squadron Leader Bruce Chalmers. Photo by Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Thought provoking 

Breaking the stigma of PTSD

10/10/202328/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1278 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit, PTSD, RAAF Williamtown, World Mental Health Day

Sergeant Andrew Summers, of 2 Operational Conversion Unit at RAAF Base Williamtown in NSW, is an example of how proactive

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Retired Australian Army officer and artist Mike Armstrong stands in front of a photograph he produced as part of a photographic exhibition titled 'Voices of Veterans' at the National Press Gallery in Canberra. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Lest We Forget Veterans 

Exhibition a voice for veterans

29/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1650 Views 0 Comments PTSD, Veterans Care

Death by “a thousand cuts” was how veteran, and recently retired Army signals officer, Mike Armstrong described his PTSD. CAPTION:

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PTSD unmasked – subject Trooper David Nicholson – makeup by Ambah de Smet – photography by Justin Marshall, JM Photography.
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NOT ALL WOUNDS ARE VISIBLE!

24/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8369 Views 0 Comments PTSD

If a picture paints a thousand words, these pictures speak volumes for our veterans suffering from PTSD, according to the

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Soldiers operate a vehicle check point on a road in East Timor, 1999. Photo by Corporal Brian Hartigan.
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What is PTSD?

22/06/201719/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4548 Views 1 Comment PTSD

What is PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a particular set of reactions that can develop in people who have

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ADF Australian News Veterans 

Two-year intensive PTSD trial launched

03/02/201703/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4252 Views 0 Comments arrest, mental health, PTSD

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Dan Tehan today officially launched the trial of a new intensive treatment program

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The best family anyone could ask for

05/03/201610/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3584 Views 2 Comments Overwatch, PTSD

. Hi there, My first point I’d like to bring up is the one about brotherhood, the bonds formed whilst

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PTSD and the ‘stigma’ of mental health

25/02/201610/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4015 Views 0 Comments PTSD

We see it all around us. Some of us live it and breath it. Some of us see it every

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