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The Invictus Games 2025 Team Australia competitors receive the new team polo shirt during a uniform unveiling event at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra. Story by Flying Officer Belinda Barker. Photos by Flight Sergeant Christopher Dickson.

New Invictus uniform a symbol of connection

10/12/202410/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 724 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, Invictus Games

Loss of connection has been an issue for some of the 33 members of Team Australia heading to Invictus Games

Australian Defence Force participants at Herocon 24 in Canberra. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman.

Australian Army News

Wargamers put their tactics on the table

10/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1249 Views 0 Comments Army Battle Lab, Herocon, Soldier On, Wargaming

More than 180 strategists turned tabletops into battlefields at Herocon 24, commanding Roman Legions, WW2 forces and science fiction armies

Administrator of the NT Hugh Heggie presents a Prince of Wales Award to 2024 recipient Lieutenant Jacqueline Martin during a ceremony held at Government House, Darwin. Story by Emily Egan. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

22 reservists receive Prince of Wales Awards

10/12/202417/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 605 Views 0 Comments ADF Reserve, Prince of Wales Award

Twenty-two ADF reservists are now recipients of the 2025 Prince of Wales Award, receiving up to $10,000 to support a

Soldiers of the newly re-linked 5th/7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, march off the parade ground following the unit’s merger at Robertson Barracks. Story and photos by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Australian Army News

Battalions re-linked at parade

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Amid three volleys of rifle fire and green and yellow smoke, the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, and the PNG Defence Force board a CH-47 Chinook from 5th Aviation Regiment during Exercise Wantok Warrior. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News Overseas

Ex Wantok Warrior taken up a notch

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The Australian Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) partnered in a series of training activities in Wewak on

Attendees of a memorial service for the late Wing Commander Peter Krieg with a static display of E-7A Wedgetail aircraft at 2 Squadron, RAAF Base Williamtown. Story by Flight Lieutenant Grace Casey-Maughan. Photos by Aircraftwoman Laura Flower.

ADF People History Lest We Forget Royal Australian Air Force

Remembering the legacy of ‘Cowboy’ Kreig

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1184 Views 0 Comments E-7A Wedgetail, No. 2 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown

On Friday November 8, about 300 family and friends travelled from around the globe to gather in the 2 Squadron

HMAS Adelaide and HMS Spey alongside PSA Sembawang, Singapore, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour. Story by Lieutenant Mick Wheeler. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Indo-Pacific Endeavour closes in Singapore

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 955 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Stuart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), Australia’s flagship regional engagement activity, has come to a close with HMA Ships Adelaide and Stuart leaving Singapore for

US soldier Private Isaac Davis participates in a visual tracking course at Tully. Story and photos by Corporal Luke Bellman.

Australian Army News

US soldiers tackle Tully tracking course

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1034 Views 0 Comments Combat Training Centre, Jungle Training Wing

Footprints, discarded rations and disturbed vegetation are some of the ways an enemy can be tracked through the terrain that

Air Force chefs Corporal Raymund Wrobel, left, and Leading Aircraftwoman Rebecca Lowry wear the newly issued food handlers short and long-sleeve coats at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Bruce Chalmers. Photo by Aircraftman Nell Bradbury.

News Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF chefs proudly step into new uniform

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1313 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Combat Support Group (CSG), RAAF Amberley

Uniforms are more than just clothes identifying who you work for – they are personal, and express pride in a

Private Thomas Allsbury, of 9th Force Support Battalion, before a beach landing at Sabina Point, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, as part of Exercise South Queensland Warfighter 2024. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Sergeant Jason Slape.

Australian Army News

Big changes for 17th Sustainment Brigade

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17th Sustainment Brigade has undergone major structural and command changes – departing Forces Command, as well as losing some old

The PC-21 fleet surpasses 100,000 flying hours. Story by The PC-21 fleet surpasses 100,000 flying hours. Story by Flying Officer Rose Gigliotti. Photo by Flight Sergeant Kev Berriman.

News Royal Australian Air Force Sovereign industry

PC-21 fleet clocks up 100,000 hours

05/12/202412/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 653 Views 0 Comments PC-21, RAAF East Sale

Defence has celebrated a significant operational milestone with its PC-21 fleet surpassing 100,000 flying hours. CAPTION: The PC-21 fleet surpasses 100,000

Royal Australian Artillery Head of Regiment Brigadier Damian Hill and Lieutenant Colonel Matt White, of the Defence Preparedness Branch, at the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery National Memorial on Mt Pleasant in Canberra. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.

Australian Army History Lest We Forget News

Plan to extend gunners’ memorial

05/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 551 Views 0 Comments Canberra, Royal Australian Artillery

Two 64-pounder cannons stand silently atop Mount Pleasant in Canberra, flanked by stone walls reminiscent of a fortress the cannons

HMAS Canberra personnel conduct a freedom-of-entry parade through Canberra. Story by Lieutenant Jonathan Wills. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Canberra exercises Freedom of Entry in capital

04/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1844 Views 1 Comment Freedom of Entry, HMAS Canberra, WWII

Steady rainfall and gloomy skies did not dampen spirits as Navy personnel paraded through Canberra on 30 November in a

Two cranes return Neptune A89-280 back onto its plinth at the RAAF Base Townsville entrance. Story by Flight Lieutenant Julia Ravell.

ADF People History News Royal Australian Air Force

Townsville’s iconic Neptune resumes duty

04/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 818 Views 0 Comments Neptune, No. 10 Squadron, RAAF Reserve, RAAF Townsville

Reserve personnel used professionalism, pride and impressive trade skills to restore RAAF Base Townsville’s iconic Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune A89-280 gate