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Author: Posted by Mike Hughes

Members of ship’s company on parade during the commissioning of HMAS Eyre at HMAS Stirling, WA. Story by Lieutenant Mark Tesoriero. Photos by Able Seaman Jayden Fahy.
News Royal Australian Navy Sovereign industry 

HMAS Eyre commissioned

05/06/202607/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 7427 Views 1 Comment Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels (ACOPV), Fleet Base West, HMAS Stirling, HMAS Eyre

Australia’s maritime frontline has been strengthened with the commissioning of HMAS Eyre in a ceremony at Fleet Base West. CAPTION: Members of

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Medical personnel from the 2nd Health Battalion use a deployable CT scanner at a Role 2 Enhanced treatment facility on Exercise Viper Walk at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Story by Captain Chris Wade. Photo by Private Alli Craig.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

CT scanner a game changer for medics in the field

05/06/202605/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 761 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Exercise Viper Walk, Gallipoli Barracks

It’s widely regarded as one of the most important medical innovations of the past 50 years, earning its inventor –

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One of the first Australian-built AS9 Huntsman systems fires during live-fire serials at Puckapunyal Training Area during Army’s inaugural AS9 operator course. Story by Trent Pollard. Photos by Corporal Luke Bellman.
Australian Army News Science & Technology Videos 

Huntsman’s first shots in Puckapunyal

04/06/202607/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 897 Views 0 Comments 4th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, AS9 Huntsman, Puckapunyal, School of Artillery

When the first Australian-made AS9 Huntsman fired on its distant target, you’d have been forgiven for mistaking it for cracks

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HMAS Supply, foreground, and JS Kumano conduct a replenishment at sea during Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise. Story by Lieutenant Natalie Starkoff. Photo by Lieutenant Fred Bates.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Aussie Supply fuels Japan’s Kumano at sea

04/06/202604/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 520 Views 0 Comments Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX), HMAS Supply, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force

HMAS Supply has conducted a replenishment at sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate JS Kumano during Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise (ASWEX). CAPTION: HMAS Supply,

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Three RAAF EA-18G Growlers during Exercise Diamond Spear. Story by Flight Lieutenant Jody Blakeley. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Aiesha White-Kratz.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Air warfare instructors tested on Diamond Spear

04/06/202604/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 543 Views 0 Comments Air Warfare Instructors Course, Exercise Diamond Spear

The Australian Defence Force’s next generation of air warfare instructors have been pushed to their limits during Exercise Diamond Spear,

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Commanding Officer 100 Squadron Wing Commander Richard Brougham, left, and 100 Squadron Warrant Officer Andrew Doyle, right, sit with Ted McConchie to watch the Anzac Day commemorations together. Story by Flying Officer Rose Gigliotti.
ADF People History Veterans 

Honouring past and present generations

04/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1906 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, No. 100 Squadron, RAAF Point Cook

A 102-year-old Second World War veteran has reconnected with the Air Force squadron he served with more than 80 years

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Private Michael Staszak, centre-left, receives orders from his platoon commander before a patrol as part of Exercise Menin Blade at Singleton Military Area, NSW. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
ADF People 

Back where he belongs

04/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1106 Views 0 Comments 2nd/17th Battalion Royal NSW Regiment (2/17RNSWR), Army Reserve, Exercise Menin Blade, Singleton Military Area

Despite the rain and cold, leading a section of infantry through the scrub makes Private Michael Staszak feel at home.

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A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from the 16th Aviation Brigade conducts integration training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as part of Exercise Valkyrie Crawl. Story by Captain Chloe Ellwood. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Australian Army News 

New choppers give battalion’s training a lift

08/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 596 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, 1RAR, Exercise Valkyrie Crawl., UH-60M Back Hawk

UH-60M Black Hawk from the 16th Aviation Brigade flew into Townsville to conduct training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion,

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ADF personnel form a catafalque party for an Anzac Day dawn service in Darwin City. Story by Captain Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Corporal Gregory Scott.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Large crowds gather for Anzac Day in Top End

08/05/202608/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1173 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, ANZAC Day

As flags at half-mast gently moved with the cool breeze in the Top End, thousands of Territorians commemorated Anzac Day

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Deputy Director Disruptive Experimentation Wing Commander Keirin Joyce with a JabX, an uncrewed aerial system developed by RFDesign and Jericho Disruptive Innovation. Story by Flight Lieutenant Natasha Silver.
News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology 

RAAF developing unmanned air logistics

06/05/202609/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 959 Views 0 Comments Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI), Project Arena, Project Camel Train

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI) team is making headway on autonomous aerial logistics systems to support

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ADF People History Lest We Forget Videos 

Anzac Day 2026 Around the World

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1307 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

On Anzac Day, we mark the landings at Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers in 1915

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Wing Commander Patrick Bridge honours his great-uncle Private Donald Arthur Bridge in Gapeyong, South Korea, at the 75th anniversary of the Korean War Kapyong battle. Story by Squadron Leader Bel Culley.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Remembering the Battle of Kapyong

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1111 Views 0 Comments Kapyong, Korean War

In a solemn tribute to the past and a firm nod to the future, Australian Defence Force (ADF) members serving

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Chief of Joint Capabilities Lieutenant General Susan Coyle hugs Rick Deeks during the Anzac Day service at the Bullecourt Digger Memorial in France. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.
ADF People History Lest We Forget 

Commemoration becomes personal for relatives

01/05/202601/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 694 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Bullecourt, ww1

At the Bullecourt Digger Memorial on Anzac Day, the commemorative address took on an unexpectedly personal meaning for one family

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Able Seaman Isabella Anderson and Lieutenant Craig Grant on board the Japanese Ship Kumano, during a port visit to Melbourne. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Murphy. Photos by Leading Seaman James McDougall.
ADF People News Royal Australian Navy 

Aussies learn the lay of the land at sea

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 922 Views 0 Comments Exercise Kakadu, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force

Two Royal Australian Navy (RAN) members have been forging connections at sea on board the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate

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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment explosively breach a doorway during the Basic Assault Pioneers Course.Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photo by Lance Corporal Andrews.
Australian Army News 

Regiment restores assault pioneer capability

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 959 Views 2 Comments 1RAR

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), have reintroduced the ‘assault pioneer’ capability through a course to restore

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3 Squadron personnel, who raised funds in this year’s March On, in front of a 3 Squadron F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Evana Ho. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Elise Ross.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force 

Marching On for mental health

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 684 Views 0 Comments Air Warfare Instructors Course, March On, mental health, No. 3 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown, Soldier On

Across March, members from 3 Squadron balanced running the Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) with putting in the hard yards

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Second Lieutenant Duncan McKenzie has been identified a century after World War I.
ADF People Australian Army Europe History Lest We Forget News 

Unknown no more: two WWI soldiers identified

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 952 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Passchendaele, Third Battle of Ypres, WWI

More than a century after they were killed in action in World War I, the remains of two missing Australian

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Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Kieran Nieves plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Cove dawn service on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye. Story by Flying Officer Freya Hansen. Photos by Corporal Andrew Shaw.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Anzac Day commemorated at Gallipoli

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 2186 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Turkey

As the sun rose on another Anzac Day at Anzac Cove, Türkiye, the members of Australia’s Federation Guard and the

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Satellite communication equipment setup by Australian soldiers from 1st Signal Regiment for Exercise Mercury Run at Kokoda Barracks, Canungra. Story by Captain Nigel Jacobs. Photos by Gunner Jesse Linards.
Australian Army News 

The communications backbone of the battlespace

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 744 Views 0 Comments 1st Signal Regiment, Exercise Mercury Run, Kokoda Barracks

Army signals personnel deployed across the country for Exercise Mercury Run to prepare 1st (Australian) Division for the year’s major

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Australian Army, New Zealand Defence Force, United States Marine Corps and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel hold an Anzac Day service during Exercise Balikatan in Aporawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Jacob Joseph. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.
Asia Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

A true Anzac field service in the Philippines

29/04/202629/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 654 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Balikatan, US Marines

As dawn broke above the West Philippine Sea, hundreds of Australian, New Zealand, Filippino and United States personnel gathered to

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