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Former Air Commodore Vin Hill pictured here with retired Air Vice-Marshal and former Deputy Chief of Air Force, Dave Rogers at Vin's home in New Zealand in January 2024. Story by John Noble.

VALE: Former Air Commodore Vin Hill

22/03/202409/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1646 Views 0 Comments

One of the Royal Australian Air Force’s last great aviators and true characters died just months shy of his 100th

Gap year personnel with a static display at Indian Naval Station Rajali, Naval Air Base, Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu India. From left, Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant, Aircraftwomen Ella Johnstone and Caitlan Williams, Aircraftmen Luke O'Brien and Garrison Asciak, and Aircraftwomen Maddison Fordred and Ebony Jones. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nancye Houston. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Jason Grant.

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Gap year students sample overseas operation

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1334 Views 0 Comments Gap Year program, No. 1 Security Forces Squadron.

Seven Air Force members were given a career-defining opportunity during their Gap Year program. CAPTION: Gap year personnel with a static

Commanding Officer 5th Combat Service Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Shaw, and Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class One Matthew Ryan, lay a wreath as part of the commemoration of the 1954 Stockton Bight Disaster.

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Stockton Bight tragedy commemorated

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1527 Views 0 Comments 5th Combat Service Support Battalion

Soldiers from the 5th Combat Services Support Battalion (5CSSB), veterans, and community leaders assembled at Fort Scratchley near Newcastle to

The Cost of Doing Business: Military Aviation Safety in Australia 1914 – 2022, written by Squadron Leader Barrie Bardoe.

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The ‘Cost of Doing Business’ book launched

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1468 Views 0 Comments Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA)

A new book tells the story of Australia’s tumultuous path to becoming a global leader in military aviation safety. The

Head of the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator Professor Emily Hilder addresses the Quantum Australia 2024 Conference in Sydney. Story by Natalie Staples.

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Making the tiniest things count in war

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1405 Views 0 Comments Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA), AUKUS, Defence Strategic Review, Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDT)

Harnessing quantum behaviours to develop advanced technologies could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage. CAPTION: Head of

Narelle Powers after having her head shaved at Reserve and Cadet Support Headquarters, holding a cheque for $7500. Photo by Emily Egan.

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Two significant journeys, one occasion

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 624 Views 0 Comments ADF Reserve, Cancer Council Australia

A former Army officer diagnosed with breast cancer 23 years ago has bravely ‘left it all behind’, shaving her head

Wing Commander Fiona Grasby takes time to talk to colleagues about International Women’s Day at Brindabella Park, Canberra. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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Fulfilling the need to serve and protect

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 654 Views 0 Comments International Women's Day

An Afghan girl’s wide eyes looked up beneath the light-brown shayla that wrapped her head and shoulders. A lock of

Australian Army officer Captain Pamela Truscott speaks with a fellow guest at the Working Spirit/RSL Western Australia International Women's Day lunch. Story by Major Dean Benson. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.

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Celebrating service and beyond

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 660 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, 1st Health Battalion, International Women's Day, RSL

Showcasing the breadth and depth of the contributions of female soldiers was at the heart of a special International Women’s

The 2024 recipients of the Jonathan Church Good Soldiering award, from left Lance Corporal Lachlan Goulding, Private Caleb Walker, Sergeant L, Lieutenant Lachlan Maill and Corporal Jordan Neal, during a tour of the Australian War Memorial Annex, Canberra. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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2024 Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Awards

13/03/202414/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1228 Views 0 Comments Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award

From supporting victims of genocide in Africa to performing life-saving CPR during a footy match, soldiers have been recognised for

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Finlayson (left) with the Gold Commendation he received for providing first aid assistance to Jeff Goodwin (right), during the Warrant Officer of the Air Force visit to RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Mrs Tastri Murdoch. Photos by LAC Chris Tsakisiris.

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Aviator saves mate’s life with CPR

13/03/202413/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 477 Views 0 Comments No. 37 Squadron

For the past 14 years, Leading Aircraftman Thomas Finlayson has completed annual first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training as

Connor Levinge is following in his father’s footsteps, Chief Petty Officer Carl Levinge, by also joining the Royal Australian Navy. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Williamson. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.

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A Navy Week to remember

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1995 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Navy Week

This year’s Navy Week was a memorable one for 24-year-old Connor Levinge from Mango Hill in Brisbane. CAPTION: Connor Levinge is

Navy gap year sailor Seaman Ross Hunter chats with veterans in Bathurst during HMAS Harman's Navy Week tour of the central west, NSW. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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First nuclear-powered attack submarine captain could be schoolgirl from Dubbo

08/03/202410/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1988 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year, Australian Submarine Agency, HMAS Harman

Head of the Australian Submarine Agency said Defence must act now to build a workforce for the future – setting

Able Seaman Kendall Byrnes, left, Commander Tina Brown, Lieutenant Tori Costello and Sub-Lieutenant Cameron Moncrieff on board HMAS Hobart. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Madelyn Hanna.

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All-female command navigation team takes sail

08/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1707 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart, International Women's Day

HMAS Hobart recently departed Cowper Wharf, Sydney, for a routine passage to Eden – a challenging navigation for the nearly

Chief Petty Officer David Dillon with the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter "Hermes" during the Airshows Downunder Shellharbour at Shellharbour Airport Career Day. Story by Pilot Officer Shanea Zeegers. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.

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Shellharbour airshow plane fun for all

06/03/202410/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1503 Views 0 Comments 822X Squadron, CAMCOPTER® S-100, HMAS Albatross

As an aviation enthusiast, Chief Petty Officer David Dillon was thrilled to attend Airshows Downunder Shellharbour at Shellharbour Airport in

Wing Commander Craig Keane with Defence Member and Family Support staff members at the 2024 South Australia welcome event. Story by Chelsey Ballard.

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Defence families welcomed to South Australia

01/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1014 Views 0 Comments Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS)

More than 900 Defence personnel and their families attended the Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS) welcome event in Adelaide

Rear Admiral Lincoln Reifsteck, US Navy, presents Commander Daniel McCall, Royal Australian Navy, with a citation that accompanies the US Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

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Submariner’s accomplishments commended

23/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1689 Views 0 Comments AUKUS, Nuclear Powered Submarines, Royal Navy, US Navy

Two years since completing an exchange posting aboard a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine, an Australian submariner received the United States

Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Graney salutes during the national anthem as part of HMAS Newcastle’s decommissioning ceremony at Fleet Base East, Sydney, in 2019. Story by Olivia Ransome Gilding. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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A 20-year voyage of growth

23/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 749 Views 0 Comments

Having devoted 20 years of his life to the Navy, Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Graney reflected on the motivations that have

Lieutenant Commander Will Singer works on his repurposed bicycle sculpture as part of the ADF ARRTS program at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre. Story by Flight Lieutenant Thomas McCoy. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.

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Art for health’s sake

20/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1501 Views 0 Comments ADF Arts for Recovery Resilience Teamwork and Skills (ARRTS)

For Lieutenant Commander Will Singer, serving as the Deputy Director of Navy Communications and Media often involved juggling multiple high-pressure

Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton in Brussels, Belgium, where she is Australia’s first female military representative to NATO and the EU. Story by Captain Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Antje Devon.

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“Do what you love doing – you will make a difference”

16/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1326 Views 0 Comments

Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton saw her first conflict zone as a flying officer in Somalia, 1993, deploying with Air Lift

RAAF Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield, of 27 Squadron, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Exercise Cope North 24. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Kurt Lewis.

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Dynamic moves for Cope North

16/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1198 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cope North, No. 27 Squadron, USAF

Embedded within a United States Air Force (USAF) squadron for Exercise Cope North 24, Leading Aircraftman Carl Dransfield from 27