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The New Zealand Defence Force has taken part in the Philippines Exercise Balikatan for the first time, learning important lessons about jungle warfare. Photo supplied by NZDF.
New Zealand News Pacific 

NZ Army’s first Ex Balikatan

11/05/202611/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 60 Views 0 Comments Balikatan

The New Zealand Army has completed its first Exercise Balikatan in the Philippines, improving its ability to fight a modern

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Timor-Leste Solidarity Medal (TLSM)
ADF News Police Veterans 

New medal for Timor vets

09/05/202609/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2 Views 0 Comments

The Australian Government has accepted a generous offer from the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta to

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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 327 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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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 667 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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Bougainville Police Service, NZDF, and New Zealand Police staff who were involved in the bomb disposal. Note, NZDF EOD staff have their faces blurred for operational security reasons. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

NZDF blows WWII bombs on Bougainville

04/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 431 Views 0 Comments Bougainville

Two large unexploded Second World War-era bombs in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, have been made safe by the New Zealand

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Australian High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) fires Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) (Credit: Australian Department of Defence – via Lockheed Martin)
Australian Army News 

Second HIMARS regiment funded

04/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 524 Views 0 Comments HIMARS

In a major enhancement to the Australian Army’s long-range strike capability, the government has selected the High Mobility Artillery Rocket

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ADF News 

New Secretary of Defence

02/05/202602/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 627 Views 0 Comments

“I am pleased to announce I intend to recommend to the Governor-General that she appoint Ms Meghan Quinn as Secretary of

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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 597 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 749 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 545 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 719 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 557 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 586 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 521 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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From left Korean War veterans Colin Hallett (NZ), Ronald J. Foyle (CAN) and Raymond Rogers (AUS) during a ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Kapyong at Gapyeong, Korea. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Asia Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

The stand that shaped a battalion

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 489 Views 0 Comments 3RAR, Chief of Army, Kapyong, Korean War

A contingent of Australian soldiers, predominantly from Townsville’s 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), made the pilgrimage to South

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RAAF and United States Air Force personnel at Nellis Air Force Base during a synthetic training exercise.
News Royal Australian Air Force USA 

Virtual training builds modern fighting capacity

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 410 Views 0 Comments simulation facility, USAF

On a synthetic training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Air Force

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A Bushmaster makes a beach landing during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Photo by Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Hundreds of new Bushmasters ordered

27/04/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 759 Views 4 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, Hawkei

The government is investing $750 million to deliver a pipeline of Bushmasters for the Australian Defence Force’s fleet of protected

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News Veterans 

Gina Rinehart commits $200 million to veteran homelessness

24/04/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1276 Views 1 Comment

In a move to recognise a national crisis and national disgrace, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is contributing $200 million to buy

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Australian Army soldier Corporal Justin MacLennan watches Steve Nasui, of the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Organisation, deploy a drone as part of Exercise Coastwatchers in the Solomon Islands. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Coastwatchers legacy levels up

22/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 455 Views 0 Comments drones, Exercise Coastwatchers, Solomon Islands

Exercise Coastwatchers has ramped up training between the Australian Army and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), with the addition

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Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defense Minister for Japan Koizumi Shinjiro hold a press conference on board JS Kumano after signing the Mogami Memorandum. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Murphy. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Contracts for future frigates signed

22/04/202626/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 640 Views 1 Comment Chief of Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Minister for Defence

On Saturday April 18, Australia and Japan took a significant step in deepening their strategic defence partnership, by finalising contracts

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