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Members of the Australian Army Cadets prepare to race tiny drones during the Army Cadet Drone Racing camp at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Cadet Sergeant Joshua Parcell.

Cadets put drone skills to the test

01/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2995 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, Army Cadets, Army Drone Racing Team, Gallipoli Barracks

Cadets from across the country learnt how to pilot small drones reaching speeds of up to 200km/h at the Australian

Australian Army Medic, then Sergeant Joanne Cook, examines a little girl with malaria in February 1993. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Corporal Gary Ramage.

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Citation for troops who risked their safety to help Somalis

01/02/202402/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1839 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, HMAS Tobruk, Meritorious Unit Citation, Operation Solace, Somalia

Meritorious Unit Citations (MUC) have been awarded to ADF units that served in Somalia between 1992 and 1995. CAPTION: Australian Army

Senior enlisted adviser to the Chief of the Defence Force Warrant Officer Ken Robertson. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Lauren Larking.

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Senior Enlisted Advisor to CDF

01/02/202403/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1295 Views 0 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) (SEAC)

Continuous support to domestic operations without much respite was one issue raised with the Senior Enlisted Advisor to Chief of

Australian company EOS's Slinger can shoot down drones while mounted on a moving vehicle. Image supplied.

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Electro Optic Systems land major sale into Germany

29/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1991 Views 0 Comments EOS, Slinger

Canberra company Electro Optic Systems announced today that it has secured a contract to supply Slinger counter-drone systems valued at

Staffs Cadet of the Royal Military College celebrate their graduation from the Royal Military College - Duntroon. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

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Duntroon cutting officer training time by a third

29/01/202430/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 16552 Views 9 Comments Combined Arms Training Centre (CATC), Land Combat College (LCC), Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Royal Military College–Duntroon will trial a new approach to officer training this year, which will shorten the current 18-month program

Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Stepping up and talking the talk

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1569 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Guardian-class Patrol Boat, Sea Training Group

When Chief Petty Officer Gillian Bryant stepped up to act in a lieutenant commander’s role, she could walk the walk,

Australia Defence Force Personnel have been recognised for their continued efforts in this year’s Australia Day Honours list. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.

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Australia Day honours announced

26/01/202427/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1900 Views 1 Comment Australia Day Honours

Australia Defence Force personnel have been recognised for devotion to duty during natural disasters, strategic innovation and professional mastery in

Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore, from 16 Regiment, The Royal Australian Artillery has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal this Australia Day. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.

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Award a surprise for bombardier

26/01/202426/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1364 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

When Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore was given a counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) role at 16 Regiment, he recognised development was needed

Royal Australian Air Force officer, Wing Commander Chaplin Lindsay Carey at Fort Queenscliff in Victoria. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Warrant Officer Don Kenny.

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Aiding healing from moral injury

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1157 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Chaplains, effects of PTSD

After Defence-approved research found about 62 per cent of air force veterans may have some type of moral injury, Chaplain

Royal Australian Air Force Warrant Officer Melinda Skinner from 13 Squadron at the Air Movements section in RAAF Base Darwin. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Corporal Madhur Chitnis.

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Ready to help with open arms

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1339 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HADR, No. 13 Squadron

When overseas travellers returned to Australia because of COVID-19 in 2020, movements Warrant Officer Melinda Skinner was on the frontline

Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang has been recognised in the Australia Day awards with a Conspicuous Service Medal. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Army officer recognised the need for speed

26/01/202428/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1164 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Aviation Command, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

Approval of the UH-60M Black Hawk acquisition for Army, a process typically spanning three to four years, was completed in

Corporal Thomas Grayham received a Conspicuous Service Medal in the 2024 Australia Day Honours. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Seaman Abdus Chowdhury.

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‘Pretty chuffed’ with medal for work during floods

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 942 Views 0 Comments 145 Signal Squadron, Australia Day Honours, Mobile Cloud Operations Network (MCON), Randwick Barracks

Just days after life-saving surgery, as flood waters inundated Sydney, Corporal Thomas Grayham was back at work. CAPTION: Corporal Thomas Grayham

Engineering Officer Lieutenant Parritt in front of HMAS Hobart, Sydney, NSW. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.

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Stoked to set an example

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1057 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart

Work to make a guided missile destroyer more capable and reliable were just some of more than 100 improvements overseen

Australia Day Award recipient Sergeant Justin Kurban, an aviation technician with 37 Squadron, RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

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Decade of aviation innovation honoured

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 699 Views 0 Comments 35 Squadron, Air Mobility Group’s (AMG), Australia Day Honours, No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond

An avionics technician who developed bespoke secure communications for C-27J Spartan aircraft and rapidly assembled a Hercules maintenance crew for

Commander Rose Apikotoa addresses family, Defence members and guests at the handover takeover ceremony conducted at HMAS Moreton, Queensland. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Williamson. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

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When one achieves, we all achieve

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 800 Views 0 Comments HMAS Moreton

Commander Rose Apikotoa recently became the first Australian of Tongan heritage to take a Navy command role, as the Commanding

Air Force airborne electronics analyst Aircraftman Mujtaba "Mitch" Hakimi from 292 SQN at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. Story by Flight Lieutenant Nick O’Connor.

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From war-torn Afghanistan to the RAAF

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 727 Views 0 Comments

Growing up in an ethnic minority family in Afghanistan, Aircraftman Mujtaba Hakimi (Mitch) lived in constant fear of violence at

Australian Army soldiers from the ADF Parachuting School's Red Berets parachute display team drop into Sydney's Australia Day festivities. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photo: by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

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Australia Day 2024 Military-list honours announced

26/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1476 Views 0 Comments

Australia Defence Force personnel have been recognised for devotion to duty during natural disasters, strategic innovation and professional mastery in