Aussie quilters are the real heroes
Someone’s day just got better. They have not only received some post from Australia but they have received a parcel
Read more
Operations
Paris Defence talks yield little substance
A Coalition Defence ministers’ meeting in Paris this week issued a joint statement that pledged to discuss opportunities to accelerate
Read more
Minister for Defence talks with counterparts in Paris
Minister for Defence Marise Payne will travel to Paris from 19 to 21 January to participate in talks with her counterparts from the United
Read more
PM and CDF visit Australian troops in Iraq
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Chief of Defence Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin visited Australian troops in Iraq on 16
Read more
Aussie soldier shot in Iraq
An Australian soldier in Iraq accidentally shot himself this evening. The soldier who is deployed on Operation Okra is receiving treatment
Read more
Media reports Australia said ‘no’ to US off mark
Mainstream media is reporting today that Australia said ‘no’ when the USA asked for increased input in the war on
Read more
SPECIAL ENCOUNTER – HMAS Darwin visited by families at sea
HMAS Darwin had a very special encounter in the Top End on her way to official duties in the Middle East
Read more
Aussies adopt radical disguises to protect ID on ops
Australians serving overseas are adopting radical but effective disguises to protect their identities while on operations, especially when bastard photographers
Read more
Okra bombs up for increase in operational tempo
Under direction from a RAAF loadmaster, American and Australian load team members load a shipment of guided bombs onto a RAAF
Read more
Darwin’s odometer tops 1,000,000 nautical miles
HMAS Darwin recorded her one-millionth nautical mile as she sailed towards her namesake city of Darwin today. The ship’s company of 229 will celebrate
Read more
Direct Aussie support in taking of Ramadi
Australia’s Special Operations Task Group and the RAAF were directly involved in assisting Iraqi forces retake Ramadi through December. Australia’s
Read more
Family tears as Darwin heads east
Some tears were shed in Sydney today as HMAS Darwin departed for a tour of duty in the Middle East. HMAS Darwin
Read more
‘White Christmas’ as Melbourne takes 118kg of heroin out of circulation
HMAS Melbourne had a ‘white Christmas’ of sorts after landing 118kg of heroin from a fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean on
Read more
Update on operations in Middle East
Vice Admiral David Johnston, ADF Chief of Joint Operations and Colonel Matthew Galton, Commanding Officer Task Group Taji Rotation 1, gave
Read more
Melbourne lands more drugs – and Gloucester Cup
HMAS Melbourne has struck a third time against the trafficking of narcotics in the Middle East confiscating another 216 kilograms of high-grade heroin worth
Read more
RAAF assists on Operation Christmas Drop
Corporal Teome Matamua and Sergeant Phillip McIllvaney, both loadmasters from the Australian Army’s 176th Air Dispatch Squadron, deliver the first bundle of Operation
Read more
Task Group Taji Rotation 2 takes point
Task Group Taji Rotation 2 formally took point on responsibility for training Iraqi security forces when Australian and New Zealand personnel
Read more
New Zealand’s first Taji rotation home
The first rotation of 105 New Zealand soldiers to Iraq returned home today from their Op Taji deployment helping train
Read more
Wedgetail sets another flight record
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning, control and surveillance aircraft has set a new record
Read more
Tears before Taji deployment
Australian soldiers from Task Group Taji Rotation 2 may have shed some tears before deploying to Iraq – but in
Read more