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Strong demand for legal assistance ahead of Suicide RC hearings in Sydney

12/02/202212/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1977 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

New data from a specialist legal service shows more than 200 people have come forward to seek help telling their

Director-General Air Command Operations Air Commodore Stephen Chappell and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colonel Hiroshi Fujii at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson. Photo by Corporal Brett Sherriff.

Amberley hosts Japan Air Self-Defense Force

09/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2619 Views 0 Comments Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, RAAF Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley is hosting a number of Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft, which are using the base to load

Australian Army sniper team Private Jack Sendall (front) and Lance Corporal Reece Tomlinson from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct live-fire practise with the .50 calibre anti-materiel rifle at Wide Bay training area in Queensland. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News Videos

Snipers hone long-range skills

09/02/202210/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3758 Views 0 Comments 6 RAR

Snipers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), started the new year with a week in the Wide Bay

Navy sailor Seaman combat systems operator Mark Duivesteyn carries fruit gifted from the Tonga onboard HMAS Adelaide during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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A taste of Tonga for crew of HMAS Adelaide

09/02/202210/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2370 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, MRH-90 Taipan, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Government of Tonga has expressed its gratitude for HMAS Adelaide’s delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief stores by

Some of the action at the archery-come-and-try-day in Berry, NSW, organised by Invictus Australia and Archery Australia. Photos supplied.

Health and Wellbeing News Veterans

Invictus Australia and Archery Australia hit targets for Defence community

09/02/202209/02/2022 Vanessa Bernardo 2124 Views 0 Comments

Invictus Australia, Archery Australia and Wheelchair Rugby League joined forces to host a veteran community event in Berry, NSW earlier

Exercise Cope North 22 personnel and aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force, the United States Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Story by Flying Officer Bronwyn Marchant. Photo by United States Air Force.

Japan News Royal Australian Air Force USA

Exercise Cope North under way

08/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2243 Views 0 Comments Exercise Cape North

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed aircraft and personnel to Guam and other islands in Micronesia to conduct

No. 37 Squadron Technical Training Flight at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photos by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Leading the way in training

08/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2621 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond

Often the first to arrive during operations, Air Force’s No. 37 Squadron is also now first to comply with new

Australian Army Captain Amelia Thompson and Corporal Jade Hipkiss-Winder, Mr Roji Kurian and Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Emily McNeill at an aged-care facility in Frankston in Victoria. Photo by Private Michael Currie.

ADF News

Emergency Management Australia takes charge of aged-care crisis – deploys ADF

07/02/202227/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2148 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

At the request of Emergency Management Australia*, the Australian Defence Force is providing limited support to aged-care facilities impacted by

HMNZS Aotearoa departs Lyttleton Harbour on her way to Antarctica. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News

Aotearoa sails from tropics to Antarctica

07/02/202207/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1835 Views 0 Comments HMNZS Aotearoa

Fresh from her deployment to Tonga where she provided essential aid supplies, refuelling services and water generation, HMNZS Aotearoa has

Two Pilatus PC-21 pilot-training aircraft on a flight over the Gippsland region. Photo supplied by Lockheed Martin.

ADF News Science & Technology

AIR5428 Pilot Training System fully delivered

07/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2698 Views 0 Comments PC-21

Lockheed Martin Australia has fully delivered the AIR5428 Pilot Training System, combining simulators and aircraft, to prepare Navy, Army, and

HMNZS Aoteaora delivering aid to Tonga after the volcanic eruption and tsunami on 14 January 2021. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News

New Zealand Defence Force monthly update – January 2022

04/02/202204/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1872 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand’s Defence Public Affairs have produced a report to summarise key activities that the New Zealand Defence Force have

Damage to Atata Island in Tonga, following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano and subsequent tsunami. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Reconnaissance flights survey Tonga

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1651 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

After successfully delivering 88 tonnes of supplies to Tonga, the Australian Defence Force has responded to a request from the

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service’s newly acquired Bell 412 helicopter is unloaded from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Corporal Dan Pinhorn.

News Royal Australian Air Force USA

Third Bell’s the charm

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2360 Views 0 Comments Bell 412, C-17A Globemaster III, No. 22 Squadron, No. 36 Squadron, NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

A third Bell 412 helicopter for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has arrived courtesy of Air

An Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft, loaded with humanitarian assistance and supplies departs RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, bound for Tonga for Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Story by Eamon Hamilton. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Hercules reaches 850,000 flying hours

03/02/202203/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2320 Views 1 Comment C-130 Hercules, No. 37 Squadron, Operation Tonga Assist 2022, RAAF Richmond

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has surpassed 850,000 flying hours with the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. CAPTION: An Air

Defence personnel from Japan, USA, UK, Fiji, New Zealand, France and Australia make up the new coordination cell at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. Story by Major Cameron Jamieson. Photo by Major Cameron Jamieson.

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Coordination crucial for Tonga mission

03/02/202219/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2122 Views 0 Comments HADR, HQJOC, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) has establish a new cell to coordinate the international effort to assist with the response

HMAS Arunta departs Fleet Base East in Sydney on a regional presence deployment to South-East Asia. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

News Overseas Royal Australian Navy

Arunta departs for three-month deployment

03/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3285 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Arunta, Regional Presence Deployment

HMAS Arunta sailed from her home port of Fleet Base East on January 28 for a three-month regional presence deployment.

A British Army Apache AH1D makes a snow landing inside the Arctic Circle in Norway. UK MOD © Crown copyright 2021 – photo by Corporal Jamie Hart

News UK

British Army opens pilot opportunities to privates

02/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3138 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from across the British Army now have the opportunity to apply to become an Army helicopter pilot much earlier

Dr Lacy Pejcinovic welcomes guests to the Profession of Arms Seminar at the Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, Canberra. Story by Sofija Brown. Photo by Grace Costa Banson.

ADF News

Defence industry invited to join courses

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1762 Views 0 Comments Australian Defence College

The Australian Defence CollegeAustralian Defence CollegeAus is inviting defence industry partners to join Australian Defence Force, Australian Public Service and international students

Air Force Aviators load supplies onto a C-27J Spartan aircraft tasked to fly to isolated Coober Pedy, South Australia. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Stewart Gould.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Critical supplies delivered to Coober Pedy

01/02/202201/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2282 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, No. 35 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Edinburgh

The Australian Defence Force is delivering urgent supplies to Coober Pedy and Prominent Hill airfields in support of the South

Army soldier Private Mathew Dowthwaite behind the wheel of an ambulance during driver training at the Ambulance Victoria Training Centre in Sunshine, Victoria. Story by Captain Martin Hadley. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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ADF driving support to Victoria

01/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1973 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

The Australian Defence Force is assisting the Victorian Government with ambulance drivers and planners as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist.