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Get ready for the Gap Year
09 August 2007
The ADF Gap Year program represents a $306 million investment in the youth of Australia and is part of the Government’s $3.1 billion commitment to boosting ADF recruitment and retention.
While many Year 12 school leavers go straight into tertiary education and training, we know that about 34,000 of them each year take a break in their first year out of school to broaden their life experiences, gain skills or travel.
The ADF Gap Year offers these young people an alternative way of pursuing their ‘Year 13’ by serving in the Navy, Army, or Air Force where they will experience a different and exciting lifestyle. It represents a unique opportunity to undertake training, acquire transferable skills, gain independence, maturity and become self-reliant, all while being paid.
Importantly, the ADF Gap Year offers a ‘try before you buy’ taste of the ADF, without any obligation to serve beyond the 12-month program. In this way, young Australians are given an excellent introduction to service life without having to commit for four or more years.
Each of the Services has tailored their Gap Year programs to give participants a wide range of choice. A basic military training element is common to all, but Navy participants can expect to experience life onboard a ship as a sailor, while Army is offering a range of employment streams as a soldier from rifleman and gunner to clerical and logistics trades. Air Force participants will be exposed to a range of officer and airman employment categories
Read Release: Get ready for the Gap Year
| 20070809adf74181_031 Prime Minister John Howard, Minister for Defence Dr Brendan Nelson and Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston watch the advertisement to officially launched the ADF Gap Year program. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070809adf74181_052 Prime Minister John Howard today officially launched the ADF Gap Year program and invited young Australians to lodge their applications with Defence Force Recruiting. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070809adf74181_097 Prime Minister John Howard today officially launched the ADF Gap Year program and is pictured here with Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070809adf74181_132 Prime Minister John Howard today officially launched the ADF Gap Year program and is pictured here with Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070809adf74181_144 Prime Minister John Howard meets Cadets from the Australian Defence Force Academy, accompanied by Minister for Defence Dr Brendan Nelson and Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston during the official launch of the ADF Gap Year program. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070809adf74181_168 Prime Minister John Howard officially launched the ADF Gap Year program and invited young Australians to lodge their applications with Defence Force Recruiting. (Date taken: 09 August 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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