A professor talks with soldiers at a capability display.
03 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Professor says Army must earn society’s respect

An address at the recent Chief of Army Symposium raises the topic of Army's role in society.

Ceremonies & events | Community engagement
A group of men and women talking at a social function.
03 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Climate seminar targets the ‘carbon bootprint’

Indo-Pacific Endeavour fosters Australia-Bangladesh collaboration on sustainable fuels and climate resilience.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Four soldiers wearing heavy packs walk along a dirt track next to a security fence.
03 Oct 2025
Army
News

Soldiers pack march for fellow digger and family

A fundraising march by 5th/7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, shows support for a mate’s family.

Community engagement | People & service
Two Army drone racers handle their aircraft at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
02 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Drone title a buzz for tech-savvy mates

Bathurst reservists flying high on fifth international military championship win.

Alliances & relationships | Sports, health & wellbeing
A man and a woman crouch on a hill to plant one vetiver grass plant.
02 Oct 2025
Navy, Army
News

ADF helps Timorese get to root of erosion problem

ADF personnel help prevent erosion by planting vetiver grass in villages around Dili during Indo-Pacific Endeavour.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Two people – one man in Australian Army uniform and one woman in Japan Ground Self-Defense Force uniform – playing the bugle.
02 Oct 2025
Army
News

Bugler hits the right note in Japan

A shared lunchtime bugle call marks a memorable moment for an Army lieutenant during Exercise Yama Sakura.

Exercises & training | People & service
Australian Defence Force, Japan Self-Defense Force and US Armed Forces personnel combine for Joint Exercise for Rescue 2025.
02 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

ADF joins Women, Peace and Security initiative

Joint earthquake response exercise between Australia, Japan and the US highlights gender equity in humanitarian responses.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Soldiers stand facing the Chief of Army who is saluting and standing next to a man in a red gown. with a
02 Oct 2025
Army
News

Army's ties with Queensland town affirmed

Army regiment's 100th anniversary is celebrated with freedom-of-entry grant to Toowoomba.

Ceremonies & events | Community engagement
A group of soldiers crows around a mortar, pointed to the sky.
01 Oct 2025
Army
News

Mortarman returns to Japan on historic deployment

Four years after joining Army, Private Max Clouston's deployment to his birthplace is a career highlight.

Exercises & training | People & service
An aerial shot of a group of tanks, one firing, in a bush setting.
01 Oct 2025
Army
News

Theory becomes reality for combat engineers

Combat engineering vehicles arrive at 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, turning decades of theory into capability.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Four soldiers in team uniform hold trophies from the Military International Drone Racing Tournament.
01 Oct 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

ADF drone racers go five-straight in UK

Australian drone pilots maintain an edge as the competition builds in a recent international military tournament.

Alliances & relationships | Sports, health & wellbeing
A female soldiers poses for the camera while on exercise in Indonesia.
01 Oct 2025
Army
News

Language vital to success on overseas exercises

Army's Corporal Jemma Fulton is using her linguist skills for the first time on exercise in Indonesia.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training