Participants visit an oil spill warehouse as part of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2025 in Papua New Guinea.
08 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Workshop pores over oil on troubled waters

Exercise Pacific Partnership prepares, in calm times, for environmental disaster management.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Captain Antoine Lefeuve (left) and Commander 3rd Brigade, Brigadier Benjamin McLennan (right) standing in front of a decommissioned tank.
07 Aug 2025
Army
News

Soldiers bid adieu to French comrades

'Integration, welcoming and duty' are the hallmarks of international collaboration on Exercise Talisman Sabre.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
US Navy ship USS Pearl Harbor alongside at Lae, PNG.
06 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Providing a valuable contribution to US-led exercise

The ADF deploys five personnel aboard USS Pearl Harbor and USS John L Canley for Exercise Pacific Partnership.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Defence force officials from partner nations observe a capability demonstration during the Science and Technology Showcase at the Monash Centre, Gallipoli Barracks.
06 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

World-leading companies showcase capabilities

Defence industry companies showcase their capabilities at Australia's biggest military exercise, Talisman Sabre.

Alliances & relationships | Industry & partnership
Australian Army AH-64E Apache pilots, Captain Craig Burger, left, and Captain Jonathan Hogan, at the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Novosel.
06 Aug 2025
Army
News

The art of teaching Apache – an aviator's experience

Deep in the heart of Dixie, Army's first AH-64E aircrew are learning their trade over peanut and cotton fields.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
A PTOCP graduate smiles widely as a loved one puts his rank slides on him for the first time.
06 Aug 2025
Army
News

Reservists first to graduate from new officer program

Forty new Army Reserve lieutenants received their pips as part of the Part-Time Officer Commissioning Program.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
Australian Army soldier Private Kaitlyn Gallagher, left, from 1st Health Battalion, hands over a juvenile saltwater crocodile to a soldier from 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group during the Exercise Southern Cross 2025 fauna workshop in Darwin.
05 Aug 2025
Army
News

Northern exposure for NORFORCE

The Canadian Patrol Ranger Group comes face to face with wildlife during Exercise Southern Cross in the NT.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment conduct an assault at Line Creek Junction during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
05 Aug 2025
Army
News

3rd Brigade takes armour to the fight

As the Australian Army's Armoured Brigade prepares for new vehicles and technology, tactics are changing.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Gunners from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, alongside Gunners from the Philippine Army Artillery Regiment observe a static display of the ATMOS in Luzon, under the Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines 2025.
05 Aug 2025
Army
News

Aussies share artillery tactics with Philippine Army

Australian Army gunners conduct first-of-type training with their Filipino counterparts in the Sierra Madre mountains.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett, centre right, AM, and VIP visitors view inside the 2nd Health Battalion's Role 2E at Camp Tilpal in Shoalwater Bay as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
04 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

National health resilience on show

Senior civilian health officials visit Exercise Talisman Sabre’s Combined Joint Theatre Medical Component.

Exercises & training | People & service
Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett, and VIPs observe a triage demonstration by the 2nd Health Battalion at Camp Tilpal in Shoalwater Bay as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
04 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

From battlefield triage to treatment at Talisman Sabre

Military and civilian health capabilities combined with international partners for best outcomes.

Exercises & training | People & service
A close-up shoulders of members of Navy, Army and Air Force members standing closely together, with the Australian flag visible.
04 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Biggest recruitment surge in more than a decade

New figures show Defence has grown by more than 1800 personnel from this time last year, ahead of targets.

People & service