Army soldiers from the Northwest Mobile Force, Corporal Carl Murkun (R) and Sergeant Jeremy Kee, chow down on some bush tucker of young palm hearts during a cultural immersion near Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land.
23 Oct 2024
Army
News

Army leaders immersed in Indigenous culture

The sound of chopping wood and the smell of a campfire hung in the air as Regimental Sergeant Majors immersed in Indigenous culture.

Community engagement
King Charles speaks to Warrant Officer Class 2 Damien Timms, of Australia's Federation Guard, at Parliament House.
23 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Career highlight for Fed Guard members

ADF members of the Royal Guard share their experiences of meeting the King and Queen when they visited Canberra.

Ceremonies & events | Community engagement
King Charles III inspects Australia's Federation Guard at Parliament House in Canberra.
23 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

ADF's command performances for royal visit

The ADF has supported the visit to Australia by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, performing duties in the air and on land and water.

Ceremonies & events
Members of Australian War Widows Inc commemorate War Widows Day in 2023.
22 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Honouring war widows nationally

October 19 is now known as National War Widows Day, to reflect and honour the sacrifice of women and families who lost husbands and fathers to war.

Ceremonies & events
Australian Army and Malaysian Army soldiers conduct dry fire rehearsals during Exercise Southern Tiger at Cultana Field Training Area, South Australia.
22 Oct 2024
Army
News

Diggers host Malaysian counterparts

Aussie soldiers trained with Malaysian counterparts on Exercise Southern Tiger to strengthen core trades and relationships.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Cyber specialists from the US Army, the Royal Australian Navy, the Canadian Army, the New Zealand Army and the Australian Army take part in Exercise Cyber Sentinels.
21 Oct 2024
Army
News

Five Eyes team up on cyber training platform

The Exercise Cyber Sentinels activity has strengthened military cyber capabilities and resilience.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
From left, cyber specialists from the Australian Army, New Zealand Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the US Army took part in Exercise Cyber Sentinels.
21 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Virtual threats no match for cyber teams

The ADF's tactical mission rehearsal activity strengthens military cyber capabilities with partners.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
Major Angela Uphill, of the 2nd Health Brigade, presents during the Army Human Performance Symposium.
21 Oct 2024
Army
News

Helping personnel reach their potential

Optimising the performance of personnel to ‘prepare for and win the fight’ was at the forefront of Army’s Human Performance Symposium.

Exercises & training | Industry & partnership
ADF personnel competing at the ADF rowing camp in Canberra.
21 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Camp for rowers, new and old

Personnel came from across the country to participate in this year’s learn-to-row and return-to-row camp.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Australian Army engineers from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Timor-Leste Defence Force, and US Navy Construction Battalion construct two new barracks buildings during Exercise Hari'i Hamutuk 2024.
21 Oct 2024
Army
News

Building bonds in Timor-Leste

About 250 participants from Australia, Timor-Leste, Japan, New Zealand and the US are taking part in 14 training activities across Timor-Leste.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
The Victorian Air Force golf team at Heathcote Golf Course during the interservice three-day tournament against Army and Navy golfers in the state.
18 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Early lead slipped from putters

An early lead by Air Force golfers was lost during the fifth round to Army in the Victorian-based triservice competition.

Sports, health & wellbeing
The Legacy bears pose with 24 Squadron team members prior to the P-8A aircraft pull at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia.
18 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Tug of war takes real air force

Teams took on the challenge of pulling a P-8A Poseidon across the tarmac at RAAF Base Edinburgh, raising money for Legacy.

Community engagement | Industry & partnership