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Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston, welcomes Commander US Space Command, General Stephen Whiting, to Russell offices in Canberra.
24 Jun 2025
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Space partners eye secure future

Top-level visit highlights Australia-US common vision for a free and secure space environment.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
An Australian Army soldier from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, delivers orders during a blank fire trench serial at Townsville Field Training Area.
23 Jun 2025
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Trench warfare doctrine put to the test

Lessons from recent conflicts inform a return to a form of combat that had fallen out of focus.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
The Australian Defence Force Drone Racing Team celebrate retaining the title at the Military International Drone Racing Tournament in Lewis, New York.
23 Jun 2025
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ADF drone racers top international field

Team wins fourth tournament, beating United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Defence Science and Technology Group's three Women in STEM Ambassadors, Shanae Lay, Gleny Chirima and Bianca Capra.
23 Jun 2025
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Women forge path to future in STEM

Pathfinders reflect for International Women in Engineering Day.

Capability & technology | People & service
Left to right, former crew members of Centurion 169041, Barry Hodges, Graham Munsell and Ray Arthur out the front of in front of 1st Armoured Regiment at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
23 Jun 2025
Army
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The story of Australia’s ‘atomic tank’

A Centurion tank goes from surviving a nuclear blast, to combat, to resting at Edinburgh.

Commemoration & history | People & service
Australian Army soldier Gunner Thomas Hayes, from 111 Battery, 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, helps load a Sidewinder missile on a NASAMS High-Mobility Launcher during a live-fire certification activity at Woomera Test Range, South Australia.
23 Jun 2025
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Gap-year gunners fire up new capability

More than 40 soldiers join 16th Regiment to help launch the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

Capability & technology | People & service
Corporal Lowana McDougall, Aircraftwoman Emily Harman, and Private Hope Hutchins from the Australian Defence Force Women's Rugby League team at the Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby, PNG.
20 Jun 2025
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ADF players honour fallen heroes

The ADF Women’s Rugby League team visits Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby, PNG.

Alliances & relationships | Commemoration & history
Members of the Australian Defence Force Women's Rugby League team engage with students from Waigani Christian Academy in Port Moresby, PNG.
19 Jun 2025
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School visit deepens Pacific partnerships

ADF Women's Rugby League team share lessons on sport and life with PNG students.

Alliances & relationships | Sports, health & wellbeing
Australian Army Blackhawks captain Corporal Chris Lawry catches the ball mid-flight during the NSW HART State Titles in Sydney.
19 Jun 2025
Army
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Bragging rights for Army at netball titles

The Army Blackhawks men's netball team players meet stiff competition but beat the ADF.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Australian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Deans takes a shot at the 2025 NSW State Skeet Carnival in Wagga Wagga.
19 Jun 2025
Army
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ADF shooters on target

Army marksmen excel in NSW State Skeet Carnival at Wagga Wagga.

Community engagement | Sports, health & wellbeing
Defence and civilian agencies handle simulated mass casualties from a truck-on-train crash scenario in rural Victoria.
18 Jun 2025
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Train-wreck drill tests emergency response

A night-time disaster scenario proves valuable in strengthening partnerships with Victorian civilian services.

Community engagement | Exercises & training
Private Bernadete Aniceto, right, with Army School of Ordnance Training and Development Wing 2IC, Captain Ben Clifton at Army Logistic Training Centre, Bandiana.
18 Jun 2025
Army
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Family fuels new petroleum operator

Joining Army and ties to her homeland of East Timor inspire Private Bernadete Aniceto to give back.

Exercises & training | People & service