Royal Australian Naval officer Lieutenant Vaoafi Hart is Army's Head of Intelligent Automation.
12 Jun 2024
Navy, Army
News

Robotic process automation can be anyone's career

You don’t need experience to have a career in robotic process automation, just determination, curiosity and the right support.

Capability & technology | People & service
Army drone racing pilot, Captain Chris Payne demonstrates the Black Hornet to scouts during the 2024 Governor-General's Scout Camp at Government House.
12 Jun 2024
Army, Air Force
News

Drone racing inspires scouts to reach for the sky

The ADF Drone Racing Team joined more than 1400 scouts at the Governor-General’s scout camp at Government House.

Sports, health & wellbeing
An Army soldier exits the underground command post bunker during Exercise Brolga Run at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland.
11 Jun 2024
Army
News

Brigade builds bunker with all the mod cons

Members of 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment completed construction of an underground command post during Exercise Brolga Run.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Warrant Officer Class Two (Retired) Ken Murphy is presented a 101 Battery Flag by Battery Commander, Major Jack Bagwill, during a visit to the Regiment on Robertson Barracks, NT.
11 Jun 2024
Army
News

A proud day for former gunner

In a reunion bridging decades of service, a distinguished veteran of the 101st Battery recently paid his old unit a long overdue visit.

Commemoration & history | People & service
Rations for 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion after the airdrop.
11 Jun 2024
Army, Air Force
News

Supplies drop in

Soldiers and a Spartan aircraft team up to resupply food, via airdrop, during Exercise Brolga Run in Queensland.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
International Combat Aviation Safety Summit 2024 attendees.
11 Jun 2024
Army
News

Aviation safety taken to new heights

International military partners gathered for the inaugural International Combat Aviation Safety Summit (ICASS) in Canberra last month.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
Rear Admiral Justin Jones on duty during Operation Resolute.
10 Jun 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Contributors and achievers across the board

The ADF’s broad range of trades, roles and responsibilities is reflected in this year’s King’s Birthday military honours list.

Awards & recognition | People & service
Lance Corporal Jared Willis and military police dog, Dirk, of 1st Military Police Battalion, during the Military Working Dog Basic Course at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland.
07 Jun 2024
Army
News

Trading bees for MPDs

Military police dog handler Lance Corporal Jared Willis always had joining the Army in the forefront of his mind.

People & service
Army plant operator Lance Corporal Samuel Young with some of the heavy plant equipment being used to build barriers to be used in the safe disposal of Explosive Remnants of War during Operation Render Safe in Nauru.
07 Jun 2024
Army
News

Soldier proud to help render Nauru safe

Army plant operator Lance Corporal Samuel Young deployed to Nauru with the 6th Engineer Support Regiment and allied partners on Operation Render Safe…

Operations & missions | People & service
Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick (who enlisted as John Simpson), of the 3rd Field Ambulance, he was known as 'The Man with the Donkey'. He is seen here working in Shrapnel Gully at Anzac Cove, with a wounded soldier on his donkey.
07 Jun 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Honouring all creatures great and small

From elephants to pigeons, camels to donkeys, and even mice, millions of animals have been sacrificed in conflicts throughout the ages.

Commemoration & history | People & service
An Australian Army soldier fires an M3 Carl Gustav during the culminating activity on Exercise Rhino Run, Cultana Training Area, South Australia.
07 Jun 2024
Army
News

Exercise culminates in explosion of firepower

Exercise Rhino Run culminated in a 24-hour crescendo of combat power at the Cultana Training Area in South Australia.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Sapper Ian Moss and his explosive detection dog Flo Joe, carefully make their way across a field in search of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan in 2012.
07 Jun 2024
Army
News

Remembering a four-legged warrior

Most soldiers have a yarn or two to spin about Flo Joe, the kelpie-cross bomb sniffer.

Commemoration & history | People & service