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Ghost Robotics Vision 60 Quadrupedal Uncrewed Ground Vehicles are displayed at the 2022 Land Forces expo. Photo: Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree
14 Oct 2022
Army
News

Expo showcases dogs of war

They’re nicknamed robot dogs, but the mechanical movements of Army’s quadrupeds don’t prompt warm feelings like a real canine.

Capability & technology
Displays at the 2022 Land Forces expo in the Brisbane Convention Centre. Photo: Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree
13 Oct 2022
Army
News

Autonomous systems on display at expo

Everything from cannons to missiles, and vehicles to simulation systems were on display at Land Forces 2022.

Capability & technology
Leonard McLeod visits a memorial garden at Kokoda Army Barracks. Photo: Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny
12 Oct 2022
Army
News

Return to Canungra evokes memories of service

Despite watching his father die from respiratory problems after being gassed in WW1, a young Leonard McLeod was determined to join the Army.

People & service
Private Lauren Dam deployed on Exercise Coastwatchers to support small boats familiarisation training with members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. Photo: Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill
11 Oct 2022
Army
News

Medic brings love of league to the Solomons

If Private Lauren Dam gets another opportunity to deploy to Solomon Islands, she has promised to return with a rugby league ball.

People & service
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Hendel, an anaesthetist and reservist from the 3rd Health Battalion in Adelaide, has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his civilian role as a trauma specialist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Photo: Michelle McFarlane
11 Oct 2022
Army
News

Medical officer to use fellowship to improve trauma skills

An Australian Army Reserve anaesthetist has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his civilian role as a trauma specialist.

People & service
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct small boat familiarisation training with Royal Solomon Islands Police Force personnel in Gizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands. Photos: Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill
10 Oct 2022
Army
News

Maritime partnership on show in Solomons

Fourteen officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force completed a boat-handling course with Army's Amphibious Force.

Alliances & relationships
World War 2 veteran Arthur Leggett returns the sporran badge to 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment. Photo: Lt-Col Leigh Partridge
07 Oct 2022
Army
News

Adventures of a 'souvenired' sporran

After 87 years of unauthorised possession, Arthur Leggett recently returned a well preserved sporran badge to the Army’s possession

People & service
Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lieutenant Desmond Reuben on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Sergeant Nunu Campos
07 Oct 2022
Army
News

Familiar faces come together in PNG

About 100 engineers from the PNGDF, Australian Army and British Army are working together in Papua New Guinea.

People & service
Australian Army Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, right, works alongside Papua New Guinea Defence Force and British Army soldiers on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Sergeant Nunu Campos
07 Oct 2022
Army
News

Sapper returns to her Pacific roots

Exercise Puk Puk is a homecoming for Australian Army combat engineer Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, who grew up in Papua New Guinea.

People & service
An Australian Army M113AS4 armoured personnel carrier during Exercise Predators Run 2022 at Mount Bundey training area. Photos: Corporal Dustin Anderson
06 Oct 2022
Army
News

International warfighters combine in Top End

The Top End has been a hub of military activity during a major multilateral exercise involving more than 2400 Australian Army and international…

Capability & technology
Sapper Malcolm Stewart, from 6th Engineer Support Regiment, delivers trade training to trainees Jonathon Guyula and Alistair Mununggurr during the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program in Gapuwiyak. Photos: Corporal Lucas Petersen
05 Oct 2022
Army
News

Sharing trade skills in Gapuwiyak

What started out as a commitment to provide basic trade skills for three days a week, soon expanded to a near full-time learning opportunity.

People & service
Army Physiotherapist Lieutenant Nicola Hribar leads a sunrise yoga class for members of ship’s company and embarked forces on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra during AUSINDEX 2019. Photo: Leading Seaman Steven Thomson
05 Oct 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Raising awareness of mental health

World Mental Health Day falls on October 10, and Defence is encouraging its people to raise awareness to reduce the stigma around mental illness.

Sports, health & wellbeing
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