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Indigenous Elder Aunty Joanne of the Taungurung Land and Waters Council opens the yarning circle at Puckapunyal.
27 Jan 2021
Army
News

Invaluable place for a yarn

A yarning circle site was opened at the Puckapunyal Military Area late last year.

Community engagement
Army Chaplain Major Ricky Su speaking at last year's Vietnam Veterans Day service at Reg Hillier House in Bees Creek, Northern Territory. Photo:  Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca
26 Jan 2021
Army
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Chaplain's welfare work is recognised

Chaplain Ricky Su received a Conspicuous Service Medal in this year’s Australia Day honours.

Awards & recognition
Warrant Officer Class 2 Cheryl Peebles, centre, with a soldier signing out a weapon from the armoury at Camp Baird in the Middle East region. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy
25 Jan 2021
Army
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Chat with friend inspires long career

A chat with a friend led Warrant Officer Class 2 Cheryl Peebles to join the Army 35 years ago.

People & service
Combined Arms Training Centre soldiers Major John Ozols, left, Major Matt Whitwell and United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Ryan Accornero help firefighters battle a blaze at Puckapunyal Primary School on December 6 last year.
24 Jan 2021
Army
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Soldiers help protect homes from fire

While the Puckapunyal Military Area primary school was destroyed in the December blaze, soldiers helped stop the fire spreading to nearby married…

People & service
Captain Jess Law in the warehouse of the ADF’s main operating base in the Middle East region. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy
22 Jan 2021
Army
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Meeting Law of supply and demand on operation

Captain Jess Law, from Port Macquarie, is an operations officer on her first operational deployment.

People & service
Captain Nicole Eltringham tests water from a desalination system in Vanua Levu on Operation Fiji Assist. Photo: Lieutenant Phillip Qin
22 Jan 2021
Army
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Providing fresh water to Fijian communities

Army personnel are using a desalination system to help Fijian communities access fresh drinking water after cyclone Yasa.

Alliances & relationships
ADF personnel of the Observer Group Lebanon at the memorial for Royal Australian Corps of Transport officer Captain Peter McCarthy.
19 Jan 2021
Army
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Memorial service honours peacekeeper

ADF personnel held a memorial service in Lebanon to commemorate Captain Peter McCarthy, killed by a landmine in 1988.

People & service
Sergeant Tim O’Brien at the Multinational Observer Force's South Camp near Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
12 Jan 2021
Army
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Serving the nation and seeing the world

For Sergeant Tim O’Brien, joining the Army meant serving his country and seeing the world.

Alliances & relationships
Warrant Officer Class Two Jason McLeish in Egypt.
10 Jan 2021
Army
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Deployment another adventure

A desire to pursue travel and adventure shaped the decision of Warrant Officer Class Two Jason McLeish to join the Army.

People & service
Major General Cheryl Pearce welcomed by an Honour Guard provided by the mission’s Mobile Force Reserve.
06 Jan 2021
Army
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A milestone deployment complete

Major General Cheryl Pearce has completed a milestone deployment to Cyprus as the first Australian Commander of the UN Peacekeeping force on the…

Alliances & relationships
Mascot of the 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion Corporal Toby Tebiass. Photo: Sergeant Gayle Walkom
27 Dec 2020
Army
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Weighty issue for mascot

In the year of coronavirus, 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion’s mascot Corporal Toby Tebiass faced his own set of restrictions and time off base.

People & service
Warrant Officer Class 2 Meika Wright in Wonderland during last year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
26 Dec 2020
Army
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Soldier yachtie twice competed in Sydney to Hobart

Today was meant to be the day Army's Warrant Officer Class 2 Meika Wright set sail on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

People & service
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