Sapper Stewart, holding a hammer and wearing a high-vis vest, stands in an open-air, waterfront workshop on a sunny day.
12 Aug 2025
Army
News

20 years sharing trade skills in remote communities

Sapper Malcolm Stewart shares his welding and woodworking knowledge with remote communities as part of AACAP.

Community engagement | People & service
Two smiling men stand side by side, one holding a drone and its controls. In the background there is a green and yellow shipping container.
12 Aug 2025
Army
News

Passion for drones launches cadet’s career

Drone racing gives officer cadet opportunities to develop as a leader, think creatively and launch an exciting career path.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Australian Army Cadets participate in the Chief of Army Cadet Team Challenge obstacle course at Kokoda Barracks, Queensland.
11 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Cadets test their skills at Kokoda Barracks

The Chief of Army Cadet Team Challenge pitted 130 cadets against the elements over three days of gruelling trials.

Community engagement | Exercises & training
Members on the Tactical Rope Rescue Instructors’ Training Course practise a simulated casualty rescue at Holsworthy Training Area.
11 Aug 2025
Army
News

Learning the ropes to save lives

Army tactical rope rescue supervisors graduate from an intense two-week training course in Sydney.

Exercises & training | People & service
Major Brian Moore receives his Federation Star from Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, right, in the presence of family members.
11 Aug 2025
Army
News

Career comes full circle

Major Brian Moore marks 40 years of service to the Army with pride, reflection and gratitude.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
An Australian Army Hawkei High Mobility Launcher, from 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, loaded with AIM120 AMRAAM training rounds at Bradshaw Field Training Area in the Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
08 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force, Space, Cyber
News

Largest iteration of Talisman Sabre comes to an end

The unprecedented scale of Exercise Talisman Sabre draws 43,000 participants from Indo-Pacific and across the globe.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
An employer of reservists meets Army Reserve soldiers as part of BossX Domestic 2025 immersion activity at Exercise Talisman Sabre.
08 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Employers see reservist employees in action

Boss X event showcases training, skills, knowledge and capabilities that reservists take back to the civilian workplace.

Exercises & training | Industry & partnership
Participants visit an oil spill warehouse as part of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief training during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2025 in Papua New Guinea.
08 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Workshop pores over oil on troubled waters

Exercise Pacific Partnership prepares, in calm times, for environmental disaster management.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Captain Antoine Lefeuve (left) and Commander 3rd Brigade, Brigadier Benjamin McLennan (right) standing in front of a decommissioned tank.
07 Aug 2025
Army
News

Soldiers bid adieu to French comrades

'Integration, welcoming and duty' are the hallmarks of international collaboration on Exercise Talisman Sabre.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
US Navy ship USS Pearl Harbor alongside at Lae, PNG.
06 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Providing a valuable contribution to US-led exercise

The ADF deploys five personnel aboard USS Pearl Harbor and USS John L Canley for Exercise Pacific Partnership.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Defence force officials from partner nations observe a capability demonstration during the Science and Technology Showcase at the Monash Centre, Gallipoli Barracks.
06 Aug 2025
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

World-leading companies showcase capabilities

Defence industry companies showcase their capabilities at Australia's biggest military exercise, Talisman Sabre.

Alliances & relationships | Industry & partnership
Australian Army AH-64E Apache pilots, Captain Craig Burger, left, and Captain Jonathan Hogan, at the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence, Fort Novosel.
06 Aug 2025
Army
News

The art of teaching Apache – an aviator's experience

Deep in the heart of Dixie, Army's first AH-64E aircrew are learning their trade over peanut and cotton fields.

Alliances & relationships | People & service