Members of the Joint Explosives Ordnance Support and Joint Proof and Experimental Unit participate in a school visit in Canberra to showcase their unique STEM careers.
23 Aug 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Pupils shown STEM career can be a blast

Primary school students gained insight into working in explosive ordnance disposal during National Science Week.

Capability & technology | Community engagement
Private Alex Blantz from the 10th Force Support Battalion sits on an F470 Zodiac small boat at Rainbow Beach, Queensland.
23 Aug 2024
Army
News

Soldier’s surf experience comes full circle

Private Alex Brantz went from volunteer surf lifesaver to Army marine specialist after talking to soldiers during an exercise.

Exercises & training | People & service
RAAF Sergeant Aaron Bennet (centre right) with 2 Squadron personnel after cleaning up Billeroy House Community Centre in Darwin.
22 Aug 2024
Army
News

Many hands make light work

Aviators from the US and UK joined RAAF in lending a hand to help clean up a Darwin veterans drop-in centre.

Community engagement | Exercises & training
A Melbourne University Regiment part-time soldier detonates an M18A1 Claymore under the supervision of an instructor during the Land Combat Module conducted at Puckapunyal Military Training Area.
22 Aug 2024
Army
News

New training module bolsters reserve capability

The Melbourne University Regiment has been training Australia’s newest part-time soldiers, improving reserve capability.

Exercises & training | People & service
Australian Army soldiers from the 10th Force Support Battalion returning to the shore of Rainbow Beach in a Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo 5 Tonne (LARC V).
22 Aug 2024
Army
News

When the surf gets rough, specialists get going

Marine specialists trained with watercraft in choppy waves as part of Exercise Surfing Penguin.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
An Australian Army soldier from Battle Group Heeler conducts a clearance of the Urban Operational Training Facility at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Diamond Run 2024.
21 Aug 2024
Army
News

Readiness shines brightly on Ex Diamond Run

More than 1500 personnel converged on Rockhampton and Shoalwater Bay Training Area for 7th Brigade’s warfighting exercise, Diamond Run.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Australian Army fuel specialists from the 1st Combat Service Support Battalion work alongside petroleum operators from UK's Commando Logistics Regiment to refuel Battle Group Tiger vehicles at Timber Creek, Northern Territory, during Exercise Predators Run 2024. Photos: Corporal Madhur Chitnis
21 Aug 2024
Army
News

Logistics teams fuel the fight

Australian and UK soldiers were part of a multinational team of petroleum operators fuelling the fight on Exercise Predator’s Run.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Chaplain Dennis Park (left), Flight Lieutenant Leah Park (centre) and Musician Robin Park with their medals at the New South Wales State Taekwondo Championships.
20 Aug 2024
Army, Air Force
News

Taekwondo a family affair

The Park family's hard work paid off when they took home gold at the NSW Taekwondo State Championships.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Captain Scott Hosking performs his role as an Army data cataloguer.
20 Aug 2024
Army
News

Data cataloguer embraces niche Army role

Teaching himself computer programming languages led Captain Scott Hosking to a role suited to his passion.

People & service
Madeleine King MP handing over Sergeant John Brislin’s WWII medals to his son, Bruce Brislin, outside her office in Rockingham, WA. Photos: Supplied
19 Aug 2024
Army
News

WW2 medals lost but not forgotten

The family of a World War 2 veteran has finally received his medals after an international effort across three cities on two continents.

Commemoration & history | Relief & assistance
Robert Mergard helps Captain Debra Johnson and a TAFE SA student refine their espresso coffee making skills using the coffee machine and beans he supplied to the Amata community during the 2024 Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme in Amata, South Australia.
19 Aug 2024
Army
News

Coffee helps people connect in the outback

Army worked with TAFE South Australia to provide training opportunities to remote Indigenous communities in Amata, South Australia.

Community engagement
Chief Petty Officer Karen Lewis performs her role as a Navy Business Analyst.
19 Aug 2024
Navy, Army
News

Sailor excels in newfound passion  

After 24 years in the Navy, followed by seven years as a reservist, Chief Petty Officer Karen Lewis found her true calling in business and data…

People & service