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HMAS Canberra (centre) and HMAS Adelaide (right) at anchor in Nuku’alofa Harbour, Tonga, during Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Photo: Able Seaman Susan Mossop
24 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

HMAS Canberra returns from Tonga

HMAS Canberra, her crew and embarked forces have arrived in Townsville following their deployment on Operation Tonga Assist 2022.

Relief & assistance
Australian Defence Force personnel participate in sporting activities at a local school in the Republic of Palau. Photo: Leading Seaman Nadav Harel
23 Mar 2022
Navy, Air Force
News

Joining in with community in Palau

ADF personnel recently deployed to Palau have spent time engaging with locals and the community.

Alliances & relationships
Royal Australian Navy clearance diver Able Seaman Jake Phillips prepares to survey ferry terminal pylons along the Brisbane River as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Corporal Julia Whitwell
23 Mar 2022
Navy
News

Navy team thanked for Brisbane River work

Navy personnel who helped clear flood material from the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay were given a big thank you recently in Brisbane.

Relief & assistance
Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts, Commander Defence Space Command, at the opening of the Defence Space Command Headquarters, Fairbairn, ACT.  Photo: Leading Aircraftman Sam Price
23 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Defence soars into space

Defence enters into a new space era with the establishment of Defence Space Command and the release of the Defence Space Strategy.

Capability & technology
Chief Defence Scientist, Professor Tanya Monro presents Dr Alex Kalloniatis, right, with the 2021 Defence Minister’s Award for Achievement in Science in Canberra, ACT. Photo: Ms Nicole Mankowski
23 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Top Defence science prize awarded

Defence operations analyst Dr Alexander Kalloniatis wins the 2021 Minister’s Award for Achievement in Defence Science.

Capability & technology
Royal Australian Air Force loadmaster Corporal Jakeb Thorogood watches for fishing vessels over the C-17J Spartan aircraft ramp during a maritime surveillance flight over Palau as part of Operation Solania. Photo: Leading Seaman Nadav Harel
18 Mar 2022
Navy, Air Force
News

Navy, Air Force support Pacific fisheries

The ADF is working with its south-west Pacific neighbours to detect and deter illegal maritime activity in the region.

Alliances & relationships
United States Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable pulls into Brisbane. Photo: Corporal Nicole Dorrett
18 Mar 2022
Navy
News

US Navy crew helps clean up

USS Frank Cable recently arrived in Brisbane, and members of the ship’s company stepped ashore to help with flood clean-up tasks.

Alliances & relationships
Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni (centre) and Australian High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga, Rachael Moore (centre left), talk with military personnel from the Royal Australian Navy, French Armed Forces and the Republic of Fiji Military Force
18 Mar 2022
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Farewell acknowledges work of Pacific family

A farewell ceremony at Tonga’s Vuna Wharf has been held on March 16 to thank personnel who have been operating together from HMAS Canberra.

Relief & assistance
HMAS Arunta, left, sails in company with US Navy destroyer USS Momsen and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Yūdachi. Photo: US Navy Aicrewman Regnor Vondedenroth
17 Mar 2022
Navy
News

Trilateral training boosts regional security

HMAS Arunta and a RAAF P-8A Poseidon joined a US Navy destroyer and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer for training in the South China Sea.

Alliances & relationships
Warrant Officer Tim Cummins with his son, Jack, at Ship Wreck Bay in Golden Bay, Western Australia. Photo: Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey
17 Mar 2022
Navy
News

Cancer battle motivates marathon effort

Six submariners are raising money for brain cancer research by completing a 19.7-kilometre swim on March 19.

People & service
Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct a 12.7mm machine gun live-fire serial during Exercise Milan 2022. Photo: Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol
16 Mar 2022
Navy
News

Exercise provides plenty of action for crew

The ship’s company of HMAS Arunta recently spent a week testing their warfighting skills with other navies on Exercise Milan 2022.

Alliances & relationships
 Midshipman Callum Masters, left, with Midshipman Paula Ulakai at their reunion in Tonga. Photo: Leading Seaman David Cox
16 Mar 2022
Navy
News

Mates reunited in Tonga

RAN Midshipman Callum Masters had a contactless reunion with Tongan Navy Midshipman Paula Ulakai.

People & service
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