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Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel NUSHIP Arafura at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia.
17 Dec 2021
Navy
News

First Arafura-class patrol boat launched

The first of 12 Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels - NUSHIP Arafura - has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia.

Capability & technology
Seaman Cloe Reichelt is welcomed by her mother at Fleet Base East, Sydney, after HMAS Brisbane returned to her home port at the end of a three-month deployment. Photo: Able Seaman Susan Mossop
17 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Crews welcomed home in the east and west

HMA Ships Brisbane and Warramunga have returned to their respective home ports after a three-month deployment.

Alliances & relationships
A Royal Australian Air Force officer receives a brief during Exercise Yama Sakura 81 in Japan.
17 Dec 2021
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

ADF strengthens links with US, Japan

ADF personnel this month observed US and Japanese Forces as they held one of the largest joint, bilateral command post exercises in recent times.

Alliances & relationships
Rathna Bandutunga is a project scheduler with the Department of Defence at Brindabella Park in Canberra. Photo: Kym Smith
17 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Schedule for success in Defence

When Rathna Bandutunga left Sri Lanka for Australia, she never expected to find a successful and rewarding career in Defence.

People & service
Commanding Officer Naval Headquarters Tasmania Commander Andrew Wright and Commanding Officer HMAS Launceston Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Graney at the Teddy Sheean VC memorial in Ulverstone, Tasmania.
17 Dec 2021
Navy
News

New plaque honours Teddy Sheean VC

A new memorial plaque honouring the heroics of Ordinary Seaman Edward “Teddy” Sheean VC has been unveiled in Ulverstone, Tasmania.

People & service
Recruits Marlou Brown, Velma Tsang and Gregory Footscray on the Cairns Esplanade. Photo: Leading Seaman Shane Cameron
16 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Course paves way for Indigenous graduates

Graduates from the Navy Indigenous Development Program put five months of dress and bearing into practice at their graduation ceremony in Cairns.

People & service
The Australian Army medical team from Joint Task Group 637.3 treat a New Zealand Defence Force simulated patient during a casualty evacuation exercise at the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Headquarters, Rove. Photo: Major Jillian Joyce
15 Dec 2021
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Anzac spirit on show

Australian and New Zealand medical teams have worked together for a casualty evacuation exercise in the Solomon Islands.

Alliances & relationships
Former Navy paramedic Jamie Hodgess, left, and his nephew Army petroleum operator Warrant Officer Class Two Stuart Hodgess with the Navy hat that belonged to Jamie Hodgess' father, Gus. Photo: Lance Corporal Christopher Smith
14 Dec 2021
Navy, Army
News

Hats off to historic family find

A piece of family military history, uncovered during restoration works at a  Brisbane railway station, has been returned to its rightful owners.

Commemoration & history
Navy pilot Lieutenant Josh Gorrie at the Wings Over Illawarra airshow. Photo: Corporal Kylie Gibson
14 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Back to where a love of flying began

The Wings over Illawarra airshow has special place in Navy pilot Lieutenant Josh Gorrie's heart.

People & service
HMAS Anzac is photographed by a Submarine Advanced Warfare Course student through the periscope from HMAS Rankin during an anti-submarine warfare training activity conducted as part of Exercise Zeehond in the Western Australian Exercise area.
14 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Boost to submarine force

Navy’s submarine warfighting force has been expanded with the recent graduation of seven students from the Submarine Advanced Warfare Course.

Capability & technology
Maritime warfare officer Sub Lieutenant Jacques de Villiers on watch on HMAS Sirius’ bridge with his father Bertus during the family cruise.
14 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Families on board for historic voyage

HMAS Sirius had a few extra crew members on board for her final voyage to Fleet Base West before being decommissioned.

People & service
Lieutenant Commander Makaila Lasalo with women from the Tongan defence force.
10 Dec 2021
Navy
News

Journey comes full circle

Lieutenant Commander Makaila Lasalo spent time in Tonga as a child, and has returned in an important role with Navy.

People & service
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