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Key Leadership Engagement delegation at the Ministry of National Defence in Vientiane, Laos as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024.
29 Aug 2024
Navy
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Twenty-five years of pacific partnership

The ADF builds upon its friendship with Laos with a range of bilateral activities as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour.

Alliances & relationships
Recruit Amber Barlass, centre, stands together with her father, Warrant Officer Class One Vincent Barlass, and brother Leading Aircraftman Rhys Barlass at the Royal Australian Navy Recruit School in Victoria.
28 Aug 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Family completes the service trifecta

For Recruit Amber Barlass, joining the Navy meant completing the family's service triangle – with her brother in Air Force and her father in Army.

People & service
The Navy ski team at the ADF Alpine Snowsports Championships at Perisher.
28 Aug 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Star power in the powder

Army was the champion service for the third year running at the ADF Alpine Snowsports Championships at Perisher.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN (far left) and the Director General of the Australian Submarine Agency Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, AO, RAN (far right), with Australia's first Navy officers to graduate from the Royal Navy's Nuclear Reactor Course: Lieutenant Commander James (second from left) Lieutenant Isabella (centre) and Lieutenant Stephen (second from right). read less
27 Aug 2024
Navy
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Nuclear-powered sub training on track

AUKUS has taken another significant step forward with three Australian Navy officers graduating from the Royal Navy’s Nuclear Reactor Course.

Exercises & training
Able Seaman Filipe Crispim Dos Santos competes in the Tug of War event during HMAS Sydney’s Mini-Olympics competition while on regional presence deployment.
27 Aug 2024
Navy
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Mini olympics at sea

Inspired by the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Aussie sailors held their own competition on the flight deck of HMAS Sydney.

Operations & missions | People & service
Flight Lieutenant Andrew Stewart fights for the ball from the South Australian Men's Hockey team.
27 Aug 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Men's hockey team makes final

ADF Hockey teams faced off against each state at the Australian Country Hockey Championships in Goulburn.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Australian Defence Force members and the crew of ‘Lo Spirito di Stella’ at HMAS Moreton during a welcome reception for the vessel at Brisbane.
26 Aug 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Italian catamaran brings a powerful message

Wheelchair-accessible catamaran, 'Lo Spirito di Stella', stops in Brisbane during its round-the-world voyage.

Ceremonies & events | Sports, health & wellbeing
Leading Seaman Combat Systems Operator Django Scott-Cowling takes part in a publications exercise on board HMAS Sydney during a regional presence deployment.
26 Aug 2024
Navy
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Rare chance for healthy competition

HMAS Sydney's combat systems operators go head-to-head in publication competition during Exercise Pacific Dragon.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Able Seaman Meg Buchanan, right, receives her Navy jersey from ADF All Stars head coach Lieutenant Commander Elisabeth Quinn.
26 Aug 2024
Navy
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Footy running through her veins

Able Seaman Meg Buchanan’s elite Defence sportsperson status led to her selection by Port Melbourne Football Club.

Sports, health & wellbeing | People & service
HMAS Broome enters Darwin harbour for the last time prior decommissioning at Darwin, NT.
23 Aug 2024
Navy
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HMAS Broome’s final port call

For its final voyage, HMAS Broome conducted one last port visit to its namesake town in Western Australia.

Capability & technology | Community engagement
Public Affairs Officer for Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024, Lieutenant Jonathan Wills, visits Henricus Avenue, Colombo, once home to his mother's family and which now bears the family name.
23 Aug 2024
Navy
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A golden opportunity in Sri Lanka

A deployment to Sri Lanka helped Lieutenant Jonathan Wills uncover his family history during Indo-Pacific Endeavour.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
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
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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