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HMAS Sydney conducts Officer of the Watch manoeuvres during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024.
23 Oct 2024
Navy
News

HMAS Sydney charts course for Australia

HMAS Sydney will return home on October 24 after a busy four months at sea during a regional presence deployment.

Operations & missions
King Charles speaks to Warrant Officer Class 2 Damien Timms, of Australia's Federation Guard, at Parliament House.
23 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Career highlight for Fed Guard members

ADF members of the Royal Guard share their experiences of meeting the King and Queen when they visited Canberra.

Ceremonies & events | Community engagement
King Charles III inspects Australia's Federation Guard at Parliament House in Canberra.
23 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

ADF's command performances for royal visit

The ADF has supported the visit to Australia by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, performing duties in the air and on land and water.

Ceremonies & events
Members of Australian War Widows Inc commemorate War Widows Day in 2023.
22 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Honouring war widows nationally

October 19 is now known as National War Widows Day, to reflect and honour the sacrifice of women and families who lost husbands and fathers to war.

Ceremonies & events
Leading Seaman Matthew Winning, of HMAS Coonawarra, donates blood as part of the Defence Blood Drive at the Lifeblood Darwin Donor Centre, Casuarina, NT.
22 Oct 2024
Navy
News

Every drop counts at HMAS Coonawarra

Navy personnel are rolling up their sleeves to give blood as part of the Defence Blood Drive, providing lifesaving donations to Australians.

Community engagement | People & service
Royal Australian Navy Chaplain Mogamat Majidih Essa signs the visitor register alongside the Malaysian Armed Forces' Brigadier General HJ Mohd Hamzah Bin Adam at the Malaysian Armed Forces Religious Corps Directorate during Indo- Pacific Endeavour, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
22 Oct 2024
Navy, Air Force
News

Building friendship through faith

Friendship and understanding between Australia and Malaysia has strengthened during a chaplaincy visit as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour.

Alliances & relationships | Operations & missions
Able Seaman Joshua Baxter was part of the support team for Tickford Racing during the 2024 Bathurst Repco 1000 Supercars event at Mount Panorama, NSW.
22 Oct 2024
Navy
News

Sailors keep Mustangs 'fed and watered'

Two Navy tech sailors provided valuable support the Tickford Racing Team at this year's Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.

Community engagement | Industry & partnership
From left, cyber specialists from the Australian Army, New Zealand Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the US Army took part in Exercise Cyber Sentinels.
21 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Virtual threats no match for cyber teams

The ADF's tactical mission rehearsal activity strengthens military cyber capabilities with partners.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
Staff from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Naval Materiel Seaworthiness Assurance Agency, Navy Safety and Environment, and the Australian Naval Classification Authority take part in the Principles of Autonomous Maritime Systems Course in Canberra.
21 Oct 2024
Navy
News

Upskilling in autonomous vessel technology

As Navy leads the way in autonomous vessel development, regulators have taken a hands-on approach to understanding the technology.

Capability & technology | Exercises & training
Members of HMAS Brisbane's ship's company visit the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.
21 Oct 2024
Navy
News

Aussie crew commemorate Pearl Harbor and 9/11

HMAS Brisbane's crew paid their respects at the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor during a visit to Hawaii.

Alliances & relationships | Commemoration & history
ADF personnel competing at the ADF rowing camp in Canberra.
21 Oct 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Camp for rowers, new and old

Personnel came from across the country to participate in this year’s learn-to-row and return-to-row camp.

Sports, health & wellbeing
Commanding Officer, Commander Rosemarie Apikotoa at HMAS Moreton in Brisbane.
21 Oct 2024
Navy
News

Base serves as Brisbane’s eyes and ears

Balancing support to warship visits and managing more than 1000 permanent and reservists is all in a day’s work for HMAS Moreton.

Capability & technology