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Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, speaks with Ukrainian soldiers training under Operation Kudu during a visit to the United Kingdom. Photos: Corporal Cameron Pegg
26 Apr 2024
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Anzac Day connects past with the present

The Chief of Army urged Australians across the world to honour the words of the Ode of Remembrance, ‘lest we forget’.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Australian Army soldiers from 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Anzac Day march Brisbane city.
26 Apr 2024
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Emotional day for personnel, veterans and families

Members of the Army's 7th Brigade took part in Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane and overseas.

Ceremonies & events | Commemoration & history
Artists impression of a US SHARC satellite in space.
26 Apr 2024
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Targeting threats in the wider frontiers

The ADF’s space and cyber capabilities will be bolstered by up to $32 billion in the coming decade.

Capability & technology
Able Seaman Mitchell Rigney points at Private Rufus Gordon Rigney's name on the roll of honour at the Australian war memorial in Canberra.
25 Apr 2024
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Remembering the Ngarrindjeri Anzacs

Twenty-one Ngarrindjeri Anzacs from Able Seaman Mitchell Rigney’s tribe fought in WW1, but only one has a known grave.

Commemoration & history
Trooper Kane Boland places a poppy on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial during the lead-up to Anzac Day.
25 Apr 2024
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Emu plumes still worn with pride

Trooper Kane Boland represents the nation at the Anzac Day dawn service in Gallipoli as part of Australia’s Federation Guard.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
Runners cross the start line of Run Army 2024 in Brisbane. Photo: Corporal Michael Rogers
24 Apr 2024
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Run Army goes global

A burst of Mag 58 gunfire signalled the start of Run Army 2024 in Brisbane while runners also participated in events overseas.

Sports, health & wellbeing
An F/A-18F Super Hornet taxis at RAAF Base Tindal.
24 Apr 2024
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Resilient bases to shore up the north

The ADF will be better equipped to defend Australia’s north thanks to funding under the 2024 Integrated Investment Program.

Capability & technology
An SM-2 standard missile fires from HMAS Hobart.
23 Apr 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
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Boost in ability to strike from afar

Long-range strike capabilities and advanced targeting systems will receive $28 billion to $35 billion in the coming decade.

Capability & technology
Army soldiers from Special Operations Command pilot a Zodiac small boat to offshore energy infrastructure in the Bass Strait during Exercise Iron Atlantis. (Imagery has been altered for security reasons.)
23 Apr 2024
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Exercise prepares special ops for offshore crisis event

Special Operations Command recovery task group has conducted an exercise on the Yolla offshore gas platform in the Bass Strait.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
An Australian Army soldier from the 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, helps clear a village during Exercise Regional Warfighter in Tully, Queensland.
22 Apr 2024
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Collaboration the key on Regional Warfighter

Jungle conditions and wet weather challenged Australian soldiers and the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia on Exercise Regional Warfighter.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Members from the Australian Army's 13th Brigade participate in the Run Army 2024 event at Kings Park and Botanical Garden in Perth.
21 Apr 2024
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Running for a good cause in Perth

As more than 10,000 people pound the pavement for Run Army today, a smaller contingent are recovering after the Perth chapter of the…

Ceremonies & events | Sports, health & wellbeing
(l-r) Australia's Federation Guard Members, Corporal Michael Byrne, Able Seaman Christopher Innis and Corporal Julie Kling with photos of their relatives at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
20 Apr 2024
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Honouring past relatives on French soil

Almost 106 years after guns fell silent in the battle of Villers-Bretonneux, descendants of soldiers killed nearby have returned for the 2024 Anzac…

Commemoration & history | People & service