Navy news

Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond with Australian Navy Cadets during the 2024 Remembrance Day service held at the Ordinary Seaman Edward 'Teddy' Sheean, VC memorial in Latrobe, Tasmania.
22 Nov 2024
Navy
News

Honouring sailor's courage and sacrifice

Australian Navy Cadets Training Ship Mersey is renamed to honour Ordinary Seaman Sheehan.

Ceremonies & events | People & service
France, Germany and New Zealand joins Australia and other nations for Operation Olympic Defender to ensure that space is secure, and remains accessible for future generations.
22 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

More nations combine to defend space

France, Germany and New Zealand join Australia and other nations for Operation Olympic Defender.

Alliances & relationships | Capability & technology
RAAF Warrant Officer Michael Allison (centre left) guides Royal Thai Armed Forces personnel through a sports injury management first aid workshop as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
22 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Decades of friendship

ADF and Royal Thai Armed Forces personnel exchange skills and knowledge during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024.

Alliances & relationships
Police officers return to HMAS Choules on the ship's landing craft after their shift in Apia, Samoa.
22 Nov 2024
Navy
News

All aboard HMAS Choules

HMAS Choules supports the Samoan Government as they make history in the Pacific Islands.

Alliances & relationships
Navy welcomes charity organisation Tackling Leukaemia on board during the annual Navy vs Victoria Police rugby match at HMAS Cerberus. Photo: Leading Seaman Jack Codner
22 Nov 2024
Navy
News

Joining forces to tackle leukaemia

HMAS Cerberus is playing its part to increase the number of committed stem cell donors on the national registry.

Alliances & relationships | People & service
One of the teams drive their mini remotely operated submarine whilst being assessed by Royal Australian Navy judges, during the WA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) competition held at HMAS Stirling. Photos: Able Seaman Zac Dingle
21 Nov 2024
Navy
News

Students test in-depth knowledge at HMAS Stirling

Model submarines and remotely operated vehicles were put to the test when WA students gathered aboard HMAS Stirling for a STEM competition.

Community engagement
Defence Chief of Joint Capabilities Lieutenant General Susan Coyle addresses the annual Military Communications and Information Systems Conference in Canberra.
20 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
Editorial

Partnering with industry at the wider frontiers

Space and cyber were at the forefront of Defence's engagement in the annual Military Communications and Information Systems Conference.

Capability & technology | Industry & partnership
The new Defence Space Safety Regulator will release inaugural satellite safety regulations in 2025.
20 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Defence sets sights on space safety

The new Defence Space Safety Regulator aims to make space safer in 2025.

Capability & technology | Industry & partnership
Sailors and officers participate in the inaugural HMAS Stirling Fit Games at Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Photo: Able Seaman Connor Morrison
20 Nov 2024
Navy
News

Sailors battle it out in inaugural Fit Games

HMAS Stirling members bring the energy in hopes to be crowned ‘Stirling’s fittest’.

Sports, health & wellbeing
An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams fires while working side-by-side Indonesian National Armed Forces Leopard 2 tanks during a combined joint live-fire practice on Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 in East Java, Indonesia.
19 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Explosive end to combined activity

Exercise Keris Woomera has come to a successful conclusion in East Java, Indonesia.

Alliances & relationships | Exercises & training
Australian Army Lance Corporal Andrew Sommerville strikes the ball during the ADF Cricket National Interservice Carnival in Richmond, NSW.
19 Nov 2024
Navy, Army, Air Force
News

Cricketers hit it out of the park

Teams battle it out at this year’s ADF Cricket National Interservice Carnival.

Sports, health & wellbeing
HMAS Choules arrives at Port Vila, Vanuatu, for a port visit.
18 Nov 2024
Navy
News

Choules' South Pacific port of call

HMAS Choules recently made a short port visit to Port Vila, Vanuatu, to re-connect with long-standing partners.

Alliances & relationships | Community engagement