The 2025 Australian Defence Force (ADF) Parliamentary Program activities are summarised on this page. The program brochure is also available.
2026 ADF Parliamentary Program (PDF, 5.03 MB)
Review the activities list to choose a first and second preference, noting the dates, and then complete the application form.
| Option | Activity | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Base West – Familiarisation of Facilities that support the Fleet |
Join the highly skilled Navy personnel providing support to the Royal Australian Navy’s west coast fleet. Location: Rockingham, WA |
| 2 | Fleet Base East – Navy Sea Ride |
Spend time at sea in a surface combatant or amphibious ship off the east coast. Location: Sydney, NSW |
| 3 | HMAS Cerberus |
Join Navy’s newest recruits as they undertake their initial recruit training and progress to specialist employment training. Location: Mornington Peninsula, VIC |
| 4 | Naval Aviation, Officer and Combat Survivability Training |
Engage with Navy’s emerging leaders as they undertake initial training and witness Navy’s aviation capability. Location: Jervis Bay, NSW |
| 5 | Exercise Bersama Lima |
Experience life at sea and ashore with the ADF members exercising in a multi-domain defensive high-end war fighting with Five Power Defence Arrangements partners. Location: Singapore |
| 6 | Exercise Keris Woomera |
Participate in the largest joint military exercise between the ADF and the Indonesian National Armed Forces, focusing on amphibious, maritime, air, and land operations. Location: Java, Indonesia |
| 7 | Rim of the Pacific Exercise |
Witness the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise, with an opportunity to visit an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Location: Hawaii |
| 8 | Special Forces Integrator Selection Course |
Join the School of Special Operations to gain an understanding of the e physical endurance and mental resilience required to become a Special Forces Integrator. Location: Holsworthy Barracks, NSW |
| 9 | Exercise Chimera Walk |
Embed with the exercise participants in the field, experiencing the same living conditions, providing a realistic in-depth view Army’s uncrewed aerial system capability. Location: Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Rockhampton, QLD |
| 10 | Armoured Regimental Officer Basic Course |
Witness firsthand the training and skills required to become the next generation of Royal Australian Armoured Corps Officers commanding a range of armoured vehicles. Location: Puckapunyal Military Area, VIC |
| 11 | Exercise Pegasus Guns |
Join Army’s rotary wing pilots and crews as they undertake essential training in aviation gunnery skills. Location: Townsville, QLD |
| 12 | 2nd Australian Division – Exercise Austral Shield |
Participate in a large-scale training activity designed to rapidly deploy to Australia’s north and respond to domestic security threats to defend Australia. Location: Perth, WA or Adelaide, SA |
| 13 | 1st Australian Division – Brigade Warfighter Exercise |
Become a member of the battlegroup, experiencing the same living conditions, providing a realistic in-depth view of large-scale tactical actions at the brigade level. Location: Darwin, Brisbane or Townsville |
| 14 | Jungle Training Wing – Tully |
Join soldiers as they participate in basic and advanced jungle warfare training in terrain typical of the South East Asia or Indo –Pacific regions. Location: Tully Training Area, Tully, QLD |
| 15 | Exercise Arras Walk |
Interact with a wide range of part time officers and soldiers providing reserve service as they conduct domestic security response tasks. Location: Wide Bay Training Area, QLD |
| 16 | School of Military Engineering Demolitions Range |
Join Engineers Initial Employment Trainees, learning about the effects of explosives on different materials in a controlled environment. Location: Holsworthy Barracks, NSW |
| 17 | Aviation Support to Exercise Austral Shield |
Join Army’s rotary wing assets conducting major air mobility operations in support of a tactical ground commander's plan. Location: Townsville and RAAF Scherger, QLD |
| 18 | United Nations Military Observer Course |
Participate in the United Nations (UN) Military Observer training to gain an understanding of the conduct of UN missions and Australia’s involvement as UN Military Observers. Location: Canberra, ACT |
| 19 | Defence and Strategic Studies Course |
Become a student of the Contemporary Indo-Pacific Case Studies, focusing on key regions, countries and themes that are most important to Australia’s contemporary strategic environment. Location: Canberra, ACT |
| 20 | ADF Chaplaincy College – Ethics Training |
Join Defence Chaplains and Maritime Spiritual Wellbeing Officers undertaking the ethics of the conduct of war training module. Location: Canberra, ACT |
| 21 | ADF Space and Cyber Domain – ACT based |
Gain an understanding of the challenges faced in these rapidly evolving warfighting domains. Location: Canberra, ACT |
| 22 | ADF Space, Cyber and Joint Logistics Commands |
Gain an understanding of the challenges faced in these rapidly evolving warfighting domains and get hands on with the delivery of cyber and intelligence training. Location: Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra |
| 23 | ADF Space, Cyber and Joint Logistics Unit Southern Queensland |
Gain an understanding of the challenges faced in these rapidly evolving warfighting domains and get hands on supporting the deployment and sustainment of ADF personnel throughout Australia and overseas. Location: Canberra and Brisbane |
| 24 | Air Force’s Officer Training School |
Experience what it takes to be an Officer in Air Force at the Air Force’s Officer Training School. Location: East Sale, VIC |
| 25 | RAAF Base Darwin – Exercise Pitchblack |
Experience one of Air Force’s largest multi-national exercises from the inside with ADF and international exercise participants. Location: Darwin, NT |
| 26 | ADF Combat Survival Training / RAAF BASE Townsville |
Get out in the field with Combat Survival Training School delivering a range of combat survival skills to aircrew. Location: Townsville, QLD |
| 27 | Exercise Stoic Gauntlet (Integrated Health Effects) |
Join Air Force’s Health Services Wing as they deploy on Exercise Stoic Gauntlet, providing expeditionary health care and aeromedical evacuation. Location: Amberley, QLD |