Defence has awarded Ventia Australia the base services contract for firefighting services protecting our people and our assets, now and into the future. Valued at $564 million over six years, the contract will deliver airfield and structural rescue and firefighting, training and incident response…

The Manual of Fire Protection Engineering (MFPE) describes Defence fire safety, standards and procedures that enable the application of fire safety engineering policy in support of Defence objectives.  Fire safety measures outlined in the MFPE are implemented to protect Defence personnel,…

Girls from two local rugby league clubs put teamwork to the test while training at Gallipoli Barracks.

Food and music kept the public coming as HMAS Choules offered a taste of Australian hospitality in Samoa.

Aviators from units across Combat Support Group were put through their paces in northern Australia as part of Exercise Stoic Gauntlet 24.

Graziers and landowners are assisting Army Aviation with new helicopter training areas near Townsville.

Italian Air Force jets took to the skies in northern Australia as one of Exercise Pitch Black's newest participants.

Australia’s international partners are making their presence known in more than just the air on Exercise Pitch Black.

Two Olympians have honoured the memory of the only Australian Olympic gold medallist to die in combat.

Navy's newest maritime personnel operators are ready to embark on their careers.

Australia’s new Chief of Air Force has embarked on a series of high-level engagements in London, the first of which was a deeply personal one.

One of Aviation Command’s newest aircraft technicians is set to follow in his father's footsteps and work on Army’s new fleet of Black Hawks.

The last time Tongan-born Chaplain Simote Finau was in his home country, he was helping people recover from a devastating tsunami.

Shooting lasers is all in a day’s work for the small cohort of Army surveyors.

Able Seaman Suliana Kami recently travelled to her mother’s homeland of Tonga for significant national celebrations.

Gap Year recruit Aircraftman Samuel Ashton is relishing the chance to take part in his first military exercise.

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon dropped four exercise torpedoes on a US Navy nuclear submarine at Exercise Rim of the Pacific.

Army reserve soldiers are putting short-notice response capabilities to the test in Australia's far north.

The ADF was on hand recently for the reburial of the Royal Navy captain who led the first circumnavigation of Australia.

The Pig Battalion has bid a fond farewell to its beloved porcine mascots, William and Elizabeth.

Taking fuel from the German Navy was a first for HMAS Sydney's crew during a replenishment at sea for Exercise Rim of the Pacific.

A flying officer who was always destined to join the Air Force is taking her early engineering career to new heights.

Warrant Officer Graeme Paroz never dreamed his decision to join the Air Force at 15 would lead to receiving his second Federation Star.

Aviators made time to host their very own Great Bake Off with 14 contestants show off their baking skills.

Bendigo Country Fire Authority delivered realistic fire training to petroleum operators from Army Logistic Training Centre.

In an historic first, the Italian Navy's flagship, the aircraft carrier Cavour, has arrived in Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black.

A focus on Australian industry capability has resulted in the delivery of a bespoke software tool for Air Force's fleet of P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

RAAF Base Williamtown personnel took on Port Stephens locals, on Worimi Country, in a football tournament during NAIDOC week.

Navy, Army and Air Force bands performed as a group for the first time to record an anthem for the new ADF Careers advertising campaign.

Group Captain Glenn Pascoe is charged with ensuring the care of more than 25,000 personnel participating in Exercise RIMPAC.