Corporal Chloe Loftus’ job in the Australian Army as a battlespace communications specialist has taken her to the US.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-22/signallers-network-reaches-us
Samoa has welcomed its first female referees and coaches, an historic moment for the touch rugby scene.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-21/breaking-barriers-samoan-touch-rugby
ADF basketball representatives visited a Samoan school for a sports training program to promote physical activity and teamwork.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-19/adf-brings-basketball-skills-samoan-kids
Senior leaders provided an update on Australia’s accelerated capability development to Defence’s Capability Symposium.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-19/turning-expectations-into-reality-more-quickly
It’s not often soldiers feel it’s okay to fail at work – and they’re certainly not encouraged to.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-21/diggers-experiment-innovate-us
Booby traps, enemy fire and a simulated canine casualty confronted sappers during an urban breaching exercise.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-21/exercise-assault-engineers-senses
Valuing collective difference and promoting unity in diversity has been an enduring hallmark of Squadron Leader Epeli Naivalu’s Air Force career.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-21/championing-diverse-team-home-abroad
The Australian Army have joined allies and partners in Project Convergence, testing and developing networks, robotic and autonomous systems, air defence and strike related systems.
Project Convergence is a US-led campaign of learning through persistent experimentation. It was designed to…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2024-03-20/australian-army-test-technology-united-states
ADF rowers won five medals at the ACT Rowing Championships on the Yarramundi Reach Rowing Course.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-20/adf-rowing-medallists-set-sights-tasmania
Flying Officer Nidhi Vyas, who migrated to Australia at the age of 26, is a big believer in lifelong learning.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-21/diverse-contribution-brings-strategic-advantage
One of Air Force’s last great aviators and true characters died just months shy of his 100th birthday.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-20/genuine-master-air
Leading Seaman Andre Vink joined the Navy after more than 12 years in the mining industry and he hasn't looked back.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-20/from-mining-industry-minehunters
Soldiers joined the community in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Stockton Bight disaster in which three soldiers perished.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-19/stockton-bight-tragedy-commemorated
1 Security Forces squadron plans to deploy more Gap Year personnel following a successful deployment in December.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-19/gap-year-students-sample-overseas-operation
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has completed support to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s (FFA) Operation Rai Balang for 2024, working with Pacific partners to detect and deter illegal fishing activity in the region.
Through Operation Solania, ADF personnel contributed to the FFA’s…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2024-03-19/adf-helps-deter-illegal-fishing-collaboration-vanuatu
An ADF aircraft and band featured in the return of Skyfire to the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-18/adf-wows-skyfire-crowds
Morale is high on HMAS Yarra, one of Navy's coastal minehunter vessels, as it marks 21 years since its commissioning.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-19/sailing-high
Soldiers breached doors, cleared rooms and hunted the ‘enemy’ through Townsville’s closed Stuart State School.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-18/3rar-goes-back-school-survive
For the first time, the Air Force Roulettes rolled and looped over the Singaporean landscape with a cheering crowd below them.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-18/roulettes-roll-into-singapore
A new Defence recruitment campaign, ‘Up There, where potential lives,’ is inspiring young Australians to consider a career in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Up There showcases the diverse opportunities available for future aviators – from medical, intelligence and aviation roles – in the air and…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2024-03-17/future-aviators-discover-their-potential-up-there
Gunners from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, have sharpened their skills on the M777 howitzer.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-15/regiment-sharpens-its-gunnery-skills
Fiji has received its second Guardian-class patrol boat from Australia as part of a 30-year commitment to Pacific partners.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-15/guardian-watch-over-fijian-waters
A new book tells the story of Australia’s tumultuous path to becoming a global leader in military aviation safety.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-15/cost-doing-business-book-launched
Soldiers teamed up with NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to practise underslung cargo lifts with one of their helicopters.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-15/rural-fire-service-gives-army-lift
Harnessing quantum behaviours could enable Defence to provide the warfighter with an asymmetric advantage.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-14/making-tiniest-things-count-war
French Navy offshore patrol vessel POM Auguste Bénébig has made a stop into Cairns for the first time.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-14/welcome-visit-from-international-friend
Sapper Veronica Bonnar is no stranger to thriving in traditionally male-dominated arenas.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-12/engineering-new-path
Now in its fourth year, Run Army promotes physical and mental health, while raising funds for Legacy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-14/time-get-ready-run-army
Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment tested its uncrewed aerial system during Exercise Eagle Walk.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-03-14/float-like-butterfly-sting-like-b-squadron
More than 200 personnel leave Guam after a rewarding four weeks alongside the US, Japan and other allied nations.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-02-28/stronger-force-leaves-guam