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As floods decimated Lismore, soldiers of the 41st Battalion, Royal NSW Regiment, pulled people from boats and took them to safety.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-15/rescues-stuff-movie-script-says-commander
Flooding may have destroyed the Lifeline furniture store in Lismore, but it didn’t destroy store manager Ethan Smith’s spirit.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-15/army-throws-charity-lifeline
The Spitfire legacy continues to fuel the next generation of innovation through the Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-15/spirit-spitfire-lives
The Australian Defence Force has helped to restore some sense of normality to Cabbage Tree Island.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-14/sappers-assist-cabbage-tree-island-recovery
In the grips of a drought, Mrs Shirley Schultz sold one-third of her cattle in 2019.
Waiting for the rain at her Gatton farm, the 84-year-old widower hand fed her cattle a mixture of waste vegetables and hay twice a day.
Trooper Rylan Green, from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-13/soldiers-help-mend-fences
Soldiers from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR), were unwavering as they removed flood-damaged waste from Chinderah in northern NSW.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-13/army-cleans-up-chinderah
Australian Army combat engineers and Lismore City Council workers have swung into action to restore water to Nimbin.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-13/nimbin-pipeline-repairs-underway
Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment are helping clean up flood damage at a Lismore high school.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-12/lismore-high-school-gets-armoured-support
The clean-up continues in Lismore and across northern NSW as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-12/clean-up-continues-lismore
HMA Ships Adelaide and Supply have returned to their home port in Fleet Base East following Operation Tonga Assist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-11/hma-ships-adelaide-supply-return-home
Soldiers and SES volunteers rescued a man while conducting welfare checks in northern NSW.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-11/army-ses-rescue-man-during-welfare-check
HMAS Arunta recently took part in Exercise Milan 2022, the Navy's first large-scale multilateral exercise for 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-10/navy-unites-partners-exercise-milan
The Military Communications and Information Systems conference was held in Canberra.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-11/tech-capabilities-agenda
A career as an Air Force crew attendant has been exciting so far for Leading Aircraftwoman Hannah Heaney.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-10/crew-attendant-mission
This year's Diamond series kicked off with the successful completion of the first exercise, Diamond Seas 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-10/joint-force-success
Efforts are continuing in Lismore, NSW, with a team of 15 sappers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment teaming up with civilians to clear the streets.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/lismore-flood-damaged-goods-cleaned-up
Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team Four have joined Operation Flood Assist to clear debris from beneath the Brisbane River.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/divers-start-clear-debris-from-brisbane-river
17th Sustainment Brigade personnel are rapidly preparing to respond to the flood crisis in Lismore as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/making-logistics-happen
Soldiers from Brisbane’s 7th Brigade answered a resident’s call for help in Imbil, Queensland, as part Operation Flood Assist 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/army-paves-way-gympie-surrounds
No. 41 Wing and the Worimi community came together to celebrate the Aboriginal renaming of Air Force’s air battle management system.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/two-cultures-one
1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, assisted Bribie Island resident Beverly with clean-up around her home before helping her celebrate her 91st birthday.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/unlikely-birthday-celebration-after-clean-up
Participants in the Navy Indigenous Development Program have visited HMAS Cerberus.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-16/base-visit-inspires
University student Charli Goodrich contributed to several forensic analysis projects during her 12-month placement with Defence.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/defence-placement-time-discovery
For Major Mark Vele, the opportunity to lead a contingent in his native Papua New Guinea just made sense.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/personal-tragedy-motivates-deployment
Squadron Leader Louise Burr has won the 2021 Australian Defence Magazine Women in Defence Award for engineering.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/making-impact-engineering
Navy personnel recently commemorated the 80th anniversary of one of the darkest periods of WWII.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-09/sinking-hmas-yarra-ii-remembered
Representing Air Force on the world stage has been a common occurrence for aircraft technician Sergeant Brooke Saunders.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/world-stage
Flight Lieutenant Rosie Taouk knows how important different perspectives are for problem solving.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/discovering-unique-challenges-benefits
The Australian Air Force Cadets, Aviation Operations Wing, recently took delivery of four new Diamond DA40 NG aircraft.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-20/air-force-welcomes-new-diamonds
Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner rolled up his sleeves and worked side-by-side with Army soldiers during a clean-up in the Brisbane suburb of Windsor last week.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-07/brisbane-lord-mayor-rolls-up-his-sleeves-army