Fleet Air Arm, HMAS Albatross and HMAS Creswell personnel are preparing to conduct a Freedom of Entry march.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-12/preparing-medieval-tradition
Ensuring a military aircraft has sufficient stores and equipment can be a full-time task with multiple services to coordinate.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-12/overseas-logistics-welcome-challenge
Despite watching his father die from respiratory problems after being gassed in WW1, a young Leonard McLeod was determined to join the Army.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-12/return-canungra-evokes-memories-service
On October 13, 2002, a small team of Air Force personnel embarked on one of the largest Australian aeromedical evacuations since the Vietnam War.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-12/bali-bombings-20th-anniversary-resilience-meets-tragedy
Engaging with NATO partners is a first for an 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon aircraft on deployment to Sicily.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-11/building-closer-ties-nato-mediterranean
If Private Lauren Dam gets another opportunity to deploy to Solomon Islands, she has promised to return with a rugby league ball.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-11/medic-brings-love-league-solomons
An Australian Army Reserve anaesthetist has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his civilian role as a trauma specialist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-11/medical-officer-use-fellowship-improve-trauma-skills
Fourteen officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force completed a boat-handling course with Army's Amphibious Force.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-10/maritime-partnership-show-solomons
Tickford Racing driver Thomas Randle experienced a ‘hot lap’ of a different kind at the weekend at Bathurst 1000.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-10/flying-fast-lane-bathurst
The academic credentials of Air Force have received a boost with the determination and focus of one of its senior officers.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-10/scholar-gentleman
15 young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders had the experience of a lifetime getting to experience the life of an aviator at RAAF Base Amberley.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-10/chance-live-life-aviator
Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft system was rolled out in September.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/australias-first-triton-touches-down
The Australian Military Wives Choir performed at The Q in Queanbeyan on October 2 to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/ten-years-worth-singing-about
After 87 years of unauthorised possession, Arthur Leggett recently returned a well preserved sporran badge to the Army’s possession
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/adventures-souvenired-sporran
An Adelaide-based company is exploring how it might transform training environments for the Australian Defence Force.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/company-shines-light-innovative-training
HMAS Stalwart has completed its first visit to a foreign port while deployed in support of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/first-stalwart-deployment
The Top End has been a hub of military activity during a major multilateral exercise involving more than 2400 Australian Army and international troops.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-06/international-warfighters-combine-top-end
About 100 engineers from the PNGDF, Australian Army and British Army are working together in Papua New Guinea.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/familiar-faces-come-together-png
Exercise Puk Puk is a homecoming for Australian Army combat engineer Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, who grew up in Papua New Guinea.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-07/sapper-returns-her-pacific-roots
Squadron Leader Sarah Wheal has won the Women’s Masters National Powerlifting Competition.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-06/powerlifting-win-great-achievement
The Air Force Centenary Flypast Team has been recognised for their significant contribution, professionalism and dedication.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-06/flypast-team-goes-above-beyond
Corporal Kristopher Henderson has been awarded the Max Cowin Award for the most outstanding contribution made to No. 87 Squadron.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-06/analysts-outstanding-contribution-recognised
What started out as a commitment to provide basic trade skills for three days a week, soon expanded to a near full-time learning opportunity.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/sharing-trade-skills-gapuwiyak
More aircraft took to the skies in Exercise Pitch Black thanks to infrastructure delivered under the United States Force Posture Initiative.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/building-shared-secure-future
HMAS Glenelg added one last rescue to the ship’s log during their final port visit to Cairns before decommissioning.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/hmas-glenelg-logs-final-rescue
World Mental Health Day falls on October 10, and Defence is encouraging its people to raise awareness to reduce the stigma around mental illness.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/raising-awareness-mental-health
Australia welcomed an Indonesian Air Force C-130H Hercules transport aircraft and crew to RAAF Base Townsville.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/forging-air-mobility-friendships
To mark the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Britain, a commemoration ceremony was held in Adelaide.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/adelaide-commemorates-battle-britain
Supportive employers of Tasmanian Defence reservists converged on Government House in Hobart recently for the Tasmania Employer Support Awards.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/awards-recognise-supportive-tassie-employers
Eighteen teens joined the team at Puckapunyal military area for four days to see what life would be like if they joined the Army.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-10-05/teens-get-taste-army-life