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
As a volunteer firefighter and a Navy marine engineer officer, Lieutenant Loretta Binder has achieved things far beyond what she thought possible.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/potential-realised-different-uniforms
Navy Chaplain Simote Finau delivered devotional prayers on Radio Tonga while deployed on Operation Tonga Assist 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/chaplain-broadcasts-prayers-tonga
From the quiet and open plains of Chitwan in Nepal to the bustling streets of Melbourne, Australia, Seaman Dhan Khadka considers both to be his home.
Seaman Khadka was born in a small village 150 kilometres east of the Kathmandu Valley and followed his brother in migrating to Australia,…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-07/nepal-born-sailors-first-time-sea-rewarding
Sitting in the front seat of a helicopter, with its cutting-edge sensor and weapon systems, is a standard day at the office for a maritime aviation warfare officer.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/flying-high-over-career-choice
When Lance Corporal Damian Day joined the Australian Army, he never expected to be back in his hometown of Gatton helping the community recover from devastating floods.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-07/gatton-local-returns-home-assist-flood-effort
Aircrew from Navy’s 816 Squadron have winched a woman and her two children to safety from flood waters in NSW.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-08/navy-crew-rescues-family-werrington