Twenty-four medical teams have assisted at aged-care facilities in the first weeks of ADF support to the aged-care sector.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-25/adf-support-aged-care-set-increase
ADF personnel have rehabilitated a tsunami-damaged monument that marks where Tonga’s first Catholic mass was conducted in 1842.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-28/pangiamotu-island-clean-up-begins
Enhancing Australian, Japanese and United States relationships was a key outcome of Exercise Cope North 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-25/cope-north-strengthens-ties
Able Seaman Shannae Fiddyment started this year with a career opportunity of a lifetime, deploying on Operation Tonga Assist 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-25/charting-tonga-highlight-sailors-story
Combat and airspace battle management aircraft ruled the skies over Guam during Exercise Cope North.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-24/integrated-flying-its-finest
Australian and Fijian soldiers have made considerable progress in a joint effort to clean-up tsunami-damaged Atata Island in Tonga.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-24/atata-island-clean-up-progresses
ADF teams are doing final survey work to enable humanitarian assistance to start on Pangaimotu Island in Tonga.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-24/beach-survey-paves-way-relief-effort
As ship design and capability have evolved, so have the activities that sailors enjoy in their downtime.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-01/card-games-are-trumps-downtime
Some of the crew of HMAS Glenelg went ashore on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands to clean up a beach.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-23/crew-cleans-remote-beach
Solomon Islands Government officials recently visited Australia's support team in Honiara.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-23/support-solomon-islands-show
A cool sea breeze provided some respite from the rising heat for cyclists racing at HMAS Stirling when the base hosted the seventh event of the Summer Criterium Series.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-23/cyclists-race-stirling
Minister for Defence Peter Dutton has announced $1.5 billion to upgrade and extend support for the Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter Training System.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-23/new-contract-fast-jet-training-aircraft
The ADF has airlifted more than 40 tonnes of stores from Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, to a large populated island with no port access.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-22/no-port-access-no-problem-adf
An Army Chinook helicopter crew airlifted Tongan technicians to a cloud-obscured peak to repair vital telecommunications equipment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-22/flying-new-heights
In the 10 years since the first quilt was sewn, Aussie Hero Quilts' founder Jan-Maree Ball and her team have made 14,000 quilts and 33,000 laundry bags for ADF personnel.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-24/quilters-stitch-together-decade-support
Ceremonies were held on February 19 to mark the 80th anniversary of the first attack on the Australian mainland.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-22/day-wwii-hit-home
In a fitting tribute before retiring after 27 years of service in the Air Force, Sergeant Steven Grant deployed on exercise with his son.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-22/father-son-duo-together-exercise
ADF personnel have helped get 28 tonnes of urgent medical and food supplies to remote areas of Solomon Islands.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-24/adf-delivers-urgent-supplies-solomon-islands
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the release of a tender for an industry partner to head a new Navy regional maintenance centre in Darwin.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-21/darwin-maintenance-centre-plan-progresses
Australian 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment soldiers and Republic of Fiji Military Forces personnel have been working together in Tonga.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-21/friends-work-together-support-tonga
Ceremonies were held on February 12 and 13 in Adelaide and Brisbane to mark the 80th anniversary of the Bangka Island massacre.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-18/bangka-island-massacre-commemorated
A Navy hydrographic team is surveying Tonga's islands from under the waterline to ensure humanitarian efforts go unhindered.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-18/navy-team-surveys-tonga-below-waterline
Captain Rebecca Jeffcoat has started her job as station leader at Australia’s oldest Antarctic research outpost, Mawson Station.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-03-07/navy-officer-leads-antarctic-expedition
Operating a United States Air Force refuelling vehicle during Exercise Cope North 2022 was a new experience for Leading Aircraftman Ronan Geoghegan.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-21/exercise-fuels-learning-experiences
A Victorian small business has been awarded a major contract to provide aircraft maintenance work stands for the P-8A Poseidon.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-18/collaboration-leads-major-export-opportunity
Everything from artillery to armoured vehicles and gun sighting scopes are going under the hammer this week.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-18/military-history-goes-under-hammer
Exercise Cope North 2022 tested Australian, Japanese and United States humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-17/practice-builds-skills-understanding
After more than a century, a soldier who had initially been classified as a deserter, has had his reputation restored.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-17/diggers-identity-reputation-restored
The ADF Sailing Association held its third SheSails Discover Sailing Day in Canberra on February 6.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-17/female-personnel-take-new-tack
Republic of Fiji Military Forces soldiers preparing for Operation Tonga Assist 2022 had the chance to join 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Queensland for a week of training prior to deploying.
The training at Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera, Brisbane, involved force…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2022-02-17/fijian-soldiers-welcome-training-brisbane