With the Tokyo Olympic Games coming to a close, pride in Team Australia couldn’t be higher, but for one RAAF member it was twofold.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-13/aussie-spirit-show
The RAN's most advanced warships are ready for operational deployment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-13/advanced-warships-ready-operations
Former ADF Gap Year program participant Corporal Shayna Antonio swapped a job in administration for a career as an avionics technician.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-13/career-flies-following-gap-year
HMAS Supply, one of Navy’s two new Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ships, has completed its first ever Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with HMAS Anzac.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-13/raring-supply-fleet
Innovative science and technology has been a focus for Flight Lieutenant Chris Polman.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-20/breaking-new-ground
Air Force personnel from No. 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron have conducted a sub-surface unexploded ordnance search and disposal activity.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-02/searching-unexploded-ordnance
Royal Australian Air Force personnel worked with their US counterparts at RAAF Base Scherger during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 (TS21).
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-04/bare-base-filled-learning-opportunities
Australian soldiers, with the Marines and sailors of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, will enter train together during Exercise Koolendong.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-12/soldiers-marines-prepare-training
Aviators from Air Force’s No. 35 Squadron joined the community in Port Vila for the Vanuatu Independence Day celebrations while on Operation Solania.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-13/aviators-celebrate-locals-while-deployed
The crews of HMAS Glenelg and RFNS Savenaca have worked together to build the mariner skills of personnel.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-12/navies-build-skills-operation
The crew of HMAS Canberra remembered the first ship to bear the Canberra name during a small ceremony at sea.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-12/loss-hmas-canberra-i-remembered
The ship’s company of HMAS Glenelg shared an unforgettable experience with one of Australia’s closest regional partners on July 30.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-12/front-row-seat-vanuatuan-celebration
As a part of Operation COVID-19 Assist, ADF personnel are supporting non-government organisations in Sydney to prepare and distribute food care packages.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-12/adf-helps-food-hampers
Flight Lieutenant Ben Lindsay enthusiasm for maths, science and engineering can be traced back to his parents who are high school teachers.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-18/engineering-opens-world-opportunities
No. 462 Squadron and Joint Project team 9131 are enabling the warfighter in the cyber domain through the support of a simulated cyber environment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-17/simulating-advanced-cyber-threats
Behind every great defence force is an army of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians. The ADF is no different.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-15/celebrating-science-behind-defence-capability
Corporal Andrew Ashbrook enjoyed science at school but his real passion was citizen band (CB) radio.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-19/riding-radio-waves-air-force-career
Satellite technology is making communications, navigation and remote sensing for Navy warships and submarines much easier.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-18/navy-looks-skies
Soldiers on Gallipoli Barracks have a new arena to come up with solutions to emerging challenges, thanks to the opening of the new Makerspace.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-11/innovative-space-unveiled
Working with a small group of specialist reserve entry trainee officers has been an unexpected career highlight for midshipmen Ryan Rafferty and Rebecca Wright.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-11/unexpected-turn-memorable-experience
The Navy Band will soon have a new selection of ceremonial music to support the fleet.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-10/music-selection-grows
Squadron Leader Ataman Iskender is working to change the way radar sites are identified.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-10/taking-birds-eye-view
As a child growing up in Lebanon, Lieutenant Commander Fatena El-Masri dreamed of being an astronaut, but she now has other dreams.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-17/one-dream-inspires-another
Two Navy personnel are finalists in their category in the annual Engineering Australia Engineer of the Year awards.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-16/navy-personnel-finalists-engineering-awards
Ever since Shannan Forrest was young, she knew she wanted to be an aeronautical engineer in the Air Force.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-20/gliding-into-engineering-career
Soldiers from the Australian and US armies combined to clear two final objectives during the land component of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-06/allied-forces-conduct-culminating-clearances
The RAN's oldest ship, First Lady of the Fleet HMAS Paluma IV, has conducted a final Freedom of Entry in the lead up to decommissioning next month.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-09/hmas-paluma-conducts-final-freedom-entry
Petty Officer Electronics Technician Emma Barnett joined the Navy as a gap year sailor and is living proof you can do anything you put your mind to.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-20/from-gap-year-greenie
For Staff Officer Navy Cyber Operations Chief Petty Officer Kathleen Price, no two days are the same.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-18/defending-cyberspace
ADF personnel are working closely with many organisations at vaccination hubs across Greater Sydney.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-08-09/adf-supports-nsw-vaccination-effort