Personnel from the 4th Brigade at Simpson Barracks marked National Reconciliation Week and National Sorry Day with an Indigenous ceremony.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-06-02/indigenous-ceremony-marks-reconciliation-week
HMAS Supply chef Able Seaman Kieran Nieves has served food to people on and off the ship since it commissioned into the Navy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-06-01/navy-provides-mix-opportunities
The Navy’s newest support ship, HMAS Supply, on May 29 made her first visit to her ceremonial home port of Eden.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-06-01/supply-goodwill-port-visit
The Australian Defence College launched Arts@ADC to encourage creative engagement with contemporary Defence issues.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-06-07/tackling-defence-issues-creatively
Australian Defence Force (ADF) members from across Victoria are preparing for deployment on Operation COVID-19 Assist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-31/adf-supports-victorias-covid-19-outbreak
The crew of HMAS Perth has met the Lord Mayor of Perth Basil Zempilas and CEO of the City of Perth Michelle Reynolds.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-06-01/crew-meets-mayor-ships-namesake
Australia’s youngest United Nations peacekeeper, 25-year-old Captain Katherine Higgins, has arrived in Israel ahead of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-28/youngest-peacekeeper-arrives-middle-east
Veterans, serving members, transitioning members and their families are encouraged to come together over a coffee at the Wounded Heroes Veterans Lounge.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-28/lounge-safe-place-support
Defence is an ongoing supporter of National Reconciliation Week and celebrates annually from May 27 - June 3.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-27/continuing-australias-journey-towards-reconciliation
A 10th Force Support Battalion soldier, Major Lee Sankey, has turned a cheap car into a cancer-fighting endurance machine.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-26/familys-car-raising-funds-cancer-research
1 Recruit Training Battalion has delivered Army’s first chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence basic course.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-28/recruits-train-new-equipment
The first rigid-hull inflatable boat training simulator of its type in the world has been installed at HMAS Cerberus.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-28/cerberus-leading-world-safety-training
HMAS Parramatta joined two French Navy vessels to complete a cooperative passage through the South China Sea.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-26/parramatta-joins-french-task-group-training
Six ADF members have returned to their hometown of the Sunshine Coast to share their knowledge and passion for the ADF to local high schools.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-25/recruiting-next-generation
Despite being told by her school’s career counsellor that ADFA was “only for boys”, four years later Flight Lieutenant Kaitlin Flynn graduated from the academy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-26/glass-ceiling-no-barrier-engineer
The new Boxer Multi-Purpose Vehicle is being put to the test in the largest exercise they have operated in to date.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-25/boxers-ring-first-major-exercise
HMAS Anzac has returned home, marking the end of an extended deployment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-24/hmas-anzac-returns-home
Personnel from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, have this month been back firing live rounds.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-24/artillery-regiment-back-range
Following in his father’s footsteps to serve his country, Signaller Jack Connoley reunited with his dad on deployment to Vanuatu.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-26/family-reunited-through-international-deployment
A smoking ceremony has marked the start of construction works for the new Armoured Fighting Vehicle Facilities Program Simulation Centre.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-24/ceremony-marks-start-training-simulator-project
HMAS Anzac has safely returned a group of Indonesian fishermen rescued in the Indian Ocean to their home port in Bali.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-21/rescued-indonesian-fishermen-are-home
Before Army personnel began Exercise Diamond Walk, they were reminded that Indigenous people have been walking the area for thousands of years.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-25/exercise-forming-connections
The COVID-19 pandemic has made resupplying a Navy ship with essential fuel and fresh produce during an overseas deployment challenging.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-27/pandemic-supplies-new-challenges
HMAS Sydney's ship’s company marked the first anniversary of the ship's commissioning near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-21/sydney-has-bridged-year
RAAF Base Williams at Laverton is the first Air Force base in Victoria to feature an Indigenous yarning circle.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-28/yarning-circle-first-air-force-victoria
Civilian employers of ADF reservists have been recognised for their support at a thank-you event at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-21/reservists-employers-thanked-support
Army and Air Force personnel have put their newly learned skills in coordinating close air support for soldiers on the ground into practice.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-24/students-graduate-bang
Defence and industry collaboration took a step forward with the official opening of Moog Australia’s new $2 million facility.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-21/new-facility-boost-adf-capabilities
Joining the ADF is an option for people of all ages, as Corporal Laura Wakeling and her husband Aircraftman Tim Wakeling can attest.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-21/age-no-barrier-joining-adf
A passage exercise with the Indonesian Navy has given one sailor in HMAS Anzac a chance to showcase her language skills.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-05-26/anzac-indonesian-capability-showcased