A bottle with messages in it was one of the stranger items personnel from HMAS Watson found on Clean-Up Australia Day.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-23/message-bottle-found-during-clean-up-event
Members of HMAS Coonawarra and its resident units went head to head in the 2021 Top End Forces Shield barefoot bowls competition.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-22/barefoot-bowls-top-end
The ADF Rugby League is supporting the Fijian Kaiviti Silktails rugby league team while they are in Sydney as part of a tour of Australia.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-19/adf-supports-fijian-nrl-dreams
Soil collected by traditional custodians of RAAF Base Townsville featured in the Centenary Welcome Ceremony for Air Force’s centenary celebrations.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-29/soils-feature-symbolic-ceremony
Being on 72 hours’ notice to move for Operation COVID-19 Assist hasn't stopped 8th/9th Battalion soldiers from honing their skills in urban warfare.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-23/call-soldiers-step-up-urban-training
Personnel who were among the first ADF members in South Australia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are encouraging others to get the jab.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-19/personnel-encourage-others-get-vaccinated
Cultural immersion days are a key part of the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP), which was established in 2014.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-18/cultural-immersion-key-part-navy-program
In partnership with Defence Force Recruiting, No. 35 Squadron hosted C-27J Spartan flights to regional Queensland communities.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-22/spartans-fly-back-charleville
The commemoration of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea this year was significant as the Air Force squadrons that fought in the battle are serving again.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-22/wwii-squadrons-serve-again-battle-remembered
The ADF has begun deploying teams to aged and disability care facilities around Australia in support of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-17/adf-teams-injected-into-vaccine-rollout
Despite only having competed in weightlifting for a couple of years, Leading Seaman Suamili Nanai has his sights set on the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-29/early-success-lifts-weightlifters-goals
Eighty years ago, Wilma ‘Billie’ Ayles rode her bicycle from the family sugarcane farm to Ayr to learn Morse code in a bid to join the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-20/determination-serve
The first Air Force crew attendants to complete their initial aircraft conversion on the newly acquired Dassault Falcon 7X graduated on February 5.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-19/falcon-crew-completes-pioneering-course
Spending his formative years in Latin America, the US and Australia has shaped Wing Commander Ivan Benitez-Aguirre’s perspective and approach to new situations.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-20/experience-helps-way-forward
Travelling to Australia 10 years ago on a working holiday visa led to a nationality change and exciting career in Air Force for Aircraftwoman Ayumi Kono.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-19/big-lifestyle-change-exciting-career
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld visited South Australia to meet members and employees at the Woomera Range Complex and RAAF Base Edinburgh.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-18/chief-air-force-heads-south
Squadron Leader Nikki Olsen was attracted to a military aviation career from an early age.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-18/squadron-leader-promotes-womens-initiatives
HMA Ships Gascoyne and Diamantina have wrapped up this year's Fleet Certification Period off the coast of Tasmania.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-16/ships-wrap-up-mission-tasmania
HMA ships Anzac and Sirius have completed two separate passage exercises with vessels from the Philippine Navy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-15/long-held-ties-strengthened-exercise
Soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, practised the skills of not being seen and not being heard on Exercise Wolf Crawl.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-22/platoon-practises-being-invisible
Flight Lieutenant Lauren Hartley’s father’s battle with lung disease motivated her to have her head shaved to raise money for the Lung Foundation Australia.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-18/head-shave-helps-others-breathe-easy
An all-female crew from No. 1 Squadron flew a F/A-18F Super Hornet mission on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-16/super-hornet-crew-mission-inspire
Students from the School of Military Engineering undertook the Bridge Erection Propulsion Boat Course at Camp Sapper, Holsworthy Range on the Georges River.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-17/boat-course-bridges-gap
A gruelling obstacle course run or a head-scratching series of artillery calculations awaited contestants on The Amazing Race Australia at Lavarack Barracks.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-16/amazing-test-skills
Gerry Shepherd donated his hand-built 1/72 scale model of HMAS Bataan to the Sea Power Centre in Canberra.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-17/homage-hmas-bataan
The Australian Invictus Games 2020 – The Hague team has been given a reprieve with the announcement the Games will be held in 2022.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-16/second-games-postponement-positive-aussies
Despite a change of venue, this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was a complete success.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-15/parade-like-no-other
Air and maritime assets came together for warfighting training as part of Exercise Tasman Shield 21.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-16/exercise-cooperation-air-sea-power
HMAS Sydney departed her home port at Fleet Base East last week to conduct trials on her AEGIS weapons system with the United States Navy.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-15/sydney-sails-trials-united-states
Leading Aircraftman Trung Phan’s commitment to give back to Australia is motived by the welcome he and his family received after the Vietnam War.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-03-19/escaping-war-inspires-work-protect-peace