HMAS Adelaide showcased its sophisticated amphibious deployment system during Operation Fiji Assist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/amphibious-assets-key-supply-mission
Commanding Officer of HMAS Glenelg Lieutenant Commander Jared Webb ran 42km for the Running for Premature Babies charity.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-25/hitting-deck-charity-marathon
Captain Jess Law, from Port Macquarie, is an operations officer on her first operational deployment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/meeting-law-supply-demand-operation
The ADF showed it could provide humanitarian disaster relief even during a global pandemic on Operation Fiji Assist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-21/strict-testing-allows-successful-deployment
A yarning circle site was opened at the Puckapunyal Military Area late last year.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-27/invaluable-place-yarn
While the Puckapunyal Military Area primary school was destroyed in the December blaze, soldiers helped stop the fire spreading to nearby married quarters and bushland.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-24/soldiers-help-protect-homes-from-fire
New name for Air Force's air and space power centre marks a new direction for the thinktank.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/new-centre-launching-pad-ideas
Air Force welcomed 18 new specialist reservists late last year as they completed their initial induction course at RAAF Base Wagga.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-23/new-specialist-reservists-inject-critical-capability
Reservists and their civilian employers have been recognised for their contribution to the ADF through the Prince of Wales Award scheme.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-21/prince-wales-award-recipients-announced
The latest recruits in the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) graduated at HMAS Cairns late last year.
The graduation ceremony for Course 14 ended five months of training that tested the recruits’ physical fitness and provided education opportunities through TAFE courses.
The training also…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-23/indigenous-sailors-board-program
Army personnel are using a desalination system to help Fijian communities access fresh drinking water after cyclone Yasa.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/providing-fresh-water-fijian-communities
Experienced manager takes the lead in the mission to recover the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa satellite
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/andy-plays-role-delivery-asteroid-sample
Surveillance and Control Training Unit at RAAF Base Williamtown has acknowledged the achievements of its newest graduates.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-20/unit-acknowledges-achievements-graduates
More than a dozen NUSHIP Supply marine technicians completed apprenticeships without access to their ship.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-21/trainees-complete-qualifications-rate-knots
Raytheon Australia has been selected as the new capability life cycle manager for the Royal Australian Navy’s Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-21/industry-foundations-continue-strengthen
HMAS Adelaide’s Communication and Information Systems sailors and Army signallers bridged the gap between the ship and personnel ashore in Fiji.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-19/staying-connected-fiji
Britton Maritime Systems was awarded the contract to build 12 Gemini seaboats for the newest Cape-class patrol boats.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-20/geminis-rising-from-sydney-company
New concepts for robotics and autonomous systems have been developed to assist in designing the future force.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-22/future-robotics-autonomous-systems
About 120 tonnes of supplies were delivered by HMAS Adelaide to cyclone-ravaged Fiji.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-18/supply-chain-crucial-disaster-relief
The Royal Australian Navy’s new auxiliary oiler replenishment ship, NUSHIP Supply, has arrived at its homeport of Garden Island, Sydney.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-15/home-sweet-home
A resupply of fire retardant powder was flown to Western Australia in a C-17A Globemaster.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-15/air-force-makes-vital-delivery-firefighters
When the role of loadmaster was opened to women, retired Warrant Officer Katrina Salvesen seized the opportunity to take on a more hands-on mustering.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-14/passion-leads-becoming-first-female-loadmaster
The achievements of Navy’s Submarine Force in 2020 were recognised at the submariner awards at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-14/submariner-awards-recognise-achievements
When Captain Gary Lawton was selected as the new Commanding Officer of HMAS Stirling, it felt more like a homecoming.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-13/new-chapter-commanding-officer
Navy’s Fleet Air Arm has been awarded an Australian Service Medal for its contribution to Operation Bursa.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-15/operational-contribution-recognised
For Sergeant Tim O’Brien, joining the Army meant serving his country and seeing the world.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-12/serving-nation-seeing-world
We take a look back at the year that was and its many challenges.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-12/adf-up-challenges-2020
Tools have been downed as No. 278 Squadron closed out its maintenance training support to Air Combat Group.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-08/tools-down-maintenance-training-support
When retired Wing Commander Robyn Clay-Williams joined the Air Force in 1979, she was told there were no female pilots.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-07/testing-times-pioneer-pilot
The ADF is providing assistance to the Fijian Government in their response to Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Personnel are working with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support the Fijian Government to provide assistance to thousands of Fijians, including many from remote islands devastated…
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2021-01-07/post-cyclone-assistance-fiji