Today was meant to be the day Army's Warrant Officer Class 2 Meika Wright set sail on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-26/soldier-yachtie-twice-competed-sydney-hobart
Seaman Shanen Pulkkinen is one of 14 ADF Gap Year program sailors who have returned to service to support the high-risk weather season and Operation COVID-19 Assist.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-23/gap-year-sailors-ready-support-operations
Air Force members posted to Victoria’s RAAF Williams and RAAF Base Point Cook made a contribution to fighting COVID-19 in their own backyard.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-30/quartet-lead-way-close-home
Personnel from HMAS Penguin took part in the Say No to Domestic Violence Walk in Sydney.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-22/navy-crew-walks-talk-domestic-violence
Private Louise Joselyn is embarked in Australian Defence Vessel Cape Inscription.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-22/soldier-spend-festive-season-sea
After 38 years of service in the Air Force, Warrant Officer Jen Riches has put down her pace stick.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-24/retiring-warrant-officer-pace-setter
A recruiting slogan first inspired Sergeant David Hutton to join the ADF.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/new-challenges-offer-each-day
Members of the 7th Combat Signal Regiment and 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, are supporting Queensland's mandatory hotel quarantine for international arrivals.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-18/virus-keeps-soldiers-duty-over-christmas
Lieutenant Johnston received the Leeuwin Trust Fund Sword for being dux of the Maritime Logistics Officers Application Course in 2019.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-21/top-student-praises-supporters
Engineering students from the University of Newcastle toured Navy establishments in Sydney.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-18/high-tech-tour-showcases-opportunities
Cairns-based Australian Defence Vessel Cape Inscription hosted a Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority officer on an eight-day search.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-21/navy-joins-effort-stop-illegal-reef-fishing
Soldiers from 7th Combat Brigade training on the Army Combatives Program were shown how hand-to-hand combat was done in the good old days.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-21/old-school-moves-make-comeback
The final PC-21 Australian Defence Force Pilots’ Course graduation ceremony for this year was held at RAAF Base Pearce on December 11.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-16/final-graduates-year-set-take-off
About 200 COVID-19 test kits were sent to Kabul for use by coalition forces following a spike in coronavirus cases in the area.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/covid-19-test-kits-sent-nato-operation
HMAS Ballarat has returned to her home port of Fleet Base West near Rockingham, Western Australia, following a successful Indian Ocean deployment.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/ballarat-returns-from-deployment
Workshop links the ADF with civilian agencies in preparation for the high-risk weather season.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/adf-ready-help-bad-weather
A group of trainee Air Force officers marked their graduation day by collecting donations for the Cancer Council at the front gate of RAAF Base Wagga.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/officer-graduates-support-charity
For many officers and sailors in the Navy, nautical-themed tattoos are a tradition that provide a sense of identity, belonging and a form of remembrance.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-16/tattoos-symbol-experiences
Staff at No. 1 Flying Training School kept pilots in training during the COVID-19 pandemic with five key initiatives.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-17/innovation-keeps-trainee-pilots-course
A conversation with his brother-in-law led Corporal Barney Lelo to quit his civilian career as a trade assistant and welder and enlist in the Army in 2012.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-16/career-change-winner
Mother and daughter find themselves on the same Operational Health Support Course.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-15/mother-daughter-speak-same-language
Personnel from No. 383 Contingency Response Squadron explored Cape York in the northernmost reaches of Queensland for Exercise Woomera Strike.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-15/squadron-brings-expeditionary-skills-cape-york
Officer selection boards are continuing during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to technology.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-24/officer-recruitment-zooming-along-pandemic
Corporal Jacob Hutcheon, of No 2 Security Forces at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland, is on Operation COVID-19 Assist at Sydney Airport.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-19/keeping-australia-safe-through-christmas
The marine engineering department of HMAS Ballarat received praise for its work maintaining the ship’s systems while deployed to the Indian Ocean.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-14/high-praise-high-seas-ballarat-technicians
Navy’s most advanced ships have exercised together for the first time.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-14/high-tech-trio-exercise-first-time
Sub lieutenants awarded high honours at ADFA graduation.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-15/adfa-graduates-honoured-awards
Soldiers helped local authorities rescue 12 survivors from a sinking boat off the Vanuatuan island of Ambae on November 22.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-14/soldiers-come-rescue
Defence will receive new deployable health facilities under acquisition and support contracts with Saab Australia.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-14/deployable-facilities-improve-field-health-care
The first members of Navy’s inaugural Maritime Human Resources Officer Application Course have graduated after intensive training at HMAS Albatross.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-14/maritime-human-resources-officers-graduate