A demonstration of the board game Hedgemony was played in Defence’s Russell Offices, Canberra.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-29/war-strategies-honed-board-game
Exercise Vigilant Scimitar was held at the Townsville Field Training Area in November.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-24/helicopter-power-comes-together
The first operational test for the newly built range operations centre at the Woomera Test Range was a successful mission from space.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-22/mission-from-space-opens-opportunities
Air Force has welcomed the collaboration between CASG and Defence industry to help save Australian aviation jobs lost during the pandemic.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-22/collaboration-aviation-job-saver
Soldiers from the 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, cleaned up the overgrown garden of 92-year-old Legacy widow Myrie McPherson in Lismore.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-23/soldiers-blitz-widows-backyard
In the year of coronavirus, 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion’s mascot Corporal Toby Tebiass faced his own set of restrictions and time off base.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-27/weighty-issue-mascot
Former World War II Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force telephonist Thelma Zimmerman has received a medallion for her support of the United States Army Small Ships.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-31/small-ships-give-big-honour-wwii-veteran
Walbunja woman and artist Katrina Stewart's painting will appear on the cover of the Air Force Indigenous Affairs Action Plan.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2020-12-28/indigenous-artist-finds-common-ground
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