Three Australian companies have been awarded new grants to help build their capacity to support production and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet. The grants were awarded as part of Defence’s New Air Combat Capability – Industry Support Program (NACC-ISP), which has issued 45 grants worth more than $21 million since the program’s inception nine […]
As the first member of her family to pursue a career in the military, Flight Lieutenant Arihia Peri has always forged her own path, welcomed new challenges and has never been afraid to aim high. Her family moved from Auckland to the Central Coast, NSW, when she was young. As an independent teenager, Flight Lieutenant […]
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba is returning home after completing a six-month deployment to the Middle East. Toowoomba has concluded her assignment to Joint Task Force 633 (JTF633) as part of Operation Manitou, conducting counter-terrorism and maritime security operations while patrolling the waters stretching from the Southern Arabian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden. Commander JTF633 […]
The Royal Australian Navy has a long connection with Australia’s proud Indigenous heritage. Indigenous sailors have served in the Navy since its formation and in the navies of pre-federation Australia. In 1909, the Indigenous names Parramatta, Yarra and Warrego were selected for the first three River-class torpedo boat destroyers built for the fledgling Australian Navy. Navy’s […]
With 160 years of history to its credit, the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment often looks to its forefathers for inspiration. A Vietnam War veteran who fought in the Battle of Binh Ba in June 1969, Ray De Vere gave a briefing earlier this month to attentive soldiers at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane, which proved to be educational and motivating. […]
Nationally, approximately 900 personnel are deployed as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. The Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, announced Operation COVID-19 Assist on April 1, 2020. Current nation-wide Defence support includes: Contact tracing and planning support teams to all state and territory governments. Supporting law enforcement agencies with mandatory quarantine arrangements. […]
Avionics Technician Corporal Dan Zaniol has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of his support of the Australian Defence Force’s air combat electronic warfare capability. Corporal Zaniol joined the Navy in 2002 and transferred to the Air Force in 2010. Before his current posting at Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit […]
The Victoria Cross is awarded for the most conspicuous gallantry, or a daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the face of the enemy. Since the end of the Vietnam War, four Victoria Crosses have been issued to Australian Defence members. During WWII, while Teddy Sheean was serving […]
The sun was beating down on Mount Bundey Training Area when soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR), assaulted an enemy vehicle parked atop a rocky hilltop during Exercise Koolendong. Breaching a barbed-wire obstacle 130 kilometres south-east of Darwin, Northern Territory, the soldiers charged up the steep embankment, throwing smoke grenades […]
Vietnam Veterans’ Remembrance Day is commemorated on that day every year. Originally known as Long Tan Day, it was chosen to commemorate the men of D Company, 6RAR who fought in the battle of Long Tan in 1966. On that day, 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought a pitched battle against over 2,000 North […]
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