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Australian Navy Delivers Aid For Tonga Recovery
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 12:17 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk has anchored off the coast of the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu and has commenced its humanitarian aid delivery to Tonga, following the tsunami that devastated the island on 30 September ... More >>
WWII Z Force Veteran Passes Away
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:45 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Commanding Officer of HMAS Stirling, CAPT Brett Dowsing, expressed his condolences today on behalf of Navy at the passing of revered 84-year-old WWII Z Force veteran, Jack Wong Sue. More >>
Telstra International Defence Cricket Challenge
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:44 pm | Australian Defence Force
The second running of the Telstra International Defence Cricket Challenge will commence tomorrow at various grounds in the nation’s capital. This year’s tournament builds on the success of the 2007 event and welcomes all three Australian service teams, ... More >>
John Schumann To Tour East Timor
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:43 pm | Australian Defence Force
John Schumann, the singer-songwriter famously known for his Vietnam veteran’s anthem ‘I was only 19’, will be touring to East Timor next month to entertain our Australian service men and women, performing the hit track after it was first recorded over ... More >>
RAAF Jets Take To The Skies For Exercise
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:58 pm | Australian Defence Force
Royal Australian Air Force personnel will play an important role as fighter jets take to the skies for the East Coast Air Defence Exercise (ECADEX 09), to be conducted off the coast of New South Wales. More >>
Defence Support To Families
Monday, 16 November 2009, 1:49 pm | Australian Defence Force
Recent media reporting that Defence will cut 74 jobs from the Defence Community Organisation (DCO), reducing the services provided to Defence families is inaccurate. More >>
Australian Fire Truck Ready For Service In Samoa
Monday, 16 November 2009, 1:48 pm | Australian Defence Force
An Australian fire truck is settling into its new home in tsunami devastated Samoa, after being officially handed over by the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) at a special ceremony held at the Apia Fire Station. More >>
National Welcome Home Parade
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 2:02 pm | Australian Defence Force
The welcome home parade will mark the conclusion of Operation CATALYST and will recognise the contribution of ADF and Defence personnel to the stabilisation and rehabilitation of Iraq. More >>
Australian Navy Delivers Aid For Samoa Recovery
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 2:01 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Royal Australian Navy’s heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk yesterday arrived in Apia, the capital of Samoa, to deliver humanitarian aid coordinated by AusAID as part of the ongoing support to Samoa and Tonga following the tsunami that devastated ... More >>
Aussy Dog Returns Home After A Year Lost
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 2:00 pm | Australian Defence Force
An Australian Special Forces Explosive Detection Dog has been found alive and well almost fourteen months after going missing in action (MIA) in Afghanistan. “Sabi” was recovered by a US Soldier at an isolated patrol base in north-eastern Oruzgan ... More >>
Joint Operations Command Remembers Its Fallen
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 2:11 pm | Australian Defence Force
Headquarters Joint Operations Command will commemorate Remembrance Day with a service and the dedication of a memorial for the 29 Australian Defence Force personnel who have died and the many wounded on operations in the 10 years since the original headquarters ... More >>
Diggers Discover Explosive Caches And IED's
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:46 am | Australian Defence Force
Australian Defence Force soldiers conducting operations in southern Afghanistan have uncovered a major cache of explosives during a series of routine search operations over the past week. More >>
Afghan Man Injured During Engagement With Enemy
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:45 am | Australian Defence Force
During an engagement between Afghan and Australian forces and insurgents yesterday morning (9 Nov 09), an Afghan man received a gunshot wound to his lower left leg. More >>
Australian Defence Force Remembers Fallen
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 1:04 pm | Australian Defence Force
Headquarters Joint Operations Command will commemorate Remembrance Day with a service and the dedication of a memorial for the 29 Australian Defence Force personnel who have died on operations in the ten years since the original headquarters was formed. More >>
Tributes to Australia's First Victory at Sea
Monday, 9 November 2009, 1:06 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Australian Navy is today commemorating the anniversary of the RAN’s first sea battle, between HMAS Sydney and the German light cruiser SMS Emden. The confrontation changed the way Australians thought of themselves as a maritime nation. On 9 November ... More >>
ADFs Return to Darwin Following Relief Mission
Friday, 6 November 2009, 3:19 pm | Australian Defence Force
Around 450 ADF personnel embarked in HMAS Kanimbla will arrive back in Darwin today, just over one month after departing for Padang to assist in the earthquake relief operation. Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Mark Evans says that while ... More >>
Patrol Boat Upgrade for Fed. States of Micronesia
Friday, 6 November 2009, 3:09 pm | Australian Defence Force
The latest in a series of Australian-sponsored Pacific Patrol Boat refits has been completed and the refurbished vessel handed-back to the Federated States of Micronesia at a ceremony at the Rosshaven Marine Shipyard in Townsville QLD today. Representing ... More >>
Gen. Petraeus Made Honorary Officer of Australia
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 3:24 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, congratulated General David Petraeus after he was appointed as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia in an investiture ceremony in Washington DC today. General Petraeus was nominated ... More >>
Australian Serving In Afghanistan Loses Hearing
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 11:09 am | Australian Defence Force
An Australian soldier serving with the 2nd Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF2) has suffered initial hearing loss as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploding near his patrol. This soldier was involved in one of three ... More >>
Soldier Killed At Cultana, South Australia
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 11:07 am | Australian Defence Force
Lance Corporal Edwards, a member of the 2nd Commando Regiment, was part of a Special Forces night training activity with live ammunition. The activity was associated with mission specific training for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. More >>
