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ADF Long Tan Leadership And Teamwork Awards 2007
Monday, 6 August 2007, 8:18 pm | Australian Defence Force
Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston has applauded the increasing numbers of secondary schools across Australia that have chosen to participate in the Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Awards for 2007. More >>
DNA Testing Fails To Identify Unknown WWII Sailor
Monday, 6 August 2007, 8:14 pm | Australian Defence Force
A bid to identify the remains of an unknown sailor, almost certainly from the HMAS Sydney II, with DNA testing of samples provided by the relatives of three short-listed sailors has been unsuccessful in finding a match. More >>
RAN Memorial Service For Japanese M24 Submariners
Monday, 6 August 2007, 8:05 pm | Australian Defence Force
The Royal Australian Navy held two memorial services today for the relatives of the submariners who died when the World War Two Japanese Midget submarine, the M24, was lost on the night of 31 May - 1 June 1942. More >>
Aussie Soldiers Wounded In Contact With Taliban
Monday, 6 August 2007, 2:38 pm | Australian Defence Force
An Australian Special Forces soldier has been evacuated from Afghanistan to a Coalition medical facility for further treatment after being wounded in a contact with Taliban extremists earlier this month during a patrol in Oruzgan Province. More >>
ADF Prepares For APEC Leaders' Week
Monday, 6 August 2007, 1:40 pm | Australian Defence Force
As part of ongoing preparations to support the New South Wales Police in the lead up to APEC Leader's week, the ADF will be conducting a range of training exercises in and around the Sydney CBD over the coming weeks. More >>
RAAF Takes Control Of Sth Afghanistan Skies
Monday, 6 August 2007, 7:28 am | Australian Defence Force
A 75-strong RAAF detachment has taken over management of a portion of Afghanistan's airspace. RAAF's Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) are undertaking 24/7 operations from Kandahar Airfield for air surveillance tasks over southern Afghanistan. More >>
Black Hawk 221 BOI Hearing Of Evidence Concludes
Saturday, 4 August 2007, 8:24 am | Australian Defence Force
The hearing of evidence for the Black Hawk 221 Board of Inquiry (BOI) concluded today. The Board will reconvene on Wednesday 29 August 2007 for final submissions from Counsel Assisting the Inquiry and Counsel Representing. More >>
Defence Future Capability Tech Centre To Be Set Up
Friday, 3 August 2007, 11:58 am | Australian Defence Force
A call for proposals to set up a Defence Future Capability Technology Centre (DFCTC) in 2008 will be made later this month according to the Chief Defence Scientist, Dr Roger Lough, at today's Defence Watch Briefing, held in Canberra. More >>
Australian Soldier Slightly Wounded In Sth Iraq
Friday, 3 August 2007, 11:55 am | Australian Defence Force
An Overwatch Battle Group (West) (OBG(W) soldier suffered slight wounds in an indirect fire attack against an Australian patrol on Tuesday evening, Australian Eastern Standard Time. More >>
Change Of Command In Timor Leste
Friday, 3 August 2007, 11:52 am | Australian Defence Force
Brigadier John Hutcheson has taken over command of the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force in Timor-Leste from Brigadier Mal Rerden who held the appointment since October 2006. More >>
Australian Navy Rescue Mission A Success
Friday, 3 August 2007, 10:17 am | Australian Defence Force
A lone yachtsman has been plucked from his vessel following a dramatic rescue by the Royal Australian Navy. The sailor became stranded when his yacht ran aground on Elizabeth Reef, approximately 160 kilometres north of Lord Howe Island. More >>
ADF Support To APEC07 Leader's Meeting
Friday, 3 August 2007, 12:00 am | Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is providing approximately 1500 people, along with a range of equipment, to support the security aspects of the APEC07 Leader's Meeting in Sydney in September. More >>
Return From Operational Service Due To Pregnancy
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 6:24 am | Australian Defence Force
Media reports during the last week have discussed the repatriation of a female Army officer from Afghanistan in October 2006, and more recently, the actions of the member's Commanding Officer. More >>
Update To Timor Leste Vehicle Accident
Monday, 30 July 2007, 9:31 am | Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force advised late Friday evening that a vehicle accident in Timor-Leste has resulted in six members of the Australian Defence Force led International Security Force (ISF) and a civilian interpreter being injured. More >>
Minister Supports WW1 Burial Site Examination
Friday, 27 July 2007, 11:33 am | Australian Defence Force
Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Bruce Billson today confirmed he would support further examination of a suspected WWI mass burial site in France that could contain the remains of Digger and Brit soldiers. More >>
Return From Afghanistan Due To Pregnancy
Friday, 27 July 2007, 11:24 am | Australian Defence Force
Defence can confirm that a member from the 1st Reconstruction Task Force was returned to Australia from her deployment to Afghanistan in October 2006 due to pregnancy. More >>
Shooting Incident In Afghanistan -- ADF
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 12:41 am | Australian Defence Force
Australian Defence Force soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, were involved in a shooting incident yesterday 24 July 2007 at approximately 1.15 pm. More >>
Aus Defence & Industry Join Forces To Boost Skills
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 2:45 pm | Australian Defence Force
Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Bruce Billson today announced the establishment of the Joint Defence-Industry Training Task Force, an initiative recommended in the Defence and Industry Policy Statement 2007. More >>
Aus. Governor-Gen Opens Special Forces Facility
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 9:59 am | Australian Defence Force
The Governor-General, His Excellency MAJ GEN Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, officially opened the new Special Forces Training Facility (SFTF) at Holsworthy Barracks today. More >>
ADFA Launches the First Six Weeks Podcast
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 12:04 am | Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force Academy today launches a new media website hosting video podcasts of the first six weeks of its military training program. The reality based series, called ‘The First Six Weeks’, follows a Division of new recruits from ... More >>
