International

The Samoan Police crew of Nafanua II fall in alongside the newly aquired Guardian-class patrol boat at Austal ship yards in Henderson.

Navy International engagement

New patrol boat for Samoa

A new Guardian-class patrol boat was officially handed over to Samoa on August 16.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds.

Defence International engagement

Reinforcing Australia-NATO bond

The strong bond between Australia and NATO has been reinforced during NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to Australia from August 6 to 8.

Australian Air Force Cadets from No. 8 Wing in the Northern Territory, Logan Gunn (right) and Yuki Blunt on board a No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules aircraft during a flight over Darwin. Photo: Sergeant Ben Dempster

Air Force STEM

One giant leap into remote NT community

NASA engineers and scientists have flown to a remote corner of the Northern Territory with the help of the Air Force.

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia Manager Major Henry Fijolek, left, holds Sergeant Martin O’Meara's Victoria Cross medal along with the Museum Deputy Curator Richard Bennett at the museum in Fremantle. Photo: Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko

Army History

A Cross to Ireland

For the first time in more than 60 years, a Victoria Cross will leave Australian shores to be loaned to a museum.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and the Vice Chief of Defence Force, Vice Admiral David Johnston leave a RAAF C-17A Globemaster at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corproal Nunu Campos

Defence Global operations

Defence Minister visits troops in Middle East

The Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds, has returned to Australia after visiting Australian troops in the Middle East reg

Families and friends welcome HMAS Ballarat to her homeport Fleet Base West, Western Australia, after being deployed on Operation Manitou. Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.

Navy Operation Manitou

Ballarat returns home from drug-busting deployment

Families warmly welcomed home the crew off HMAS Ballarat after nearly nine months at sea.

United States Marine Corps and United States Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems perform a live firing drill at Plains Airfield during Exercise Talisman Sabre.

Army Talisman Sabre

Talisman Sabre starts with a bang

This year’s Exercise Talisman Sabre started off with a bang, as US Marine Corps and US Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket

Musician Natalie Gray dances with children during a performance at the Vaiala Congregational Christian Church of Samoa.

Defence Pacific engagement

High note in Pacific friendship

The Australian Defence Force has completed a key engagement activity in Samoa as part of its ongoing commitment to deepen relationships in the region.

Outgoing Commander Joint Task Force 633 Air Vice-Marshal Joe Iervasi, right, promotes Commodore Mark Hill to the rank of Rear Admiral at the Transfer of Authority parade at Australia's main operating base in the Middle East.

Defence Middle East

Change of command in the Middle East

Commander Joint Task Force 633 Air Vice-Marshal Joe Iervasi has handed over command of Australian Defence Force operations in the Middle East region.

Chief of Staff, Joint Operations Command and Head of Corps, Royal Australian Engineers Brigadier John Carey, left accepts the Netherlands Resistance Memorial Cross posthumously awarded to Australian engineer Lieutenant John Leslie Appleby.

Army

Posthumous honour for prisoner of war

An engineer officer who was executed by the Japanese in World War II was posthumously presented the Resistance Memorial Cross by the Netherlands...

Australian Army Reservists doctor Lieutenant Colonel Mark Little, left, and pharmacist Lieutenant David Benson, are deployed with Task Group Taji-8, outside the Taji Medical Treatment Facility, Iraq.

Army Operation Okra

Cairns medics' unlikely reunion in Iraq

Taji Military Complex, 20 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq, is the last place you’d expect to run into someone you know from your home town.

2019 Australian of the Year Craig Challen with Associate Secretary Rebecca Skinner and Vice Chief of the Defence Force Vice Admiral David Johnston at Russell Offices, Canberra.