International

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

Perils of Thai cave rescue revealed
Defence personnel in Canberra were treated to a fascinating speech by Australian of the Year Craig Challen about extricating 12 boys and their soccer...

Summit focuses on threats to human health
Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force Air Vice-Marshal Tracy Smart said Defence’s health engagement activities with the Pacific region were...

Exercise a big lift for Defence task force
A lift from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster allowed an Australian urban search and rescue task force to exercise with international peers.

Fierce welcome for new arrivals
Thirty-five New Zealand Defence Force personnel, who arrived at the Taji Military Complex, were confronted with a fierce welcome ceremony.

Australian-Japanese relationship goes great lengths
A first for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) took place on Australian soil, with the firing of an FH-70 howitzer out to 25 kilometres at...

Fond memories of Canberra as NZ sailors return home
A small contingent of Royal New Zealand Navy officers and sailors returned home after spending almost three months deployed in HMAS Canberra.

More than $1 billion of narcotics seized by HMAS Ballarat
Ballarat has stopped illegal narcotics in excess of AUD$1 billion from funding terrorism and other illegal activity.