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Air Commodore Gregory Frisina and Warrant Officer Christine Hill, facilitate a video conference between the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, Warrant Officer of the Air Force, Fiona Grasby and Spear of Fame directors, Evangelia and Umit Ertϋrk,

Defence

Embroiderer shows true colours

A Victorian embroiderer has been making Colours and Banners for the ADF for 50 years.

Wing Commander Jade Deveney, left, and Captain Alan Bretherton were deployed to the Middle East region as gender advisers. Photo: POIS Yuri Ramsey

Defence Middle East

Gender advice important in planning

Three gender advisers have been helping with the planning process in the Middle East region

Squadron Leader Aron Pennisi is deployed on Operation Accordion at the ADF's main operating base in the Middle East. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy

Air Force Operation Accordion

From farm boy tinkerer to avionics engineer

Squadron Leader Aron Pennisi's rural childhood in Queensland has informed an exciting ADF career.

Deputy Director Personnel Plans Wing Commander Debbie Newman, of Headquarters Air Command, RAAF Base Glenbrook. Photo: Corporal David Said

Air Force

Accounting for a 'never-ending job variety'

The ADF has given Wing Commander Debbie Newman constant learning opportunities and the chance to live in many different cities.

Private Justin Banks, of the 1st Close Health Battalion, at the Education and Activity Centre's pop-up COVID testing site in Mooroopna, Victoria, during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo: Private Dustin Anderson

Army COVID-19

New medic on COVID frontline

Army medic goes straight from medic school to the frontline of Victoria's COVID-19 response.

Australian Army officer Captain Michael Bailey is in South Sudan on Operation Aslan.

Army Operation Aslan

From Sydney to South Sudan

An engineer is working in a vastly different role in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

Third-year aeronautical engineering student Officer Cadet Sarah Flint stands in front of a Rolls-Royce jet engine in the engineering building at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Photo: Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello

Army

Combining her passion for maths and physics with aircraft

Officer Cadet Sarah Flint is studying aeronautical engineering at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Leading Seaman Scott Tunnard prepares to run on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra during Regional Presence Deployment 2020. Photo: Petty Officer Tom Gibson

Navy

Going the distance for gruelling challenge

Leading Seaman Scott Tunnard has set himself a goal of running the equivalent distance of Sydney to Melbourne.

Squadron Leader Helen Webb is deployed on Operation Accordion in the Middle East region as a medical scientist. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy

Air Force Operation Accordion

Expertise in high demand amid pandemic

Medical scientist Squadron Leader Helen Webb is helping provide quick-time results of COVID-19 testing in the Middle East.

Flight Lieutenant Rayan Gharazeddine, left, explains the operation of the Mk 46 MOD Torpedo. Photo: Corporal Colin Dadd

Air Force

From childhood fascination to stellar career

A passion for science has led to a senior role with the Australian Space Operations Centre.

Joint personnel recovery officer Warrant Officer Class 2 Clive Keam conducts radio training with pilots while deployed on Operation Accordion in the Middle East Region. Photo: Corporal Tristan Kennedy

Army Operation Accordion

Ex-Commando delivers evasion survival training

Warrant Officer Class-2 Clive Keam is deployed on Operation Accordion in the Middle East as a Survive Evade Resist Escape specialist.

Lieutenant Benjamin Stafford, from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, at the Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre in Victoria during Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo: Private Dustin Anderson