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Indigenous engagement in Gilgandra
As part of National Reconciliation Week, Defence personnel engaged with the Indigenous community at one of its most important training airfields.

Staying fighting fit while on deployment
Maintaining the mental and physical fitness of the ship's company and embarked forces on board the landing helicopter dock (LHD) HMAS Canberra during...

Canberra’s padres offer counsel and support to all
The two chaplains deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE19) may have different religions but their roles were the same: to counsel and provid

Walking together with courage
The Australian Defence Force’s first Indigenous Liaison Officer for the Middle East Region, Warrant Officer Stephen Weaver, is a proud Wiradjuri man...

Sailor sees Success' beginning and end
A Navy sailor, one of the first to serve on HMAS Success 33 years ago, is now on her final voyage.

Following footsteps of Kokoda heroes
40 Australian, from Defence and the APS, had the chance to experience conditions on the Kokoda Track.

Great Escape remembered 75 years later
Wing Commander Mary Anne Whiting travelled to Poland to attend the 75th anniversary.

Sombre sounds of didgeridoo at Anzac Day services
A Warlpiri man in the Royal Australian Air Force will play the didgeridoo at the Anzac Day commemorative services in Turkey.

Powerful Indigenous artwork revealed at Defence HQ
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RAAF doctor rises to the challenge in Afghanistan
For Flight Lieutenant Matthew Jones, the biggest challenge working in a military hospital in Afghanistan is not knowing what will come through the

Australia achieving its mission in Afghanistan, says guardian angel
In eight months, Army Corporal Matthew Blows had a unique insight into Afghanistan few others see.

Inspiration through adversity
Cancer makes strange bedfellows, but three bouts between two soldiers forms the basis of an inspirational podcast.