Army

Attendees of Army Innovation Day 2019 observe advanced robotics at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. Photo: Corporal Julia Whitwell

Capability Your ADF

Innovation the order of the day

Army used Shark Tank-style pitches to find innovative concepts.

The retired Australian Army Banner is paraded for the last time at the Army Recruit Training Centre, Kapooka, New South Wales, before being laid up in the Blamey Barracks Soldiers' Chapel.

National

Army banner returns home

The iteration of the Australian Army banner for most of the 21st century has come home.

2nd Combat Engineer Regiment soldiers train on the improved ribbon bridge along the Burnett River during Exercise Sapper Span in Gayndah, Queensland. Photo: Warrant Officer Class Two Adam Keys

Capability Exercises

Bridge over Queensland waters

Military bridges have spanned Queensland's Burnett River for the first time during Exercise Sapper Span.

Paige Mattie, of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, delivers a lecture at the Special Operations Education and Training Centre at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney. Photo: Corporal Sebastian Beurich

Capability Special Operations

Special operations focus on mental agility

Mental agility was at the fore of the week-long Special Operations Mental Agility (SOMA) course.

Private Peter Skinner, is currently deployed with Task Group Taji 9, at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo: Corporal Nunu Campos

People Operation Okra

Reservist keeping Defence members safe in Iraq

Wagga Wagga’s Peter Skinner is keeping Defence personnel in Iraq safe.

Warrant Officer Class 2 Matthew Rhodes, Leading Seaman Jonathan Rendell and Leading Aircraftwoman Samantha Morley with fellow performers to promote the forthcoming Royal Edinburgh. Photo: Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts

People Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Tattoo a high note for infantryman

Australian Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Matthew Rhodes always wanted to travel and give back to the community.

Signaller Imran Lesses stands to as the sun rises over the Murray Bridge Training Area for Exercise Cobra Run. Photo: Signaller Andrew Foote

National Exercises

Signallers on the run

Communication training and soldiering skills were the focus for 144th Signal Squadron’s Exercise Cobra Run.

Australian Army Engineer Corporal Cris Hill and Vanuatu Police Force member Private Dorel Alick build a water tap for Akama Centre School on Epi Island during Exercise Vanuatu Alliance 2019. Photo: Leading Seaman Kieren Whiteley

International International engagement

Tapping into a better future

Australian Army tradesmen left a lasting impact on the Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) and a school ravaged by Cyclone Pam.

The Australian Army’s first Boxer vehicle at Enoggera Barracks, Brisbane. Photo: Sergeant Max Bree

Capability Your ADF

Boxer enters the ring

The first of a fleet of new combat reconnaissance vehicles for the Australian Defence Force has been unveiled.

Nursing officers Lieutenants Kylie Johnston, left, and Celie Bright-Perry stand in front of the stone monument that marks the entrance to the 17th Brigade Bullwinkel Lines. Photo: Gunner Sagi Biderman

National History

Precinct named in honour of war-time nurse

Gallipoli Barracks’ 17th Brigade Precinct in Brisbane has been renamed the Bullwinkel Lines in honour of World War II nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian...

Soldiers from The Republic of Fiji Military Forces on a raft during a teamwork challenge as part of Exercise Hydra 2019. Photo: Gunner Sagi Biderman

National Exercises

Army hosts tough Indo-Pacific competition

Competition raged between eight nations at Exercise Hydra but the participants went away with much more than a medal.

Colonel, then Captain, Scott Palmer on the streets of Timor-Leste.

People Anniversary

Bringing order to the streets

Serving in Timor-Leste in 1999 was a family affair for Colonel Scott Palmer.