Service

Minehunters head north for international engagement
Minehunters HMA Ships Diamantina and Gascoyne have deployed to north-east Asia for three months.

ADF eyes a win at international rugby union competition
After winning its first game by forfeit, the ADF rugby union men’s team cruised into the semi-finals of the quadrennial competition.

9/11: Air Force remembers the help it gave to US
It was a surreal flight to New York for a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft in the days after September 11, 2001.

Surveillance of the seas
Air Force played an important role searching the South-West Pacific for illegal fishing.

Sixty years of soldiers' stories
The Australian Army's fortnightly newspaper has celebrated six decades since the publication of its first edition.

Dropping in the right direction
Precision-guided airdrop will soon deliver a quicker and more accurate means of sustaining troops over long distances.

Snappy response with US Marines
The ADF and US Marines practised disaster assistance during Exercise Crocodile Response in the Northern Territory.

Taking to the sky to say goodbye
The PC-9/As did a rare formation flypast over the New South Wales Hunter region ahead of their retirement.

Defence rolls up its sleeves
Defence is aiming to donate blood or plasma more than 9000 times for the Defence Blood Challenge.

Happy birthday, Hercules
A workhorse for the Australian Defence Force, the C-130J Hercules aircraft has marked 20 years since entering service.

Conquering mountains for National Stroke Week
Flight Lieutenant Nathan Nguyen is climbing five mountains in Canberra during National Stroke Week.

From selling ads to nation building
Captain Bill Kinsel is a mentor at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) in Kabul.