The Sydney COVID-19 lockdown didn’t stop HMAS Watson personnel from staying healthy and raising funds for a good cause.
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Defence community engagement hasn’t stopped during the Sydney COVID-19 lockdown, with Navy personnel recently giving children a lesson in safety.
As two clay targets fly from the side and cross in front of Navy’s Lieutenant Paul Adams, he lifts his shotgun and fires, looking for the telltale powder that indicates a hit.
Former Army reservist Len Kelly has a fascination for all things World War I.
The recent anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan fought during the Vietnam War provided a reminder of the value of artillery gunners who could deliver firepower close to their own troops.
Soldiers and officers from the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia (FANC) have arrived at Gallipoli Barracks to begin training with the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for Exercise Peronne.
Exercise Koolendong 2021 Combined Task Force 667 has taken on the Indigenous name of the fifth-brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation – Ginan.
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), have brightened the lives of sick young patients with a donation to the children’s ward at Townsville University Hospital.
Taking off from Perth just before midnight on August 19, a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III successfully air-dropped more than nine tonnes of supplies in Antarctica under the cover of darkness.
Air-to-air refuelling is essential to Air Force capabilities; extending the reach of combat aircraft across vast distances.