Press Release – Australian Defence Force

His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce AM AE accepts patronage for RAAF’s 75 Squadron Association Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

ISF Troops head home from East Timor Around 325 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving with the Australian-led International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in East Timor will begin returning home to Australia this month following a four to eight month … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, farewelled 171 members of the Timor Leste Task Group 4 preparing for deployment to Timor Leste on Operation Astute at a parade on Sunday. Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Army has temporarily suspended flying operations for the Black Hawk helicopters upon identifying a number of fractured bolts during a routine maintenance check. Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Wreck in PNG likely to be a Japanese submarine The uncharted wreck found yesterday, off Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, is likely to be a World War II Japanese submarine. Underwater vision taken by the Australian Minehunter, HMAS Gascoyne shows the wreck … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

It is with deep regret the Australian Defence Force announces the death of Private Matthew Lambert during operations in Afghanistan on 22 August 2011. Private Lambert was a member of the Mentoring Task Force – Three and was from the 2nd Battalion, … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

I will leave Australia this evening to visit the Solomon Islands tomorrow, Wednesday 13 July. In Honiara I will meet national leaders and visit Australian soldiers serving as part of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

A Timorese man has died and another remains in hospital after a motor vehicle accident involving ADF members of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Timor Leste yesterday afternoon. Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Thirty-eight Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen have embarked on a 16-week humanitarian aid mission, sponsored by the Commander US Pacific Fleet. Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Approximately 80 Australian Reservist soldiers have returned to their homes in South Australia and Tasmania after four months support to the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) as part of the Australian Defence Force’s Operation … Read more »