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A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules, from RAAF Base Richmond, conducts a flypast during the Hunter Valley Air Show held at Maitland Airport, Rutherford, New South Wales.
21 May 2025
Military History

Australians Returned to Saigon for Humanitarian Missions in 1975

More than 200 RAAF personnel were involved. In the chaos of Saigon’s collapse, Australian crews risked everything—facing gunfire, sabotage, and tragedy—to evacuate orphans, nurses, nuns, vehicles, refugees, and staff in a race against time.
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5079
20 May 2025
Military History

Why Air Force pilots honored an air show pilot by burning a piano

The origins of pilots burning pianos isn’t entirely clear. Mostly undisputed, however, is that the tradition traces to early Royal Air Force pilots as a way of honouring aircrew who didn’t return from missions.
5 minutes
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An Australian Army soldier from 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion completes a Tactical Combat Casualty Care card for a patient during a simulated vehicle crash.
20 May 2025
Wellbeing

To prepare for future threats, treat health security as national security

Health and defence have been integrated into defence strategies in Canada, Britain, the US and New Zealand. Australia needs to do the same. Ignoring this link weakens preparedness in an increasingly unpredictable global landscape.
6 minutes
5098
20 May 2025
Strategic Influence

PNG to host Talisman Sabre 25 exercises for the first time

Australia’s largest biennial military exercise will extend beyond Australian shores this year, with Papua New Guinea hosting key elements of the multinational training activity, led by the Australian Defence Force and the United States Military.
2 minutes
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Crew-van prepares to depart Berrimah Railyard for South Australia with fully laden rail waggons carrying 1st Brigade vehicles for Exercise Southern
19 May 2025
Strategic Influence

Without Logistics, Northern Defence Is Going Nowhere

Australia’s long-standing neglect of transport infrastructure poses real risks—without a national logistics plan, critical operations could stall before they begin. Townsville bases face major supply challenges so transport, logistics and defence integration urgently needed.
7 minutes
5092
19 May 2025
Wellbeing

We talk a lot about being ‘resilient’. But what does it actually mean?

Resilience means having the ability to cope with, and rebound from, life’s challenges and still achieve our goals. Our capacity to cope with stressors can determine whether we thrive, or just survive.
6 minutes
5068
19 May 2025
Military Management

Train like you fight: Taiwan comes to grips with an old military adage

Training systems can creep from the old military adage of ‘train like you fight’ and lean towards synthetic options. Taiwan with its increased threats, is focussing on force-on-force and on-site and real-time manner training.
4 minutes
5084
18 May 2025
Wellbeing

Using same arm for vaccination boosts antibody response: Study

Early research carried out by a group of Sydney-based scientists found that people who had both doses of a vaccination in the same arm produced neutralising antibodies significantly faster, hastening the body’s immune response.
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President of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service Association (ACT), Mrs Judith Rowe, lays a wreath at the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service Memorial at HMAS Harman.
18 May 2025
Military History

Teenager Who Hunted Japanese Submarines

During WW2, wireless operator Gwenda Moulton helped locate enemy submarines using intercepted Morse code—part of a secretive effort that quietly shaped Australia’s wartime response and broke long-held assumptions about gender roles. Later shifted to tracking Russian signals.
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18 May 2025
Military Management

Did the Army actually listen to soldiers’ complaints about mandatory training?

The balance of mandatory and career training is contentious. US Army is concerned about the number of training courses soldiers have to undertake. This reinforces why online training should be continuously reviewed for efficacy (read full article through link).
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