Defence Australia

24 hours, one mission! 💪 Gunners from 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, pushed the M2A2 105mm Howitzer Ceremonial Gun at Jezzine Barracks, Townsville, raising over $12,000 for Defence Force veterans. 👏#AusArmy #YourADF 📸 CPL Jack Pearce

Soldiers get the promotion of a lifetime! 💪 Private Shanon Holloway and Lance Corporal Ben Pascoe had the opportunity to be Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) and Commanding Officer (CO) for the day to raise money for Legacy Australia. Activities on the day consisted of the handover parade, officer dress inspections, headquarters meetings, transport via helicopter and important decision-making, such as an early knock-off for the battalion. 👀 Read the article ➡️ http://spr.ly/6040S5VeC 📸 PTE William McCormick & TPR Dana Millington #AusArmy #YourADF

We are ready! 💪 Indonesia is one of Australia's most important partners, and we are looking forward to working with our Indonesian friends on Exercise Keris Woomera, our largest bilateral exercise ever. 🇦🇺🇮🇩 Exercise Keris Woomera is a combined joint activity conducted by the ADF and Indonesian National Armed Forces, including about 2,000 personnel drawn from the Navy, Army, and Air Forces of each nation. By training together, both forces build upon shared tactics to enhance interoperability and readiness to respond to shared security challenges in the region. #YourADF #StrongerTogether #IPE24

Boosting Defence’s workforce 💪 The Defence Workforce Plan details how Defence will recruit, train and retain our people to deliver the National Defence Strategy. Defence will grow our workforce to ensure we have the right number of people with the right skills for our future capability requirements. Importantly, the workforce plan also addresses our organisational culture, wellbeing and support to ADF members and their families. Learn more about The Defence Workforce Plan ➡️ http://spr.ly/6046S5Pbw #NDS2024 #YourADF

Training with our PNGDF mates 💪🇦🇺🇵🇬 Australian Army aircrew from 5th Aviation Regiment and Members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force conducted Exercise Helicon Luk in the Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea. 🤝 The activity practices flying high altitude flying operations using CH-47F Chinook helicopters. 📸 WO2 Miranda Buckley and MAJ Carolyn Barnett #AusArmy #YourADF

Action-packed training on HMAS Adelaide! 💪 In an impressive display, M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers, and the HMAS Adelaide crew fire mounted 50-calibre machine guns from the gun deck and flight deck. Australian Army soldiers from 2RAR joined the action, conducting precision live-fire drills. 🔫 📸 LSIS David Cox #YourADF #AusNavy #AusArmy #TrainedAndReady

Tactical precision on display 💪 Exercise Black Dagger was the final activity for 75 Joint Terminal Attack Controller Course students. They coordinated the live and simulated employment of aircraft and ordnance in air-to-ground scenarios at RAAF Base Townsville. The exercise was supported by Pilatus PC-21 aircraft from No 4 Squadron, F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from No 1 Squadron, and the Australian Army 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment as part of live-fire serials. 📸 ACW Laura Flower #YourADF #AusArmy #AusAirForce #TrainedAndReady #Military

Black Hawk update! 📣 Since landing in 2023, Army aviators and soldiers have clocked over 1,400 hours in intense platform and special operations training, pushing our rapid-response capabilities to new heights. As part of the introduction into service activities, aircraft and crew have conducted: 🚁 Helicopter insertion and extraction training 🚁 Special Operations training activities 🚁 First of Class Flight Trials with the RAN. With counter-terrorism drills coming up across Sydney, this milestone preps us to meet every challenge—be it domestic emergencies or potential security threats. Thanks to the community for your support as we fine-tune this modern, world-class aviation capability! 📹 SGT Tristan Kennedy #YourADF #AusArmy

This month, Defence joined like-minded partners in Hawaii for the inaugural plenary session of the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR). 🤝 Aimed at strengthening defence industrial base resilience, we established strategic principles with our partners to guide collaboration on defence industrial resilience. A key outcome of #PIPIR24 was the creation of four distinct work streams comprising of production, sustainment, supply chain resilience, and policy and optimisation, to accelerate defence industrial base cooperation by reducing barriers to production, creating new sustainment hubs, and addressing supply chain constraints. Multilateral cooperation is essential by complementing each other’s capabilities, rather than competing – we can create a more integrated and capable network of defence industries across the Indo-Pacific. 🌏 #YourADF

Congratulations to Warrant Officer Boatswain Andrew Freame on an incredible 50 years of service with The Royal Australian Navy! 🌊⚓ ️ Warrant Officer Freame recently marked his final sunset ceremony on board HMAS Hobart and was honoured with a special presentation at the Heritage Centre, Sydney, alongside his wife. His dedication and commitment over five decades have made a lasting impact on the RAN. 👏 Thank you for your remarkable service, and we wish you all the best as you transition to retirement! Enjoy your well-earned time with family and new adventures ahead! 🌅🎖️ #YourADF #AusNavy