Australasia

HMAS Toowoomba completed a successful Operation MANITOU maritime security deployment to the Middle East Region today (Saturday 13 December 2014) and is heading home to Perth. Deployed as part of Australia’s ……Read More

Commander of Australia’s Joint Task Force 633 (JTF633) in the Middle East Region (MER) Major General Craig Orme, AM, CSC has officially transferred command to Rear Admiral Trevor Jones, ……Read More

After a five-year commitment in Afghanistan, the last contingent of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Navy and Army personnel supporting the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment returnedhome to Australia this morning. Heron aircraft ……Read More

Following three years of military and academic studies, 220 officer cadets and midshipmen graduated today from the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). They are now ready to become ……Read More

A modern, purpose built wholesale storage facility, Joint Logistics Unit – North (JLU-N), was officially opened at Robertson Barracks in Holtze, Northern Territory today. Minister for Defence’s representative, Senator ……Read More

The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs returned from a visit to Fiji today, the first visit from a senior Australian military representative in ……Read More