ADF Reserves and Employer Support

2024 you were a blast! 🎉🎉 Whilst you catch up on your Spotify wrapped, let’s also catch up on the ADFRES wrapped. We attended well over 50 activities and engagements this year and met hundreds of reservists and their supportive civilian employers across Australia! We take our hats off to those who have worked tirelessly in #Defence to protect Australia’s national interests and thank #YourADF reservist employers who have enabled this service. We look forward to meeting many new faces in 2025 and continuing to connect with wonderful #YourADF reservists and their supportive civilian employers! Defence Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Royal Australian Navy

How do sheep say Merry Christmas to each other? Fleece Navidad. 🤣🤣🤣 ADF Reserves and Employer Support would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄 We especially thank those who are spending the holiday period serving and protecting Australia’s national interests. #TYFYS So from us to you, Merry Christmas and we hope you have a safe and Happy New Year. #YourADF Defence Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Royal Australian Navy

POLL TIME! 📣 If you came to one of our engagement activities, awards nights, immersion experiences or other event this year, we want to hear from you! What was your favourite ADF Reserves and Employer Support activity or engagement in 2024? Vote below (down arrow) or let us know in the comments! #YourADF Defence Australia Royal Australian Navy Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force

Check out and follow our Facebook! 📣 Did you know that ADF Reserves and Employer Support now has a Facebook page? We are excited to have a new way to connect with you all and share important information about #YourADF Reserves - both recognising and supporting their civilian employers! Our Facebook page is where we share more reels, more detailed videos, more images and just more of the content you love! Like and follow our page at: https://lnkd.in/gjCdnCAx #YourADF Defence Australia Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Royal Australian Navy

Awarding only the 12th Gold Supportive Employer Program member nationwide! 🏆 Congratulations to… AeroPM 🎉 Yesterday we visited AeroPM in Canberra with Major General Douglas Laidlaw and Air Commodore Grant Pinder, GAICD, FIML to proudly present both Emily Frizell and Adam Frizell (CEO and General Manager of AeroPM) who were recently upgraded to a gold member in the Supportive Employer Program. The Supportive Employer Program recognises employers and businesses that go above and beyond to support their #yourADF reservist employees and their role in serving #Defence’s mission in advancing Australia’s national interests. Our gold members are the exemplar across Australia, demonstrating outstanding advocacy and support for reservists. Congratulations to AeroPM and we look forward to awarding more gold members in 2025! Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Defence Australia #ADFRES

DRUMROLL PLEASE! 🥁🥁🥁 Announcing the 2025 Prince of Wales Award Recipients! 🏆 Congratulations to the following outstanding #YourADF reservists across Australia who have all received up to $10,000 towards a professional development or training opportunity that directly benefits their civilian employment.  The 2025 Recipients of the Prince of Wales Award are: ·      Lieutenant Sophie Cunningham, Navy ·      Lieutenant Brandon Alessio, Army ·      Lieutenant Stephanie Besley, Army ·      Major Francis Dignam, Army ·      Major Emily Douglass, Army ·      Private Tenille Duggan, Army ·      Captain Erica Eccleston, Army ·      Sergeant Ronald Green, Army ·      Sergeant C, Army ·      Private Luke Moloney, Army ·      Private Timothy Seager, Army ·      Corporal A, Army ·      Lieutenant Dan Probert, Army ·      Lance Corporal Daniel Pumphrey, Army ·      Warrant Officer Class 1, Brendan Riddell, Army ·      Major Jon Robertson, Army ·      Major Ken Semmens, Army ·      Corporal Ryan Smith, Army ·      Corporal Hayden Spaanderman, Army ·      Private Christopher Yarrow, Army ·      Corporal Matthew Herbert, Air Force, ·      Squadron Leader Matthew Wuillemin, Air Force We look forward to seeing these fantastic reservists at ceremonies across the country in 2025! Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Defence Australia #ADFRES  

A trip down memory lane 🏆 We are looking forward to announcing the Prince of Wales Award recipients for 2025 next week, but we thought in the meantime we would take a look back at just some of the wonderful recipients from over the last 41 years of this prestigious scheme! Can you recognise any of our past winners? 👀 The Prince of Wales Awards provides an enduring benefit to reservists, with recipients still sharing stories with us of how the award has changed their lives even many years on from receiving it! Keep up with our socials to find out who our lucky award recipients are for 2025. Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Defence Australia #ADFRES

Making an Impact ⭐ Last week we welcomed many Australian Industry & Defence Network (AIDN National) members as well as supportive civilian employers of reservists from across NSW to attend the “Making an Impact” networking event at Anzac Memorial. This included a panel discussion with Ms Stephanie Hall and Ms Angela Green from Westpac and Mr David Smith from Boeing Defence Australia who all brought interesting perspectives on their #YourADF service and the transferrable skills reservists bring into their civilian workplaces! We also welcomed Major General Douglas Laidlaw for a fireside chat and Q&A and to proudly present TWO special awards 🏆 Congratulations to Westpac who received their Gold Supportive Employer Program certificate as well as Julie Storok who received her legacy Prince of Wales Award! What a wonderful event to bring together champions of #Defence Service 👏 Keep an eye out in 2025 on our socials for the next making an impact event 👀 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Army Defence Australia #ADFRES

Employers take to the Sky! (well almost…) Recently we hosted a handful of very lucky Reserve employers with 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. They got to experience the intensity of what our health reservists do when they throw on their uniform AND they were able to experience the Fuselage trainer and intense training scenarios! We did try to think of some puns to throw in here but they were a flight risk.. #YourADF Defence Australia Royal Australian Air Force

Calling all NSW reservists industry and employers! 📢 📢 A reminder that you are invited to the networking event of the year! 🎉🎉 This Thursday we are hosting a networking event at ANZAC Memorial at Hyde Park which will include a panel discussion as well as the chance to hear from Major General Douglas Laidlaw.   This is your chance to come together to celebrate all things Reserve Service and to hear from outstanding Reserve Employers as well as a senior #yourADF officer! RSVP to: https://lnkd.in/geuWWdRv Details ⬇️⬇️ Date: Thursday 28 November, 2024 Time:17:00 Place: ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park, 126 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000 Here’s a look at one our recent making an impact events in Sydney 👀 Defence Australia Australian Army Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Air Force