Defence Australia

Welcome home 👋 After a three-month deployment across South and Southeast Asia, HMAS Stuart has returned to 📍 Fleet Base West, WA. Highlights of the journey include participation in Exercises Malabar, Singaroo, and Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024, along with goodwill visits and community engagements. Regional presence deployments demonstrate Australia’s commitment and engagement with the region, whilst protecting Australia’s interests, alongside enhancing cooperation and relationships with regional partners and allies. 📷 ABIS Zac Dingle #YourADF #AusNavy

"Your package has arrived!" 📦 The Australian Army finally have their hands on the new M1A2 system enhancement package version 3 main battle tanks after they arrived in 📍 Bandiana, Victoria. The new US-led field maintenance new equipment training course is a blend of how US maintainers and Australian soldiers work with the M1 family. The tank's ability to lay fire from almost any position in any terrain fills the rest of the combat training team with an enormous amount of confidence. 👀 Read the story ➡ http://spr.ly/6042QFcbr 📸 CPL Andrew Sleeman #YourADF #AusArmy

Lightning Strikes in the Top End. ⚡ An F-35A Lightning II from Number 2 Operational Conversion Unit visited Cairns for the first time. The F-35A Lightning II aircraft landed and took part in a static display for airport and emergency personnel, to improve their understanding of the specific requirements of hosting military aircraft. 📸 Peter George and Jon Williams #YourADF #AusAirForce

The ADF has quickly mobilised Royal Australian Air Force assets to transport an Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade-led crisis response team, and assist with deployment preparations, answering the Government of Vanuatu's request for assistance after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Port Vila on 17 December. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Federal Police #YourADF

Trained and ready! 💪 Australian Army soldiers gained hands-on experience behind the wheel at the 📍 Army School of Transport in Puckapunyal recently. From Hawkei’s to HX77s, students learned to drive in a controlled safe driving area before taking to the roads of Bendigo. 🚛 #AusArmy #YourADF

Teamwork makes the dream work 💪 A Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Seahawk Helicopter and three Australian Army Eurocopter Tiger Armed Reconnaissance helicopters fly over HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Stuart as part of the ship's Indo-Pacific Deployment. 📷 LSIS Rikki-Lea Phillips #YourADF #AusArmy #AusNavy

What's the best response to a Submarine Abandonment, Escape and Rescue incident? 🤔 That's what the Australian Defence Force was practicing on Exercise Purple Carillon 2024. As part of the exercise, the James Fisher Defence Submarine Rescue System was mobilised from its base at 📍Bilbra Lake, Western Australia and moved to 📍RAAF Base Pearce for a loading exercise. The loading exercise included validation and rehearsal of loading the James Fisher Defence Submarine Rescue System equipment on a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft. 💪 📸 SGT Peter Borys #YourADF #AusAirForce

That's a wrap for Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024. 💪🤩 Australia’s flagship engagement regional activity, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024, has concluded after engaging 14 countries over four months delivering stronger regional friendships and partnerships. IPE involved four ships and over 2000 personnel. The contingent visited 13 countries, including Brunei, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. IPE reinforces Australia’s commitment to a peaceful, secure and prosperous region. 🇧🇳 🇰🇭 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇱🇦 🇲🇾 🇲🇻 🇵🇭 🇸🇬 🇱🇰 🇹🇱 🇹🇭 🇻🇳 #YourADF #IPE24 #IndoPacific #StrongerTogether

Two 64-pounder cannons stand silently atop 📍 Mount Pleasant in Canberra, flanked by stone walls reminiscent of a fortress the cannons were designed to protect. Eight panels mounted along the wall commemorate the wars and campaigns in which Australian gunners, including many who did not return, served from Sudan to south Vietnam. ❤ For nearly 50 years the Royal Australian Artillery National Memorial has stood as a tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of gunner soldiers and officers. A project is now under way to expand the memorial to include the modern campaigns and operations in which thousands of Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) soldiers have served. 👀 Read the article ➡️ http://spr.ly/6043QbJPc #YourADF #LestWeForget

Congratulations to the 2024 graduates of the Australian Defence Force Academy. 👏 The ADF is committed to supporting families of our personnel, including our Trainee Officers as they embark on their journey with Defence. The 2024 graduates represent the quality education and training provided by ADFA across a number of disciplines to prepare them to serve in the domains of maritime, land, air, space and cyber. The parade, reviewed by Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, was attended by families and friends of those graduating. 📸 Kasumi Hamon & Tom Lucraft #YourADF