HMAS Choules and New Guinea’s 50th anniversary
Navy news: Happy 50th Anniversary of Independence, Papua New Guinea! 🇵🇬 HMAS Choules recently visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) to mark the celebrations, hosting embarked forces from Pacific partners […]
Category: International
HMAS Brisbane sails through Taiwan Strait
ABC News : China’s People’s Liberation Army says it followed and warned Australian navy ship HMAS Brisbane and a Canadian ship as they sailed the Taiwan Strait. The PLA accused […]
Exercise Alon
Defence Australia : Waves of Steel, Skies of Fire 🔥 During Exercise Alon 2025, Defence personnel joined forces with Armed Forces of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea to […]
Australia delivers landing craft vessel VOEA Late to Tonga
Naval : 01 September 2025 – Australia has delivered a new landing craft vessel, VOEA Late, to Tonga during an official handover ceremony. The new landing craft Late was delivered […]
12 hour fire aboard USS New Orleans
A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) off Okinawa, Japan, was declared extinguished early Thursday morning local time, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. […]
Exercise ALON 25 – the ADF with Philippines
Helping to reinforce Philippines sovereignty.
Exercise Talisman Sabre windup
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Strong warning from the Pentagon re AUKUS
AUKUS Forum : The Trump administration’s Pentagon has issued its strongest warning yet: Australia must significantly boost its defence budget or risk being unable to both defend itself and fulfill its commitments […]
Exercise Talisman Sabre – HMS Prince of Wales
Defence Australia : HMS Prince of Wales docks in Darwin. The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, arrived in Darwin, NT, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. HMS […]
UK RFA Service in a Pickle
RFA Stirling Castle of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has now become HMS Stirling Castle of the Royal Navy Earlier this week RFA Stirling Castle, which belonged to the Royal Fleet […]