Topic: Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
Underwater medicine knowledge deepened
Published on by LEUT Sarah West (author), SGT Ray Vance (photographer)
Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer Lieutenant Commander Douglas Falconer in front of Vietnam People's Navy Hospital Ship Khanh Hoa at the Port of Da Nang, Vietnam, during Exercise PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2017.
Two Australian Defence Force Medical Officers with specialist knowledge in underwater medicine have completed a very successful information exchange program with the Vietnam People's Armed Forces in Vietnam during Exercise PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2017.
Rehabilitation results through creativity
Published on by CMDR Chloe Griggs (author)
Sixteen Defence personnel have unleashed their creativity as part of a program designed to support the recovery from health and wellbeing issues.
Sixteen Defence personnel have unleashed their creativity as part of a program designed to support the recovery from health and wellbeing issues.
Improving transition services for outgoing members
Published on by Emily Carnevale (author), Ashleigh Macpherson (author)
Defence members leaving the military will receive individual career coaching and an improved experience as Defence implements changes to its transition services.
Australian Defence Force members leaving the military will receive individual career coaching and an improved experience as Defence implements changes to its transition services.
Lord Howe liaison for Navy team
Published on by LEUT Nathan Softley (author)
A small contingent from the Fleet Air Arm, joined Master Attendant Commander Brendan O’Hara at Lord Howe Island to commemorate the anniversary of the first Aero-Medical Evacuation and to mark the strong ADF partnership with the small community of some 360 residents.
A contingent of Royal Australian Navy personnel has visited Lord Howe Island 75 years on from a whole of Defence effort that saved the life of a resident.
Support for Defence Reserves lauded
Published on by Department of Defence (author), Jay Cronan (photographer)
Head Reserve and Youth Division, Rear Admiral Bruce Kafer, ANR and the National Chair, Defence Reserves Support Council Ms Jane McAloon The Defence Reserves Support Council (DRSC) Employer Support Awards night held at the Australian War Memorial.
Supportive employers from across Australia were formally recognised at the Defence Reserves Support Council National Employer Support Awards held at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on 25 May.
Help for partners on the rise
Published on by Ms Rachel Bowman (author), ABIS Richard Cordell (photographer)
Families wave goodbye as HMAS Huon departs HMAS Waterhen for three months, taking part in Operation RESOLUTE.
A new program designed to assist employment prospects for those who directly support serving Australian Defence Force members launches mid year.
Partnership for benefit of region
Published on by Department of Defence Media Release (author), SGT Ray Vance (photographer), LEUT Sarah West (photographer)
Royal Australian Navy Nursing Officer, Lieutenant Commander Alison Zilko, comforts a Vietnamese baby undergoing treatment at the paediatrics ward of Cam Ranh General Hospital, Vietnam, during Exercise Pacific Partnership 2017.
The success of the multi-national PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP humanitarian aid and disaster relief training series continues to expand, with this year’s mission reaching as far west as Sri Lanka.
Navies build spiritual resilience together
Published on by LEUT Will Singer (author)
A group photograph of all the HMAS Stirling and Indian members that participated in a yoga session that took place on the wharf next to INS Shivalik in the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia, with Indian officers and sailors prior to the commencement of AUSINDEX 17.
At the break of dawn, Indian and Australian naval personnel ‘bent over backwards’ strengthening minds, bodies and relationships during a unique yoga session on a Fremantle wharf.
Navy swings into action
Published on by LEUT Will Singer (author), LSIS Lee-Anne Cooper (photographer)
Mr Paul Wolkowinski, a Club Swinging instructor with members of the HMAS Stirling Health Centre on the Stirling Gymnasium floor after a Club Swinging lesson.
Everything that is old is new again, or perhaps ancient in the case of some exercise regimes being undertaken by Navy people in Western Australia.
Supporting Reserve members to serve
Published on by Department of Defence (author), CPL Dan Pinhorn (photographer)
L-R Mr Philip Moss, Rear Admiral Bruce Kafer, Serco Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mark Irwin and Lieutenant Commander Mark Shannon during the Reserve and Youth Division Serco Australia Memorandum of Understanding signing in Canberra.
Serco Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Defence Force in support of Defence Reservists across all of its Australian operations in a move to better support employment of personnel who are members of both organisations.