Major General Richard Vagg assumed position as Head Land Capability in March of 2023.

Major General Gould assumed command as the Special Operations Commander Australia on 12 July 2024.

Commander Forces Command January 2025

Major General Hafner commenced his current appointment as the Commander of the Australian Army’s Aviation Command in November 2024.

Major General Matt Burr assumed command of the 2nd (Australian) Division on 7 December 2024.

Major General Collingburn assumed command of the 1st (Australian) Division in December 2023.

On 1 July 2022, Warrant Officer Kim Felmingham commenced her appointment as the 12th Regimental Sergeant Major - Army.

Lieutenant General Stuart assumed command of the Australian Army on 2 July 2022.

Major General Smith was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Army on 31 January 2024.

Army recognises the demands made on our soldiers and their families. This section provides families with a range of information on services and support organisations.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) helicopters and personnel will conduct aviation training across the Greater Sydney region, Wollongong and Goulburn periodically from 13 October 2025 to 8 November 2025. The training will be conducted throughout the day…

Online application form for using an Army emblem or brandmark.

Honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.  To Commodore Peter Leavy, the President of the ANI, thank you for the invitation to come and speak.  This is a great annual event, held in honour of a great Australian. Rear Admiral…

Celebrate an Army recruit's achievement in the March-out Parade Families and friends of an Army recruit who has completed their training at the 1st Recruit Training Battalion (1RTB), are invited to attend the March-out Parade. The event marks the…

The CEW Bean Prize for Military History fosters and encourages the study of Army military history and heritage at the tertiary level.

The role of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is to locate, identify, capture and destroy the enemy, by day or night, in combination with other arms, using fire and manoeuvre.

The Australian Defence Force and Tasmania Police will be conducting Ammunition Destruction and Burns across the Stony Head Training Area from 22 September - 04 October during daylight hours. The burns and the destruction of ammunition resulting from…

The Australian Defence Force will be conducting explosive ordnance demolition training operations at Singleton Military Training Area from 17 September to 24 September 2025.  The operations will include the use of live explosives and will occur…

16th Aviation Brigade will be conducting flying operations in support of 7th Signal Regiment’s Freedom of Entry Parade over Toowoomba City and surrounding suburbs. Rehearsal for the fly over will take place on Tuesday 16 September 2025. The Freedom…

Chief of Army Symposium 2025 Keynote Speech ‘A Brief History of National Conversations’ Good morning. Welcome to the Great Hall of Parliament House, the home of Australian democracy, and the warmest of welcomes to the Chief of Army’s Symposium 2025…

Australian Army personnel, vehicles and equipment from 16th Aviation Brigade will operate in and around the Townsville Region in support of the 80th Anniversary since Victory in the pacific and the 30th anniversary of C Squadron, 5th Aviation…

About The Australian Army Signals Museum collects, preserves and exhibits the history of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. The museum collection ranges from World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War through to current deployments overseas.…

The role of the Royal Australian Infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture them, to seize and hold ground, and to repel attack, by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.

About The Australian Army Military Police Museum showcases the history and roles of the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (RACMP). The RACMP was known up until 1974 as the Australian Provost Corps. The museum's role is to: safeguard the…

About The Australian Army Museum of Military Engineering conserves, preserves and displays the history and achievements of the Corps of the Royal Australian Engineers, commonly known as ‘Sappers’ and the Royal Australian Survey Corps. The Royal…

Army emblems represent the Australian Army’s history, tradition, values and people, both past and present. Misuse of Australian Army emblems undermines the integrity of the Army identity and can be offensive to current and ex-serving members.

Find out more on why the 2025 changes to the Army emblems were made and how they are being implemented.

Details of Army branding including the logo and the badge worn by Army personnel.

Prescribed hazard reduction burns will be conducted across the Canungra Field Training Area (Kokoda Barracks) which will generate smoke over the period 19 August 2025 to 28 August 2025.  A smoke haze may be evident for days after the burn.…

The role of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RA Sigs) is to provide communications, information systems, and electronic warfare support to the Australian Army and the Australian Defence Force to allow command and control of deployed forces in peace, crisis, and conflict on any operation anywhere in the world.