Category: australian military

Ship Found 80 Years After Australian Maritime Disaster

The wreck of a ship caught up in Australia’s worst ever maritime disaster has been found 4000 metres under the sea, 80 years after it was torpedoed by an American submarine. The Montevideo Maru, discovered off the coast of the Philippines, sank with about 980 Australian troops and civilians aboard—almost twice as many Australians killed than…


U.S. Navy Needs to Help Australia Defend Its Waters: Former Navy Secretary

Former U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said the U.S. Navy should provide more help to defend Australia’s waters until it acquires its own nuclear submarines in response to the rising threat from Beijing. Australia’s Navy is expected to experience a capability gap as the first nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement will not be ready…


US Navy Needs to Help Australia Defend Its Waters: Former Navy Secretary

Former U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said the U.S. Navy should provide more help to defend Australia’s waters until it acquires its own nuclear submarines in response to the rising threat from Beijing. Australia’s Navy is expected to experience a capability gap as the first nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement will not be ready…


Negativity Towards Civilians Foils Veterans’ Attempt to Move on From Military Life

More than seven out of ten veterans held negative beliefs toward ordinary civilians, a core belief that can thwart their attempt to adjust to civilian life after the military, a former captain in the army told the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide on Thursday. Dr Kerri-Anne Woodbury, the lead researcher into transition and re-integration…


‘Endless Torment’: Soldier’s Mum Speaks of Culture of Bullying at Veteran Suicide Inquiry

When Nikki Jamieson saw her son, Daniel Garforth, go off to join the Australian Defence Forces in 2012, she did not expect it would set him on a course that would end with him dying by suicide. However, in November 2014, the 21-year-old army private took his own life at Darwin’s Robertson Barracks. He left a…


Australia Looks to Establish a ‘Pacific Islands Regiment’ to Counter Foreign Threat

Australia and its neighbouring countries are seeking to establish a “Pacific Islands Regiment” to strengthen defence ties and protect regional sovereignty, as the Pacific area’s security continues to come under the growing China threat. The new land-based military force, which is raised within the Australian Army, would carry out peacekeeping missions and intervene in the…