Watch 📺: #YourADF has a long and proud history of parachuting, dating back to World War II and, today, the women and men of the ADF Parachuting School at HMAS Albatross outside Nowra, New South Wales, continue to provide professional parachute training to #AusNavy, #AusArmy and #AusAirForce personnel. The ADF Parachuting School is also home to the Red Berets parachute display team, which has performed at hundreds of public events in Australia and overseas since 1974. | Australian Army

WATCH || Mark King of the Didgeridoo Academy led the latest Defence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Network (DATSIN) workshop, sharing his passion for playing this amazing instrument and helping Indigenous men and boys to become more connected, mentally resilient and empowered. The Shoalhaven chapter of DATSIN has a strong focus on sharing knowledge and building on connections with traditional custodians and community members of the local area. Participants also use the meetings to share a

On Friday 1 December 2017 HMAS Albatross conducted ceremonial divisions. Divisions were hosted by Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer, CSC and Bar, RAN, and reviewed by Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN. The occasion marked the withdrawal from Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Service of the S-70B-2 Seahawk (Bravo) and the AS350BA Squirrel helicopters. Having served all three services of the ADF the Squirrel has accrued more than 179,000 flying hours in its 33 year

Scott Morrison has been joined by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons at HMAS Albatross in Nowra Hill. It comes after the Australian Defence Force Reserves were called in yesterday to assist with the nation's bushfire crisis. More: 7news.link/hACLzZ #NSWFires #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

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11K views · 503 reactions | Thanks to the Royal Australian Navy for allocating a staging area at HMAS Albatross to support firefighting efforts in #NSW. A staging area is where we deploy Strike Teams to areas in NSW affected by bushfire. Terry Farley, our Acting Assistant Commissioner for Education and Training gives an inside look. #PreparedForAnything #MoreThanFire #ProtectTheIrreplacable #NSWFires #FRNSW | Fire and Rescue NSW | Facebook