STORY📰 A #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules aircraft from No. 40 Squadron is taking part in this year’s Exercise Mobility Guardian in #Guam. The exercise is the air mobility component of the @USAirForce Exercise Resolute Force Pacific.

STORY📰 The #NZNavy's multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury has sailed into #Suva, #Fiji for annual Operation Calypso, this time with a technologically advanced capability aboard in the form of Uncrewed Surface Vessels - the Bluebottles Tahi and Rua.

STORY📰 A #NZAirForce Poseidon aircraft was involved in the successful rescue of three people in the #PacificOcean after their 10-metre boat suffered mechanical issues and they were forced to abandon it for a life raft.

STORY📰 Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army, received an official welcome to #Wellington this week, laying wreaths at the Pukeahu National War Memorial before a series of Army-to-Army talks.

STORY📰 Lieutenant Colonel Shaun O’Connor grew up in #Dannevirke and after 40 years in the #NZArmy enjoyed returning to his old stomping ground as he helps prepare Reserve Force soldiers for their largest domestic exercise of the year.

STORY📰 A dynamic security environment in our region highlights the importance of training with our Pacific partners, with #NZArmy's 16th Field Regiment gearing up for a significant Exercise in Papua New Guinea.

STORY📰 #NZAirForce personnel from Base Woodbourne have been supporting the #Nelson Tasman Emergency Management Centre over the past four days.

NEWS📢 Fresh off a build-up exercise with their Australian counterparts, around 300 #NZArmy personnel had a quick turnaround before this year's biggest warfighting test, while #NZNavy and #NZAirForce crews have been prepping. #TalismanSabre2025.

STORY📰 Sapper Dallis Paretovich-Keates from #NZArmy's Field and Emergency Response Squadron took part in Exercise Waka Taua recently, focusing on a core engineering skill – watermanship.

STORY📰 After an intensive 15-week course 153 men and women have successfully made the transition from civilians to soldiers in Ngāti Tūmatauenga the #NZArmy.

STORY📰 Commander Tuijo ‘TJ’ Thompson is the newest Commanding Officer of #NZNavy's Anzac frigate, HMNZS Te Mana, revitalised after an extended maintenance period under Commander Chris Bone.

STORY📰 Queenstown Airport Aviation Rescue Firefighter and #NZArmy Reserve Force medic Sergeant Danny Freestone knows what it’s like to be tested at heights.

STORY📰 #NZArmy Captain Stephen Carruthers reflects on being part of a 75-year legacy of monitoring along the length of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing North and South Korea.

STORY📰 Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Auckland has welcomed on board its new Base Commander, Group Captain Brett Clayton.

READ📖 Preparing our future #NZAirForce leaders for the world’s rapidly-moving strategic environment starts with 18 challenging and transformative weeks of Initial Officer Training.

STORY📰 Our recent deployment to the Middle East included a member of a team specifically trained to engage with vulnerable people, a mission-critical role on operations like this.

STORY📰 A #NZAirForce helicopter crew has winched a near-hypothermic tramper and his dog to safety from freezing conditions in the Tararua Ranges north of Wellington.

STORY📰 There’s plenty of room at sea, but it can still get crowded. The #NZNavy needs to conduct training and exercises, but merchant shipping needs to flow without interruption. Engaging with the maritime industry falls to Maritime Trade Operators.

NEWS📢 It is with a heavy heart that Ngāti Tūmatauenga, the #NZArmy, mourns the loss of Lance Corporal (Rtd) Doug Reid, the last known surviving member of 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion.

RT @DefenceOps: Just another weekend at sea!🌊. Over the weekend, 🇬🇧 @HMSPWLS , @HMS_Richmond & 🇳🇿 @NZDefenceForce Te Kaha drilled Barrier….