We have deployed specialist teams to the United Kingdom as part of an international effort to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s illegal war.

Papua New Guinea Defence Force’s Captain Peter Morlen is normally more at home teaching the techniques of jungle warfare in the heat of his home country, but is warming to his task passing on his knowledge to NZ soldiers in the colder climate of Waiouru.

20 years ago Bob Pearce was serving in the British Army when his friend Matty Hull was killed in a blue-on-blue (friendly fire) incident in Iraq by the US Forces.

New Zealand soldiers are embracing being on the front foot in a large-scale exercise in Australia alongside military partners for the first time in a number of years.

The New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) long-running support to Antarctica New Zealand and science and research programmes is under way for the summer season as the first flights to the ice have begun.

There’s no manual on using an Air Force helicopter to lift a crashed helicopter off a steep tree-covered mountain. No. 3 Squadron and NZ Army’s 5 Movements Company combined their expertise to get it done.

A small village in the Netherlands has honoured five airmen of the Second World War, including two New Zealanders who lost their lives when their bomber was attacked on only its second operational flight.

The marine engineer who oversaw the construction, trials and first operations of the largest vessel to enter the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) – HMNZS Aotearoa - has been awarded the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD) for his efforts.

When Midshipman Sean Keven became the first ever officer to receive the Dick McBurney Sword of Distinction, it was during his intake’s graduation day in December. It’s only now that he’s had a chance to appreciate the story behind it.

Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was one of the New Zealand Defence Force’s largest-ever domestic responses, in particular for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.