Posting Cycle

We are now approaching the halfway point of Term 2.  For some of our ADF families, this signals the commencement of the Posting cycle with many families being made aware of potential moves into new locations in approximately 6 months’ time.

This can be a very turbulent time for students of ADF families as this means they will soon need to prepare for the inevitable departure from friends, family, jobs, even favourite teachers.  This is also a challenging time for non-Defence students who will be losing a good friend.

As the Defence School Mentor, my role is to help our students build resilience around these challenges and to assist in providing some coping strategies to make this turbulent time a little bit easier. If you think your student might benefit from a chat with me to see if I can help, please contact me either by phone (07) 3819 5333 or email me at tcoop203@eq.edu.au.

Deployments

Some of our ADF families are currently experiencing deployments overseas.  These deployments can last many months. Deployments can be recurring for some Defence families.

Australia continues to have active serving personnel across a range of joint international efforts. Some lesser known of these are United Nations (UN) led, like Operation Paladin; Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), Operation Mazurka and UK-led training program Operation Kudu. More local contributions like Operation Southern Discovery as part of the Australian Antarctic Program and US-led ADF Space operation ‘Operation Dyurra’.

If you would like to learn more about current ADF operations, go to:

https://www.defence.gov.au/operations  

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