The Defence Force has a $600 million shopping list for technology such as GPS tracking of troops in war zones to reduce friendly fire mishaps, as well as unmanned aircraft and drones.

Naval officers drunkenly damaged property and one allegedly acted inappropriately with a rating at the Devonport base after a night out drinking.

Air New Zealand has rolled out the first of its brand new Airbus A320 aircraft - which feature impressive curved wing tips - at the Paris Air Show overnight.

The message is clear - the police loyalty is to their own rather than to acceptable standards of policing, writes Bryan Gould. One might have thought the Minister of Police would recognise the danger.

The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan says footage released by the Defence Force of a firefight shows how well our soldiers are trained.

A live grenade was carried on the body of a dead Kiwi soldier from Afghanistan to Christchurch without Defence Force officials knowing.

The Defence Force has issued footage from a chaotic 12-minute battle described as New Zealand's "biggest firefight since Vietnam" after a court of inquiry released its findings on two deadly incidents in Afghanistan that killed five Kiwis.

Details of a Defence Force inquiry into fatal attacks in Afghanistan have been released this afternoon, along with footage of one of the incidents.

Over one thousand NZ Defence personnel joined with soliders from around the world to take part in Exercise Alam Halfa 2013. For almost a month, they trained in various live fire drills and maneuvers around the North Island. The areas shown in this video highlights few of the environments that our soldiers train in to keep their skills sharp and relevant for contemporary operations.

Two brothers who suffered horrific injuries in army training accidents could be nearing the end of their long battle for compensation. (WARNING: Graphic image)

When it comes to the Five Eyes intelligence sharing grouping, it's like a family with the United States and Britain as parents.

The Air Force kapa haka group and band spent several hours yesterday with a couple of schoolboy rugby teams in Washington DC.

Being military-free would be something to be truly proud of, writes Bob Jones. "If the Aussies and Americans don't like it, well, bad luck, they'll get over it."

It takes a special class of sleep-deprived conspiracist to imagine John Key would have welcomed, let alone engineered, the Aaron Gilmore brouhaha, writes Toby Manhire.

The Defence Force are struggling to improve staff morale, and one in five staff are actively looking to quit - a survey has shown.

Looking down from a plane flying into New Zealand, Gulnazim Kazimi couldn't believe how big the ocean was. It was his first time seeing it - now he wants to touch it.

The Government is maintaining there is no specific threat to the safety of New Zealanders in South Korea, despite a new warning issued by the North.

Japan has deployed Patriot missiles in its capital as it readies to defend the 30 million people who live in greater Tokyo from any North Korean attack.