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Private Samuel Sutcliffe, centre, from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, volunteers as a patient during combat first-aid training. Story by Lieutenant Amy Johnson. Photos by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Soldiers practise combat first aid at sea

01/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1705 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, 2RAR, HMAS Adelaide, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Army first aid personnel are returning from sea equipped and ready to step back into the field. CAPTION: Private Samuel

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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during a live fire shoot on board HMAS Canberra in the lead up to Excercise Rim of the Pacific 2022. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos

Infantry sea a new way to train

13/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3358 Views 0 Comments 2RAR, 2RAR (Amphib), EF88 Austyer rifle, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, HMAS Canberra, RIMPAC

A ship is an unlikely setting for infantry training, but an Army unit aboard HMAS Canberra made it one while

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Soldiers from 2RAR's small boat platoon move 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment personnel onto Atata Island in Tonga. Story by Captain Zoe Griffyn. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badio.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Amphibious platoon shows versatility in Tonga

01/03/202203/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3700 Views 0 Comments 2RAR, HMAS Adelaide, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), small boat platoon showed their versatility on Operation Tonga

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Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, prepare to take participants of the Proud Warrior Youth Engagement Program for a ride in the Zodiac MK2 inflatable boat at Pallarenda Beach, Queensland, in September. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News

Proud Warriors steer youth down different path

24/12/202125/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3165 Views 0 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 2RAR, 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment

For almost five years, 17-year-old Neville (not his real name) had been caught in the wrong crowd. CAPTION: Soldiers from

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Davo, John S, Wooly, John L, me, Killer and Digger – 5 Section, 2 Platoon, 2RAR on Route 2, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam.

Australian Australian Army News Veterans

2RAR museum curator looking for artefacts

03/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4271 Views 0 Comments 2RAR, 2RAR (Amphib), 2RAR Museum