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HMAS Choules launches its mexefloat with Australian Army MAN HX77 trucks embarked to conduct amphibious operations as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Leading Seaman Lauren Pugsley.
Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Talisman Sabre 

D-Day at Shoalwater Bay

29/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1939 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, French Navy, HX77 Truck, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), Republic of Korea Navy, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, US Navy

As dawn broke over Shoalwater Bay, the Combined Task Group 628.1 waited in various landing crafts ready to assault the

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Navies from Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Japan conduct a formation foxtrot during multinational task group activities. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photos by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Navies foxtrot in the Pacific Ocean

11/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2614 Views 0 Comments French Navy, German Navy, HMAS Sydney, Italian Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Regional Presence Deployment

HMAS Sydney recently joined a multinational task group to conduct cooperative activities in the Pacific Ocean. CAPTION: Navies from Australia,

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Commander French Navy POM Auguste Benebig Jean-Francois Cabaret with HMAS Cairns Commanding Officer Alfonso Santos. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photo by Ken Wilson.
News Royal Australian Navy 

French OPV visits Cairns

15/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2601 Views 0 Comments French Navy, HMAS Cairns, New Caledonia

A brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian

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HMAS Perth boatswain’s mates Able Seaman Patrick Kehoe and Seaman Mitchell Milne fire a 12.7mm Browning machine gun while conducting anti-aircraft firing serials. Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarryd Capper.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Fleet goes all guns blazing

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1955 Views 0 Comments Exercise Kakadu, French Navy, HMAS Perth, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Thai Navy, US Navy

The fleet went ‘all guns blazing’ into the Exercise Kakadu sea phase, with six warships from six nations combining for

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