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Australian Army officer Lieutenant Alastair Wuth patrols through the jungle during Exercise Bersama Lima 2025 in Kuantan, Malaysia. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Corporal Andrew Shaw.
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Countries’ forces combine for jungle assault

10/10/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 119 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Bersama Lima, Malaysia

The sharp sound of simulated gunfire and mortars echoed through the jungle as coloured smoke billowed across the canopy.  CAPTION:

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Members of the public excitingly enter the RAAF Richmond Air Show 2025. Photo by Aircraftman Jonathon McCaffrey.
History News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

A wrap on RAAF Richmond Airshow 2025

30/09/202530/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1140 Views 2 Comments RAAF Richmond

About 80,000 people flocked to Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond over the weekend of September 27 and 28 to

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, fire an 81mm mortar during Exercise Orient Shield at the Sekiyama Training Area, Japan. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.
Australian Army Japan News Videos 

Trilateral mortars on target

30/09/202530/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 782 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Orient Shield, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), US Army

In a landmark first, Australian Army soldiers joined their Japanese and United States counterparts in a combined mortar live-fire on

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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Corporal Matthew Vella, an explosive ordnance disposal assistant from 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron (65ABRS), assesses a Mark 82 bomb with a snake eye tail fin at airstrip at the Townsville Field Training Area. Story by Flight Lieutenant Sharon Sebastian. Photos by Corporal Brett Sherriff.
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New foundations for airfield recovery in Australia

03/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 5988 Views 0 Comments Exercise Bronze Crocodile, No. 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Townsville Field Training Area, US Air Force

A patch of bushland within Townsville Field Training Area is at the heart of a new airbase resilience capability for

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A soldier from the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), conducts small boat operations during Exercise Black Cutlass at Cowley Beach Training Area in North Queensland. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photos by Lance Corporal Luke Donegan.
Australian Army News Videos 

Leadership ability cuts through at battalion

22/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6551 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Black Cutlass

On Exercise Black Cutlass, the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) proved the Australian Army’s mission to demonstrate leadership

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Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at Defence Science and Technology Group Edinburgh. Story by Robert Nutbrown. Photo supplied.
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Quantum science guides new way of navigating

15/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6636 Views 0 Comments DSTG, National Science Week

The future of navigation might rely not on satellites but on sub-atomic particles. CAPTION: Defence scientist Nicole Blaess conducts research at

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Members on the Tactical Rope Rescue Instructors’ Training Course practise a simulated casualty rescue at Holsworthy Training Area. Story by Major Peter Nugent. Photos by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
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Learning the ropes to save lives

12/08/202512/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6423 Views 0 Comments Holsworthy Barracks

If you ever have the misfortune of finding yourself stuck at the bottom of a cliff, look up … you

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Australian Army soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and Republic of Fiji Military Forces conduct an assault on the urban operations training facility during the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photos by Corporal Johnny Huang.
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Multinational battlegroup practises urban ops

09/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 6711 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Army’s Brisbane-based 7th Brigade kicked off the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise with more than 1500 soldiers from five nations training

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An MQ-28A Ghost Bat takes off for flight testing during Exercise Carlsbad at RAAF Base Tindal. Story by Flight Lieutenant Kayla Walliss. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.
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Ghost Bat spreads its wings in Tindal

25/06/202529/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 7565 Views 0 Comments Exercise Carlsbad, MQ-28A Ghost Bat, RAAF Tindal

Exercise Carlsbad has wrapped up at RAAF Base Tindal after the successful deployment and operation of the MQ-28A Ghost Bat

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Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Navy) Observer Lieutenant Dain monitors shipping movements onboard an Australian P-8A Poseidon during a sortie on Operation Gateway 25-1/2. Photo by Sergeant Craig Barrett.
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Butterworth engagement on Op Gateway 25

17/06/202522/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 7157 Views 0 Comments Operation Gateway, P-8A Poseidon, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth

In a display of international collaboration, 92 Wing Alpha Detachment hosted Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Butterworth’s key leadership and

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is briefed on the success of Operation Spider's Web by the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine General Vasyl Maliuk. Photo courtesy of President Zelenskyy's social media.
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Ukraine pulls off historic attack on Russian bomber fleet

02/06/202502/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5107 Views 0 Comments Ukraine