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An Army riflemen from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, fires the Blazer Sniper Rifle during the live-fire phase of the Basic Sniper Course at Greenbank Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Sig Christopher Kingston.
Australian Army News Videos 

Basic sniper training at 6RAR

23/08/202224/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4984 Views 4 Comments 6th Battalion RAR, sniper training

Soldiers from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, showed no signs of nerves while undertaking phase two of the notoriously tough

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Air Force Dentist Flight Lieutenant Jack O'Neill (right) and Dental Assistant Leading Aircraftwoman Ocean Mitchell perform a dental procedure onboard United States Hospital Ship USNS Mercy during Pacific Partnership 2022 in Palawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Videos 

All smiles on Pacific Partnership 2022

19/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1748 Views 0 Comments Pacific Partnership, Philippines, USNS Mercy

Flight Lieutenant Jack O’Neill is a Royal Australian Air Force dental officer currently deployed on Pacific Partnership 2022. CAPTION: Air

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Australian Army soldiers from Rifle Company Butterworth 136, together with members of the Royal Thai Army, practice close quarter battle drills during Exercise Chapel Gold 2022 in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Story and photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg
Asia Australian Army News Videos 

Complex training on Ex Chapel Gold

19/08/202223/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3031 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Exercise Chapel Gold, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Thai Army

The current rotation of Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) welcomed the opportunity to train with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) on

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HMAS Canberra’s (III) Ships Company parade on the flight deck of during a commemorative service for 80th anniversary of the Battle of Savo Island. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
History Lest We Forget News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Sunset service for 80th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Canberra (I)

19/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1583 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, HMAS Canberra (I), HMAS Supply, HMAS Warramunga, WWII

Eighty years after HMAS Canberra (I) sank in the Battle of Savo Island, more than 500 members of HMAS Canberra (III)

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Able Seaman Electronics Technician Edward Simcock works on the navigation system on the bridge of HMAS Warramunga while on deployment. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People Videos 

Passion for technology leads to rewarding career

19/08/202219/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1505 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, National Science Week, RIMPAC

He started out working on remote control cars and now maintains advanced sensors aboard a warship – while they are worlds

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Assistant Marine Engineering Officer, Sub Lieutenant Jackson Harvey conducts maintenance checks on the gas turbine on-board HMAS Warramunga while on deployment. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People Videos 

A world of opportunities

16/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1270 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, National Science Week, RIMPAC

The beautiful island of O’ahu in Hawaii is one of many places a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

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Australian Army officer Captain Sarah Kelly, public affairs officer, holds a child from the local community at Macarascas Elementary School, Palawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
Asia Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

Pacific Partnership makes a difference

16/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1446 Views 0 Comments Armed Forces of the Philippines, Pacific Partnership, US Navy

Australian Defence Force (ADF) medical and dental specialists have joined Pacific Partnership 2022 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. CAPTION: Australian Army

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Members of the ADF and Queensland Police Service clear the lower levels of the Queensland Country Bank Stadium as part of Exercise Austral Shield 2022 in Townsville. Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
Australian Army News Police Videos 

Counter-terrorism event wraps up in the north

05/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2365 Views 0 Comments ADF Reserve, counter-terrorism, Exercise Austral Shield

Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium has played host to a counter-terrorism training activity, conducted jointly by the Australian Defence Force

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United States Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey performs deck landings on board HMAS Canberra during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Royal Australian Navy USA Videos 

A ‘STROL’ in the night

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2190 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, MV-22 Osprey, RIMPAC

HMAS Canberra is training at night, recovering and launching embarked United States Marine MV-22B Osprey aircraft on the flight deck

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Commander of the 7th Combat Brigade, Brigadier Michael Say, addresses Republic of Fiji Military Forces Colonel Gadai and members of Exercise Longreach 2022 at Blackrock Camp, Fji on 19 July 2022. Story by Captain Sarah Kelly. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.
Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Ensuring readiness for high-risk weather

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1537 Views 0 Comments Exercise Longreach, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Extreme weather events like floods, heatwaves, storms and cyclones are predicted to become even more intense and destructive over the

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Australian Defence Force personnel assist homeowners affected by floods in Mulgrave, New South Wales. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF concludes latest NSW flood assistance

26/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1672 Views 0 Comments Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, NSW Flood Assist, State Emergency Service (SES)

The last of the 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel supporting the New South Wales (NSW) government and emergency services

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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and Queensland Police Service Officer Tony Hoise patrol through Charters Towers in Queensland, during Exercise Brolga Run 2022. Story by Major Megan McDermott. Photo by Gunner Gregory Scott.
Australian Army News Police Videos 

‘Evacuating’ a gold mining town

22/07/202222/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2651 Views 1 Comment 3 RAR, 3rd Brigade

Charters Towers is a long way from Afghanistan, but lessons learnt by Australian soldiers assisting evacuees in Kabul last year

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Snipers from the United States Marine Corps and Mexican Naval Infantry Corps aim at Marathon Targets during a sniper live fire exercise on Exercise RIMPAC 2022. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.
Australian Army News Overseas Videos 

Snipers practise ‘art of disguise’

15/07/202215/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3161 Views 0 Comments 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, RIMPAC

The sniper range on Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 seemed vacant at first glance. It was only the

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Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC. Photo by Nicole Mankowski.
ADF Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Veterans Videos 

CDF outlines ADF support to Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

15/07/202217/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2483 Views 3 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Suicide Royal Commission

It has been 12 months since the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide began its work. CAPTION: Chief of

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Private Lucas Hinselwood from 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment briefs marines from the Mexican Naval Infantry during Urban Close Combat training on RIMPAC 2022. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.
ADF People Videos 

From student to teacher on RIMPAC

15/07/202215/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1664 Views 0 Comments 1RAR, 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, HMAS Canberra, RIMPAC

Private Lucas Hinselwood never thought that just two years into his infantry career he would be in Hawaii for the world’s largest

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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 3093 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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Members of 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment prepare to disembark a Boxer from one of HMAS Adelaide's landing craft near Cowley Beach training area. Story by Corporal Robert Whitmore. Photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Boxers hit the beach

08/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2837 Views 2 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Boxer CRV, Exercise Sea Explorer

Two of Army’s Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles (CRV) were put to the test when they completed their wet and dry

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Navy's Inaugural Indigenous Cultural Performer, Able Seaman Aviation Support Lynton Robbins plays the yidaki/didgeridoo at Garden Island Defence Precinct, Sydney. Story by Leading Seaman Jonathan Rendell. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.
ADF People Videos 

Navy’s first Indigenous Cultural Performer leads the way

08/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1633 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week, Navy Band, Navy Indigenous Development Program

When Able Seaman Lynton Robbins joined the Royal Australian Navy, he never imagined he would one day be part of shaping

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Aunty Deb Booker, Air Force Elder. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Dion Isaacson.
ADF People Videos 

Advocate for meaningful change together

06/07/202206/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1452 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

CAPTION: Aunty Deb Booker, Air Force Elder. Photo by Flight Lieutenant Dion Isaacson. A message from Air Force Indigenous Elder

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F-35A Lightning II aircraft in the ordnance loading area at RAAF Base Darwin. Photo by Adam Abela.
News Royal Australian Air Force Videos 

Exercise Pitch Black returns to the Top End

02/07/202202/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1953 Views 0 Comments Exercise Pitch Black, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Darwin, RAAF Tindal

Australian and international military aircraft will once again return to the Northern Territory skies for Exercise Pitch Black from August

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