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A USAF MC-130J prepares for takeoff after delivering a HIMARS unit to Delamere Air Weapons Range, Northern Territory, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Photo by Leading Seaman Susan Mossop.

Introducing Australia’s ‘tactical dream team’

17/06/202617/06/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 134 Views 0 Comments

C‑130J ‘Super Hercules’ is the workhorse of the sky and, matched with the ADF’s growing fleet of HIMARS launchers, forms

Facility dog Quinley comforts soldiers from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, at Gallipoli Barracks, Queensland. Captain Elisha Crowther. Photo by Gunner Jesse Linards.

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Paw patrol brings calm to units

12/06/202612/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 343 Views 0 Comments 1st Regiment RAR, Chaplains, Gallipoli Barracks, Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU), Service Dogs

In a unit known for guns, grit and high-tempo training, one of the most recognisable faces around the 1st Regiment,

Army’s new handbook is designed to prepare soldiers for the realities of warfare. Picture – Owen Stanley Trail, Alola (1942), by Frank Hodgkinson. Source: The Australian War Memorial.

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The essential guide for soldiers

12/06/202612/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 494 Views 0 Comments The Soldier

Fear, fatigue, trauma and killing sit at the heart of The Soldier – Army’s new publication. CAPTION: Army’s new handbook is designed

Commander 1st (Australian) Division Major General Ash Collingburn speaks with a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer during Exercise Southern Jackaroo at the Townsville Field Training Area. Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photos Linda Bone.

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Partner nations rehearse for war

12/06/202612/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 408 Views 0 Comments 1st (Australian) Division, 3rd Brigade, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

More than 3000 personnel are participating in the Australian Army’s largest domestic multinational exercise this year. CAPTION: Commander 1st (Australian)

Brigadier Mick Scott and Dr Robert Wyse sign the contract for Volume 5 of the official history of the Corps of Royal Australian Engineers at Holsworthy Barracks, NSW. Story by Sergeant Matt Bickerton. Photos by Corporal Johnny Huang.

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Updated sappers’ history in the works

10/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 345 Views 0 Comments Corps of Royal Australian Engineers (RAE)

The latest instalment of the official history of the Corps of Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) will be written over the

Medical personnel from the 2nd Health Battalion use a deployable CT scanner at a Role 2 Enhanced treatment facility on Exercise Viper Walk at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Story by Captain Chris Wade. Photo by Private Alli Craig.

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CT scanner a game changer for medics in the field

05/06/202605/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 600 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Exercise Viper Walk, Gallipoli Barracks

It’s widely regarded as one of the most important medical innovations of the past 50 years, earning its inventor –

One of the first Australian-built AS9 Huntsman systems fires during live-fire serials at Puckapunyal Training Area during Army’s inaugural AS9 operator course. Story by Trent Pollard. Photos by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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Huntsman’s first shots in Puckapunyal

04/06/202607/06/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 628 Views 0 Comments 4th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, AS9 Huntsman, Puckapunyal, School of Artillery

When the first Australian-made AS9 Huntsman fired on its distant target, you’d have been forgiven for mistaking it for cracks

Lieutenant Guy Campbell, 1RAR, pushes through a gruelling stretcher carry at the French Foreign Legion's Jaguar Course in French Guiana. Photo supplied.

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1RAR officer completes French Foreign Legion’s Jaguar Course

27/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2543 Views 2 Comments French Foreign Legion, Jaguar Course

An infantry officer from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), has become just the second Australian soldier to complete and

The latest Australian Army AH-64E Apache is offloaded from a RAAF C-17 Globemaster at RAAF Townsville. Photo by Corporal Raiar Cordwell.

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Army Apache fleet reaches six

14/05/202627/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 496 Views 0 Comments

Two additional AH‑64E Apache attack helicopters have been delivered to the Australian Army, marking another step in the transformation of

Australian Army News

SAS WO2 killed in parachute accident

12/05/202627/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 612 Views 1 Comment

Defence confirm an Australian Army soldier died during a parachuting training course at the Jervis Bay Airfield on the evening of

A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from the 16th Aviation Brigade conducts integration training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as part of Exercise Valkyrie Crawl. Story by Captain Chloe Ellwood. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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New choppers give battalion’s training a lift

08/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 488 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, 1RAR, Exercise Valkyrie Crawl., UH-60M Back Hawk

UH-60M Black Hawk from the 16th Aviation Brigade flew into Townsville to conduct training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion,

Australian High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) fires Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) (Credit: Australian Department of Defence – via Lockheed Martin)

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Second HIMARS regiment funded

04/05/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 653 Views 0 Comments HIMARS

In a major enhancement to the Australian Army’s long-range strike capability, the government has selected the High Mobility Artillery Rocket

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment explosively breach a doorway during the Basic Assault Pioneers Course.Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photo by Lance Corporal Andrews.

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Regiment restores assault pioneer capability

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 849 Views 2 Comments 1RAR

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), have reintroduced the ‘assault pioneer’ capability through a course to restore

Second Lieutenant Duncan McKenzie has been identified a century after World War I.

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Unknown no more: two WWI soldiers identified

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 809 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Passchendaele, Third Battle of Ypres, WWI

More than a century after they were killed in action in World War I, the remains of two missing Australian

Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Kieran Nieves plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Cove dawn service on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye. Story by Flying Officer Freya Hansen. Photos by Corporal Andrew Shaw.

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Anzac Day commemorated at Gallipoli

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 1022 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Turkey

As the sun rose on another Anzac Day at Anzac Cove, Türkiye, the members of Australia’s Federation Guard and the

Satellite communication equipment setup by Australian soldiers from 1st Signal Regiment for Exercise Mercury Run at Kokoda Barracks, Canungra. Story by Captain Nigel Jacobs. Photos by Gunner Jesse Linards.

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The communications backbone of the battlespace

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 654 Views 0 Comments 1st Signal Regiment, Exercise Mercury Run, Kokoda Barracks

Army signals personnel deployed across the country for Exercise Mercury Run to prepare 1st (Australian) Division for the year’s major

Australian Army, New Zealand Defence Force, United States Marine Corps and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel hold an Anzac Day service during Exercise Balikatan in Aporawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Jacob Joseph. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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A true Anzac field service in the Philippines

29/04/202629/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 575 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Balikatan, US Marines

As dawn broke above the West Philippine Sea, hundreds of Australian, New Zealand, Filippino and United States personnel gathered to

From left Korean War veterans Colin Hallett (NZ), Ronald J. Foyle (CAN) and Raymond Rogers (AUS) during a ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Kapyong at Gapyeong, Korea. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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The stand that shaped a battalion

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 552 Views 0 Comments 3RAR, Chief of Army, Kapyong, Korean War

A contingent of Australian soldiers, predominantly from Townsville’s 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), made the pilgrimage to South