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Army soldiers from 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, during the Anzac Day march Brisbane city. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photos by Private Alfred Stauder.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News 

Emotional day for personnel, veterans and families – Anzac Day

26/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2067 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli Barracks

Members of the Army’s 7th Brigade took part in Anzac Day commemorations in Brisbane to pay their respect to current

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An Australian Army soldier from the 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, helps clear a village during Exercise Regional Warfighter in Tully, Queensland. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photos by Private Alfred Stauder.
Australian Army News Videos 

Aussies and French tackle Tully on Regional Warfighter

23/04/202427/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3045 Views 0 Comments 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Exercise Regional Warfighter, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

Jungle conditions and wet weather challenged soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8/9RAR) and the French Armed Forces

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Special operations first-aid course participants assess a casualty role-player and prepare for field medical care under the supervision of Australian and American directing staff. (Images have been digitally altered for security purposes.). Story by Major N.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News 

Course builds special forces capability

17/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2007 Views 0 Comments 1st Commando Regiment

1st Commando Regiment completed its inaugural special operations first-aid course recently, to enable special warfare operators to develop the skills

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An Australian Army soldier delivers a Platoon and Company Sergeants Battle Course lesson to Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel in the United Kingdom during March for Operation Kudu. (Image has been digitally altered for security purposes.) Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News UK 

Reservists enhance Ukrainian soldiers’ survivability

17/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1938 Views 2 Comments 9th Brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Army Reserve, Finnish Contingent, Operation Interflex, Operation Kudu

Four Australian Army Reserves engineers have deployed with the first rotation of Australian Army soldiers delivering leadership training courses to

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Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, prepare to lead a section during the Section Commanders Battle Course in Darwin, NT. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Corporal Gregory Scott.
Australian Army News 

5RAR building junior-leader battle skills

12/04/202413/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1630 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Section Commanders Battle Course (SCBC)

By day or night, an infantry soldier is expected to operate, lead and command. CAPTION: Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal

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Australian Army Public Relations Service's Corporal Andrew Sleeman and Head of Corps Colonel Jason Logue cut the birthday cake at 1st Joint Public Affairs Unit, Canberra, in celebration of the corps' 30th birthday. Story by Major Lily Mulholland. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.
ADF People Australian Army 

Army’s youngest corps turns 30

12/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2074 Views 0 Comments Australian Army Public Relations Service (AAPRS)

The Australian Army Public Relations Service (AAPRS) celebrated its 30th anniversary on March 31. CAPTION: Australian Army Public Relations Service’s Corporal

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A parade signified the transfer of command of Army Aviation Training Centre and their subordinate units to 16th Aviation Brigade. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photos by Craftsman Luc McLean.
Australian Army News 

Parade marks milestone for Army aviation

12/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2058 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, Army Aviation Training Centre, RAAF Townsville

Army aviation’s command and control has been streamlined following the transfer of command of Army Aviation Training Centre and its

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Army helicopter pilot Lieutenant Nicole Ravell and aircrew operator Corporal Corren James, of 723 Squadron, on the flight line at HMAS Albatross. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy 

Helicopter trainees take wing

12/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1843 Views 0 Comments EC-135, HMAS Albatross, No. 723 Squadron

723 Squadron is developing Navy and Army helicopter pilots and aircrew operators in a challenging course spanning nine and six

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Australian Army soldiers deployed on Operation Kudu, with members from the Finnish Army, deliver a platoon and company sergeants battle course to Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel in the United Kingdom. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News Videos 

Enhancing Ukrainian war skills

12/04/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2557 Views 1 Comment Operation Interflex, Operation Kudu, Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF)

Australian and Finnish Army soldiers are providing leadership training courses to Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) soldiers to enhance their

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire an M777 howitzer during a live-fire exercise at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Private Andrew Shaw.
Australian Army News 

1st Regiment prep for combined arms exercise

09/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1575 Views 1 Comment

Soldiers from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conducted live-fire training recently to enhance their readiness for their combined-arms training activity

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Australian Army soldiers form the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment conduct urban live-fire training at Greenbank Training Area. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News 

Army tests live-fire urban shoot-house

08/04/202408/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1680 Views 0 Comments DASH, deployable austere shoot house

For the first time, infantry soldiers will have access to a purpose-made urban operations live-fire range, after operational testing and

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An HX-81 prime mover and trailer is weighed on the newly opened vehicle weighbridge at Gallipoli Barracks. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army News 

Huge new weighbridge to speed up convoys

06/04/202408/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1223 Views 0 Comments

7 BDE convoys can now be on the road faster, thanks to a new weighbridge opened at Gallipoli Barracks on

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Attendees of the Maritime Warfare Officer Course at HMAS Stirling. Front row, Midshipmans Hannah Lunnon, Jaxon Shingles, Sienna Jordan and Gabrielle Mader. Back row, Midshipmans Elliot Mitchell and Ryan Miller, Captains James Reidy and James McWilliam, Lieutenant Ryan Glister, and Midshipmans William Swift and Abdelkader Mazouzi. Story by Antony Prgomet.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy to share maritime skills with Army officers

27/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2157 Views 0 Comments HMAS Stirling, HMAS Watson

Six Army officers are undertaking the Accelerated Maritime Warfare Officer Course at HMAS Stirling in WA and HMAS Watson in

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An Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs a handling display during the RAAF Base Townsville community open day. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.
Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF Base Townsville open day

27/03/202430/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1926 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, Open Day, RAAF Townsville

Many people who might have wondered what happens behind the gates guarded by the Lockheed P-2 Neptune at the entrance

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An Army medic from 2nd Health Battalion gives emergency medical care to simulated casualties during Exercise Viper Walk. Story and photos by Corporal Melina Young.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News 

Intense simulated injuries test medics

27/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1647 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Exercise Viper Walk

Screaming casualties pleaded for help as they clutched gunshot wounds. CAPTION: An Army medic from 2nd Health Battalion gives emergency medical

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Signallers Harley Leggett and Lachlan Colquhoun set up a communications tower during Project Convergence Capstone 4 at Camp Pendleton, California. Story by Lieutenant Colonel Carrie Robards. Photo by US Army Specialist Marquis McCants.
Australian Army News Science & Technology USA 

Diggers experiment to innovate in US

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1974 Views 0 Comments Project Convergence Capstone Four (PC-C4), US Army

It’s not often soldiers feel it’s okay to fail at work – and they’re certainly not encouraged to. CAPTION: Signallers Harley

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A 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment soldier assists a simulated casualty during an urban breaching exercise at Townsville Field Training Area. Story and photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.
Australian Army News 

Exercise an assault on engineers’ senses

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1899 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Military Working Dogs, Urban Operations Training Facility

Booby traps, enemy fire and a simulated canine casualty confronted sappers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment after they blasted

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Commanding Officer 5th Combat Service Support Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Shaw, and Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class One Matthew Ryan, lay a wreath as part of the commemoration of the 1954 Stockton Bight Disaster.
ADF People Australian Army History Lest We Forget 

Stockton Bight tragedy commemorated

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1927 Views 0 Comments 5th Combat Service Support Battalion

Soldiers from the 5th Combat Services Support Battalion (5CSSB), veterans, and community leaders assembled at Fort Scratchley near Newcastle to

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Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Dean Hall, Australia’s Federation Guard, performs precision drill movements during a display at Canberra Skyfire 2024 at Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. Story by Flight Lieutenant Felicity Abraham. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

ADF wows Skyfire crowds

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1733 Views 0 Comments Australia’s Federation Guard, Band of the Royal Military College, M2A2 Howitzer

An ADF aircraft and band featured in the return of Skyfire, after five years, to the shores of Lake Burley

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Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment during an urban operations exercise at the disused Stuart State School in Townsville. Story and photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.
Australian Army News 

3RAR goes back to school – to survive

20/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1705 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR

As 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) soldiers breached doors, cleared rooms and hunted the ‘enemy’ through Townsville’s closed Stuart

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