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Army soldiers prepare cargo for an airlift by the Rural Fire Service helicopter. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Warrant Officer Robert Spooner.

Rural Fire Service gives Army a lift

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1874 Views 0 Comments Air Mobility Group, Air Mobility Training and Development Unit (AMTDU), NSWRFS, RAAF Richmond

Soldiers teamed up with NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to practise underslung cargo lifts with one of their helicopters at

Personnel from the Army, Queensland police, ambulance, and fire and emergency services, and other attendees with their vehicles at the Run Army 2024 launch held at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Story by Corporal Melina Young. Photo by Aircraftwoman Nell Bradbury.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Time to get ready for Run Army

15/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1601 Views 0 Comments Run Army

Download Strava, don some Lycra and get ready for Run Army 2024 on April 21. CAPTION: Personnel from the Army, Queensland

Soldiers from Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct live-fire training on Australian light armoured vehicles at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.

Australian Army News

B Squadron gets extra sting with Wasp

15/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1839 Views 5 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment

2nd Cavalry Regiment Australian light armoured vehicles (ASLAVs) fired 25mm rounds to neutralise targets spotted by the unit’s Wasp uncrewed

Soldiers and officers of Headquarters 3rd Brigade and 3rd Combat Signal Regiment operating a command post during Exercise Brolga Walk at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.

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Signallers practise the art of invisibility

13/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1771 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, 3rd Combat Signal Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, intelligence

As technology advances, it’s harder for a brigade headquarters to stay unseen on the battlefield – that’s why the art

Medics from 2nd Health Brigade simulate rendering first aid to a soldier during a mass casualty exercise in Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, in 2023. Story by Captains Prashanth Shanmugan and Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News

Health brigade marks year of transformation

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1468 Views 1 Comment 2nd Health Brigade, Defence Strategic Review

2nd Health Brigade has marked a year of enhancing the capability and capacity of Army’s deployable health system after bringing

RAAF personnel from 37 Squadron and Australian Army soldiers from 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, during an engagement in Mount Isa, Queensland. Story by Flying Officer Madeleine Magee. Photo by Group Captain Stewart Dowrie.

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Building community connections in remote Queensland

13/03/202415/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1582 Views 0 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment, C-130J Hercules, No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (3AMES), No. 37 Squadron

A 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules and members of 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (3AMES) flew over parts of northern Australia as

Soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment use an excavator to construct a bunker during Exercise Brolga Walk at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Trooper Dana Millington.

Australian Army News

Engineers go underground

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1847 Views 2 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Integrated firing pits, sleeping sections and an operations room all feature in an underground command post being constructed by 3rd

The 2024 recipients of the Jonathan Church Good Soldiering award, from left Lance Corporal Lachlan Goulding, Private Caleb Walker, Sergeant L, Lieutenant Lachlan Maill and Corporal Jordan Neal, during a tour of the Australian War Memorial Annex, Canberra. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

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2024 Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Awards

13/03/202414/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1609 Views 0 Comments Jonathan Church Good Soldiering Award

From supporting victims of genocide in Africa to performing life-saving CPR during a footy match, soldiers have been recognised for

From left, Commanding Officer HMAS Stuart Commander Richard Raymond, Sapper Sean Egan-Richards, Seaman Thomas Brum and Australian Defence Adviser to Fiji Army Colonel Henry Stimson cut the 123rd birthday for cakes for Navy and Army on board HMAS Stuart while at anchor in Suva, Fiji. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

Australian Army News Overseas Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Army and Navy celebrate birthdays in Fiji

13/03/202413/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2210 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMAS Stuart

Navy and Army celebrated their 123rd year on March 1 in Fiji aboard HMAS Stuart. CAPTION: From left, Commanding Officer HMAS

Official portrait of Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon, 2nd Commando Regiment, who died as a result of a parachute-training accident.

Australian Army News

Commando killed in parachute-training accident

07/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3657 Views 3 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment

Defence has confirmed that a Sydney-based soldier has died from injuries he sustained during a parachuting incident on 6 March

Members of the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment that recently deployed on Operation Kudu at Edinburgh Defence Precinct, Adelaide. Story and photo by Captain Peter March.

Australian Army News Overseas UK

Government commits more support for Ukraine

06/03/202408/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2198 Views 1 Comment 7th Battalion RAR, 9th Brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Operation Kudu

More troops have been deployed on Operation Kudu as part of Australia’s continued support of Ukraine, two years on from

Australian Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a clearance before a live-fire activity at Tully training area in Queensland. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.

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1RAR learn a lot in the jungle

28/02/202408/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3094 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, were led through a week of jungle warfare training at Tully, Queensland, in

Reviewing Officer, Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) General Angus Campbell, inspects the parade, band, pipes and drums at the 2024 CDF Parade. Story by Lieutenant Colonel Sandra Turner. Photos by Thomas Lucraft.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Parade marks the end of the beginning for officer aspirants

28/02/202403/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1917 Views 0 Comments ADFA, Cadets, Chief of Defence Force

Five weeks isn’t a long time, but for more than 350 of the Australian Defence Force Academy’s (ADFA) newest trainee

Leading Seaman Michael Mason marshals an Army CH-47 Chinook on board HMAS Choules during aviation training off the coast of Townsville, Queensland. Photo by Able Seaman Jasmine Saunders.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy

Landing and lifting at sea

28/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1537 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, HMAS Choules

HMAS Choules is back at sea to enhance its air movement capability and train Navy and Army personnel in essential

Trooper Lachlan Hinspeter, of 2nd Cavalry Regiment, dismounts from an Australian light armoured vehicle at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story and photo by Captain Brittany Evans.

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Cavalry dismounts to attack

28/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1636 Views 0 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Carl Gustav 84mm, EF88 Austyer rifle

Troopers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment conducted anti-armour stalks at Piccadilly Gate, Townsville Field Training Area, in February to test

Australian Army gunners from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, competing in the US Army's Best by Test artillery competition in Oahu, Hawaii. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos supplied by the US Army.

Australian Army News Overseas USA

Aussie gunners win on the world stage

28/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1511 Views 0 Comments 4th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, US Army

A team of 31 gunners from the 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, won in a number of categories at the

An Australian Army CH-47F Chinook delivers plant equipment and additional personnel to the community of Bloomfield, Queensland, as part of the ADF support to the region following Ex Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers. Photos by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

Australian Army News

Regiment provides flood of support

28/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1291 Views 0 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, floods

It was almost 11am on December 18 when Captain Reilly O’Neill received the call, and 24 hours later he was

Soldiers conduct moving grenade drills at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.

Australian Army News

Lobbing grenades in Townsville

23/02/202424/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1616 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, grenade, Townsville Field Training Area

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, (1RAR) conducted static and moving grenade live-fire training at the Townsville Field

Defence members hold a 'Hello from Townsville' frame up at the 2024 welcome event in Townsville, Queensland. Story by Chelsey Ballard. Photos by Rachel Baker.

Australian Army News

NQ welcome event a hit with Defence families

16/02/202429/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1953 Views 0 Comments Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS), Townsville

Hundreds of Defence personnel in Townsville kicked off the new posting cycle at a Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS)

Soldiers from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations via Zodiac small watercraft as part of Operation Resolute in the Kimberley Marine Park, WA. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Corporal Gregory Scott.

Australian Army News

Arty battery embraces new littoral role

16/02/202418/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2088 Views 1 Comment 8th/12th Regiment RAA, Defence Strategic Review, intelligence, Operation Resolute, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Zodiac

Traditionally steeped in the ethos of conventional gunnery, the 101st Battery of the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, is now