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Private Keegan Newbery, front, from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conducts a room clearance during urban warfare tactical assault training at Gallipoli Barracks. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News 

On-call soldiers step up urban training

23/03/2021 Mike Hughes 625 Views 0 Comments

Being on 72 hours’ notice to move for Operation COVID-19 Assist hasn’t stopped Bravo Company soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion,

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Soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment's Reconnaissance, Snipers and Surveillance Platoon demonstrate the use of camouflage and concealment in the Canungra Field Training Area. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News Videos 

Platoon practises being ‘invisible’

23/03/2021 Mike Hughes 297 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment’s Reconnaissance, Snipers and Surveillance Platoon practised the skills of being ‘invisible’ and not

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A helicopter loadmaster surveys floodwaters near Bundaberg, Queensland (2013). Photograph by Corporal Janine Fabre.
Australian Army News 

Army helicopters deploying to NSW flood emergency

23/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 268 Views 0 Comments

Australian Defence Force helicopters will today deploy to NSW to support search and rescue activities for the flood emergency.

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Students from the Bridge Erection Propulsion Boat course manoeuvre a bridge transporting a HX77 truck on the Georges River, Sydney. Photo by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper.
Australian Army News 

Boat course bridges the gap

18/03/2021 Mike Hughes 951 Views 0 Comments

Imagine a green floating brick pushing around giant pieces of green lego to make bridges – that’s the nuts and

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Major Brendon Coghill, of 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, provides a brief during Exercise Diamond Dawn. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News 

Simulation tests combat operations

18/03/2021 Mike Hughes 296 Views 0 Comments

Heavy use of simulation allowed new members posted to the 7th Combat Brigade to successfully plan and execute combat operations against

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TV's The Amazing Race comes to Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. Video screen grab.
Australian Army News Videos 

Amazing test of skills

17/03/202117/03/2021 Mike Hughes 378 Views 0 Comments

A gruelling obstacle course andhead-scratching artillery calculations awaited contestants on The Amazing Race Australia at Lavarack Barracks.

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Rheinmetall's KF41 Lynx, left, and Hanwha's Redback, dwarf the M113 APC one of them will replace. Defence image.
Australian Army News Videos 

M113-replacement contenders unveiled

12/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 3200 Views 5 Comments LAND 400 Phase 3

Both contenders for the largest acquisition project in the history of the Australian Army were officially unveiled in Canberra today.

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Navy Indigenous Development Program recruit Clayton Anderson during a cultural retreat at Northern Outlook, Cairns, held as part of the program. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.
Australian Army 

An old adage rings true

12/03/2021 Mike Hughes 159 Views 0 Comments

Navy Indigenous Development Program recruit Clayton Anderson says it’s never too late to go after what you want, and he

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Private Jordan Enright, of the School of Infantry, enjoys the Singleton Military Area family day with his daughter. Photos by Corporal Shane Kelly.
Australian Army News 

Warm welcome to Singleton

11/03/2021 Mike Hughes 231 Views 0 Comments

A recent family day at Lone Pine Barracks provided an opportunity for existing Singleton Military Area members, employees, contractors and

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The Hanwha Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle, above, and the Rheinmetall Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle, below, have been delivered to Defence to support test and evaluation activities conducted as part of the Land 400 Phase 3 Risk Mitigation Activity.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Prototype vehicles arrive for assessment

03/03/202105/03/2021 Mike Hughes 576 Views 0 Comments

Six prototype infantry fighting vehicles are now in Australia to begin testing for the Land 400 Phase 3 program. CAPTION:

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Corporal Shaun Abdilla, from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, fires a Remington 870 shotgun during a live-fire qualification shoot at the Greenbank Military Training Area, Brisbane. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News 

Shotgun training advances urban warfare capability

03/03/2021 Mike Hughes 1466 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment have qualified on the Remington 870 shotgun, which is a key weapon

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Rick Burr, left, and Private Harrison Nguyen cut the cake during Army’s 120th birthday celebrations in Canberra. Photo by Sagi Biderman.
Australian Army News 

Birthday a celebration of ‘great work’

03/03/202103/03/2021 Mike Hughes 199 Views 0 Comments

Canberra turned on a top day for hundreds of officers and diggers who gathered in Blamey Square to celebrate Army’s 120th birthday

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Composite image – An Army Red Beret drops from the sky with the Australian National Flag and the sun sets behind the Australian White Ensign on HMAS Armidale (II). ANF photo by Petty Officer Phil Cullinan. Ensign photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy 

Army and Navy celebrate 120th birthday

01/03/2021 Brian Hartigan 228 Views 0 Comments

Members and veterans of the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army will mark 120 years of service to the country today.

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Army has rolled out a system that tracks vehicle speed, location and driver hours.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Vehicle tracking system trials in ADF

27/02/202102/03/2021 Mike Hughes 811 Views 0 Comments

A telematics system that tracks the speed and position of vehicles, and driver’s hours, has been rolled out to many Army vehicles.

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Soldiers assist Western Australia Police at a vehicle checkpoint on Forrest Highway in Lake Clifton, Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers answer call for assistance

27/02/2021 Mike Hughes 137 Views 0 Comments

About 50 Army personnel from the Perth metropolitan region supported the Western Australia Police’s efforts enforcing travel restrictions to help slow the

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An artist’s rendering of the new Puckapunyal Health and Wellbeing Centre
Australian Army News 

Fitness first for new Puckapunyal centre

27/02/202127/02/2021 Mike Hughes 138 Views 0 Comments

The days of Puckapunyal’s ageing fitness centre are numbered with construction of a new health and wellbeing facility due to

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Army Officer Cadet Lachlan Goodall gives orders during a section attack at the Majura Training Area. Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Australian Army News 

The bush a classroom for trainee leaders

25/02/202127/02/2021 Mike Hughes 189 Views 0 Comments

Leading his section on a clearing patrol of Artillery Hill, Officer Cadet Lachlan Goodall went to ground as the sound

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Forces Command Major Andrew Bone and Signaller Jon Taylor, rear, test the new Protected Mobility Tactical Training System at the Battle Simulation Centre, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Australian Army News 

VR sets the scene for new training

18/02/2021 Mike Hughes 304 Views 0 Comments

A new virtual reality training platform is allowing crews of protected mobility vehicles to experience life-like combat scenarios from the

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A LARC-V lands with soldiers of 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the amphibious assault at Fog Bay in the Northern Territory for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. Photo by Sergeant Mark Doran.
Australian Army News 

New amphibious vehicles in the pipeline

18/02/2021 Mike Hughes 358 Views 0 Comments

After 50 years’ service, Army is set to replace its littoral fleet, releasing an invitation to register for the delivery

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Corporal Gealan Toullea, front left, with Her Excellency Linda Hurley, front right, and guests at Government House in Canberra. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwel.
Australian Australian Army News 

Hassett Award for exceptional junior leader

18/02/202126/02/2021 Mike Hughes 148 Views 0 Comments

Almost a year after helping save a colleague’s life, Corporal Gealan Toullea, 6RAR, received the Hassett Award at Government House, Canberra.

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