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Soldiers from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery push a 2500kg M2A2 howitzer on a 20km journey through Darwin City to raise funds for the Gunner Bear charity. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Sub-Lieutenant Chloe Reay.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News 

Pushing through for littlest Territorians

03/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1441 Views 0 Comments 8th/12th Regiment RAA, Gunner Bear, M2A2 Howitzer

Battling the searing 36-degree heat and humidity of Darwin, soldiers and officers of the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (8/12Regt

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An officer from Australian Army 16th Aviation Brigade speaks to visitors about the EC-135 at the Randwick Barracks Open Day. Story by Captain Katy Manning. Photos by Private Sarah Fisher.
Australian Army News 

Randwick Barracks capabilities on display

03/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1494 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, 17th Sustainment Brigade, Army No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, EC-135, Open Day, Phalanx, Randwick Barracks

Randwick Barracks received a steady flow of visitors on its first open day in many years. CAPTION: An officer from Australian

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Commander 1st (Australian) Division Major General Scott Winter with participants of Exercise Beach Heads 23 at one of the significant World War 2 sites in Papua New Guinea. Story and photos by Major Mark Vele.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

Walking in the footsteps of history

03/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 19736 Views 2 Comments Exercise Beach Heads, Headquarters 1st (Australian) Division, Papua New Guinea, WWII

A contingent of junior officers and non-commissioned officers have discovered the World War 2 battlefields of Papua New Guinea provide

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The new Landworthiness Awareness Campaign will provide education and training on fatigue management, an important skill for all personnel, including drivers. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Private Michael Currie.
Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Awake to the dangers of fatigue

03/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1279 Views 0 Comments fatigue

Screaming, gunshots, crying. Corporal Quinn Jensen heard this 24/7 with the mounting pressure not to do anything that would get

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Lieutenant Grace Neuhaus gives the thumbs up following a successful landing during the course in Adelaide. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army News Videos 

Jumping out of their comfort zone

31/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2850 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment

1 Armoured Regiment has pushed resilience training to extreme heights during the accelerated freefall course at the Adelaide Skydiving Centre.

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Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Mackenzie (right), Commanding Officer of Operation Lilia, cuts the ribbon on water tanks delivered through an ADF-led community infrastructure project at a handover event in the Gilbert Camp community. Story by Sergeant Felicity Richardson and Major Simon Hampson. Photo by Warrant Offer Class 1 Bruce McLean.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Aid projects delivered in Solomon Islands

31/10/202301/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1417 Views 0 Comments Operation Lilia, Solomons’ International Assistance Force (SIAF)

Australian and New Zealand Defence Force members of the Solomons’ International Assistance Force recently celebrated the completion of three ADF-led

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The classified-level Exercise Cyber Sentinels was held in Canberra in October. Story by Flight Lieutenant Marina Power.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Taking cyber warfare training to new heights

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1921 Views 0 Comments Defence Strategic Review, Exercise Cyber Sentinels

In the first classified-level cyber exercise of its kind, Australian and US military cyber experts joined forces to battle simulated

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Australian Army soldiers instruct Republic of Fiji Military Forces members during a live shoot with the Australian EF88, as part of Exercise Coral Warrior at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photos by Private Alfred Stauder.
Australian Army News 

Firing all the right questions

27/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1349 Views 0 Comments 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, 8/9 RAR, EF88 Austyer rifle, Exercise Coral Warrior, Gallipoli Barracks, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Fijian soldiers have begun training with Charlie Company 8/9 Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane for

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Signallers from 108 Signal Squadron test their interoperability with 144 Signal Squadron during Exercise Hermes Run in Mount Gambier, SA. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army News 

Army gets ready for extreme weather

25/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1545 Views 0 Comments 144th Signal Squadron, 8th Signal Regiment, 9th Brigade, Army Reserve, Exercise Hermes Run

Reserve signal squadrons from Australia’s southern cities tested their preparedness for the high-risk weather season during Exercise Hermes Run from

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An Army member navigates Army's sailing training yacht 'Gun Runner' during Exercise Soldier Sail in Port Stephens, NSW. Story and photos by Corporal Luke Bellman.
Australian Army News 

Army Gun Runners on 24-hour epic voyage

25/10/202327/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1482 Views 0 Comments Exercise Soldier Sail

Novice sailors embarked on an epic 24-hour journey along the east coast of Australia, aboard the Army sailing training yacht

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Brigadier David McCammon, right, officially opens renovated classrooms with Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) representatives during Exercise Puk Puk, Manus Island, PNG. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Asia Australian Army News Pacific Videos 

Infrastructure and lifelong friendships built

25/10/202325/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2992 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Puk Puk, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Exercise Puk Puk concluded with the Manus Island community hosting celebrations after a job well done. CAPTION: Brigadier David McCammon, right,

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A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III offloads Australian citizens, their families and other approved foreign nationals from Israel after an 'assisted-departure flight' from Israel (on 15 October 2023). Photo by Corporal Robert Whitmore.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force 

Australia sending aircraft, support personnel and soldiers to the Middle East

25/10/202325/10/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9202 Views 2 Comments Operation Beech

In a radio- and TV-interview blitz this morning – but without the customary ‘Press Release’ – Minister for Defence Richard

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Australian Army soldiers demonstrate fire and movement for personnel from the Malaysian Armed Forces during Exercise Harringaroo, Malaysia. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photos by Corporal Sam Price.
Australian Army News 

RCB learn jungle skills from Malaysian Army

20/10/202321/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2655 Views 1 Comment Exercise Harringaroo, Malaysian Armed Forces, Rifle Company Butterworth

Australian soldiers from Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) learnt how to operate in the jungle from Malaysian Army experts on Exercise

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13th Brigade hosted the Australia-India Army staff talks in Perth, ahead of Exercise Austrahind 23 in Western Australia next month. Story by Major Sandra Seman-Bourke. Photo by Corporal Nikia Chapman.
Australian Army News 

Talks strengthen bond with Indian Army

20/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1679 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, Defence Strategic Review, Exercise Austrahind, Indian Armed Forces

Reflecting the close relationship with India, 13th Brigade hosted the Australia-India army-to-army staff talks in the lead-up to Exercise Austrahind,

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Australian Army HX77 heavy rigid vehicles loaded with fodder heading for Bonang in the north of Gippsland in support of Operation Bushfire Assist, 2020. Story by Captain Krysten Clifton. Photo by Private Michael Currie.
Australian Army News 

Army offers training idea towards civilian transport needs

20/10/202321/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2849 Views 0 Comments HX77 Truck

While some people don’t think twice about how groceries, household goods and online purchases get to them, many are aware

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United States marines board an Omni Air International flight departing from RAAF Base Darwin, NT. Photo by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News 

Marines bid farewell to Darwin

19/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2189 Views 0 Comments Exercise Alon, HADR, HMAS Canberra, MRF-D, MV-22 Osprey, US Marines

After six months of exercises with the ADF and a range of partner nations, the 12th iteration of the Marine

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Members from the 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), march on parade as part of the 7RAR Iraq Theatre Honour Parade, on the Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide. Story by Captain Adrienne Goode. Photos by Private Johnny Huang.
Australian Army News 

7RAR awarded Iraq theatre honour

19/10/202321/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2170 Views 0 Comments 7th Battalion RAR, Afghanistan, Iraq

7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) was honoured for the unit’s achievements in Iraq during a formal parade at

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Legacy torchbearers Emily Lahay and Commander 4th Brigade, Brigadier Michelle Campbell during the last leg of the Legacy Centenary Torch Relay in Melbourne. Story by Captain Mark Blackman and Captain Kristen Daisy Cleland. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

50,000 kilometres for 100 years of Legacy

17/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1257 Views 0 Comments Chief of Defence Force, Governor-General of Australia, Legacy, Shrine of Remembrance

The Legacy Centenary Torch Relay ended on October 12, with torch-bearers carrying the Legacy flame through Melbourne on the final

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Australian Army personnel meet Bruno, a military working dog, on Exercise Bersama Lima, Kuantan, Malaysia. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Corporal Sam Price.
Asia Australian Army News Overseas Videos 

Lessons from the jungle book of experience

17/10/202317/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3046 Views 0 Comments Bersama Lima, British Armed Forces, Five Power Defence Arrangements, Malaysian Armed Forces, New Zealand Army, Singapore Armed Forces

Australian soldiers and personnel from the Five Power Defence Arrangement nations contended with 40-degree heat and 100 per cent humidity

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Able Seaman Qambar Said with US Space Force personnel working at the Commercial Operations cell, Adelaide. Photos by Tim Standing.
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

New operators at Defence Space Command

17/10/202318/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1805 Views 0 Comments Defence Space Command, Joint Commercial Operations (JCO-AUS), No.1 Space Surveillance Unit (1SSU)

Defence Space Command’s six newly accredited Defence personnel are leading operations for Joint Commercial Operations (JCO-AUS). CAPTION: Able Seaman Qambar Said

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