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Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore, from 16 Regiment, The Royal Australian Artillery has been awarded a Conspicuous Service Medal this Australia Day. Story by Corporal Michael Rogers.
ADF People Australian Army 

Award a surprise for bombardier

26/01/202426/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1715 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours

When Bombardier Adam Davies-Moore was given a counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) role at 16 Regiment, he recognised development was needed

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Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang has been recognised in the Australia Day awards with a Conspicuous Service Medal. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Australian Army 

Army officer recognised the need for speed

26/01/202428/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1658 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, Aviation Command, RAEME, UH-60M Black Hawk

Approval of the UH-60M Black Hawk acquisition for Army, a process typically spanning three to four years, was completed in

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Corporal Thomas Grayham received a Conspicuous Service Medal in the 2024 Australia Day Honours. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Seaman Abdus Chowdhury.
ADF People Australian Army 

‘Pretty chuffed’ with medal for work during floods

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1419 Views 0 Comments 145 Signal Squadron, Australia Day Honours, Mobile Cloud Operations Network (MCON), Randwick Barracks

Just days after life-saving surgery, as flood waters inundated Sydney, Corporal Thomas Grayham was back at work. CAPTION: Corporal Thomas Grayham

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Deployed soldiers from 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, on parade during their Operation Kudu farewell ceremony at Edinburgh Defence Precinct, Adelaide. Story and photos by Captain Peter March.
Australian Army News Overseas UK 

Ukraine community farewells SA-based soldiers

19/01/202419/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2386 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Brigade, 7th Battalion RAR, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Edinburgh Defence Precinct, Land Combat College, Operation Kudu

Soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), 2nd Health Brigade and Land Combat College were farewelled in a

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An Australian Army MRH90 Taipan conducts reconnaissance in Victoria during Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Captain Carolyn Barnett.
Australian Army News 

‘Bury the b@$€@rds’ – government’s plan for MRH-90 Taipan helicopters

18/01/202418/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3290 Views 8 Comments MRH-90 Taipan

THE HON PAT CONROY MP MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY FILE PHOTO: An Australian Army MRH90 Taipan during Op Flood Assist

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Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Group 629.3 deliver supplies in Wujal Wujal, Queensland. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.
Australian Army News 

Diggers muck in to help community

17/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1261 Views 0 Comments Joint Task Group 629.3, Queensland Flood Assist

The rural towns of Ayton, Bloomfield and Wujal Wujal were among some of the hardest hit communities devastated by floodwaters

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Australian Army News 

Lockheed Martin contracted to begin guided-missile manufacturing in Sydney

17/01/202418/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2615 Views 0 Comments HIMARS, Lockheed Martin, Orchard Hills

Defence has signed a $37.4 million contract with Lockheed Martin Australia to start manufacturing guided multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS)

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An Army landing craft mechanised Mk8 (LCM8) from 10th Force Support Battalion delivers plant equipment to the community of Ayton, Queensland as part of the ADF support to the region following the devastation of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvhill
Australian Army News 

ADF equipment aids flood recovery

16/01/202416/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1899 Views 0 Comments 10th Force Support Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Queensland Flood Assist

ADF personnel continue to assist regional communities across Queensland’s far north devastated by severe floods following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper in

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Will Forker and Luis Leal demonstrate the EB-EBEE TAC during the Technical Cooperation Program AI Strategic Challenge 2023 at HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay Territory. Story by Emma Thompson. Photos by Pettty Officer Kayla Jackson
Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

AI technology strategic challenge tested

10/01/202414/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2044 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence (AI), DSTG, HMAS Creswell

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to deter, shape and change the character of warfare. CAPTION: Will Forker and Luis Leal

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An Armed Forces of Ukraine recruit scans for enemy during trench defence training, as part of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke.
Australian Army News UK Videos 

More Aussie soldiers deploy for Ukraine training

07/01/202412/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9595 Views 9 Comments Armed Forces of Ukraine, Operation Kudu

South Australian-based soldiers from the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, will depart Australia tomorrow to train Ukrainian recruits in the

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A 500lb unexploded ordnance after detonation during Operation Render Safe, Nauru. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photos by Corporal Sam Price.
ADF People Australian Army Videos 

Risky business just another day at the office

20/12/202320/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3532 Views 0 Comments Nauru, Operation Render Safe, UXO

It might have been a relatively simple task for Sergeant David Bailey, but rendering safe a 500lb bomb amidst vital

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An Australian Army soldier instructs Armed Forces of Ukraine recruits during battle inoculation training, as part of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom. Photo: Leading Aircraftwoman Emma Schwenke (image has been digitally altered for security purposes).
Australian Army News Overseas UK 

More troops to train Ukraine recruits

20/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2061 Views 0 Comments Operation Kudu

Australia will expand its commitment to the training of recruits from the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of Operation

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Australian Army soldiers conduct a troop lift on a CH-47F Chinook from 5th Aviation Regiment, in support of 31st/42nd Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment's Exercise Burghala Bull in Central Queensland. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
Australian Army News 

Platoon executes night-time urban clearance

14/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2042 Views 0 Comments 31st/42nd Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Exercise Burghala Bull

Algae-filled pools, boarded-up windows and overgrown grounds confronted a reconnaissance team entering a dilapidated former luxury resort, with scenes reminiscent

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Hanwha Redback, chosen as The Australian Army's new infantry fighting vehicle. Image supplied.
Australian Army News 

Contracts signed for Army’s Redback IFVs

08/12/202309/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4431 Views 6 Comments

The government has signed contracts with Korean-parented Hanwha Defense Australia to deliver and support 129 locally built Redback infantry fighting

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Australian Army soldiers prepare for a combat team quick attack with M1A1 Abrams and M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers during Exercise Iron Warrior 23 at Puckapunyal. Story and photos by Corporal Michael Rogers.
Australian Army News 

Training to target drones

08/12/202309/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2895 Views 1 Comment ASLAV, Exercise Iron Warrior, M113AS4, M1A1 Abrams, Puckapunyal

The booming sound of Browning .50-calibre machineguns echoed across the range at Puckapunyal as a platoon of M113AS4 gun cars

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Australian and Indian soldiers manoeuvre from Zodiac watercraft on to a beach at Garden Island in Western Australia as part of a training activity during Exercise Austrahind 2023. Story by Major Sandra Seman-Bourke. Photos by Sergeant McAneney.
Australian Army News 

Exercise strengthens Australia-India bond

08/12/202316/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2042 Views 1 Comment 13th Brigade, Exercise Austrahind, Indian Armed Forces

Army’s 13th Brigade hosted Indian Armed Forces in Perth and other locations in Western Australia during Exercise Austrahind, an army-to-army

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Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Say with veteran and founder of the Kokoda Youth Foundation Doug Henderson in front of the new Canungra Vietnam Memorial at Kokoda Barracks in Queensland. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Private Andrew Shaw.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News 

Kokoda Barracks unveils new Vietnam memorial

08/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2698 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion RAR, Canungra, Kokoda Barracks, Kokoda Youth Foundation, Vietnam veterans

After two years of dedicated volunteer work and community collaboration, the new Canungra Vietnam Memorial opened to veterans, families and

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Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart on parade for the 75th anniversary of the Royal Australian Regiment at Duntroon, Canberra. Story by Private Nicholas Marquis. Photos by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News 

Royal Australian Infantry celebrates 75 years

06/12/202315/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1970 Views 0 Comments ADF Red Berets, Chief of Army, Royal Australian Regiment, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D)

Descending from an overcast sky above Canberra, members of the Red Berets trailed red smoke behind an unfurled flag of

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An Australian Army AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer test fires a practice round at the Proof & Experimental Establishment at Port Wakefield. Story and photos bySergeant Matthew Bickerton.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Army’s new Huntsman thunders in South Australia

05/12/202306/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2765 Views 0 Comments AS9 Huntsman, Joint Proof and Experimental Unit (JPEU)

155mm shells blasted from the eight-metre-long barrel of an AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer shaking the ground at Port Wakefield, South

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Soldiers train at 13th Brigade in preparation for Rifle Company Butterworth Rotation 142. Story by Major Sandra Seman-Bourke.
Australian Army News Overseas 

Soldiers strengthen ties in Malaysia

05/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2283 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth

Soldiers and officers from more than 30 units across the country spent three weeks at Irwin Barracks, 13th Brigade, preparing

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