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Battlegroup Warhorse Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle, from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), during the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photos by Corporal Johnny Huang.
Australian Army News 

Battlegroup Warhorse tests brigade’s mettle

11/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 558 Views 1 Comment 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), 7th Brigade, Boxer CRV, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Army’s 7th Brigade faced a well-trained and lethally armed ‘enemy’ during its South Queensland Warfighter Exercise at Queensland’s Shoalwater Bay

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Major Andrew Penhaligon, 133rd Battery Commander, 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, receives the battery flag from former battery commander, Major Allan Harrison (Retired), during the Regiments Locating Artillery Centenary Parade at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Story by Major Carolyn Barnett. Photo by Leading Aircraftsman Luke Donegal.
Australian Army History News 

Regiment marks historic milestones

11/07/202511/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 524 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment RAA, Gallipoli Barracks

The 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (20 Regt RAA), marked four milestones in a ceremonial parade last month at Gallipoli

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Missile Maintenance Facility Amberley and US government personnel celebrate the completion of a milestone for a training missile maintenance activity at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Evan Ho.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Milestone for training missile maintenance

11/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 411 Views 0 Comments AMRAAM, HARM/AARGM, Missile Maintenance Facility Amberley (MMFA), RAAF Amberley, Sidewinder

Australia’s training missile maintenance capability has reached a great milestone. CAPTION: Missile Maintenance Facility Amberley and US government personnel celebrate the

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Australian Defence Force medical personnel provide assistance to Australian citizens on board a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A aircraft during a military assisted departure from Tel Aviv, Israel, as part of Operation Beech. Story by Lieutenant Emily Tinker. Photos by Corporal Adam Abela.
Australian Army Middle East News Royal Australian Air Force 

Israel relief flight shows pride in mission

09/07/202509/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2195 Views 1 Comment Air Mobility Group (AMG), KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 33 Squadron

Profound joy and tears of relief greeted the first Australian military-assisted departure flight from Israel on touch down at its

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Philippine Army and Australian Army soldiers shake hands after the Australians were presented with patches of the Philippines’ 4th Infantry Division during the closing ceremony of Ex Kasangga at Camp Evangelista in Northern Mindanao. Story and photos by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree
Asia Australian Army News 

Diggers share skills with Filipino soldiers

09/07/202509/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 798 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Kasangga, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), Philippine Army

Australian Army soldiers have conducted training with the Armed Forces of Philippines in demolitions, field obstacles and search, as well

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Australian Army soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and Republic of Fiji Military Forces conduct an assault on the urban operations training facility during the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photos by Corporal Johnny Huang.
Australian Army News Videos 

Multinational battlegroup practises urban ops

09/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 888 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Army’s Brisbane-based 7th Brigade kicked off the South Queensland Warfighter Exercise with more than 1500 soldiers from five nations training

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Navy combat systems operator Leading Seaman Sarah Kidd in the operations room simulator on board HMAS Stirling in Western Australia. Story by Petty Officer Keigan Gunther. Photos by Able Seaman Connor Morrison.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Queensland Kidd is going places

09/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 669 Views 0 Comments ADF Gap Year, HMAS Stirling

Growing up in the semi-rural Queensland town of Jimboomba, Leading Seaman Sarah Kidd always had a love for the outdoors.

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Commander of the Australian contingent, Major Tom Folley, pauses during Operation Kudu. Story and photos by Lieutenant Commander John Thompson.
Australian Army Europe News 

Training of Ukrainians evolves with the war

04/07/202504/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1867 Views 2 Comments Armed Forces of Ukraine, Operation Kudu

Australia’s support for the multi-national mission to train Ukrainian military personnel continues to evolve, three years after Russia’s 2022 invasion

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Sapper Dean Purcell and explosive detection dog Ledge before a morning run at the School of Military Engineering at Holsworthy. Story by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.
Australian Army K9 Training News 

Explosive detection dogs have a blast on the job

04/07/202504/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1393 Views 0 Comments 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, EDD, Holsworthy Barracks, improvised explosive device (IED), Military Working Dogs, School of Military Engineering

Sapper Dean Purcell starts the day with a smile. CAPTION: Sapper Dean Purcell and explosive detection dog Ledge before a morning

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Armed Forces of the Philippines service members assess a runway during an Airfield Survey and Airfield Repair Mobile Training Team program. Story by Squadron Leader Eamon Hamilton. Photos by Joint Australian Training Team - Philippines.
Asia News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF aids Philippines on remote airfields

04/07/202504/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1264 Views 0 Comments air traffic control, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), mobile training team (MTT), Philippines

Royal Australian Air Force aviators have worked with their Philippine counterparts on support for flying operations from austere and damaged

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The Navy detachment from Harman Naval Station marches to the parade ground at the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Day in 1951. Story by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel. Photo from Australian War Memorial 134448.
History News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Harman – a ship without water

04/07/202504/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1531 Views 0 Comments AWM, HMAS Harman

About 120km from the nearest ocean sits Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Harman, outside of Canberra. CAPTION: The Navy detachment from

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Captain Sumit Malik, Commanding Officer INAS 316, and Commodore Shiraz Azad, Commander of Indian Naval Station Hansa, Wing Commander Gary Rains, Air Adviser Australian High Commission New Delhi, and Squadron Leader Brennan Farrell, of 11 Squadron. Story by Squadron Leader Eamon Hamilton.
India News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF on Indian Ocean patrol out of Goa, India

02/07/202502/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1563 Views 0 Comments Indian Navy, P-8A Poseidon, Royal Navy

Flying from the city of Goa on India’s west coast, Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon crews have stretched their

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Soldiers from the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load Sidewinder missiles on a NASAMS High-Mobility Launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Australian Army News 

Hawkei/Sidewinder a world first

02/07/202504/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1789 Views 0 Comments 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, AIM-9 Sidewinder, nasals, Woomera

In a world-first, Australian Army soldiers fired one of the most battle-tested and lethal air-to-air missiles from a national advanced

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155mm rounds in the field. (Cropped) photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
ADF News 

Defence cancels 155mm forging commitment

29/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4191 Views 8 Comments

In a positively-spun statement headlined “Defence’s commitment to domestic manufacturing of large calibre munitions”, the Department of Defence has effectively

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Commissioning crew of NUSHIP Arafura before the ship was formally commissioned as HMAS Arafura, at Fleet Base West in Western Australia. Photo by Able Seaman Connor Morrison.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Arafura finally commissioned

29/06/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5569 Views 4 Comments Arafura-class

More than six years after the ship’s keel was laid down and more than three years after she was launched,

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Participants of the three week Apprentice Network Technician 'Train the Trainer' session at the Navy Training Systems Centre - Randwick. Story by Lieutenant Rebecca Gonchee.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Aegis training moves on shore

27/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 998 Views 0 Comments Aegis, Apprentice Network Technician (ANT), Navy Training Systems Centre

The Navy Training System Centre Randwick (NTSC-R) has reached a significant milestone in strengthening sovereign  training capabilities on the Aegis

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Laser cleaning removed hazardous paint and left surfaces intact on a 74-year-old Winjeel aircraft. Story by Flight Lieutenant Julia Ravell. Photos by Warrant Officer Paul Wendt.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Laser technology could save labour and lives

27/06/202529/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1087 Views 0 Comments History and Heritage – Air Force Restoration Support Section (HH-AF RSS)

Laser technology successfully trialled by History and Heritage – Air Force’s (HH–AF) Restorations Support Section – could revolutionise the removal

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Soldiers from 13th Brigade take part in Exercise Litani Combine 2025 at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia. Story by Major Dean Benson. Photos by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers rehearse homeland security

27/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1195 Views 2 Comments 13th Brigade, 16th Battalion RWAR, Exercise Litani Combine, Henderson WA

More accustomed to the grey of the Navy uniform, the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia, took on a

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Warrant Officers Class 2 Troy Robertson, left, and Jamie Sharp, from the 9th Battalion, the Royal Queensland Regiment, responded to a high-impact vehicle incident. Story and photo by Captain Cath Batch.
ADF People Australian Army Health and Wellbeing 

Training in action at vehicle incident

27/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1362 Views 0 Comments 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment

For the civilians involved in a high-impact vehicle incident near Rainbow Beach, Queensland, the sight of the Army arriving was

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Corporal Jack Murphy, an electronics technician from 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, helped deliver RBS-70 man-portable air-defence systems and training to Ukrainian forces in Poland. Story and photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
ADF People Australian Army Europe Uncategorized 

Diggers deliver missile training for Ukraine in Poland

27/06/202529/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 929 Views 1 Comment 16th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, NASAMS

Soldiers of 16th Regiment said training Ukrainian Armed Forces to use the RBS-70 was a fitting way to send off

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