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1st Armoured Regiment

1st Armoured Regiment conduct manoeuvre training on an M1A1 Abrams tanks in Puslatpur, Indonesia, during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023. Photo by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.
Australian Army Letters to the Editor Veterans 

The Bond Formed by Tank Crews

16/03/2025 Bruce Cameron 1737 Views 3 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment

Admiral Johnston, the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), graduated as a naval officer in 1982. His career has involved

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Australian soldiers watch a 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, M1 Abrams tank drive past during a live-fire demonstration on Exercise Predators Run at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT. Photo by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Australian Army News Veterans 

Petition to return combat role (and pride) to 1 Armd Regt

04/01/202523/01/2025 Bruce Cameron 4512 Views 13 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams

Petition EN7051 A Plea to Restore 1st Armoured Regiment’s Combat Role SIGN THE PETITION HERE   Petition Reason In its

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Veterans of the 1st Armoured Regiment participate in the Cambrai Parade at Edinburgh Defence Precinct. Story by Captain Adrienne Goode. Photos by Corporal Adam Quinn.
Australian Army History News Veterans 

1st Armoured Regiment marks last Cambrai Day with M1A1

03/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1981 Views 1 Comment 1st Armoured Regiment, Battle of Cambrai, Edinburgh Defence Precinct, M1A1 Abrams

M1A1 Abrams tanks echoed through the Edinburgh Defence Precinct during the Cambrai Parade for the final time, as 1st Armoured

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Optionally crewed combat vehicle move across the range as part of the Land Autonomous Systems and Teaming Demonstration at Puckapunyal Military area. Story by Captain Krysten Clifton. Photos by Corporal Michael Curri.
Australian Army News Science & Technology 

Land autonomous systems and teaming demonstration

11/10/202412/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2599 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Army Battle Lab, Puckapunyal, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office (RICO)

From commanding armoured vehicles in land combat to operating emerging technology, robotics and autonomous systems, soldiers from the 1st Armoured

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An Australian Army soldier fires an M3 Carl Gustav during the culminating activity on Exercise Rhino Run at Cultana Training Area, South Australia. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army News 

Exercise culminates in explosion of firepower

07/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1597 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, 7th Battalion RAR, 9th Brigade, Cultana, Exercise Rhino Run, US Marines

Exercise Rhino Run culminated in a 24-hour crescendo of combat power by 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), 1st

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Australian Army soldiers explore the waters of Tulamben, Bali, during Exercise Lions Dive. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Captain Matthew Eden.
Australian Army News 

Soldiers dive deep into resilience training

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1382 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Exercise Lions Dive

Soldiers and officers of the 1st Armoured Regiment travelled to Tulamben, Bali, in April on Exercise Lions Dive for resilience

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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 2806 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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Australian Army officer Captain Robert Cussion with the M1A1 Main battle tank at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. Story by Jon Kroiter.
ADF People 

Never too late for a change

15/09/202319/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1039 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment

Captain Robert Cussion saw the funny side when he was told the oil refinery in Adelaide that he’d worked at

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Soldiers from 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, sharpen their infantry skills during Exercise Shrike Launch at Cultana Training Area, South Australia. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army News 

10/27RSAR test combat skills

16/08/202323/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1940 Views 0 Comments 10/27 Battalion Royal South Australian Regiment, 1st Armoured Regiment, 9th Brigade, Cultana, Exercise Shrike Launch

Soldiers from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment (10/27RSAR), seized the opportunity to sharpen their combat skills during Exercise

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Youth from Reclink participate in a fitness session during 1st Armoured Regiment's Look at Life activity at RAAF Base Edinburgh, SA. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army 

SA kids get a look at Army life

11/08/202317/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1284 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, RAAF Edinburgh

Young people from across South Australia recently had the opportunity to see what life is like in the Australian Army

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Australian Army M1 Abrams tanks fire during Exercise Paratus Walk at Cultana Training Area, South Australia. Story by Captain Peter March. Photos by Sergeant Peng Zhang.
Australian Army News 

Tank regiment shows its mettle on the range

02/06/202303/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2810 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Cultana, Exercise Paratus Walk

Cultana Training Area in South Australia was left battered and bruised after 1st Armoured Regiment’s (1 Armd Regt) Exercise Paratus

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Australian Army soldiers from the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment present arms during the 9th Brigade Transition of Authority parade at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
Australian Army News 

9th becomes Army’s newest combat brigade

28/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3919 Views 0 Comments 144th Signal Squadron, 1CSSB, 1st Armoured Regiment, 1st Brigade, 7RAR, 9th Brigade

Adelaide-based 9th Brigade has become the Australian Army’s first truly integrated combat brigade, with the incorporation of several full-time Adelaide-based

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A M1A1 Abrams main battle tank engages a target during the Coral-Balmoral Cup 2022 at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Private Michael Currie.
Australian Army News 

Third time a blast

23/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2205 Views 3 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), M1A1 Abrams

For the third time in a row, 1st Armoured Regiment showed they’ve got the mettle, winning the Coral-Balmoral Cup for

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Australian Army soldiers from Rifle Company Butterworth 136, together with members of the Royal Thai Army, practice close quarter battle drills during Exercise Chapel Gold 2022 in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Story and photo by Corporal Cameron Pegg
Asia Australian Army News Videos 

Complex training on Ex Chapel Gold

19/08/202223/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2883 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Exercise Chapel Gold, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Thai Army

The current rotation of Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) welcomed the opportunity to train with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) on

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Sergant Nicole Hall from 1st Armoured Regiment donates blood at the Red Cross Lifeblood pop-up donor centre in Ballina, New South Wales, while deployed on Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.
ADF News Videos 

Lifeblood welcomes flood of donors

16/04/202216/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1541 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

First they swept and cleared debris, now soldiers deployed to the flood-affected northern New South Wales are rolling up their

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An Australian Army soldier deployed on Operation Flood Assist 2022 prepares to show Rivers Secondary College students over a Rheinmetall MAN M40 truck during a visit to the school in Lismore, New South Wales. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.
Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos 

ADF invited back to school

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2406 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 7th Battalion RAR, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Rivers Secondary College students in Lismore took a bit of time off from their usual classes recently to talk to

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Warrant Officer Class Two Robert Elian and Warrant Officer Class Two Michael Foster (right) with Mr Gary Carr, Empire Vale Post Office manager, after providing flood damage clean-up assistance. Story by Private Jacob Joseph. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
ADF Australian Army News 

Big effort for Australia’s smallest post office

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1951 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Gary Carr has been a regular sight at Australia’s smallest post office for more than 50 years. CAPTION: Warrant Officer

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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment remove flood-damaged equipment and furniture during a clean up of Richmond River High School in Lismore, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Videos 

Lismore high school gets armoured support

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2810 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Only a week ago Richmond River High was underwater, with floods scraping the second-storey ceiling of the Riverside Campus in

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Sergeant Jody Cropp from 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment loads crates of fresh food onto a helicopter operated by New South Wales Rural Fire Service, ready for delivery to areas of Northern NSW. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.
Australian Army News 

Support to smaller towns in Northern Rivers

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1595 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, 41st Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Full time and reservist soldiers based in Lismore have spread out to smaller towns in the New South Wales Northern

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Major General Fergus McLachlan reviews the 1st Armoured Regiment first parade in Adelaide after the unit relocated from Darwin. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Australian Australian Army News Videos 

1 Armoured Regiment’s first parade in new home

22/11/201722/11/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7726 Views 2 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment

Australian Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment held a paraded at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia, on Monday to mark

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