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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

Diggers share skills with Filipino soldiers

09/07/202509/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 544 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

Australian Army soldiers and Singapore Armed Forces conduct a bilateral amphibious landing at Freshwater Beach in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, during Exercise Trident 2024. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

Australian Army News

Littoral joint training with Singapore

22/11/202423/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2241 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Trident, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Singapore Armed Forces

Over the past week, almost 2000 soldiers, sailors and aviators from the Australian Defence Force and the Singapore Armed Forces

Australian Army soldiers and members of the Philippine Marine Corps conduct littoral assault training during Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines program at Marine Base Ternate, Philippines. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Janet Pan.

Australian Army Overseas Videos

Explosive start for sappers in the Philippines

12/11/202416/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2700 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), Philippine Marine Corps

Explosives, beach assaults and knife fighting kicked off the first two weeks of training between Australian soldiers and members of

Private Bethany Dance, of Combat Training Centre, works with Milingimbi Island rangers during Exercise Predator's Run. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

Australian Army News

Learning and sharing on Country

28/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1009 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Predator’s Run, Indigenous, NORFORCE

As 1st Brigade’s main exercise ramped up, soldiers visiting some of Australia’s most remote areas shared their stories with Indigenous

Personnel from the 1st Brigade and the Armed Forces of the Philippines clear an objective as Battle Group Tiger at Bradshaw training area, NT, during Exercise Predator's Run 2024. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Miranda Buckley.

Australian Army News

Tough terrain makes for good soldiering

13/08/202417/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1647 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 5th Battalion RAR, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Predator’s Run, UK Armed Forces

Framed by rocky features, crocodile-infested rivers and red sunsets, the Bradshaw Ranges are one of the Army’s most picturesque –

Australian Army News

Tigers’ run a roaring mission success

07/08/202407/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1328 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Predator’s Run

In the expansive and rugged terrain of the Bradshaw Field Training Area in the Northern Territory, the early morning air

An Australian soldier from Rifle Company Butterworth 144 gives feedback to a soldier from the US Army during close combat shooting drills as part of Exercise Keris Strike in Malaysia. Story and photo by Lieutenant Chloe Reay.

Australian Army News Overseas

Aussie troops train in the Malaysian jungle

11/07/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1691 Views 2 Comments 1st Brigade, 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Malaysian Army, US Army

Surrounded by mountains and sprawling Malaysian jungle, where rain is a constant and unrelenting presence, lies Camp Paradise. CAPTION: An Australian

ADV Cape Capricorn's seaboat is recovered with the help of Private Crosher under the guidance of the davit operator, Leading Seaman Matthew Anderson, during a sea-experience day.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy

Army sea riders get valuable exposure

17/11/202319/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1649 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, ADV Cape Capricorn, HMAS Coonawarra, Maritime Border Command

Personnel from Army’s 1st Brigade, Maritime Border Command and HMAS Coonawarra embarked one of Navy’s newest assets – ADV Cape

Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Brigade and the Armed Forces of the Philippines travel by Zodiac small craft from Darwin to Channel Island, NT, to conduct an assault as part of Exercise Predator's Run. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photos by Corporal Tenikah Mills.

Australian Army Videos

Five-nation exercise in Top End

27/09/202308/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2827 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Carabaroo, Predators Run

More than 100 soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines participated in Exercise Carabaroo in Darwin alongside soldiers from

A K9A1 self-propelled Howitzer from the 11th Field Artillery Unit of the Korean Marine Corps fires during a multi-national live firepower demonstration at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.

Australian Army News Talisman Sabre

Talisman Sabre kicked off with a bang

26/07/202330/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1811 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023, F-35B Lightning II, HIMARS, M777 Howitzer, US Army

Soldiers from Australia, the United States, Japan, and South Korea conducted a combined joint live-fire demonstration at the Shoalwater Bay

An M1A2 Abrams tank fires its main armament at the Mount Bundey training area in the Northern Territory during Exercise Predators Run. Story by Captain Mike Edwards.

Australian Army News Sovereign industry

Reservist employers up close to the action

01/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2562 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, ADF Reserve, Predators Run

ADF Reserves and Employer Support held an annual event known as Boss X, which lets employers see first-hand the skills,

Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment vessel HMAS Stalwart arrives enters Tibar Bay Port in Dili, Timor-Leste as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.

Asia Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy Videos

Visit to Timor-Leste a time for reflection

01/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2350 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Australian Army Band, HMAS Stalwart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste Defence Force

For Brigadier Malcolm Wells, returning to Timor-Leste for Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) more than 20 years after his first deployment to

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 4086 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

Australian Army Corporal Aiko Gabriel, right, with Philippine Army Private First Class John Paul Madriaga, left, and 1st Lieutenant Karl Philip A.Amantillo during Exercise Predators Run. Story by Major Megan McDermott. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

ADF People

Communication key on combined exercise

09/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2155 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Predators Run

Far from the cool weather at home in Canberra, Australian Army Corporal Aiko Gabriel recently patrolled the austere terrain of the

From left, Malaysian Armed Forces Battery Commander Major Fahmi A. Razak, Australian Army Command Post officer Lieutenant Toby Exton and Malaysian Armed Forces Forward Observer Captain Shauqi. Story by Major Megan McDermott. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

Asia Australian Army News USA

Malaysian artillerymen lob in for Ex Predators Run

31/08/202201/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2183 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 8th/12th Regiment, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Malaysian Armed Forces, Predators Run, Royal Australian Artillery, US Marines

When 102 Battery, 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, received a call for fire on a target of opportunity, it was

Private Maria Aniceto re-stocks catering supplies in the deployable catering capability at Camp Birt during the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program in Gapuwiyak, Northern Territory. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Kim Allen.

ADF People

Chance to engage with Indigenous culture

23/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1051 Views 0 Comments 10th Force Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, AACAP, Indigenous

About 22 hours’ drive from her family in Darwin, Private Maria Aniceto has made herself right at home in another

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, on board F470 Zodiacs conducting small-boat training in the littoral environment during Exercise Tiger's Run 2022 on the Timor Sea. Photo by Corporal Rodrigo Villablanca.

Australian Army News

Tiger training a shore thing

16/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1806 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, recently conducted small-boat exercises during Exercise Tiger’s Run in Darwin. CAPTION: Soldiers from

An AFLW Adelaide Crows player climbs a rope ladder with Army Sapper Abbey Patzel holding it steady during their visit to Robertson Barracks as part of their pre-season training camp. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Captain Peter March.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Adelaide Crows get their Army on

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1249 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, AFL Women's League, Robertson Barracks

The Adelaide Crows AFLW team smashed Darwin-based Defence personnel in training sessions before being put through their paces by physical

Lance Corporal Madison Parrello (centre) and Private Genna Price (right) from 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, talk to scouts in Lismore, New South Wales, during Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Flight Lieutenant Dee Irwin. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

Australian Army News Videos

Scouting about in Lismore

11/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2521 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, 7th Battalion RAR, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Army soldiers from 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), bought some joy to a group of Lismore scouts in northern New

Australian Australian Army News Operations Videos

1 Brigade skills enhancement training pre deployment

06/02/201711/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6175 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Afghanistan National Army Officer Academy, Individual Skills Enhancement Training

Members of the Australian Army 1st Brigade recently conducted mission-specific training at Robertson Barracks Training Area in preparation for deploying as mentors

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