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2nd Commando Regiment

Retired Australian Army combat assault dogs Aslan, left, and Manic, of the 2nd Commando Regiment, receive the inaugural Australian Animal Distinguished Service Award at the Australian War Memorial. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
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Commando canines honoured for service

28/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1638 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Animal Distinguished Service Award, aww, Dogs of Valour, Middle East Region, Military Working Dogs, Purple Popply Day, Service Dogs

A retired combat assault dog named Manic, who served with the 2nd Commando Regiment in Iraq, received a new award

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Official portrait of Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon, 2nd Commando Regiment, who died as a result of a parachute-training accident.
Australian Army News 

Commando killed in parachute-training accident

07/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3533 Views 3 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment

Defence has confirmed that a Sydney-based soldier has died from injuries he sustained during a parachuting incident on 6 March

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Members of the Australian Army's 2nd Commando Regiment conduct a free-fall parachute jump from a RAAF C-17A Globemaster III to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Nadzab Landings in September 1943. Story by Flying Officer Aarron Dann. Photo by Senior Airman Mackenzie Cooper.
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Free-falling into PNG

08/12/202311/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2499 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, C-17A Globemaster III, Exercise Global Dexterity, Nadzab Landings, No. 36 Squadron, PNGDF, RAF, US Air Force, WWII

Australian Army commandos from 2 Cdo Regt parachuted into Papua New Guinea to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the World

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An Australian Army special forces soldier from 2nd Commando Regiment and a United States Army soldier from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare for a static-line parachuting training jump side-by-side at RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney. Photos by Corporal Cameron Pegg.
Australian Army News 

Special forces gear up for the unknown

26/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2917 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Holsworthy Barracks, RAAF Richmond, US Army

Special operations force elements from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United States came together at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney

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Doug and Kaye Baird, parents of Australian Army soldier Corporal Cameron Baird, VC, MG, and brother Brendan Baird during the 2nd Commando Regiment memorial service at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.
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More to Baird, VC, than the warrior

03/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1905 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, Afghanistan, Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG, Holsworthy Barracks, Victoria Cross

Corporal Cameron Baird, VC, MG, is often remembered as a face-painted warrior from the popular portrait, but his closest mates

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Major General Paul Kenny, left, Special Operations Commander for Australia, presents Major Paul Dunbavin from the Australian Defence Force School of Special Operations with his Chief of Army gold commendation at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney.
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Troops get gold for Olympic Games program

05/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 4437 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, Holsworthy Barracks, Special Operations Command (SOCOMD)

Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) personnel who supported Australia’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games athletes and coaches were awarded a Chief of

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Administrative clerk from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Corporal Sonny Huynh, at the US Marine Corps Base in Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Corporal John Solomon.
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Clerk soars to new heights

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1425 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, 3rd Battalion RAR, RIMPAC

Corporal Sonny Huynh is breaking the mould of what an administrative clerk’s career looks like. CAPTION: Administrative clerk from 2nd

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