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Privates Leah Gustafson and Sylvia Ng from 2nd Health Battalion hold an Olive Python during the venomous snake handling and relocation course at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Story and photo by Private Thomas de Weger.

Facing fears at snake-handling course

08/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 975 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Gallipoli Barracks

In a first for most, members of 2nd Health Battalion’s preventative medicine team conducted a venomous snake-handling and relocation course

An Australian Army rifleman from 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, conducts combat shooting rehearsals at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane. Story by Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

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Soldiers prepare for Philippines deployment

31/01/202331/01/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1734 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, 6th Battalion RAR, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Gallipoli Barracks

Members of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment and 2nd Health Battalion have been preparing for

Private Kirsty Joyce, from Rifle Company Butterworth Rotation 137, swaps patches with a Royal Brunei Land Force Medic from the 3rd Battalion. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Bombardier Guy Sadler.

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Medics tested on jungle exercise in Brunei

02/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 977 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Exercise Mallee Bull, Rifle Company Butterworth, Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF)

Hailing from the small town of Kukerin in rural Western Australia, Army Medic Private Kirsty Joyce was a long way

Captain Stephanie Costa, left, and Corporal Britney Pascoe with their bubs in the parents room. Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photo by Major Paul Krohn.

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Maternity space a first for Army

28/10/202228/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 786 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion

The 2nd Health Battalion in Brisbane is set to become Army’s first accredited Australian Breastfeeding Association-friendly workplace. CAPTION: Captain Stephanie Costa,

Private Lauren Dam deployed on Exercise Coastwatchers to support small boats familiarisation training with members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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Medic brings love of league to the Solomons

12/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 867 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), Solomon Islands

If Army medic Private Lauren Dam gets another opportunity to deploy to Solomon Islands, she has promised to return with

Major Paul Krohn teaching clinicians how to make silicone wound prosthetics. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

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Faking it till they make it

12/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1083 Views 0 Comments 2nd Health Battalion

Moulage, the use of special effects to create fake wounds and injuries, is one of the simulation techniques the Australian Defence