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Australian Army soldiers and aviators conduct helicopter insertion and extraction training using UH-60M Black Hawks at Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney in 2025. Story by Captain Chloe Ellwood.

Australian Army News

Black Hawks train over Townsville

09/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 455 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 3 Brigade, AH-64 Apache, CH-47F Chinook, Holsworthy Barracks, UH-60M Black Hawk

UH-60M Black Hawks arrived in Townsville last month from Sydney and Oakey for training activities with Chinooks and Apaches. CAPTION:

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A German Army Paratrooper provides support by fire during a clearance of Line Creek Junction on Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Australian Army News

Multilateral battle group major TS23 assault

27/07/202330/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2296 Views 0 Comments 3 Brigade, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023, German Army

The 3rd Brigade conducted their first major assault at Line Creek Junction, Townsville Field Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre

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Artists Rob Douma and Kelly Bianchi pose beneath their mural with Chauvel Sergeants' Mess PMC WO1 Brent Doyle and other members of the Mess Committee.

Australian Australian Army News

Former soldier completes 3 Brigade Mess masterpiece

27/03/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3930 Views 0 Comments 3 Brigade, Rob Douma

Almost 1000 officers and SNCOs gathered at 3 Brigade’s Chauvel Sergeants’ Mess to witness the official unveiling of a new

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3 Brigade live-fire assault

05/09/201719/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3520 Views 0 Comments 3 Brigade

…another long stomp and the lessons of all recent training culminated in a brigade-sized live-fire attack, with all the new

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