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5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Soldiers from 5RAR assist residents of aged-care facilities evacuate during Operation Flood Assist 2022 in Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long.
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Soldiers rescue aged care residents

04/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2298 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), helped evacuate more than 100 aged care residents from two facilities

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Soldiers from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, assist with the clean-up at a nursing home in Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Leading Air Crewman John Solomon.
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Soldiers help with flood clean-up

01/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2518 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment

Five soldiers from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment (5RAR) helped staff at a Brisbane aged care facility clean up

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Talisman Sabre – Marine and Aussie integration

20/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4765 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017, Field Training Exercise North, Mount Bundey Training Area, NORFORCE, United States Marine Corps

Members of the Australian Army and United States Marine Corps learned how to train and fight together during Exercise Talisman

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Talisman Sabre – Marines and Aussies in battle up north

18/07/201702/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3474 Views 0 Comments 1st Marine Division, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 5RAR, 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, US Marines

US Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, along with soldiers from Australian

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