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8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment

A TV crew films Australian soldiers as they conduct clearance operations as part of Exercise Arras Walk. Photo by Captain Mark Blackman.
Australian Army News 

Urban exercise prepares soldiers for modern ops

26/11/202530/11/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 553 Views 0 Comments 4th Brigade, 8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment, Army Reserve, casevac, Exercise Arras Walk, Puckapunyal

Victorian and Tasmanian soldiers took to the streets of Bendigo in full combat ensemble as part of a 10-day training

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Australian Army soldier Private Jeremy Janson in a Bushmaster vehicle during protection operations by Battle Group Waratah around the town of Ingham, Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Australian Army soldier Private Jeremy Janson in a Bushmaster vehicle during protection operations by Battle Group Waratah around the town of Ingham, Queensland as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Captain Jon Stewart. Photo by Corporal Michael Currie.
ADF People 

Going anywhere and everywhere

25/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1143 Views 0 Comments 8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment

Hailing from Ballarat, Victoria, Private Jeremy Janson looked up to his family role models, including his father and brothers, as

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Private Jeremy Ryan, centre, of 8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment, assists the community of Barmah, Victoria, with sandbagging as part of Operation Flood Assist 22-2. Story by Flight Lieutenant Vernon Pather. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Private Ryan helps save local community

26/10/202230/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1693 Views 0 Comments 8th/7th Royal Victorian Regiment, Army Reserve, Operation Flood Assist

Private Jeremy Ryan, an Army reservist and local resident of Shepparton, has spent time this week at Barmah, giving back

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