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An Army Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conducts a live-fire activity on Exercise Diamond Strike 23. Story by Major Roger Brennan. Photo by corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Smooth and lethal: Boxer squadron’s first live fire

14/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2671 Views 3 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), Boxer CRV, Diamond Strike, M1A1 Abrams

Radio traffic across the Battle Group Warhorse net lit up when enemy armoured vehicles were seen advancing toward 2nd/14th Light

An M1A1 Abrams from Battle Group Heeler in a battle hide during Exercise Southern Jackaroo, part of Exercise Diamond Strike, in the Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Major Roger Brennan. All photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News

Exercise wraps with a full-on attack

14/07/202314/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2019 Views 1 Comment 7th Brigade, CTC, Diamond Strike, Exercise Southern Jackaroo, M1A1 Abrams, MRF-D

Pinned down in a deep creek line in the Townsville Field Training Area, soldiers from the 7th Brigade’s Battle Group

Australian Army riflemen from Battle Group Heeler deliver ammunition in a simulated urban assault during Exercise Southern Jackaroo, Townsville Field Training Area. Story by Major Roger Brennan. All photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News Videos

Souther Jackaroo tests forces ahead of Talisman Sabre

07/07/202314/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2161 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, Diamond Strike, Exercise Southern Jackaroo, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), MRF-D, Townsville Field Training Area, USMC

As dawn broke across the Townsville Field Training Area, marines from the US Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) heard

Members from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces, His Majesty’s Armed Forces – Tonga and the Australian Army attend the opening ceremony for Exercise Diamond Strike at Jezzine Barracks, Queensland. Story by Major Roger Brennan. All photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News

Multiple nations combine on Ex Southern Jackaroo 2023

29/06/202330/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1611 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, Diamond Strike, Exercise Southern Jackaroo, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF)

Huddled in a small command post in the middle of Townsville Field Training Area, soldiers from the Australian Army’s 7th

Abrams tanks and United States Marines engage targets during Exercise Diamond Strike 2018. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian Army MRF-D News

Aussie soldiers and US Marines injured in two vehicle rollovers

28/06/202328/06/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2206 Views 1 Comment Diamond Strike, MRF-D

Defence has confirmed that three Australian soldiers and three US Marines were taken to hospital on Tuesday 27 June after

Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force

Ram Stallion enhances Army’s capability to work with RAAF

01/11/202205/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2363 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, 8/9 RAR, Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, C-17A Globemaster III, Diamond Strike, No. 36 Squadron, RAAF Amberley

A combat team made up of several 7th Brigade units deployed to Wellcamp Airport, Toowoomba, Swartz Barracks, Oakey and RAAF

An Australian Army M1 Abrams tank on live-fire exercise at Shoalwater Bay during Exercise Diamond Strike 2018. Photo by Corporal Oliver Carter.

Australian Australian Army MRF-D News Videos

7th Brigade tests its new tanks on Diamond Strike

08/06/201802/05/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9621 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, Diamond Strike, M1A1 Abrams

Exercise Diamond Strike 2018 is an Australian Army live-fire combined-arms training activity conducted in Shoalwater Bay on the central-Queensland coast