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Exercise Brolga Walk

Soldiers and officers of Headquarters 3rd Brigade and the 3rd Combat Signal Regiment operate a command post during Exercise Brolga Walk, Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, 2024. Story by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton. Photo by Trooper Dana Millington.
Australian Army History News 

Recognising a century on the electronic front line

14/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2756 Views 2 Comments 3rd Brigade, 3rd Combat Signal Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, Royal Australian Corps of Signals, ww1

From lines to radio transmissions and from analogue to digital, the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RA Sigs) has kept

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Soldiers and officers of Headquarters 3rd Brigade and 3rd Combat Signal Regiment operating a command post during Exercise Brolga Walk at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.
Australian Army 

Signallers practise the art of invisibility

13/03/202416/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2381 Views 0 Comments 3rd Brigade, 3rd Combat Signal Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, intelligence

As technology advances, it’s harder for a brigade headquarters to stay unseen on the battlefield – that’s why the art

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Soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment use an excavator to construct a bunker during Exercise Brolga Walk at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Trooper Dana Millington.
Australian Army News 

Engineers go underground

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3062 Views 2 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Integrated firing pits, sleeping sections and an operations room all feature in an underground command post being constructed by 3rd

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