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Exercise Croix Du Sud

Australian Army soldiers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a presence patrol with soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles in Bourail, New Caledonia, during Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023. Photo by Sergeant Brodie Cross.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Aussie soldiers flex on French exercise

18/05/202318/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3636 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud, New Caledonia

The Australian Army deployed a range of capabilities on Exercise Croix du Sud, the French Armed Forces-led humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief

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Royal Australian Navy Captain John Cowan (left) and Australian Army Captain Ash Bowers (right), discuss plans for Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023 with French Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel Matthieu Pieter at the French Marine base in Plum, New Caledonia. Photo by Major Martin Hadley.
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Complicated HADR rehearsals under Croix Du Sud

03/05/202303/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3240 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud

Australia will wrap up its involvement in Exercise Croix Du Sud on 6 May, after working with 19 nations to

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A French Armed Forces New Caledonian soldier takes part in a weapons familiarisation exercise during Exercise Croix du Sud 2016 at Plum Barracks, New Caledonia. Photo by Corporal David Said.
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Aussies meet Exercise Croix Du Sud

09/11/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5069 Views 0 Comments Exercise Croix Du Sud

More than 100 members of the Australian Defence Force have joined a French-flavoured multinational force for some valuable training in disaster-response

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