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Exercise Talisman Sabre

RAAF Medical technician Corporal Brett Leddy from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron directs the transport of a patient into the back of a G-Wagon ambulance. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.
Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre 

Providing ‘Role 2 Forward’ medical support at RAAF Base Curtin

15/08/202320/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2348 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, G-wagon, No. 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron, RAAF Curtin

When it comes to the activation of a remote air field, providing health support to nearly 700 people becomes the

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Royal Australian Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician Sergeant Troy Garland from 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron prepares to conduct a simulated improvised explosive device training drill at RAAF Base Curtin, Western Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Ready to act on suspicion

11/08/202311/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2041 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, No. 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron, RAAF Curtin

It’s a small thought that many people might have had at some point – ‘that bag’s been left alone a

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A Republic of Korea Armed Forces K9 Thunder deployed during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Adam Abela.
Australian Army News Sovereign industry 

Australia’s future SPH previewed on TS23

11/08/202313/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 4430 Views 2 Comments 4th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Exercise Talisman Sabre, HIMARS, Republic of Korea Armed Forces

South Korean self-propelled howitzers made their Australian debut at Exercise Talisman Sabre, ahead of the planned construction of the Australian-variant

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Corporal Christopher Meldrum, an avionics technician from 33 Squadron, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 at RAAF Base Darwin. Story and photo by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.
ADF People 

From the runway to the sky

11/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1287 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport, No. 33 Squadron, RAAF Amberley, RAAF Darwin

Corporal Christopher Meldrum finds fixing an aircraft one of the most rewarding parts of being an aircraft technician in the

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An Australian sapper from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment guides an M113 armoured personnel carrier over the new dry support bridge during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Major Roger Brennan. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News 

River crossing a first for division

09/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2673 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, Exercise Talisman Sabre, M113, Rheinmetall Boxer CRV

Advancing south through the Townsville Field Training Area as part of the 1st Australian Division, 7th Brigade reconnaissance assets identified

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International participants of Exercise Talisman Sabre, representing the Combat Training Centres of France, Canada and the UK, with Colonel Ben McLennan (ADF), far right. Story by V. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.
Australian Army News 

Nations combined for world-class combat training

09/08/202313/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1745 Views 0 Comments Combat Training Centre, Exercise Talisman Sabre

Enhancing relationships was a key theme for this year’s Talisman Sabre and nowhere was this more evident than in the

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Australian Army Private Samuel Austen-Wilkins, left, and His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga Lance Corporal Sione Atoa mounted in an Australian Army Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Major Roger Brennan. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Australian Army News Talisman Sabre 

Boxer’s fighting season of firsts

09/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2212 Views 1 Comment 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Brigade, Boxer CRV, Exercise Talisman Sabre, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Sitting in a cavalry screen far forward of 7th Brigade Battle Groups, the Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle surveilled Objective Otter

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The 1st Combat Communications Squadron convoy vehicles at RAAF Base Curtin, Western Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Stories by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Epic task for comms unit

09/08/202313/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1901 Views 0 Comments 1st Combat Communications Squadron (1CCS), Exercise Talisman Sabre, RAAF Curtin

It was a road move like no other for 1st Combat Communications Squadron (1CCS), taking the route by road from

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USS Ronald Reagan steams in formation with HMAS Perth, USS North Carolina and USS Robert Smalls, and USS Antietam in the Indian Ocean during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story byLieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jordan Brown (US Navy).
News Royal Australian Navy 

Naval forces amassed in Australian waters

09/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1792 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, US Navy

The largest massing of naval capability in Australian waters in recent years occurred when the Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 fleet

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Australian Army soldiers from units across 13th Brigade work with security elements of the Royal Australian Air Force protecting people and critical infrastructure at RAAF Base Curtin as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Derby, Western Australia. Photo by Corporal Janet Pan.
Australian Army Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Talisman Sabre wrapped up

09/08/202309/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2441 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

After two weeks of high-end warfighting, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 (TS23) has officially closed. CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers from units across

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Commander Force Sustainment Group, Colonel Charmaine Benfield, centre, and FSG personnel chat with Mrs Judy Braithwaite at the Ingham, QLD markets during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photos by Sergeant David Said.
Australian Army News 

Locals played key role in Talisman Sabre

04/08/202308/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2184 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre

In the small north Queensland community of Ingham (population 4400), one of the friendly locals has just dropped off a

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Australian Army cook Private Lehi Basa cooks a batch of pilaf rice to feed the Australian and international forces at Townsville Field Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story and photos by Corporal Julia Whitwell.
Australian Army News Talisman Sabre 

Catering to all tastes on Talisman Sabre

04/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1639 Views 1 Comment Exercise Talisman Sabre, field kitchen

Roasted garlic pulp oozed as Private Zinnia Knight, from the field kitchen at Townsville Field Training Area (TFTA), crumpled its

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Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers from the 2nd Royal Pacific Island Regiment on Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.
Australian Army News Talisman Sabre 

PNG’s first Talisman Sabre

04/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2530 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, Exercise Talisman Sabre, PNGDF

Deep in the Australian bush soldiers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) alongside Australian soldiers are role playing enemy forces, remaining

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Royal Australian Air Force air traffic control officers Flying Officer Adam Roberts and Flying Officer Leigh Cremin in the transportable air operations tower at RAAF Base Curtin, WA, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.
News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre 

Mobile system allows air traffic team to take control

04/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1624 Views 0 Comments air traffic control, Exercise Talisman Sabre, No. 44 Wing, RAAF Curtin

It’s an airfield structure you would expect to see at almost any active runway in Australia, the air traffic control

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A US Army floating causeway approaches the shore in Bowen North Queensland during Exercise Talisman Sabre, marking the opening of joint logistics over the shore activities. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
Australian Army News 

Build it and they will land

04/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1702 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, US Army

There aren’t many militaries capable of building a highway from the ocean to the shore. CAPTION: A US Army floating causeway

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A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning ll takes off from RAAF Base Curtin, Western Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Annika Smit.
News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre 

Sleepy air base awakens

04/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2001 Views 0 Comments Combat Support Group (CSG), Exercise Talisman Sabre, RAAF Curtin

In the remote northern corner of Western Australia sits RAAF Base Curtin, a contingency air base is maintained with a

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Australian Army officer trainees Staff Cadet Eric du Preez (left) and Staff Cadet Tori Spithoven from the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Canberra, during the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 live-fire demonstration at Shoalwater Bay training area in central Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Wilhoit (US Army).
ADF People Australian Army News 

Cadets experience multinational firepower

28/07/202304/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1598 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, HIMARS, M777 Howitzer, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D), Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Staff Cadet

Nine I Class Staff Cadets from the Royal Military College − Duntroon (RMC-D) in Canberra, were given the opportunity to

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German Chief of Army Lieutenant General Alfons Mais (centre) visits German and Australian troops at Camp Star in the Townsville Field Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story and photo by Lieutenant Geoff Long.
Australian Army Sovereign industry 

German Army chief’s close-up with a Boxer

26/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1675 Views 0 Comments 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), Boxer CRV, Exercise Talisman Sabre

Chief of the German Army Lieutenant General Alfons Mais has observed the capabilities of the Australian-made Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle

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An Australian Army special forces soldier from 2nd Commando Regiment and a United States Army soldier from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare for a static-line parachuting training jump side-by-side at RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney. Photos by Corporal Cameron Pegg.
Australian Army News 

Special forces gear up for the unknown

26/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3197 Views 0 Comments 2nd Commando Regiment, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Holsworthy Barracks, RAAF Richmond, US Army

Special operations force elements from Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United States came together at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney

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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 2290 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

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