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HMAS Stuart during the sunrise off Western Australia while deployed for ASWEX. Story by Lieutenant Marcus Middleton. Photos by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.

ASWEX wraps up off WA

01/05/202504/05/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1916 Views 0 Comments ASWEX, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Stuart

The Royal Australian Navy’s largest and most complex antisubmarine exercise in more than a decade, ASWEX, has now concluded off

HMAS Stuart conducts a replenishment at sea with Indian Navy Ships Shakti and Tabar with INS Kadmatt behind as part of Exercise Malabar 24. Photo by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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Defence Data Standards boost Navy capability

07/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1651 Views 0 Comments Exercise Malabar, HMAS Stuart

Navy is using data and analytics to improve the lethality and survivability of the fleet, enabled by new Defence Data

HMAS Adelaide and HMS Spey alongside PSA Sembawang, Singapore, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour. Story by Lieutenant Mick Wheeler. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour closes in Singapore

06/12/202407/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1775 Views 0 Comments AFP, Australian Border Force, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Stuart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), Australia’s flagship regional engagement activity, has come to a close with HMA Ships Adelaide and Stuart leaving Singapore for

An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams fires while working side-by-side Indonesian National Armed Forces Leopard 2 tanks during a combined joint live-fire practice on Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 in East Java, Indonesia. Story by Lieutenant Commander Gary McHugh. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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Explosive end to combined activity in Indonesia

20/11/202423/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1019 Views 0 Comments Exercise Keris Woomera, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Stuart, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, M1A1 Abrams, TNI

After months of preparation and an intensive week-long period of putting those plans into action, Exercise Keris Woomera has come

Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, and Indonesian Armed Forces personnel conduct live-fire serials as part of Exercise Keris Woomera on HMAS Adelaide. Story by Lieutenant Commander Gary McHugh. Photo by Corporal Janet Pan.

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Flexing high-seas firepower with TNI

15/11/202416/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1503 Views 0 Comments 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Amphibious Force (AAF), Exercise Keris Woomera, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Stuart, TNI

High-end maritime warfare was on the agenda recently during Exercise Keris Woomera. CAPTION: Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the

From left, Commanding Officer HMAS Stuart Commander Richard Raymond, Sapper Sean Egan-Richards, Seaman Thomas Brum and Australian Defence Adviser to Fiji Army Colonel Henry Stimson cut the 123rd birthday for cakes for Navy and Army on board HMAS Stuart while at anchor in Suva, Fiji. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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Army and Navy celebrate birthdays in Fiji

13/03/202413/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2170 Views 0 Comments Fiji, HMAS Stuart

Navy and Army celebrated their 123rd year on March 1 in Fiji aboard HMAS Stuart. CAPTION: From left, Commanding Officer HMAS

HMAS Warramunga underway in rough sea state during a regional presence deployment. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photos by Petty Officer Leo Baumgartner.

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Rigorous training for deploying Warramunga

20/02/202424/02/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1767 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Stuart, HMAS Warramunga, Regional Presence Deployment

Before HMAS Warramunga commenced Australia’s first 2024 Indo-Pacific regional presence deployment, Commanding Officer Commander Jennifer Graham put her crew through