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Australian Army soldier Sapper Luke Barnes leads a joint patrol with Indian Army soldiers during Exercise Austrahind 2024 in Pune, India. Story by Major Dean Benson. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.

Combining culture and training in India

27/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1406 Views 0 Comments 13th Brigade, Army Reserve, Exercise Austrahind, India, Indian Armed Forces

From delicious food to in-depth combat engineering training, with a side of intense physical training, Exercise Austrahind served up a

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Exercise in India a chance to reconnect with families

15/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1059 Views 0 Comments India

When Private Manpreet Sharma left India in 2009 and joined the Australian Army, he never imagined an international exercise would

The Australian Army Band with students at the marine ecology event in Visakhapatnam. Story and photo by Flying Officer Brent Moloney.

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Army bands together with students

01/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1419 Views 0 Comments Australian Army Band, India, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Students in India have drawn inspiration from the Australian Army Band during a performance in Visakhapatnam (Visag) to celebrate our

Personnel from HMA Ships Adelaide and Anzac interact with children and personnel from Campus Challenge at Visakhapatnam, India, during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022. Story by Lieutenant Emma Anderson and United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Antonio De La Fuente. Photo by United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Antonio De La Fuente.

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ADF personnel bring joy to Indian children

11/11/202211/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1322 Views 0 Comments Australian Army Band, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Anzac, India, Indo-Pacific Endeavour

Smiles and laughter were uniform of the day when personnel from Australian ships visited children’s homes in Vishakhapatnam, India, during

Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct training on a 12.7mm machine gun using a flare target during their regional presence deployment. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Sakonpoonpol.

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Navy unites with partners in Milan

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1899 Views 0 Comments HMAS Arunta, India

HMAS Arunta recently took part in the multilateral Exercise Milan 2022. CAPTION: Boatswain’s mates from HMAS Arunta conduct training on

Indian Navy Lieutenant Aravirnd Bhat and Navigating Officer HMAS Sirius, Lieutenant Commander Peter Dargan, discuss the different approaches to at sea replenishment between the Australian and Indian Navies, whilst INS Shivalik prepares to conduct an approach for a practice replenishment. HMAS Sirius and INS Shivalik were taking part in AUSINDEX 15.

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India v Australia exercise wraps up

21/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4766 Views 0 Comments AUSINDEX, India

An inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia has successfully wrapped up in Visakhapatnam over the weekend. AUSINDEX15 brought together ships and