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From left, Flight Lieutenant Stephanie Freeman, Captain Bianca Potter, Lieutenant Colonel Bayu Widaji and Major Rizka Budiman discuss joint logistics during Exercise Nusa Bhakti. Story and photo by Major Martin Hadley.

Australia and Indonesia team up for disaster relief training

23/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 577 Views 0 Comments HADR, Indonesia, Indonesian National Armed Forces

More than 60 Australian and Indonesian personnel from a range of specialist functions trained side-by-side in Surabaya, Indonesia, as part

Australian Army Private Christian Scott from 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, practices Pencak Silat with Indonesian Army soldiers during Exercise Wirra Jaya at the Baturaja Training Area, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Story and photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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Minoring in finance, majoring in warfighting

26/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 416 Views 0 Comments 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Army Combatives Program, Exercise Wirra Jaya, Indonesia

Private Christian Scott has been using his skills in ju-jitsu and wrestling to aid in training Indonesian Army soldiers in

Public Affairs Officers, 1st Lieutenant Aradichi Prihandana and Captain Annie Richardson, work though a scenario as part of Exercise Nusa Bhakti AUSINDO 21 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Pelda Harsono.

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Exercise planning for disaster relief

30/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 890 Views 0 Comments Indonesia

Australian and Indonesian Forces have conducted a virtual joint combined command post exercise focused on the planning and execution of

Indonesia Army Junior Officer Combat Instructor Training course trainees take part in the obstacle course challenge as part of Exercise True Grit with Australian Army instructors in Indonesia. Story by Lieutenant Douglas Mayfield.

Asia Australian Army News

Aussie jungle-warfare experts in Indonesia

04/11/202110/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1365 Views 0 Comments Indonesia

Specialist jungle warfare instructors from the Australia Army’s Combat Training Centre (CTC) have been in Indonesia working closely with the

Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Indonesian Minister of Defence Ryamizard Ryacudu sign the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Arrangement. From Minister Payne's Facebook page.

Australian News

Australia and Indonesia sign ‘defence arrangement’

01/02/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3073 Views 0 Comments defence arrangement, Indonesia

Minister for Defence Marise Payne and Indonesian Minister of Defence Ryamizard Ryacudu today signed the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Arrangement. CAPTION: Minister

A glass-panel depiction of Australian Army nurses in WWII – part of a magnificent national memorial to Service Nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra, dedicated in 1999. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

Australian News Veterans

75th Anniversary of horrible massacre

16/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3239 Views 0 Comments Banka Island, Indonesia, Service Nurses, SS Vyner Brooke

Today is the 75th anniversary of one of the darkest chapters of WWII when 21 Australian Army nurses and up to 100

Sub Lieutenant Jackson Miller observes boat evolutions onboard HMAS Wollongong as she saisl across the Arafura Sea. Photo by Able Seaman Kayla Hayes.

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Australia and Indonesia unite to patrol fisheries

08/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3454 Views 0 Comments AUSINDO CORPAT, Indonesia

Illegal exploitation of joint fisheries was the focus of a cooperative operation between Australia and Indonesia that concluded in Bali on 5