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Combat engineers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment train on the Australian Army's first assault breacher vehicles at Puckapunyal Military Area. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photos by Corporal Robert Whitmore.

Australian Army News

Australian Army finally gets combat engineer vehicles

13/06/202515/06/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1376 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Combat Engineering Vehicles (CEV), M1110 Joint Assault Bridge, M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle, Puckapunyal, Sapper, School of Armour (SoARMD)

Australian sappers got their hands dirty, literally and figuratively, on the newly delivered Combat Engineering Vehicles (CEV) in the Puckapunyal

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Soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment assemble a medium girder bridge at Ollera Creek, Townsville, during Defence Assistance to the Civil Community following severe weather and flooding across the region. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Australian Army News Videos

Sappers provide support in Townsville

11/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2294 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Medium Girder Bridge, Queensland Flood Assist, Sapper

The aftermath of more than 1400mm of rain has devastated communities of Far North Queensland, with part of the Ollera

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Warrant Officer Class One Frank Franolic, right of centre, stands with friends and family after being presented with his third Federation Star. Story by Captain Carlie Gibson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two David Eason.

ADF People Australian Army

Still proud to be called a sapper after 50 years

01/11/202407/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1355 Views 0 Comments Federation Star, Sapper, School of Military Engineering

In a celebration of dedication and commitment, Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) Frank Franolic was awarded his third Federation Star

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Interview with Sapper Andrew Main and Sprocket

14/11/201515/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3012 Views 0 Comments EOD, Explosive Detection Dogs, Military Working Dogs, Sapper

1 October 2012 Sapper Andrew Main explains how he an his explosive detection dog, Sprocket, go about their dangerous job

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