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Singapore Armed Forces

Australian Army soldiers and Singapore Armed Forces conduct a bilateral amphibious landing at Freshwater Beach in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, during Exercise Trident 2024. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.
Australian Army News 

Littoral joint training with Singapore

22/11/202423/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3101 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Trident, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Singapore Armed Forces

Over the past week, almost 2000 soldiers, sailors and aviators from the Australian Defence Force and the Singapore Armed Forces

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Australian Army personnel meet Bruno, a military working dog, on Exercise Bersama Lima, Kuantan, Malaysia. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Corporal Sam Price.
Asia Australian Army News Overseas Videos 

Lessons from the jungle book of experience

17/10/202317/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3401 Views 0 Comments Bersama Lima, British Armed Forces, Five Power Defence Arrangements, Malaysian Armed Forces, New Zealand Army, Singapore Armed Forces

Australian soldiers and personnel from the Five Power Defence Arrangement nations contended with 40-degree heat and 100 per cent humidity

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Lieutenant Commander Michael Booth (Staff College Student) operating a Singapore Armed Forces bridging lighter at Selatar Camp. Story by Commander Greg Swinden.
ADF People 

Hard work comes with lighter moments

01/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1319 Views 0 Comments Singapore Armed Forces

Lieutenant Commander Michael Booth recently took command of a German-built bridging lighter, a vessel used to move equipment and personnel

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Greenvale, Queensland (town boundary – not the boundary of the new training area).
ADF Asia Australian News 

ADF buys land for new training area

14/12/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7210 Views 0 Comments ASMTI, Singapore Armed Forces, training areas