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The Foreign Forces Desert Immersion Course instructs military personnel in Bedouin culture and desert tactics, techniques and procedures. Story by Flight Lieutenant Sharon Aldrich.
Australian Army Middle East News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

UAE survival training taps into Bedouin skills

26/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2978 Views 0 Comments Headquarters Middle East, NZDF, survival course

Military personnel have seized a chance to enhance their skills through a one-of-a-kind tactical desert training course. CAPTION: The Foreign

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Corporal Andrew Ball demonstrates lighting a fire with a fero rod on Exercise Emu Walk. Story by Captain Sandra Seman-Bourke.
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Outback survival skills taught and tested

16/10/202116/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 3220 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, survival course

Hundreds of kilometres from Perth, deep in the heart of Western Australia’s outback, soldiers from the Pilbara Regiment’s 3rd Squadron have

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Close call for cadets on survival course

17/11/201617/11/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6079 Views 3 Comments 619 Squadron, survival course

Air Force Cadets from 619 Squadron at Seaford, SA, recently took part in a weekend fieldcraft bivouac, Exercise Orion, during

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