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Apache Walk 🚁Personnel from the Australian Army's 1st Aviation Regiment, operating AH-64E Apache helicopters, conducted ...
23/06/2026

Apache Walk 🚁

Personnel from the Australian Army's 1st Aviation Regiment, operating AH-64E Apache helicopters, conducted Exercise Possum Walk for the first time in 📍 Townsville, QLD.

During the exercise personnel conducted:
📖 Mission planning
🚁 Flight operations
💥 Loading and unloading of ordnance
⛽ Refuelling of the aircraft
💪 Simulated recovery operations

Exercise Possum Walk provided essential training to aircrew and ground crew in preparation for Exercise Possum Guns, the Australian Army's first AH-64E Apache live-fire exercise, taking place in July.

📷 CPL Kurt Lewis

22/06/2026

We step into the darkness so others can see the light.

The Australian Army recently completed day and night aviation training across 📍 Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay.

These realistic exercises simulate threat scenarios to ensure the ADF remains ready to respond to short-notice tasks.

Operation Render Safe 🇦🇺 🇵🇬 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇺🇸Australian Defence Force, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Canadian Armed Fo...
21/06/2026

Operation Render Safe 🇦🇺 🇵🇬 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇳🇿 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Australian Defence Force, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Canadian Armed Forces and United Kingdom Armed Forces personnel participating in Operation Render Safe 2026 recently rehearsed aeromedical evacuation procedures with a simulated casualty in 📍 East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

To prepare for operations in the region’s challenging jungle terrain, medical personnel from Australia, Papua New Guinea and partner nations also conducted helicopter winch training with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Air Training Wing.

The training enhances the force’s ability to safely move personnel and casualties in complex operational environments, ensuring greater flexibility and responsiveness during missions.

Australian Army Ministry of Defence British Army Canadian Army NZ Defence Force FANC Forces Armées en Nouvelle-Calédonie

Forged through mud, smoke, and relentless training 💪In June, School of Infantry's Long Tan Platoon underwent Exercise Ha...
20/06/2026

Forged through mud, smoke, and relentless training 💪

In June, School of Infantry's Long Tan Platoon underwent Exercise HardCorps, the culminating activity of their training.

The exercise is designed to test soldiers' mental and physical endurance, using the skills they have developed to become qualified infantry soldiers.

The School of Infantry is the Australian Army’s centre for infantry training, responsible for delivering Infantry Initial Employment Training to new soldiers and advanced courses to qualified infantry personnel.

📷 CPL Michael Rogers

Land Training 🚁Personnel from the Australian Army's 16th Aviation Brigade and the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment conducted...
19/06/2026

Land Training 🚁

Personnel from the Australian Army's 16th Aviation Brigade and the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment conducted a Land Training Activity in 📍 Oakey, Queensland.

This training saw sappers integrate with the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to conduct familiarisation training which enables them to support future operations.

📷 CPL Jason Slape

In the first three days of the disposal window, multinational teams have destroyed 330 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO...
18/06/2026

In the first three days of the disposal window, multinational teams have destroyed 330 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and a further nine munitions rendered safe in 📍 East New Britain on Operation Render Safe.

ADF personnel are working alongside the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and partner nations to remove explosive hazards found during earlier reconnaissance. This vital work reduces the ongoing risks that these historic weapons pose to local communities more than 80 years after the Pacific campaign.

Operation Render Safe is the Australian Defence Force-led mission to locate and dispose of World War II explosive remnants across the Indo-Pacific.

📷 SGT Andrew Sleeman, CAPT Annie Richardson & CPL Nariah Vale

Performing under pressure. Ready for what is next. The latest cohort of Special Forces Operators Special Forces Operator...
17/06/2026

Performing under pressure. Ready for what is next.

The latest cohort of Special Forces Operators Special Forces Operators and Combat Controllers have been selected to join Special Operations Command Australia after completing the rigorous Special Forces Selection Course.

Candidates drawn from across the Australian Defence Force conducted a series of arduous activities designed to impose physical and mental hardship, allowing instructors to assess their physical endurance, mental resilience, cognitive capacity and character.

Those selected demonstrated their ability to perform under pressure, in complex and uncertain environments. They will now commence training to serve within 1st Commando Regiment, Special Air Service Regiment, 2nd Commando Regiment or 4 Squadron RAAF.

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Training with a view 🚢🌅The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Sydney recently departed Fleet Base East for the third Regional ...
16/06/2026

Training with a view 🚢🌅

The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Sydney recently departed Fleet Base East for the third Regional Presence Deployment of 2026.

While in transit, HMAS Sydney conducted sea boat drills and undertook physical training sessions with some picturesque views.

HMAS Sydney will participate in RIMPAC 26 in June/July, before conducting other activities, visits and engagements across the Indo-Pacific.

📷 LSIS Lauren Pugsley

Momentum unleashed 🔥Personnel from the Australian Army's 1st Brigade, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and supporting uni...
15/06/2026

Momentum unleashed 🔥

Personnel from the Australian Army's 1st Brigade, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and supporting units conducted Exercise Predators Walk from 18 May to 12 June 2026 across multiple Defence training areas in the 📍 Northern Territory.

Exercise Predators Walk focused on certifying 1st Brigade for combat operations through realistic and demanding collective training activities.

The exercise enabled the Brigade to rehearse combined arms manoeuvre, command and control, sustainment, force protection and live-fire serials in a complex operating environment.

📷 CPL Michael Currie & PTE Darcy Fisher

Maldives welcomed Australian-gifted Guardian-class Patrol Boat to its home port for the first time 🚢 Transiting from Per...
15/06/2026

Maldives welcomed Australian-gifted Guardian-class Patrol Boat to its home port for the first time 🚢

Transiting from Perth to Malé, the longest voyage conducted by a Guardian, the vessel will boost Maldives’ sovereign capability to contribute to northeast Indian Ocean maritime security, and is a milestone in Australia-Maldives defence cooperation 🇦🇺 🇲🇻

All 24 vessels delivered under the SEA 3036-1 project are now operated by our Indo-Pacific partners as their sovereign assets, reflecting Defence’s ongoing commitment to enabling the region’s resilience, stability and prosperity.

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