03/22/2017: Infantry, Artillery and Engineers from 1st Brigade have been put through their paces during Exercise THUNDER RUN and BOARS WALK, a live fire exercise conducted in Cultana Training Area near Port Augusta, South Australia, from the 7th to 19th of March 2017. Exercise THUNDER RUN and Exercise BOARS WALK are…
11/01/2016: Australian Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, put the new Mark 47 L40-2 lightweight automatic grenade launcher through its paces during a live-fire training activity at the Joint Proof and Experimental Establishment near Port Wakefield, South Australia, in September 2016. The live-fire training activity is part of the…
06/11/2016: HMAS Adelaide participated in Exercise Sea Explorer 2016 (EX SE16) from 25 May – 05 June off the coast of North Queensland as part of the certification process to determine its readiness to conduct amphibious operations. The second Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) to be commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy…
03/30/2016: Members of the 1st Brigade conducted a Joint Fires Day at Exercise Predators Gallop in the Cultana Training Area on Thursday, the 24th of March 2016. Featuring Australian Army M777 Howitzer guns from the 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, mortars, direct fire support weapons and small arms from the…
07/14/2015:Soldiers from the Australian Army’s 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), and United States Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31MEU) stormed the beaches of Fog Bay, Northern Territory on 11 July during an amphibious beach landing on Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. With the opposing force “dug in” the…
04/09/2014: Australian Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment execute a vertical assault in support of Exercise Ssang Yong 14 at Old Army Tank Battalion, Pohang, Republic of Korea, April 4. Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force Combat Camera:4/4/14 For a look at cross-cutting USMC and Aussie modernization see…
12/14/2011: U.S. Marines with 2nd Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team out of Norfolk, Va., visit Darwin Military Museum in Darwin, Australia, Nov. 26, 2011. FAST Marines are attending Exercise Semper Fast 2011, a combined training event hosted by 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment focusing on small arms ranges, direct fire ranges,…
