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A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from the 16th Aviation Brigade conducts integration training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as part of Exercise Valkyrie Crawl. Story by Captain Chloe Ellwood. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

New choppers give battalion’s training a lift

08/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 327 Views 0 Comments 16th Aviation Brigade, 1RAR, Exercise Valkyrie Crawl., UH-60M Back Hawk

UH-60M Black Hawk from the 16th Aviation Brigade flew into Townsville to conduct training with soldiers from the 1st Battalion,

ADF personnel form a catafalque party for an Anzac Day dawn service in Darwin City. Story by Captain Nicholas Marquis. Photo by Corporal Gregory Scott.

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Large crowds gather for Anzac Day in Top End

08/05/202608/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 227 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, ANZAC Day

As flags at half-mast gently moved with the cool breeze in the Top End, thousands of Territorians commemorated Anzac Day

Deputy Director Disruptive Experimentation Wing Commander Keirin Joyce with a JabX, an uncrewed aerial system developed by RFDesign and Jericho Disruptive Innovation. Story by Flight Lieutenant Natasha Silver.

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RAAF developing unmanned air logistics

06/05/202609/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 667 Views 0 Comments Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI), Project Arena, Project Camel Train

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI) team is making headway on autonomous aerial logistics systems to support

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Anzac Day 2026 Around the World

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 385 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day

On Anzac Day, we mark the landings at Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers in 1915

Wing Commander Patrick Bridge honours his great-uncle Private Donald Arthur Bridge in Gapeyong, South Korea, at the 75th anniversary of the Korean War Kapyong battle. Story by Squadron Leader Bel Culley.

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Remembering the Battle of Kapyong

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 394 Views 0 Comments Kapyong, Korean War

In a solemn tribute to the past and a firm nod to the future, Australian Defence Force (ADF) members serving

Chief of Joint Capabilities Lieutenant General Susan Coyle hugs Rick Deeks during the Anzac Day service at the Bullecourt Digger Memorial in France. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.

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Commemoration becomes personal for relatives

01/05/202601/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 408 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Bullecourt, ww1

At the Bullecourt Digger Memorial on Anzac Day, the commemorative address took on an unexpectedly personal meaning for one family

Able Seaman Isabella Anderson and Lieutenant Craig Grant on board the Japanese Ship Kumano, during a port visit to Melbourne. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Murphy. Photos by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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Aussies learn the lay of the land at sea

01/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 597 Views 0 Comments Exercise Kakadu, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force

Two Royal Australian Navy (RAN) members have been forging connections at sea on board the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment explosively breach a doorway during the Basic Assault Pioneers Course.Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photo by Lance Corporal Andrews.

Australian Army News

Regiment restores assault pioneer capability

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 749 Views 2 Comments 1RAR

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), have reintroduced the ‘assault pioneer’ capability through a course to restore

3 Squadron personnel, who raised funds in this year’s March On, in front of a 3 Squadron F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. Story by Evana Ho. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Elise Ross.

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Marching On for mental health

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 545 Views 0 Comments Air Warfare Instructors Course, March On, mental health, No. 3 Squadron, RAAF Williamtown, Soldier On

Across March, members from 3 Squadron balanced running the Air Warfare Instructor Course (AWIC) with putting in the hard yards

Second Lieutenant Duncan McKenzie has been identified a century after World War I.

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Unknown no more: two WWI soldiers identified

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 719 Views 0 Comments Battle of Fromelles, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Passchendaele, Third Battle of Ypres, WWI

More than a century after they were killed in action in World War I, the remains of two missing Australian

Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Kieran Nieves plays the didgeridoo at the Anzac Cove dawn service on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye. Story by Flying Officer Freya Hansen. Photos by Corporal Andrew Shaw.

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Anzac Day commemorated at Gallipoli

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 557 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Turkey

As the sun rose on another Anzac Day at Anzac Cove, Türkiye, the members of Australia’s Federation Guard and the

Satellite communication equipment setup by Australian soldiers from 1st Signal Regiment for Exercise Mercury Run at Kokoda Barracks, Canungra. Story by Captain Nigel Jacobs. Photos by Gunner Jesse Linards.

Australian Army News

The communications backbone of the battlespace

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 586 Views 0 Comments 1st Signal Regiment, Exercise Mercury Run, Kokoda Barracks

Army signals personnel deployed across the country for Exercise Mercury Run to prepare 1st (Australian) Division for the year’s major

Australian Army, New Zealand Defence Force, United States Marine Corps and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel hold an Anzac Day service during Exercise Balikatan in Aporawan, Philippines. Story by Captain Jacob Joseph. Photos by Leading Seaman Rikki-Lea Phillips.

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A true Anzac field service in the Philippines

29/04/202629/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 521 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Exercise Balikatan, US Marines

As dawn broke above the West Philippine Sea, hundreds of Australian, New Zealand, Filippino and United States personnel gathered to

From left Korean War veterans Colin Hallett (NZ), Ronald J. Foyle (CAN) and Raymond Rogers (AUS) during a ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of The Battle of Kapyong at Gapyeong, Korea. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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The stand that shaped a battalion

29/04/202603/05/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 489 Views 0 Comments 3RAR, Chief of Army, Kapyong, Korean War

A contingent of Australian soldiers, predominantly from Townsville’s 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), made the pilgrimage to South

RAAF and United States Air Force personnel at Nellis Air Force Base during a synthetic training exercise.

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Virtual training builds modern fighting capacity

29/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 410 Views 0 Comments simulation facility, USAF

On a synthetic training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and United States Air Force

Gunner Daniel Mazzaferri, of Australia’s Federation Guard, at Lone Pine Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Türkiye. Story by Flying Officer Freya Hansen. Photos by Corporal Andrew Shaw.

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Gallipoli’s living legacy

24/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 307 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, WWI

Australia’s Federation Guard has made its annual trip to the battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Türkiye. CAPTION: Gunner Daniel

An all‑female Federation Guard catafalque party reflects on Lieutenant Irene Singleton's legacy and the broader contributions of women in military service. Story and photos by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.

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Remembering nurse’s contribution to military history

24/04/202624/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 289 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, WWII

An Australian Army nurse killed in World War II was honoured by an all‑female catafalque party during a Last Post

Able Seaman Rachel Brandt lays poppies for her great-great uncle at the Bapaume Communal Cemetery in Bapaume, France. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photos by Sergeant Jarrod McAneney.

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Sailor’s personal connection to the Western Front

24/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 264 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, WWI

On March 25, 1917, in Bapaume, France, Lance Corporal Jules Schuller of the 20th Infantry Battalion was sheltering in a

Veteran Robert Dean when he was a young soldier, after returning to Hobart hospital for a hand injury in 1967. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman.

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Marching memories forward

24/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 279 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion RAR, Long Tan, Vietnam War

Witnessing what artillery and bullets can do to a man following the carnage of Long Tan in 1966 has stayed

Australian Army soldier Corporal Justin MacLennan watches Steve Nasui, of the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Organisation, deploy a drone as part of Exercise Coastwatchers in the Solomon Islands. Story by Major Diana Jennings. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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Coastwatchers legacy levels up

22/04/2026 Posted by Mike Hughes 455 Views 0 Comments drones, Exercise Coastwatchers, Solomon Islands

Exercise Coastwatchers has ramped up training between the Australian Army and Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), with the addition

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