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Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, and the PNG Defence Force board a CH-47 Chinook from 5th Aviation Regiment during Exercise Wantok Warrior. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Ex Wantok Warrior taken up a notch

10/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 366 Views 0 Comments 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Battalion RAR, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Exercise Wantok Warrior, PNGDF

The Australian Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) partnered in a series of training activities in Wewak on

Australian Army soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment refurbish facilities as part of Exercise Puk Puk at Moem Barracks, PNG. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Australian Army News Overseas Videos

Exercise in PNG renews infrastructure and bonds

02/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1484 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Exercise Puk Puk, New Zealand Army, PNGDF

Australian sappers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment joined engineers and tradespeople from the British Army, New Zealand Army and Papua

PNG Defence Force members arrive in Townsville for Exercise Kumul Exchange. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Australian Army News

Ex Kumul a boost for PNG interoperability

27/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 550 Views 0 Comments 3rd Battalion RAR, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion (3CSSB), Exercise Kumul Exchange, Lavarack Barracks, PNGDF

The Army’s 3rd Brigade is taking part in Exercise Kumul Exchange 2024 with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF)

Australian sappers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment and the School of Armour learn maintenance and operation of the armoured breaching vehicle during the Combat Engineer Heavy Track Course in Missouri. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph.

Australian Army News

New vehicles a game-changer for sappers

11/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1061 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Abrams, School of Armour

Combat engineers at 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER) will soon welcome a fleet of combat engineering vehicles, based on the

An Army soldier exits the underground command post bunker during Exercise Brolga Run at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Trooper Dana Millington.

Australian Army News

Brigade builds bunker with all the mod cons

12/06/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1476 Views 3 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Brolga Run

Members of 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment completed construction of an underground command post during Exercise Brolga Run at Townsville Field

A 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment soldier assists a simulated casualty during an urban breaching exercise at Townsville Field Training Area. Story and photo by Corporal Luke Bellman.

Australian Army News

Exercise an assault on engineers’ senses

22/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1597 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Military Working Dogs, Urban Operations Training Facility

Booby traps, enemy fire and a simulated canine casualty confronted sappers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment after they blasted

Soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment use an excavator to construct a bunker during Exercise Brolga Walk at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Story by Corporal Luke Bellman. Photo by Trooper Dana Millington.

Australian Army News

Engineers go underground

13/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1449 Views 2 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Brolga Walk, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Integrated firing pits, sleeping sections and an operations room all feature in an underground command post being constructed by 3rd

Brigadier David McCammon, right, officially opens renovated classrooms with Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) representatives during Exercise Puk Puk, Manus Island, PNG. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Asia Australian Army News Pacific Videos

Infrastructure and lifelong friendships built

25/10/202325/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2657 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Exercise Puk Puk, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Exercise Puk Puk concluded with the Manus Island community hosting celebrations after a job well done. CAPTION: Brigadier David McCammon, right,

An Australian Army sapper and a soldier of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force help renovate a school during Exercise Puk Puk, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Corporal Brandon Grey.

Australian Army News Overseas Videos

Building relationships in PNG

27/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2338 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Exercise Puk Puk, PNGDF

Tradespeople from three nations are renovating a school building for the children of Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) personnel

An Australian Army vehicle reception party from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment move stores from HMPNGS Cape Gloucester onto Manus Island, in support of Exercise Puk Puk 2023. Story by Lieutenant Carolyn Martin. Photo by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

Australian Army News Pacific Royal Australian Navy

Pacific partners ensure smooth delivery to Manus Island

25/08/202328/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1531 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, Manus Island, PNGDF

Australian Defence Vessel Reliant, HMPNGS Cape Gloucester and the Australian Army’s 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment have transferred essential stores to

Captain Chris Wetherell pack marches alongside members of the Papua New Guinea Engineer Battalion during a partnership visit in Lae, Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. All photos by Warrant Officer Class Two Neil Ruskin.

Australian Army News Overseas

Engineers bond on pack march in PNG

23/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2587 Views 2 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, PNGDF

During a partnership visit to their sister unit in Papua New Guinea, sappers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER)

HMAS Canberra berthed at the Port of Townsville, Queensland, after returning from Operation Vanuatu Assist 23. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Lance Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Canberra home after Vanuatu relief effort

05/04/202308/04/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1760 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, HMAS Canberra, Operation Vanuatu Assist

More than 600 Australian Defence Force personnel have returned home on board HMAS Canberra after supporting Vanuatu following devastating tropical

Army Sapper Flynn Skerke-Erwin, of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, with trainee explosive detection dogs Joey, left, and Ash. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree.

ADF People

Following in uncle’s paw prints

24/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2494 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Military Working Dogs

Twelve-week-old Joey is a high-energy and inquisitive kelpie pup, but 3 Combat Engineer Regiment’s newest recruit has some big paws

Sapper Dean Ridgeway tamps sandbags during a trench construction activity in Townsville. Story by Major Taylor Lynch. Photos by Sergeant Brodie Cross.

Australian Army News Pacific

Aussie and PNG engineers dig in for trench building

21/03/202322/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1721 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, PNGDF

Sappers from 3 Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER) and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) have been working together to do

Australian Army soldier Corporal Connor McLeod explains to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines how to attach a detonator to a breaching charge in the Philippines. Story by Captain Joanne Leca. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

Asia Australian Army News

Sharing skills in the Philippines

19/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2033 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, 3rd Battalion RAR, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Armed Forces of the Philippines

A series of training activities are under way in the Philippines, aiming to strengthen interoperability between the Australian Defence Force and

Australian Army Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, right, works alongside Papua New Guinea Defence Force and British Army soldiers on site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Sapper returns to her Pacific roots

07/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1357 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Exercise Puk Puk is a homecoming for Australian Army combat engineer Sapper Ingrid Reitermeier, who grew up in Papua New

Explosive Detection Dog Archie from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment undergoes agility training on 20 September 2022 at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Brigadier Guy Sadler.

Australian Army News

Teaching dogs to detect and protect

05/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1389 Views 1 Comment 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Army Explosive Detection Dogs, Lavarack Barracks, Military Working Dogs

With tails wagging and snouts at the ready, explosive detection dogs (EDDs) are more than just cute faces. These canines

Captain Lara Perkovic on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Following in Dad’s footsteps

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1706 Views 0 Comments 25th Support Squadron, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

A desire to follow in her father’s footsteps of civil engineering and see the world has taken Captain Lara Perkovic,

Major Scott Atkinson on-site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo bySergeant Nunu Campos.

ADF People

Country town background good prep for Army role

27/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1394 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Papua New Guinea, PNGDF

Growing up in the small country town of Wingham, on the NSW mid north coast, Major Scott Atkinson could not have

Australian Army, British Army and Papua New Guinea Defence Force sappers work together at a construction site during Exercise Puk Puk at Goldie River Training Depot in Papua New Guinea. Story by Major Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Sergeant Nunu Campos.

Australian Army News Pacific UK

Sappers build ties in PNG

20/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1831 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, British Armed Forces, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Defence Force

The strong ties that link the armed forces of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom are being strengthened

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