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Australian Army Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) during Exercise Diamond Run at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Janet Pan.

First major exercise for Boxer

10/09/2026 Posted by Brian Hartigan 370 Views 0 Comments 6RAR, Boxer, Exercise Diamond Run

“Either my mind is playing tricks or there’s movement at 10 o’clock,” says Private Jonah Nelson, of 8/9RAR. CAPTION: Australian

Australian Army soldiers from Combat Team Viper discuss tactics during Exercise Viper Strike at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera. Photo by Captain Cody Tsaousis.

Australian Army News

Exercise Viper Strike tests 6RAR’s combined-arms teaming

16/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2857 Views 0 Comments 6RAR

Exercise Viper Strike was held this month to enhance the ability of different units to work with each other in

Sergeant Ryleigh Egan, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), conducts a live-fire serial with the US Army on the M240B Medium Machinegun at Fort Magsaysay during Exercise Balikatan 23. Photo by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel.

Australian Army News Pacific Videos

Aussie infantry ‘blooded’ in the Philippines

01/05/202301/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6715 Views 0 Comments 6RAR, Balikatan, Philippines

‘Balikatan’, meaning ‘shoulder to shoulder’ in the Filipino dialect of Tagalog, has been displayed through mateship and cooperation between Australian,

Army riflemen from the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment fires a .50 cal heavy machine gun during an Integrated Gun Line Practice. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News Videos

Heavy weapons light up the night

31/08/202201/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3638 Views 0 Comments 6RAR, 8/9RAR, DFSW

A range of heavy weapon and anti-armour capabilities were developed by the 6th and 8th/9th Battalions, the Royal Australian Regiment,