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Australian Army officer, Officer Commanding Alpha Company, Major Jared Slansky of 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment emerges from the bear pit tunnel during Exercise True Grit at Tully Training Area, Queensland. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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Aussie and French troops show grit on jungle exercise

08/11/202213/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1910 Views 0 Comments 8/9 RAR, Exercise True Grit, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

In the harsh humidity of far-north Queensland’s jungles, soldiers from the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9RAR), and the French

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French Armed Forces in New Caledonia soldier Private Thimeo, left, climbs over a vertical tyre obstacle during Exercise True Grit at the Tully training area, Queensland. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.

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French get acquainted with Australian critters

08/11/202208/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1676 Views 0 Comments 8/9 RAR, Exercise True Grit, French Armed Forces in New Caledonia

Leeches, snakes, and a ‘velociraptor-like’ bird greeted soldiers from the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia in Tully, while training with the

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