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Navy’s Clearance Diving Team Four uses the Artemis underwater navigation sonar unit during a seabed training search at Palau Tioman, as part of Exercise Bersama Lima. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

A first for Aussie clearance divers

13/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 3231 Views 0 Comments Australian Clearance Dive Team 4, Exercise Bersama Lima, Five Power Defence Arrangements, Malaysia

The ADF has, for the first time, deployed a Navy clearance diving team to a Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA)

Royal Australian Air Force 77 Squadron members on the apron with the F-35A Lightning II at Paya Lebar Air Base during Exercise Bersama Lima 2024, Singapore. Story by Captain Andrew Page. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Videos

Bersama Lima success across air, land and sea

13/11/202416/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 601 Views 0 Comments Exercise Bersama Lima, F-35A Lightning II, Five Power Defence Arrangements, No. 77 Squadron, Singapore

Exercise Bersama Lima 2024 has concluded with all activities conducted across air, land and sea a resounding success. CAPTION: Royal Australian

Personnel conduct a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Suman Warrior in Warminster, United Kingdom. Story and photos by Captain Adrienne Goode.

Australian Army News UK

Five focus on regional security

01/10/202401/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 884 Views 1 Comment Exercise Suman Warrior, Five Power Defence Arrangements

Exercise Suman Warrior 2024 united 195 military personnel from the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) nations of Singapore, the United

Joint terminal attack controller Bombardier Jackson Lawrence (right) alongside JTAC and Ground Forward Air Controllers (GFAC) from the UK and Malaysia call in close air support from a Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16 in the Tioman Island group, Malaysia during Exercise Bersama Shield 2024. Story by Lieutenant Mick Wheeler.

Australian Army News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force

Bombardiers on target at Bersama Shield

15/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1587 Views 0 Comments Bersama Shield, Five Power Defence Arrangements, ground forward air controllers, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, No. 6 Squadron, Royal Malaysian Air Force

For two members of the Australian contingent in Malaysia participating in Exercise Bersama Shield 2024, the opportunity to exercise their

Australian Army personnel meet Bruno, a military working dog, on Exercise Bersama Lima, Kuantan, Malaysia. Story by Flying Officer Connor Bellhouse. Photo by Corporal Sam Price.

Asia Australian Army News Overseas Videos

Lessons from the jungle book of experience

17/10/202317/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2717 Views 0 Comments Bersama Lima, British Armed Forces, Five Power Defence Arrangements, Malaysian Armed Forces, New Zealand Army, Singapore Armed Forces

Australian soldiers and personnel from the Five Power Defence Arrangement nations contended with 40-degree heat and 100 per cent humidity

Crew members from HMS Diamond conduct a contactless boat-landing exercise with HMAS Canberra personnel during Exercise Bersama Gold 21. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.

Asia New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy UK

Small boat crews find a dock at sea

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1811 Views 0 Comments Bersama Gold 21, BG21, Five Power Defence Arrangements, HMAS Canberra

The waters off the east coast of Malaysia in mid-October were abuzz with small boats from the Royal Australian Navy,

RAAF and US aviators discuss the maintenance of an aircraft. Story by Squadron Leader Barrie Bardoe.

ADF Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy USA

Defence Aviation Safety Authority ‘recognises’ peer agencies

26/10/202126/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1600 Views 0 Comments Five Power Defence Arrangements

The Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) has given the safety tick of approval to 10 military aviation authorities (MAA) and

Lieutenant Aaron Norley conning HMAS Ballarat in company with the Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Winnipeg conduct Officer of the Watch manoeuvres during HMAS Ballarat's South East Asia Deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Bradley Darvill.

Asia Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Bersama Shield 2017 kicks off

27/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4186 Views 0 Comments Exercise Bersama Shield 17, Five Power Defence Arrangements, FPDA, HMAS Ballarat

Exercise Bersama Shield 2017 commenced today in Malaysia and Singapore with Australian Defence Force personnel supporting South East Asia’s longest-enduring