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Defence Australia

@DefenceAust

Official account of Defence Australia. #YourADF Home of #AusNavy, #AusArmy, #AusAirForce and #OurAPS. Terms of use defence.gov.au/social-media

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Straight up. No limits. 🚀 A @Australian_Navy Standard Missile 2 was fired from the Derringer trailer-mounted Expeditionary Launch System during Exercise Taipan Strike 26 at the 📍 Woomera Test Range, SA. Exercise Taipan Strike 26 is an active missile defence test activity. The
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Just gonna send it 🔥 The @AustralianArmy's 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, conducted a live fire of an M777 Howitzer during Exercise Southern Jackaroo at 📍 Townsville Field Training Area, Qld. These high-intensity training scenarios are conducted to ensure readiness
Defence Australia
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Jul 11
🎥 POV: A day in the life of an @AustralianArmy recruit 💪 #YourADF #AusArmy
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Jul 11
When the ground shakes, discipline holds the line. 🗡️🔥🔷 Exercise Diamond Dagger brought @AustralianArmy's 7th Brigade teams together to practice combined arms warfighting effects. Designed to prepare soldiers for the realities of combat, the live fire exercise placed
Defence Australia
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Jul 10
Two @rsipf_rbx EOD technicians have joined Operation Render Safe to assist with a technical reconnaissance of 📍 Nanumea Lagoon, Tuvalu. ⚓🌊 Sergeant Patterson Filiga and Police Constable Barnabas Talo have disposed of tens of thousands of munitions over their decades-long
Defence Australia
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Jul 10
One of @AustralianArmy’s newest fixed‑wing reconnaissance drones took flight on Exercise Southern Jackaroo, identifying targets in depth and enabling drone and artillery strikes on enemy positions. The Vector AI, made by Quantum Systems, can map environments in real time and
Defence Australia
@DefenceAust
Jul 9
💥 Rolling forward under fire. As part of Exercise Southern Jackaroo, soldiers from the 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion (3 CSSB) put their mounted live-fire skills to the test at the 📍 Townsville Field Training Area. Operating from protected platforms, troops engaged
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Jul 9
🇦🇺🤝🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸 @AustralianArmy, @Japan_GSDF and @USMC personnel conducted a combined urban clearance of 📍 Line Creek Junction at the Townsville Field Training Area during Exercise Southern Jackaroo. #YourADF @AustraliaInJPN @AusintheUS @JPEmbassyAU @USEmbAustralia
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Admiral Mark Hammond
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Jul 9
Today is my last day in #youradf concluding my time as the Chief of the Defence Force and my nearly 50-year career in uniform. Thank you for making it so special. Fair winds and following seas 🌊
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Jul 8
Combined arms teams support trench assaults in Townsville 🔥 During Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2026, the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3CER) operated as part of a combined arms team. The regiment integrated with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), the 2nd
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Jul 8
Soldiers from the @AustralianArmy's 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment demonstrated their bridging capability by constructing a dry support bridge during Exercise Southern Jackaroo at 📍 Townsville Field Training Area, Qld. Once built, @JGSDF_pr vehicles, including a Type 16 Maneuver
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Jul 7
Dawn done right 👌 HMAS Supply arrived in Darwin to a stunning sunrise over the harbour, creating an unforgettable welcome. ⚓ ☀️ Throughout 2026, HMAS Supply will deploy as part of Regional Presence Deployment (RPD), providing critical afloat support to coalition maritime
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Jul 7
Battlegroup ANZAC prepares for the ultimate test of robotic and autonomous systems. The battlegroup conducted Exercise Black Prince 3 at the 📍 Cultana Training Area in South Australia from 18 to 29 May. They deployed capabilities including the Callisto 50 heavy-lift UAS,
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Jul 6
⚓️ Freshly commissioned. HMAS Eyre, the @Australian_Navy’s second Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel, is already making waves during individual unit training in 📍 Cockburn Sound, WA. Commissioned at HMAS Stirling in May, HMAS Eyre will join the Navy fleet in supporting civil