Defence Australia

Partners at sea ⚓️

HMAS Sydney trains alongside Canadian, New Zealand and United States ships during #RIMPAC2026 off 📍 Hawaii, including a replenishment at sea with HMNZS Aotearoa.

📷 LSIS Lauren Pugsley

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Defence Australia

Away port seaboat, away port seaboat… ⚓
  
HMAS Choules executed a number of seaboat drills while transiting to Sibolga as part of Pacific Partnership 2026. 
  
These drills provided an opportunity for the vessel to maintain mission readiness and individual proficiencies.  
  
The seaboat drills involve readying and launching a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) while underway, and recovering it after a series of short manoeuvres.

📷 ABIS Taylor Johnson

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Defence Australia

Taking to the sky in the top end ✈️

Exercise Pitch Black 2026 is underway in 📍 Australia's north.

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📷 LAC Jakob Reid, LAC Ivan Smotrov & CPL Maddy Butcher (NZDF)

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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment trained alongside the Royal Brunei Land Forces in 📍 Townsville, Queensland, for Exercise Mallee Bull. From 25 June to 3 July, this reciprocal platoon-level training enhanced understanding, relationships and interoperability between the two nations.

📷 PTE Alli Craig & CPL Guy Sadler

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Defence Australia

Off the coast of 📍 Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026 (RIMPAC 26), HMAS Sydney joined HMCS Regina and HMNZS Aotearoa for a dual replenishment 🚢

RIMPAC is a premier joint combined maritime exercise that enables Australia to strengthen international partnerships, enhance interoperability and improve readiness for a wide range of potential operations.

This year's exercise features 31 nations, approximately 40 surface ships, five submarines, more than 140 aircraft and around 25,000 personnel.

📷 LSIS Lauren Pugsley

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Defence Australia

HMAS Leeuwin has deployed to 📍 Papua New Guinea on a regional survey mission.

The survey will support the production of nautical charts, improving navigation safety and supporting Pacific maritime trade. 
  
The mission builds on more than 50 years of cooperation between Australia and Papua New Guinea in hydrographic survey, with Royal Australian Navy crews working alongside PNG Defence Force personnel to share skills and knowledge. 🇦🇺 🇵🇬

📷 POIS Jarrod Mulvihill & CPL Dana Millington

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Defence Australia

🛡️ Austral Shield on the go

From light vehicles to heavy movers, transporting personnel or moving essential stores, the wheels of Joint Task Force 629 are keeping Exercise Austral Shield 2026 rolling. 🚚💨

📷 PTE Chris Chau

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Defence Australia

The ADF continues to help develop Indonesia’s future military leaders.

Since the 1980s the #AusArmy has supported the Junior Officer Combat Instructor Training Indonesia (JOCIT-I) program - enhancing the capability of junior leaders from the Indonesia National Armed Forces (TNI), building interoperability and strengthening the relationship between the two countries.

📷 CPL Johnny Huang

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Defence Australia

Ghost Bat takes flight 👻🦇✈️

During Exercise Valiant Shield 26, the Royal Australian Air Force's MQ-28A Ghost Bat was used for the first time in a major international exercise.

📷 USAF

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Defence Australia

Clearance Diving Team 1️⃣ conduct a technical survey on 📍 Nanumea Lagoon for Operation Render Safe.

The Royal Australian Navy divers looked for explosive remnants of war to inform the Government of Tuvalu about the extent of unexploded munitions in the lagoon. 🌊

📷 POIS Daniel Goodman

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