Photos Australian Defence Force

[Josiah]

Soldiers from the 2nd Commando Regiment (as part of TAG-E) recently underwent an exercise dubbed Exercise MARS Rotor Anchor Toothfish (RAT). The various maritime-based scenarios saw the soldiers taking over and clearing a ferry anchored in Sydney Harbour, recovery of a large merchant vessel and a coordinated split-assault on two large buildings, a high rise in Melbourne's Central Business District and a shipping facility in Hobart.

Soldiers from the 2nd Commando Regiment secure a Sydney ferry in Middle Harbour, New South Wales, during counter-terrorism training. Photo: Corporal Kyle Genner

Soldiers from the 2nd Commando Regiment conduct a clearance of a Sydney ferry during exercise MARS RAT. Photo: Corporal Sebastian Beurich

Soldiers from 2nd Commando Regiment during counter-terrorism training at the Special Forces Training Facility at Holsworthy Barracks, New South Wales. Photo: Corporal Sebastian Beurich

An Australian Army Black Hawk from the 6th Aviation Regiment prepares to insert 2nd Commando Regiment soldiers onto a 'target' building at the Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre, Melbourne, during counterterrorism training. Photo: Corporal Kyle Genner

Source: https://news.defence.gov.au/capability/commandos-ready-anything

 

[tomthounaojam]

Is it true that Australian are dumping their Tiger helicopter and instead may buy Apache or Viper? Viper in Aussie camo pattern will look very nice.

 

[TheKiwi]

Yes, they want the new gunships to be operational by 2026 - which ironically is approximately when the Tigers would have been declared fully operational.

 

[tomthounaojam]

Yes, they want the new gunships to be operational by 2026 - which ironically is approximately when the Tigers would have been declared fully operational.

I agree it is a fairly new machine in term of weapon development these days, I guess Apache might go on for few more block development but Viper might have reached it is development cycle?

 

[berkut76]

One of those "How?" and "Why?" questions.

 

[IDF_TANKER]

One of those "How?" and "Why?" questions.

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Lost nav, lost radio, the only vessel around to land on... the usual.

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[Newtonk]

Did you hear the one about a Skyhawk landing on a sub? I’d still like to know the back story to that.

 

[berkut76]

Did you hear the one about a Skyhawk landing on a sub? I’d still like to know the back story to that.

Honestly, I think this is just the angle. Maybe the plane was quickly recovered after crash or something. Initially, I thought this photo was photoshopped, but no. Skyhawk A4G N13-154909 (888)

 

[BravoZulu]

One of those "How?" and "Why?" questions.

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Photoshop before Photoshop existed mate! This image was a regular around the traps in the 80's, it was a photo montage made up by Navy Phots after the crash of Skyhawk 888, meant to take the p*ss out of the "birdy" branch (Fleet Air Arm) by the Submarine branch, as in "We found your plane...over here!" ?

 

[BravoZulu]

Australian Navy LCM-1E transports an M1A1 from ship to shore
Many pundits/critics said it couldn't be done, an M1A1 was too heavy for an LCM-1E to carry ashore but when it's what you've got, you make it work!

 

[BravoZulu]

HMAS Canberra well deck ops

 

[Mokordo]

Amphibious exercise "Talisman Sabre 19" (In Spanish but with several photos):

LHD y lanchas LCM-1E de la Royal Australian Navy en el Talisman Sabre 19

El ejercicio multinacional Talisman Sabre 19 desarrollado en Australia ha incluido un desembarco anfibio en el que se han podido comprobar las capacidades ...

www.defensa.com

 

[digrar]

Is it true that Australian are dumping their Tiger helicopter and instead may buy Apache or Viper? Viper in Aussie camo pattern will look very nice.

Or Tiger II... :'(

 

[BravoZulu]

Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle Crewman Training

 

[BravoZulu]

 

[digrar]

Some great pics of Les back in the old days on his instagram account, well worth a follow.

The Bush Tucker Man is back and he's bringing the outback to your smartphone

Australian icon Les Hiddins is back — and instead of publishing another book, the Bush Tucker Man has gone digital, with a searchable website and a social media account.

www.abc.net.au

The Bush Tucker Man is back and he's bringing the outback to your smartphone
Landline
By Halina Baczkowski and Anna Levy
Updated yesterday at 10:44am


In the late 1980s, in the depths of remote Arnhem Land, a captain from the Australian Army sleeps in a swag and fishes the creeks.
As he ventures through the bush, he picks leaves, berries and bark from the dense, wild land.
He knows which are poisonous and which make for a nice cup of tea. He knows how to find fresh water on an isolated beach and how to create fire from tree sap.
Thanks to invaluable local knowledge gleaned from local Indigenous communities, he knows exactly how to survive.
This is Les Hiddins — aka the Bush Tucker Man, Australian icon and beloved ABC TV personality — doing what he does best.

Les Hiddins (@bushtuckerman_leshiddins) • Instagram photos and videos

15K Followers, 169 Following, 157 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Les Hiddins (@bushtuckerman_leshiddins)

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[BravoZulu]

An Australian soldier patrols with his Mag 58 machine gun through a wheat field in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan.

 

[digrar]

That's either the shortest digger in the history of short diggers, or their wheat crops are much, much taller than our wheat crops...

 

[digrar]

Or that's not wheat...

 

[gafkiwi]

Hard to pick his size compared to the MAG.... then again he could have the longest or shortest legs in the world and we wouldn't know.