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The Royal Australian Air Force, with support from U.S. and Canadian forces, has inaugurated its first dedicated airfield damage repair training site during Exercise Bronze Croc. This marks a significant advancement in RAAF's engineering capabilities and strengthens interoperability with its allies through shared training and standardized practices.
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251117-F-NN332-8578

The Royal Australian Air Force, with support from U.S. and Canadian forces, has inaugurated its first dedicated airfield damage repair training site during Exercise Bronze Croc. This marks a significant advancement in RAAF's engineering capabilities and strengthens interoperability with its allies through shared training and standardized practices.
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251117-F-NN332-5759

The Royal Australian Air Force, with support from U.S. and Canadian forces, has inaugurated its first dedicated airfield damage repair training site during Exercise Bronze Croc. This marks a significant advancement in RAAF's engineering capabilities and strengthens interoperability with its allies through shared training and standardized practices.
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Australia, India, Japan and U.S. Forces Participate in Exercise Malabar 2025

AT SEA, Guam (Nov. 13, 2025) — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer, JS Hyuga, leads United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald (centre-right), Indian Navy Shivalik-class frigate, INS Sahyadri (centre-left), and Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate, HMAS Ballarat, during Exercise MALABAR 25 off the coast of Guam.
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GARDEN ISLAND, HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia (Nov. 10, 2025) - A bilateral team of U.S. Navy Sailors and civilians of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Dive Locker, and Australian members of Clearance Dive Team 4 dive under the hull of the USS Vermont (SSN 792) in support of a planned submarine maintenance period (SMP). The bilateral team completed multiple jobs including installing patches under the hull to allow access to main ballast tank three. The maintenance period showcased Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s ability to conduct maintenance in Western Australia and its training of Australian maintainers to support the establishment of Submarine Rotational Force – West as early as 2027 as part of AUKUS Pillar I, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The AUKUS I&A Program Office is the U.S. Navy office responsible for executing the trilateral partnership to assist Australia in acquiring conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarines at the earliest possible date while setting the highest nuclear stewardship standards and continuing to maintain the highest nonproliferation standard. (U.S. Navy Photo by Cmdr. Erik Wells)
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Orient Shield 25: Tactical Maneuver Training

NIIGATA, Japan (Sept. 19, 2025) — U.S. Army Missouri National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment and Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel conduct tactical maneuver training as part of Orient Shield 25 at Sekiyama Training Area, Niigata, Japan, Sept. 19, 2025. Orient Shield 25 is a large-scale U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Australian’s field exercise that focuses on converging U.S. Army Multi-Domain Operations and JGSDF Cross-Domain Operations through bilateral field training and live fire exercises that focus on a dynamic forward posture, enhancing tactical skills and interoperability. Now in its 40th iteration, OS25 underscores the ironclad commitment by the United States, Japan and Australia to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniela Lechuga Liggio)
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Garuda Shield holds it's annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military

BATARUJA, Indonesia (Aug. 27, 2025) — An Australian soldier assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment of the Australian Army and an Indonesian Army soldier assigned to the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command hold security during a field training exercise during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 27, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Farmer)
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TALISMAN SABRE 2025 Dual Carrier Operations

TIMOR SEA (July 18, 2025) — U.S. Navy aircraft, attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, fly over U.S. Navy George Washington Carrier Strike Group, as it participates in dual carrier operations alongside Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group while underway in the Timor Sea, as part of Talisman Sabre, July 18, 2025. U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) sails in formation with U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86), Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), Royal Navy Daring-class air-defence destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33), British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tide-class tanker RFA Tidespring (A136), Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311), and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332). Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ana Souza Young)
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TALISMAN SABRE 2025 Dual Carrier Operations

TIMOR SEA (July 18, 2025) — U.S. Navy aircraft, attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, fly over U.S. Navy George Washington Carrier Strike Group, as it participates in dual carrier operations alongside Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group while underway in the Timor Sea, as part of Talisman Sabre, July 18, 2025. U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) sails in formation with U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86), Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), Royal Navy Daring-class air-defence destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33), British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tide-class tanker RFA Tidespring (A136), Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), Royal Norwegian Navy Fridtof Nansen-class frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F311), and Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ville de Québec (FFH 332). Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaleb C. Birch)
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NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Perla Alfaro)
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George Washington Conducts Flight Operations

TIMOR SEA (July 16, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, taxis on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea, July 16, 2025, in support of Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicolas Quezada)
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Talisman Sabre 25 - CJLFX

ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (July 15, 2025) — High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from the Australian Army, the United States Army and the Singapore Army fire a salvo of rockets during a combined joint live fire exercise in Queensland, Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25. The exercise is designed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability with allies and partners. (Photo courtesy of ADF CPL Michael Rogers)
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US Army Deploys, Fires Mid-Range Capability During Talisman Sabre 25

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Perla Alfaro)
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31st MEU | LAR conducts a force on force

QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 4, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a mechanized patrol on Light Armored Vehicles during a force on force exercise at Shoal Water Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 4, 2025. Marines participated in this training in order to refine their lethality and interoperability against one another. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla)
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MRF-D 25.3: 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, VMM-363 conduct air assault rehearsals during Predator’s Walk

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (May 28, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, disembark off an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363), MRF-D 25.3, during an air assault rehearsal as part of Predator’s Walk at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, May 28, 2025. The Predator Series consists of two bilateral exercises between MRF-D and the Australian Defence Force, Predator’s Walk and Predator’s Run, designed to further enhance small unit interoperability and combined arms capabilities in a realistic training environment. MRF-D 25.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and Allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa)
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Australia, Philippines, and U.S. Conduct Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity

U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force aircraft, off frame, integrate with the Philippine Navy Jose Rizal-class guided-missile destroyer BRP Antonio Luna (FF151), right, and the Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class guided-missile destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), center, to conduct a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, April 29, 2025. This MCA built upon previous iterations and featured a series of integrated operations aimed at improving tactical coordination and combined operational capabilities among the three nations. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (Courtesy photo from the Philippines)
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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, left, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Australian Vice Adm. Justin Jones, Chief of Joint Operations, speak with staff and students from the Australian War College in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 20, 2025. The Australian War College is part of Australian Defence College, the strategic provider of joint professional military education and individual training for the Australian Defence Force. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Australia Erika Olson participate in a think tank discussion at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 19, 2025. Paparo’s visit built upon the U.S.-Australian bilateral relationship that acts as an anchor for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, participates in an honors ceremony hosted by Australian Chief of Defence Force Adm. David Johnston at the Australian Defence Force headquarters in Canberra, Feb. 19, 2025. Paparo’s visit built upon the U.S.-Australian bilateral relationship that acts as an anchor for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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USINDOPACOM Commander travels to Australia

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, center, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Australian Chief of Defence Force Adm. David Johnston, left, and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Australia Erika Olson, right, participate in a Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Feb. 18, 2025. The ceremony commemorates fallen members of the Australian armed forces. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)
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