Submerged in training 🤿 @Australian_Navy clearance divers and Indonesian Komando Pasukan Katak personnel conducted diving operations using dive propulsion vehicles during Exercise Keris Woomera in 📍 East Java, Indonesia. #YourADF #StrongerTogether @_TNIAL_ @Puspen_TNI

“Everyone likes to watch things go bang.” (Lieutenant Joshua Turner) Australian Army and Indonesian Armed Forces engineers conducted urban clearance and explosive ordnance disposal training during Exercise Keris Woomera 26 in 📍 East Java. Sappers from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment and the 5th Combat Engineer Battalion tackled simulated threats, sharing urban search techniques and hands-on experience with live unexploded ordnance. Read more 🗞️ spr.ly/6013BHVc5d #YourADF #ExerciseKerisWoomera @AustralianArmy @Puspen_TNI @tni_ad @Kemhan_RI @DubesAustralia @konjensurabaya @INAEmbAUS @DFAT @Kemlu_RI

Welcome home 👋 Friends and family welcomed home the crew of the @Australian_Navy's HMAS Sydney at 📍 Fleet Base East, NSW, following a Regional Presence Deployment. #YourADF #AusNavy

🚀 Australian HIMARS heads overseas for the first time @australianarmy deployed two HIMARS launchers from the Royal Australian Artillery's 14th Regiment (14 Regt RAA) on their first international assignment - a live-fire activity for Exercise Keris Woomera in Indonesia. ✈️ Route: Darwin ➡️ Banyuwangi (East Java) ➡️ Manado (North Sulawesi) aboard an @AusAirForce C-130J Hercules ⚖️ Load: Over 16 tonnes (7.8m x 2.4m) inside a 19.5-tonne payload bay 🎯 Capability: 6 GMLRS rockets or 2 PrSM missiles with a range of over 500 kilometres 🤝 Team: 14 Regt RAA, the Royal Australian Regiment's 2nd Battalion, RAAF, 1000 ADF personnel and 1235 Indonesian National Armed Forces (@Puspen_TNI) members Read more 🗞️ spr.ly/6012BHT3Zs #YourADF

Not your average parking spot ⛰️☁️🚁 Against a backdrop of towering mountain pinnacles, narrow valleys and remote highland airstrips, @AustralianArmy UH-60M Black Hawks completed their first international deployment in 📍PNG last month. Read more ➡️ spr.ly/6019BHrFEL #YourADF #AusArmy #StrongerTogether

📸 Wing-to-wing over East Java 🇦🇺🤝🇮🇩 During a photographic exercise (PHOTEX) on 14 October for Exercise Keris Woomera 26, Australian and Indonesian aircraft flew in close formation to build interoperability and strengthen regional security: 🛩️🇦🇺 @AusAirForce No. 4 Squadron PC-21 Pilatus ✈️🇮🇩 @_TNIAU EMB-314 Super Tucano #YourADF @Puspen_TNI @DubesAustralia @konjensurabaya @INAEmbAUS

Weathering the waves 🌊 The @Australian_Navy's HMAS Stuart navigated challenging weather and sea conditions while conducting a routine transit during her Regional Presence Deployment. #YourADF #AusNavy

8️⃣2️⃣ 🖼️ Personnel from the @AusAirForce's 82 Wing celebrate the unit's 82nd anniversary on the flightline at 📍 RAAF Base Amberley, Qld. ✈️ #YourADF #AusAirForce

Waves and boots hit the sand 🇦🇺 🌊 🇮🇩 Australian Defence Force and Indonesian National Armed Forces personnel stormed the coastline of 📍 East Java, Indonesia, while conducting amphibious integration training during Exercise Keris Woomera 26. #YourADF #StrongerTogether @AustralianArmy @Australian_Navy @Puspen_TNI @tni_ad @_TNIAL_

Ready to protect 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 Military police from the @AustralianArmy, @USArmy and @JGSDF_pr have come together to share information on the different techniques used to maintain order and handle detainees. #YourADF #StrongerTogether

Technology meets the ocean 🌊 @Australian_Navy sailors conducted operations with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles during Exercise Dugong 2026 in 📍 Jervis Bay, NSW. Exercise Dugong is a Navy-led combined mine warfare exercise that aims to develop a range of mine warfare skills, tactics, techniques and procedures in company with allies and industry partners. #YourADF #AusNavy

Locked in 🎯 @AustralianArmy soldiers tested their shooting skills using a shot timer during a bilateral combat shooting range activity as part of Exercise Chapel Gold 26 in 📍 Pranchin Buri, Thailand. #YourADF #AusArmy

Flying low ✈️⛰️ An @ausairforce C-130J Hercules aircraft conducted low-level formation flying training over the 📍 Blue Mountains, NSW. 📷 AC Charles Chillingworth & AC Luke Martin #YourADF #AusAirForce

Rain drummed steadily on the corrugated iron barracks at 📍 Tully’s Jungle Training Wing, Qld, as Indonesian Army (@TNI_AD) officers and their @AustralianArmy instructors were roused from their sleep for one final test. After days spent navigating close terrain, delivering instruction in small teams, and honing their jungle warfighting skills, participants faced True Grit, which combines an obstacle course, stretcher carry and bayonet course into a gruelling assessment of teamwork, determination and resilience. Read more 🗞️ spr.ly/6012BHyGFE #YourADF #AusArmy #StrongerTogether @AustralianArmy @Puspen_TNI

Ready for the unknown ☣️ Soldiers from @AustralianArmy's 1st Division observed a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) decontamination serial with the @JGSDF_pr and @USArmy as a part of Exercise Orient Shield 26 at 📍 Camp Higashi-Chitose, Japan. #YourADF #AusArmy #StrongerTogether

Exercise Keris Woomera 2026 is underway, bringing together more than 2200 Australian and Indonesian military personnel. 🇦🇺 🇮🇩 About 1000 ADF soldiers, sailors and aviators will engage in amphibious warfare activities, integration training and a live-fire exercise with more than 1200 members of the Indonesian Armed Forces from October 12 to 20. Read more ➡️ spr.ly/6013BHDfGZ #YourADF #StrongerTogether @australianarmy @australian_navy @_TNIAL_ @tni_ad @Puspen_TNI

Ten years of support at the edge of the world. ❄️ Through #OpSouthernDiscovery, @Australian_Navy, @AustralianArmy and @AusAirForce are supporting the Australian Antarctic Program's 2026-27 summer season, enabling vital science across Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. #YourADF @DFAT

How do you prepare the force? With firepower. 🔥 As @Australian_Navy's HMAS Choules pulled alongside in Darwin, sailors and soldiers sweated it out loading explosive ordnance. High explosives, mortar rounds, artillery shells… Choules piled them on as she prepares to sail to Indonesia for Exercise Keris Woomera with embarked soldiers from the Australian Amphibious Force. #YourADF