Senior Enlisted Adviser to CDF Australia
@SEAC_ADF
Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Chief of the Australian Defence Force (SEAC) @CDF_Aust - WOFF Ken Robertson, OAM. All tweets are from me unless stated otherwise.
During #TalismanSabre25 #YourADF and #RCN combined to rearm #HMCSVilledeQuebec with RGM-84 Harpoon Block II missiles from the Port of Darwin. These rearmament activities took place before and after a live-fire missile shoot. Read more at: defence.gov.au/news-events/re…
Commandos down under! @RoyalMarines from @42_commando have been training with international partners to board a civilian vessel as part of a maritime counter-terrorism exercise on #ExTalismanSabre25 in Australia. 🇦🇺
Preparedness saves lives. In Tokyo, the 🇦🇺 Defence Force (ADF), 🇯🇵 Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and 🇺🇸United States Forces Japan (USFJ) recently participated in Joint Exercise Rescue 2025 (JXR) - strengthening coordination when it matters most. @defenceaust @ModJapan_jp @USFJ_J
🇦🇺 🚀 🇯🇵 The @Japan_GSDF conducted a Type-12 surface-to-ship missile live-fire exercise at 📍 Beecroft Weapons Range, Jervis Bay, NSW. Surface-to-Ship missiles were launched from a truck-mounted JGSDF Coastal Defence Battery, engaging with a floating maritime target located…
Ghillie suits are always cool 👌 #AusArmy soldiers work alongside reconnaissance marines & soldiers from the Republic of Korea Marine Corps & @USMC during an air mobile operation & combat team assault. 📸 CPL Luke Bellman
Gone with the wind 🛩️💨 As part of Exercise @TalismanSabre 2025, a New Zealand Army soldier launched the Vector fixed-wing eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) drone at the 📍 Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Rockhampton, QLD. @NZDefenceForce #YourADF #StrongerTogether…
Touching down in the East! ✈✈ #ICYMI in preparation for @TalismanSabre, RAAF Base Amberley welcomed foreign force personnel and aircraft from the @Armee_de_lair, @Team_Luftwaffe, and @usairforce. 🌏🤝 📸 | LACW Nell Bradbury #YourADF #StrongerTogether
Mission is on time and on target. 🎯 Two Republic of Korea MUH-1 Marineon helicopters departed the ROKS Marado sitting offshore. They roared into Bowen, delivering an amphibious air assault force that cleared an enemy position, as part of Talisman Sabre 2025. The Bowen assaults…
Soldiers from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and Australian Army participated in Remembrance Day services during @TalismanSabre on 23 July 2025.
No.2 SQN Training Flight at RAAF Base Williamtown have been awarded a #AusAirForce Group Commendation for superior devotion to duty in the provision of sovereign and tri-lateral aircrew training for the E-7A Wedgetail. 👏👏 Read here ➡ defence.gov.au/news-events/ne… #OurPeople
Canadian naval ship HMCS Ville de Québec is in Darwin for rearmament as part of Exercise #TalismanSabre25 Building even closer defence collaboration between two longstanding partners 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 defence.gov.au/news-events/re…
"So, you are the international military #DroneRacing champions?" says MINDI @PatConroy1. "We are, four times over!" says #Dellogator. Great to join #MINDI and @DroneShield to help showcase the 🇦🇺 #MiniWhoop Champs hosted by #CMRC! #SendIt! @ChiefAusArmy @DGFLW_AusArmy @SEAC_ADF
Following last weekend’s flypast at RIAT, the Royal Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail WT001 departed Birmingham Airport to MOD Boscombe Down today, where it will carry out further system testing.
⚓Captain's Log V12/25 - Day 10 "What a twenty four hours that have been! Picking up from where we left off, with a perfect Snooksy-approved nav plan, making the best of the winds that had been given to us." Full log on our website. 💻
Last week I was very fortunate to be alongside @CDF_Aust attending a host of #TalismanSabre25 events, but more importantly, engaging with #YourADF personnel, allies and partners as one of our largest multinational exercises commenced 🙌 ⚓️⚔️✈️📡🛰️🇦🇺
My favourite part of my job is seeing #yourADF do what they do best! This week, #TalismanSabre25 kicked off with a ceremony on HMAS Adelaide and a firepower demo. TS25 displays our shared commitment to Indo-Pacific security and the strength of our regional partnerships. 💪
#YourADF have taken a major step forward in ground-based air defence capability after successfully conducting its first National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) live fire during Exercise Talisman Sabre. 📷 CPL Cameron Pegg #TS25 #TalismanSabre25
Bringing the BOOM! 💥 As part of Exercise @TalismanSabre, @AustralianArmy soldiers fired AIM-120 missiles from a National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) at the 📍 Bradfield Training Area, NT. #YourADF #StrongerTogether #TS25 #TalismanSabre25
📍 Shoalwater Bay Training Area, QLD Soldiers from the @Gurkha_Brigade performed a Gurkha Kukri skills demonstration during Exercise @TalismanSabre 2025. The Royal Gurkha Rifles are Infantry, manned by Nepali soldiers and officers, alongside British officers. #YourADF…
Blink and you’ll miss them! ✈️💨 Fast Jets have been dominating the skies as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 25. 📷 LAC Ryan Howell #TS25 #TalismanSabre25 #YourADF #StrongerTogether #OurPeople
Our #AusAirForce Indonesian Safety and Airworthiness Program (ISAP) team recently presented at the @_TNIAU Safety Workshops conducted at Halim Air Force Base, Jakarta. #AusAirForce #YourADF #StrongerTogether