Exercise Predator’s Strike

A soldier from 7th Battalion (Mechanised), Royal Australian Regiment, leopard crawls with his F88 AUSTEYR Rifle during an attack for Exercise Predator’s Strike. Exercise PREDATOR’S STRIKE, held from the 11th to the 19th of June 2012 at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, is the final brigade level exercise for the Darwin based 1st Brigade, prior to Exercise Hamel 12.


The exercise provided an opportunity for 1st Brigade Battlegroups to focus on Combat Team level combined arms integration around a series of demanding force on force and live fire activities, testing all aspects of fighting against a near peer enemy in a complex environment.The exercise marked the first night operations conducted by the new Army Reconnaissance Helicopter or ARH Tiger. 1st Brigade will changeover to Exercise Hamel 12 where they will achieve certification to Army Training Level/S 7, ready to commence operations. Photography by: Able Seaman Lee-Anne Mack, 1st Joint Public Affairs Unit.