Background

• Exercise Mallee Bull (Ex MB) is a biennial reciprocal infantry company exchange conducted between Land Command and the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF).
• RCB provides a sub unit to Brunei and an AS unit hosts the RBLF.
• Ex MB is typically four weeks in duration.

Aim

• The aim of Ex MB is to further develop interoperability between the Australian Army and the RBLF at the tactical/unit level.

Objectives

The Australian exercise objectives are to:

• Improve levels of understanding of culture, customs and language among individual members of the RBLF and Australian Army.
• Conduct a combined field activity with a focus on military operations.
• Gain a working knowledge of RBLF operational, logistic and administrative procedures.

Participants

The following Ex MB contingents have/are to deploy:

• 2008 Ex MB 08 RCB 81 (5 RAR)
• 2010 Ex MB 10 RCB 89 (TBC)