The Australian Army’s Warfighter Exercises are key opportunities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to train with Australia's allies and regional partners to provide operationally meaningful and tactically effective contributions to the collective security of Australia's near region.
Part of Army’s Advanced Collective Training program, these exercises seek to continually develop the Australian Army, in partnership with its regional allies and partners, as a respected and professional fighting force ready to protect and defend Australia and its interests.
Locations
The ADF will use a number of locations, including both Defence and non-Defence training areas. These locations provide a realistic test of how a large military force should function in a broad area of operations.
The exercises include:
Community engagement
Defence consults with local governments, land owners and emergency services to help plan all major warfighting exercises. This engagement will occur with dedicated Defence liaison officers on location to ensure community communication.
The ADF sincerely thanks the residents from the many communities hosting various components of the exercise for their continued support.
This training is vital to maintain Australia’s world-class military capability, ensuring ADF is a respected and professional fighting force ready to protect and defend Australia and its interests.
Safety management
Defence conducts site surveys to plan major warfighting exercises in a safe way that maximises training objectives and minimises possible impacts.
The management and control measures to restrict public access to the training areas used throughout warfighting exercises are designed to keep the community and exercise participants safe.
Defence will work with local communities to ensure access around training areas is clearly marked and easily identified.
Environmental management
Defence will protect threatened species, migratory species and marine mammals through a comprehensive framework of risk mitigation procedures ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
An environmental management group will be on location throughout all major warfighting exercises to ensure incident management and resolution occurs.
All foreign equipment, stores and ammunition being brought into Australia will be subject to biosecurity inspection.