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25.01.2022 The Pilbara Regiment will be attending the Career Central 17 Expo at the Karratha Leisureplex, come along to see our latest equipment and find out about career opportunties.

22.01.2022 PTE Kaelan Agir, CPL Joey Densley and PTE Jack Murphy of A Troop, 1 Squadron - based in Newman WA - were part of the winning Saints over Pioneers in the Newman National Football League AFL Grand Final held at Capricorn Oval, Newman. Final scores - Saints 11-9-75 defeated Pioneers 7-5-47.

22.01.2022 Our Reserves Following on from the RFSU vehicle mounted patrols that conduct reconnaissance, it would be remiss of us not to mention surveillance. There would... be many soldiers out there past and present that have spent hours in an OP (Observation Post) or on picquet forward of the main body of troops, watching and waiting and waiting and waiting. That is the life of the soldier. Our RFSUs Pilbara Regiment; North West Mobile Force - NORFORCE; and 51st Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment constantly patrol our northern and western regions. Conducting reconnaissance and setting up surveillance, as they guard our sparsely populated shorelines inland to the deserts looking for threats to our nation such as illegal activities - where they provide extra eyes to our police - or ready to assist those in need including those who underestimate the hazards of the Australian outback. The Patrolmen of the RFSUs use many skills derived from lessons learnt from the military and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methods that make their capabilities vital for our national security in regions often forgotten by those in the southern states. The Australian Army has some of the best equipment in the world, but often it is the old tried and true methods that are most effective. Image of RFSU OP Commonwealth of Australia Pic by CPL N Campos

22.01.2022 The Soldiers from E Troop in Carnarvon have been training with the latest surveillance and communications equipment available to the RFSUs. Collecting information through surveillance is a core task for RFSU Soldiers #eyesandearsofthenorthwest.

21.01.2022 During June The Pilbara Regiment conducted Exercise COLT in order to prepare soldiers for deployment on operations. The Regiment gathered from accross Western Australia and conducted mission specific training in Exmouth before culminating in a Full Mission Profile exercise in the Dampier Archipelago.

20.01.2022 Photos from across the Pilbara on ANZAC Day 2017.

15.01.2022 The old and the new - The Pilbara Regiment will be supporting ANZAC Day services across Pilbara, Upper Gascoyne and Perth. This classic 82nd Airborne Division Willy's Jeep will feature in Carnarvon with E Troop's own SRVs! The Carnarvon dawn service will commence from 0530 with the main parade starting at 1030.

15.01.2022 The Whim Creek memorial service will be conducted at the Whim Creek Hotel at 0930 on Saturday 22 April 2017 to commemorate the service of the five Lockyer brothers who served Australia with distinction during World War II. The Pilbara Regiment welcomes all past and present members, their families and the public to attend the service.

12.01.2022 Carnarvon’s own E Troop recently conducted Community Engagement with the Clontarf Academy at the Coral Coast Cup. During the competition, players had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Regiment's Surveillance and Reconnaissance Vehicles.

12.01.2022 On Sunday, 30 July 2017, The Pilbara Regiment will join with the RSL, Town of Port Hedland and the Port Hedland International Airport to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Port Hedland. The service will commence at 11:30 at the Port Hedland International Airport, followed by a memorabilia dispay at RSL ANZAC House, South Hedland from 12:00. All members of the public are welcome to attend.

11.01.2022 Are you interested in studying engineering or ICT at university in 2018? What if you could study at one of the best universities in Australia, get paid work experience placements and complete your degree with no HELP debt? The Defence Civilian Undergraduate Sponsorship (DCUS) is open to aspiring university students who wish to pursue a degree through the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra campus at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). There are no military... service obligations or requirements. This is a sponsorship for civilian students who may be interested in a career in the Department of Defence. Interested? Applications will be open from 4 September and will close 28 September 2017. For more information visit : www.defence.gov.au///UndergraduateSponsorship/default.aspx

06.01.2022 3 Squadron is currently hosting an Image Capture and Transfer course aimed at enhancing the surveillance skills practiced by The Pilbara Regiment. Soldiers and Officers are receiving training in photography and radio communication skills that are put to use in training and operations in the most remote areas of Australia.

04.01.2022 The RFSUs and their forebears the Light Car Patrols. Our Regional Force Surveillance Units (RFSUs) operate a G-Wagon 6x6 variant as they range the northern an...d western regions of our vast continent but the origins of their skills go back a century! During WWI, the Australian Light Car Patrols used Model T Fords mounted with a Lewis Gun and crewed by three soldiers. Initially their job was to fight the Senussi arabs in Libya to the west of the British stronghold of Egypt while the Allies pushed east through Sinai and up through Palestine battling the Turks. The Senussi threatened Allied bases and the Suez canal from the west and were fierce fighters able to traverse great distances, but their weaknesses were that they were vulnerable to heavy weapons and they were not able to hold ground. Thus was born the tactic of long-range vehicle mounted reconnaissance able to skirmish with these warriors, fix them, battle them and outrun their camels. Today our RFSUs use GPS to navigate and satellite communications to maintain contact. In the eastern Sahara of 1917, the magnetic compasses used for navigation were affected by the engine’s magnetos so a rudimentary sun compass was used as well as the technique of building cairns little piles of rocks and placing a metal jerry can on top. The sun would reflect off the can and could be seen for many miles, assisting these long-range patrollers in navigating through hostile terrain. After the Senussi were defeated to the west of Egypt, the Light Car Patrols joined with the Light Horse to the east in Palestine and would scout ahead of the horsemen assisting the movement of troops north through present day Syria and towards Turkey. According to Charles Bean, they became heroes to the Light Horse and would be used to do deep reconnaissance and rescue downed airmen. During WWII, the Allied SAS troopers used the same tactics in Africa with their Long Range Patrols and again during the modern-day campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. The G-Wagon Trucks (Surveillance and Reconnaissance) of today’s Australian Army provide great mobility, especially to our Patrolmen of the RFSUs in the North and West, and the tactics, techniques and procedures of our troops are learnt from the lessons of our forebears and from the skills and knowledge of the generations of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander locals who serve in, and work with our RFSUs. Image of G Wagon Commonwealth of Australia CPL N Campos Image of Model T Ford AWM B00054 Public Domain www.awm.gov.au For interesting historical articles on long range vehicle patrols, go here: http://lrdg.hegewisch(dot)net/lrdgbeginnings.html and http://www.desert-vehicles(dot)org/index.php?article_id=225

03.01.2022 The role of Patrolman is open to both male and female soldiers. The Patrolman's Course is the first specialist course that a soldier will undertake to begin a career conducting reconnaissance and surveillance. Here are some great photos of students from the recent Patrolman's Course held in Karratha. #eyesandearsofthenorthwest Photos by WO2 X Lopez

01.01.2022 Today CO Pilbara had the pleasure of promoting Lance Corporal Augustat to Corporal. Well done Corporal Augustat!