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It’s birthday time at Blamey Barracks! 🎉 🥳 Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of recruit training at Kapooka, NSW. Known as ‘The Home of the Soldier’, recruit training began at the 1st Recruit Training Battalion in November 1951. Since then, the base has been training generations of new soldiers for the Australian Army, with an estimated 350,000 Australians having made the transition from civilian to soldier over the last 70 years. These soldiers have proved their worth in every conflict

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36K views · 293 reactions | The first recruits for 2018 have marched into Kapooka. They're the first two platoons to begin training under the Army Base's new Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Roger McMurray. PRIME7 Local News weeknights at 6pm. #PRIME7 | 7NEWS Riverina | Facebook

2.1K views | Kapooka's recruits have become grenade launchers this week, as they continue their 12-week basic training course. Hidden in bunkers at the base, the budding soldiers learnt how to hand-throw lethal explosives. Prime7 Local News weeknights at 6pm. #PRIME7 | 7NEWS Riverina | Facebook

⏰Just 1 hour from Sydney this bridge is easily one of the most scenic coastal spots in NSW 🌊 💕Follow @nomadicfoodiereeth for more Travel content. 📍Sea Cliff Bridge, New South Wales ✅There’s a short but slightly rough hike to reach this viewpoint, but the view of the bridge and the ocean is absolutely worth it.🥰 👉Lookout Details ✅The trail up to the Sea Cliff Bridge Lookout starts near the southern end of the bridge on Lawrence Hargrave Drive in Clifton, NSW. ✅If you’re driving, park on the

Attention! 📣🥾 Blamey Barracks, Kapooka marked its 70th Anniversary with a march-out parade on 12 November. Close to 60 of Australia's newest soldiers formally completed their initial training at the barracks located near Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Graduating #YourADF soldiers added their names to the estimated 350,000 soldiers who have graduated from Kapooka serving in every conflict and disaster relief operation undertaken by Australian soldiers over the past 70 years. Established in 1951,

The new Kapooka Commandant has officiated the first Army graduation of 2020. | 7NEWS Riverina