Train Kakadu 2022 (KA22) is ready to be one of many largest but. There will probably be greater than 15 vessels, greater than 30 plane and round 3,000 personnel from greater than 20 nations taking part within the train that begins Monday, 12 September 2022. KA22 is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) led train supported by the Royal Australian Air Pressure. The train is the RAN’s flagship biennial regional Worldwide engagement exercise and has grown in measurement and complexity since its inception in 1993. Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, welcomed personnel from taking part nations to Australia and the dear partnerships that will be solid throughout the train.

“Train Kakadu is Navy’s most important worldwide engagement exercise and is significant for constructing relationships between taking part nations. The theme for this 12 months’s train is ‘Partnership, Management, Friendship’ and we purpose to exhibit that in spades over 15 days of intense exercise at sea and ashore.,” VADM Hammond mentioned.

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Commodore Flotillas, Commodore Paul O’Grady, DSM, CSM, RAN, welcomes worldwide individuals for Excercise Kakadu 2022, held on the Darwin Conference Centre, Darwin.(Picture by LSIS Shane Cameron/Australian Authorities Division of Defence)

“Train Kakadu supplies a wonderful alternative for regional companions to undertake multinational maritime actions starting from constabulary operations to high-end maritime warfare in a mixed atmosphere. As our train is being performed within the Northern Australian Train space, I want to prolong a thanks to the Northern Territory group for his or her continued assist and curiosity, and a heat welcome to our worldwide individuals to a fantastic a part of our nation,” Commander of the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Jonathan Earley mentioned.

Train Kakadu 2022 (KA22) , is the train’s fifteenth iteration, following its cancellation in 2020 because of COVID-19. The at-sea train program will probably be complemented by a vibrant harbour part comprising briefings, a Fleet Commanders and Senior Leaders’ convention, cultural occasions, sports activities and social capabilities. KA22 is being performed within the Northern Australian Train space from 12 to 24 September 2022.

(L-R) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirisame, Indonesian Navy frigate KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata, French Navy frigate FS Vendémiaire and Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart alongside Fort Hill Wharf, Darwin, NT, for Exercise Kakadu 2022.
(L-R) Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure destroyer JS Kirisame, Indonesian Navy frigate KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata, French Navy frigate FS Vendémiaire and Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Hobart alongside Fort Hill Wharf, Darwin, NT, for Train Kakadu 2022. (Picture by LSIS Shane Cameron/Australian Authorities Division of Defence)