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

16K views · 157 reactions | Army humour can be coarse but this sign outside Kapooka Army Base near Wagga has locals saying it is over the top. “Beatings will continue until morale improves", it says in a greeting to army recruits. www.7NEWS.com.au #Kapooka #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney | Facebook

There are severe delays on the M4 on Tuesday morning as the M48 Severn Bridge has closed due to high winds, and the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge remains partially closed due to emergency repairs. Drivers looking to cross over the border this morning are being faced with two hour delays, and this is expected to worsen. There are currently three weather warnings in place which impact Wales over the next 24 hours.The first is a yellow warning for rain which came into force at 6pm on Monday and will re

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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,