RAA Liaison Letter 2024 - 2025 Edition

RAA Liaison Letter – 2024 / 2025 Edition 63 land-based patrols. The Task Unit also maintained a small boat platoon afloat, operating aboard the MV Riverside Guardian. Their layered intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance proved fruitful, with the Task Unit executing several Foreign Fishing Vessel interdictions. The deployment was an excellent opportunity for small team leaders to plan and execute patrols, operating independently from their parent unit. The gunners of Coral Battery also proved their prowess at long-range communications, reliably employing High Frequency data transmissions to send real-time locations and patrol updates. Coral Battery had the honour of spending St Barbara’s Day deployed, made even more enjoyable when awarded Regimental Champion Battery. 102 ‘Coral’ Battery deployed as Task Unit Predator on Operation RESOLUTE, alongside the MV Riverside Guardian in the Kimberley Marine Park, Western Australia. Over the course of 2024, 8th/12th Regiment deployed over 160 personnel on Operation Resolute, contributing to Australian national security while building a unique skill set in a littoral environment. The laying up of Mjolnir – 101st Battery Collapsed for new RAA Capabilities The Royal Australian Artillery is changing rapidly. At the beginning of 2024 the future of 101st Battery had largely been undecided - although administratively 101st Battery was due to be collapsed at the end of 2024 to support the introduction of new capabilities within the RAA. Bottom Centre: 101st Battery returning from an evening patrol on Operation Resolute. Over the course of 2024 101st Battery had begun its journey into transitioning from what was once a gun battery into a Force Reconnaissance Battery, with its new mission; ‘To provide deep reconnaissance and JFE for 1 Brigade’. To complement the changes in the 1st Brigade Concept of Employment, 101st Battery set off early into the year honing their littoral skillset through conducting an Operation Resolute Rotation. 101st Battery moving to ‘UNLOAD’ after a Patrol on Operation Resolute During this rotation the Battery solidified its relationships with reconnaissance counterparts from 5th/7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and demonstrated their capability as littoral observers. Upon returning, 101st Battery went on to demonstrate their skills in long range communications, displaying their HF communications procedures to the 1st (Australian) Division commander during his visit to 1st Brigade, before embarking on their journey to developing their deep reconnaissance skillset. With 101st Battery having completed their Operation Resolute rotation began focusing on operating in isolated