Current. The U.S. Navy has only one base currently in Australia: Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt in Exmouth, Western Australia. .
Pine Gap is a satellite tracking station south-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and is operated by US intelligence agencies in partnership with Australia. Established in 1970 when 400 American families were moved to central Australia, Pine Gap is now the most important overseas US intelligence facility.
All three ADF services have multiple northern Australia bases. The Army operates from Larrakeyah and Robertson Barracks in the Northern Territory, as well as Lavarack Barracks in Queensland. The Navy is based at HMAS Coonawarra in the Northern Territory and HMAS Cairns in Queensland.
The only enduring US base on Australian soil is the joint intelligence facility at Pine Gap.
Lavarack Barracks in Townsville is the largest Australian Army base and is home-base for the 3rd Brigade and includes the Operational Deployment Force and facilities to undertake mission rehearsal exercises prior to deployment.
Australia welcomes United States Marines back to Darwin.
Australia – Pine Gap; Marine Rotational Force – Darwin. Bahamas – AUTEC. Bahrain – Naval Support Activity Bahrain; Isa Air Base. Belgium – Chièvres Air Base; Kleine Brogel Air Base.
Camp Humphreys
If you travel to Pyeongtaek, South Korea, you'll find the largest U.S. military base overseas. Known as Camp Humphreys, this testament to the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1953 continues to expand while helping maintain peace in Asia. It's still being completed and will reach 3,538 acres when it's finished.
The Royal Australian Air Force has many bases throughout Australia. Air Force personnel also work in many other Defence bases and offices around Australia and overseas.
Australia is host to four sites where British personnel are present: the Wyndham aerodrome in Western Australia, Williamtown in New South Wales, Woomera and Mawson Lakes, both in South Australia.
US Marine Corps (USMC) forces have commenced the Corps' latest forward deployment to Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, it was announced on 22 March. Up to 2,500 marines have been deployed until October 2023, as the twelfth cycle of the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) forward-deployment concept.
ASIO is part of the Australian Intelligence Community and is comparable to the American FBI and the British MI5. ASIO has a wide range of surveillance powers to collect human and signals intelligence.
ASIS was formed in 1952 but its existence remained secret within much of the government until 1972. ASIS is comparable to the American CIA and the British MI6 (formally known as the Secret Intelligence Service).
HQ 1 Division / 1 Intelligence Battalion, Enoggera Barracks.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It has three branches: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The Army protects Australian interests well beyond our own borders. We have a presence in several countries including Iraq, Egypt, Israel and South Sudan; and have recently served in Afghanistan and East Timor. Military training exercises test and reinforce our ability to respond to a variety of situations.
During the field training phase of the exercise, U.S. Marines and the Australian Defence Force honed their ability to conduct support activities such as purifying water, clearing trees and brush from roadways, coordinating the transportation and delivery of troops and large equipment, establishing landing zones and ...
The role of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) is to control and operate Army owned surface transport, other than unit transport, and to provide movement control, terminal, postal and Army aspects of air logistic support to the Army.
Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is a United States Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force based at Matilda Lines at Robertson Barracks and at RAAF Base Darwin.
Anglesea Barracks is the main site and one of the oldest Defence bases, built in 1811 when Governor Macquarie visited the colony. Other major sites includes: Derwent Barracks.
HMAS Stirling is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base that is part of Fleet Base West situated on the west coast of Australia, on the Indian Ocean. The base is located on Garden Island in the state of Western Australia, near the city of Perth.