For the 12th time, Indonesia outperformed all competing teams with the highest aggregate score.

"AASAM is a significant annual event that fosters Army’s relationship with our regional and global partners through friendly competition that sees the best marksmen from across the world exposed to a rigorous, challenging and combat-focused skill-at-arms competition," LTGEN Burr said. 

The AASAM competition is judged through a series of team and individual events encompassing day and night shooting as well as a bayonet assault course simulating close-quarter fighting and deliberate shooting out to 450 metres.

"We are honoured to welcome such high-calibre soldiers from around the world to test their shooting ability on an international stage," LTGEN Burr added. 

Regimental Sergeant Major of Army, Warrant Officer Grant McFarlane, OAM, commended the camaraderie that united the profession of arms during the competition.

"Irrespective of nationality, the common language of the soldiers competing in AASAM is marksmanship," RSM-A McFarlane said.

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The competition included teams from Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, Indonesia, France, Japan, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Tonga, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Thailand and Brunei.

Stephen Kuper

Steve has an extensive career across government, defence industry and advocacy, having previously worked for cabinet ministers at both Federal and State levels.