Exercise Sea Raider - Non-Combatant Evacuation
Channel: Royal Australian Navy
Date: 2022-10-10

Here’s what it’s like to get evacuated from a conflict area. As part of Exercise Sea Raider 2022 residents of Forrest Beach in North Queensland acted as role-players. They pretended to be stranded Australians and approved foreign nationals who had become trapped in a fictional foreign country where a conflict had started, and civilians were being attacked. 

HMAS Adelaide and embarked Army units from the Australian Amphibious Force were deployed to sail to the foreign country. ADF personnel went ashore and secured a building on the coast. 

A Crisis Response Team from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) coordinated with and processed Australians and approved foreign nationals so they could be evacuated to the safety of HMAS Adelaide and get back to Australia.