Soldiers make friends for life during drill

SYDNEY - Although the weeklong bilateral military training mission, Exercise Pandaroo 2018, has almost come to the end, the bonds made between participating soldiers from China and Australia will last a lifetime.

"We have a lot of similarities between our Chinese and Australian soldiers," Commander of the 6th Brigade in the Australian Army Brigadier Susan Coyle said on Wednesday.

"They are all based on the same values of mutual respect, teamwork and friendship and they have made friends for life."