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2012 |
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| 19 July 2012 |
Navy News
Vol 55 No 13 |
Partners for good - The first rotation of ADF medics has returned home from Pacific Partnership and the second contingent has arrived to continue the humanitarian aid mission in the Asia-Pacific region. |
| 21 Jun 2012 |
Army News Edition 1284 |
Nurse uncovers hidden illness - ARMY nurse Capt Kerry McKinnell uncovered a life-threatening illness in an Indonesian woman who put her son’s health ahead of her own when seeking medical treatment on the US Hospital Ship USNS Mercy. |
| 21 Jun 2012 |
Army News Edition 1284 |
Medical personnel make a difference - AUSSIE medics are rubbing shoulders with leading regional physicians to change lives in South East Asia. |
| 21 Jun 2012 |
Navy News Vol 55 No 11 |
Partnership of hope - A NAVY Reserve surgeon and nurse have participated in life-changing surgery for an eight-month-old Indonesian boy as part of Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12). |
| 21 Jun 2012 |
Service Newspapers |
Reflux: the burning facts - HEARTBURN is a symptom many people experience but what a lot of people may not know is lifestyle change can often have quite an impact on the condition. |
| 7 Jun 2012 |
Service Newspapers |
Mission White on Track - ADF personnel are proving they are made of “the white stuff” as part of the Australian contingent to embark on Pacific Partnership 2012 aboard the massive white painted US hospital ship USNS Mercy during its stopover in Guam |
| May 2012 |
Defence Magazine
Edition 3 |
Saving lives now and in the future - Lieutenant Colonel Michael Reade was announced as the Chair of Military Surgery and Medicine in September last year. He took time out to speak to Defence about what his role involves and why it’s important for Defence. |
| May 2012 |
Defence Magazine
Edition 3 |
Supply chain improvements in Middle East area of operations - IMPROVEMENTS to the operational medical and dental supply chain have seen a reduction in annual logistics ICT system transaction volumes of more than 40 per cent from 2010 to 2011. |
| 24 May 2012 |
Navy News
Vol 55 No 9
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Complete Recovery - AFTER losing his right lower leg three years ago in a motorcycle accident that threatened to end his Navy career, LSMT Iain Swinton has returned to sea on promotion with HMAS Huon. |
| 24 May 2012 |
Army News
Edition 1282 |
Medics Mentor - MEDICAL staff from MTF 4 have been supporting and mentoring their Afghan National Army (ANA) counterparts at Multinational Base Tarin Kot. |
| 24 May 2012 |
Army News
Edition 1282 |
On call at Kandahar’s Role 3 unit - AUSTRALIAN medics working with the trauma teams at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (MMU) at Kandahar Air Field have been refining their emergency trauma skills with the US Navy. |
| 26 Apr 2012 |
Navy News
Army News
Air Force News |
New Pathway to Recovery - Wounded, injured and ill personnel can expect more help from commanders and supporting organisations, Melanie Schinkel reports. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Navy News Vol 55 No 4 |
Drawing blood over new trophy - DEFENCE’S commitment to the annual blood challenge was acknowledged on February 29 as VCDF AIRMSHL Mark Binskin was presented with a perpetual trophy by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service in Canberra. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Navy News Vol 55 No 4 |
Diver adds to gold tally - AFTER a bull shark severed his right leg and hand in a savage attack in Sydney Harbour in February 2009, Navy clearance diver Paul de Gelder feared he would never live a normal life again. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Army News Edition 1277 |
Sport is best medicine - Wounded, injured and ill Aussie soldiers put in strong performances in a range of sporting events at the US Marine Corps Trials to reap a good haul of medals despite their small numbers. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Army News Edition 1277 |
Vets face new challenges on Canadian ski slopes - TWO soldiers wounded in Afghanistan took to the slopes in Canada as part of the Canadian Armed Forces Exercise Wounded Warrior 2012. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Air Force News Vol 54 No 4 |
CAF's call to arms on giving blood - "BRING it on." Those were the words of CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Brown when he learned that Army had beaten Air Force in the annual tri-service and APS challenge to donate the most blood each year. |
| 15 Mar 2012 |
Air Force News Vol 54 No 4 |
Joy in aftermath of terrible accident and Setting off on a new golden path - AFTER FSGT Tony Benfer lost his lower right leg in a hit-and-run accident in Townsville in 2007, he never thought he would live a normal life again, let alone win a brace of gold medals in competitive sports competitions. |
| 1 Mar 2012 |
Air Force News
Vol 54 No 3 |
Toothfully, ready to Rocco roll - THANKS to a Navy dentist, military working dog Rocco is back on the job at RAAF Base Darwin. |
| 1 Mar 2012 |
Navy News
Vol 55 No 3 |
Navy dentist fills the gap - ROCCO’S bark was worse than his bite until a Navy dentist stepped in to ease the military working dog’s painful toothaches. |
| 16 Feb 2012 |
Navy News
Vol 55 No 2 |
Injured sailor’s swell return - AFTER losing his lower leg in a motorbike accident in 2009, ABMT Iain Swinton, of HMAS Penguin, is looking forward to a promotion to LS and returning to sea on HMAS Huon in April.As part of his rehabilitation, ABMT Swinton has been involved with the ADF Paralympic Sports Program (ADFPSP) and has discovered skiing. |
| 2 Feb 2012 |
Navy News
Vol 55 No 1 |
Walker appointed top doc - THE FIRST woman in RAN history to attain the rank of rear admiral, RADM Robyn Walker, will lead Joint Health Command for the next three years after she was promoted late last year. CPL Melanie Schinkel talks to Australia’s first female rear admiral about the road ahead. |
2011 |
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| 15 Dec 2011 |
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First female Admiral for the Royal Australian Navy - The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, has today promoted Commodore Robyn Walker to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Royal Australian Navy. Admiral Walker is the first female in the Navy to attain the rank of Rear Admiral and to take on the job of Surgeon General for the Australian Defence Force. |
| 8 Dec 2011 |
Army News
Edition 1273 |
Top medico moves on - OUTGOING Commander Joint Health Command (CJHLTH) Maj-Gen Paul Alexander has thanked the ADF medical team and senior officers who supported him through three years of evolution in ADF health. |
| 24 Nov 2011 |
Army News
Edition 1272 |
Historic day for medics - MORE than 250 past and present Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) personnel from units across the country gathered at Gallipoli Barracks’ Duncan Oval for the presentation of the new Governor-General’s Banner on November 4. The Governor-General’s Banner was blessed, consecrated and dedicated by principal chaplains of the Australian Army during a Drum Head Ceremony.
Letter from WO David Ashley RSM-A regarding the RAAMC parade |
| 11 Oct 2011 |
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Bushmaster ambulances delivered - Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that four Bushmaster ambulances have been delivered to the Air Force Health Services Wing at RAAF Base Amberley. |
| 29 Sep 2011 |
Navy News
Vol 54 No 18 |
Brave the needle to save lives - THE Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) has won a major Red Cross blood challenge for the third year in a row. |
| 15 Sep 2011 |
Navy News
Vol 54 No 17 |
New approach to managing mental health -
AS THE tempo of operations continues, there has been an increasing focus on making sure that health-care intervention is getting to the people who need it when they need it. |
| 15 Sep 2011 |
Navy News
Vol 54 No 17 |
Navy Women lead the way - THE Navy leader set to become the RAN’s first female rear admiral has been selected as a finalist, along with Navy’s Womens’ Strategic Adviser, in the prestigious Telstra Business Women’s Awards. |
| 18 Aug 2011 |
Navy News
Vol 54 No 15 |
Health care a priority - DEFENCE Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon has pledged that the care of wounded, injured and ill personnel is his highest priority. |
| 26 May 2011 |
Army News
Edition 1259 |
Arafura Games 2011 Liftout - "Just saying that someone is missing a limb and they can't function any more is a misconseption." - PTE Clint Vardy. |
| 12 May 2011 |
Air Force News
Vol 53 No 8 |
First-class care for RAAF Base Edinburgh -
RAAF Base Edinburgh’s new first-class medical centre is now taking patients. |
| 12 May 2011 |
Air Force News
Vol 53 No 8 |
Tarin Kot's new blood bank opens - A NEW walk-in blood bank at Multinational Base Tarin Kot is allowing ADF personnel to give blood during trauma situations. |
| 31 Mar 2011 |
Air Force News
Vol 53 No 5 |
Heart of Gold - AMPUTEE FSGT Tony Benfer returned from Canada and the US with a swag of medals – but there’s one gold medal he did not bring back due to an act of selflessness. After winning three gold medals in the pool at the Wounded Warrior trial games at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, FSGT Benfer gave up his spot to a British athlete in an Allies relay team which went on to win. |
| 17 Mar 2011 |
Army News
Edition 1254 |
Heavy Metal - Going for Gold -
FIVE ADF members, including three proud soldiers, demonstrated their courage and determination to overcome adversity at the recent US Marine Corps Paralympic Trials. |
| 17 Mar 2011 |
Navy News
Vol 54 No 4 |
That's Gold! -
FIVE ADF members including ABCD Paul de Gelder demonstrated their courage and determination to overcome adversity at the recent US Marine Corps Paralympic Trials. |
| 17 Mar 2011 |
Air Force News
Vol 53 No 4 |
Paralympian’s golden return from US -
IN 2007, FSGT Tony Benfer was left on the roadside by a hit and run driver.
He lost his lower right leg, and now has an artificial right elbow and only four fingers on his right hand.
But that disability has not stopped FSGT Benfer, a PTI, who is the head of the Physical and Recreation Training section at RAAF Base Wagga. |
2010 |
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| 30 Sep 2010 |
Air Force News
Vol 52 No 18 |
Hoorah for X-ray that cuts waiting times - ADF radiographers in Pakistan have been able to reduce patient waiting periods by more than five times because of an X-ray system that has just been brought into service. |
| 16 Sep 2010 |
Air Force News
Vol 52 No 17 |
70 years of Nursing - A SIGNIFICANT but little-known milestone turned over recently when the Air Force's 'Angels of Mercy', as they were once known, turned 70. |
| 18 Mar 2010 |
Army News
Edition 1231 |
Top Care for Body and Mind - THE inaugural ADF Paralympics Sports Program (ADFPSP) brought five wounded and severely injured soldiers together in Canberra from March 1-5 to foster teamwork, conduct fitness and ability testing, and conduct specialist physical training and rehabilitation sessions. |
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| 01 Oct 2009 |
Navy News
Vol 52 No 18 |
Doctor a knockout in Tarin Kowt - BRISBANE-based reservist and anaesthetist CMDR Paul Luckin returned recently from Afghanistan where he served as part of Australian Medical Task Force 4 (AUSMTF4). |
2008 |
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| 7 Aug 2008 |
Navy News
Vol 51 No 14 |
Reserve MOs help out in Timor - Naval Reserve health personnel joined colleagues from the Army and Air Force on board the 70,000 tonne hospital ship, USNS Mercy, to participate in US-sponsored Pacific Partnership 08 humanitarian aid mission in the Philippines, Vietnam and Timor Leste last month. |
| 15 May 2008 |
Service Newspapers |
Support goes on once ops are over - Psychological support to operations does not end once screening interviews are completed and support to individual members has been provided. |
| 01 May 2008 |
Navy News
Vol 51 No 7 |
Lismore Base Hospital takes top award for employer of the year - Lismore Base Hospital was declared Employer of the Year at the most recent awards at a dinner on board HMAS Darwin. |
2007 |
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| 20 Sep 2007 |
Navy News
Vol 50 No 17 |
Health Reserves get chance to put skills to the test - "There's a vital need for doctors, nurses, dentists, radiographers and physiotherapists and other allied health people" - Surgeon General RADM Graeme Shirtley. |
