Covering
Fire
Soldiers
make impact during bushfire crisis
SAPPERS began outflanking raging firestorms within 24 hours
of a state of emergency being declared in the nation’s
capital.
Defending
his patch on the day
“IF YOU stay here you may not have a path to escape from
in a minute – you need to evacuate now,” was the
advice from Emergency Services on January 18.
Reservists
into action
HUNDREDS
of Army personnel, mainly Reservists, have contributed to
the massive effort to combat bushfires that have burnt more
than 1 million hectares of Victorian parks and forests.
A
CFA and BFA every day? No sweat
IF
ANYONE thought completing seven CFAs and seven BFAs within
the space of seven days was an impossible task, they should
think again – this is the message from WO2 Jim ‘Bear’
Humphrey, who did just that in order to raise money for Legacy.
Always
a gentleman who lived humbly
Lt-Col Graham Tippetts passed away at the Duntroon
Military Hospital on November 9 last year after the sudden
relapse of a previously treated but aggressive brain tumour.
Graham served in the RAA for 28 years and is survived by his
wife Pat and son Edward. A funeral service was held in Canberra
on November 11.
Australia
Day Awards
Rewarding
excellence
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Army
in fight to stop fire attacks
Army assistance to the ACT was at the bushfire’s front
line less than a day after firestorms devastated Canberra’s
western suburbs on January 18.
Bridge
over troubled water
ARMY
engineers stepped in to help visitors to Canberra’s
fire-stricken Cotter area ford the river once again.
Govt
sends troops to Middle East
Soldiers
have joined Air force and Navy personnel who have been pre-deployed
to the Middle East in Operation Bastille.
Relay
runners raise funds
Soldiers
from 8/7RVR have raised more than $1000 for cancer research
running in the Relay for Life in Ballarat.
Handbook
on ethics given to leadership
THE
launch of an ethics handbook late last year serves to remind
Defence members from the top down of the importance of ethics
in the workplace.
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A
time to die
Peacekeeping operations are not without risk and at times
have demanded the ultimate sacrifice.
Website
to combat fraud
WASHINGTON
– US service members, Department of Defense civilians
and their family members now have a tool to stop cons who
prey on military personnel.
No
more bang ups
IF
IT has the potential to blow up, the man to talk to at PKF
Headquarters is Maj Christopher Hely, Senior Ammunition Technical
Officer for Australia.
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Aussie
memorial in UK
Westminster
City Council has approved the proposed design for the new
memorial in London to Australians who served in two world
wars.
Keeping
watch
THE
strength and challenge of an operation like UNMISET in East
Timor is working with service personnel from around the world,
according to one Australian soldier at PKF headquarters.
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