Winning concepts
For all intents and purposes, the second Gulf War has passed a very strategic point. Even Iraqi diplomats in foreign countries are saying that it is over.

Historic aerial re-supply

Ten tonnes of stores and ammunition have been air-dropped to the SASR operating deep inside Iraq – the first aerial resupply by the Army since the Vietnam War.

Loggies go the distance in Iraq

Logistics support across a 15,000km supply chain is being successfully put to the test with Australian Special Forces on operations in Iraq as part of Op Falconer.

4RAR(Cdo) lands in Baghdad
EXPLOSIONS flashed in the night sky as a squad from 4RAR (Cdo) fanned out from the rear of a RAAF C130H at a darkened Baghdad International Airport.

US chief praises Australia
THERE would have been a void in coalition capabilities if Australian forces had not been deployed in Iraq, according to the United States’ top military chief.

In Brief
Free mail weight limit boost, PWs found in northern Iraq

Victory ‘not yet’
There are no towns under Iraqi regime control now, according to the commander of US Central Command, Gen Tommy Franks.

Strategies for MSBS members
MEMBERS of the MSBS superannuation scheme will have greater control over how their funds are invested from July 1 with the introduction of Member Investment Choice.

Investigation ends
CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy has announced the end of an investigation into allegations surrounding Australian INTERFET soldiers in East Timor during 1999.

Reverse cycle for Paras
PARATROOPERS put their training on reverse-cycle recently with a week of night-exercises at the Holsworthy military area in Sydney.

Highway hero hailed
AN ARMY sergeant who rendered life-saving first aid to a female motor vehicle accident victim on the New England Highway north of Singleton has won a prestigious transport industry award for his heroic efforts.

Bali Assist members to be recognised
DEFENCE is urgently calling for nominations for awards rising from ADF members’ involvement with Operation Bali Assist last year.

Seeking speakers
ARMY’S 2003 Language Aptitude Test (LAT) crew is preparing to tour major military areas to assess willing participants in their capacity to study languages by the military method of teaching

Still going at 3000 jumps
For the first time in Australian Army history, a parachutist has made 3000 successful military jumps.

Warehousing a big job
IF IT doesn’t breath and moves in or out of the AUSBATT-controlled area of East Timor, it comes under the scrutiny and control of WO2 Russell Pullen.

AO up for AUSBATT
IN THE midst of Australian involvement in Afghanistan and the Middle East, ADF members continue to provide significant support to the people of East Timor through UNMISET.

Right on the money
ON OPERATIONS? Need cash? Need to pay a bill back in Australia? Trying to run a non-public monies account?

Keeping track
FOR one soldier of the 5/7RAR Bn Gp, deployment to East Timor has proven to be an opportunity to immediately put into practice new skills.

ASNCE caring for orphaned kids
IF YOU worked six days a week, what would you do on the one day you had to yourself? For a group of soldiers in Dili, Sunday is no day of rest – or not for them, anyway.

Duty-free East Timor style
THE Joint Amenities Unit (JAU) detachment is still the best place for ADF members returning to Australia from East Timor to do their duty-free shopping.