The Defence-Optus C1 satellite blasts off successfully on board an Ariane 5G rocket from the Ariane spaceport in French Guiana on June 12. Photo from European Space Agency

Better Compo
New scheme to deal with the nature of military service

DEFENCE members may soon have one of the most comprehensive, innovative and beneficial compensation schemes in Australia if draft legislation before Parliament is passed.

Continuing coverage
- Operations in Iraq

Welcome Home

- A nation's thanks

More than 100,000 people, some standing 40-deep, others throwing “ticker tape” gave 1400 Defence personnel, both uniformed and civilian, a rousing “welcome home and well done” when they marched proudly through the streets of Sydney on June 18.

- FET for praise by CA

CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy welcomed members of the Force Extraction Team and Combat Service Support Group home from the Middle East at a function at Randwick Barracks in Sydney on June 17.

- A for achievement

THE Reserve Coy of AUSBATT East Timor has just returned from six months active service on Op Citadel as an integral component of 5/7RAR.

Selfless Service

Army nurses celebrate 100 years of selfless service.

Ready for battle

EACH year 3CSSB conducts various military skills activities to develop the essential soldier skills required of a soldier in the land Army.

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