19.9% increase in Service Allowance + 3% pay rise
SERVICE allowance has received a boost of nearly 20 per cent, with the new annual figure rising to $8781 from July 3.

Croc 03 ready to rumble
PLANNING for the ADF’s major training activity for the year, Exercise Crocodile 2003 (CR03), is being finalised at the ADF Warfare Centre, RAAF Base Williamtown.

Bridge of capability
Paratroopers leapt into action to attain the Parachute Company Group role in a recent live-fire exercise held at Singleton.

New trades for benefit
FOUR new specified categories have been declared for MSBS Retention Benefit eligibility this year – all in aircraft-related areas.

Sisters unite
BOTH are experienced nurses, both have served their country overseas, both trained at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and both have experienced the ups and downs of being in the Australian Army.

3CER kick-start AACAP on Palm Island
AACAP is underway on Palm Island, a Aboriginal community near Townsville.

Army intranet up for IT award
THE Army’s intranet domain is vying with other Government competitors for the annual Government Technology Productivity Award in Sydney in September.

Farewell to a top bloke
Tragically, ARTC suffered the loss of Cpl Craig Kolaritsch in a vehicle accident in the Kapooka Training Area on June 3, 2003.

JLU(NQ) celebrates year 1
MEMBERS of JLU(NQ) celebrated their first birthday in formal fashion, with a parade to mark the event.

MPs on Iraqi streets
It’s late afternoon in Baghdad, peak hour traffic is at a standstill and the temperature is well into the 50s.

Recce finished
Nearly four years after arriving in East Timor it was hard to imagine that children would still come racing out to wave, but that’s exactly what happened as the Australian Army Aviation element carried out one of its last flights over the young nation.

US Marines sign up with Army
A NEW era has begun for the relationship between the Australian Army and the US Marine Corps.

Farewell tour
As a 19-year-old Artillery Signaller, W02 Peter Halvorsen served in a number of fire-support bases in Vietnam.

Healthcare comes to remote districts
As the RAAMC and RAANC celebrate 100 years, personnel from both corps are helping build a better East Timorese health infrastructure as part of Op Citadel.

Building ties
More than 70 engineers from 21 Const Sqn have joined 45 engineers from PNG’s engineer battalion to undertake a major refurbishment of the Goldie River Barracks to improve living conditions for soldiers.