Recovery Team
Army engineers have been nominated for three Bushfire Recognition Awards from the Canberra Division of Engineers Australia.

Leadership - The art of captaincy in Waugh
AUSTRALIAN Cricket Team Captain Steve Waugh visited RMC recently to pick up some pointers on leadership from the staff and officer cadets.

Torquing about the spine
A new 3-D animated mathematical model of the human spine developed by DSTO promises to be the most accurate predictor yet of injury to the spine and associated neuro-muscular tissues.

What’s new about Army?
Notice anything different about your newspaper in this issue?
Army newspaper has a totally new look, designed to increase and enhance its appeal to soldiers.

Bright new look for re-born Army Journal
A bright new version of the Australian Army Journal will soon be appearing throughout the Army.


All that jazz for homeless
The music wasn’t exactly out of the hymn book but there was plenty of soul in St John’s Anglican Church in Sydney for the recent launch of Homeless Persons Week , featuring Army jazz band, Camouflage.


13 Bde makes it two in a row
BATTLING the wettest Sydney weather in more than 40 years, soldiers from the Karrakatta-based 13 Bde recently took out the coveted 2 Div Milskills championship for the second year running.

Farewell to a legend of the Army
BRIG George Mansford (rtd) has said goodbye to 51FNQR as Honorary Colonel after contributing more to the Army than a lot of members can manage in two careers.

2 Cav Regt warms up for Croc 03
MEMBERS of 2 Cav Regt recently shattered the dry season calm with live fire manoeuvre by day and night in preparation for Exercises Predator’s Gallop and Crocodile 03.

New director for ADA begins his watch
MANY diggers are unaware of the organisation and most of the rest have little real idea what it does, so the news that the Australia Defence Association (ADA) has a new executive director is probably not at the forefront of the Army’s consciousness.

Tigers on their way
The first of 22 Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) arrived in Australia recently, forming the first step in a new capability for the ADF.

Search for gong owners
Medals recognising military service represent pride, service and sacrifice. It is for this reason that Maj Glyn Llanwarne, a medal collector, is hoping to reunite a number of medals from last century’s major wars with their owners.

IRR celebrates first year
SPECIAL operations soldiers from the newly-formed IRR celebrated the unit’s first birthday recently with a parade and luncheon at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney.

In Brief
National news headlines in brief.

Bombs away from Baghdad theme park
Despite high-intensity combat operations having ceased some time ago, explosions are still a regular occurrence in downtown Baghdad.

Power up Baghdad
With the Australian National HQ MEAO recently relocating to a bombed-out Presidential Palace in Baghdad, the unenviable task of making sure they had power, had fallen to an electrical technician from 10FSB.

Helpem Fren with EOD in the mines
Sappers, Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) and members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit from the Royal Solomon Islands Police scoured the Gold Ridge mine near Honiara for hazardous chemicals and abandoned explosives recently.

Getting all the pipes sorted
If you’re serving in the Solomon Islands on Op Helpem Fren, chances are LCpl Christen Dummett will send you round the bend – the s-bend that is.

Police post in Avu Avu
The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has established a permanent police presence at Avu Avu on the Weather Coast of the Guadalcanal as part of Op Anode.

CDF plugs into Op Anode
CDF Gen Peter Cosgrove has paid a low-key visit to Australian troops serving on Op Anode as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.

Monsta tribute in East Timor
A dawn service was conducted at Forward Operating Base Moleana in East Timor recently to remember Cpl Stuart “Monsta” Jones who died while on active service in East Timor on August 9, 2000.

Natural high
CLIMBING the highest peak in East Timor was all in a days work for two Civil Military Cooperation Teams (CIMIC) from 1RAR.

This Bear’s bite is just as bad
With little concern for his own safety, Cpl Scott Ihle, 4 MP Coy, jumped into a torrent of water in East Timor to save his best mate, military working dog Bear.

NATO has operational command in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – during a change of command ceremony in Kabul recently, NATO assumed strategic command, control and coordination of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

Crocodile tears for Puk Puk end
The two-month project between 21 Const Sqn and the PNG Defence Force’s Engineer Bn (PNGDFEB) to upgrade the living conditions for soldiers based at the PNGDF’s premier training base was completed last month, with an official ceremony held at the new-look facilities.