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Green skingraft
The Army, the edge

SPECIAL Operations Command has launched a new initiative designed to rapidly fill almost 200 vacancies within its ranks.
The Special Forces Direct Recruiting Scheme (SFDRS) is designed to draw young, fit and educated males from civilian life to service within SOCOMD units.

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A member of 1 Int Bn carrying a loudspeaker on patrol in East Timor.

Eyes and ears

Without it, a commander is blind and unable to direct his soldiers. Intelligence is the X factor which determines the tide of campaign and the outcome of battles.
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Whitewater quest

THE Mitta Mitta River is fed from the melting snow of Mt Hotham and Falls Creek alpine areas in Victoria's high country. The temperature of the water, as can well be imagined, is next to freezing. Personnel from the School of Artillery took to this snow-melt for two gruelling weeks of white water kayaking in the Victorian Alps.
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23 October 2003
Edition #1085

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