MAYDAY!
Eight survive Black Hawk crash
EIGHT soldiers survived an horrific accident when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training flight near Mt Walker on the Amberley Training Range on February 12.

Investigation underway
AN AIRCRAFT Accident Investigation Team (AAIT) has been tasked to determine the factors that contributed to the Black Hawk accident at the Amberley Training Range on February 12.

Defence travel card to begin
TRAVEL by all Defence members is about to undergo massive change designed to save millions of dollars.

Aussies finish Osier
OP OSIER, the ADF contribution in the UK-led peace operation in the former Yugoslavia, will soon cease to make way for a greater ADF commitment to Op Catalyst in Iraq.

The cars that ate Tasmania
2FSB joined forces with Tasmania Police recently in a detection and prevention initiative aimed at making two Tasmanian communities safer.

The capable team
ADF men and women at the front line will be provided with the appropriate capabilities to do the job that Government requires of them.

Soldiers to be discharged after drug testing
FOUR 1 Bde soldiers out of the 47 who tested positive for illicit drugs last year have been allowed to remain in the Army.

On the news front line with Army
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Safety put under the spotlight
DEFENCE will begin new research on Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) practices across the organisation next month.

Wanted - an outback hero
YOU'VE seen the reality TV shows where the hot young man gets his pick of a gaggle of girls. A new take on the theme will be set in the Australian outback - and the producers of the show are looking for a leading man to be the Hero of the Outback.

Apology to SF soldier made by CA
ERRORS in the investigation of a soldier charged with kicking two bodies in East Timor during INTERFET were accepted and apologised for by CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy.

News in Brief

RSM-A hits Baghdad
NO LONGER soldiering in the field is one of the drawbacks with an upper-echelon position, RSM-A WO Kevin Woods said recently after visiting troops in the MEAO.

Making merry in Middle Earth
MORE than 100 GRes soldiers from NSW and a small contingent from South Australia participated in the annual Territorial Forces [TF - the Kiwi term for reserve soldiers] Exercise Tasman Reserve.

Dili village under construction
CONSTRUCTION began recently on a fully-serviced residential compound for members of the Army Training Support Team (ATST) East Timor.