Bush bash
IMV passes final reliability test
THE Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) has passed final reliability testing, adding another layer to the hardening of the Army.

Spreading their wings
New MCW to provide training for Bushmasters
ARMY is preparing for the introduction of the Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) with the official opening of Motorised Combat Wing (MCW) at CATC Puckapunyal on June 17.

Ted’s great adventure over at 106
AUSTRALIA’S oldest WW1 veteran, Sgt Ted Smout, has died at 106.

Rwanda refunds on hold
VETERANS of the UN mission in Rwanda have been placed in a taxation holding pattern following the decision of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to review part of the tax law.

Mary’s merry band of men
Tassie reserves play at royal wedding
WITH the recent marriage of Tasmanian Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark gracing most of the world media, it was inevitable such a story would find its way onto the pages of Army newspaper.


October Rwanda reunion
2RAR will host a 10-year reunion for veterans who served with UNAMIR II – the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda, from October 22-24.


Roosters up north
CONSTRUCTION has begun at five Far North Queensland communities by 21 Const Sqn as part of the ATSIC Army Community Assistance Program (AACAP).


Memorial for lost friend
THE words “we will remember them” extend beyond the ode to the fallen.

Keep in touch chatterbox
ADF members serving around the world will soon be able to chat with and see their families through a computer hook-up.

PTI’s degrees of readiness
PHYSICAL Training Instructor Sgt Scott Gayton of Enoggera Barracks is not just a fit soldier, he’s a smart soldier too.

Domestic security
AS LEUT Natalie McDougall flared Sea King helicopter “Shark 07” onto the ground, the 10 soldiers in the back tensed like coiled springs, waiting for the command to go.


In brief


While the CATA is away
MORE than 3500 soldiers recently participated in the 3 Bde Combined Arms Training Activity (CATA) conducted at Townsville Field Training Area (TFTA).


Laving it at war memorial
FEW can boast of having an ASLAV parked in the garage, but the Australian War Memorial (AMW) in Canberra can, after recently adding one to their collection.


Testing the air
The ADF’s long-range parachute capability has been successfully tested again by 3RAR and the RAAF Air Lift Group on Exercise Arnhem 04.


Winning the peace
Future leaders learn low-key conflict. Capt Nicholas Wilson takes a look.
As security operations fast become the nature of modern warfare, military leaders need to be fully prepared for the fluid character of this kind of conflict.


General of honour
ANOTHER remarkable chapter in the military history of Australia has closed with the recent passing of Maj-Gen Kenneth MacKay (rtd).

Sharing a language barrier
ABOUT 150 members from the Air Force, Navy and Army recently deployed to New Caledonia to participate in Exercise Croix du Sud.

The bridge
THE mediating role of UN officers stationed along East Timor’s border with Indonesia will continue with little change under the new UN mandate.


Bringing it to the people
CIVIL-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) staff travelled throughout East Timor during the months leading up to the draw down of UN peacekeeping forces to inform and reassure locals.

ADF medical support will be missed
THE withdrawal of ADF medical staff will be sorely missed by the East Timor population as they await the construction of more hospitals.

Pilots high in PNG
THE trusty sound of UH-1H Iroquois and Bell 206 Kiowa helicopters echoed through Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) highlands recently when 1 Avn Regt took to the skies for Exercise Highland Pursuit.


ASLAV down in Baghdad
A SECDET ASLAV was involved in a motor vehicle accident outside Baghdad on Friday May 28.


Anode’s first shots
THE first shots by Australian soldiers deployed on Op Anode have been fired in the Solomon Islands during the opening of the new RAMSI range in Honiara.


Solomons mechanics fight fire with spanners
THE sound of tools and rattle guns signals the start of another day for the Force Support Squadron (FSS) Workshop “spanners”.