Need a lift?
Army looks to Europe for troop-lift carrier
TWELVE MRH 90 troop-lift helicopters will be introduced into the Army by 2008, increasing the current troop carrying capacity by 50 per cent.

Room to move for Wadeye
NORFORCE Operation Support Squadron (OSS) went west last month to the community of Wadeye for Exercise Room To Move.

Service residences will keep their cool
ELIGIBLE ADF members in Darwin will continue to receive air conditioning allowance following the decision of the Defence People Committee to extend payment of the allowance beyond the end of the 2003-2004 financial year.

Short story comp
KNOW a story that would put Tom Clancy or Andy McNabb to shame? Got an untold warie that needs to be known by the rest of Army? Or are you hiding a secret writing talent that could be spectacularly unveiled in Incoming?

Joint Ops Command heads for new home
THE new $300 million Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) project near Bungendore in New South Wales has been approved by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works.


Gone but not forgotten
AUSTRALIA’s living memory of the hell that was the Western Front has almost come to an end with the passing of Marcel Caux.


Top signaller commended for training
THE Land Commander’s Commendation has been awarded to WO1 Jeffery Donald at a recent signals courses camp, Balcombe Spirit, held at the Defence Force School of Signals (DFSoS), in Watsonia.

Sig spirit carried on
BALCOMBE Spirit, a biannual trade-training activity for RASigs reserves, commemorates the original Army School of Signals at Balcombe on the Mornington Peninsula.


Body mapping
THE ADF is seeking 2000 volunteers for a $4.2 million body mapping project aimed at providing advanced technology for new cockpit design and improved safety for pilots, crew and aircraft.

G-G’s banner presented to Aust Int Corps
THE outstanding service provided by the Australian Int Corps has been recognised with the recent presentation of the Governor-General’s Banner during a parade at DIntTC in Canungra.

Army journal hits shelves
A SUPER-sized winter 2004 issue of the Australian Army Journal will arrive in units in early September.

Avn aids vets
A LARGE crowd of Vietnam veterans and Toowoomba residents gathered to watch Keith Payne VC unveil a new Vietnam War Memorial on August 18 on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.


EForms upgrade
DEFENCE is about to receive a new, simplified electronic forms package.


A federation star
THE Federation Star has been presented to Maj Barry Skinner for 40 continuous years’ ARA service, by Commander 16 Bde Brig Tony Fraser.


It all starts with an idea
ENTERPRISING inventors from across the Army came together as part of this year’s Good Ideas Expo at Townsville’s Lavarack Barracks.

Kiwi loggies a predator’s match
THE recent deployment of almost 300 New Zealand Army personnel to Exercise Predators Gallop in the Northern Territory posed a logistical challenge in itself.


Aussie trainers lead the way
NORTHERN Iraq: Australian voices stand out among the Iraqi chatter on the base in Northern Iraq where Australian soldiers are now playing a vital role in the training of 2700 soldiers of the new Iraqi Army.


In brief
Short news stories.


MEAO support systems assessed
CHIEF of Joint Logistics Maj-Gen Peter Haddad has returned from the MEAO where he assessed support arrangements and equipment performance for ADF units.

Stitch up on the gallop
NEW Zealand 2HSB and British Long Look participants joined Brisbane’s 2HSB in the field on this year’s Exercise Predators Gallop.


Surprise package for dad
KENMORE soldier Cpl Rick Saxby, 2CER Brisbane, is always pleased to receive letters from home while deployed in Iraq. But when a letter from a whole class of Kenmore South Primary School children arrived, Cpl Saxby was overwhelmed.


Solomon islands account settled
THE Operation Anode Force Extraction Team (FET) has practically moved heaven and Earth to meet its recent deadline to organise and complete the withdrawal of the majority of ADF personnel and equipment from the Solomon Islands to Australia.