Eternal tribute
Three names added to the War Memorial’s Roll of Honour
THE names of Australia’s most recent fallen soldiers have been immortalised alongside thousands of others on the roll of honour at the Australian War Memorial.

ADFA training with extra slam
NON-Lethal self-defence techniques were recently exchanged between US and Australian forces when Marine instructors from the Martial Arts Centre of Excellence (MACE) in Quantico visited ADFA to participate in a tri-service course.

Name changed, same aims
AUSTRALIAN troops assisting with the training of the Iraqi armed forces will now be known as the Australian Army Training Team Iraq (AATT-I) in honour of their Vietnam war predecessors, CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy said.

From SF strength to CT strength
MAJ-Gen Duncan Lewis will extend his counter-terrorism role when he takes up a position with Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) next month.


Still no cause for alarm
PUBLIC media speculation has continued to raise concerns about the side-effects of Mefloquine (Larium), an anti-malaria drug approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that has been used by a number of Australian Army personnel.

Police association invites soldiers to join UN Day March
THE United Nations Police Association of Australia (UNPAA) and the United Nations Association of Australia, (UNAA), invite members of the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force who have served with UN forces, to join their Australian Police colleagues in the annual UN Day March and Cenotaph Wreath Laying Ceremony in Sydney on October 25.


Explosive result
DMO’s dusty devastation in Woomera
AMMUNITION technicians recently brought devastation to Woomera when they detonated 33 tonnes of explosives at the remote base.

SF jump for joint activity
RESERVE Special Forces unit 1 Cdo Regt and the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Special Combat Squadron (RBAF SCS) came together last month in Sydney for Exercise Star Leopard 2004 (Ex SL04).

Emu parade for AAC Victoria
School’s out and dedicated cadets gather for annual training camp
THOUSANDS of students have ditched their school uniforms for cams to attend a week of adventure in the bush classroom known as the Australian Army Cadet (AAC) Annual Camp.

Undersea exchange
Engineers dive on Ex Pac Bond Hawaii
TWENTY-FIVE Army work divers have travelled to Hawaii for Ex Pacific Bond 2004, an annual sub-unit exchange between Land Command and the US Army in the Pacific.

SECDET evolves
Highest manning and tempo since detatchment formation
THE recent rotation of SECDET5 into the now “famous” Baghdad flats, has put the detachment at its highest manning and operational tempo since its creation in May 2003.


Reach out
A COMMON fact of military planning is that you can never have every military resource on-hand to deal with every contingency.


Resuss team member is commended
THE first resuscitation team deployed to Operation Spire has had a grand send-off, with the recent presentation of a group and an individual UN Force Commander’s Commendation to the team.

Tyres for Spire
IT IS only from the air that you get to appreciate the magnitude of the roadwork at Critical Point Charlie.


Clean and drinkable
Solo inspector keeps tabs on Timor water
THERE is a battlefront on every operation that must be won if deployed soldiers are to remain fit to fight.