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Tiger
skies
CA
accepts ARH into Army service on time
THE delivery of the first two Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters
represents a profound new direction for Army.
Message
from the Chief
THE recent Christmas/New Year period has been characterised
by a number of short notice deployments affecting many Army
personnel and their families.
It's
a world-beater
THE
Tiger has received the thumbs up from two people well qualified
to judge its merits - lead experimental test pilot Maj Andrew
Langley and flight engineer Maj Carolyn Breeden.
Health
study
DEFENCE is investigating the extent to which beryllium
has been used in the ADF and determining the level of risk
for members who may have encountered the element in their
work.
Attacks on Secdet
Four incidents in as many
weeks
ELECTION time in Baghdad placed Secdet 6 in a volatile environment
as frequent attacks demonstrated and Baghdad braced for threatened
violence during the election period.
No lamenting pipers
THE Edinburgh Tattoo's Salute to Australia represented
a career highlight for the talented Australian Army pipers
and drummers selected to perform.
173 heads back to Queensland
THERE'S
been a change to the skies over the Top End with B Tp, 173
Survl Sqn ending its time in Darwin to return to Queensland.
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Engineer
excellence
ENGINEERS
from 19CE Works have received honours around the country for
their engineering excellence.
Kidded
out
Eight
lucky children were rewarded for selling the most Legacy badges
in Sydney by spending a day with the regiment at parachunte
continuation training at RAAF Base Richmond.
Top
chef gets just deserts
HARD
work, enthusiasm and an innovative approach have led to Cpl
Anthony Robinson, Catering Tp 3CSR, being named Australian Army
Catering Corps (AACC) Soldier of the Year for 2004.
Turning
up the heat
FIREFIGHTING
soldiers took part in aviation crash rescue training at RAAF
Base Darwin recently.
Medals
for fire crisis efforts
ACT
Emergency Medals have been awarded to 116 regular and reserve
soldiers in recognition of their assistance to the ACT community
during the fires of January 2003.
Cadet
champions
TOMORROW'S
military and community leaders have pitted their skills against
one another at Holsworthy Barracks in the second annual CA Cadet
Team Challenge.
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Solomons
emergency
1RAR's Ready Company
Group activated to assist RAMSI
A STORM-DELAYED flight only added to the anticipation of
A Coy 1RAR's homecoming when it landed a day later than expected
in Townsville after a month of reinforcing the maintenance of
law and order with the RAMSI.
7
Bde sets op tempo
IT
WAS anything but a traditional Christmas slow-down period at
7 Bde's Gallipoli Barracks with three separate international
deployments from Enoggera in the holiday "break".
On
the Butterworth beat
Aussie MPs on patrol with the Rifle Company Butterworth
ALLOCATING
two MPs to a company group deployment may seem excessive, but
the policing detachment for Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB)
does a lot more than handle disciplinary issues.
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RCB
Coy takes on Bde exercise
A
COMPANY of Australian soldiers teamed up with a battalion of
their Malaysian counterparts in north-east Malaysia for a brigade-level
exercise that tested the forces' interoperative capabilities.
UN
reform report
UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has given his support to the fi
ndings of the UN High-Level Panel that studied the security
threats.
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