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 "SAY
AGAIN, OVER"
CAPTION COMPETITION
If
you can think of a clever, witty caption to this picture,
send your entry by e-mail to armynews@defencenews.gov.au
(remember to send it sec: unclassified) with caption competition
in the subject line.
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entries under 25 words. Entries must include the sender's name,
rank, unit and location. The winning entry will be published
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LAST
EDITIONS PHOTOGRAPH
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And
the winner is ...
The
Ejector System, Personnel, Equipment for the Rover 110
wasn't quite the success DSTO was hoping for.
Pte Jonathan Hall, 42 RQR, Rockhampton
Army
newspaper staff also liked:
"Hang
on a minute while I put my contact lens back in."
SGT Dennis Misso, Ops Sgt, ARTC Kapooka
"Looks like we are playing combat twister again for
battle PT."
Sig Nick Tuppack, 1JSU, Sumatra
When he realised that she had kept going even though
tired out, Jerry thought "If she can, Jerry can!"
Maj Trevor Davies, 10FSB, Ross Island
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Listening
Post
Now
hear this
WELCOME to the first instalment of Listening Post, which
aims to take a lighter look at Army life.
Tucked in
WHAT provides more satisfaction than pointing out to a
colleague that he has his lanyard tucked into his pants?
Not saying anything, of course. That was the case recently
when one soldier wore his lanyard in the non-regulation
fashion for a few hours before he noticed.
Dreadlocked
THE Army's last two members to return from the UN Mission
in Ethiopia and Eritrea found accommodation scarce in
Addis Ababa on their way home. There was no religious
holiday nor a major corporate conference. Rastifarians
had converged on the city for Bob Marley's birthday.
Kickback
AT LAST, a chance to avenge the Wallabies' Rugby World
Cup loss to England. The London Development Agency is
naming a new bridge leading to the new Wembley Stadium.
Go to the link http://www.lda.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConForm.9
and vote for the new Wembley Pedestrian bridge to be named
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World
weird web
Army
looks at web sites that entertain and inform.
www.rumandmonkey.com/widgets/
This is the ultimate in name generators and will keep
you busy finding silly names for everyone you know for
at least 20 minutes. Take the name name generator option
for a huge list of name generators.
www.mandarintools.com
Ever wondered what your name would be if you were Chinese?
Perhaps you'd like to give yourself a name that implies
wealth, beauty or intelligence? Type in your name and
desired qualities and up comes the Chinese equivalent.
www.cheekysquirrel.net/squirrelname
Maybe you've got a pet squirrel, maybe you're consider
your alter ego a cheeky squirrel and need a squirrel
name. This site is perfect for all your squirrel naming
needs.
www.myprecious.us/name_generator.php
What's your hobbit/elven/ dwarf name? Find out at My
Precious. There are plenty of hobbit name generators
out there but this one runs quickly and has other Lord
of the Ring information.
www.behindthename.com
Behind the name is very enter taining. You can choose
your Frisian/Ancient Greek/Mythological/Persian name
- and up to three middle names. Different - funny.
If you've visited a web site that might interest our
readers, email simone.heyer@defencenews.gov.au
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It's
a fact
 Female
warrior groups
Caucasians: A tribe of warrior women who lived
between the Black and Caspian Seas along the Thermido
River in about 8000BC. At the age of 8, each girl had
her right breast seared with a hot iron so that no mammary
glands would grow to impede the use of a bow. The procedure
was also believed to extirpate the masculine tendencies
that were thought to emanate from the right side.
Libyans: A pre-Homeric tribe that lived along the
Atlas Mountains of Morocco and wore red leather armour
in battle.
Gagans: North African Amazons who, until the tribe
converted to Christianity, routinely killed baby boys.
Hamitics: A tribe that lived between the Nile and
Red Sea.
Sauromatians: A tribe that lived along the Don River
in Russia. According to Herodotus, these women were not
permitted to bear children until they had killed three
male enemies.
Euryple's Amazons: The tribe that captured Bablyon
in 1760BC.
The Amazon Amazons: A tribe that attacked Portuguese
explorers in the 1500s along the Amazon River.
Extract from the book Essential Militaria, by Nicholas
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