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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 ...
While
the tender was a little unconventional, 9RQR were just
ecstatic to finally be paid at all.
Pte Simon Parmiter, 9RQR
Army
newspaper staff also liked:
Sgt
Bloggs and his mates never missed an opportunity to
show off their tazo collection.
Ray Johnston, 5/7RAR
"Just call me Vishnu."
Ken Bow, Defence Plaza, Sydney.
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Listening
Post
 It
takes courage
A SERGEANT from 2 Cav Regt savaged CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy
at a dining-in night at Robertson Barracks, biting his
finger in what's been described as a foul attack.
The incident occurred when Sgt Courage was invited to
the foyer of the 1 Bde officers' mess late last year.
Witnesses said Lt-Gen Leahy attempted to stroke Sgt Courage,
when Sgt Courage lunged and bit him.
RSM 2 Cav Regt WO1 Robert Aboud said Lt-Gen Leahy immediately
requested charges be laid.
"So he was subsequently charged with assaulting a superior
officer, and received a servere reprimand and a fine of
seven days' rodents," he said.
WO1 Aboud said the tasty treats were withheld from Sgt
Courage, who, as a wedge-tail eagle and 2 Cav Regt mascot,
finds them almost as appetising as fingers.
Sgt Courage pleaded guilty to the charge, but WO1 Aboud
said he provided a convincing array of mitigating circumstances
to retain his rank.
"He was unsettled by the crowd and he was unsure of the
CA's intent.
"And also, as a bird of prey, it's his natural reaction
to protect himself - and the CA's fingers appeared quite
tasty," WO1 Aboud said.
Sgt Courage failed to draw blood during the attack, and
WO1 Aboud credited the speed at which Lt-Gen Leahy recoiled
from the attack as saving him from further savagery.
"The quick reaction of the CA prevented severe injury
from taking effect."
It was also requested that the summary authority not consider
a custodial punishment, as it was considered Sgt Courage
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It's
a fact
Impossible
odds
The Spartans of Thermopylae: 300 Spartan warriors
defended the pass of Thermopylae for two days against
several hundred thousand of Xerxes I's Persians.
The Battle of Agincourt: In 1415 900 men-at-arms
and 5,000 archers commanded by Henry V defeated a French
army 20,000 strong.
Conquest of Mexico: In 1521 Hernando Cortes and
550 men defeated an Aztec empire of 11 million subjects.
Extract from the book Essential Militaria, by Nicholas
Hobbes, Atlantic books. |
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