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Vote of tanks
US Abrams training impresses our crews
ARMOURED corps history has been made by tank crewman from C Sqn, 1 Armd Regt, as they field fired the M1A1 Abrams tank for the first time during Exercise Gold Eagle in the US earlier this month.

Healing hands home
WITHIN 36 hours of the earthquake striking Nias, 2HSB deployed 30 personnel to reinforce the Navy's Primary Care Reception Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla.

LCM8s take load of care
TWO of the Army's hardest workhorses and their crews have returned home on HMAS Kanimbla to Townsville's Cleveland Bay.

Ruins behind them
Kanimbla's Ship's Army Department back from Indonesia
HOMECOMINGS are always emotional, but after four months of facing the horrors dealt by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times and the death of nine colleagues, HMAS Kanimbla's emotion- charged homecoming was an event embraced by the nation.


Update on cause of Sea King crash

PROGRESS has been made in the investigation into the April 2 Sea King crash on the Indonesia island of Nias.


Trial a real blast
DSTO scientists worked with Army in a three-week trial designed to assess the effects of blast weapons on Army structures and personnel.

Helping hand for youths
YOUTHS who are underprivileged, have social problems or a minor criminal record are being helped by the ALTC and the Victorian Police.


Making tiger tracks
CO AMTG welcomes combat team to Camp Smitty
LIKE ghosts they suddenly appeared from the sandstorm, their steel bodies dark against the brown wall of sand.


Patch defies evil

YOU see it on the shoulders of giants, but few people know what the creature is.


Defence Minister reassures Iraqis

THE Defence Minister explained the role of the Al Muthanna Task Group to local and international media during a recent visit to Iraq.


Budget: what we get

DEFENCE will receive an extra $507.3 million from the Federal Budget, increasing its overall budget to $17.5 billion for 2005-2006, according to Defence Minister Robert Hill.


Moving up to medium size
Training with the 155mm howitzer
7 BDE will get more bang for its buck with the introduction of the 155mm M198 howitzer to 105 Fd Bty.
International News
Secdet rotation away
MORE than 50 of Brisbane's 7 Bde soldiers formed Secdet rotation 7A and deployed to Iraq on Op Catalyst on May 6.

Bluegrass deployment
TEN RAInf personnel have returned after three months of assisting deliver pre-deployment training to the 101 Airborne Division (Air Assault) in the US.

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