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Forever
in our hearts
Timor-Leste
leader's parting message to peacekeepers
THE last Australian peacekeepers have left Timor-Leste, ending
almost six years of peacekeeping operations.
Review
of justice report
COMMANDER Australian Defence College Rear Admiral Mark Bonser
has been appointed to lead a team that will draft Defence's
proposed response to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee report into the military justice
system.
Action
over photograph
THE
Army will pursue administrative and disciplinary action against
several officers as a result of a further, more comprehensive
inquiry into a photograph depicting soldiers with white hoods
on their heads in the style of the Ku Klux Klan.
Changes
in command
CHANGES to the command structure of Army have been
announced.
Slashing success
THEY dropped from the sky, rumbled over land and steamed
in over sea in an action-packed Exercise Talisman Sabre 05,
the biggest combined joint exercise in Australia since Crocodile
03.
PM
expresses gratitude
Parliamentary
reception for Operation Sumatra Assist personnel
PRIME Minister John Howard has honoured ADF personnel
who served on Operation Sumatra Assist at a reception at Parliament
House in Canberra.
Earning their stripes
CROUCHED in the centre of a huge hangar behind the locked
aviation gates at Oakey is the imposing figure of Tiger Army
002.
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In
it for the long haul
Contract
signed for 14 Heavy Tank Transporters
DMO has signed a contract with MAN Military Vehicle
Systems - Australia for the supply of 14 Heavy Tank Transporters
(HTT).
ID tags: make sure your number's up
NEW
dog tags are needed to match the new tricks required by today's
deployments.
Gone to the dogs
NEW
military police dog handlers have sunk their teeth into the
Army's first military police dog handler course in Oakey.
Now it's Mum's Army
FORGET
Dad's Army because things have changed.
Enviro
award winners
INDIVIDUALS
and organisations were recognised at a recent ADF award ceremony,
but without doubt the biggest winner was the environment.
Ringmaster
cracks whip
SOLDIERS
from 5 Bde's Reserve Response Force (RRF) have foiled attempts
by modern-day dam busters to infiltrate and plant explosives
at the Woronora dam complex in Sydney.
Diamond
shines
Outback
troops meet, greet and hunt to eat
NORFORCE
soldiers have used a diamond to ensure their engagement with
the people of the Kimberley remains close and friendly.
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Experiencing
Hellfire
OEX
Temple Jade provided significant challenges to C Coy 2RAR, including
the obstacle of overcoming a cultural aversion to eating scorpions
and cockroaches, on a survival activity and coping with high
temperatures and humidity.
New MEAO log shop
Purpose
built for ADF operations
A NEW ADF logistic base is about to be occupied in the Middle
East thanks to the efforts of a small team of Army engineers.
Silver
Star for US heroine
FOR the first time since World War II a US woman soldier
has been awarded the Silver Star Medal.
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Signing over in Moleana
THE Australian flag was lowered for the final time by Australian
peacekeepers in Timor-Leste when the ADF handed over its last
military base to the Timor-Leste government as a parting gift.
Optimised for agricultural
life
BEFORE the ADF's $15.5 million Forward Operating Base at
Moleana was handed to the Timor-Leste government, it underwent
a complex redesign to fulfil its new role as an agricultural
college, gaining recognition and acclaim from the UN and Timor-Leste
government.
Timor reflections
Major
among first and final peacekeepers
SAYING goodbye to Timor-Leste was an emotional experience
for all of the last 120 Australian peacekeepers to serve there,
but for three servicemen the experience was made more poignant
by the fact they were among the first, and now the last, ADF
peacekeepers in the country.
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