Money man: Sgt Troy Schmidt, unit finance clerk for AMTG1 in southern Iraq, takes a break from calculating allowances for deployed members.

Photo by Cpl Jamie Osbourne

A pleasure: On a visit to the CATC, CDF ACM Angus Houston meets Lt-Col Tim Renshaw (US Army), SI Tactics Wing, as ASLAV crew Capt Paul Shields and Sgt Nathan Ahearn look on.

Making a point: Maj Adrian Park shows Natali Zenonos, a member of the Sydney Youth Orchestra, the finer points of a Black Hawk during the orchestra’s visit to Canberra for the Beating of the Retreat and 1812 Overture at RMC.

Photo by Scott McCann

Farewelled: RSM WO1 Ian Gardiner (right) is farewelled from 8/12 Mdm Regt by WO2 Greg Davies, who will take over the postion until the end of the year. WO1 Gardiner is leaving the regiment early to join the AATTI.

Photo by LBdr Michael Davis

Desert ops: WO1 Greg Westhead and Chap Martin De Pyle in front of a Bushmaster in Iraq.

Photo by Cpl Jamie Osbourne