Lifesavers
Relief for quake victims
DESPERATELY needed medical aid is now reaching the people of the earthquake-devastated mountain region of Dhanni thanks to efforts of ADF personnel deployed on Op Pakistan Assist.

Pakistanis go into bat for camp name
THE Australian base at Dhanni has been called Camp Bradman because it’s a name very familiar to Australians and Pakistanis alike.

Dedicated duty
2 Div anniversary planner recognised
THE history of 2 Div contains numerous stories of infantrymen who fought against the odds in the service of their country.

Keep track while you make tracks
CHANGES are under way that will improve Defence’s ability to account for personnel who are travelling when a major incident occurs.


Decoding DFAT’s travel advice
CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy is calling for photographs that depict life in the Army.


Latest combat badge
Non-infantry award
THE evolving face of the battlefield has been recognised with the release of the new Army Combat Badge (ACB).


Bomb cell honour
Op Pakistan Assist under way
THE courage and professionalism of an Army ammunition technician who served in Iraq this year has now been recognised by both the Australian Government and the FBI.


Bearing the load
EXERCISE Gunner Bear has seen 150 soldiers from 8/12 Md Regt push an 105mm L119 Hamel, 20km to raise more than $30,000 for sick kids.


Distance no obstacle in long walk for love
A REJUVENATING cold beer and a warm kiss from his cancer-stricken fiancée greeted a weary Sgt Scott Bradshaw when he completed his courageous 1000km charity walk from Brisbane to Sydney recently.


Baby, we’re back home
“WE went away with a pretty simple plan which was to do the job we were given, as well as we could, and then get home in one piece. I’m pretty pleased we’ve done both of those things.”


2CER breaks 16-year trophy drought
SAPPERS from 2CER are 7 Bde’s military-skills gurus for 2005 after blitzing the 7 Bde Obstacle Course Competition (BOCC) two minutes in front of nearest rivals, 6RAR.

Truck’s pride of place at transport museum
BRIG Mick Kehoe, HoC RACT and Commander Logistic Support Force (LSF), has formally received a significant piece of Australia’s military history from the Vietnam War back into the Army family.


Birthday parade
CELEBRATIONS of 150 years of voluntary military service in Victoria have reached their finale, the exercise of freedom of entry of 5/6RVR to the city of Boroondara, in suburban Melbourne.


2 Cav celebrates in Iraq
THE “crazy” charge of the Light Horse that led to the capture of Beersheba in 1917 has been celebrated in the Iraqi desert.


Just ordinary people doing a job
ONE of Australia’s two living Victoria Cross recipients has launched a new book on Australian VC winners.


Memorial for heroism
Walers suffered but never failed
A MEMORIAL to the waler, the horse that will be forever associated with the Australian Light Horse regiments, has been unveiled in Tamworth.


New DFA site aids families
A NEW web site to help ADF families contribute to policy and conditions of service development has been launched.


Fit for a king
Handover of Army’s first modified new surveillance aircraft
THE introduction into service of Army’s three Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft is progressing well following the hand over of the first aircraft to receive its military fit-out.


Fallen honoured
THE memory of those Australians who fell in wartime has been solemnly honoured around the globe.Red poppies for remembrance have sprouted in cities and towns across Australia, in Iraq, in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, wherever Australian Servicemen and women are based.


Water works wonders
TECH Spt Sqn, 5 Avn Regt, has been put through the waterworks during their recent adventurous training exercise in and around the Tully River and Atherton Tableland areas in Far North Queensland.


Security exercise pegged for April
NEXT year ADF personnel will take part in a major Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise around Darwin.