Trooper Jittarett Sukhanthapree from the Brisbane-based 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment sits on the rear ramp of an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle inside the Iraqi 2nd/10th Brigade barracks. WO2 Andrew Anderson
LCpl Chris Flynn

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THE Hardened and Networked Army initiative received extra steel when the first Abrams tanks and Hercules Armoured Recovery Vehicles arrived in Australia on September 21.


SF troops in most intense fighting since Vietnam
AUSTRALIAN Special Forces were involved in almost daily contacts and some of the most ferocious fighting since the Vietnam War during their 12-month deployment to Afghanistan.
 
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Tanked up
Tribute to Capt Lawton
SF troops in most intense fighting since Vietnam
Fierce battle in valley
Attackers hit OBG-W force
On border patrol
Health care gets more mobility in AL Muthanna
Interservice in the basket
Enduring feet
Lake Attack raises record funds
New iron age
THE whine of the gas turbine diesel engines could be heard from the belly of the ship. Then came the clanking of tracks, and finally the centrepiece of Land 907 came charging out of the hold and into the Melbourne sunlight.

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05 October 2006
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