On top of the world
Maj Adrian McCallum got a frosty reception when he started a Patagonian ice trek; it was a chilling experience, with no toothfish in sight, as Barry Rollings writes.

Health Conference
MORE than 550 health professionals, 400 of them from the ADF, have attended a hard-hitting conference co-hosted by the Australian Military Medicine Association (AMMA) and Defence Health Services.

Explosive Reserve training
4/3RNSWR reservists recently discovered the big bang theory when firing the Carl Gustav 84mm platoon support weapon during Exercise Messines at Singleton Range.

Hamels hit Cultana
VICTORIA’S 4 Bde has completed a major brigade exercise, Exercise Hamel 2006, at SA’s Cultana Military Range.

Fab five's furious firepower
BLUE and red forces battled in the waters, air and cyberspace of the South China Sea during the recent Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) exercise.

IETs march in to their own unit
FORTY-TWO proud infantry soldiers have completed their Initial Employment Training (IET) and marched into 1RAR, only these men are not unfamiliar to the battalion.