Gold members
This year’s exchange Exercise Golden Eagle put the men of B Sqn 1 Armd Regt at 29 Palms California to train with the US Marines in mastering their weapon of choice; the Abrams M1A1 AIM tank. Lt Mitch Watson reports.

Survival on the menu for troops in Malaysia
ACQUIRING delicacies such as frogs, insects, catfish and mouse deer from the jungle was one of the jungle survival techniques that the Malaysian Army showed members of Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) 75 and 1 Fd Sqn, 1CER, during their recent three-month deployment.

Medics tested on dust off training
MEDICS from 13 Bde were put to the test recently as part of a nation-wide assessment.

Keeping it on track
THE art of visual tracking will be a skill not lost by Australian soldiers if Jungle Training Wing (JTW) have their say.

Teaching us how to think
CURRENT operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are in an asymmetrical, complex environment against a morphing enemy, demanding soldiers who can think quickly and strategically.