Volume 11, No. 61, March 08, 2007

Constructive planning
IT WAS every soldier’s nightmare. An angry crowd baying for blood after a small child was crippled by an armoured vehicle.

  
Constructive planning
Spr Neil Robinson, 2CER, stands guard in front of a Bushmaster during the mission rehearsal exercise for the second rotation of the Reconstruction Task Force deploying to Afghanistan.

Photo by Cpl Chris Moore

Army celebrates 106 glorious years
A MOOD of celebration and reflection prevailed at a service in Blamey Square, Canberra, to mark the Army’s 106th birthday on March 1.
1000 hours of air time
THE Australian Chinook detachment has achieved a major milestone, racking up 1000 operational flying hours on combat operations over Afghanistan.
Super review aims to please
AN INDEPENDENT review of military superannuation arrangements has been commissioned.
Special history
Brother, it's good to sea you again
 Milestone signalled by parade
Soldiering on in the Solomons
Reservists pleased at taking the lead
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Features
Northern warriors
Sea Lion rules the waves

Sightings of foreign fishing vessels poaching from waters off Australia’s Top End have dropped 40 per cent in the past two years. Much of this success is thanks to remote and long-range patrolling by Norforce soldiers. Mostly indigenous, Norforce patrolmen guard more than 10,000km of coastline using a combination of traditional hunting skills and contemporary military training.
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MANY of the soldiers from C Coy 2RAR fully expected the amphibious training activity Exercise Sea Lion to resemble the assault on Omaha Beach in Saving Private Ryan.
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Bribie vets mark time IN THE photos they were young lads in greens, 40 years later they were solemn gentlemen in suits remembering fallen comrades.
Dip and swing WHEN it comes to sea kayaking in Tasmania you have a choice: paddle when it is cold, unpredictable and windy or paddle when it is worse.

Personnel
Army jobs offer safe place to be
Information on the move

SINCE the launch of ArmySAFE in 2005 there have been significant increases in career opportunities for personnel interested in Army OHS.
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TRAVEL Management has launched a series of presentations on the Defence Travel Model, known as the Interactive Travel Awareness Program (ITAP).
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Building better returns IN 2006 Army offered Critical Category Retention Bonuses to selected ranks within five trades from the corps of RAE, RASigs and Aust Int.
Trade transfer consultancy team AS PART of the ADF retention and recruiting initiatives, a three-man trade transfer team has been established and its members will visit units over the next few months.

Lifestyle
Defeat addiction
To the letter
Health

Is alcohol impacting on your life and work? Louise Hawkins details a new ADF alcohol treatment program.
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 Spilt popcorn

'Letters from Iwo Jima' reviewed.
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Slipped disc - Never to late for grooving 'Not to Late' and 'Disco Divas' reviewed
Off the shelf - Mysteries or myths? 'The Diamond Dakota Mystery' and 'Debunking 9/11 Myths' reviewed.

Sports
Cool shooting in Italian snow
Bringing home the bacon


ULTRA-fit Pte Mark Raymond was the only Australian to make the Biathlon World Championships, held in Antholz, Italy on February 6-11.
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CADET Stephanie Bacon teamed with former world Tasar champion Cdre Rick Longbottom for a creditable fifth at the recent 34th national Tasar [racing dinghy] sailing championship regatta in Perth.
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Dashing Dee FRIENDLY bantering between the Services quickly transformed into intense competition as ADF members contested the ADF Track and Field championships at Brisbane’s Queen Elizabeth II stadium, February 23-25.
Paddlers put their oars in ADF canoeists and kayakers are hoping to paddle their way to permanency under the ADF Sports Council umbrella after the recent good efforts of their number in the 2006 Murray River Canoe Marathon.
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