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Darts pose threat AUSTRALIAN soldiers in Timor-Leste are used to welcoming smiles from locals, but they are also aware of the threat posed by some gang members armed with 15-25cm steel darts.

Reconstruction team’s pride JUST as Ricky Ponting is confident of his team’s prospects of success at the Cricket World Cup, similar sentiments were expressed at the farewell to the second Reconstruction Task Force to Afghanistan at Gallipoli Barracks on March 2.

Striving to keep peace THE security situation in Timor-Leste is generally calm, but there remains the potential for unrest.

Warming to media role “MAKE sure you drink plenty of water – it gets warm in the back of these things.”

Sqn’s cyclone drama 1 SQN Pilbara Regt members on patrols were withdrawn to their HQ in Port Hedland but were forced to evacuate their depot and spend a tense night sheltering in their OC’s home amid a destructive cyclone and the threat of a tidal surge on March 8.

Gong for Chinese diggers THE bell has tolled for Chinese-Australians who have served in the defence of Australia.

Centres offer a fair go IN THE next few months, six Fairness and Resolution Centres will roll out to every major region in Australia to help Army members manage their equity and diversity and complaint and workplace conflict issues.

Chinook attacked in Afghanistan AN AUSTRALIAN Chinook was shot at during an operating between Tarin Kowt and Kandahar in Afghanistan.

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Darts pose threat AUSTRALIAN soldiers in Timor-Leste are used to welcoming smiles from locals, but they are also aware of the threat posed by some gang members armed with 15-25cm steel darts.	Reconstruction team’s pride JUST as Ricky Ponting is confident of his team’s prospects of success at the Cricket World Cup, similar sentiments were expressed at the farewell to the second Reconstruction Task Force to Afghanistan at Gallipoli Barracks on March 2.
Striving to keep peace THE security situation in Timor-Leste is generally calm, but there remains the potential for unrest.	Warming to media role “MAKE sure you drink plenty of water – it gets warm in the back of these things.”
Sqn’s cyclone drama 1 SQN Pilbara Regt members on patrols were withdrawn to their HQ in Port Hedland but were forced to evacuate their depot and spend a tense night sheltering in their OC’s home amid a destructive cyclone and the threat of a tidal surge on March 8.	Gong for Chinese diggers THE bell has tolled for Chinese-Australians who have served in the defence of Australia.
Norcom’s watch on weather WILD weather and flash floods may have closed roads and cut power in Darwin earlier this month, but for the staff at HQ Norcom it was just business as usual.	Centres offer a fair go IN THE next few months, six Fairness and Resolution Centres will roll out to every major region in Australia to help Army members manage their equity and diversity and complaint and workplace conflict issues.
Trooper’s sad return TPR Joshua Porter has returned home.	Ready Reserve signings A MILESTONE in the standing-up of the High Readiness Reserve (HRR) was reached at Greenbank Range near Brisbane when the first 32 soldiers within 2 Div signed on to the new scheme.
$250m ASLAV upgrade plan ENHANCED protection and better mobility for the Army’s ASLAVs will be the main focus of proposed upgrades worth $250 million under Project Land 112 Phase 4.	1RAR spread far and wide ELEMENTS of Townsville-based 1RAR are making a world of difference with concurrent service in Timor-Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tonnes of tanks TPR James Hannah was all smiles as he off-loaded the first of 41 M1 Abrams tanks on to East Arm Wharf near Darwin.	Car rally revs up donation appeal WO1 Greg Chinnery and WO2 Peter Smith are set to embark on a 4500km road rally from Darwin to Dubbo.
Our Abrams way cooler WHEN the Australian Army asked the US to add an exterior fridge and umbrella to the new M1 Abrams tank design, they received nothing but scoffs and scorn from the Americans.	Yowie, let’s race APPARENTLY there’s an Army bloke camouflaged somewhere in the above photo.
Swift air crash aid AN Army Reserve critical care specialist, who was deployed during the Bali bombings, was again sent to Indonesia to assist Australians injured in the Yogyakarta air crash.	Moves to identify diggers PROGRESS has been made in identifying the remains of six World War I Australian soldiers discovered in Belgium last August.
Great store of songs SHE’S not the very model of a modern major-general – but she’s an excellent private and an impressive singer with the Perth Gilbert and Sullivan Company.	Welcome shelter for 1 Div troops BETTER conditions for communications equipment and personnel will benefit members of HQ 1 Div on future operations following the delivery of four expandable hard shelters.
Firmer ties with Kiwis ALMOST 120 reservists from South Australia and Tasmania have strengthened the relationship with their Territorial Forces counterparts in New Zealand.
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Tok’n the talk GAINING the rapport of the people is what will win the mission in the Solomon Islands, according to civil-military liaison officer Pte Luke Amies.	Logistical boost in Middle East AN overarching logistic command structure has been created to provide Australian operations with better coordinated logistics support throughout the MEAO.
Chinook attacked in Afghanistan AN AUSTRALIAN Chinook was shot at during an operating between Tarin Kowt and Kandahar in Afghanistan.	Engineers in armour WHEN the Army deploys armoured vehicles on operation most people would picture tanks and APCs, but that’s not the case with the new armoured fleet being used by 1RTF in Afghanistan.