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 That’s my boy A SYDNEY-based soldier’s training and resourcefulness played a pivotal role in the rescue of his mother who had become lost in the Tasmanian wilderness.
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 Special Forces on the money MOST people would agree that SASR is worth every penny spent on it. |
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fuels win AN 8CSSB petroleum handler, Pte David Eason, is the winner of CA’s recruiting poster competition.
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 Tpr Porter laid to rest HUNDREDS of people packed St Mary’s church in Toukley, NSW, for the funeral of Tpr Joshua Porter on March 22. |
 Engaging march-out parade MOST recruits on their march-out parade are thinking of having a beer with their mates and catching up with family, but Pte Daniel Seidel had a different idea.
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 Track and trace a piece of cake TRACKING ADF stores and equipment across multiple areas of operation is now easier.
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Disruptive weather STRONG winds and floods were hampering working conditions for the Pilbara Regt in the aftermath of Cyclone George.
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60th anniversary marked THE AIF Nursing Scholarship celebrated its 60th anniversary with ceremonies in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in March.
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 Leopard’s last blast WITH a thunderous volley of 105mm main armament rounds, the Leopard tank has marked the end of a long and proud military career.
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 Opening up a can of old memories KOKODA veteran Ned Sproles, 83, does not remember when, where or how during his travels across Australia he lost his service medals. |
 Young Turk of politics THERE is nothing unusual about soldiers discussing politics, but few get the chance to talk about it with politicians in Parliament House.
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 An impressive open day array THE views to Point Nepean provided a stunning backdrop as the Soldier Career Management Agency celebrated Army’s 106th birthday at Fort Queenscliff on March 17. |
| Soldiers slightly wounded THREE Australian soldiers were slightly wounded during a rocket attack at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan on March 16. |
 Sci-fi role for WO2 FOR WO2 Craig Brain, waking up from “Cryo” sleep to find your spaceship has been boarded by aliens and has crashed into an asteroid is his definition of a bad day. |
Homing in on housing A NEW Housing Classification Policy (NHCP) will change the way off-base Service residences are classified.
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 Civilians get a taste of Army life PERTH’S 13 Bde was a hive of activity mid-March with invited members of the public participating in Army Live, and a number of civilian employers taking part in Executive Stretch exercise. |
 Sisters band together SISTERS Tara and Melody Neilsen, both corporals with Australian Army Band-Sydney, performed for a massive crowd when the Sydney Harbour Bridge turned 75.
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 Big birthday bash A FANFARE of trumpets, dazzling drum performances and an array of rock songs had the Malaysian locals saying “Mama Mia” at a concert held in Penang, Malaysia on March 2-3.
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 Medic action COMBAT Team Southern Cross was called into action recently when local medical facilities were unable to respond to a woman suffering a pregnancy emergency. |
 Bark along to the band’s new songs A LARGE group of coalition forces gathered in the recreation tent, enthusiastically clapping and cheering to a mysterious new band. |
 VCDF true to his word VCDF Lt-Gen Ken Gillespie is popular with soldiers in the Solomon Islands these days. |
 Aussie aids Iraqi Army in rebuild IT is not often an Australian Army member gets the opportunity to be involved in rebuilding another nation’s army, but that is exactly what an RACT officer has been doing in Iraq.
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 Tanks a lot for the waterworks WALKING several kilometres a day to collect clean water has become a thing of the past for locals in a remote village in southern Iraq as a result of a project backed by Overwatch Battle Group (West) 2.
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