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 Iraq IED attack destroys ASLAV THREE Australian soldiers were injured and an armoured vehicle was destroyed when a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded in one of three attacks in Southern Iraq on April 23.
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 Road to recognition IT stretches more than 400km and is said to be the world’s largest war memorial.
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Counter IED task force THE survival of three soldiers in an IED attack in Iraq has thrown light on the dedicated team of ADF specialists who work to combat the threat.
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 Engineers all aboard SAILING for Botany Bay usually meant imprisonment 200 years ago, but for 17 engineers it has been a necessary step for promotion to corporal. |
 RTF2 takes the reins ALMOST 400 RTF2 personnel listened intently as Brig Mick Crane delivered his intent for their operational duty in Afghanistan.
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 Truckies get blast from helping TWO 126-year-old 12-pounder naval guns have received a new lease of life, with a little help from the Army. |
 Rotation home CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy joined families and friends in welcoming home the final group of 1RTF soldiers from Afghanistan on April 22.
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 Virtual training AVIATION units around Australia are receiving a curious piece of equipment that sounds like a helicopter and feels like a helicopter, but can’t fly. |
| CA’s $3000 video competition FORGET YouTube, Army has a competition that could reward you cash for your creativity. |
 Worthy pause THE rising sun on April 25 saw the first Anzac Day dawn over a new memorial to non-operational deaths of South Queensland soldiers. |
 Tributes for SASR trio TARYN Linacre (main photo) wife of SASR Sgt Craig Linacre, and their daughter release a white dove in his memory.
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 Reserve Act on review HEAD of Reserve policy Maj-Gen Neil Wilson is to review legislation designed to protect reservists’ jobs and tertiary studies. |
 Change to check safe procedures NEW weapon clearance procedures, including the use of the buddy system, were announced on April 13 following the results of the Pte Kovco inquiry. |
 Kapyong honoured KAPYONG Day will forever hold personal meaning for 96 members of 3RAR, following the presentation on April 23 of Service medals. |
 Medics return ARMY and Air Force health teams that deployed to the Solomon Islands on Good Friday have returned to Australia after a long, but satisfying, two weeks. |
 Eagle eyed THE eagle hasn’t landed for 20 STA Regt – it’s still scanning the MEAO for vital intelligence. |
 All smiles at homecoming QUEENSLAND-based soldiers returned home in time for Anzac Day following their successful deployment to the Solomon Islands. |
 A Fd drops first bombs THE Army’s longest-serving full-time unit, A Fd Bty, took to Singleton Range in March to practice core skills in the unit’s first battery exercise for the year. |
 Visit gives troops lift TROOPS in the MEAO have had a surprise visit in the lead up to ANZAC Day from Defence Minister Brendan Nelson.
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 1RTF benchmark WHEN 2RTF arrived in Afghanistan last month, they knew they had a weighty task ahead of them – but they perhaps didn’t expect this challenge. |
 Newest nation builders ELEVEN Afghan men from Oruzgan Province have graduated from the ninth successful Australian-run Trade Trading School course in Tarin Kowt. |
Possible MIAs found THE remains of two Australian soldiers declared missing in action in 1965 during the Vietnam War may have been found by ‘Operation Aussies Home’.
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