Edition 1166, May 17, 2007

Farewell for troops deploying to Iraq
OVERWATCH Battle Group (West) 3 soldiers were formally farewelled at a parade at Robertson Barracks on May 10.

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TIGERS EARN STRIPES
Colours return

 
Tigers earn stripes
It’s a blast: ASLAVs from Combat Team Courage conduct a firepower demonstration at Cultana Field Training Area during a Mission Rehearsal Exercise for OBG (W) 3.
Photo by LS Phillip Cullinan
 

Suicide attack in Oruzgan A SOLDIER deployed with RTF2 in southern Afghanistan suffered minor wounds in a suicide attack against a vehicle check point in Oruzgan Province on May 3.
   
48 hours of action Australian forces in southern Iraq faced the worst targeted attacks yet in a series of intense contacts. Capt Sarah Hawke reports.

Features
Chong Ju lets fly
MSD Technique workshop
TANKS roared and machine guns chattered while F111s dropped deafening explosives at exercise Chong Ju at Puckapunyal on May 3.
more..		 Tackle defence
Readers should note that this workshop is designed for members already trained in MSD, or those under supervision of a qualified MSD instructor.
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Personnel
Brit thinks laterally
Manual makes a comeback
IN the past six months Maj Crispin Boxhall has become an Australian citizen, joined the ADF and been appointed acting CO 1CSSB.
more..		 A SIMPLE statement from a warrant officer will have a profound effect on the delivery of information.
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  It’s vital to report incidents DOCTRINE is Army’s most effective risk management tool. When we follow doctrine we do things in the most efficient and safe way.  

Lifestyle
Bang off target
Konvicted
Spilt popcorn
Movie review of 'Shooter' starring Mark Wahlberg and Danny Glover Plus: Movie Giveaway
more..		 Slipped Disc
CD review of 'Konvicted' by Akon
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  SWEATY PALMS - Race for supreme games
Game reviews of 'Supreme Commander' and 'Race to the Rally' 		 

Sports
High five
A lost legacy
THE Australian Services Australian Football Association All Stars proved too strong for the National Emergency Services team in their annual challenge to record a fifth successive win in Sydney on April 28.
more..		 BLOOD and sweat were shed on a different kind of battlefield when Army succumbed to Air Force in their inaugural SA Legacy Cup Australian Football match at Adelaide’s AAMI Stadium on April 21.
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  Qld looks to hockey success QUEENSLAND Combined Services Hockey is confident of a good showing at the ADF Hockey Championships in Albury from June 2 to 9 after recent promising selection trials.  
  British rugby inbound A FORMIDABLE British Army rugby union team will have a strong Fijian flavour and at least one South African in its ranks for a one-off international cup against the Australian Army in Sydney on May 19.