Finally home AFTER spending almost 42 years missing in action on a battlefield in Vietnam, the remains of two Australian soldiers have finally returned home.
   
Changes to war service leave CHANGES to how ADF members’ war service leave (WSL) is accrued will take effect on July 1.
   
Many happy returns DARWIN Airport has been the scene of many euphoric reunions as troops who served with the second rotation of Overwatch Battle Group (West) return home to their families after a busy six months in southern Iraq.
   
A secure legacy IN six months Overwatch Battle Group (West) 2 troops worked with the people of southern Iraq on essential reconstruction projects that will last a lifetime.
   
Capability gap bridged ARMY engineers have constructed the biggest military bridge ever built on mainland Australia.
   
Big medal mounting response MEDAL mounting at Army’s expense has attracted a large response from soldiers with more than 14,600 medal mounting tasks already completed.
   
How’s that for starters TANK crews with 1 Armd Regt live-firing the Abrams main armament for the first time have developed 30/30 vision – 30 per cent faster target acquisition and 30 per cent more first round kills than on Leopard.
   
Black Hawk BOI set to begin HEARINGS into the crash of Black Hawk 221 will begin before a Board of Inquiry (BOI) at Randwick Barracks on June 18.
   
Make yourself at home IF home is where the heart is, the ADF is doing all it can to assure its members achieve their heart’s desire.
   
50 years of work FORMER members of 101 Fd Workshop provided some valuable advice during the unit’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
   
Town gets a facelift THE remote township of Doomadgee in Far North Queensland has been transformed from a laid back country town into a bustling construction zone with the arrival of 17 Const Sqn.
   
March a mile in a major’s shoes MAJ John Caporn has probably forgotten more about the Army than most will ever know and after 40 years in the Infantry Corps that’s not surprising.
   
Top talks on ADF’s past and future INTERNATIONAL security and the ADF’s capacity to respond were discussed by distinguished military experts at an international forum at ADFA on May 15-16.
   
Well polished piece TAKING a shine to your work is something LCpl Adam Ireson took quite literally after volunteering to restore a World War II 25-pound artillery piece.
   
Vet’s heartfelt presentation FOR old soldier Roger Fitzhardinge, 7 Fd Bty has a special place in his heart.
   
Peace project PRIME Minister John Howard has announced that a memorial to Australian Ppeacekeepers will be built on Anzac Parade in Canberra.
   
Gift to give troops a lift A SPECIAL gift for troops deployed overseas is being produced by a team of Defence volunteers who have never met each other.
   

   
   
   
World News
Prince pays a surprise visit A ROYAL visitor has made a surprise visit to Dutch and Australian troops in the central Afghanistan province of Oruzgan, in the process meeting up with an old friend.
   
Dutch arsenal on call The professional opportunities available to deployed soldiers can be second to none. Bdr Stanley Crabbe, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller operating with the RTF in Afghanistan, is one soldier gaining experience that is not available in Australia.
   
 
Top marks for school project RTF2 engineers have gone back to school, achieving accolades for their improvements to a school in the village of Talani in Oruzgan Province.