Clear APEC security goals SOLDIERS have been visible on Sydney’s streets and waterways as they provide security for the 15th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting from September 2-9
   
CA backs quality of weapons CA Lt-Gen Peter Leahy has reassured families of deployed soldiers that there are no systemic problems with weapons and ammunition on issue to personnel in the MEAO.
   
Trials suspended DEFENCE suspended trials of the six Landing Craft Mechanised on August 29 pending further investigation into structural issues that became apparent during testing.
   
Boot survey ends Sept 15 SOLDIERS have until September 15 to complete an online survey on the ADF combat boot.
   
Bushmaster boost ARMY will receive at least another 220 Bushmasters, which will further strengthen the safety and protection levels of soldiers deployed overseas.
   
Upgrade for current fleet THE current Bushmaster fleet will undergo a number of upgrades in the near future, according to Lt-Col Sam McPhee, SO1 Armoured Fighting Vehicle Capability Implementation Team.
   
Incoming modules NEW Unimog and Mack gun-tractor modules are being delivered to artillery units.
   
Assets return from Mid-East THE second rotation of the Force Level Logistic Asset (FLLA) in the MEAO has returned to Australia after providing support to more than 2500 ADF personnel during its six-month deployment.
   
Tigers seen in Darwin SOLDIERS from units across 1 Bde encountered a Tiger after the beast went on display on the main parade ground at Robertson Barracks.
   
First visit by Vatican treasures THEY are attributed with helping to bring freedom to Eastern Europe, reconciliation to Rwanda and solace to Ground Zero, but when they visited South East Queensland they bought another miracle – rain.
   
Celebrations as cup comes home IT’S been a long journey for an historical military trophy since it was first presented in 1890 to a Tasmanian-based militia unit.
   
New website for 16 AD Regt A NEW unit organisation and website has been formed for past and present members of 16 AD Regt.
   
Reservists savour Solomons stint SOLDIERS of 8 and 5 Bdes were reunited with family and friends at Sydney International Airport on their return from the Solomon Islands on August 17.
   
Dentists who come to you THE first components of Army’s new Portable Dental Treatment System have now been issued to high readiness health elements in 1 Div and 17 CSS Bde.
   
Tighter tritium controls DEFENCE’S management of tritium-based light sources will be tightened after a review into a contamination incident at an electrical instrument repair workshop at Bulimba Barracks in 2003.
   
Park charges ahead CONSTRUCTION has begun in the Israeli city of Beersheba on a memorial and park paying tribute to the Australian Light Horse and its famous charge against Turkish forces at Beersheba on October 31, 1917.
   
Unstoppable parade WHAT do you do when faced with a squadron of light cavalry armed and mounted in patrol vehicles demanding to pass?
   
Pushed to the limit FOUR resourceful craftsmen from the 5RAR Workshop left most of the field in their wake when they raced their pedal-powered paddle-wheel craft at the Lions’ Beer Can Regatta in Darwin in the NT.
   
Free flow of blood a winner DEFENCE in South East Queensland are the Red Cross Blood Bank’s 2006-07 Corporate Challenge Champions.
   
HNA work referred A $623.68 MILLION proposal to construct facilities at Edinburgh Defence Precinct in Adelaide has been referred to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Public Works.
   
   
   
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Our role in Thunder op OVERWATCH Battle Group (West) 3 soldiers provided advanced training in urban operations for an Iraqi Army battalion that deployed to Baghdad to support security operations last month.
   
Rush of excitement “FROM Russia with love,” the excited Australian soldiers yelled gleefully as they surveyed the arsenal of weapons they would soon fire.
   
Prayers answered AN Australian nun and seven Timorese colleagues had their prayers answered when a section of Australian soldiers, guided by a padre, extracted them from a volatile situation near Baucau on August 11.
   
Hope amid ruins 1RAR soldiers are keeping the peace and spreading goodwill in troubled parts of paradise in eastern Timor-Leste, reports Cpl Corinne Boer.
   
 
Getting high with help from a friend A BLACK Hawk from 5 Avn Regt was called in to recover a 2600-pound Kiowa in Timor-Leste on August 16.
   
Recovery team on a roll WHEN soldiers from the Anzac Battle Group Workshop in Timor-Leste recovered a Unimog involved in an accident 35km south-west of Dili they demonstrated their all-round capability.
   
ISF forces save policeman’s life SOLDIERS and medical specialists from the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Timor-Leste have helped save the life of an off-duty police officer who had suffered a life-threatening stab wound.
   
The silent protector UNDER the cover of darkness the Taliban fighters dug swiftly into the dusty ground beside the rutted track that led to the crossing point on the Tiri River.