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Scherger
Awakes
HEADQUARTERS
No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing has merged its major
bare base activation exercise with Exercise Kakadu to get
RAAF Base Scherger online to support F-111 operations.
Hawks’
NT swoop
SKIES
over Darwin have been aloud with the roar of No. 79 Squadron’s
Hawks during July and August.
Bases
begin hearing ‘Cooee’
CHIEF
of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd is jumping in to meet
the people he leads.
Wide
brief, sharp focus on service delivery
GROUP
Captain Mark Kelton looks out of his No. 396 Combat Support
Wing office that provides a sweeping view of the RAAF Darwin
airfield.
Marine
tastes the sweet life
IT’S
no surprise this Marine didn’t want to give away his
first name. A cook named Homer is just asking for trouble.
Contract
signed to service bases
THREE
hundred million dollars worth of new Defence contracts are
to begin shortly at Defence establishments in the south-west
Sydney region.
No
hobbits in here
IT’S
through a heavy door under a dirt mound – but there’s
not a hobbit in sight in No. 321 Combat Support Squadron’s
Base Control Post (BCP).
Ah-rrr,
me hearties
HOW
can a hero aged five and a quarter fulfill his duty, beat
the bad guys and still wed the girl he loves?
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Ready
to rush
IF
a crash alarm sounds during Exercise Southern Frontier, the
first thing to rush is the adrenaline of the barrier crew
on stand-by at RAAF Base Tindal.
Marines
blending in
THEY
may have the wrong camouflage uniform for the NT outback,
but these US Marine Corps are blending right into Delamere.
Putting
PR in focus
JUST
because the US Marines have brought their own photographers
to support Exercise Southern Frontier doesn’t mean our
photographers aren’t still in on the action.
Commemorating
first SGTs’ mess
MESS
life and heritage remains alive and well at RAAF Base Williams
Sergeants’ Mess and is shortly to be honoured.
Surrounded
by soldiers
MANY
things in Iraq can test your sense of humour. There’s
the 50 degree heat, the sandstorms and the basic food. Then
there are all the soldiers – hundreds of them.
WWII
heroes to be buried
‘FINIS’
is shortly to be written to another small chapter of human
sacrifice from World War II.
More
stories include:
Versatile
capabilities tested
Logistics base open
Nominate the next Aussie
of the Year
Health screens a must
Explosives symposium to be
held
New policy in WA for Reserves
Lost and found
The day the war ended
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