WEAPON READY: CPL Bill Clarke from No. 28 (City of Canberra) Squadron and PTE Cindy Bowden check the serial number of a Minimi light machine gun before it is returned to Australia from the FLLA. They administer the Return To Australia warehouse process for equipment at the main Australian support base in the MEAO.

Photo by CAPT Cameron Jamieson

NEED A LIFT?: CPL Kerrie Hammond from ARDU at the wheel of a forklift at the Force Level Logistic Asset (FLLA) compound, known as Billabong Flats. This is where most ADF personnel first enter the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO).

Photo by CPL Mike McSweeney

CAPTURED: Minister for Defence Brendan Nelson admires a photograph of three WAAF members from WWII holding cameras and other optical equipment during his recent visit to the newly-refurbished Defence Force Recruiting centre at Parramatta in Sydney.

Photo by Phil Barling

SUPER JOB: AIRCDRE Lee Roberts from the Military Superannuation Project is farewelled by CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Shepherd at an informal ceremony at the Russell Officers’ Mess.

Photo by LAC Aaron Curran

EXERCISED: 1SQN aircraft technician CPL Leon Courtney helps prepare an F-111 during Exercise Arnhem Thunder.

Photo by LAC Scott Woodward

ENRICHING YOUNG LIVES: FLGOFF Todd Brown from 75SQN (third from right) and two squadron members show a group of young NT people over an F/A-18. The young people visited RAAF Base Tindal as part of the NT’s Friendship and Support’s ENRICH program that involves taking young people with disabilities for outings in the community and giving them the opportunity to participate in enjoyable and stimulating activities.

Photo by LAC Steve Duncan

BOXING MATCH: LACW Kelly Entwhistle from RAAF Base Townsville fills one of the 216 boxes for the Townsville Food Bank that personnel from 322ECSS packed in a record time of three hours. The team packed the boxes as a community service and beat an American military team’s earlier record.

Photo by CPL Kirk Peacock

JUICED UP: Avionics technician CPL Adrian Quigg from 76SQN works on a Hawk at RAAF Base Darwin during the recent Exercise Northern Panther.

Photo by AC Glen McCarthy