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CONTACT Air Land and Sea, the Australian Military Magazine
CONTACT Air Land and Sea
- - ISSUE #17 in newsagents 29 February 2008!
This issue
features:
COVER STORY: Year of the Infantry - Our Challenge - Our Future
Lost in Battle - Private Luke Worsley
HMAS Arunta on Gulf patrol
Quick aid mission to Kokoda Track
In the Chora Valley - battling cold and insurgents
You can't keep a good man down - Sergeant Lyddiard
Horsepower heaven at Summernats 21
Court is in session - no more courts martial
Basketball nets the best
Somalia Part XVII - Easy Money
and much more...
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CONTACT to partner APDS
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NEWS
FLASH - Contact Publishing has been appointed official partner to
APDS
to publish this exciting new conference's official brochure.
Asia
Pacific Defence and Security is a new biennial conference and exhibition
that will bring
military, police and other security-related companies and customers together
in one central location. To
find out more, visit our Links page or the offical APDS
web site.
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- WE NEED YOUR ROYAL AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY STORIES -
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 CONTACT
is planning to mark the 60th anniversary of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps
with the publication of a special, one-off, extra issue of CONTACT magazine
- but we need your help!
We invite members and former members of any Australian Infantry unit to submit
stories pertaining to the history of the Corps since its inception in 1948.
Please contact the
editor, Brian Hartigan, on 0408 496 664 or email the editor
to discuss story requirements. Or, if you're not a confident writer but have
a good story to tell, get in touch anyway and we can write it for you after
a good long chat.
We currently have stories from Vietnam and Somalia and would love to hear from
members with experience in other theatres - or even exercises. Stories can be
short or long, funny or serious, and we'd also love to receive original supporting
photos.
Governor General, Major General Michael Jeffery has agreed to write the Foreword
for this publication, and $1 from every issue sold will be donated to Legacy.
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CONTACT supports Australia's leading helicopter conference
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 Heli-Pacific
- Australia's leading civil, military and parapublic rotorcraft
event will be held on the Gold Cost from 27-29 May.
CONTACT
Air land & Sea is proud to be a long-time supporter of this important
event.
This
year, Heli Pacific - which also includes an new UAV component - will
be hosted at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast.
Heli-Pacific
2008 will focus on the region and its helicopter requirements and provides
local, regional and international manufacturers, suppliers and operator’s
with the chance to get together, network, exchange ideas and do business. All
in one place at one time.
To
book a place at this important helicopter conference, download the booking and
information sheet here.
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An Australian soldier has been wounded in a roadside bomb attack in southern Iraq. He is from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment and is serving with the Overwatch Battle Group in Dhi Qar Province.
The wounded soldier was participating in a patrol near An Nasiriyah early this morning (Iraq local time) when the Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle he was a passenger in was struck by a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
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New Investigative Service headquarters opened
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The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, officially opened the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Investigative Service headquarters in Canberra today.
“I am pleased to be here today as the ADF Investigative Service represents a significant advance in policing and investigation within the ADF, and plays a key role in enhancing military justice,” he said.
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Artillery unit awarded unique honour
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In a moving ceremony on Mount Pleasant in Canberra earlier today, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffrey, AC, CVO, MC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, presented Army’s 102 Field Battery with the Australian Military’s first ever Honour Title.
The Honour Title Coral was awarded to 102 Field Battery, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, in recognition of its actions during the Vietnam War.
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Exercise Bersama Shield under way
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More than two hundred Air Force personnel have arrived in Malaysia to participate in Exercise Bersama Shield 2008, which runs from 5-17 May.
The exercise aims to practice the interoperability of air, ground and naval forces under the auspices of the Five Power Defence Arrangements – involving Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand.
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Inquiry findings into 2007 soldier deaths in Afghanistan
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Defence today released the findings of inquiries into the combat deaths of three Australian soldiers last year, and a separate but related investigation into civilian deaths and allegations of mistreatment of a detainee.
The three combat death inquiries established the facts surrounding the deaths of Trooper David Pearce on 8 October 2007, Sergeant Matthew Locke on 25 October 2007, and Private Luke Worsley on 23 November 2007.
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Arunta welcomed home on Mothers' Day
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The Royal Australian Navy Anzac Class Frigate, HMAS Arunta, returned home today following a six-month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations as part of Operation Catalyst.
The Arunta ship’s company of 183 men and women was greeted by family and friends at a wharfside ceremony attended by the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP; and the Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Nigel Coates AM, RAN.
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ADF accused of detainee mistreatment
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The Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, has ordered the investigation of claims of detainee mistreatment by Australian soldiers.
Allegations were raised by a senior Afghan National Army (ANA) Commander and presented to a joint International Security Assistance Force, ANA and Afghan National Police (ANP) working group over the weekend of 3-4 May, 2008.
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Ex 'Joint Kiwi' kicks off
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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Amphibious Transport Ship, HMAS Manoora has commenced the maritime exercise JOINT KIWI 08 with the Royal New Zealand Navy today.
Australia and New Zealand experience a close and longstanding defence relationship, with similar regional interests in security and stability in the Pacific.
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Defence to target cultural groups
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The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today outlined the need for strategies to attract people from diverse cultural groups to serve in the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Mr Snowdon said that the ADF must appeal to a wider range of potential recruits to meet its current and future commitments, and be more representative of the wider Australian community.
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The Hon. Greg Combet MP, the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today attended Exercise Chong Ju which showcased Army’s latest combat weapons at the Puckapunyal Military Area.
“Exercise Chong Ju was part of Army’s Combat Officers’ Advanced Course which provides mid-level combat arms officers with advanced tactical and technical training in the employment of weapons and support systems,” said Mr Combet.
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