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34 84 Pages In Newsagents Australia wide from 1 June 2012 until 7 September 2012 Or, buy the hard copy version of this issue now and have it mailed directly to your home or office
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Chief
of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison addressed the Sydney Institute
on 28 February. During his speech he said his job was to look forward
and plan for a future where Australia had an army that was as relevant
and robust as was aff ordable and not allowed to slip back in to a ‘peacetime
army’. Words Lieutenant
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What works
for diggers? Scientists, engineers, procurement officers and combat-experienced
soldiers were brought together last year as part of a new virtual team
called Diggerworks, charged with delivering new equipment, better Words Brian
Hartigan and Lieutenant Colonel Jason Blain |
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Minister
for Defence Stephen Smith announced he had received in March the final report
of the Australian Defence Force Posture Review, which he commissioned in
June last year. He said the review addressed the range of present and emerging
global, regional and national strategic and security factors that require
careful consideration for the future. While the report panel looked at a
range of strategic issues, including the so-called rise of the Asia Pacific
and the Indian Ocean rim as regions of global strategic significance; and
examined current ADF geographical positioning and base arrangements, among
a wide range of other domestic factors – little actual action is likely
to come directly from this report’s recommendations. Instead, it will be used to ‘feed into’ the Defence White Paper, which has now been brought forward to next year. Pics ADF |
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Australia welcomed the fi rst company-sized rotation of United States Marines to Darwin in early April. pproximately 200 Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, arrived at RAAF Base Darwin around midnight on 3 April before an official welcome parade at Robertson Barracks and a move out bush to commence exercises in some of the Australian Defence Force’s premier training areas. Pics Corporal Christopher Dickson and leading Seaman Helen Frank |
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On 14
August 2006, Corporal Sarah Webster nearly lost her life when an insurgent
rocket struck and penetrated a concrete protection barrier (t-wall) near
her sleeping quarters in Baghdad’s ‘Green Zone’. Nearly
six years later and still on the Words Corporal
Melanie Schinkel, Michael Brooke and Brian Hartigan |
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Illegal
fishing in the waters between Australia and Indonesia was the focus of
a joint operation between the Australian Pics Able Seaman James Whittle and Lieutenant Andrew Ragless |
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NEW REGULAR
FEATURE: Part 1 - Standard-issue weapons. Pics ADF and Brian Hartigan |
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Plus our regular columns;
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 CONTACT's
kid brother is delivered!
COMBAT Camera is a new photo-essay magazine of very high production standards. It is a stable-mate of and designed to complement CONTACT Air Land & Sea, which is now in its ninth year. COMBAT Camera will source official photos from the Defence forces of Australia, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and others - and invites soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines from any country to submit unofficial materiel. Photos and brief stories for inclusion in COMBAT Camera can be sent to editor@militarycontact.com Next issue in newsagents 2 November 2012 - followed by 4 issues per year thereafter
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