Letters to the Editor

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Let’s look at 1st Armoured Regiment from the viewpoint of someone presently serving in the unit… “If you have been

While serving, our commitment and allegiance is to our Commanding Officer (or immediate superior). After we retire, however, everything changes.

1st Armoured Regiment was formed on 7 July 1949. Two years later it affiliated with the British Royal Tank Regiment

There was so much public outrage over the cost cutting proposal to merge the Royal Marines with the Parachute Regiment,

“SHAME: To make someone feel ashamed; to lose honour and respect; the uncomfortable sensation caused when it seems that we

How does one get to the truth of a matter when it is constantly hidden behind half-truths? This happens whenever

The responses to all the letters written to everyone about 1st Armoured Regiment’s tanks being stripped from it and the

Will the next Chief of Army (likely to be appointed at the end of 2025) revoke the decision to employ

The following quotes from Major General R N L Hopkins, CBE (author of ‘Australian Armour’), are relevant to the Royal

The damage so far: 1 Armd Regt stripped of its tanks and made a non-combatant, losing all crew skills and

The recent Chief of Army’s symposium introduced a new catchphrase: ‘command accountability’. A bit of research brings up ADF Philosophical

The recent (2025) Chief of Army Symposium highlighted some of the failings in the Defence space that we’ve been saddled

The Chief of Army can’t explain why 1st Armoured Regiment had to be stripped of its tanks and made a

Trust: the result of a working environment in which human values are paramount: the dignity of the individual is respected;

We used to be a Corps focussed solely on developing the skills needed to close with and out-manoeuvre the enemy;

These are the questions that the CA and his Chief of Staff, have been asked to answer (and for which

On 20 July 25, a letter was posted to Brigadier Matthew Campbell, AM, the Chief of Army’s Chief of Staff.