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Feature Articles

Feature-length magazine articles

A new beginning for gun-free Solomon Islands.
Australian Australian Army Feature Articles News Police 

RAMSI – Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

30/06/201715/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7437 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, RAMSI, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands – RAMSI – officially ends today, 30 June 2017, after nearly 14 years

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Australian Feature Articles 

“We are an army at war in a nation that feels as though it is blissfully at peace”

30/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5008 Views 0 Comments Afghanistan, Infantry, Iraq, RAInf, RAR

In 2007, then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy gave a speech to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His speech started…

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Australian Feature Articles 

New EF88 assault rifle examined

07/09/201514/07/2020 Posted by Brian Hartigan 23671 Views 10 Comments assault rifle, Austeyr, EF88, Steyr

There are few things more precious and personal to a soldier than their rifle. They need it to function reliably,

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Sergeant Sandy McInerney pays proper military respects to her boss.
Feature Articles 

THE BOSS’ DRIVER

12/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9750 Views 6 Comments ADF, Driver

Sergeant Sandra ‘Sandy’ McInerney OAM was the first female ever appointed driver to the highest-ranking officer in the land –

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Feature Articles Veterans 

‘The Longest War: The Australian Army in Afghanistan’

03/07/201521/04/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8981 Views 0 Comments

‘The Longest War: The Australian Army in Afghanistan’ – a new on-line documentary of the Australian Army’s 12 years in

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Feature Articles 

What does Plan Beersheeba mean for Australian armoured units?

28/06/201530/11/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 13892 Views 2 Comments Australian Army, Plan Beersheeba

What does Plan Beersheeba mean for Australian armoured units? Following news of significant unit movements in northern Australia late last

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Feature Articles 

FLYING HIGH – with the RAAF Roulettes

27/06/201516/02/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4923 Views 0 Comments RAAF, Roulettes

Troy Rodgers tries to explain how the hell an Army sergeant gets to chase clouds with the RAAF Roulettes.    Words and Photos

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Intro spread from "The Legion was my Homeland", first published in CONTACT Air Land & Sea issue 1 - March 2004.
Feature Articles Veterans 

The Legion was my Homeland

26/06/201518/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 11683 Views 6 Comments

An unknown number of Australians have served and continue to serve in the world’s most notorious military unit – the

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Feature Articles Royal Australian Air Force 

When the ‘shit got real’ for Australia’s Wedgetail

22/06/201506/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 23647 Views 0 Comments AEW&C, E-7A, RAAF, Wedgetail

010411ZOCT14 – the exact moment ‘shit got real’ for Australia’s E-7A Wedgetail as it crossed the line separating ISIS from the world.

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