Why Chief of Army can’t be allowed to get away with it!
Get away with what? With throwing 1st Armoured Regiment under a bus and pretending that nothing’s happened … that’s what!
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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan
National Commemorative Service to honour Nashos
On 14 February 2026, National Servicemen’s Day, a National Commemorative Service in Canberra will mark 75 years since the inception of
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Coalition enhanced on virtual Red Flag
The Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, hosted annually by the 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations
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CONTACT sets massive new record
CONTACT has set a massive new record for the number of pages viewed on its web site in a calendar
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New veteran dental-care arrangements
New dental-care arrangements for veterans will see easier access to more dental providers and increase the money veterans can access
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Why is the RAAC so subservient?
The letter below asks questions related to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, but what is the RAAC and who represents
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Installing a 2025 time capsule
I started this element of my bunker build more than six months ago. But, of course, I had to hold
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Honesty is always the best policy
Let’s look at what the Chief of the Defence Force and Minister have said were the reasons for the tanks
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Why won’t the Chief of Army answer this question?
Why was the need for a unit to evaluate emerging technologies so urgent that it justified demoting Army’s most senior
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Is the Chief of Army just a figurehead?
In the famous words of Julius Sumner Miller: Why is This so? 1st Armoured Regiment is the senior regiment
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Doors and distractions
Some weeks don’t go to plan. This past week was full of distractions. First, my brother needed me for two
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What price 1st Armoured Regiment’s esprit-de-corps, heritage and tradition?
The loss of combat power suffered by 3 Brigade (Armoured) is relatively easy to quantify in terms of unit strength
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Make a door from rotten old fence
This week I make door panels from dirty, ‘rotten’, old fence palings. It’s unbelievable how much beauty is hidden beneath
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HMNZS Aotearoa home after 8-month deployment
Friends, family, haka, senior defence leaders and the Royal New Zealand Navy band were all on hand at Devonport Naval
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Lockheed Martin commences missile assembly at Port Wakefield
Lockheed Martin Australia, in partnership with Defence, has commenced operations in a new Missile Assembly Facility in Port Wakefield, South
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New Zealand Defence Force teams provide specialist training to Ukraine forces
Specialist teams of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel continue to train Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) personnel in the
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Dismal end to the Army’s most senior unit
The following quote is from the Wikipedia entry for the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC): “The removal of 1st Armoured
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MQ-28A Ghost Bat wins big after live fire
The Australian government will invest approximately $1.4 billion to transition the MQ-28A Ghost Bat into a fully operational war-fighting asset
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NZ Army creates new motorised infantry battalion
A newly-formed unit of the New Zealand Army, Ngāti Tūmatauenga, was formally called to attention this week. CAPTION: Ngāti Tūmatauenga,
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Dodgy door joinery
My little back-room space in the basement is shaping up nicely – especially since it started out as a nondescript
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