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Author: Bruce Cameron

An Australian Army soldier from the 1st Armoured Regiment with an uncrewed ground vehicle equipped with a prototype communications system and experimental drone launcher during Project Convergence Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, California. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Why Hasn’t the Australian Public Been Told?

26/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 1287 Views 3 Comments

Extracts from the 2023 Defence Strategic Review: “Army’s combat brigades must be reroled and select capabilities postured in northern Australia.”

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An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams Tank is loaded onto a Royal Australian Navy light landing craft, during Exercise Sea Explorer, Cowley Beach, Queensland. Story by Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

An Open Letter to Prospective new Defence Ministers

23/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 780 Views 2 Comments

Eighteen months ago, the Defence Strategic Review stipulated that an armoured brigade should be located in Townsville. This requirement has

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Centurion tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment, and armoured personnel carriers from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, move along the main road of Binh Ba village. Over three days, armour and infantry dislodged a strong North Vietnamese Army group that had entered the village, for the loss of one Australian killed in action. AWM BEL/69/0389/VN. Binh Ba.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Letter to 95-Year-Old Professor Who’s Seen it All Before

22/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 588 Views 0 Comments

Dear Professor Blainey, Thank you for your article (in the Weekend Australian) ‘We were better prepared for war in 1914

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Members of Overwatch Battle Group–West get ready to participate in an ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Talil, Iraq, 2008. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Lest We Forget Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Recognising Recent Sacrifices

21/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 793 Views 0 Comments

The NSW government has released the design and location for a new war memorial to honour the service and sacrifice

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Editor's Vlog 

Bricking the walls in the basement pit

19/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1009 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s always a significant turning point when things start going back in to a project. This week, I begin bricking

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ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Talil, Iraq, 2008. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
ADF News Veterans 

NSW to build memorial to contemporary veterans

18/04/202501/05/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1082 Views 0 Comments

New South Wales government has revealed the designs and location for a new war memorial dedicated to honouring the service

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An M1A2 Abrams tank arrives at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville on 14 November 2024. Photo by Corporal Guy Sadler.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Army’s Tank Numbers: A Revolving Dance Card

18/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 1445 Views 0 Comments

In terms of the standard organisation, a tank regiment comprises three sabre (fighting) squadrons, each squadron comprises four troops of

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F-35A Lightning II aircraft fly in formation along the Newcastle-region coast in NSW during Exercise Lightning Storm. Photo by Sergeant David Gibbs.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

Former CAF says RAAF seriously deficient

17/04/202517/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2143 Views 4 Comments

“The Royal Australian Air Force must acquire a long-range strike bomber to fill a critical capability gap and enhance the

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Photo of William Henry Belpitt in 1886. Source: USN Memorial Foundation
Lest We Forget Veterans 

A BARE PATCH OF GROUND

17/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 948 Views 0 Comments

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were hundreds, if not thousands of carefree Australian larrikins craving adventure.

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An Australian light-armoured vehicle (ASLAV) negotiates a creek crossing during an exercise at Jungle Training Wing, Tully, Queensland. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Army Scraps Second Armoured Squadron

17/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 670 Views 1 Comment

I mentioned on 5 April that a squadron of tanks has been removed from Army’s order of battle. It is

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An Australian Army M1A1 Abrams at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.
Letters to the Editor Veterans 

Ongoing Campaign to Return 1 Armd Regt to it’s Combat Role

14/04/202517/04/2025 Bruce Cameron 524 Views 0 Comments 1 Armd Regt

“The M1A2 SEPv3 will upgrade the current Australian fleet of M1A1 SA tanks with no changes to Royal Australian Armoured

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Editor's Vlog 

Fitting my basement sump pump

12/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 852 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

We had a lot of rain recently. The resulting flood in my basement diggings was prompt enough for me to

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Lest We Forget 

Cooktown Airfield 1942, Ops Base 27 and a Story Worth the Telling.

12/04/202517/04/2025 Geoff Clarke 1149 Views 2 Comments

He left school in grade three to go to work with his father on the bullock wagons pulling huge logs

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Royal Australian Air Force aviators assist local man Brian Dayes unload fuel stores from a C-27J Spartan in Windorah, Queensland. Photo by Aircraftwoman Nell Bradbury.
News Royal Australian Air Force 

RAAF delivers aviation fuel to flood-affected communities

11/04/202511/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1183 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan

The Royal Australian Air Force rapidly deployed an aircraft from RAAF Base Amberley, delivering critical aviation fuel supplies to flood-affected

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A Royal Australian Air Force No.11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon taxies after landing at Avalon Airport during the Australian International Air Show 2025. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Ryan Howell.
News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy USA 

Aussie aviation “model programs in international cooperation”

11/04/202511/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1148 Views 0 Comments Avalon Airshow, MH-60R Seahawk, P-8A Poseidon

Two programs designed to enhance the ADF air capability and increase regional security are the “model programs in international cooperation”,

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Royal Australian Navy Flight 607 personnel transfer a training torpedo onto an MH-60R Seahawk on the flight deck of HMAS Hobart. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
Uncategorized 

Old goats fly in hunt for submarines

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 944 Views 0 Comments ASWEX

Four of Navy’s most advanced multi-mission MH-60R helicopters supported the six warships, and RAAF and RNZAF Poseidon P-8 aircraft, to

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Sergeant Matthew Watson and Sapper Daniel Almer from 20th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron prepare an unexploded ordnance for disposal during Operation Render Safe 25-B Nauru. Photo by Sergeant Samuel Miller.
ADF News Pacific 

Sappers helping Nauru to be safe

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 809 Views 0 Comments Operation Render Safe

A team of ADF explosives experts worked with Government of Nauru authorities to dispose of two World War 2-era unexploded

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Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters circle HMAS Warramunga, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Toowoomba as the ships prepare for ASWEX 25. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
New Zealand News Royal Australian Navy 

Anzac wolf pack hunts subs off WA

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1497 Views 0 Comments Anzac-class frigates, ASWEX

Four of Australia’s seven Anzac-class frigates sailed in formation off the Western Australian coast for ASWEX 25 this month. CAPTION:

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment and members of the Philippine Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Company conduct littoral assault training with Zodiac small boats during a Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P) program at Marine Base Ternate. Photo by Corporal Janet Pan.
Australian Army News Pacific 

Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines doubles commitment

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1808 Views 0 Comments JATT-P, Joint Australian Training Team – Philippines (JATT-P), Philippines

Military training activities between Australia and the Philippines are increasing in 2025, strengthening cooperation and broadening interoperability. CAPTION: Australian Army

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HMAS Sydney departs Darwin on Regional Presence Deployment 25-2. Photo by Leading Seaman David Cox.
ADF Asia News 

HMAS Sydney leads Aussie team on Bersama Shield 2025

11/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 843 Views 0 Comments Bersama Shield

HMAS Sydney is leading the Australian charge on Exercise Bersama Shield 2025 as part of Australia’s second regional presence deployment

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