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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan

A ex-Australian Army Centurion tank bush bashing at South Gippsland Tank Adventures, to promote the tank's launch inside the global PC game World of Tanks. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Poets Corner 

Jungle Centurions

30/09/202530/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1294 Views 0 Comments

Far from the muddied fields of CambraiWhere their ancestors first stalked the battleGreat beasts of steel in a jungle lairAwait

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Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

Anthony Albanese might secretly prefer AUKUS to fail

28/09/202528/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1934 Views 0 Comments

When Scott Morrison unveiled the AUKUS pact in 2021, he framed it as a masterstroke of statesmanship – tying Australia’s

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Editor's Vlog 

Shields and shelves

28/09/202528/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1401 Views 0 Comments

Every shield wall needs a shield or two. But, if you’re going to make your own shields, it would be

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Letters to the Editor Uncategorized 

The RAAC: No one home (sadly)

27/09/202527/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1674 Views 0 Comments

It’s unbelievable, but true … at first it was thought that 1st Armoured Regiment had been temporarily prevented from joining

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Members of the 1st Armoured Regiment during their Guidon and Standard relocation parade in Adelaide. Photo by Private Sophie Hartley.
Letters to the Editor 

The RAAC: To whom do we owe allegiance?

26/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2144 Views 0 Comments

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

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Officer Commanding BASG at Baidoa, Somalia, takes time out to write a postcard home. Photo by Corporal Gary Ramage.
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24/09/202524/09/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 446 Views 0 Comments