Tony Dell – Life on the Line
Thomas Kaye interviews Vietnam veteran and Australian Test cricketer Tony Dell. The national serviceman is an army veteran of the
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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan
THE FORGOTTEN ARMY
It was a time of revolution, with monarchs on their knees Freedom and the rights of man, were carried on
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Australia Day
The night before the historic day, campfires were well alight Burning with true blue flickering flames so bright Creeping warmth
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Aussie troops off on Ukrainian training mission
Australian soldiers will depart Darwin this week to join partner nations in the United Kingdom, providing critical training to Ukrainian
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Army orders 40 new Black Hawks [expanding its fleet?]
Australia will acquire 40 new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Army, with first deliveries expected to commence this year.
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Last Orion search mission saves two
A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion crew has successfully located two Kiribati fishermen in what will probably be
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VALE – Senator and former Major General Jim Molan
Senator and former Army Major General Andrew James ‘Jim’ Molan, AO, DSC, died of cancer yesterday at age 72 FILE
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Memories of HMAS Vampire
Saw your article this morning on the Bat getting her new paint job. Here’s a shot I took in Sydney
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Australia’s NIOA buys 100% of USA’s Barrett Firearms
Australian defence contractor NIOA has expanded its global reach with the 100 per cent acquisition of the industry-leading rifle design
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HMAS Vampire to ‘sail’ again on Wednesday – send us your photos
Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire will be moved from the the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour to Garden Island
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‘Purple Heart’-type award for Australia – RECOMMENDED
In January 2021, then Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester directed Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal to consider recognition
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Community organisations share $1million commemorative grants
Community organisations across Australia will share in more than $1 million in grant funding to recognise veterans and preserve Australia’s
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Aussie veteran/ADF team closing in on South Pole
A team of ADF veterans are within days of reaching the South Pole as part of The Spirit Lives Antarctic
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More than 2000 AK-47s seized in Middle East
U.S. naval forces intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman on 6 January while transiting international waters along
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50 years since Australia proclaimed end to Vietnam War
Today marks 50 years since the 1973 proclamation of the end of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Minister for
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Canada joins F-35 club
Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to never buy F-35, the Government of Canada yesterday signed a contract to procure
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Memoirs of an Infantry RSM
In 1961, as a 17 year old, my service (REME) began amongst some very intelligent and witty National Servicemen. Against
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Operation Flood Assist 2023-1
The Australian Defence Force is providing assistance to the Western Australian government in the Kimberley region where heavy rainfall from
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Long-range rockets ordered for Australian Army and RAN – before Strategic Review finalised
Defence has signed contracts with the US DoD to deliver High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to the Australian Army and
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