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Royal Australian Air Force personnel from No. 22 Squadron load pallets of military assistance bound for Ukraine onto a C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales. Photo by Corporal Kylie Gibson.

Australian military supplies leave for Ukraine

02/03/202206/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6697 Views 1 Comment Ukraine

EDITOR’S NOTES: Not long after Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce refused to say what was in an aircraft load of ‘military

Archives News

CONTACT magazine – Issue 73

01/03/202201/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5136 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT Air Land & Sea magazine issue number 71 was published on 1 September 2021 and is completely free for anyone

Life on the Line Podcast

Wayne Bemet – Life on the Line

26/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2105 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Angus Hordern interviews RAN veteran former Chief Petty Officer Wayne Bemet. Wayne served in the Australian Defence Force for 19

An M113AS4 at Shoalwater Bay. Photo by Leading Seaman Andrew Dakin.

Poets Corner

I’m a Zulu!

24/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1687 Views 0 Comments By Spent Cartridge

A warrior you are; and, first into the fight As from behind where you sit there wields a great might

Australian News Veterans

National Day for War Animals – Purple Poppy Day

22/02/202222/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4515 Views 0 Comments

National Day for War Animals – a day to honour all animals who have served alongside our Defence Forces in

China News Royal Australian Air Force

Defence releases more detail on Chinese laser-pointing incident

22/02/202222/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4235 Views 2 Comments

Defence today outlined, in a lot more detail, the laser-pointing incident involving a Chinese warship and a RAAF P-8A Poseidon

A PLA-N Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock vessel transits the Torres Strait on 18 February 2022. ADF photo.

China News Royal Australian Air Force

Chinese ship attacks RAAF Poseidon in Torres Strait

19/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7954 Views 6 Comments

Defence has confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches.

ADF News Veterans

Suicide Royal Commission focus on Defence families

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1892 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will investigate how Defence families can be better supported ahead of the

Two images courtesy Lloyds Auctions, merged by CONTACT.

Australian History News

Federal govt concerned about items in militaria auction

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3589 Views 3 Comments

Just days before more than 10,000 militaria pieces went under the hammer, the Australian government has declared items within the

Australia's first two F-35As to be based on home soil – A35-009 and A35-010 – arrive at RAAF Base Williamtown. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

News Royal Australian Air Force

RAAF denies problems with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

17/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3109 Views 3 Comments F-35A Lightning II

Australia’s Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld has released a formal statement in response to media reports claiming that

Poets Corner

The Reason Why

15/02/2022 Mick Shave 1889 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

After A Day at War (South Vietnam, 1969) In the gloom of each day when it’s dying Standing to is

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, led by a Japanese officer, walks under a flag of truce to negotiate the capitulation of Allied forces in Singapore, on 15 February 1942. It was the largest surrender of British-led forces in history.

News Veterans

80 years since the Fall of Singapore

15/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2153 Views 0 Comments

Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, one of the most significant military defeats in British

Poets Corner

Fred

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2166 Views 1 Comment By Spent Cartridge

How you helped us all out many times in any given day With only three primary uses designed that way

Davo, John S, Wooly, John L, me, Killer and Digger – 5 Section, 2 Platoon, 2RAR on Route 2, Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam.

News Veterans

Remembering our Nashos – National Servicemen’s Day

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2727 Views 0 Comments

Monday 14th February marks National Servicemen’s Day, when we honour the hundreds of thousands of young Australian men who served

ADF News Veterans

DVA to give first evidence at Suicide Royal Commission

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1849 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Members of the Department of Veterans Affairs will give evidence publicly for the first time during the second hearing of

Life on the Line Podcast

Jeremy Holder – Life on the Line

12/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2023 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Thomas Kaye interviews Jeremy Holder who was as a combat medic in the Australian Army for seven years, including four years in

News Veterans

Strong demand for legal assistance ahead of Suicide RC hearings in Sydney

12/02/202212/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2102 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

New data from a specialist legal service shows more than 200 people have come forward to seek help telling their

An M113AS4 on the prowl in the Australian bush.

Poets Corner

Break Hide!

12/02/202212/02/2022 Spent Cartridge 1812 Views 0 Comments By Spent Cartridge

Shots ring out disturbing the night You sit upright all composed without signs of fright Trying to get into that

Some of the action at the archery-come-and-try-day in Berry, NSW, organised by Invictus Australia and Archery Australia. Photos supplied.

Health and Wellbeing News Veterans

Invictus Australia and Archery Australia hit targets for Defence community

09/02/202209/02/2022 Vanessa Bernardo 2246 Views 0 Comments

Invictus Australia, Archery Australia and Wheelchair Rugby League joined forces to host a veteran community event in Berry, NSW earlier

Force Protection Element 14 in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Operation Highroad. Photo by Corporal Tristan Kennedy.

Letters to the Editor

Afghanistan vets denied ICB/ACB

07/02/202207/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8363 Views 13 Comments

Good afternoon CONTACT team, Just a quick question hopefully leading to a discussion about the Infantry Combat Badge/Army Combat Badge