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Australian Army News 

Black Hawks retired – who knew?

02/12/202103/12/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3594 Views 4 Comments

Army’s last remaining Black Hawk helicopters have retired – and I didn’t know. Was I asleep at the wheel/keyboard? Just

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Archives News 

CONTACT magazine – Issue 72

01/12/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5793 Views 0 Comments

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

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Editor's Vlog 

Veterans’ Affairs Minister comes surfing

27/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1963 Views 0 Comments Veteran Surf Project

The Veteran Surf Project in Gerroa NSW was very pleased to welcome Australia’s Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Andrew Gee out

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Poets Corner 

Yes! I’m a Veteran!

26/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1713 Views 2 Comments By Spent Cartridge

Morning Brian,  At it again. Caution mate! This one is still hot! Originally it was “Oh! My friend Sleep!” But

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Australian News Veterans 

Suicide Royal Commission ceremonial opening

26/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2423 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide today held a ceremonial hearing to mark the official start of public

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Australian Army soldiers from Joint Task Group 637.3 board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Base Townsville, Queensland, deploying to the Solomon Islands on 26 November 2021. Photo by Corporal Brandon Grey.
ADF News Pacific 

AFP and ADF deploy to Solomon Islands

26/11/202127/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3534 Views 0 Comments Solomon Islands unrest

A Royal Australian Air Force aircraft departed Canberra late yesterday to provide airlift for members of the Australian Federal Police

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Poets Corner 

The French Disconnection

24/11/202124/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2333 Views 1 Comment AUKUS, By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

Dear Mr Macron, there’s a sign I’d like to make, with an upright thumb – take your bloody submarines and shove them up your…!

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Poets Corner 

Teutorburger Wald

21/11/2021 Mick Shave 1785 Views 2 Comments By Michael Shave

Describe a successful ambush to me, please: Teutorburger Wald (Part one) Caesar cries. An anguish riven home By news that

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CONTACT Cadets Letters to the Editor 

What happened to us – where are we now

21/11/2021 Paul Styles 1984 Views 0 Comments

What happened to us! The AAC, Australian Army Cadets of yesterday 1975 and before? (FMC) Is there no records of

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Life on the Line Podcast 

Harry Moffitt – Life on the Line

21/11/202121/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2335 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Alex Lloyd interviews former SAS team commander Harry Moffitt after almost thirty years with the ADF, mostly in ‘the Regiment’.

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Poets Corner 

Death from Over the Hill (Mortars – Dealers in Death!)

20/11/202121/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3193 Views 1 Comment By Spent Cartridge

They hump their kit here They hump their kit there They hump up hills and down ravines They hump with

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Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force Air Marshall Kevin Short is presented the Operation Bush Fire Assist Commendation on behalf of the New Zealand Defence Force, by Colonel Neil Peake the Australian Defence Attache accompanied by Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand Patricia Forsythe. NZDF photo.
New Zealand News 

CDF Commendation for NZDF Op Bushfire Assist contingent

17/11/202117/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2739 Views 0 Comments Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

The compassion, bravery and knowledge of New Zealand Defence Force personnel who deployed in support of bushfire relief efforts in

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Executive Officer HMAS Dechaineux Lieutenant Commander Darren White raises the 'Jolly Roger' on Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux at Fleet Base West. Official Defence photo by Chief Petty Officer Damian Pawlenko.
Poets Corner 

The Saltiest Ode to Submariners

16/11/202116/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2009 Views 1 Comment By Spent Cartridge

Once a “Jolly Roger” swam under the seven seas Deep in the bowels of one of our Collins-class submarines She

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Major (read) James Joseph 'Jock' Smith MC and Bar – RIP 12 November 2021 aged 83.
Poets Corner 

Until we are all together again

15/11/202115/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2341 Views 0 Comments By George Mansford

In the mist of time, Jock’s fond familiar image reaches out Fleeting frames of determination, duty and a heart so

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HMAS Sirius transits to Norfolk Island to visit her ceremonial homeport during her decommissioning tour. Photo by Leading Seaman Sittichai Salonpoonpol.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Sirius heads for retirement

15/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1876 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy’s last auxiliary oiler supply ship HMAS Sirius has been farewelled by Navy’s east-coast-based fleet and dignitaries

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HMAS Stalwart's Ship's Company "crew ship" for the first time during a commissioning ceremony for the auxiliary oiler replenishment at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, WA. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Stalwart commissioned

13/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2603 Views 0 Comments

The newest vessel in the Royal Australian Navy Fleet was commissioned today at Fleet Base West, Western Australia. CAPTION: HMAS

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Sir Jeffrey Armiger 

Navy Shipbuilding Plan sunk

13/11/202124/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1953 Views 0 Comments

Defence’s Navy Shipbuilding Plan has disappeared – and no one thought to check. In a press release issued today (on

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Lieutenant James Mark Kennedy, his grave site and Nurse Lottie Kendell whom he met on the troop ship to war and married in Egypt after surviving Gallipoli.
Europe News Veterans 

Soldier from WWI identified

13/11/202113/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2251 Views 1 Comment

The body of a Victorian soldier killed in action during the First World War has been identified in an unnamed

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In celebration of their mascot, the Australian magpie, No. 75 Squadron applied a black and white commemorative paint scheme to F/A-18A Hornet A21-018. The aircraft will sport the new colour scheme ahead of the squadron's transition to the F-35A Lightning II in 2022. The squadron adopted the magpie because it is a belligerent defendant of its young with the courage to attack. Photo by Sergeant Pete Gammie.
Poets Corner 

THE OLD MAGPIE

13/11/202113/11/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1859 Views 0 Comments By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

YOU’RE A LONG WAY FROM THE WESTERN FRONT, THE OLD MAGPIE SAID  AS HE GAZED DOWN ON THE POPPIES, IN

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Editor's Vlog 

Remembrance Day 2021 – in thongs and gongs

11/11/202102/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1876 Views 2 Comments Veteran Surf Project

Today I attended a very special surfing session with the Veteran Surf Project at Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, NSW. On

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