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Life on the Line Podcast – Mark Wales
Life on the Line Podcast 

Mark Wales – SAS – Kill Kapture

05/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1794 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Alex Lloyd interviews East Timor, Solomon Islands, Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan veteran, formerly of the SAS, Mark Wales.

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ADF News Veterans 

Defence Service Homes Insurance expands eligibility criteria

03/06/202103/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2939 Views 2 Comments

More than 300,000 additional current and former Australian Defence Force members including reservists and peacekeepers can now access all-inclusive home

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Queen Elizabeth talks with members of the ships company of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth on 22 May 2021, just hours before the UK Carrier Strike Group sailed for its first operational deployment. UK MoD Crown copyright. Photo by Petty Officer Jay Allen.
Poets Corner 

THE MONARCH

02/06/202102/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2025 Views 0 Comments By Tomas 'Paddy' Hamilton

In the canyon of Her chapel, She prays there on Her own, The Monarch of our Commonwealth, now She sits alone.

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The Charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the New 7 August 1915. Painting (cropped) by George Lambert, 1924.
Poets Corner 

Men Such as These

02/06/202102/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2065 Views 0 Comments By Alistair Pope

Harold Rush woke with a yawn, A touch of grey light beckoned the dawn, The Light Horsemen were ready that day, Unafraid of entering the fray.

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2RAR soldiers depart the well deck of USS Green Bay in combat rubber raiding craft during Talisman Saber 17. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sarah Myers.
ADF News Talisman Sabre 

Foreign troops arriving for Talisman Sabre

02/06/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3124 Views 1 Comment Talisman Sabre 2021

International forces participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre will arrive into Australia throughout June and July.

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CONTACT issue 70 out now
Archives News 

CONTACT magazine – Issue 70

31/05/202101/09/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7706 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT Air Land & Sea magazine issue number 70 was published on 1 June 2021 and is completely free for anyone to read, download and share.

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Pozières windmill ruins by Hispalois (cropped from original)
Australian News Veterans 

Legion of Honour recipient found guilty of misusing war memorial donations

31/05/202131/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2697 Views 0 Comments

A Coffs Harbour woman has been sentenced to 16 months jail for misappropriating $148k from the Pozieres Remembrance Association.

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News Veterans 

Changing the narrative around PTSD through post traumatic growth

28/05/202128/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1500 Views 0 Comments

After 35 years in the Australia Air Force**, including a harrowing peace keeping mission in Rwanda, Air Vice-Marshal (retd) Tracy

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Land Forces 2021 in Brisbane from 1 to 3 June will go ahead as planned – except for people who have been in Victoria in the past 14 days.
ADF Australian News 

Land Forces expo going ahead despite COVID lockdown

27/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2497 Views 0 Comments

Land Forces 2021 in Brisbane from 1 to 3 June will go ahead as planned – except for people who have been in Victoria in the past 14 days.

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Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Photo supplied.
Australian Europe News 

UK-based Cook Defence Systems to supply Lynx tracks

27/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4269 Views 0 Comments

Cook Defence Systems was selected to provide tracks for Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 for the Australian Army in its bid for LAND 400 Phase 3.

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Members of Australia's Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) prepare to fly into Oruzgan's Baluchi Valley and Chora regions in support of an MTF1 mission, in 2010. Photo by Lieutenant Aaron Oldaker.
Poets Corner 

THE ANZACS WILL NOT BE HAPPY

26/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1292 Views 0 Comments By George Mansford

We swore sacred vow for very good reason For love of country, not broken promise and false gold Ready to give all, many did in bloody season

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ghosts of Afghanistan
Thought provoking 

IT’S TIME FOR OUR ELECTED CAESAR TO ACT

26/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3068 Views 0 Comments By George Mansford

Like many Australians, I have great empathy for COs, their officers and NCOs slowly being stripped of authority, smothered by Canberra.

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Midshipman Laura Kelly and classmates from the inaugural Maritime Human Recourse Officers Course showcase the Royal Australian Navy's new winter black dress at HMAS Cerberus in Victoria. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy unveils new winter black dress

24/05/202125/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9676 Views 3 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy last week published photos unveiling a new female uniform moddled on a RAAF design, also worn by Army.

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HMAS Hobart fires an SM2 missile. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.
Australian News Sovereign industry 

NIOA plays for lead in Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise

24/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2190 Views 0 Comments

NIOA has announced its bid to enter the massive Australian sovereign guided-missiles manufacturing program.

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Able Seaman Rikki Phillips looks happy to be home as HMAS Anzac returns home to Fleet Base West in Western Australia following a two-month deployment through South East Asia and the North East Indian Ocean – with a last-minute detour to rescue Bali fishermen in destress. Photo by Leading Seaman Thomas Sawtell.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Anzac home after eventful deployment

24/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1975 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Anzac has returned home, marking the end of an extended deployment that culminated in a re-tasking to support a search and rescue.

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Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – Terms of Reference
ADF News Veterans 

RSL outlines its submission on suicide Royal Commission ToRs

24/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1732 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

RSL has outlined its submission on the themes for consultation on the Terms of Reference for the suicide Royal Commission.

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Take a Deep Breath – poem by Brigadier (retd) George Mansford
Poets Corner 

Take a Deep Breath

23/05/202127/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2832 Views 0 Comments By George Mansford

A sub unit, without trial, has been struck from the order of battle, and with it a once-loyal and dedicated military family cast to the wind.

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Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – Terms of Reference
ADF News Veterans 

Public input to Royal Commission Terms of Reference closed

22/05/202122/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1636 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

More than 1400 pieces of written feedback that will inform the Terms of Reference for the suicide Royal Commission were received by DVA.

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Don Barnby interviewed for Life on the Line podcast
Life on the Line Podcast 

Don Barnby – from SAS to AFP

22/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1991 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Thomas Kaye interviews Vietnam, Cyprus and East Timor veteran, formerly of the SAS and AFP, Don Barnby for Life on the Line Podcast.

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Life After Service Documentary with Don Barnby.
Life on the Line Podcast 

Life After Service – Don Barnby

22/05/202122/05/2021 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1818 Views 0 Comments Life on the Line Podcast

Former SAS trooper and Australian Federal Police officer Don Barnby talks to Thomas Kaye about his Life After Service.

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