Demise of 1st Armoured Regiment: Cases for and against
Arguments that have been made in support of 1st Armoured Regiment becoming an experimentation unit include those set out below:
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Why Chief of Army can’t be allowed to get away with it!
Get away with what? With throwing 1st Armoured Regiment under a bus and pretending that nothing’s happened … that’s what!
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CONTACT sets massive new record
CONTACT has set a massive new record for the number of pages viewed on its web site in a calendar
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Why is the RAAC so subservient?
The letter below asks questions related to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, but what is the RAAC and who represents
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Honesty is always the best policy
Let’s look at what the Chief of the Defence Force and Minister have said were the reasons for the tanks
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Why won’t the Chief of Army answer this question?
Why was the need for a unit to evaluate emerging technologies so urgent that it justified demoting Army’s most senior
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Is the Chief of Army just a figurehead?
In the famous words of Julius Sumner Miller: Why is This so? 1st Armoured Regiment is the senior regiment
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Recruit School – 100 years of shaping Navy’s future
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond hosted an official reception and Ceremonial Sunset on December 11 to honour 100
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ADF aids KIA recovery from Korean DMZ
Seventy-five years after the Korean War started, the Australian Defence Force has supported a successful remains recovery mission on a
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Veteran’s reunion after 80 years
Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Christopher Smith recently welcomed 100-year-old World War 2 veteran Valerie Ireland, née Blackett, back to Fleet
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A ‘short snorter’ with a powerful story
An extraordinary piece of wartime history is now on display at the RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre: a 10-shilling ‘short
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What price 1st Armoured Regiment’s esprit-de-corps, heritage and tradition?
The loss of combat power suffered by 3 Brigade (Armoured) is relatively easy to quantify in terms of unit strength
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Dogs and handlers sink their teeth into workshop
A group of Army military working dogs (MWDs) and handlers practised their often dangerous and unpredictable work in the red
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Memorial enshrines Air Force ‘gunnies’
More than a century after Australian aircrew first dropped bombs over the Middle East, a memorial has been dedicated to
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Dismal end to the Army’s most senior unit
The following quote is from the Wikipedia entry for the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC): “The removal of 1st Armoured
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Combat assault dog honoured
In a moving ceremony in Perth last month, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) combat assault dog, Fax, posthumously received the
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One final wish: Committal of ashes to the sea
HMAS Ballarat has honoured the life and service of four former Royal Australian Navy members and one Royal Navy sailor by committing
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Wheelchairs fly so children can thrive
On November 18, some important and precious Christmas gifts sat on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules. CAPTION:
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Infantry fighting vehicles displace core armour roles
A series of five articles was published by CONTACT during October and November 2018, titled “Armour in the Australian Army:
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Air Force commemorates peacetime sacrifice
Attendees gathered at the South Australian Aviation Museum (SAAM) to witness the Dedication and Inaugural Commemorative Service of a new
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