Thursday, August 14, 2025
Latest:
  • Who killed the Sallyman?
  • Good chemistry keeps Defence moving
  • Chaplain tastes red dust of northern deployment
  • Weird particles reveal future of computing
  • Urban environment tests staff cadets

CONTACT magazine

Australia's best free military news site

  • NEWS
  • Poetry
  • Podcasts
  • Fitness
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Write to us
CONTACT magazine

CONTACT BLOG SPOT

Major Brian Moore receives his Federation Star from Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, right, in the presence of family members. Story and photo by Major Carolyn Barnett.
ADF People Australian Army History 

Career comes full circle

12/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1823 Views 0 Comments 51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment

For Major Brian Moore, life has come full circle. CAPTION: Major Brian Moore receives his Federation Star from Chief of Army

Read more
Australian soldiers and an Australian Army M1A1 Abrams conduct an amphibious assault during Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 at Banongan Beach, Indonesia. Photo by Corporal Janet Pan.
Letters to the Editor 

All Soldiers are Weapon Bearers, but …

12/08/2025 Bruce Cameron 315 Views 0 Comments

What is it that defines ‘soldiering’? Is it enough to say the life or job of a soldier? The previous

Read more
An Australian Army M1 Abrams Tank from 2nd Cavalry Regiment disembarks at Lucinda as part of their movement to Townsville Field Training Area for Exercise Brolga Run, on May 21 2024, Queensland. Photo by Captain Brittany Evans.
Letters to the Editor 

Are Tanks Needed as Part of a Littoral Optimised Force?

09/08/2025 Bruce Cameron 630 Views 0 Comments

The National Defence Strategy 2024 makes it clear that the Army must have the capacity to respond with credible military

Read more
Centenarian and World War 2 Air Force veteran June Hunter cuts her birthday cake with help from Aircraftwoman Molly Blanch and Leading Aircraftwoman Nicole Webb. Photos by Group Captain Gregory Weller.
ADF People History Lest We Forget Royal Australian Air Force 

Celebrating the life of a WWII air force veteran

07/08/202509/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 610 Views 0 Comments WWII

The life of World WarII veteran June Hunter (nee Hitch), who died in late July, was a story that spanned

Read more
Australian Army birthday cupcakes prepared for Army's 121st birthday activities at Russell Offices in Canberra on Tuesday, 01 March 2022. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.
Letters to the Editor 

An Honourable Institution?

06/08/2025 Bruce Cameron 2931 Views 3 Comments

The Chief of Army has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, declaring that the Australian Army is a national

Read more
Image generated by ChatGPT
Letters to the Editor 

Will the Chief of Army’s Chief of Staff Respond?

04/08/2025 Bruce Cameron 621 Views 0 Comments

On 20 July 25, a letter was posted to Brigadier Matthew Campbell, the Chief of Army’s Chief of Staff. The

Read more
Family, friends and past members of the 1st Armoured Regiment watch on during a parade to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Letters to the Editor 

1st Armoured Regiment: The Ethics of Manipulation

01/08/2025 Bruce Cameron 743 Views 0 Comments

The Chief of Army wrote to me earlier this year, partly in response to a paper I had submitted advocating

Read more
Suanne Prager, airlifted to Australia under Operation Babylift as a child, meets 37 Squadron Association president Col Coyne at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Story and photos by Corporal Jacob Joseph.
History News Royal Australian Air Force 

Operation Babylift crews reunite with passengers

31/07/202503/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1063 Views 0 Comments AWM, Vietnam War

Royal Australian Air Force and Qantas personnel who flew hundreds of Vietnamese orphans out of harm’s way were reunited with

Read more
Soldiers officers and vehicles of the 1st Armoured Regiment on parade to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
Letters to the Editor 

1st Armoured Regiment: New Unit, New Traditions

30/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 5214 Views 0 Comments

The Commanding Officer and RSM of the Combat Experimentation Group (CXG) have said that they are “committed to upholding the

Read more
Former Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Townsville II makes her final journey to her new home at the Townsville Maritime Museum. Story and photos by Lieutenant Commander Anthony Martin.
History News Royal Australian Navy 

Honouring a Fremantle-class legend at Townsville

30/07/202511/08/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 844 Views 0 Comments

On a bright north-Queensland morning, the former Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Townsville II made its final journey up

Read more
Soldiers from 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, watch on as an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank fires in support during Exercise Diamond Run 2017. Photo by Captain Anna-Lise Brink.
Letters to the Editor 

The Infantry/Tank Partnership: Forgotten Until Needed

29/07/202529/07/2025 John Muir 293 Views 1 Comment

Perhaps the CA has forgotten what he was taught back in 1990 before he graduated. As the CI Military Training

Read more
An Australian Army trooper from the 1st Armoured Regiment remotely controls a weapon system on an optionally crewed armoured vehicle during a demonstration in Puckapunyal, Victoria. Photo by Sergeant Tristan Kennedy.
Letters to the Editor 

Who Better to Forge a Path?

29/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 284 Views 0 Comments

It wasn’t long ago that the CO, 1st Armoured Regiment, asked: “who better to forge a path through these new

Read more
An Australian Army soldier from 1st Armoured Regiment briefs Chief of Army on some of his units new experimental fighting equipment in Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. Photo by Captain Joanne Leca.
Letters to the Editor 

Seniority or Excellence: Does it Have to be One or the Other?

27/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 687 Views 1 Comment

Despite having long ago given up any attempt at trying to convince the Chief of Army to return 1st Armoured

Read more
Veterans of the 1st Armoured Regiment during the Cambrai Parade at Edinburgh Defence Precinct. Photo by Corporal Adam Quinn.
Letters to the Editor 

1 Armd Regt’s Service is Remembered; But, is it Valued?

25/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 283 Views 0 Comments

As part of his ANZAC Day address for 2025, the Chief of Army, Lt Gen Simon Stuart, AO, DSC, said

Read more
Letters to the Editor 

Army’s Transformation: Sadly, It’s Not All Good

23/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 9120 Views 9 Comments

“There are no soldiers, no team, no call signs that won’t be affected by Army’s transformation and future direction, and

Read more
Australian Army soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct a live fire danger close serial in an M1A2 Abrams main battle tank at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Lance Corporal Caitlyn Davill.
Letters to the Editor 

What CAN be Done to Return 1 Armd Regt to a Combat Role?

21/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 4596 Views 3 Comments

Those who permitted tanks to be stripped from 1 Armd Regt have really got the RAAC into a mess! They

Read more
An Australian Army soldier from 1st Armoured Regiment demonstrates hyper-teaming with uncrewed aerial systems on Project Convergence Capstone 5 at Fort Irwin, California, on 11 March 2025. Photo by Corporal Nakia Chapman.
Letters to the Editor 

RAAC Attributes: What we Stand for

18/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 1348 Views 0 Comments

The Role of the RAAC hasn’t been changed to encompass the Combat Experimentation Group (CXG), as yet. It is still,

Read more
Executive Officer of 2 Security Forces Squadron, Squadron Leader Tai Kohn, has her head shaved after the squadron completed 3521 laps around the RAAF Base Amberley running track to raise funds to fight ovarian cancer. Story by Corporal Sam Price. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Taylor Anderson.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Royal Australian Air Force 

Squadron runs laps for cancer battle

18/07/202530/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1459 Views 0 Comments No. 2 Security Forces Squadron, RAAF Amberley

Over the course of one morning, 2 Security Forces Squadron ran an impressive fundraising effort support a member undergoing her

Read more
A ex-Australian Army Centurion tank bush bashing at South Gippsland Tank Adventures, to promote the tank's launch inside the global PC game World of Tanks. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
Letters to the Editor 

Giving up the Fight: Is This the RAAC Way?

15/07/2025 Bruce Cameron 934 Views 0 Comments

It might be for some. What would you do? You’ve gone to the assistance of an infantry platoon in danger

Read more
ADF People History 

Tradition in every stitch

15/07/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 972 Views 0 Comments Colours

Self-described “maker, manager, inventor and cleaner”, Umit Erturk, 73, and his wife Evangelia Erturk, 74, have handcrafted bespoke ceremonial regalia

Read more
  • ← Previous

Hours more reading…

OUR SUPPORTERS…



About CONTACT

Contact is an independent veteran owned and operated Australian publishing house that curates this web site and a weekly newsletter – available by subscribing (free) via Patreon.

Write to us via editor@militarycontact.com

 

CONTACT Air Land & Sea plus COMBAT Camera magazines were past publications of this business. Digital copies of both magazines can be viewed or downloaded via our Archives (see menus).

Main Menu

  • NEWS
  • Poetry
  • Podcasts
  • Fitness
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Write to us

Admin Menu

  • Write to CONTACT
  • Sponsored Posts
  • About Us
  • Our Privacy Policy
  • SUBSCRIBE FREE
  • MUSEUM OF ARROGANT HUBRIS
©Copyright Contact Publishing