‘Fair go’ for Vietnam vets who missed medal
Dear Editor, For around 50 years now, more than 3000 Australian National Service Vietnam veterans have been denied the
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Millions of $-worth of new clothing in $9 auction could have gone to Cadets
Hundreds-of-thousands of items of military clothing went under the virtual hammer in what seemed to be a wasteful Army warehouse
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 4
Does it not seem strange that the Australian Army’s most expensive equipment procurement project ever – $15billion worth – is
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Chapter 57: 3 and awakie!
I remember it well. You see we were due to come home from our 12 month tour of Vietnam on
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 3
How does a mechanised infantry battalion work? Let’s start with a single IFV … three crew (driver, gunner and commander),
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CONTACT tops 3million page views
Sometime late last month when I wasn’t looking, the CONTACT web site topped 3,000,000 page views for the year to
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Roulettes get new colour scheme for airplane they don’t even fly yet
How can you make a song and dance and host a PR pony show to announce a new paint scheme for
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Armour in the Australian Army : Is There Something Wrong? Part 2
For those interested in Army’s most expensive acquisition ever … LAND 400 Phase 3 ($15b) is intended to provide 450
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CONTACT’s Invictus Games coverage – 4 November
Invictus Games 2018 in Sydney is in full swing and I’m in Sydney, photographing as much Aussie-team action as possible. When
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Those ‘free Land Rovers’ will cost RSLs $6180 + GST
Here’s another update on the 21 September story we ran under the headline “200 free Land Rovers for RSLs” –
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is there something wrong?
Part one in a new series of musings by Australian tank expert Bruce Cameron Let’s look at the situation
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CONTACT will cover Invictus Games after all
I reported earlier this month that CONTACT did not receive media accreditation to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney next
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CORRECTION: ‘Free Land Rovers’ are not free after all
On 21 September we ran a story under the headline “200 free Land Rovers for RSLs“. FILE PHOTO (November 2013): An
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Australian Warrior Expo gathering momentum
You know, I’m really glad I got in on this juggernaut early. Australian Warrior Expo invited CONTACT to be a
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Chapter 56: Am I dreamin’?
We were heading for Chau Luc rubber plantation in the northern part of Phuoc Tuy Province, not far from the Courteney
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CONTACT might be covering Invictus Games after all
CONTACT – the Australian military magazine was informed it would not be allowed to cover the Invictus Games in Sydney
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Simple Survey – do you want CONTACT printed again?
To help us serve our audience better, we need to know our audience a little better. Age, gender and military
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Follow-up to “Veteran refused care – because DVA is paying”
It took six month but I eventually got a response from my local politician to my recounting of my experience
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An argument to make 2RAR whole again
“Some men look at the way things are and ask ‘Why?’. I prefer to look at the way things should
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I only announced my new #printCONTACTagain plan about three weeks ago, and already, we’ve topped 10% of the funding goal.
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