US Marines embark on HMAS Adelaide – CONTACT editor vomits
The Australian Defence Force put out a press release today that said Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, US Army and
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How tactical sleeping can win Australian Idol
It’s one of life’s great mysteries, the fact that I can fall asleep during a live-fire shoot detailing man’s loudest
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Should pollies wear pollies – or cams?
What do you think about the furore over politicians wearing uniforms on their campaign posters? Personally, I don’t have a
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Chapter 5: Wah, Two Free, Wah
“Tonight the barber cometh. Youse will all get a haircut”, this was the great order of the day from the
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Aussies may not be at-work CONTACT readers after all
On ‘expert’ advice, I recently changed my subscriber emailing schedule from Sunday to Thursday. These USA-based ‘experts’ said Sunday was
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Chapter 4: Darcy has balls
Picking a site for an Army base is really quite easy if your objective is to piss diggers off. Pick
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My life in recon
The fresh clean air; the sound of birds chirping; I have to say, nothing beats living under a pile of
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A call for volunteers – AWM Last Post
If you’re posted to the ACT region the Australian War Memorial needs your help. Over recent years the AWM has
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There are big things happening around CONTACT
There’s some big things happening around CONTACT at the moment and I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight a
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Chapter 3: Ninety-Day Wonders
Those first few days at Kapooka are a bit of a blur now. I was in 22 Platoon, we were
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Chapter 2: The Doc and the Psych
At the RAP (Regimental Aid Post) . We had only just arrived and the first thing they did was to
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Why was major milestone of ‘extraordinary’ Tiger ignored by Defence?
Is Defence suddenly shy? They are certainly not putting out nearly as many press releases as they used to. Operation
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Chapter 1: One small step for a boy and one giant leap to manhood
On a cold windswept train station in Cootamundra one winter’s morning in July 1969, I waited. I was beginning a
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Equipment cycles are faster than attitudes
A small story we ran this week called ‘Not-so-grim Reaper on trial’ caused a storm of majority negative comments on
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I’m sick of this politicking already
Has the federal election even been announced yet? Sure as shit the campaigning has started – and Defence is featuring
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Kiama Dawn Service marred by (local) politics
This year is the second year in a row I’ve walked away from my local ANZAC Day Dawn Service in
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What are Kiwis doing here on ANZAC Day?
After reading your reply in Facebook re the “Is ANZAC Day not taught in schools or what?” post. I have humbly
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Is ANZAC Day not taught in schools or what?
So, I was on the train yesterday and in front of me were these school kids talking about ANZAC Day. They were
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The Money Game – Your Best Investments
Where do I put my money? When I left the Army in 1995 I withdrew my personal contributions from MSBS
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Kiwi exchange no laughing matter – unless you have good health cover
Today I will be talking about New Zealand. Why? Because aside from the many similarities we share with New Zealanders,
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