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Anti-ADF Sentiment – Echoes of The Past

12/04/2021 Luke Ross 517 Views 2 Comments

We are entering a new era of defence bashing – society may be on a path that we have seen before that lead to negative impacts for defence.

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Kay Danes with fellow speaker Alan Jones and her husband, former SAS Warrant Officer Kerry Danes. Photo supplied.
Health and Wellbeing Thought provoking 

Stand tall for ADF PTS reform

06/01/202106/01/2021 Dr Kay Danes, OAM 567 Views 0 Comments

The following is a keynote address given by Dr Kay Danes at the launch of a ‘Stand Tall for PTS’

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A RAAF P-8A Poseidon supports sea trials for NUSHIP (now HMAS) Hobart in the Gulf St Vincent off the coast of Adelaide. Photo by Corporal Craig Barrett.
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What we don’t know about P-8A Poseidon is somehow comforting

06/01/202106/01/2021 Brian Hartigan 1331 Views 1 Comment

The government recently announced that it was buying two extra P-8A Poseidon long-range, armed, maritime search, reconnaissance (and attack) aircraft

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War crimes and the sanctity of the rule of law – PART II

17/12/202014/12/2020 Brian Hartigan 608 Views 0 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

Part II of a two-part essay titled War crimes and the sanctity of the rule of law – the trial of

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War crimes and the sanctity of the rule of law – PART I

14/12/202017/12/2020 Brian Hartigan 878 Views 0 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

Hereafter follows Part I of a two-part essay titled War crimes and the sanctity of the rule of law – the

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Australian Australian Army Thought provoking Veterans 

OPINION: PM complicit in attack on the ‘meritorious many’

08/12/202012/12/2020 Brian Hartigan 4841 Views 10 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

I am not an alarmist by nature; but I am a proud Australian veteran with 16 years of service including

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Former RSM SOTG VI says “Stop the revocation of the MUC and the disbanding of 2 Squadron SASR”

30/11/202030/11/2020 Kerry Danes 1900 Views 0 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

It is time to act now to protect the reputation of the thousands of members of the multiple SOTG rotations who gave Meritorious service.

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Dark days for SASR after IGADF Afghanistan report.
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OPINION: Andrew Hastie MP/ex-SAS – on Brereton Inquiry

24/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 3719 Views 6 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

That’s why I support the Brereton Inquiry: I love my country and want to protect it from those who would harm us – from without and within.

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T-wall art at Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
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OPINION PIECE – John Bale on IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

13/11/2020 Brian Hartigan 2515 Views 5 Comments IGADF Afghanistan Inquiry

I fear for the legacy the IGADF war-crimes report may leave for the thousands who served in Afghan­istan. What will our nation think of us?

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Australian Army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles from Darwin-based 1st Brigade drive along the Great Northern Highway during Exercise Northern Shield 2016. Photo by Corporal David Said.
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Tiny ADF footprint in Western Australia – The Need for a Second Army

26/10/202026/10/2020 Brian Hartigan 3845 Views 10 Comments Peter Billington

A thought-provoking piece on “Tiny ADF footprint in Western Australia – The Need for a Second Army” – invites debate.

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Royal Australian Navy sailor Leading Seaman Cameron Campbell supervises Able Seaman Matthew Gates in a welding task. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle, digitally enhanced by CONTACT (adding extra weld sparkles).
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Army Cadet Apprentice System – A PAPER

13/10/202013/10/2020 Brian Hartigan 1108 Views 0 Comments Peter Billington

This paper is written around two key things – solid character and apprenticeship training – and focuses on building and construction in WA.

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Australian Army engineers pour concrete. Photo by Sergeant Janine Fabre.
Letters to the Editor Thought provoking 

Proposal to raise an Army Cadet Apprentice School

22/09/202013/10/2020 Brian Hartigan 3598 Views 3 Comments Peter Billington

We propose that an apprentice school could be run under the banner of Australian Army Cadets and and be called Army Cadet Apprentice School.

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A single MH-60 Romeo helicopter (photo digitally altered) conducts a running take during first-of-class flight trials onboard HMAS Adelaide. Photo by Able Seaman Jarrod Mulvahill.
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The importance of a National Sovereignty Strategy – Jim Molan

29/04/2020 Brian Hartigan 3525 Views 2 Comments Jim Molan

Three months ago, as Australia was emerging from a nightmarish summer of bushfires, the first reports of a mysterious new

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Major Anthony Bartlett at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Photo by Captain Roger Brennan
Middle East Operations Overseas Thought provoking 

Old warrior holds court in a biblical land

29/01/2020 Brian Hartigan 1117 Views 0 Comments Task Group Taji

On New Year’s Eve, smoke wafted from a pipe at the Taji Military Complex north of Baghdad to mark another year gone and a new one’s beginning.

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When capability overrides supportability – project disappointment

11/09/2019 Brian Hartigan 3294 Views 0 Comments

Submitted ‘thought piece’… (Image supplied by Beca) When it comes to military procurement, acquisition leads often focus on buying as

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Australian, Japanese and American soldiers conduct a live-fire platoon attack with armoured fighting vehicles at Puckapunyal during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2014. Photo by Sergeant Brian Hartigan.
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 5

27/11/201821/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 3587 Views 2 Comments

A couple of points from previous parts: (i) I understand that the amphibious battalion in Townsville is actually under the

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Boxer CRV. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 4

19/11/201821/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 4265 Views 3 Comments

Does it not seem strange that the Australian Army’s most expensive equipment procurement project ever – $15billion worth – is

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A simulated munition explodes next to an Australian Army Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle – Light during Land Trial 02-18 at the Townsville Field Training Area in north Queensland. Photo by Corporal Nunu Campos.
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 3

11/11/201821/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 6071 Views 6 Comments

How does a mechanised infantry battalion work? Let’s start with a single IFV … three crew (driver, gunner and commander),

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Rheinmetall Boxer CRV with an in-service Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV).
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Armour in the Australian Army : Is There Something Wrong? Part 2

06/11/201821/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 3955 Views 0 Comments

For those interested in Army’s most expensive acquisition ever … LAND 400 Phase 3 ($15b) is intended to provide 450

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An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires on Exercise Diamond Run 2017. Photo by Captain Anna-Lise Brink.
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is there something wrong?

16/10/201821/02/2021 Brian Hartigan 4566 Views 5 Comments

Part one in a new series of musings by Australian tank expert Bruce Cameron   Let’s look at the situation

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