Letters to the Editor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is no such thing as an RAAC chain of command. Neither the Representative Honorary Colonel nor the RAAC Head

The Jun/Jul 2025 1 Armd Regt Assn newsletter contains a summary of this year’s RAAC Corps Conference, attended by the

…the answer is easy. Those responsible can’t be allowed to continue detracting from 1st Armoured Regiment’s hard-fought heritage. A unit

There is a growing suggestion that the Chief of Army was pressured into finding a unit to manage new and

Sometimes one forgets that not all readers have a complete understanding of all the important issues. Rather than emphasising significant

A current serving member of 1st Armoured Regiment recently wrote an open letter to me. (I’d previously written a similar

One of the consequences of the tanks being stripped from 1 Armd Regt is that it leaves 3 Brigade (designated

It wasn’t only the CO who suggested that it wouldn’t be long before 1st Armoured Regiment became a tank regiment

The RAAC RSM acknowledged in the 2024 IRONSIDES (just published) that the decision to strip the tanks from 1 Armd

The 2024 edition of IRONSIDES was published recently. Those of us who looked for some clarity concerning the circumstances which

On 29 Aug 24, an article in The Australian Defence Magazine [ADM] stated that: “The Army has re-roled one squadron

Prior to returning from Vietnam, the Commanding Officer of 4RAR/NZ, Lt Col Jim Hughes, MC (later Maj Gen) wrote to

This is what has happened with the new role that the Chief of Army designated for the 1st Armoured Regiment.