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By Michael Shave

Lieutenant Patrick Omodei, of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, calls out enemy target indications during the Infantry Regimental Officers Basic Course. Photo by Corporal Brodie Cross.
Poets Corner 

At Day’s End

16/02/2021 Michael Shave 106 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

Beneath the jungle canopy all is quiet, and very still. The heat it prickles up and down my back, beneath

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Australian troops bound for Vietnam line the flight deck of HMAS Sydney – the Vung Tau Ferry – on departure from Garden Island, Sydney.
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Those We Left Behind

15/02/2021 Michael Shave 114 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

We of the Ninth in sixty-eight Embarking then for Vietnam; We lined the deck, we had such fun. You waved,

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Soldiers from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) exercise Freedom of Entry March in Brisbane. Photo by Oliver Carter.
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Life’s Purpose

08/02/202108/02/2021 Michael Shave 140 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

I was once a soldier smart, Learned to stamp my feet, the art Of calling out ‘The Time’, the thrill Of perfect, synchronising drill.

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Keswick Barracks (November 2017)

05/02/2021 Michael Shave 137 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

Keswick Barracks (November 2017) Being the 50th reunion of 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment —————- Old soldiers never die,

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Coalition helicopter movements in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, October 2006. Photo by Brian Hartigan.
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An Acrostic Concerning Minor Tactics

02/02/202102/02/2021 Michael Shave 176 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

Fighting needs a certain care, Its conduct ruled by those in place. But Righteous thoughts by those not there Ensure the fighters lose face.

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One of thousands of photos taken by Billy Cunneen in Vietnam – 1966, Australian APCs of 1 APC Sqn and dismounted soldiers pursue retreating Viet Cong troops in Phuoc Tuy Province. Click to enlarge.
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Conscripting – If Only

02/02/2021 Michael Shave 192 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

All the way with L. B. J. Was what we said back in the day. But what it meant, if truth to tell, Was two years servitude in hell.

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Caesar’s Ghost

31/01/202131/01/2021 Michael Shave 181 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

Last night I spoke with Caesar’s ghost. We’d quaffed a glass or two of wine. But then the bastard made a boast – his blokes would beat mine.

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A 2RAR soldier orders his section to advance during a platoon attack, at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. Photo by Lance Corporal Kyle Genner
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Immediate Action and Life’s Handicap

31/01/202131/01/2021 Michael Shave 263 Views 0 Comments By Michael Shave

When tracer snarls about your ears Because the bastard knows your there. When so much noise explodes the fears And

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