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December 2007
72 Pages This Issue
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When most people think about soldiers and soldiering, the image in their heads is more likely than not that of an infantry soldier. While the image is, for the most part, justified, what they don't realise is how complex and demanding modern infanteering really is. Infantry is the foundation of any army, the basic building block around which everything else is focused. Words Brian
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"One Friendly KIA" - the words that wrenched the hearts of colleagues and commanders on foreign soil, and a stricken family back home. Trooper David Pearce, 41, was killed just weeks after deploying, by a roadside bomb while driving and ASLAV in Afghanistan. Words Brian
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October 2007 will go down as a dark month for the Australian Defence Force with the death of two respected and professional soldiers - killed in action. Sergeant Matthew Locke, a member of the Special Air Services Regiment who was awarded the Medal for Gallantry in December last year, was shot in the chest during an operation against the Taliban in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Words Brian
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Mists parted and the sun shone brightly the moment soldiers from the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, slow-marched one of their own and four Digger mates to newly dug graves on a former battlefield in Belgium.. Pics Corporal Chris Moore |
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When you own the best toys, everyone wants to play with you. So it is for 2 Cavalry Regiment in Darwin. Owning the best deployable equipment in the Top End and being one unit in a relatively small available pool, 2 Cav Regt soldiers have seen quite a few operations in recent years. Words and Pics Brian Hartigan |
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Aussies in contact - again. This time, though, Corporal Jamie Osborne was with them to capture the action on video and in stills. And Private Philip Hodgskiss came away with an unwelcome souvineer - two bullets to dig out of the body armour that saved his life. Words Brian
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Army officers and invited guests at the Combined Arms Training Centre in Puckapunyal witnessed an awesome show of force when a live-fire exercise, simulating an attack on multiple enemy positions, thundered across the range in August. Pics Corporal Rodney Welch |
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More than 1500 Defence personnel and a huge range of equipment were deployed to Sydney on Operation Deluge, the ADF’s contribution in support of the security blanket put in place for APEC Leaders’ Week in September. Words Brian
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Five months is a long time to be away from home – at least it was for me. The thought that I would be back in Australia in a matter of days was more than a little surreal. Home had become a magical, idealised concept, and the last days between Somalia and my front door were an exquisite torture. Words Wayne
Cooper Wayne Cooper is taking a break from his Somalia coverage and, while we hope he will eventually return, and we thank him heaps for his effort thus far, next issue we hand the pen to an infantryman to tell it from his viewpoint. Stay tuned... |
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