Helicopter underwater escape training
With soldiers strapped into the seat of the helo dunker, the machine starts to rise up from the water. CAPTION:
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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan
Albanese Owns the Matt Keogh Problem
Dear Editor, Matt Keogh admitted he “got it wrong” when he initially refused to meet veterans and clinicians opposing Labor’s
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Forging a decorative door lock
I set out to make a decorative door lock – and eventually got there. Though the artistic process unexpectedly took
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The campaign to reinstate 1st Armoured Regiment’s combat status
What more can be done? More than 120 letters have been published in CONTACT thus far. One received more than
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Aussies support drone course for NZ Army
The New Zealand Army is building its first-person view (FPV) drone capability with a new specialist course. CAPTION: A New
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Census on the high seas
For most people, this year’s census was filled out at home, on the couch or in the study – but,
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New masts for new Young Endeavour
Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour II recently celebrated two major construction milestones – the vessel’s launch and successful placement of its three
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Tully prepares troops for jungle warfighting
Deep in Tully’s jungle in far north Queensland, a young soldier lies on his stomach in a muddy gun pit.
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Mitigating brain injury from blasts
Repeated low-level blast overpressure exposure in training is recognised as a workplace hazard – and Defence is implementing new measures to
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Infantry to field FPV attack drones
First-person-view strike drones will soon be part of infantry’s arsenal, with 5/7RAR aiming to field a fully integrated combat team
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Where does this leave the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC)?
If no action is to be taken by the RAAC’s leaders … the future is bleak, indeed! What needs to
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Forging ahead
The basement project is forging ahead, so to speak. Yes, I actually bought a forge this week – and set
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“1 Armd Regt” muddies future for Corps
Now that 1st Armoured Regiment no longer has an RAAC role, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment comprises a dual role unit
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Infantry DASH into new urban training
Australian infantry soldiers will be better prepared for urban warfare with the introduction of innovations such as the Dismounted Austere
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1 Armd Regt’s experimental repair shop
A small drone with a broken wing is retrieved from scrubland at Cultana and taken to a converted stores module
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Aussie Tigers prowl in Malaysia
Members of Task Unit Marlin and 2/30 Training Group contributed aviation and ground-based capabilities respectively to Exercise Keris Strike in
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Parade introduces new weapon system
The Australian Army officially brought its first protected mobile fires battery into service during a parade at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville,
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An epistle according to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Google advises that: “An epistle is a formal, elegant, or long letter. With a capital ‘E’, it refers to the
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RAAF and Army firefighters’ basic training
While red fireballs erupting above RAAF Base Amberley may be enough to make passing motorists take a second look, the
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First flight for autonomous logistics aircraft
RAAF’s Jericho Disruptive Innovation (JDI) team, in partnership with Brisbane-based RF Design, has completed the first long-range mission of an
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