OPINION: Andrew Hastie MP/ex-SAS – on Brereton 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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Thought provoking
OPINION PIECE – John Bale on 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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Tiny ADF footprint in Western Australia – The Need for a Second Army
A thought-provoking piece on “Tiny ADF footprint in Western Australia – The Need for a Second Army” – invites debate.
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Army Cadet Apprentice System – A PAPER
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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Proposal to raise an Army Cadet Apprentice School
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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The importance of a National Sovereignty Strategy – 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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Old warrior holds court in a biblical land
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
Submitted ‘thought piece’… (Image supplied by Beca) When it comes to military procurement, acquisition leads often focus on buying as
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 5
A couple of points from previous parts: (i) I understand that the amphibious battalion in Townsville is actually under the
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 4
Does it not seem strange that the Australian Army’s most expensive equipment procurement project ever – $15billion worth – is
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is There Something Wrong? Part 3
How does a mechanised infantry battalion work? Let’s start with a single IFV … three crew (driver, gunner and commander),
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Armour in the Australian Army : Is There Something Wrong? Part 2
For those interested in Army’s most expensive acquisition ever … LAND 400 Phase 3 ($15b) is intended to provide 450
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Armour in the Australian Army: Is there something wrong?
Part one in a new series of musings by Australian tank expert Bruce Cameron Let’s look at the situation
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An argument to make 2RAR whole again
“Some men look at the way things are and ask ‘Why?’. I prefer to look at the way things should
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Let’s buy Amtracs for 2RAR
. Dear generals and politicians, Before you get too carried away with reinventing Army’s amphibious capability, best you realise paddling
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Reorganising the reorganisation of the reorg
. Seems change is as good as a holiday, or is it the old let’s keep the troops busy. Maybe it’s because
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What could we deploy if Korea hits the fan?
. As South Korea is one of our major trading partners, the USA is our major ally and we have
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Celebrating Freedom on ANZAC Day 2017
. Many years ago as a young child accompanying my parents, we approached an unguarded voting box on election day
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Even ANZAC Day is being commercialised
Business has done it to Christmas and then to Easter; in fact Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Valentine’s Day where
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A Matter of Perspective
I’ve had time of late to take stock of things and look at the world with a new appreciation for
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