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December 4, 2014
CO 2 Cav Regt Lt-Col James Davis
commands regiment members on
parade at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville.
Photo by Cpl Jake Sims
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Cpl Nick Wiseman
SPECIAL Forces troops have
arrived on the ground in Baghdad
after successful negotiations with
the Iraqi government, Chief of
Joint Operations VAdm David
Johnston announced at a media
briefing in Canberra on November
25.
The Special Operations Task
Group had been waiting in the
Middle East while negotiations were
under way for the group to work
alongside Iraqi Special Forces in the
fight against ISIL.
VAdm Johnston said the initial
focus for the task group had been
establishing their base of operations.
“The move into Baghdad is
largely complete and they have commenced engagement with key Iraqi
security force officials for the advise
and assist mission,” he said.
“Our Special Forces soldiers will
be working with the Iraqi counterterrorism service, with the objective
of reinforcing that service in order to
enable it to conduct activities against
ISIL.”
The group has started its mission
mostly within the Baghdad diplomatic security centre, which is within
the broader precinct of the Baghdad
international airport.
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New chapter for the 3rd Brigade
 2 Cav Regt relocates to Townsville as part of Plan Beersheba
Members of 2 Cav
Regt line the parade
ground during the
welcome parade at
Lavarack Barracks,
Townsville.
Capt Dominik Sander
SOLDIERS of 2 Cav Regt have officially joined forces with 3 Bde at a
welcome parade at Lavarack Barracks,
starting a new chapter in the unit’s
proud history.
More than 300 soldiers paraded
before dignitaries, colleagues, family
and friends on 3RAR’s parade ground
on November 27, as they officially took
residence in Townsville.
2 Cav Regt will take up the role as
the new Armoured Cavalry Regiment
within 3 Bde.
The regiment’s CO, Lt-Col James
Davis, said he was proud to become part
of 3 Bde and was looking forward to
calling Townsville home.
“We have the opportunity to work
with three light infantry regiments in
3 Bde,” he said.
“The Townsville Field Training Area
is excellent in that it provides a wide
diversity of terrain. The soldiers are
looking forward to working with the
other capabilities here in the brigade.”
He said he was moved by the welcome by the local community and hoped
2 Cav Regt would add to the military
history of the region and that of the
regiment.
“2 Cav Regt has been busy moving
from Darwin to Townsville throughout
this year,” he said.
“The Townsville community has
been a major supporter for us throughout the move and has provided us with
vital information about schooling and
community activities.
“It has been a great first experience
with the Townsville community and the
soldiers are happy to be here.”
Commander 3 Bde Brig Roger Noble
said 2 Cav Regt was a welcome addition
to the brigade, and looked forward to the
next phase of the unit’s history under
Plan Beersheba.
“It shows that fundamental changes
are taking place in the Army,” he said.
“To that effect the Army brigades
will look similar. 2 Cav Regt’s relocation highlights a move of a full
armoured unit to Townsville for the first
time in its history,” Brig Noble said.
He said the regiment would offer
3 Bde an armoured capability and
mobility that had not been available to
Townsville-based soldiers in the past.
“What we’ve gained now is a full
armoured capability with tanks,
ASLAVs and APCs,” he said.
“All the armoured capability we need
to enable the combined arms teams to
fight are now resident here in Townsville
on a permanent basis.”
C A L t - G e n D av i d M o r r i s o n
addressed the parade and said it was a
huge day for the ADF and for the Army.
“ T h i s eve n t i s p a r t o f P l a n
Capt Cameron
Bradfield.
Troopers
mark
change
on ops
Flt-Lt Michael Moroney
FORCE Protection Element (FPE)
personnel deployed on Operation
Slipper paused to recognise the move
of B Sqn, 3/4 Cav Regt, to 2 Cav Regt
at a ceremony at the Afghan National
Army Officer Academy near Kabul,
Afghanistan, on November 21.
2 Cav Regt’s APCs and crew
line the parade ground. Beersheba, which is going to restructure the Army in a way it has not been
restructured in the past 80 years,” he
said.
“It is redesigning the three combat
brigades in Townsville, Darwin and
Brisbane to become more alike in their
capabilities.”
He said the transfer of 2 Cav Regt
to Townsville would make 3 Bde more
capable with increased armoured capabilities.
“This will make the brigade more
able to conduct modern operations
wherever the government requires them
to operate, by being better protected,
by being more lethal if need be, and
being able to fight for information in the
battlespace,” he said.
In the past decade, 2 Cav Regt has
supported most of Australia’s significant
deployments, including Reconstruction
Task Force 1 from 2006 to 2007,
Mentoring and Reconstruction Task
Force rotations 1 and 2 from 2008 to
2010, and Mentoring Task Force 2 from
2010 to 2011.
The regiment also completed
Australia’s mission in Uruzgan province
in Afghanistan as the 2 Cav Regt Task
Force last year.
Above, 2 Cav Regt soldiers salute
during the regiment’s welcome
parade at Lavarack Barracks.
Left, the regiment’s mascot, wedgetailed eagle WO2 Courage, and his
handler watch the parade.
Inset left, CA Lt-Gen David
Morrison addresses personnel on
parade.
Photos by Cpl Jake Sims
2IC B Sqn 3/4 Cav Regt Capt
Cameron Bradfield said members of
B Sqn had completed tours in Iraq,
Timor-Leste and Afghanistan in the past
decade and that it was significant for the
rebadging to occur while the regiment
was still contributing to operations.
“B Sqn has a long and significant
history in Afghanistan, deploying in support of the reconstruction and mentoring
task forces and SOTG, and now supporting the FPE assigned to the mentoring
missions in both Kabul and Kandahar,”
Capt Bradfield said.
“B Sqn 3/4 Cav Regt was established
while at war in Vietnam and, in some
ways, it is fitting that it finishes its time
at war here in Afghanistan.”
Now wearing 2 Cav Regt accoutrements, the men of the Qargha FPE will
return to Australia early next year and
be brought under 3 Bde’s Armoured
Cavalry Regiment (ACR) formation.
“There are many who will be sad
to see B Sqn go, but the prospects for
growth and development on offer as part
of the ACR is something many are also
looking forward to,” Capt Bradfield said.
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Army ADF operations enter a new era
 HMAS Canberra commissions in Sydney with triservice crew
Michael Brooke and
PO Paul Berry
THE ADF’s first-of-class Landing
Helicopter Dock (LHD) HMAS
Canberra was formally commissioned
into service at Fleet Base East in
Sydney on November 28 during a
ceremony that also symbolised the
ADF’s quantum leap to expeditionary
warfare.
The rousing “cheer ship” salute by
Canberra’s 400-member crew and the
striking of the commissioning pennant
and Australian White Ensign for the
first time breathed life into Australia’s
biggest warship.
The commissioning was a proud
moment for the ship’s CO, Capt John
Sadleir, and the triservice crew, many
of whom beamed as they revelled in the
ADF’s coming of age with a new warship equipped with modern systems and
technologies.
More than 500 attended the commissioning ceremony in Canberra’s
flight-hangar, including GovernorGeneral Gen Sir Peter Cosgrove, NSW
Governor Lt-Gen David Hurley, Prime
Minister Tony Abbott, Defence Minister
David Johnston, CDF ACM Mark
Binskin, CN VAdm Tim Barrett and
Commander Australian Fleet RAdm
Stuart Mayer.
The ceremony was a visual spectacle, which also featured a commission-
ing guard and the RAN Band – Sydney,
as well as prayer readings by RAdm
Mayer and ADF chaplains to bless the
ship and the ship’s company.
Canberra III’s link to her namesakes, the County-class heavy-cruiser
sunk in 1942 and the Adelaide-class
FFG decommissioned in 2005, was
maintained through the presence of
three Canberra I survivors and members
of Canberra II’s commissioning crew.
The commissioning ceremony not
only heralded Canberra’s arrival as a
warship ready to earn battle honours
and respond to government taskings,
but also marked a significant milestone
in the modernisation of the ADF.
The Governor-General said
Canberra came alive the moment the
Australian White Ensign was hoisted
and the entire crew excitedly “cheered
ship”.
“This is a proud day for the ADF
and, most importantly, the crew of
Canberra,” he said.
“This warship is now a sovereign
representative of Australia. In international waters, wherever she may
go around the world, Canberra is all
Australian.”
He said the triservice crew would
serve Australia with great pride.
“When you set sail, you will do so
with the understanding of our nation’s
gratitude for the job you do, knowing
that the good work you do is always
done far out to sea, and not always
publicly visible,” he said.
Capt Sadleir said Canberra brought
a significant increase in amphibious
potential to the ADF.
“We know it’s an awesome ship with
huge capability, but the next step is to
go to sea and test procedures, refine and
consolidate, so we can be ready when
the nation needs us,” he said.
Cpl Adam Hanley is the ship’s
embarked forces coordinator and said
the commissioning was fantastic.
“It was something I never thought
I’d do as a soldier, so I can cross that
off the list,” he said.
“This is my first posting to a ship.
As a corporal, it’s fantastic to be able
to help write the doctrine of how we’re
going to operate these things in the
future.
“Next year we’ll test it all out and
see how it works.”
Cargo specialist Pte Dave
Mulholland said he felt a great sense
of pride during the commissioning
ceremony.
“The commissioning is an historical
moment and we’re a part of it, so it’s
been excellent,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to getting to
sea to see how all the training goes.”
The second LHD, NUSHIP
Adelaide, is scheduled to be delivered
next year.
– Gen Sir Peter Cosgrove,
Governor-General
Cpl Jade Batten is
one of 80 soldiers
posted to HMAS
Canberra.
Photo by LS Helen Frank
Photo by LS Helen Frank
A soldier at sea
Michael Brooke
HMAS Canberra enters
Sydney Harbour.
Photo by AB Steven Thomson
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Governor-General Gen Sir
Peter Cosgrove and guests
arrive by the Admiral’s
Barge to Fleet Base East
for the commissioning of
HMAS Canberra.
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the Australian
White Ensign
on board HMAS
Canberra during
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ADVANCED cargo specialist Cpl Jade
Batten is one of 80 Army personnel
who helped to commission HMAS
Canberra.
Cpl Batten said it was exciting to
part of the commissioning of a first-ofclass warship.
“Commissioning Canberra was a
key milestone of Plan Beersheba and
the ADF’s evolving amphibious capabilities,” she said.
“But it was also a huge milestone
for me personally, as much as it is for
the ADF, as a real triservice platform
and capability.”
Cpl Batten said the LHDs were of
great significance for both Navy and
Army.
“The LHD is one of the most capable and sophisticated air-land-sea
amphibious deployment systems in
the world,” she said.
The 27,000-tonne ships can land
a force of more than 2000 personnel
by helicopter and watercraft, along
with all their weapons, ammunition,
vehicles and stores.
As an advanced cargo specialist, Cpl Batten is in charge of all the
loading and unloading of cargo and
vehicles.
“I am also responsible for securing
the cargo and storing all the vehicles
and equipment of the Army units we
embark for exercises or operations,”
she said.
Cpl Batten has completed a range
of specialist training courses in preparation for getting Canberra and her
systems ready for her unit readiness
evaluation next year.
“I learnt to operate all the crane
systems on the ship at the LHD training facility in Sydney,” she said.
“I am now qualified to operate the
gantry crane on the vehicle-deck, as
well as the poop-deck crane on the
quarter-deck.
“I can also operate the lifts we use
for transporting vehicles between the
decks.”
The training was a confidence
boost for Cpl Batten and the other
cargo specialists.
“It was great training, but the best
way to learn is when we start to operate the equipment at sea,” she said.
“That is when we will discover all
the shortfalls and all the specifics we
need to understand.”
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Critical support to G20 Leaders’ Summit
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 Soldiers clear the way for international meeting in Brisbane
Cpl Mark Doran
2CER was the lead unit for close to
550 personnel from the 15 Army and
Air Force units that provided conventional search support for the Group
of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit in
Brisbane on November 15-16.
Since 2CER was formed 23 years
ago, its engineers have been involved in
several domestic operations, including
flood-assist operations in Brisbane and
southern Queensland, so the G20 was
a chance to do another mission in their
home city.
Sappers involved in the complex
security operation were responsible
for searching the Brisbane Convention
and Exhibition Centre, South Bank,
the alternative G20 venue at the Royal
International Convention Centre and 13
hotels.
Other responsibilities included manning two 24/7 vehicle screening points
and being available for short-notice
tasks to support world leaders and heads
of state movements to other venues.
Engineers from 1CER and 3CER
also joined the ADF Support to G20
Security Task Force.
CO 2CER Lt-Col Matthew
Richardson said the troops supported
the Queensland Police Service (QPS),
which was responsible for the safe and
secure conduct of the G20.
“We worked in an inter-agency
environment and as part of that we were
responsible for the search tasks,” Lt-Col
Richardson said.
“The unit has proven it is an agile
organisation and during the initial planning we were able to respond to the QPS
and execute three search-and-seal tasks
well before the G20 started.
“The task group was well resourced
for the mission with assistance from
Land Systems Division within the
Defence Materiel Organisation.
“They provided our soldiers with the
latest equipment in a compressed timeframe. This allowed our search teams to
use the best kit available and provide the
search support required by QPS.”
Cpl Anak Widnyana, a low-risk
search team commander with 2CER,
was responsible for an eight-man team
that conducted searches in the different
facilities.
“Our job was to ensure the buildings
were clear from any explosive ordnance
for the safety of the international
delegates,” Cpl Widnyana said.
“Low-risk means there is not a
specific threat, but because this is
a targetable event we need to do our
searches.
“We got our heads and eyes into
every crack and crevice we could, looking out for items that were out of the
ordinary.”
The main tools of the searchers’
trade were their torches and eyes, but
they were also equipped with non-linear
junction detectors, which could detect
circuitry behind objects or walls.
We got out heads
and eyes into every
crack and crevice we
could, looking for
items that were out
of the ordinary...
An integrated
approach essential
Spr Kye French, of 2CER,
searches boxes in a storage
area at the Brisbane Convention
Centre in preparation for the G20
Leaders’ Summit. Inset, Spr Peter
Knight, of 2CER, and military
working dog Bundy make their
way through a storage area of the
Brisbane Convention Centre
with Queensland Police Service
Snr-Const Kim Ensinger.
Cpl Mark Doran
an enormous logistical effort to move
ADF search teams around the city,” Capt
“THIS is a unique operation for 2CER Shakhovskoy said.
“Our primary role was to support the
– it’s a big beast, but it’s exciting to
watch it play out after many months of state and federal police in their G20 security arrangements with our specialised
planning.”
This is how Capt Simon Shakhovskoy, role of search.”
Capt Shakhovskoy said the ADF
2CER Adjt, described working in the
search team had formed excellent relaTactical Operations Centre (TOC), the
tionships with the Queensland Police
hub of the ADF’s conventional search
Service and Australian Federal Police
support to the G20.
while working closely with their search
In the lead-up to and during the sumadvisers.
mit, operations, intelligence, signals,
“ADF personnel worked closely with
personnel and logistics specialists in the
Gallipoli Barracks command post worked the Police Operations Centre to ensure
24/7 to support the task force in providing there was a fully integrated interagency
approach,” he said.
a safe and secure environment.
“The engineers of 2CER have been
Capt Shakhovskoy said the TOC had
at least 10 personnel working at a time on involved in similar operations, such as
CHOGM 2011, but this was our largest
12-hour shifts.
“We had a huge task force and it was
domestic operation by far.”
Photos by Cpl David Cotton
– Cpl Anak Widnyana,
2CER
Cpl Widnyana said 2CER also had
the new pole camera, which could let
searchers check out-of-reach areas.
“The camera is able to be poked
around the space and there is a monitor
attached to the operator’s wrist, which
lets them see what is there,” he said.
“The biggest challenge for us during
our searches was that nothing was black
or white, all the areas were grey. We
never knew what we could be walking
into, we just had to adapt to every
situation.
“The QPS was absolutely brilliant,
along with the civilian engineers of the
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition
Centre.
“Providing security support to the
G20 and ensuring the safety of the visiting delegates and the public is something we are all definitely proud of.”
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Cpl Mark Doran
ALL vehicles entering the G20
Leaders’ Summit restricted areas
were searched inside and out by
the All-Corps Search Sqn.
Troopers of 2/14LHR (QMI)
joined the sappers of 2CER, along
with explosive detection dogs
from the RAAF Security Force
Squadrons, to work alongside state
and federal police as they provided
a niche search capability to maintain
security throughout the G20.
Their main role was to assist
police at two 24/7 vehicle screening
points at the RNA Showgrounds and
Suncorp Stadium. They used specialised search equipment to ensure
the safety of delegates and members
of the public.
Capt Chris Nelson, of 2/14LHR
(QMI), acting commander of the
All-Corps Search Sqn, said the 111
troopers who joined the squadron
received specialist training to attain
a level II non-technical search role
capability, which taught them how
to conduct a detailed and systematic
search of a vehicle.
“The squadron was augmented
by specialist search advisers from
2CER’s 11CE Sqn, as well as drivers from 7CSSB and signallers from
7CSR,” Capt Nelson said.
“The experience of 2/14LHR
(QMI) in uncommon operations, such as flood assistance in
Bundaberg, is such that the soldiers
enjoy this type of activity.
“It takes them away from
the normal type of exercises at
Shoalwater or Wide Bay and gives
them new types of skills.”
The searchers used specialist
equipment such as under-vehicle
video cameras, explosive detection
dogs, non-linear junction detectors
and explosive particle detectors.
Capt Simon Shakhovskoy, of
2CER, at work in the Tactical
Operations Centre. Inset,
Cpl Stephanie McGovern,
of 2/14 LHR (QMI), at the
operations centre.
Photos by Cpl Mark Doran
Tpr Leighton
Haywood-Smith,
of 2/14 LHR
(QMI), deploys
an undervehicle camera
at the RNA
Showgrounds
vehicle
screening point.
Photo by Cpl Mark
Doran
Capt Nelson said the searchers
began with an external search
followed by an internal search.
“If a searcher found something
that warranted further investigation,
a specialist engineer could come
forward from each troop with the
required specialist equipment,” he
said.
“The non-linear junction detectors especially came in handy
for searching, as an example, a
dry-cleaning vehicle. Instead of
checking the individual garments,
a searcher could use the machine
to speed up the process, which we
wanted to be as quick as possible.
“A quality a searcher needs is
patience, because they need to be
quick when they are on the task, but
patient enough to ensure they
conduct a thorough search.”
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Cpl Mark Doran
SAPPERS from 3CER involved in the
complex security operation of the G20
Leaders’ Summit integrated closely with
the Queensland Police Service and other
agencies while performing their search
tasks.
The engineers worked in small,
professional teams with some of the
latest search equipment available.
. Cpl Kane Anderson’s role as section
1
commander is to divide the search
area into sectors for his search teams
and relay orders to his section. He
wears a soldier personal radio (SPR)
for communication with his section and
carries the multi-purpose Haligan Bar,
known as the hooligan tool, to assist
with the forcible entry of locked doors.
2. Spr Andrew McSpadden’s role
as the section 2IC during a low risk
search is to document the activity on
maps, diagrams and update the search
log. He maintains communications
between the section commander and
the search teams with an SPR and HQ
on a tactical radio.
SEARCH TEAM ONE
3. Spr Orion DeHavilland is a hand-
searcher and carries an extendable
inspection mirror with an attached light
and the LCD monitor for the telescopic
pole camera carried by his search
partner.
4. Spr Bede Greener carries the telescopic pole camera, which is ideal
for searching attics, ceilings and crawl
spaces for firearms, explosive devices
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or contraband. The pole can extend to
9m and can be fitted with an infra-red
camera for searching at night.
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Close liaison
key to G20
Spr Josh Cukurins
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
SEARCH TEAM
5. Spr Alex Dunlop is responsible
for searching at heights. He wears a
safety harness with various accessories such as climbing ropes, the polestrap and a safety helmet. The special
equipment search team also rotates
with the other search teams when they
are fatigued.
6. Spr Josh Cukurins uses the
fiberscope, which is a flexible fibreoptic bundle with an eyepiece and lens
used to inspect small, hard-to-reach
places such as inside machines. He
also carries a contraband detector,
which allows him to ‘see’ inside walls,
tyres and bulkheads as it gives an
indication of concealed contraband by
measuring changes in density.
 Sappers hone skills in domestic security operation
Cpl Mark Doran
Spr Alex Dunlop
5
THE safety and security for the arrival
and departure of US President Barack
Obama at the Group of Twenty (G20)
Leaders’ summit in Brisbane was
enhanced by the sappers of 3CER.
3
Spr Orion DeHavilland
8
Spr Aiden Rushton
SEARCH TEAM TWO
7. Spr Josh McMillan carries the nonlinear junction detector (NLDJ), which
is deployed by engineer search teams
to detect electronic devices. The NLJD
is capable of detecting almost any
unshielded electronic device containing semiconductors, whether the electronics are on or off.
8. Spr Aiden Rushton is a handsearcher and uses an extendable
inspection mirror with a torch during
his tasks. His most important tool, as
for all searchers, is his eyes.
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Spr Bede Greener
Cpl Kane Anderson
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Vet capability boost
Spr Robert
McMahon,
of 3CER,
conducts
a low-risk
search under
a building in
support of the
Queensland
Police Service
during the
G20 Leaders’
Summit in
Brisbane.
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Although uncommon, the type of
injuries the dogs might incur include
falls, vehicle accidents, cuts, exposure
THE largest concentration of military
to caustic chemicals, ingestion of
working dogs (MWD) in the ADF’s hispoisons, or snake and spider bites.
tory deployed in support of the G20 in
Capt Crocker said the G20 task
November.
force had only had one serious injury
To complete the memorable event
to a dog.
they had their own veterinary officer,
“EDD Brutus, based at SME in
ambulance and Role 1 Veterinary
Sydney, fell four metres onto concrete
Treatment Facility (VTF).
during the search of a G20 venue,” he
Explosive detection dogs (EDD)
said.
from Army and Air Force joined forces
“No matter how careful and wellwith the Queensland Police Service
trained a handler is, there is always the
and the Australian Federal Police to
provide security support for the summit. risk that a dog can misstep.
“Brutus unexpectedly jumped onto
Twenty Army MWD teams searched
a low concrete fence without realising
venues across Brisbane. Six RAAF
there was a big drop on the other side.
EDDs searched vehicle screening
“Although his injuries were signifipoints.
cant, he has responded very well to
Capt Kendall Crocker, a full-time
treatment.”
veterinary officer at SME, led the ADF
Brutus was hospitalised at the Role
veterinary support to G20 task force
1 VTF and is now well on the road to a
and provided close veterinary support
full recovery.
to the EDDs.
Capt Crocker said as far as Defence
“A responsive veterinary capability
was concerned, when MWDs were
ensures there is the minimum downinjured or ill, they were considered fourtime for the EDD search teams and
legged military personnel.
that the health and welfare of their
“MWD handlers have a strong
dogs is kept to the highest standard,”
relationship with their dog and a part
Capt Crocker said.
of bolstering that is to have a strong
“We established a Role 1 VTF as
veterinarian support system in place
part of the 2CER RAP, capable of providing the routine care of dogs, as well so they know their dogs are getting the
best possible care,” he said.
as emergency resuscitation between
“With a military-based veterinary
the point of injury and a pre-arranged
treatment facility, the MWD handler
civilian veterinarian facility.
can also sleep in the same room as
“We also had a mobile veterinary
an injured dog and contribute to its
Role 1, or ambulance, which allowed
us to treat animals at the point of injury recovery.
“This is great for the handler’s
and transport them safely to further
morale and the dog is much happier
care.
because there is someone familiar in
“Veterinary capability falls under
an unfamiliar environment.”
ADF Health Services and with that
The deployment of the SME
there was a human medic assigned
veterinary officer and the establishment
as my veterinary assistant during the
of a Role 1 VTF in support of large
G20.”
numbers of EDDs on a domestic
Cpl Hayley See, a medic with
operation was a trial of a range of
2CER, assisted Capt Crocker at the
concepts and equipment, which will
VTF.
contribute to the further development of
MWD handlers are trained as
the ADF’s veterinary capability.
canine emergency first-responders.
Capt Kendall Crocker, a veterinary officer
at SME, looks after his patient, Brutus, an
explosive detection dog injured during a
task supporting Defence’s contribution to
the G20. Photo by Cpl Mark Doran
Two troops from 3CER – 17 Tp
and 22 Tp – formed the commander’s
reserve search element for the ADF
Support to G20 Security Task Force.
Their close liaison with the
Queensland Police Service (QPS) and
the US Secret Service ensured the most
powerful man in the world was safe as
they searched the president’s helicopter
landing zone.
Troop Commander 17 Tp Lt Tony
Ross said the 3CER soldiers rotated through Victoria Barracks in the
Brisbane CBD or Gallipoli Barracks,
where they were on short-notice to
move.
“Our first task was to search the
alternative G20 venue at the Royal
International Convention Centre and we
were fortunate enough to be responsible
for searching the president’s helicopter
landing zone,” Lt Ross said.
“This was a good opportunity for the
troops to witness the landing of Marine
One and the V-22 Osprey escorts and
see the massive presidential motorcade,
including the ‘Beast’.
“Working at the G20 gave us a
chance to perform what we have been
training for as we conducted low-risk
search tasks in support of the QPS and
the US Secret Service.
“At first the sappers were apprehensive about working with the special
agents, because they weren’t sure how
they operated, but they were very friendly and professional, and appreciated the
search work we did.”
Spr Kristian Lennard, of 3CER, said
the troops received excellent lead-up
training to support the G20 task force
and QPS.
“Our training included searching
the Townsville Stadium and the V8
Supercars track,” Spr Lennard said.
“It was a great experience to see everything go as planned and put our skills
into effect on a real-time operation,
along with our new equipment such as
the fibrescope and the non-linear junction detector.”
Cpl Philip Managrave, a 3CER
search commander, said it was professionally rewarding to be a part of the
task force.
“After leading an eight-man team
on our search tasks supporting the
QPS, I was able to put my hand on my
heart and say the areas were safe,” Cpl
Managrave said.
“QPS are very professional and we
worked well together.
“I deployed to Afghanistan with
Mentoring Task Force 3 in 2011-12,
which was a highlight of my career, but
it was fantastic to deploy with the guys
on a domestic operation.”
Top, Cpl Philip Managrave,
of 3CER, conducts a lowrisk search task in support
of the Queensland Police
Service.
Above, Spr Nathan Bergan,
of 3CER, searches a
vehicle.
Left, US President Barack
Obama departs RAAF
Base Amberley after the
G20.
Photos by Cpl Mark Doran and
Cpl Glen McCarthy
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6RAR proves best in brigade
 Soldiers take out title in military skills, shooting, obstacle course, king of mountain and cross-country events
Cpl Mark Doran
EX CAMBRIAN
PATROL
IT WAS a big year for 6RAR,
which culminated in the battalion being awarded the 7 Bde
Commander’s Trophy on October
24.
The soldiers took out the top
place in the brigade’s military skills,
shooting, obstacle course, king of the
mountain and cross-country competitions and placed third in swimming
and fourth in athletics.
In other achievements this year,
6RAR won the Duke of Gloucester
Cup and a section was awarded a
silver medal on Exercise Cambrian
Patrol, the annual competition conducted by the British Army’s 160
(Wales) Bde.
RSM 6RAR WO1 Dave
Bromwich was thrilled about the
unit’s successes and said the members of 6RAR were proud to receive
the 7 Bde Commander’s Trophy.
“The battalion achieved excellent
results in all Army competitions
related to military skills throughout
the year,” WO1 Bromwich said.
“The 6RAR team achieved very
good results during AASAM 2014,
including winning the regular infantry battalion championship, closequarter battle team and close-quarter
individual, as well as first in the section match as part of the 7 Bde team.
“We also had three soldiers place
in the top 20 for the champion shot
of Army.”
RSM 6RAR WO1 Dave Bromwich and
members of the battalion proudly
display the 7 Bde Commander’s
Trophy.
Photo by Cpl Mark Doran
THIS year 750 soldiers from 20
nations navigated through harsh
terrain in a continuous 48-hour,
long-range reconnaissance patrol
during Exercise Cambrian Patrol in
the Brecon Beacons mountains in
Wales in October.
Each patrol was set within the
context of a narrative, which often
involved teams having to escape
and evade capture, interact with
friendly and not-so-friendly civilians
or resistance groups.
The narrative for this year’s
competition was an Afghanistan
scenario and was culturally based.
Teams were required to pass a
number of stands on their patrol,
each testing an aspect of soldiering
such as shooting, first-aid and a
casualty evacuation, recognition of
aircraft, vehicles and equipment,
and a tactical river crossing.
Military skills, stamina and
dedication were constantly
evaluated during the patrol and
marked with a system of points.
Teams that successfully
completed their mission were
awarded a gold, silver or bronze
medal, or a certificate of merit,
depending on the total number of
points they gained.
Pakistan was awarded the gold
medal in this year’s exercise.
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Best of the best
Governor-General Gen Sir Peter Cosgrove presents
Cpl Daniel Smith, of 2RAR, with the Hassett Award as his
father, Craig Smith (next to Cpl Smith), and CO 2RAR
Lt-Col Michael Bassingthwaighte look on. Photo by Cpl Nick Wiseman
 Professionalism, dedication and selflessness
Sgt Dave Morley
unmotivated leaders and, with this, the
team as a whole is limited,” he said.
“I strongly believe in constantly
THE RAR’s leading NCO for 2014
was recognised on November 20 with pushing yourself to exceed standards
the presentation of the Hassett Award. and carrying out every task to the best of
your ability.
Cpl Daniel Smith, of 2RAR, who
“This attitude, in line with physically
joined the Army in 2006, received the
award for his “outstanding professional- leading by example, can take a small
ism, dedication to duty and selfless acts” team and make it a much more effective
unit.”
in keeping with “the finest traditions of
Cpl Smith said from a young age
the RAR and the Australian Army”.
his
father taught him the importance of
CO 2RAR Lt-Col Michael
working hard and finishing every job
Bassingthwaighte said he had known
properly the first time.
Cpl Smith since 2007, when he was
“This is a rule I still follow because
Cpl Smith’s OC in C Coy, 2RAR, and
the day you stop trying to improve and
he deployed with Reconstruction Task
excel yourself and your team is the day
Force 3 to Afghanistan in October that
you have failed as a commander,” he
year.
said.
“He was one of the best soldiers in
Among Cpl Smith’s many notable
C Coy when I commanded it in 2007-08 actions was his participation in Exercise
and I was delighted to learn that he was
Cambrian Patrol in 2013, where his
regarded as one of the best soldiers in
performance contributed to the team
the battalion when I assumed command,” achieving Australia’s first gold medal in
he said.
27 years.
“His performance this year has
Pte Jens Springborg, a patrol scout
reinforced this with his section winning
in Recon Pl, said Cpl Smith was an
the battalion military skills competition
extremely competent leader and had a
and him leading the battalion Duke
good ability to get the best out of his
of Gloucester Cup team to a top three
diggers.
finish.
“Working with Cpl Smith is very
“Cpl Smith is an excellent junior
enjoyable and his professionalism and
leader who leads by example and is a fit- skills are of the highest level,” he said.
ting recipient of the Hassett Award this
“As a digger working in a patrol with
year.”
him I have learnt and progressed and I
Lt-Col Bassingthwaighte said the
have come to realise the importance, and
award formed an important part of
the difference, an experienced and capathe recognition framework for junior
ble leader can make on a small team.
leaders, lieutenants, corporals and lance“Smithy is an exceptional mate and a
corporals within the RAR.
great role model who leaves no room for
“The winner is held in high regard
doubt with the men he is leading.”
within the regiment and units in
Cpl Smith deployed on Operation
particular,” he said.
Slipper in 2007-08 and Operation Astute
Lt-Col Bassingthwaighte, who
in 2009 and 2011.
coincidentally is one of Gen Sir Francis
He will finish 2014 in Recon Pl and
Hassett’s grandsons, said the Hassett
then post to Singleton as an instructor for
family was deeply honoured that Sir
two years.
Francis’ legacy continued to contribute
“This will be an interesting change
to the regiment in this way.
and a new challenge that I am looking
“It is humbling that a soldier from
forward to,” he said.
2RAR has won it in my first year of
The Hassett Award is an annual
command,” he said.
award made to an outstanding RAR
Cpl Smith said he believed it was his NCO.
job and responsibility to be motivated, to
It was made possible by a donation
excel personally and to encourage others of $5000 to the RAR Foundation by the
late Gen Sir Francis Hassett and Lady
to excel.
Hassett in 2006.
“I have been in small teams with
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December 4, 2014
Invested in cultural change
 Defence Abuse Response Taskforce tables reports in Parliament
“Defence continues to work closely with
C D F AC M M a r k B i n s k i n h a s
welcomed the reports tabled in the taskforce in considering appropriate
Parliament on November 26 by the responses to matters that range from
mismanagement through to allegations of
Defence Abuse Response Taskforce.
In thanking the taskforce for its ongoing
work, ACM Binskin acknowledged
taskforce chairman Len Roberts-Smith for
the dedicated and professional manner in
which he had approached difficult matters.
“The ADF leadership accepts that the
past abuse described in these reports has
had a profound impact on victims, and
commends their courage in speaking up,”
ACM Binskin said.
“Recognising and understanding the
nature and extent of historical abuse is
fundamental to improving how our people
are treated.”
The reports provide a detailed account
of the impact of abuse, as well as a
significant volume of statistical data and
specific referrals regarding more than 2400
reported cases of abuse spanning almost 70
years, from the 1940s to April 2011, which
Defence is now carefully considering.
“Defence will always respect the
complainants’ wishes and interests, and
while we remain committed to action
against alleged abusers, we also have
a responsibility to do no further harm to
complainants,” ACM Binskin said.
“We take every allegation of abuse
seriously and consider each one
individually. However, as outlined in the
taskforce’s reports, Defence is bound by
the application of legal and administrative
standards of proof and requirements of
procedural fairness.
“Adverse action of any kind against
individuals must be based on evidence that
satisfies the required standard of proof.
bullying, harassment, physical assault and
sexual abuse.
“In this respect I have requested the
taskforce make referrals of cases to me as
soon as practical.”
Many of the issues raised in the reports
are being addressed through the Pathway to
Change cultural reform program.
In the reports, the taskforce
acknowledged the significant commitment
within Defence to achieving cultural
change.
“I believe we are making real progress
on cultural change across Defence to
become more fair, inclusive and respectful,”
ACM Binskin said.
“I am pleased that ADFA is at the
forefront of this change.
“I am confident that the vast majority
of our people do respect our organisation’s
values and expected behaviours.”
Addressing historical allegations of
abuse in Defence is a difficult and complex
issue affecting the lives of many people.
Defence remains focused on supporting
the victims of abuse, and is implementing
initiatives such as the Defence Abuse
Restorative Engagement Program to ensure
individuals are given the opportunity
to have their personal stories heard,
acknowledged and responded to.
Defence notes the taskforce’s recommendation that a Royal Commission is
merited into the abuse at the ADFA. The
establishment of a Royal Commission is a
decision for the government.
Defence continues to work closely with the task
force in considering appropriate responses to
matters that range from mismanagement through to
allegations of bullying, harassment, physical assault
and sexual abuse.
– CDF ACM Mark Binskin
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Army Sgt James Kirkpatrick instructs
on Majura range during the
39OSB advisers’ course. Inset,
Cpl Guy Kelly is enjoying his
posting to 39OSB.
Photo by Cpl Nick Wiseman
Critical preparation
“
 Great team gets the job done at 39OSB
Cpl Nick Wiseman
THE next generation of ADF advisers heading to Afghanistan have
completed their training and are
ready to deploy after spending three
weeks with 39 Operational Support
Battalion (39OSB).
The advisers conducted their force
preparation training, which everyone
completes before deploying to the
MER, however, they spent more time
training for their specific roles.
Force Preparation Coy OC Maj Brett
Seymour said the course was designed
to prepare the advisers for their coming
deployment.
“The training not only contains the
mandated requirements from HQJOC
and CDF, but concentrates on training
the advisers on the culture and language
of the countries to which they will
deploy,” he said.
“The training also focuses on individual survivability skills from the
threats they are likely to encounter in
the area of operations.”
Unlike the smaller force preparation
course many people have completed
over the years, the adviser course goes
deeper into the language and culture.
Maj Seymour said these additional
skills would allow the advisers to meet
with and greet locals in their own language.
“It means they will be more comfortable, as will the people they are
advising,” he said.
The language instruction covers 40
hours of the course and there is an additional four hours devoted to understanding emotions and facial expressions,
which make up the cultural component.
As part of the survivability suite of
training, course participants spent a
week at the Majura range in Canberra
on advanced applications of fire using
the F88 and 9mm pistol.
Maj Seymour said it was important
to ensure all the advisers were prepared
with the latest information available.
“We had visits from a US team
based in Afghanistan, which was able
to provide valuable up-to-date informa-
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TOP EXPERIENCE
“CHALLENGING, fun and something
different.” That’s how Cpl Guy Kelly
describes serving in 39OSB.
Cpl Kelly is a medic whose
primary duties are ensuring that all
deploying members are instructed
in the latest medical techniques and
given the most current information
available.
While he spends most of his
time instructing in his field, he also
finds himself being challenged and
instructing in all aspects of the force
preparation courses.
He said it was a unique
environment to work in and everyone
worked at least one level above their
rank.
“I regularly instruct not only in my
medical lessons, but also all-corps
skills such as weapons lessons,” he
said.
“With simultaneous courses
running all the time, it is important
that everyone is multi-skilled and can
step up into roles such as course
management.”
The unique environment of
39OSB means Cpl Kelly is regularly
exposed to the triservice nature of
operations and requires the skills and
attitude to work with those well above
his rank across the services.
He said this exposure had been a
big eye-opener compared to previous
postings.
“Its great fun here and it’s been
very different to other postings I’ve
had,” he said.
“Everyone knows the value in a
posting to 39OSB and I enjoy making
sure that all the medical training we
provide is relevant to where people
will deploy.”
The Dune
We have a tightknit team behind
all the training
and I’m very proud
of them all.
– Maj Brett Seymour,
OC Force Preparation Coy,
39OSB
tion,” he said. “We also extensively use
Australian personnel who have recently
returned from operations in similar
roles to provide their first-hand knowledge.”
With a vast amount of training and
management behind the adviser and
other courses conducted by the unit,
Maj Seymour said it was important to
have a great team.
“We have a tight-knit team behind
all the training and I’m very proud of
them all,” he said.
“It takes a very high-calibre type of
person to deal with the variety of ranks,
positions and services we cater to.”
While most conventional training
organisations have dedicated instructors and support staff, every person at
39OSB gets a taste of instruction and
management, from the orderly room
private through to the RSM and even
the CO.
The skills and expertise of all these
people assists each person who goes
through 39OSB to be as ready as possible for their deployment and have a
good idea of what is to come, as well as
the administrative requirements.
“By using everyone’s individual
strengths and skills, we ensure that all
the information we present and instruct
is both relevant and current,” Maj
Seymour said.
“The personnel can then deploy
with operational confidence and
the skills required for a successful
deployment.”
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Standing up to violence against women
 Soldiers support White Ribbon Day across the country
Kathryn Bird
Army has been named
one of the top 50 leading
companies for women.
Photo by Cpl Mark Doran
Employer of choice
Kathryn Bird
deal, we are still in the early stages.
We are taking incremental steps in
ARMY has been named one of the top realising the vision of a truly inclusive
50 leading organisations for women in organisation.”
The APEC project aimed to raise
a report published by the Asia-Pacific
awareness of women’s economic conEconomic Cooperation (APEC) in
tributions to business activities and conNovember.
tribute towards greater opportunities for
Army was one of three Australian
women to take on more leadership roles
organisations recognised for its efforts
and to be further included in economic
in increasing opportunities for women.
Other companies recognised are from 13 activities.
Being recognised as one of the 50
Asia-Pacific countries, including the US,
leading companies for women marks
Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and New
a waypoint in Army’s journey towards
Zealand.
DGPers-A Brig Peter Daniel said the becoming a more inclusive organisation.
The acknowledgment confirms that
result was a positive reflection on the
Army is emerging as an internationwork Army had done to increase the
ally recognised leader in advocating for
participation of women.
“This is a great result that recognises equality and inclusiveness within the
– on an international level – the work
workforce.
we have undertaken in recent years to
increase the representation of women in The full report can be viewed at
Army,” he said.
http://publications.apec.org/publication-detail.
php?pub_id=1586
“While we have achieved a great
WHETHER selling badges or hosting
a morning tea, Army personnel took
time to show their support for White
Ribbon Day at annual events across the
country.
Commander 1 Div leads by example
Soldiers at 1 Avn Regt form a
symbolic ribbon in support of
White Ribbon Australia.
Cpl Mark Doran
ARMY’S 1 Div respects its ties
to the White Ribbon Australia
Workplace Accreditation
Program.
White Ribbon Australia is the only
national male-led campaign to end men’s
violence against women. Their vision is
for all women to live in safety free from
all forms of men’s violence.
White Ribbon Day is observed each
year on November 25 and men from
across the country are encouraged to
swear the White Ribbon Oath and join
the conversation about men’s violence
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workplace by November 25, 2015.
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“It is my view that in the matter of
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especially from men, is urgently
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“My involvement means I am
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active service in Vietnam, my brother and I were raised by our mother,
who set a wonderful example of the
role women play in our community.”
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MORE than 1200 military personnel
from units at Robertson, Lavarack,
Gallipoli and Randwick Barracks
took the opportunity to get up close
and personal with some of Army’s
newest vehicles and equipment at
DMO’s Land Systems Division
( L S D ) r o a d s h ow eve n t s h e l d
between September and November.
Head Land Systems Maj-Gen
Paul McLachlan said he was pleased
with the positive reception from
participating units.
“The road show was developed as a
means of engaging and better informing Army about current and emerging
developments in equipment procured
by LSD,” he said.
“It is encouraging to see strong
attendance at these activities, with
soldiers at all ranks showing a keen
interest.”
Each road show comprised a halfday static land materiel equipment
and vehicle display open to all ranks,
complemented by an executive briefing
attended by key staff, including brigade
commanders, HQ staff and unit COs.
CO 8/12 Regt RAA Lt-Col Julian
West said the executive briefings
provided a great opportunity to obtain
the latest information on projects
delivering new equipment.
“The LSD executive explained in
detail the new equipment that will be
coming into 1 Bde and, most importantly, from a gunners’ point of view,
they were able to explain the new digital fires systems and capabilities entering service with Army in the coming
year.”
Bdr Benjamin McCosker, of 8/12
Regt RAA, was impressed by the level
of detailed information that accompanied the land materiel equipment on
display.
“In particular I took an interest in
the new helmets,” he said.
“They are going to be a lot more
functional, allowing for better communications integration and hearing
protection. As gunners we really look
forward to the delivery of this type of
capability in the future.”
Pte Jake Timpano, of 8/12 Regt
RAA, said having all the equipment
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He was particularly impressed by
the new soldier combat system, which
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protection.
“With the increased movement we
undertake in trucks, any smaller and
more lightweight weapons system is a
great improvement,” he said.
“The new uni f or m s and body
armour displayed have been designed
with greater functionality, durability
and breathability. Less bulk will make
it far easier to work in confined areas
and, in my role on the gunline, that is a
huge plus.”
User feedback was an important element of these activities, with LSD staff,
particularly those from Diggerworks,
gaining views from soldiers on potential improvements for inclusion in
future capabilities.
“With Army moving to replace
many legacy items of equipment that
are nearing the end of their useful lives,
this kind of engagement with units and
soldiers is invaluable in helping LSD
meet Army’s new capability requirements,” Maj-Gen McLachlan said.
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Sgt Dave Morley
REINFORCING the diversity in
today’s Army, two Swahili-speaking
diggers marched out of 1RTB at
Kapooka on November 21.
Pte Patrick Otieno came to
Australia with his family from
Kisumu in Kenya 14 years ago,
when he was 12.
He said he joined the Army
“just to give it a go” and had
enjoyed it so far.
“When I told my parents I was
joining the Army they weren’t
very happy, but they are really
proud today,” he said.
He said being on parade for
the Governor-General’s banner
presentation was brilliant.
“It was awesome; it’s not often
something like that happens to
you,” he said.
Pte Otieno has been posted to
the School of Infantry and hopes
to go to 3RAR or 6RAR on
completion of his IET.
Pte Frederick Lubari arrived in
Australia from Koboko in Uganda
– the same village in which former Ugandan president Idi Amin
was born – when he was 11.
He came to Australia with his
aunty and uncle after his father
was killed in the civil war.
Pte Lubari said he joined the
Army because, as a student at
Xavier College in Melbourne, he
learned many former students
had become successful in the
Army.
“Lt Marcus Case [who was
 Governor-General presents banner to 1RTB
Sgt Dave Morley
GOVERNOR-General Gen Sir
Peter Cosgrove presented a new
Governor-General’s banner to
1RTB at Kapooka on November
21.
As CA in 2001, Sir Peter presented
the previous banner to the Army
Recruit Training Centre (ARTC).
The banner presentation coincided
with the march-out parade of 3 and 4
Platoons.
Sir Peter said the banner had served
“very well in this battalion, this place
and this community”, as it was used
in every march out parade since its
presentation.
“It will continue to act as the focal
point of military honour and service,”
Sir Peter said.
After the ceremony, the old banner
was laid up at the Kapooka Chapel.
Banner Ensign Lt Russell George
said it was special to be selected by the
CO to accept the new banner from the
Governor-General.
“The history of the banner and the
unit is something I’ll never forget,” he
said.
“My mother and sister drove all the
way over from Adelaide to see this.”
Lt George’s mother, Amanda, said
she was proud to see him with the
Governor-General.
“It was nice to be able to watch
Sir Peter Cosgrove
presents the
Governor-General’s
banner to 1RTB’s
Lt Russell George.
Photo by David Molloy
him doing something special in his
job,” she said.
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison was
the principal official guest.
He thanked the families who
supported the soldiers throughout their
training and for entrusting the Army
with their sons and daughters.
He also welcomed the new soldiers
into the Army and highlighted the
traditions they needed to live up to.
SOLDIERS of 2GHB celebrated 100
years of providing health support with
a centenary parade and unit open day
on November 1.
More than 100 unit members were
supported by the 1 Regt RAA band, with
friends and families also taking part in
the celebrations.
CO 2GHB Lt-Col Clark Flint said it
was a significant milestone in the unit’s
history.
“From the unit’s time of landing at
Gallipoli through to today, the role of the
unit has come full circle,” he said.
“I am immensely proud of what has
been achieved over the past 100 years
and that we have continued this legacy.
“If you consider how it was back in
the early wars through to where we are
now, it’s an incredibly important ADF
capability.”
A number of guests attended the
Pte Patrick Otieno (left) and
Pte Frederick Lubari are all
smiles after graduating from
1RTB in November.
Photo by Sgt Dave Morley
killed in Afghanistan on May 30,
2011], had been in the same
school house as me, so I thought
I would give it a go,” he said.
“Also, I thought if I was to
become a citizen of Australia, I
should also serve in the Army.”
Pte Lubari said he and
Pte Otieno occasionally spoke
Swahili to each other in the barracks for a bit of fun and found
their mates wanted to learn it
from them.
He hopes to serve in the Army
for 15 years and would then like
to work with the United Nations
in Africa.
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parade, including five former battalion
commanders. Commander 17 CSS Bde
Brig Andrew Bottrell was the reviewing
officer.
The parade ended with a firing of
volleys and the band playing Happy
Birthday.
After the parade, friends and families
enjoyed a number of activities, including
billy-kart racing, a blow-up adventure/
obstacle course, camels from 9FSB and
various unit displays.
Lt-Col Flint said the day was well
received.
“It was a perfect day for the activities,” he said.
“The parade went perfectly, the
guests added to the historical relevance
of the day and I think everyone enjoyed
themselves in the relaxed environment.”
The unit is now focused on finishing the year after many of its members
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Providing opportunities for all Australians
 Indigenous students get a look at Army during tours of ADFA, RMC and 1RTB
Pte Rob
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of 8/9RAR.
Above, LCpl Michael McDougall shows Kalina a Bushmaster at RMC during Exercise First Look.
Left, Darnell Fisher (right) and his grandfather, Uncle Eric Law, a respected elder and educator who
served in the Vietnam War, stand in front of a Bushmaster at RMC.
Below left, students and their mentors exit a Black Hawk after their flight at RMC. Photos by Cpl Aaron Curran
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the Army stuff, I might go that way. I
really enjoyed the WTSS shoot – it was
good to feel how a rifle actually works.”
Darnell said his grandfather had
shared some of his Army stories with
him, which got him interested in a
career with the ADF.
Mr Law served in Vietnam with HQ
1 Australian Logistic Support Group
from October 1970 to September 1971,
and celebrated his 20th birthday there.
He said he joined the Army to pay
homage to his father who served in the
12th Light Horse in WWI, and an uncle
who also served in the Great War.
Mr Law said the ADF offered worldclass training and, for that reason,
would benefit young Indigenous people
seeking a good career.
“The discipline would also be good
for them,” he said.
“I was only in the Army for fourand-a-half years, but after 47 years that
discipline is still with me. I would urge
our young people to look at a career
as an officer in the ADF because our
Indigenous communities are crying out
for leaders.”
He said when he went through
Kapooka he never felt homesick.
“When I got to Kapooka I had
another family to nurture me like my
own family,” he said.
Exercise First Look forms part of
Army’s commitment to achieving a
greater representation of Indigenous
Australians through Army’s Indigenous
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Exercise First Look was held at
ADFA, RMC and 1RTB from November
6-7.
The group included students supported by Australian Indigenous Education
Foundation (AIEF) scholarships
and students taking part in the NSW
Government’s Opportunity Hubs program.
Fifteen mentors including teachers,
elders, counsellors and staff from AIEF
and Opportunity Hubs also attended.
During the exercise, participants
were given a look at Army’s assets and
bases and had the opportunity to talk to
personnel about life in the ADF and find
out the basic requirements for soldier
and officer entry.
The visit was planned as part of a
larger initiative to dispel myths and
misunderstandings about Army service.
C A L t - G e n D av i d M o r r i s o n
addressed participants at RMC and said
the exercise was a great initiative.
“The Army wants to be an employer
of choice for all Australians,” he said.
“At the moment we are particularly underrepresented in women and
Indigenous Australians, so we are doing
a lot to show Indigenous kids, in particular, the opportunities presented to them
should they choose to join the Army.”
“I would like to see this program
grow.”
At ADFA the participants did the
over-water obstacle course, while at
RMC they were treated to a Black Hawk
flight, weapons displays, an explosive
detection dog display and Bushmaster
rides.
At Kapooka they observed recruits
on the obstacle course, bayonet assault
course, the Challenge, a WTSS shoot
and watched a march-out parade.
Jada Turnbull, an AIEF Scholarship
Student in Year 10 at Loreto Normanhurst
in Sydney, said she enjoyed the experience.
“I met new people and tried new
activities,” she said.
“My favourite activity was the
obstacle course because it allowed me to
challenge myself. It has led me to think
more about a career in the ADF.”
Jada said the ADF would be good
for young Indigenous people because it
would challenge them to make a better
life for themselves.
“It offers young people a chance to
serve their country and to give back,”
she said.
Year 12 student Darnell Fisher,
who hails from Murgon in Queensland
and is about to graduate from Marist
College Ashgrove in Brisbane on an
AIEF Scholarship, arrived in Canberra
with his grandfather and respected elder,
Uncle Eric Law.
“Being able to see all the ADF’s gear
and equipment was great,” he said.
“Before I came on this trip I
preferred the Navy but, after seeing all
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participation was on display during a two-day visit to Canberra and
Kapooka by 25 students and their
mentors.
Lt-Gen Morrison said the exercise
showcased the skills, training and life
experiences they would receive from a
career in Army.
“Exercise First Look will assist
participants in setting up a military
career and provide them with skills they
can use after that,” he said.
“It was a great experience and
hopefully they became more receptive to
the opportunities that would be available
to them.”
Pte Rob Thatcher, of 8/9RAR,
travelled from Brisbane to Canberra
to speak to the students about his
experiences in the Army since joining in
April 2013.
“AIEF helped me join by providing
me with a scholarship to St Joseph’s
Nudgee College where I was able to finish Year 12 and then join straight after,”
he said.
“I participated in the exercise to provide an Aboriginal figure for the students and to help them be comfortable
with the exposure to Army. A couple of
them told me they liked what they saw.”
Pte Thatcher, whose brother was
in Norforce, said the Army offers
Indigenous kids a good start in life.
“I thought I would go regular Army
and so far so good,” he said. “I enjoy the
experiences and challenges it gives me.”
Pte Thatcher told the students about
all the jobs in the Army they could do
and to use skills they were good at.
“For example, if you are good with
your hands do a trade, and if you want
a mental and physical challenge, go to
infantry or combat support,” he said.
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Lt Lachlan Poppins (far right) meets members
of the British Army’s Household Cav Regt.
 Australian and Thai soldiers join forces on Ex Chapel Gold
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TROOPS from Rifle Company
Butterworth 107 (RCB 107)
tested their infantry skills as
part of the annual international
engagement exercise, Exercise
Chapel Gold 2014, in northwest Thailand from August 27 to
September 19.
The composite company comprised soldiers from 4 Regt RAA,
3CER, 3CSSB, 1 Bde and 7 Bde.
OC RCB 107 Maj Thomas
D r ew, o f 4 R eg t R A A , wa s
impressed with the integration of
the company.
“This RCB rotation has given
the soldiers a great opportunity to
integrate with our regional partners
and be exposed to soldiering on
whole new level,” he said.
“Being a composite company,
we have been able to work to our
strengths and conduct some very
effective cross-training.”
The exercise was conducted in
two phases (a CTX and FTX) over
four weeks in Tak Province near
the Burma-Thailand border, during which RCB 107 worked closely with 1 Bn 14 Regt, and the 4th
Infantry Division of the Royal Thai
Army (RTA).
During the first phase,
Australian and RTA soldiers participated in a cross-training package
aimed at developing and sharing
each other’s tactics, techniques and
procedures.
The phase included an introduction to Australian jungle operations,
jungle survival, jungle patrolling,
counter-insurgency, counter-IEDs
and a sharing of operational experiences.
3 Pl commander Lt Christopher
McCullough, of 3CER, said all
troops benefited from the training.
“The Thai and Australian
soldiers have extensive experience
in counter-IED operations and it’s
a unique opportunity to share the
different lessons,” he said.
The Australian jungle operations
component was delivered by
members of Jungle Training Wing
(JTW), who were also responsible
for the two-week sub-unit training
course conducted at Tully before
the deployment.
“The JTW training prepared the
company extremely well and was
integral to the success of Chapel
Gold,” Maj Drew said.
The CTX phase also gave the
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Australian
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Exercise
Chapel Gold
in north-west
Thailand.
participants a chance to conduct
a live-fire activity on each other’s
weapons systems, participate in
plenty of sport and socialise.
The second phase was a battalion-level FTX conducted at
Bandanlanhoi Training Area.
During this phase, RCB 107
worked as part of 1 Bn 14 Regt,
demonstrating the interoperability
of the two nations. A number of
company-level activities focused
o n c o u n t e r- i n s u rg e n c y w e r e
conducted.
CSM WO2 Michael Kelly, of 4
Regt RAA, said a lot of effort had
gone into integrating the Thai and
Australian troops.
“It’s created a few challenges
but also built some good friendships between the soldiers,” he said.
Throughout the exercise, the
inclusion of a five-man interpreter team, led by Maj Alex Rubin,
of 2RAR, made the company’s
integration possible.
The team facilitated the breaking down of language barriers
between the soldiers and allowed
effective command and control
across the integrated forces.
At the end of the FTX, the
c o m p a ny t r ave l l e d s i x - h o u r s
south to Kanchanaburi to pay
their respects at Hellfire Pass, the
Thai-Burma Railway museum, the
Kancahnaburi Allied War Cemetery
and the Bridge on the River Kwai.
The visit was a confronting
reminder of the sacrifice that was
made by Australian POWs during
WWII.
Members of RCB 107 also
conducted a Teak tree planting
ceremony with the RTA, and
conducted some minor works at the
Hellfire Pass Museum.
Maj Drew said through Chapel
Gold he was impressed by the
level of professionalism and the
hospitality of the RTA.
“It’s been an excellent opportunity to gain an appreciation of
a different culture and a regional
partner,” he said.
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She said the idea of the sleepout, which was held on October
MORE than 200 people attended 18-19, came after she discovered
this year’s Exercise Stone Pillow, the large number of homeless
an initiative of the Women of the veterans within the community.
“I did a lot of research and
ADF charity.
discovered that no-one was really
By sleeping rough for the
doing much about it,” she said.
night, they raised $10,000 for
“I was uncomfortable not doing
Remembrance House, which is
something about it, so got straight
dedicated to assisting homeless
into organising last year’s sleepveterans and veterans in need.
out.”
The charity began last year
This year the event created
after Cpl Elena Rowland, of
more interest and was held on the
2GHB, felt the need to assist those grounds of Remembrance House
in Burpengary, Queensland.
who were less fortunate than
The house was built last year
herself.
and the money raised would go
towards setting it up for those who
need it, according to Cpl Rowland.
There was entertainment
throughout the weekend, including
a Maori welcome, Army cadets
and the Young Diggers doing
various demonstrations, as well as
performances by the 1 Regt RAA
Band.
“It was great to see so many
people involved,” Cpl Rowland
said.
For more information, visit
www.womenoftheadf.com.au/exercise_
stone_pillow.html
Lt Lachlan Poppins, a troop leader
with 4/19PWLH and a design engineer
at Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles,
undertook an Armoured Fighting Vehicle
(AFV) design course followed by an
attachment to a British Army armoured
reconnaissance unit to observe their
training.
He said the intensive two-week
course at the Defence Academy of the
UK at Shrivenham investigated the
design process for integrating structures,
systems and components to produce an
armoured vehicle for current and future
conflicts.
“The course focused on a systems
engineering approach for designing an
armoured vehicle,” he said.
“In the problem presented to my syndicate, we were tasked with designing a
lightweight, asymmetric warfare reconnaissance vehicle – essentially a small,
tracked, intelligence-gathering vehicle to
be used by the British Army in theatres
like the Middle East.
“Our analysis eventually led us to a
vehicle design with a greater emphasis
on mobility and protection, rather than
firepower.
“A report was produced and a presentation made to university staff and
students where the design was evaluated
and critiqued.”
After completing the AFV design
course, Lt Poppins travelled to
Castlemartin Range on the Welsh coast,
where he met the Household Cav Regt’s
A and C Sqns.
He said the role of the squadrons
was reconnaissance for which they used
the Scimitar armoured reconnaissance
vehicle.
“The 4/19PWLH and the Household
Cav Regt have very similar roles as we
are both mounted, however, our vehicles
differ significantly,” he said.
“Where we are mounted in the
wheeled PMV with a 7.62mm machine
gun, they use the tracked Scimitar with
30mm cannon.
“I was pleasantly surprised at how
much of their tactics and techniques
were almost exactly the same as our
own.
“I was able to describe how the
different geography of Australia shaped
our training and exercises – where their
AFV range in Wales is 24sqkm, ours at
Puckapunyal is almost 400sqkm.”
Lt Poppins encouraged reserve
members to consider undertaking a
Prince of Wales Award.
“It is an award that is simple to apply
for, yet pays huge dividends to the soldier and their employer,” he said.
For more information about the awards, visit
http://intranet.defence.gov.au/vcdf/sites/CRESD/
ComWeb.asp?page=107804#PrinceofWales
Awards
22
NEWS
Army www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
Reserves ready
to tackle floods
December 4, 2014
with State
ists team up
8 Bde reserv ces, Fire and Rescue
ervi
al Fire
Emergency S
lice, and Rur
NSW, NSW Po ervice personnel.
S
 Soldiers join forces with state emergency services for training
Capt Martin Hadley
ARMY reservists and emergency
services personnel have taken part in
a Northern Rivers disaster response
exercise, dubbed Exercise Bellingen
2014.
Byron Barracks, HQ 41RNSWR,
was the venue for more than 50 Army
Reserve personnel, as well as members
of the NSW State Emergency Service,
Fire and Rescue NSW, Rural Fire
Service and NSW Police.
The training scenario was based
on an escalating flood in the Northern
Rivers region of NSW, which CO
41RNSWR Lt-Col Donald Quinn said
was a real threat for the area.
“This exercise brought together
Defence and civilian emergency services personnel to train for a whole-ofgovernment coordinated and combined
response to a flood threat,” he said.
The battalion established a coordinating HQ, which was supported by
state government agencies.
The lead planning HQ and Exercise
Control for the activity was 8ER with
other 8 Bde units involved, including
8CSSB and brigade HQ. The brigade
has units and depots stretching from
metropolitan Sydney to northern NSW, Coffs Harbour, Ballina and Tweed
Heads.
though most of the exercise particiActing Deputy Region Controller
pants were from Lismore, Grafton,
Sgt Paul Dennis and Lt Josh
Barkley, of 8 Bde, train with
Chad Ellis, of the SES, and
Superintendant Boyd Townsend,
of the Rural Fire Service, on
Exercise Bellingen 2014.
Photos by Capt Martin Hadley
for Richmond Tweed Region Chad
Ellis said working with the Army
“provided a huge amount of value”.
“We now have better visibility of
the excellent capability of the Army in
undertaking these types of operations,”
Mr Ellis said. “We have also created
liaison points and developed our professional relationships as a result of
training together.”
The Rural Fire Service’s
Superintendent of the Northern Rivers
Zone, Boyd Townsend, said the ability
to combine skills when needed in the
future would be of great benefit to the
whole community.
“Exercise Bellingen has been a
great opportunity to understand the
capability of the Army locally and will
help us to work closely together in the
future,” he said.
The exercise helped soldiers train
for Emergency Defence Assistance
to the Civil Community operations,
where immediate action is necessary to
save lives and prevent extensive damage to property or the environment,
and when state and territory resources
are inadequate for the scale of the task.
Sgt Paul Dennis, of 41RNSWR,
supported the HQ in a communications
and information systems role and said
the highlight of Exercise Bellingen
was “working shoulder-to-shoulder
with the civilian emergency services”.
“Integrating how we work together,
and fully understanding each other’s
processes and procedures enables us to
be ready,” Sgt Dennis said.
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December 4, 2014
NEWS
23
RMC invades the north
 Staff cadets put through their paces during peacekeeping exercise in Ingham
Maj Al Green
STAFF cadets from RMC were
unleashed on the north during a
peacekeeping training exercise
where their abilities were tested
among the civilian population of
Queensland’s Ingham region.
During the exercise from October
28 to November 12, cadets conducted
vehicle check-points, defended key
council installations and searched
properties rented by Defence.
Further complicating the training,
most activities were conducted
against a backdrop of skirmishes
between staff cadets and other ADF
members role-playing enemy
combatants.
Many scenarios included
engagement with local emergency
services and one included
participation in a Volunteer Coast
Guard maritime patrol in tropical
waters.
This was the final exercise for the
staff cadets before they graduate as
lieutenants into the Army after 18
months of intensive training.
SCdt Andrew Barlow said this was
one of the most critical and rewarding
activities in which he’d participated.
“The added complexity of dealing
with real populations provided both
a challenge and a lot of satisfaction,”
he said.
Senior Instructor Maj Chris
Thomson said the training value of
having Army’s future officers operate
among a real civilian community was
irreplaceable.
“It’s the closest thing we
can replicate to a peacekeeping
deployment overseas,” he said.
The authentic nature of the training also appealed to SCdt Jarryd
Blake.
“We’re used to slugging it
out bush so it’s nice to be around
civilisation, interacting,” he said.
“It’s rewarding because you don’t
know how people feel about the military until a community like Ingham
accepts you,” he said.
“Even with some disruption to
their lives, people here have been
happy to have a chat – it’s a good
feeling.”
And the northern community
reciprocated.
According to aged care support
employee Belinda Russo, the ‘Army
invasion’ was welcome.
Residents of the aged care facility,
Bluehaven Lodge, where she works
as an activities coordinator, were
delighted by a visit from the staff
cadets.
“For our residents it was a real
highlight to meet the young trainee
officers when they took the time to
visit and talk,” Ms Russo said.
“There was much reminiscing and
discussion with regard to family links
to the military,” she said.
The staff cadets’ popularity also
extended
to younger
locals.
“The kids,
including
mine, have
followed
them around,
seeing what
they wouldn’t
ever see here
normally –
essentially
learning what
it’s like to be
in the ADF,”
Ms Russo said.
The training also gave the
international instructional staff and
trainees a taste of the Australian
lifestyle up close.
Pakistan Army instructor Capt
Shahzad Inayat said his first impression of life in Ingham was that it was
serene and spacious – a contrast to
bustling life in Pakistan. But he noted
there were also striking similarities.
“The people were welcoming, just
like at home,” Capt Inayat said.
He added that the environment
presented a valuable training opportunity for the international contingent.
“Staff cadets from Pakistan and
other countries have been interacting
with the local community in operational scenarios, along with their
Australian mates,” he said.
“This has broadened their
vision and understanding of urban
operations.”
SCdt Thongthai Tabatwee, of the
Royal Thai Army, said the unique
Australian sense of humour made the
biggest impression on him, but it was
the attribute of mateship that got him
through the tough times.
“You won’t succeed here without
it,” he said.
SCdt Jillie-May Reading agreed.
“If you’re putting the effort in,
everyone is willing to help you,” she
said.
The staff cadets will graduate
from the General Service Officer First
Appointment Course in December.
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SCdt Matthew
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direction during
a cordon-andsearch task at the
Lucinda Bulk Sugar
Terminal.
Inset top, Royal Thai Army
soldier SCdt Thongthai
Tabatwee during an
amphibious support
scenario. Inset above left,
SCdt Anna Delaney (right)
coordinates a search
task. Above right, SCdts
Francesca West and Jacob
Taylor meet a resident
during a patrol of Ingham.
Photos by Cpl Ben Dempster
and Maj Al Green
24
Army CENTRE
www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
25
On fire at Ex Razorback Storm-Black
7RAR Spt Coy blasts
its way through
Cultana Training Area
in a blazing show
of firepower, Capt
Sharon Mascall-Dare
reports.
7RAR soldiers fire a
MAG-58 machinegun in
an engagement during
Exercise Razorback
Storm-Black at Cultana
Training Area.
Photos by Cpl David Gibbs
I
N THE pre-dawn light at Cultana
Training Area, the thud of mortars
kicked up clouds of dust on the
horizon.
It was almost H Hour at Exercise
Razorback Storm-Black and the machinegun line of Spt Coy 7RAR was preparing to
unleash the full force of the unit’s firepower
on the target.
“One thousand, two thousand,” shouted
the first machine-gun section, between
bursts of rapid fire that sent red streaks
across the sky.
The platoon sergeant on the gun line,
Sgt Kent Bloffwitch, said the objective
was to provide covering fire for advancing
infantry, as mortars continued to pound the
enemy.
“Many call signs are working closely
together as part of this exercise,” he said.
“It’s a technical challenge, requiring
high performance from all members of Spt
Coy. Everyone is working together – from
the digger at the machine-gun post, to the
officers at the command post (CP).”
At the CP, OC Maj Alex Bearse and
2IC Capt Jack Goener were monitoring
developments closely.
For Maj Bearse, the exercise, which
ran from November 3-7, was the result of
months of planning, offering Spt Coy the
opportunity to test its standard operating
procedures in a conventional battlespace
scenario.
“7RAR is in a reset phase, and one of
our main priorities has been growing the
skill set of individual soldiers within the
battalion,” he said.
“Growing individual skills during the
reset phase provides Spt Coy with a collective
capability in specialist platoons. It’s
incredibly rewarding to see it come together
to provide kinetic effects on the ground.”
In order to build capability, the exercise
also drew on the specialist skills of artillery,
engineer and air support. Alongside more
than 100 members of Spt Coy, 7RAR, there
were 20 personnel taking part from other
units, including 102 Bty, 9 Fd Sqn and 7 Sig
Regt.
Air support came in the form of a PC-9
from the Aircraft Research Development
Unit at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
Just seconds after Sgt Bloffwitch called
“check fire” on the machine-gun line, the
PC-9 flew directly overhead towards the
enemy position, simulating air support.
Capt Goener said it was a perfectly
timed manoeuvre requiring synchronisation
between Joint Fire Effects Control and
other call-signs from the CP.
“One of the challenges has been to
integrate the standard operating procedures of all the specialist platoons into one
task,” Capt Goener said.
“It’s important to achieve that so we
can combine our firepower to have the
best effect on the enemy at a time of our
choosing.”
Since the introduction of the new standard infantry battalion model, Spt Coy has
been building and maintaining capability
in its four key areas: reconnaissance/snipers, signals, mortars and direct fire support
weapons (DFSW).
The model has brought new capabilities
that have been incorporated into standard
operating procedures and scenarios, in
particular, the replacement of the M113
AS4 with the Protected Mobility Vehicles.
The exercise had particular significance
for Spt Coy’s Mortar Platoon, marking the
first time it had fired together as a whole
platoon since the Vietnam War era.
For Cpl Danny Brain, it was an
opportunity to set the highest standards
for the battalion while testing standard
operating procedures for a range of
weapons systems.
“We’ve seen rockets fired from DFSW
to destroy enemy tanks, and we’ve also
seen mortars fired onto enemy positions
to allow other soldiers to assault those
positions,” he said.
“Our role at Spt Coy is to support the
wider battalion. To do that, our aim is to
achieve the highest standards, and keep
them there, so we can set a standard for
the entire battalion.”
Two Javelins were also fired during the
exercise, using heat-seeking technology to
lock onto their targets.
Watching the first Javelin make its
launch and arc across the sky was a
highlight of the week for Cpl Robert
Cooper.
“Firing a Javelin is not something you
get to do every day – it’s not like a normal
bullet,” he said.
“For the younger soldiers, in particular,
there is a buzz seeing what this weapon
system can do.
“It’s great for our soldiers to get this
experience on the ground – firing live
rounds and engaging targets. It validates
what we’ve been doing all year.”
Next year, 7RAR will move into a
readying phase as it prepares for Exercise
Hamel in 2016.
7RAR Mortar
Platoon fires a salvo
of mortar rounds.
7RAR soldiers fire a Javelin anti-tank weapon.
Sgt Kent Bloffwitch and
Cpl Trevor Zimmermann
await orders to begin a live
fire exercise.
Below, Gnr Dan Probert, Pte Elliott
Luttrell and Pte Danny Kerrison, of
10/27 RSAR, prepare to fire mortars.
Cpl Robert
Cooper
patrols
during
Exercise
Razorback
StormBlack.
READY TO
INTEGRATE
EXERCISE Razorback StormBlack provided an opportunity
for three young reserve gunners
from Launceston, Tasmania, to
learn new skills while attached to
7RAR’s Mortar Platoon.
Gnr Dan Probert, Gnr Elliott
Luttrell and Gnr Danny Kerrison
are all members of 6/13 Lt Bty,
an artillery sub-unit of 10/27 Bn
RSAR.
Gnr Probert said being part
of the exercise was a valuable
opportunity for them to learn new
skills in line with Plan Beersheba.
“Coming from an artillery
background, it’s great working
alongside the regular Army and
developing our skills in a tactical
setting as we prepare for Exercise
Hamel in 2016.”
For Gnr Kerrison, it was an
opportunity to prepare for joint
training activities – as part of Battle
Group Jacka – drawn from 4 and 9
Bdes in support of 1 Bde.
“I’ve enjoyed integrating with
the regular Army and I’ve learnt
skills that I can take back to my
unit,” Gnr Kerrison said.
“This exercise will help us to
integrate more effectively as part
of Battle Group Jacka training
activities in 2015.”
26
CHRISTMAS
Army www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
Time for reflection
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison
C
HRISTMAS and the reduced
activity period signal a pause
in our Army year. This time
affords us an opportunity to
connect and celebrate with those whom
we love, and to rest and renew for the
year ahead.
we are, and prouder still of where we are
going, striving to be the best we can be,
drawing on the foundation of Anzac.
Some activities we can plan for and
some we must react to in the finest traditions of the Australian Army. It is our
training that enables us to prepare or
react, and it is our families who stand
It is also a time to reflect on the year
behind us, making our home lives
that has passed, the people we have met,
possible.
the friendships we have strengthened and
To the extended Army family – our
the lessons we have learnt, all of which
wives, husbands, partners, children and
build to make us a more robust and
parents – I extend my deep-felt thanks
capable Army.
and appreciation. Your ongoing support
This year, despite the decrease in
allows us to continue in the service of our
operations overseas, our Army has been
nation.
busy.
I also acknowledge and thank our
In 2014, we helped our fellow
deployed personnel and those on duty
Australians clean up after fires and
during stand down. It can be tough to
floods, planned and conducted several
be separated from home and your loved
major exercises, strengthened military
ones, especially at Christmas. I trust
ties with our coalition partners through
that you find the support you need in the
joint combined exercises, and provided
mates with whom you serve.
security support to key government
To those travelling at home or abroad
activities.
this Christmas, please be safe. You are
We redistributed our presence in the
important to the Army, you are important
Middle East and placed personnel in
to your family.
mentoring roles in Iraq.
In 2015, our Army enters its 114th
This year, Cpl Cameron Baird was
year of service to our nation. I look
invested with the Victoria Cross.
forward to seeing what we can achieve.
Tragically, the year was also marked
Use the next month to reflect on 2014
by the death of LCpl Todd Chidgey while
and how we will work together with
on Operation Slipper. Our thoughts and
condolences are with the Chidgey family. renewed vigour and enthusiasm for the
2014 has also marked the commence- challenges ahead.
I extend to you and your family
ment of the Centenary of Anzac. Our
wishes for a safe, joyous and merry
values of courage, initiative, respect and
teamwork continue to drive our achieve- Christmas. See you in 2015. Good
ments. I am proud of the Australian Army soldiering.
“
Our values of courage,
initiative, respect and
teamwork continue to
drive our achievements.
– CA Lt-Gen David Morrison
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison delivers
the opening address at the CA’s
Exercise in Brisbane in September.
Photo by Cpl Ben Dempster
RSM-A WO Dave Ashley speaks
during Army’s 113th birthday
commemoration at the Australian
War Memorial in March.
Photo by Cpl Max Bree
C
It has been yet another busy year
for the Army and our people, and next
year will be the same.
First and foremost I want to recognise you all for a job well done at
home and on operations. Whether you
have been on operations, instructing
at Kapooka or another of our training
establishments (or even if you were
a recruit or trainee), maintaining our
equipment, training to deploy, working
in the warehouse, office or in the field,
or getting stuck into the basics. You
may have been up to your armpits in
grease, dirt from the pit you have just
dug, or files demanding your always
urgent attention – every one of you has
contributed. But this is why we joined
the Army – and I know you love it!
We should also reflect on those we
have lost, both on operations and at
home, and those injured or ill serving
our great nation. I said this last year
and I think it is worth saying again –
on Christmas Day we should ‘raise a
glass’ to those deployed and on duty,
for next year they may raise one for us.
This year my wife Jenny and I will
be visiting our family on Christmas
Day, including my rifle section of
grandchildren who all want to be the
forward scout! We are dearly looking
forward to it. I hope many of you will
be doing likewise. I know also, though,
that many of you will not be able to
say the same – such is the normal
I
The work you are performing
AM very proud of what the ADF
is important and contributing to a
has achieved during a busy and
capable, professional and widely
demanding 2014.
All of our men and women
continue to provide outstanding service to the nation, be they deployed
overseas or serving at home.
We continue to excel on operations across a wide range of challenging tasks.
In addition to our continued operations this year, the ADF responded
to the search for missing Malaysia
Airlines flight 370; worked alongside
the Australian Federal Police and
international forces on the ground in
the Ukraine in response to the MH17
disaster; removed significant amounts
of WWII munitions in Bougainville;
provided support to the Queensland
Government for the G20 Leaders’
Summit; provided humanitarian
assistance in Iraq; and conducted air
strikes and deployed a special operations task group to Iraq as part of
Operation Okra.
RSM-A WO Dave Ashley
HRISTMAS and the leave
period are upon us and with
it comes a reflection of
what we in the Army have
achieved over this past year.
CDF ACM Mark Binskin
nature of service. On Christmas Day, I
will take some time to think of you all
and for those without their loved ones
and friends with them.
I will think of those deployed and
on duty. To you fine Australians and
soldiers, I have been in your shoes and
I know how it feels, but you will be
with them soon.
Keep safe over Christmas and the
New Year, keep fit and enjoy in
moderation.
You have earned some rest – don’t
be a hero, clear some leave. Make
sure you enjoy it and return next year
refreshed and ready for the challenges
of 2015.
Merry Christmas and a happy New
Year to you all and your families. I
will see you all in the New Year.
respected ADF. You should be proud
of the work you do, and I thank you
all for your dedication.
This year we lost LCpl Todd
Chidgey on operations in Afghanistan.
Our thoughts remain with his family,
and the families of all ADF personnel
who have lost loved ones over the past
years.
With the festive period approaching, the importance of families and
friends is at the forefront of our
minds.
The absence of family members
deployed on operations over this
period can be difficult, and I want to
thank all the families for their ongoing support. This support and understanding is crucial to the success of
all of us.
I wish you all a happy and safe
Christmas and best wishes for 2015.
CDF ACM Mark Binskin
during a panel discussion
at the Annual Civil Society
Dialogue on Women, Peace
and Security in Canberra
in September.
Photo by Lauren Larking
Army LETTERS
www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
27
Calculating your leave
 Is time off being worked out fairly over the Christmas and New Year period?
I HAVE been advised by my
chief clerk about how effective service is calculated towards
the Army Targeted Rank and
Employment Category Completion
Bonus (ATRECCB), and this is not
in line with how PACMAN 3.5.368
defines as service that counts
towards the bonus.
PACMAN 3.5.368 says that for the
“first six weeks of paid leave in a leave
year ... the leave is cumulative.” The
way clerks are calculating the six weeks
of leave is a total of 42 days of leave in
a leave year. This seems fair, until the
Christmas/New Year period is taken into
account when the CDF approves CDF
stand down days and a member applies
for leave.
For example, if a member took leave
from December 20 and returned on
January 5, a total of three FAN days
would be taken. However, for the purposes of the ATRECCB, this example
would count as 16 days of paid leave.
Another example is when a member
applies for leave when there are public
holidays involved, like Easter, where
members apply for leave covering two
weekends and the weekdays, knowing
that only the days that are not public
holidays would be deducted from the
FAN balance.
PACMAN 3.5.368 is also not
completely clear about the leave types
that count towards effective service,
How does the Christmas/New
Year leave period affect the Army
Targeted Rank and Employment
Category Completion Bonus?
“paid leave exceptions: short absence,
medical absence. Examples: recreation
leave, paid maternity leave, long service
leave at full pay, long service leave at
half pay”. Does pre-embarkation leave,
paternity leave, travel leave or carers
leave count or not count as part of the
six weeks of paid leave?
I am aware of members who
have been ordered to take significant
amounts of leave in order to reduce
their FAN leave balances, at no fault of
their own. Because of the Army policy
of maintaining leave balances at a manageable level, they took the leave and
are now likely to not receive their bonus
until well into the later half of 2015.
If members were aware how leave
would be assessed from the beginning, I’m sure leave applications would
have been submitted differently, i.e.
not including weekends and public
holidays. My understanding of reading
PACMAN 3.5.368 was that six weeks
of recreational leave, i.e. 30 (business
days) of FAN/LSL, would be counted
towards the bonus.
The majority of people who signed
up to this bonus on the original offer
were due to receive their bonus on or
From left: Cpl Dean George, Pte Stephanie Sims, Pte Nicolette Lane and
LCpl Keith Hall at the Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform launch
during the biennial Chief of Army’s Exercise in September.
What’s in a name?
HAVING recently read the article
“New look for soldiers” (Edition
1338, October 9) I am a little confused
about the name “Australian Multicam
Camouflage Uniform (AMCU)”. As
Multicam is not an approved word
in the Macquarie Dictionary, one
must conclude it is short for multicamouflage. If this is correct, why
are we calling the new uniform the
“A u s t r a l i a n M u l t i - C a m o u f l a g e
Camouflage Uniform?”
Aaron Heard
Canberra
DG Integrated Soldier Systems Branch
Brig Simon Welsh responds:
THE name ‘Australian Multicam
Camouflage Uniform’ was chosen to
maintain consistency in ADF multicam uniform nomenclature. The word
relates to the term ‘paid leave’ and how
this leave is assessed for the ATRECCB.
The term ‘paid leave’ is defined in
PACMAN as ‘a period of leave when
a member is entitled to salary’. For the
ATRECCB, ‘paid leave’ is any leave
that a member is entitled to salary with
the only exceptions being short absence
(short leave) and medical leave (which
is assessed differently). It is important to
note that the CDF leave grant is not clasSgt Craig Rootes
sified as short absence; rather, it is disJCE Tp Sgt
cretionary leave and is counted as ‘paid
1 Sig Regt
leave’ and is assessed as such.
DGPPEC John Geering and
Sgt Rootes further states that the
DGPers-A Brig Peter Daniel respond:
method ‘paid leave’ is assessed for
THE Army Targeted Rank and
the ATRECCB is not in keeping with
Employment Category Completion
PACMAN Clause 3.5.368 – service
Bonus (ATRECCB) was introduced in
that counts towards the bonus. Clause
2012. The purpose of this scheme is
3.5.368.2, Table 1, Item 1 states “first
to offer an incentive, through a bonus
six weeks of paid leave in a leave year
payment, to members to encourage
counts towards the bonus. The leave is
them to complete three years’ eligible
cumulative”. Further “paid leave after
service in certain Army ranks, corps and six weeks in a leave year does not count
employment categories.
towards the bonus”. In real terms this
When a member is invited to join
equates to 42 calendar days per leave
the scheme they are presented with an
year. ‘Paid leave’ beyond the 42 calendar
offer through their chain of command.
days does not count towards the bonus.
They are advised to research the scheme
As with all policy of this nature, it is
requirements before accepting the
reviewed on a regular basis. It is noted
offer. Information on eligible service
that the ‘paid leave’ aspect has certain
is detailed in PACMAN Vol 1, Chap
implications for members within the
3, Pt 5, Div 38 Clause 3.5.368. All
scheme. Personnel Policy – Army is curmembers who accept an ATRECCB offer rently reviewing the criteria to ensure it
must indicate that they have read and
meets the intent of other existing policy
understood these requirements.
and directives, including the CA’s Leave
The main focus of Sgt Rootes’ query Directive 04/05.
after June 1, 2015, depending on the
leave taken by the member.
I have been advised most members
will not be receiving the bonus on this
date because of the way the leave taken
is calculated, and that most will be
received in July or later, and this could
have implications depending on the
individual as it is in a different financial
year.
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within the Defence logistics supply chain
and describes a type of soldier combat
uniform.
The AMCU is made using a new
hybrid pattern and colour palette that
combines the Australian Multicam
Pattern with the colour palette used
for the Disruptive Pattern Camouflage
Uniform.
The new hybrid pattern was tested in
various regional terrain, including tropical jungle, grassland and general scrub
environments, and was found to perform
as well as, if not better than, current camouflage patterns during the day, and just
as well at night.
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available at www.army.gov.au/Our-work/
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Finding a ‘dog voice’ in war
Troops in Afghanistan welcome a special visitor, Cpl Max Bree reports.
U
S MILITARY welfare dog
Zac visited Australian personnel serving as part of
JTF 633 at Camp Baker
in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during
World Mental Health Day.
US Army chaplains and Zac’s
handlers, Capt Andrea Baker and Capt
Josh Morris, joined Zac on the visit.
“In Afghanistan there are a lot of
military working dogs, but you don’t
expect to see a dog you can pat or lie in
the grass with,” Capt Morris said.
“Every time someone sees him
they’re instantly drawn to him, even the
toughest soldiers have a dog voice.”
Zac has the rank of senior airman
and is named after US Airman 1st
Class Zachary Cuddeback, who was
killed during a 2011 terrorist attack on
a US Air Force bus in Germany.
Capt Baker said Zac helped connect
to soldiers in a way she couldn’t.
“We’re not allowed to touch
anybody, we’re not allowed to show
emotion, but I’ve had soldiers in a
counselling session and he’ll come up
and put his head in their lap and that
helps calm them down.”
Zac’s presence also helped Capt
Morris start conversations with soldiers
when he wasn’t expecting to.
“He opens doors I couldn’t open on
my own,” he said.
“I’ll be walking somewhere and
soldiers will start petting Zac, then
they’ll start talking to me about what’s
going on with them.
Cpl Sarah Grahame gives
US military welfare dog
Zac a cuddle at Camp
Baker, Kandahar.
Inset, US Army chaplains
Capts Josh Morris and
Andrea Baker with Zac.
Photos by Cpl Janine Fabre
“He starts conversations I probably
wouldn’t have the courage to start on
my own. If you’re feeling defensive or
feeling sad, he senses that stuff.”
Capt Morris said most soldiers still
related to Zac, even if they weren’t a
dog person.
“It reminds them of being home or
it reminds them of their dog, and they
realise life isn’t all about war and it’s
not that bad,” he said.
Capt Baker is posted to an aviation
unit so Zac also gets to do his share of
flying in Afghanistan.
“He loves to fly and gets really
excited,” Capt Baker said.
“He’s flown in a Black Hawk and
once climbed a ladder into the cockpit
of a C-17 Globemaster.”
After Zac’s tour in Afghanistan he
will return with Capt Baker to his new
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Team effort to save lives in Kandahar
ADF and US medical personnel work together to care
for patients in Afghanistan, Cpl Max Bree reports.
S
IMULATED casualties from
an IED blast burst through
doors on gurneys and into
trauma bays at the Role 3
hospital at Kandahar Airfield.
ADF and US Navy medical staff
work quickly to insert intravenous tubes,
secure airways and apply tourniquets to
stop the bleeding.
One soldier has a blunt hit to his
abdomen, another has both arms and a
leg missing, while the last patient bleeds
internally from an object that pierced his
chest.
Though horrific, LCdr Matthew
Bradley, of the US Navy and chief of
trauma at the Role 3, designed the training scenario to be typical of the wounds
from an IED blast.
“It’s about having several patients
come in to overwhelm our system and
see how we respond to that,” he said.
“For our rotation, having any more
than three patients is considered a masscasualty situation.
“So we typically have these exercises
once, maybe twice, a week to make sure
everybody’s on their toes.”
The patient with abdominal wounds
was found to have a ruptured spleen
and soon taken into theatre to have it
removed.
Tourniquets were applied to the
soldier missing his arms and leg before
he received a CAT scan and was
transferred to the operating room.
“That injury pattern has been very
common in the 10-12 years of conflict,
so it is something that routinely comes in
to our theatre,” LCdr Bradley said.
“Typically, after tourniquets you
figure out if they have any other internal
bleeding and make sure they don’t have a
head injury.
“If those patients are stable they can
go to the CAT scan; if they’re unstable
they end up in the operating theatre.”
The third patient underwent drastic
surgery after he arrived without any vital
signs and a penetrating wound to the
chest.
“If they’ve been out in the field like
that for a short time and they come in
they’ll get what’s called an ‘emergency
thoracotomy’,” LCdr Bradley said.
“That’s a fairly sizeable incision
into the chest to explore where they’re
bleeding.
“In this scenario the patient had a
penetrating cardiac wound to the heart
which our surgeon rapidly identified and
repaired.
“I threw a lot of curveballs at everybody to test them and they responded
very well, so I was very pleased with the
outcome.
“Working with the Australians has
been fantastic – we work very well
together. I hope they feel the same way.”
Australian Army Maj Michael Geluk (trauma doctor,
pointing) and US Navy LCdr Matthew Bradley (chief
of trauma) call out orders during a mass-casualty
exercise at the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield.
Inset, US Navy anaesthetist LCdr William Epps (at
bed head) and other medical personnel move a
patient during the exercise.
US Navy medical personnel take a patient from an ambulance
during a mass-casualty exercise at the Role 3 hospital.
Photos by Cpl Max Bree
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OPERATING theatre nurses at 2GHB could
be getting closer to their patients with one
of their officers picking up new ideas in the
Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield.
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Rather than waiting in the operating room
for a trauma patient, Capt Lee-Ann Pine, an
operating theatre nurse, found a way to be
more involved during her time at the Role 3.
“Here they put an perioperative nurse in
the trauma bays and they follow the patient
through to theatre, so they’re with them the
whole time,” she said.
“It means you’re already mentally prepared
for what you’re going to need in theatre.”
Capt Pine, also 2IC of 1 Surgical Coy’s
Operating Theatre Department, was sent on
the four-month deployment to find ways of
improving Army’s only Role 2E field hospital
and gain clinical experience in a conflict zone.
The Role 3 at Kandahar is run by the US
Navy, which treats the hospital like a seagoing
vessel.
“You’ve got the ‘quarterdeck’ at the
front and that’s just the main entrance,
plus they’ve got the ship’s store,
even though we’re not on a ship,”
Capt Pine said.
“But they’re a great bunch of
people to work with – they’re very
welcoming.”
Members of the US Navy, with
more prescribed qualifications, were
impressed by the Australian nurses’
skills in the operating room.
“At home it’s expected we do
circulation, scrubs and help the
anaesthetist in theatre,” Capt Pine said.
“So they’re amazed we can
come here and fit in to other places
because we’ve got that expertise and
experience.”
Capt Pine finished her deployment
in November.
“At the start of next year I hope to
spend a day each week at the Royal
Brisbane and Women’s Hospital,” she
said. “That helps retain my clinical skills
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3 Bde tests
new weapons
A series of presentations sparked debate
among 3 Bde personnel throughout the year.
Photo by LCpl Kyle Genner
Education the
key to success
Capt Jay Ellul
“3 Bde led the intervention force
when the Army went to Timor-Leste
in 1999, and our rehearsed readiness
ENCOURAGING debate and dishelped us immensely,” Lt-Gen Evans
cussion among 3 Bde personnel has
been a priority for brigade leadership said.
Other presentations included:
throughout 2014.
Expert lecturers delivered a series of  Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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US Tiger Force and how physical,
individual professional development
mental and spiritual resilience can
assignments on a range of historical and
breakdown in war;
contemporary subjects.
 Prof Eliot Cohen explained civil/
3 Bde Commander Brig Roger
military relations in the Western
Noble said introducing healthy dialogue
world, and the military obligations
into the officer and SNCO ranks was
to civilian leadership in modern
vital to maintaining an educated workdemocracies;
force with the ability to solve future
 Dr Bob Breen spoke about south
problems.
Pacific interventions, Timor-Leste,
“Debate and discussion helps foster
and where the Army could next
new ideas that can be brought into the
deploy;
workplace or onto the battlefield,” he
 Maj-Gen Steve Day delivered a
said.
presentation on cyber information
“These ideas result in better ways to
fight and do our jobs.
security and its importance to future
“We don’t know what the next war is
warfare;
going to look like, so we need to ensure  Dr Albert Palazzo gave insights into
we keep our problem-solving and critithe effects of climate change and the
cal-thinking skills as trained and ready
impact it has on contemporary
as possible.”
operations;
Brig Noble said the array of lecture
 Prof Jim Storr discussed concepts to
subjects delivered by some worldoptimise command at the formation
renowned scholars and subject matter
and battlegroup; and
experts introduced the audience to
 retired US Army Lt-Col Dave
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Grossman, author of On Killing,
not have thought about before.
spoke about the psychology of killing
“Our expert guests have come from
and methods to improve mental and
Australia, the UK and the US and delivemotional resilience.
ered presentations on topics that ranged These events supported CA’s focus on
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how its teachings are relevant today, the professional discourse to inform Army’s
importance of building mental toughmodernisation and development.
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a formation that is ready to deploy,” he
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Airsoft weapons allow force-on-force scenarios with greater
realism than has been available with blank ammunition.
T
HE first trial of Airsoft
weapons within Forcomd
was carried out during an
SASR training package
with 3 Bde’s infantry battalions
last month.
3RAR hosted instructors from
Battle Troop, SASR, for the delivery of the combat shooting and
reality-based package in Townsville.
Maj Noel Jordan, OC B Coy,
3RAR, said the training supported
the push within 3 Bde to enhance
soldier lethality and survivability.
“The visiting instructors provided an immense amount of knowledge that enabled our soldiers to
put the lessons into context of real
combat, which engaged the soldiers
and reinforced the training,” Maj
Jordan said.
The Airsoft system allows forceon-force scenarios with greater
realism than has been available
with blank ammunition or previous
systems.
Sgt Matthew Carlos, of 3RAR,
said the Airsoft weapons fired a
plastic pellet that showed soldiers if
their shots were on target.
“The trialling of the Airsoft
weapons should be the start of a
new generation of simulation systems that will bring unprecedented
levels of realism to training and
reinforce the basics of combat
that are already being taught,” Sgt
Carlos said.
“This type of training improves
mental resilience and enhances soldiers’ ability to apply combat power
where it is required.”
LCpl Philip Holley participated
in the training and said reality-based
training improved soldiers’ skills so
they could think through the fight.
“With blank firing you don’t
know if you have won the fight, but
using Airsoft during the training
scenarios puts you through similar stress as combat and lets you
see how the fight finished,” LCpl
Holley said.
“I believe in the idea of ‘train
how you fight’ and reality-based
training is the best way I have experienced to achieve this.”
The training included demonstrations of other simulation munitions and robotic moving targets.
The training and demonstrations
are part of a larger trial to enhance
the training support systems available within Forcomd.
It is planned that this training
package will become a part of the
annual training program within
3 Bde.
3 Bde soldiers
search an ‘enemy’
role-player during
reality-based Airsoft
weapons training
run by SASR
soldiers at Line
Creek Village, High
Range Training Area,
in Queensland.
Photo by LCpl Kyle Genner
Op Mazurka team shows skills
WO2 Gareth Hughes
ADF personnel deployed on
Operation Mazurka in the Sinai
took home the 150th New
Zealand Anniversary Trophy after
winning the latest Multinational
Force and Observers’ Force Skills
Competition.
The three-day event ran from
September 29 to October 1.
Five stands were established
within MFO North Camp, which
included assessing rules for the
use of force, combat lifesaving
and casualty evacuation, IED
recognition and reporting, and
an obstacle course and engaging
targets using the respective
contingents’ in-service weapons.
Team members also took out
second place in the individual
best shot and second place in the
officer/NCO competition.
Front row, FSM Jules Moreau, Sgt Ian Carr, Sgt Steven
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Maj-Gen Denis Thompson. Rear row, Sgt Kyle Balfoort,
Sgt Dean King, Sgt Brendan Murray and Sgt Mark Ryan.
Photo by Sgt Duval Thomas
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Top left, Musn Jade O’Halloran sings in the
Japanese Self-Defense Forces marching
festival.
Top middle, clarinet player Cpl Richard Mason.
Top right, the band in action in Japan.
Photos by Cpl Aaron Curran and AAB
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Bandies hit
the right note
Musicians visit Japan for marching festival,
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The AAB played seven performances during a three-day marching festival at the arena, which is
the location for every major rock
festival in the country.
Forty-three regular and reserve
band members came together in
Canberra a week before departure to
practise their performance.
Cpl Richard Mason, a reservist
from Melbourne who plays the clarinet, said he was excited about the
trip and it was a great opportunity
to show off what the AAB could do
overseas.
“I enjoyed the opportunity to
come together with our ARA members to meet and mentor each other,”
he said.
“I have always been a fan of
Japanese food and culture and it
has been an ambition of mine to go
there.”
CO AAB Lt-Col Gordon Lambie
said the Japanese Self-Defense
Forces (JSDF) put on the marching festival annually and invited a
couple of international bands to take
part.
“This year eight bands performed, including the AAB, the
Philippine Army Band, US Marines’
band based on Okinawa, US Army
band from Camp Zama near Tokyo,
and other JSDF bands,” he said.
“We were proud when the crowd
reacted to our iconic slouch hats as
we marched on to the arena.
“The past month has seen
unprecedented levels of commitment to this undertaking by both
full- and part-time members of AAB
sub-units from across the country,
resulting in an exhilarating show.”
Lt-Col Lambie said the visit was
an enhancement of the high-level
engagement between the nations’
two prime ministers, CA and his
counterpart in the JSDF.
“We were honoured that the
Australian Government, in accepting the invitation for the band to
participate, saw music exchange as a
vehicle by which those recent efforts
could further be strengthened at the
strategic level,” he said.
“This was reflected by the
attendance of senior Japanese ministers, including the Defense Minister,
and senior JSDF officers led by Gen
Kiyofumi Iwata, the JGSDF Chief
of Staff.”
Lt-Col Lambie said it was the
AAB’s second appearance at the
festival; the first being in 2004.
“A highlight of the 2014 festival
was a 200-member taiko drum
corps, who are traditional Japanese
drummers of a warrior caste,” he
said.
Cpl David Shuttleworth, an ARA
clarinet player from AAB Kapooka,
said their style of performance was
very different to the host country’s
bands, but was received extremely well and complemented every
performance.
“Getting to do what we do on an
international stage was awesome,”
he said.
“But the highlight was connecting with other people even though
our language, culture and lifestyles
are so different.”
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Military history
on show in Cairns
Australia’s largest privately owned collection of tanks and guns is
attracting attention from across the world, Cpl Mark Doran reports.
T
HE Australian Armour
and Artillery Museum
(AAAM) in Cairns
o ffi c i a l l y o p e n e d i n
September and is dedicated to the
collection, restoration, preservation and display of armoured vehicles and artillery from the 1800s
to the present.
The massive military collection
in north Queensland features
armoured vehicles and artillery from
both world wars and the Cold War,
with a focus on equipment used
during WWII.
The museum is displaying more
than 90 armoured vehicles and artillery pieces, from countries such as
the US, Australia, Britain, Canada,
Czechoslovakia, France, Germany
and Russia.
AAAM Assistant Manager Jason
Belgrave is a former warrant officer
who spent 11 years with RAAC in
roles such as a tank commander,
before transferring to RAAOC for
13 years to finish his Army career.
Mr Belgrave said he was
working as one of the museum’s
volunteers when he was offered his
role by the owner of the collection,
Cairns businessman Rob Lowden.
“Rob’s passions are armour
and artillery, and even as a child
he collected die-cast models,” Mr
Belgrave said.
“There have been a lot of visitors
over the last few months, including
many veterans from Australia and
New Zealand who have reminisced
about the historical equipment on
display.”
Many of the museum’s vehicles
are still operational and the collection is growing as Mr Lowden continues his extreme hobby.
During a recent auction in
the US he bought 12 new pieces,
including a Jagdpanzer Kanone
Tank Destroyer, an M113 FSV APC,
which saw service in Vietnam, and
an SA-2 surface-to-air missile.
Mr Belgrave said the Sentinel
AC4 was one of his favourite exhibits because it was an Australian-built
tank designed in WWII.
“The Sentinels did not see service, but it was the first tank to be
built with a hull cast as a single
piece, and the only tank to be produced in quantity in Australia,” he
said.
“Early next year we plan to have
a British FV432 APC equipped to
give kids and adults the experience
of riding in an armoured car.
“We also have an underground
50m shooting gallery where our
visitors will be able to fire WWII
weapons.”
For more information on AAAM visit
www.ausarmour.com
Missing WWI field gun
Sgt Dave Morley
LIVERPOOL City Council is
missing a field gun and thinks the
Army may be able to help find it.
A Krupp 77mm field gun, similar
to the one missing.
The circa-1916 German Krupp
77mm field gun, with the serial
number 8053, was captured in
France on August 8, 1918, by
18 Bn AIF.
In 1920 it was allotted to the
then-Municipality of Liverpool as a
war trophy.
Learning and development
officer Ken Bow, of Forcomd,
said his brother, who worked at
Liverpool City Council, asked him
for help in locating the gun.
“He thought since I worked for
Defence I might be able to help,”
he said.
“He said the gun had moved
around a fair bit over the years
and was last seen in front of the
sergeants’ mess at Bardia Barracks,
Ingleburn, before the 101 Fd Wksp
relocated to Darwin.”
Mr Bow said according to project officer of the RAA Historical
Company and RSM of 2 Trg Gp
from 1983-84, Kevin Browning, the
gun wasn’t there in 1984.
“But he did recall a WWI gun
being on the grounds of the RAEME
workshops, possibly 101 Fd Wksp,
near 2 Military Hospital at Ingleburn
Army Camp,” he said.
“He thinks it could have been
packed up in a container and moved
with the unit when it was sent to
Darwin, but attempts to confirm
this have not been successful.”
Mr Bow asks anyone knowing the
whereabouts of the gun to contact him
at kenneth.bow@defence.gov.au
Former soldier and now Assistant
Manager of the Australian Armour
and Artillery Museum in Cairns,
Jason Belgrave, stands at the
entrance to the complex near a
British Saladin armoured car. Inset
above, a US M47 Patton medium
tank on display. Inset right, A US
Army M1 155mm “Long Tom” field
artillery gun.
Photos by Cpl Mark Doran
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FEATURES
Combined arms show of power at Pucka
Soldiers put on a fiery show at Puckapunyal during
Exercise Chong Ju, Sgt Brian Hartigan reports.
D
Spectators experience the power of an M1A1 Abrams tank at close
range during Exercise Chong Ju at Puckapunyal, Victoria.
Exercise Chong Ju is an excellent
opportunity for young officers and
soldiers to see first-hand how all the
ADF systems work in unison.
Photos by Sgt Brian Hartigan
IGGERS at the Puckapunyal
Military Area in Victoria got
to show off the power and
might of a combined arms
combat team attack on October 15-16
to a packed gallery of spectators.
if she would like to pursue a military
career.
Tamara Downey, who is going
through the Defence Force Recruiting
process and hoping to be commissioned as an education officer, was
another impressed spectator.
Exercise Chong Ju is an annual
She said the exercise gave her
firepower demonstration and a key
an excellent appreciation of the
component of the Army’s Combat
professionalism of the Army.
Officer’s Advanced Course (COAC) at
“It was very impressive from a
the Combined Arms Training Centre
power point of view but, as someone
(CATC).
who is still going through the recruitCOAC provides future Army leaders ment process, I think the overall
with tactical and technical training
impression I got was that the Army
in the employment of weapons and
is highly professional,” she said.
support systems and Chong Ju, as part
“I’ve been getting that impression
of their course, gave them a close-up
throughout the process, but today really
taste of the tactics and firepower that
reinforced that for me.”
can be brought to bear in a combined
While most of the action was
arms environment.
directed at a notional enemy emplaceIncorporating many elements of
ment more than 2km away, many elethe ADF’s impressive arsenal, Chong
ments of the combined arms attack
Ju included armour, artillery, engineer
were positioned close to spectators, in
and infantry elements, as well as air-to- some cases literally giving all a taste of
ground attack by Tiger ARHs and
the action as the main-gun shock wave
F/A-18 fighter jets.
from an M1A1 Abrams tank kicked up
To gain maximum value from the
clouds of dust at very close range.
exercise, a wide range of other spectaCapabilities showcased included
tors were also invited, including proM1A1 Abrams, ASLAV, M113AS4,
spective new recruits and participants
81mm mortar, M777 155mm artillery
in a Defence Indigenous Development
and Javelin anti-armour missile.
Program (DIDP).
Commandant CATC Col Anthony
Crystal Carter, a participant in the
McIntyre said the exercise was essenDIDP, enjoyed the experience, which
tial for training the Army’s next genwill go a long way to help her decide
eration of commanders.
ting
An Abrams spor
em
bl
em
’
py
a red ‘Skip
a
keeps pace with
kangaroo.
“Chong Ju is an excellent
opportunity for young officers and
soldiers to see first-hand how all the
ADF systems work in unison, in a
potential operational scenario,” Col
McIntyre said.
The exercise is named after a battle
in North Korea in 1950 when 3RAR,
supported by tanks and artillery,
A RAAF F/A-18 Hornet.
– Col Anthony McIntyre,
Commandant CATC
attacked and captured a large North
Korean defensive line on the Yalu
River.
It is run by the School of Armour
with support from the School of
Artillery and elements of 4 Bde at
CATC.
Aerial support was provided by
16 Avn Bde and the RAAF.
Soldiers fire
a Javelin
anti-armour
missile.
A ASLAV fires its 25mm gun.
A Tiger ARH fires its chin-mounted chain gun.
An Abrams churns up dust.
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2014 Defence
Blood Challenge
Ambassador WO2
Scott Rutland is
pleased so many
soldiers donated
during the challenge.
Photo by Cpl Matthew
Bickerton
Defence does it again
DEFENCE members have
once again saved thousands of
lives by rolling up their sleeves
and donating blood as part
of the annual Defence Blood
Challenge.
“The annual Defence Blood
Challenge only lasts three months,
so it is important to highlight that
we should donate blood all year
round,” Maj Schulz said.
“The need for donations is
constant,
so please continue to give
While the exact number of
blood whenever you can.
donations is still being finalised,
“The holiday season is around
Defence has surpassed 5000
the corner and the need for blood
donations – more than 500 over
target and a 22 per cent jump from doesn’t take a holiday.”
Since the Blood Challenge
last year.
began in 2009, Defence members
Army is leading the challenge
have rolled up their sleeves more
with 2344 donations, Air Force is
than 17,000 times, saving more than
coming second with 1222, while
51,000 lives.
Navy personnel and Defence
The real winners of the Defence
civilians have each donated around
Challenge are the recipients: cancer
750 times.
patients, road trauma victims,
Blood Challenge coordinator
Maj Gary Schulz thanked all those people with blood disorders, people
involved with this year’s challenge. with autoimmune disorders, those
undergoing emergency surgery,
new mums and their bubs, and
many more sick or seriously-ill
Australians.
Planning is already under
way for the 2015 Defence Blood
Challenge, which will run one week
longer next year – from September 1
until December 8.
Anyone interested in being involved in
next year’s challenge, as an ambassador,
area or unit organiser, or event promoter, is
encouraged to email Maj Schulz at
gary.schulz1@defence.gov.au
If you would like to be kept informed
about the Defence Blood Challenge or
find out how to increase the number
of donations in your area, register on
ForceNet at www.forcenet.gov.au/register
and join the Defence Blood Group.
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Why should I give blood?
Blood is vital to life and, for many
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blood, but one in three people will
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How’s it used?
Modern processing techniques
mean that a single blood
donation, when separated into its
components, can help at least three
different patients and contribute to
making up to 22 different products
(including potentially life-saving
immunisations for chicken pox,
hepatitis B and tetanus).
Who does donated blood help?
It is sometimes thought that the
majority of donated blood helps
those involved in accidents and
emergencies. Most of the blood,
however, is used to treat people
with cancer and other serious
illnesses.
How many donations are needed?
Every week Australia needs more
than 27,000 blood donations.
How often can I donate?
Donations can be made every
12 weeks and it takes about 45
minutes. Plasma can be given every
two or three weeks.
For more information on donating blood
visit www.donateblood.com.au
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Fair Go Hotline
THE Army Fair Go Hotline will close down
during the 2014-15 Christmas leave period
between midday on December 12 and
January 27. To access advice during this
period call the Defence Call Centre on 1800
333 362. Normal operating hours for the
Army Fair Go Hotline – 1800 100 064 – are
9am to 9pm (AESDT) Monday to Friday
(excluding public holidays).
LGBTI network
THE Defence Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Network
will be officially formed in early 2015.
Personnel are invited to attend the network
launch, to help form the executive committee
and to become members. An information
session was held on November 28 to
provide an opportunity for potential network
members to engage with organisers, learn
more about the formation of the LGBTI
Network and to meet fellow members.
The network will support LGBTI personnel
by promoting a culture of inclusion and
respect within Defence and to empower
people to feel comfortable being themselves
within the workplace. Members from all
three services interested in joining or who
have questions about the network can
visit the PeopleConnect website or email
DiversityPolicyandPrograms@defence.
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In remembrance
THE Australian War Memorial unveiled two
memorials from ADF bases in Uruzgan
province, Afghanistan, on November 13. The
memorials formed the
basis of commemorative
ceremonies at Camp
Holland and Camp
Russell. They will be on
display at the entrance
to the AWM before
being relocated to the
sculpture garden, where
they will be used for
further commemorative
services.
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Remember to report
 Soldiers are securing requested removals, but other changes need to be recorded
ADF members are lodging relocation
paperwork earlier in the posting process
than other years, meaning they are more
likely to secure a housing solution in their
new posting location and receive their preferred removal uplift date, according to
Director Relocations and Housing Alan
McClelland.
“Early submission of the AFR also leads
to savings in Defence removal costs,” he said.
However, the non-reporting by members
of changes in their circumstances regarding
rental allowance (RA) is concerning.
“Members must inform DHA of any
change in their personal circumstances as
this may result in a change to their housing
entitlements and significant over or under
payments,” he said.
Changes to sharing arrangements, vacation or occupation by dependents, moving to
a new rental address, changes in categorisation and purchasing a home in the RA location must be reported.
Mr McClelland said the misuse of RA
was under close scrutiny by the InspectorGeneral of Defence.
“The services are working with the
Directorate of Relocations and Housing to
improve the administration of RA to ensure
all Defence personnel are aware of their
obligations,” he said.
He also reminded people of the need to
update their personal information in PMKeyS
Self-Service, including emergency contact
details, when they relocated.
For more information, contact DHA on 139 342 or
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Photo by AB Julianne Cropley
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Pte Timothy Belton,
of 10LHR, stands
watch during
Exercise Retimo in
Western Australia.
Pte David Tassone
prepares supplies at Al
Minhad Air Base, UAE.
Command Warrant Officer
JTF 633, WO1 Michelle
Griffith, salutes during the
Remembrance Day service
in the Middle East.
Photo by Cpl Janine Fabre
Cpl Cindy Rentoule
operates a radio at
Kandahar Airfield,
Afghanistan.
Photo by Sgt Hamish Paterson
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Cpl Shane Tuffin, of 10LHR,
stands at attention during the
Remembrance Day service at
King’s Park in Perth.
From left, Sgt Jason
Verschelden, Cpl Matt Deere
and Cpl Adam Langford,
of Irwin Barracks, collect
donations in Perth during
the RSL Poppy Day Appeal.
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Musn Jas Mitchell,
of the 1RAR
Band, plays
saxophone during
the recent Forces
Entertainment Tour
in the Middle East.
Photo by Cpl Max Bree
LCpl Neil Bautista, of
Australia’s Federation
Guard, guards the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier at the
Australian War Memorial on
Remembrance Day.
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Sgt Dave Morley
WHILE former prime minister
Malcolm Fraser once said, “there is
no such thing as a free lunch”, Army
is pleased to report there is such a
thing as a free book.
Big Sky Publishing, which publish
the Australian Army History Unit’s
books, have sent six books, each
signed by the author, to Army to give
away to diggers for Christmas.
Two copies each of Aussie
Soldier – Up Close and Personal,
Aussie Soldier – Prisoners of War,
and Soldiers’ Tales #2 – a Collection
of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers,
by Maj Denny Neave and Maj Craig
Smith, are available.
The books include first-hand
experiences of Aussie diggers from
WWI to Afghanistan in short easy-toread and interesting chapters.
To win a copy, tell us in 25 words
or less why you should win and which
book you would like.
Send your entries with subject: Army Book
Giveaway to competitions@defencenews.gov.
au or mail to Editor, Army, R8-LG-038, PO Box
7909, Russell, ACT 2600. Entries will be drawn
on December 12 and winners will be notified
by email/mail.
Photo by Sgt Dave Morley
To Kokoda
winners
CONGRATULATIONS to Cpl Jason
Gardner, of HQ 8 Bde, and Sgt
Brendon Hope, of 1CHB.
Both soldiers have won a copy of
To Kokoda, by Nicholas Anderson.
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costs $20 and available to purchase at
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DIKKO
Army www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
Hard facts, easy read
Author Peter FitzSimons talks to Sharon Palmer about Gallipoli.
F
OR someone who never
harboured any desire to
join the ADF, and instead
says “the closest I came
to serving my country was to be
sent off for unnecessary violence
against the All Blacks”, Peter
FitzSimons continues his love
affair with Australian military
history in his new book Gallipoli.
FitzSimons visited Gallipoli in
1984-85 “long before visiting these
battlefields had become something of a rite of passage for many
Australians”.
During this visit he realised the
cliffs that “rose all but straight from
the shore” were not full of erosion
but of scars caused by thousands of
artillery shells, and remembers seeing a gravestone inscribed with words
similar to “Died in a foreign field and
for what?”
It is this he tries to answer in the
700-plus pages of Gallipoli, which
he hopes reads like a novel, but is
entirely based on fact.
“My key aim in the whole book,
like all my books, is to not make it
feel like a wet Wednesday afternoon
in Mr Smith’s history class, but to
make it feel like a novel with the
tension, the crackle, the crack of the
bullet past your ear.”
Wo r k i n g w i t h t a l e n t e d a n d
qualified researchers enabled him to
construct the story and publish the
book within 18 months.
“One of them is a German woman
who I sent back to Munich to go
through the archives to investigate the
German side, one is a PhD student
from Deakin University who lived
in Turkey for six years and speaks
Turkish – she went back to Istanbul
to research – and another one, Henry,
lives in Ireland and was able to go to
the British archive.”
FitzSimons tries to tell the story
from different angles and, in so
doing, says he discovers some things
that floored him.
“I spent days, weeks, months
trying to get to the bottom of the
decision-making process of how the
hell we ended up there, with one of
my researchers laboriously trolling
through the British cabinet notes
and diaries and war council diaries
to work out how the decision was
actually taken,” he says.
Astoundingly, he discovers letters
from then British Prime Minister
Henry Asquith to his mistress
that show in January 1915, when
Churchill first floated the idea of
landing on Gallipoli, Asquith sought
her approval:
‘My dearest Venetia, Winston has
come up with the most wonderful
idea, I can’t wait to see you to run
it past you and to see if it meets
with your approval.’
“Stuff like that just flabbergasted
me,” FitzSimons says.
“40,000 Australian lives on the
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Author, Peter FitzSimons.
Photo by Peter Morris
line and the British Prime Minister
is going to check with his mistress.
Any chance you might have checked
with the Australian political and military leadership? No. The Australian
PM didn’t know anything about the
Gallipoli landing until well after the
event.”
He says discovering correspondence like that, coupled with the
widely held notion that Australia
didn’t become Australia until
Gallipoli, explained a lot about the
thinking at the time.
“There really was that first major
outpouring of national pride. Before
that I think we were a collection of
states and colonies bound by a constitution and Gallipoli was the first
major event where we were galvanised to say, ‘you know, I am, you
are, we are Australian, and our guys
have done well at Gallipoli’.
“There was a tragically absurd
notion at the time that we’re not
really a nation until we’ve shed
By Bob Dikkenberg
blood and I don’t agree with that
now and I wouldn’t have agreed with
that then, I’d like to think.”
FitzSimons highlights the truce
on May 24, the story of AE2, the
Battle of the Wazza, “which was
when they burnt down a fair chunk
of the brothel district – you know
our blokes were no angels but by
god they could fight”, and the story
about an artist called Ellis Silas, as
highlights for him.
“Ellis Silas was a very sensitive
man who wondered how we would
go in battle and feared he’d be
a coward, but in the end he was
brilliant and he also did a lot of
drawings which are through my
manuscript.
However, he says it was difficult
to write about the Battles of the Nek,
Lone Pine and Hill 60, “where you
see good men going to their early
graves for no good reason”.
On the 100th anniversary of
Gallipoli and WWI, FitzSimons says
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the catastrophe that it was”.
He believes our primary feeling
should be grief; grief for what the
60,000 men who never returned went
through, for what those who returned
went through and for what the
families went through.
He says the greatest lesson we
learnt from WWI was that Australian
service people should only ever be
under the command of Australian
military leadership.
“You can’t bequeath command of
Australian troops to Englishmen or
Americans or whoever,” he says.
FitzSimons hopes to have his next
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LIFESTYLE FUN
www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
Coffee table must
Cpl Aaron Curran takes a look at a photographic depiction of war in Afghanistan.
G
ARY Ramage and Ian
M c P h e d r a n ’s b o o k
Afghanistan, Australia’s
War is a visually stimulating look at the ground war in
Uruzgan and other nearby provinces
in up-close detail.
Complementing the 255 pages of
quality imagery by former Australian
soldier Ramage, is News Ltd defence
writer Ian McPhedran’s account
of Australia’s involvement in our
longest war.
Over the course of the past 10
years, Ramage has travelled extensively with both the US and the Australian
Army in Afghanistan as a civilian
news photographer.
Living alongside the soldiers, he
has captured images of the battles, the
people and the landscape.
The introduction is well written
and gives a detailed history of the conflict from Australia’s perspective, starting from the SASR’s deployment into
the country in 2001.
It’s not just a reference book, filled
with facts and dates, but has personal
reflections from both McPhedran and
the soldiers doing the fighting, to the
military hierarchy that had to run the
war.
If you have never read anything
about Australia’s involvement in
Afghanistan, the 20-page introduction
provides an excellent account.
For people with knowledge of
our contribution in Uruzgan, there
is nothing new in these pages, but
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McPhedran’s observations and the
quotes he gathers from the soldiers
and military brass adds a personal and
heartfelt touch.
The book is divided into six
parts: First Impressions, On Patrol,
Time Out, Blood and Honour, It’s
Complicated and The End. Each
part covers an aspect of Australia’s
war and the striking imagery is well
placed within them.
In Blood and Honour there are
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ters and their crews and the imagery
is, at times, confronting.
McPhedran writes that the US
and British militaries were open
to showing the whole war in all its
often horrible forms. Both he and
Ramage undertook multiple visits to
Afghanistan under the ADF media
embed program, but they are critical
of what they see as the Australian
military’s control over the media.
Anyone with a detailed understanding of Australia’s military contribution to Afghanistan may wonder
at the lack of images and reporting of
Air Force and Navy efforts.
There is only one photo of a
RAAF C-17 taking off and one image
of a RAN gunner on exchange in a
British helicopter over Helmand province in the entire book.
However, the book is one for the
collectors and each time you open its
pages you see something in Ramage’s
images you missed before.
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LIFESTYLE HEALTH
Army www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews
December 4, 2014
Recover well with protein
Consuming protein immediately after exercise enhances muscle uptake and retention of amino acids
P
ROTEIN is an essential
nutrient in the diet, being
used to manufacture body
proteins that have important
structural and functional roles.
Recovery after each workout or
competition is a challenge for anyone
with a busy timetable. Recovery
processes are complex and include
refuelling, rehydrating and repairing.
Muscle and body protein metabolism
is a constant balance between protein
breakdown and protein rebuilding.
During exercise the balance shifts
towards protein breakdown, but during
the recovery period after exercise the
balance tips in the opposite direction.
By consuming protein immediately
after exercise it enhances muscle
uptake and retention of amino acids,
and promotes a more positive protein
balance.
This heightened state of protein
metabolism seems to last for up to 24
hours. It is important to look at protein
spread throughout the rest of the day,
as well as immediately after exercise.
The most important news is that the
effect of post-exercise protein intake is
best seen when the protein is combined
with carbohydrate.
Carbohydrate intake stimulates
an increase in the hormone insulin,
The effect of post-exercise protein intake is best seen when the protein is combined with carbohydrate.
which in turn stimulates the muscle
Photo by LS Jayson Tufrey to take up the amino acids. A proteincarbohydrate snack or meal after a
workout makes good sense – not only
for muscle repair and adaptation to
training, but to provide carbohydrate
fuel to restore muscle glycogen levels.
Many people typically turn to
meat, poultry and dairy products to
obtain protein. These food sources are
considered to be of high value because
the protein in the food contains all the
essential amino acids required to build
muscle tissue.
Plant foods such as bread, pasta,
rice, breakfast cereal, legumes, lentils
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POST-WORKOUT
SNACKS
A protein-carbohydrate snack or light
meal after a workout helps muscle
repair and adaptation to training, as
well as provides carbohydrate fuel to
restore muscle glycogen levels. Try:
 Flavoured yoghurt
 Flavoured milk drinks
 Fruit smoothies
 Liquid meal supplements
 Sandwiches with meat, cheese,
chicken or peanut butter fillings
 Breakfast cereal and milk
 Sports bars
and nuts also contribute significant
amounts of protein to the overall diet.
Mixing and matching foods is
a good way to team up protein,
carbohydrate and other nutrients.
Although high protein diets are the
current trend in weight-loss nutrition,
it is not advised that people undertake
such high-protein low-carbohydrate
meal plans.
However, if a member is trying to
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Protein can reduce appetite when
its volume is increased in meals.
Personnel trying to maintain body
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content to help reduce hunger. This
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them reduce their intake and control
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December 4, 2014
SPORT
45
Giving their all
 Queensland women win title in volleyball tournament
Cpl Aaron Curran
THE Queensland women’s combined volleyball side threw everything they had at the New Zealand
Army during the Combined
Services National Volleyball
Tournament final and, despite losing, walked away as ADF women’s champions.
Pte Georgia Smith in action
for Queensland during the
final against the New Zealand
Army side. Inset, Capt Timothy
Edge-Williams plays for Army.
Photos by AB Sarah Williams and
PO Kelvin Hockey
Triathletes triumph
TWO ADF triathletes have stamped
their authority on the 2014 Murray
Man Long Course Triathlon 70.3 in
the heart of the Riverland in South
Australia.
The triathlon at Barmera on
November 9 provided Capt Holly
Orchard, of the Defence Force School
of Policing, and Flt-Lt Dave Carroll, of
92 Wg, with the perfect preparation for
the Busselton Ironman Championship in
2015.
Capt Orchard, 29, scorched her opposition to finish first in her age group,
with a total time of 5:15:13, from 36:55
for the swim, 2:46:31 for the cycle and
1:48:45 for the run.
“My first triathlon was in 2012, but
this was my best result ever,” she said.
“This triathlon was a great hit out for
the Busselton Full Ironman on December
7 and has given me a lot of confidence
leading up to the race.”
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Capt Orchard has nailed seven
triathlons this year – the Canberra
Olympic, Husky Long, Wollongong
Olympic, NSW Club Champs, Busselton
70.3, Sunshine 70.3 and Murray Man.
“My challenge in 2015 will be the
Ironman Melbourne, as this will be my
chance to qualify for Kona through the
Defence team,” she said.
Capt Orchard has been training hard
all year.
“I have a coach – Nathan Miller
from Project M Training – who sets my
program, which can range from 16 to 21
hours per week,” she said.
“The training will ramp up in the lead
up to Busselton, which has seen me do
six-hour rides, three-hour runs and fivehour rides on a weekend.”
Flt-Lt Carroll, 43, finished in a total
time of 6:05:41, clocking 49:00 for the
swim, 2:54:40 for the bike and 2:16:09
for the run.
NZ and a team from the Royal
Navy participated in the tournament that attracted ADF teams
from all three services and many
states to Nowra from October 25 to
November 1.
Run by the Australian Defence
Volleyball Association, the games
were played at HMAS Creswell and
HMAS Albatross.
Queensland, which was made
up of Army and Air Force players,
reached the final by beating NSW in
a play-off.
Women’s coach Pte Matthew
Millard said the final was a tough
battle against the NZ side, with lots
of close calls and immense rallies.
“The girls had to be mentally
on top of the opposition at crucial
points in the game,” he said.
“Unfortunately they lost the close
sets, but finished the tournament on
a high by leaving everything they
had on the court.”
NSW MEN PROVE THEIR METTLE
DESPITE losing a close game to
the visiting New Zealand Army in
the final of the Combined Services
National Volleyball Tournament,
NSW won the ADF men’s
championship.
NSW, which was mainly
made up of Air Force players,
reached the final by beating SA
Combined in a play-off.
But that game took its toll.
NSW captain Cpl Trevor
Connell said the players
showed the signs of tiredness
against NZ.
Pte Millard said team captain
Cpl Katie Sharpe (Air Force) was an
experienced player who brought lots
to the team both on and off the court.
“Also our middle hitter, Capt
Jennifer O’Brien, was great on the
net with big blocks and aggressive
attacks,” he said.
“The highlight of the tournament
was seeing the team come together
and give the grand final everything
they had.”
Pte Millard said the only weakness in their game came through
exhaustion.
“With a long tournament came
a lot of mental strain as physical
“Our warm-up was a little
slow after falling six points
behind mid-way through the first
set, but we came back to close
a 25-20 set win,” he said.
“The second finished with us
making a nice set-up and spike
to finish the set with a nail-biting
score of 35-33.
“In the third set our fatigue
set in and NZ took the set
25-23, then the fourth 25-13
and the final set 15-8.”
NZ Army finished with three
sets to two.
fatigue kicked in,” he said. “It’s easy
to coach a team that have such wonderful players who are dedicated and
respect you as much as you respect
them.”
Pte Millard said he aimed to get
as many people involved in volleyball as he could.
“Some people are a bit deterred
because they might not be strong
players and think they won’t make
the team,” he said.
“The tournament has a range of
different skill levels and is open to
players wishing to learn as well.”
For more information visit www.adva.net.au
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Netball victory
December 4, 2014
Tpr Rachel Martin,
of 6 Avn Regt.
Photo by Cpl Mark Doran
 Soldiers win interservice competition
THE Australian Army Netball
Association (AANA) Black Hawks
scored a clean sweep at the 2014
Australian Defence Netball
Association Interservice Carnival
held in Sydney from November 1-8.
Army won the men’s open, the
women’s open and the mixed at the
championships contested at the
Allsorts Indoor Sports Centre in
Alexandria from November 6 to 7.
Lt Patrick Cochrane, of 25/49RQR,
was the interservice player of the
series/most valuable player (MVP),
while Pte Iain Rowley, of HMAS
Harman and Pte Amy Lorenzo, of
5RAR, were best in the mixed. The
best player in the women’s competition was Lt Karmen Sampson, of
2GHB.
The men beat Navy 64-17 and
defeated Air Force 39-37, while the
women beat Navy 40-17, Air Force
32-12 and New Zealand 32-22. The
mixed team defeated Navy 35-29 and
Air Force 34-32.
Acting Australian Defence Netball
Association President Capt Sally
Williamson said the standard of netball
at this year’s national championship
was exceptional.
“It was excellent to see a combination of returning participants and
newly enlisted personnel,” she said.
“I know the Army selectors had
a very hard time choosing from such
Left, Pte Laura Freeman, of the
mixed South-East Queensland
team, attempts to intercept the
ball during a match against the
mixed ACT team. Inset, WO1
Daniel Wines (left), from the
men’s ACT team, marks
AC Joshua Sciberras, of the
South-East Queensland team.
a large pool of talent. The Army
women’s team impressed even further
with a win over the strongly outfitted
NZ Army women’s team.”
Pte Lorenzo said the ladies’ games
were tough.
“I thought every team was a
challenge and really anyone could
have taken it out this year,” she said.
The Combined Services Tournament
was played from November 2-5.
This component of the carnival
had Army members selected as the
Photos by AB Steven Thomson
competition MVPs in all three
divisions.
The men’s MVP title went to Spr
Paul Brown, of 3ER, while the mixed
was awarded to Cpl Michael Fairhurst,
of Defence Force Recruiting.
In the Combined Services
Tournament, ACT defeated South-East
Queensland 41-25 to win the men’s
open title, while ACT accounted for
South-East Queensland 28-25 in the
mixed. NT edged NSW 37-21 in the
women’s open final.
Army wins Angus Houston Cup Tpr steps up for
From back page
“The Craig Kolaritsch Trophy for
Army’s most valuable player was a tie
between Tpr Craig Holmes and Cfn
Josh Stewart, who both performed to
an exceptional standard.
“The wickets taken by Tpr
Holmes were matched by the weight
of runs Cfn Stewart made.
“Both players were deserving
recipients and joined Sgt Corey
Baker, Sig Beau Wright, Pte Ryleigh
Egan, Pte Alex Armour and Sgt
Donny Mander from Army as part of
the ASCA touring squad, along with
two Air Force and six Navy players.”
Sgt Corey Baker was appointed as
the captain of the ASCA men’s team.
Army women were skippered by
Tpr Rachel Martin, of 6 Avn Regt,
and batted strongly to win their first
match against Air Force by five
wickets.
The passionate and energetic
players seemed to be sure winners of
the cup, but Navy won the Defence
Health Trophy for the Women’s T20
in the final on November 22.
Army women’s coach Sgt Ian
Chattin, of 10FSB, was happy for the
team and said Sgt Melissa Campbell,
of Victoria Barracks in Sydney,
was the highest run maker and won
the Lindsay Holmes Shield for her
fantastic efforts.
“Sig Danielle Carver, of 1 Sig
Regt, who has only played a few
games of cricket before she joined
ASCA, was also one our most outstanding players during the carnival,”
Sgt Chattin said.
The two players joined Pte Lauren
Kelly, WO1 Wendy Maxwell, Pte
Emily Jackson and WO2 Shelly
Chattin for the touring ASCA team.
Tpr Martin was chosen as the team
captain.
Windies in Bowral
Cpl Mark Doran
Pte Nicholas Death sends a
delivery down the pitch against
Navy in the T20.
Photo by Cpl Aaron Curran
my first over I dived for a ball and
stopped a four,” Tpr Martin said.
“That helped me calm down a little
AN ARMY trooper joined the
bit.”
West Indies women’s cricket team
Tpr Martin went on to field more
in a match against Australia’s
than 20 overs for the West Indies and
Southern Stars during a One Day
save a number of firmly hit drives in
International.
the process.
Tpr Rachel Martin, of 6 Avn
Australia overpowered the West
Regt, captain of the Australian Army
Indies in the end with a 148-run
women’s cricket team, joined the West win in the fourth and final one-day
Indies side in Bowral on November 18 international match.
because several of their regular players
Tpr Martin said she had a lot of
were out with injuries.
fun and the West Indies players were
Tpr Martin was on the field during awesome.
the early stages of the match giving the
“It was an amazing experience,”
players water when she was asked by
she said.
Lisa Sthalekar, former Southern Stars
“I would love to play at the topskipper and current assistant coach, to level, but it’s hard with work, and I
fill-in fielding for the Windies.
haven’t been able to play much this
“I was pretty nervous, but during
year while working in Defence.”
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Kapooka puts on a show
 Mixed sports introduced to K-Series to encourage diversity in team competitions
Sgt Dave Morley
ADFA takes on
ARTC (in green
and gold) in
rugby league
at the Kapooka
K-Series,
winning 22-18.
TWO ADFA teams made a clean
sweep of the field at the Kapooka
K-Series sports on November 8, taking
out the rugby league and touch football events.
ADFA dominated the field for most
of the day and in two close and hardfought games defeated ARTC Kapooka
in the league and RAAF Wagga in the
touch.
ADFA defeated ARTC 22-18, with
6 Avn Regt defeating SASR 28-6 for
third place.
In touch, ADFA defeated RAAF
Wagga 6-5, while the Black Mambas
(ASEME) defeated HMAS Cerberus 5-4
for third place.
ADFA wasn’t so lucky in the pool,
with their water polo team coming fourth
out of five teams (see break-out).
The number of teams taking part was
down from last year, with only seven
teams participating in the league comp
and five in the touch.
ARTC Commandant Col Steve
Jobson said they lost 20 teams from the
competition after strategic air support
was turned off because of operations in
the Middle East.
“But we decided to stay with it and
I’m extremely grateful that so many
made the effort to be part of the K-Series
sports,” he said.
Organiser Capt Ian Marston said
Photo by
Sgt Dave Morley
Col Jobson introduced mixed touch
and mixed water polo into this year’s
K-Series.
“There was a marked increase in
triservice participation with Navy
teams coming from HMAS Albatross
and HMAS Cerberus, and two Air
Force teams taking part,” he said.
“It was great also to see a
team from SASR come over and
participate.
“All going well,we are planning
for around 40 teams to participate in
November next year across the three
sports.”
The Winter K-Series is being
conducted on March 7 next year and
will involve rugby union, Aussie rules
and netball.
For more information go to www.army.gov.
au/Army-life/Army-careers/ARTC-Kapooka/
Stay-Connected/Kapooka-Sporting-Series
or contact Capt Marston at ian.marston@
defence.gov.au
WATER POLO
Sgt Dave Morley
WATER polo was played for the
first time at the Kapooka K-Series
sporting event on November 8.
Lt Ben Allsopp, of ARTC, said
all the organising had to be started
from scratch and was now set up
for the future.
“We started planning this three
months ago and it’s been a real
success,” he said.
“Being a mixed sport it conforms
to the CA’s mixed gender policy.”
Five teams competed in the
event with two composite ADF
teams, ADF 1 and ADF 2, only
coming together the night before.
Spr Serena Reid, of 8CER,
spokesperson for the predominantly female team ADF 1, which
won the competition, said her team
worked out their strengths and
weaknesses early on and then
capitalised on them.
“For a team that only met the
night before we were awesome,”
she said.
Spr Reid has played water polo
for the Australian junior team and
took part in the World Uni Games
in Russia in 2013.
The composite team, ADF 2,
came second followed by Albury/
Wodonga in third place, ADFA
fourth and ARTC Kapooka fifth.
Superstar ring-in
can’t help ORs
Capt William Heck
SOME years ago while posted to 1
Bde, I participated in a charity cricket
match – Army verses Howard Springs.
Someone had started a rumour that
cricketing legend Dennis Lillee had
agreed to make an appearance for the
Howard Springs side and half the town
turned out to get a glimpse.
Dennis, of course, never made an
appearance, so when the ORs said they
had Ian Healy coming to play against
the officers at a recent HQ 7 Bde cricket
match, it was met with a degree of scepticism.
Officers’ team captain Capt Ryan
Pearce said the ringing-in of players,
although slightly against the rules, was
well within the spirit of the game.
“I only wished I had thought of it
first,” he said.
The tone was set early with Capts
Ben Farrell, Jeremy Quade and Dave
Nazareth scoring at will until the fall of a
few wickets slowed the momentum, leaving the ORs to chase 199 to win off their
20 overs.
Disaster was averted for the ORs
early when Capt Anthony Harris made a
buffet lunch of a pop fly to mid-off from
star recruit Ian Healy when he was on
keseriie
WO2 Nicky
Rothwell
and Ian
Healy pad
up to bat
at the HQ
7 Bde
officers vs
ORs cricket
match.
Photo by Capt
William Heck
just two. “I couldn’t catch it – it was Ian
Healy,” Capt Harris offered in excuse.
The officers were made to pay as the
former test superstar took a liking to the
bowling, dispatching four consecutive
balls from Capt Reece Davies over the
rope at square leg to retire on 60.
The big score set by the officers was
beginning to tell, but some late hitting by
LCpl Brent Power, 48 not-out, threatened
to snatch the game away.
In the end the officers won by four
runs, proving once again a team of
champions can always be undone by
a champion team.
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December 4, 2014
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Army wins Angus
Houston Cup
Cpl Mark Doran
International (ODI) tournament and the
Lindsay Hassett Trophy after their dramatic
one wicket win.
ARMY men came within one wicket
Cfn Josh Stewart, of 6ESR, was the
of a clean sweep at the 2014 Australian
backbone of the ODI Army innings with his
Services Cricket Association (ASCA)
59 runs, but the rest of the team struggled
National Carnival held in Canberra from to support and lost regular wickets to be all
November 16-22.
out for 162 in the 48th over.
Skippered by Sgt Donny Mander, of
Army men’s coach Capt Tony Purton,
7CSSB, the men’s confidence was high
of 5ER, said the confidence the boys
heading into the carnival held for the ADF’s received from the games could not be
best cricketers.
underestimated.
This led to the complete domination of
“Look out next year as they will aim
the three games in the T20 championship
higher and plan to take out the 2015
and winning the Angus Houston Cup for
International Defence Cricket Challenge,”
Capt Purton said.
the first time.
But it was Navy who won the One Day
Continued page 46
Pte Ryleigh Egan bats
against Navy in the T20.
Inset, WO1 Shelly Chattin
bats against Air Force.
Photos by Cpl Aaron Curran and
Cpl Mark Doran