Edition 1310 August 1, 2013

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SABER RATTLINGAustralian and US troops join forces at Shoalwater Bay for Australia’s biggest

biennial military exercisePages 3-5

Joint force: Australian Lt Jonathon Lawson, of 7CSR, and US Marine Cpl Tyler Grycowski, of 2nd Bn, 24th Marines Weapons Company, bond over a 40mm grenade launcher during the Ex Talisman Saber open day at Rockhampton Showgrounds.

Photo by Cpl Bill Solomou

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PERSONNEL with complex rehabilitation needs are receiv-ing individually tailored reha-bilitation from intensive reha-bilitation teams (IRTs) in a pilot project under way in Sydney and Townsville.

The multidisciplinary team of medical professionals makes the pilot program unique and optimis-es recovery to enable wounded, injured or ill personnel to return to work.

Each team includes an expe-rienced medical practitioner, specialist physiotherapist, occu-pational therapist, exercise physi-ologist, mental health clinician, rehabilitation consultant and health clerk.

IRT therapies allow members to live satisfying and meaning-ful lives as they embark on their recovery.

The IRT pilot program, which started in February, was officially launched by Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon at Sydney’s Holsworthy Barracks in June.

It will operate at Holsworthy Health Centre and Lavarack Western Clinic until June 2014.

Mr Snowdon said the program delivered a multidisciplinary team approach to the clinical rehabilita-tion of members in an outpatient setting.

“This multidisciplinary team collaborates to deliver a compre-hensive range of rehabilitation services to meet a member’s physical, mental health and psy-chosocial needs,” he said.

“The intent of the pilot pro-gram is to maximise a member’s convalescence leave.”

IRTs have worked with 68 ADF personnel and their families, whose feedback will help shape the development of the program.

The program acknowledges the crucial support provided to a member by his or her family dur-ing recovery, by involving them in rehabilitation planning.

“Defence is singularly com-mitted to the recovery of our wounded, ill or injured personnel, and we are building infrastructure and delivering services to support their recovery,” Mr Snowdon said.

He said the evaluation of the program will inform the next stage of the IRT after next July.

THE IRT pilot program forms part of the Simpson Assistance Program (SAP) and is intended to fill a void between the specialist rehabilitation services available through public and private partners and the general restorative therapies available through garrison health.

Joint Health Command has commit-ted $1.7 million of SAP funding to the implementation of the IRT and employed 14 APS clinicians. The objectives of the IRT include: Achieving intensive, comprehensive,

tailored and coordinated clinical rehabilitation programs for complex cases in the garrison health outpatient setting.

Providing a rehabilitation capability targeted for and prioritised towards complex cases.

Collaborating with command to achieve comprehensive and coherent manage-ment of complex cases and to achieve the meaningful engagement of com-plex cases during recovery.The program’s primary role is to

provide an intensive clinical rehabilita-tion capability for members with complex rehabilitation needs in a health region to optimise recovery.

It aims to achieve early intervention in complex cases and, following a period of intensive treatment, will transition cases to standard occupational rehabilitation services within the regional health service.

Priority will be given to personnel who will benefit most from the involvement of a multidisciplinary team during their clini-cal rehabilitation.

A key consideration in the type of service provided by the IRT will be the geographic location of the member.

Where necessary, the option of pro-viding intensive bursts of IRT rehabilita-tion through relocating the member to Lavarack Health Centre or Holsworthy Health Centre may be considered.

The IRT will become involved in a member’s care as early as possible after a garrison health medical officer identi-fies a member has complex healthcare and rehabilitation needs. This may be as early as the admission of a member to a tertiary healthcare facility.

Specialists improve recovery chances Intensive rehabilitation initiative gives hope in complex cases

WHAT IS THE IRT?

IT’S NOT THE ENDLCPL Gary Wilson, of 2 Cdo Regt, is slowly getting his life on track after he sustained serious injuries in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan that left him in a coma for two months.

The helicopter crash in June 2010 killed three special forces sol-diers and seriously wounded several others, including LCpl Wilson.

LCpl Wilson and the other wounded soldiers have shown great determination with their rehabilitation treatment.

LCpl Wilson has made some modest improvements with his walking and running, as well as his speech since joining the IRT pro-gram earlier this year.

LCpl Wilson demonstrated his progress by running at 12km/h on a special anti-gravity treadmill that

was set to reduce his bodyweight by 30 per cent.

LCpl Wilson said he enjoys the program given to him by the IRT specialists at Holsworthy.

“I get the treatment that I need here at the IRT, because there are many specialists to help me in dif-ferent ways,” he said.

L C p l Wi l s o n l ive s n e a r Holsworthy and commutes each day to the facility for a range of treat-ments by therapists and physicians.

IRT Occupational Therapist, Katrina Lethbridge, said LCpl Wilson is “an amazing soldier and a credit to the ADF”.

“LCpl Wilson is highly motivated and dedicated to his treatment,” she said.

“He is always looking for ways to improve his outcomes.”

Back up to full strengthOn the mend: LCpl Gary Wilson demonstrates a piece of specialised rehabilitation equipment at the Holsworthy Barracks medical centre to Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon. Photo by LAC David Said

PERSONNEL should think of the IRT as a resource that can help them get their careers back on track after being wounded or sustaining serious injury, according to clinical psychologist and IRT senior mental health clinician David Said.

The IRT aims to improve recovery times and get members back to the job quicker.

Dr Said stressed that seeking assistance for mental health issues did not mean the end of a military career.

“Mental health disorders are treat-able and are not career-ending,” he said.

“Some of my patients have told me after the treatment that it made them a better soldier and a stronger person because they learnt so much from the experience.”

He said personnel benefited from 20 years of evidence-based treat-ments for post-traumatic stress disor-der (PTSD) and depression.

“We know now from evidence-based best-practice that the majority of people we treat for PTSD will have significant improvement within even a couple of months if they engage in the treatment appropriately.

“The improvements in PTSD treatment have been dramatic.”

Dr Said treats a lot of ADF person-nel for depression, which can often be the result of physical injury that has inhibited a member’s quality of life, such as sports participation.

“Injuries and depression often go together, because being able to do your job is a source of pride and great importance to ADF personnel,” he said.

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MORE than 28,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and women have taken to the sea, land and sky in northern Australia as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2013.

The biennial training activity is jointly sponsored by Joint Operations Command and the US Pacific Command to train the US 7th Fleet and Australian Deployable Joint HQ as a designated combined task force.

Australian exercise spokesman Brig Bob Brown said the training activity involved US and Australian forces mobi-lising to react to a fictional regional crisis.

“The scenario is a peace enforcement mission that sets the conditions for the task force to hand over to a UN peace-keeping force,” Brig Brown said.

“The forces are operating in military training areas in central and south-east Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Coral, Timor and Arafura seas. Shoalwater Bay Training Area will be used predominantly, with a large staging area at Defence Base Rockhampton.

“This year Talisman Saber sees further practice and progression of Defence’s emerging amphibious capability. The exercise will be the third block of training for 2RAR’s Amphibious Ready Element landing force.

Start the Saber rattling Thousands converge for Talisman Saber 13

“Talisman Saber is a unique and inval-uable opportunity to exercise combined and joint Defence capability between Australia and the US.

“As with the previous Talisman Saber exercises, this activity is a major under-taking reflecting the Australian and US alliance and the strength of the military-to-military relationship.”

About 21,000 US and 7000 Australian military personnel are involved in the exercise, along with other Australian Government agencies including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, AusAID, Australian Federal Police and Australian Civil-Military Centre.

Talisman Saber 2013 started on July 15 and was due to finish on August 6.

Health battalion brings latest medical facilitiesCpl Max Bree

IT looks like the inside of a space-ship, but 2GHB’s giant field hos-pital has brought the latest medi-cal technology to the Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Saber 2013.

The 5600sqm hospital boasts two operating theatres, an x-ray department, trauma wards and four intensive care beds.

1 Surgical Coy OC Maj Paul Mitchell said the hospital also boasted a swag of highly skilled specialists.

“The majority of our special-ists are reservists,” he said. “But we have more specialists here than at Rockhampton base hospital.”

Working in one operating theatre is Maj Christian Kenfield, a surgeon from Melbourne specialising in liver and trauma cases.

“There is no difference in the equipment you see here apart from the shell,” he said. “We have a soft shell; a permanent hospital in one of the capital cities would have a hard shell.

“We can treat the same life threat-ening conditions that can be treated in centres like Rockhampton.”

And Maj Kenfield is totally pre-pared to back the team.

“There are enough facilities here that if there were a real disaster we would send the patients here rather than send them to Rockhampton,” he said.

“It can operate with enough staff to be running both operating theatres simultaneously and having a surgeon assisting in resuscitation.”

When inspectors placed Agar plates in the operating theatres to check for bacteria, one had noth-ing on it and the other grew just one germ colony.

Those results are unheard of in the civilian medical world, according to Maj Mitchell.

THE “coolest” place to hang out in 2GHB’s massive field hospital is the pharmacy store room.

Lt Nicole Such is one of three pharmacists staffing the battalion pharmacy that is constantly main-tained at below 25 degrees.

“We’re involved with re-supply and logistics, but we also go on rounds and give medication to patients,” she said.

“I just like the interaction with all the departments; they’re very grateful.”

The battalion pharmacy stocks 380 lines of medical consumables along with 330 lines of pharma-ceuticals. Lt Such said they recent-ly found a Sydney-based supplier that would deliver to Shoalwater Bay.

“They have said that within five days we should be able to get resupply out here,” she said. “A lot of stores have to be stored below 25 degrees and have to come in air-conditioned trucks.”

Apart from not having to deal with geriatric or paediatric patients like she would in the civilian world, Lt Such also gets a taste of life in the field.

“I like doing real Army stuff,”

Apart from the intensive care beds, the hospital has 45 ward beds along with about 220 medical and support personnel.

“To deploy, we’d probably need a couple of aircraft or a ship to trans-port us,” Maj Mitchell said. “But we can scale up or down to meet the requirements.”

Once the battalion arrived in loca-tion, Maj Mitchell said it wasn’t long before they could have serious cases through the door.

“When we start building; within

48 hours we can receive the first case that requires resuscitation,” he said.

The hospital underwent certifica-tion by an independent team during its time in the field.

“We’ve had some trial cases over the last four to five days,” Maj Kenfield said. “From minor cases to life threatening cases.

“We know ourselves that this facility is very good but by having an external team certify us to Australian standards just proves that this is a very good hospital.”

she said. “It’s a good opportunity to experience what the Army’s about.

“If the power goes down, what do you do? You have to think and use your resources and contacts to keep everything active.”

IN THE PHARMACY

Stitched up: Surgeons at the role 2E hospital in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area conduct a practice casualty scenario during the early stages of Ex Talisman Saber 13. Photos by Cpl Max Bree

Geared up: Lt Mathew Sebesfi, of 2/14LHR, fits Rockhampton local, Frazer, with a helmet in an ASLAV at the Ex Talisman Saber 13 open day. Photo by Cpl Bill Solomou

Supplies: Pharmacists Lts Marium Hamimi and Nicole Such check stores in the pharmacy.

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NSW state pride wasn’t the only thing peeled away after the State of Origin rugby league decider on July 17.

The next day Cpl Jayson Taws, a reserve cook from the Tasmanian Army Cadets, found himself peeling 1000kg of potatoes after losing a bet at Camp Rocky.

“I thought I was playing the odds game,” he said.

“After seven years it was about our turn I thought.”

The idea came from Queensland supporter, WO2 Gerry Green of HQ 11 Bde.

“I wrote up on the board yesterday and put the call out,” he said.

“I said, ‘I’ve got 50 bags of pota-toes, loser peels them all’.

“Nobody throughout the day would take it.”

Cpl Taws took up the challenge

just before the big game kicked off.“I was very confident,” WO2

Green said. “We couldn’t let NSW get away with taking the trophy away from us.”

Queensland won the game 12-10, leaving Cpl Taws a mountain of pota-toes to peel, but he didn’t think their peeling machine was going to make things easier.

“It rolls the potatoes around and there’s an abrasive that takes skin off but you need to cut the eyes out after-wards,” he said.

“I reckon it’s probably quicker doing it with a good sharp peeling knife.”

WO2 Green believed it would take Cpl Green about two days to get through them.

“The other day we did 25 bags [500kg] in about five hours,” he said.

And Cpl Taws was sure to set the terms of the bet before taking it.

“I clarified what constitutes a

peeled potato before the bet and that meant peeled with no eyes,” he said. “And he’s going to keep watching me to make sure.”

WO2 Green was always likely to get the better side of the bet.

“That’s the beauty of it,” he said. “I would have had to peel those

potatoes anyway; I’m in charge of the veggies section.”

Cpl Taws said he was certain to bet on NSW again.

“It’s in the blood,” he said. “I love the Blues. I had a lot of

people around supporting me last night but I don’t see any of them here today.

“Queensland are just too good, they’re a much better team.”

Chips are down: WO2 Gerry Green, left, celebrates the Queensland rugby league team’s State of Origin series victory as Cpl Jayson Taws, a NSW supporter, peels a pile of potatoes after losing a bet with him during Exercise Talisman Saber 2013. Photo by Cpl Bill Solomou

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KANGAROOS greeted US para-troopers on Kapyong drop zone as the soldiers descended from C-17s and into battle during Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 on July 20.

Watching the drop of almost 400 US troops was Sgt Robert Deal, part of the US Army’s standby surgical team.

“It was great, we had a guy jump out there today and a kangaroo start-ed going towards him [as he was falling],” Sgt Deal said. “And then the kangaroo went, ‘oh!’, and started bouncing away.”

Soldiers from the US 4th Bde, 25th Infantry Division endured a long ride in the back of five C-17s before reaching Australia.

Lt Jonathan Faubel, a US air-borne intelligence officer, was on the direct flight from his unit’s base in Alaska.

“Things were pretty good; it was about 15 hours in the back of the bird,” he said. “We just tried to sleep; they gave us time and they turned off the lights.

“Then we rigged-up, about three hours to go till the drop.”

Long lines of American para-chutes started unfurling over the

drop zone at 8am as the US soldiers executed a “tactical” jump.

“It felt pretty quick,” Lt Faubel said. “It wasn’t too bad a landing for me at least.”

The soldiers hit the ground, quickly packed their chutes, left them in place for the support com-pany to collect and moved off into the scrub.

“This is a new experience for pretty much everyone here,” Lt Faubel said. “It’s always exciting to work with our partners.”

The soldiers were due to take part in Ex Talisman Saber 2013 for nine days after their insertion.

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SPECIAL agents from the FBI flew from California to Rockhampton last week to join other US government employees taking part in Exercise Talisman Saber 2013.

The Los Angeles-based Evidence Response Team are on call to provide US assistance across the Asia-Pacific region and took part in the exercise scenario by responding to a military request to investigate evidence linked to a possible “terrorist cell”.

Ex Talisman Saber provided a unique opportunity for the FBI to work with Australian and US military personnel, build relationships with the Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service and share knowledge.

More than 60 personnel from Australian and US government agencies were taking part in the exercise to enhance civil-military-police collaboration and further strengthen preparedness for comprehensive emergency relief and stabilisation missions.

Forensics: FBI special agents from the Los Angeles Evidence Response Team investigate a “crime scene” at Camp Rocky. Photo by Cpl Jake Sims

Drop-off: US paratroopers get ready to move out after jumping into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Saber 2013. Photos by Cpl Max Bree

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All clear: A US Army paratrooper secures DZ Kapyong after jumping in.

Move out: US Army Maj Mark Wade and Capt Chris Franco account for their men after jumping into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.

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ADF members are now able to purchase recreation leave.

The new provision, which came into effect on July 26, is in addition to the recreation leave ben-efits currently available and allows ADF members to apply for the purchase of up to 20 extra days of recreation leave.

Director General Cultural Reviews Response Air-Cdre Henrik Ehlers said the change would help support Defence personnel’s needs to balance their family, work and life commitments.

“These new provisions also allow personnel to spread the cost of purchased leave across the year,” he said.

“This initiative is consistent with the cultural reform strategies outlined in the Pathway to Change and reinforces our commitment to being an employ-er of choice across the Navy, Army and Air Force,” he said.

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Nominations open for CA ScholarshipNOMINATIONS are now open for next year’s CA’s “I’m an Australian Soldier” Scholarship.

Scholarship recipients will undertake study tours to significant sites where Australian soldiers have fought and participate in commemorative activities next April.

Soldiers from private to corporal are eligible to nominate or be nominated by their units for the scholarship, which is assessed on 10 core behaviours: Close combat. Leadership. Physical toughness. Mental toughness. Learning and self-development. Courage. Initiative.

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A NEW program of community engagement is helping 3 Bde raise its profile in Townsville.

Known as the Enhanced Community Profi le Line of Opera t ion , the p rogram i s designed to showcase 3 Bde to the Townsville community through young leadership activities at Lavarack and meeting the public outside the Barracks.

Capt Danielle Izod, the pro-gram’s lead planner, said with soldiers making up a considerable part of the Townsville community, it was important the community knew what they did.

“It’s about being able to show the local community who we are and what we do, so they have a better idea of what goes on here

at Lavarack Barracks,” she said.“The best part is seeing the

kids’ faces when we roll in with some Bushmasters.”

The brigade recently showed off some of its soldiers and gear during an event called Camo Kids at the Museum of Tropical Queensland during the school holi-days from June 22 to July 7.

“We had infantry units out there with all their different weapon sys-tems and some signallers so the kids could talk to each other with radios,” Capt Izod said.

“They could put cams on and sit behind the gun and get photos.”

Capt Izod believed the program was the only one of its kind operat-ing in Australia.

“The brigade commander real-ly wanted to focus on supporting the community because no one is

doing anything like this anywhere in Australia,” she said. “He wanted to support the community because if we support them, they support us.”

Unit commanders were also getting on board with the new community engagement initiative, according to Capt Izod.

“It’s slowly getting easier,” she said. “COs understand the impor-tance of the program so they sup-port where they can and how they can.

“It’s very rare that a unit will say ‘no we can’t do it’ and when they do it’s for a legitimate reason.”

The soldiers enjoy getting out and meeting the kids.

“They are actually having a really good time,” Capt Izod said. “They weren’t sure what to expect, but they have really jumped into it.”

Reaching out Townsville-based brigade rolls out to meet the community

People focus: Capt Danielle Izod leads 3 Bde’s community engagement efforts organising school and community group visits to units at Lavarack Barracks as well as Army support to activities in Townsville.

Study tour: LCpl Justin Donnelly visits Commonwealth War Graves in South Korea during this year’s CA’s “I’m an Australian Soldier” Scholarship.

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A NEW approach for responding to and supporting those who have been affected by sexual misconduct in the ADF was launched by Defence Minister Stephen Smith, CDF Gen David Hurley and Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick on July 23.

The new Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Office (SeMPRO) has been established to coordinate timely responses, support for victims, education policy, practice and reporting for any misconduct of a sexual nature.

Minister Smith said the formation of SeMPRO was a “deeply significant milestone” in the continuing work of the ADF’s leadership to ensure a zero tolerance to inappropriate conduct in Defence.

“SeMPRO will allow for the restrict-ed and confidential reporting of allega-tions of sexual misconduct or inappro-priate sexual behaviour to be made by Defence Force personnel outside the chain of command,” Mr Smith said.

“This is to ensure every man and woman in the Australian Defence Force can feel confident, comfortable and safe in making complaints of sexual miscon-duct or sexual mistreatment.”

SeMPRO will focus on those affected by sexual misconduct and Gen Hurley said there were two primary rea-sons for taking this approach.

“First we know that a significant

number of incidents go unreported, which means there are a significant number of people who have been sub-jected to sexual misconduct, but are not receiving any assistance,” Gen Hurley said.

“The health and welfare of our peo-ple is my highest priority and I want to establish a safe and confidential means for people who have experienced sexual misconduct, to seek support and advice.

“Second, I want our people to feel empowered and confident that they are in control. Unlike our previous approach, the victim, not the system, will decide if and when to report a mat-ter for investigation.”

Ms Broderick said the establishment of SeMPRO was one of the most signif-icant recommendations to come out of her review into the treatment of women in the ADF.

“During the review’s interviews and focus groups last year with over 2000 members of the Australian Defence Force, both here and in deployed envi-ronments, it became apparent to me and my team that victims of sexual assault and sexual misconduct were not report-ing incidents and as such were not getting the support they needed,” Ms Broderick said.

“SeMPRO will empower those who have felt powerless, it will restore resilience and it will give confidence to those who have suffered trauma, often alone.”

During the launch, Ms Broderick’s audit report on the implementation of her review into the treatment of women

at ADFA was made public. Its findings said the Academy had made significant progress in implementing recommenda-tions of her review.

“There is clear evidence ADFA is working to improve its culture and build a more inclusive organisation for all its members, including women,” Ms Broderick said.

The ADFA Residential Support Officer (RSO) program is one example of progress. The RSO program pro-vides better support and supervision of particularly first year midshipmen and cadets.

ADFA has also expanded its equity and diversity network and implemented a sexual offence support person net-work.”

However, Ms Broderick said there were areas in ADFA which still needed attention and improvement.

“In particular, ADFA needs to con-tinue to develop and implement with an expert provider, an evidence-based sexual ethics program,” she said.

Interactive, sexual ethics training is regarded as an effective prevention tool against inappropriate behaviour.

Ms Broderick said she believed

ADFA would continue to make progress on implementing the review’s recom-mendations.

“ADFA’s senior leadership and the senior leadership of the ADF recognise that this progress must be consistent and sustainable, so cultural change becomes embedded in the core values and opera-tions at ADFA for the long term.”

The full audit report of the review into the treatment of women at ADFA can be viewed at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/ publications/audit-report-review-treatment-women-australian-defence-force-academy

Independent support Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Office established

SeMPRO is provides 24-hour con-fidential ‘click, call, text’ service accessible to all ADF personnel serving within Australia and over-seas. Defence APS employees and Defence Contractors can also access the service if they wish to.

SeMPRO also provides advice and guidance to commanders and managers on managing and report-ing sexual misconduct and dealing with staff in trauma.

Victims of sexual misconduct will be considered a ‘SeMPRO client’ from the time they contact the office and SeMPRO will coordinate support services.

SeMPRO does not investigate incidents of sexual misconduct and will not disclose any aspect of the incident unless the immediate safety of the individual or others is in ques-tion or the client gives consent.

SeMPRO awareness programs are being delivered across Defence and the office will provide education and training on sexual ethics, con-sent, and bystanders speaking out against sexual misconduct.

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New system: CDF Gen David Hurley looks on as Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick addresses attendees at the SeMPRO launch in Canberra. Photo by Steve Dent

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V8 drivers lap up win over obstacle course

Learning by rope on Ex Gemas 13

Cpl Max Bree

PROFESSIONAL V8 drivers raced through the Lavarack Barracks obstacle course on July 4, in the lead-up to the V8 Supercar race in Townsville.

Four drivers tore through the course, comfortably outrunning four soldiers from 3CSSB.

Pte Tom Roderick, of 3CSSB, said he was confident going into the race, only to be blown away by the drivers.

“I thought we’d smash them actually,” Pte Roderick said.

“We thought they’d be too scared to get injured for tomorrow, but no.

“We know they’re competitive, very

fit guys. We thought we would have it, but they’re in the race zone I guess.”

Rick Kelly, from the Jack Daniels Racing Team, believed the soldiers’ teamwork would have paid off had the obstacle course been longer.

“Obviously we had four drivers from four different teams and we tried to get through it as quickly as we could,” he said. “The Defence guys are much better at working as a team.

“That would have proved better over a longer course where we would have probably come unstuck.

“The Defence Force showed such strict technique and experience to get through it without incident.”

High gear: V8 Supercar driver Rick Kelly takes on Pte Tom Roderick on the Lavarack Barrack obstacle course. Photo by Cpl Max Bree

Capt Lily Mulholland

SAPPERS from 5CER braved the chilling conditions of mid-year Canberra at the Majura Field Firing Range, working on their core field skills during Exercise Gemas 13.

The skills and tasks included a number from the regiment’s mission essential task list , which OC 3CE Sqn Maj Attila Ovari said would further develop and reinforce the Canberra-based squadron’s capability in combat engineer operations.

“Key tasks were for the squadron to build an aerial ropeway and to work with the plant troop to rein-force existing infrastructure,” Maj Ovari said.

“This included a hesco securi-ty wall around a forward operating base.”

Ex Gemas 13 had a specific focus on mobility and survivability operations.

While their field skills took prior-ity, the sappers found time to help range control in improving facilities, including a structure that functions

squadron to construct a ropeway, which was the first of its kind for the unit for a number of years.

“I’m proud of the team – they worked really hard to win the mate-rials from the pine forest, build the spars and get the ropeway up over a ravine that turned out to be set on a challenging angle.”

5CER will be amalgamated with 21 Const Regt by the end of this year as part of the organisational restruc-ture to support Plan Beersheba.

The amalgamated unit will be known as 5ER.

as a FOB for other training activities on the range.

“Being in a field environment means we can not only test our read-iness to undertake a number of core combat engineer tasks, but it means that we can demonstrate our capacity as engineers,” Maj Ovari said.

Troop Commander Lt Tristam Conlin said the weather had been below freezing most nights.

“Before the sun came up each day the place was covered in a thick coating of frost,” Lt Conlin said.

The time in the field allowed the

Field skills work results in improved facilities at Majura

BATTLE SCENEThe Battle of Gemas took place during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

On January 14, 1942, at the Gemencheh Bridge near Gemas, about 1000 troops of the Japanese 5th Division were killed or wounded in an ambush by Australian soldiers from 2/30th Battalion, assigned to the 27th Brigade of the 8th Division.

Uplifting: A spar is erected at one end of a ropeway on Ex Gemas 13.

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A THREE-man team from 3RAR has run three marathons in three days to raise more than $10,000 for the RAR Foundation.

They were joined by 40 other runners in the Three Marathons in Three Days competition in Cairns from June 28-30, pushing their physi-cal and mental limits as they com-pleted 126.6 kilometres through the challenging trails of the Atherton Tablelands.

The demanding course began in Kuranda but very quickly left the vil-lage behind for the jungle trails, steep ridgelines, creeks and fire trails of the Atherton Tablelands.

Cairns was the finish line at the end of the three-day event.

The battalion entered a team to raise money for the RAR Foundation; a charitable organisation that sup-ports soldiers and families in need from the regiment.

Supported by all the infantry bat-talions, as well as Defence Bank, the team had no trouble meeting their goal of raising more than $10,000 for the Foundation.

Team member Capt Dominic Lopez said the event was both physi-cally and mentally demanding for the three participants.

“This event really tested my phys-ical and mental endurance,” he said.

“On day one, due to some missing markers, the team, as well as a quar-ter of the other competitors, complet-

Trio tackles tough test Runners from 3RAR take on a challenging series of marathons to raise money for the regimental foundation

ed only 35km of the 42.2km stage, so we had this shortfall hanging over our heads for the next two days.

“So on day three the team decid-ed to complete an ultra marathon of almost 50km to make up the kilome-tres we’d missed during day one.

“I’ll never forget those last seven kilometres on day three. It was the most pain I’ve ever been in.

“However, knowing that we were fulfilling our end of the bargain and that it was for a worthy cause, moti-vated the team to the finish line.”

Running men: From left, Pte Rohan Lowe, Maj Greg Colton and Capt Dominic Lopez, of 3RAR, collect their awards after completing the Three Marathons in Three Days competition in Cairns. Inset, Maj Lopez keeps his spirits up on the run.

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Cpl Max Bree

MORE than 80 current and for-mer military personnel attended the 110th birthday of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps at Government House in Canberra on June 29.

The Governor-General and Colonel in Chief of the Medical Corps, Quentin Bryce, hosted the event and also represented Her Majesty The Queen, Colonel in Chief of the Nursing Corps.

“When my sisters and I were growing up in Western Queensland, the matron and nurses at our little hospital were our role models – they

were much loved leaders in rural communities,” Ms Bryce said.

“Across the years I have observed the development of the nursing profession as it has moved into specialisations, research, col-laboration and greater opportunities for advanced study.

“But nursing has never lost its practical commitment, confidence and competence.”

The Governor-General spoke of the corps’ impressive work since starting in the late 19th century.

“Members of the Nursing Corps are able to look back at a fine his-tory of service since the start of Australian Military Nursing in Sydney in 1898,” she said.

“In those days it was just one Lady Superintendent and 24 nurses. Today you are an impressive Corps of 355 officers providing expert care at home and overseas.”

The Governor-General also talked about the heroism of corps members over the years, including WWII nurse Sister Ellen Savage.

“With broken bones and a perfo-rated ear drum following the sinking of the Hospital Ship Centaur, [she] still managed to administer medical care to those around her on a make-shift raft,” Ms Bryce said.

“Sister Ellen stands as a shining light, like the lamp of your badge, revealing what is possible in seem-ingly impossible conditions.”

Cpl Max Bree

CELEBRATING the Nursing Corps birthday at Government House was WWII veteran Meg Ewart, who joined the Army as a nurse in 1941 and lived through the bombing of Darwin, treated soldiers during the Kokoda Campaign and POWs in Borneo.

Her service career started in Bathurst where 8 Div was assembling to go over-seas.

“We were called into the matron’s office thinking we were going overseas,” she said. “But instead the matron told us we were going to Darwin.

“We were so disappointed because we had been teasing some of the boys … we were calling them ‘chocos’.”

But the war would soon catch up with Ms Ewart, who was being treated for dengue fever in a hospital outside Darwin in February 1942 when the first large Japanese air raid started.

She was returning from the shower and noticed people staring up at planes overhead.

“I counted 128 and then my neck got a bit stiff,” she said. “We thought they were American Liberators or Fortresses.”

When white puffs appeared near the planes and someone yelled “ack-ack fire”, patients and staff rushed out into the bush or to trenches outside the hospital.

Those that couldn’t move were put under their beds with extra mattresses around them and an orderly or nurse stayed with them.

Ms Ewart put on her uniform and a tin hat over dangling wet hair and jumped into a nearby trench.

“Two fighter planes came down, there were big red crosses up on the roof, but the fighters went up and down machine-gunning (the hospital),” she said. “And that was the only time we felt frightened. We could see the pilots because they were so low.”

One hospital patient was killed, believed to be from a ricochet.

Next Ms Ewart was sent to Sydney and travelled around factories sharing

her war experiences alongside other ser-vice personnel.

The idea was to get workers to buy war bonds, but Ms Ewart wasn’t able to share everything she had seen in Darwin.

“We had to tell them about our expe-riences in the Army,” she said. “But I couldn’t tell them all of it because of the censorship.

“I had to go to the department to clear my speech first; even then they took things out.”

Ms Ewart was posted to 2/9 Australian General Hospital in late 1942, but she wasn’t going anywhere in a hurry.

“They were set to go to Moresby but they said it wasn’t safe for the sisters to go because there had been some bomb-ing,” she said. “They went up in July ’42 and after a few months the doctors had just about had it.

“There were a lot of things the doc-tors and orderlies couldn’t do, so they said most of the sisters could go.”

After arriving in December 1942, Ms Ewart treated soldiers from the Kokoda Campaign. At any time there were about 2000 patients crammed into the hospital, many of them having to be treated on stretchers under other patients’ beds.

The wards were busy attending to surgical wounds, malaria, scrub typhus, pneumonia and dysentery.

Ms Ewart spent the last months of the war on Morotai Island looking after soldiers from the Borneo Campaign and received some of the first soldiers released from POW camps. She knew some of the men from her time in Bathurst.

“I couldn’t recognise the boys,” she said. “Their transport officer was a ser-geant, a big fella, a racing car driver, very fit. They had to point him out to me; I couldn’t believe you could get that skinny.

“But you know the first thing they asked for? Bread, butter, jam and a cup of tea.”

Ms Ewart was discharged from the Army in July 1946, having reached the rank of captain.

Veteran nurse shares her WWII experiences Medics celebrate

110th birthday Governor-General hosts event at Government House

Long history: Governor-General

Quentin Bryce addresses medical

personnel on the 110th birthday

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Medical Corps and the Royal

Australian Army Nursing Corps.

Inset, Ms Bryce joins WWII nurse Meg Ewart to cut the birthday cake.Photos by Cpl Max Bree

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Peaceful networks An Australian-Indonesian bilateral exercise is training officers for UN operational deployment prospectsFlt-Lt Dave Woods

TWELVE Army and Air Force per-sonnel have been working with 48 members of the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) to better understand peacekeeping missions during the inaugural bilateral exer-cise Garuda Kookaburra 2013 in Sentul, Indonesia.

The level of peacekeeping activi-ties around the world has never been higher, with 106 countries currently contributing up to 100,000 military personnel to UN-mandated peacekeep-ing missions.

CO Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) Lt-Col Fleur Froggatt said the purpose of the inaugural exer-cise, which was hosted by Indonesia, was to build participants’ understand-ing of the complex peacekeeping environment and enhance relationship building with the TNI.

“Exercise Garuda Kookaburra pro-vides training to officers with future UN operational deployment pros-pects to improve their understanding of the strategic and operational plan-ning considerations for participating in complex and multi-dimensional peace operations,” Lt-Col Froggat said.

The exercise consisted of theory, syndicate and practical activities to establish and build enduring relation-ships centred on the shared central theme of peacekeeping.

Indonesia currently commits about 1900 personnel to peacekeeping mis-sions around the world and is seeking to increase that commitment over the coming years. To help achieve this, in December 2011 Indonesia established a TNI Peacekeeping Centre in Sentul, 70km south of Jakarta.

The advanced training facility will prepare the TNI for current and future peacekeeping missions.

“TNI and the ADF are learning from each other’s training methods and our respective operational experi-ences,” Lt-Col Froggatt said.

We are fortunate to be able to stage this exercise in a custom-built peace operations facility and draw on the extensive practical experience of the TNI peacekeeping staff.”

The theory and field work present-ed exercise participants with problems asked of a military observer within a complex peace operation.

Participants practised applying their legal and moral responsibilities while exercising their role within a UN mission.

Divided into mixed TNI and ADF syndicates, participants were men-tored by TNI and ADF exercise staff members, including Flg-Off Katilyn O’Brien, of the Air Force’s 26 Sqn.

“Being the most junior officer on the exercise, I have learnt so much in such a short time, and I’m extreme-ly fortunate to have had this valuable career opportunity,” Flg-Off O’Brien said.

Australians involved in the exercise also participated in a weekend cultural program – arranged by their TNI hosts – that included visiting the Pancasila Monument, and the Bogor Presidential Palace and Military Museum.

The experience provided the ADF participants with a greater understand-

ing and appreciation for the rich his-tory of Indonesia and its journey from early civilisation and colonisation to independence and post-1998 demo-cratic reform.

The nex t Exe rc i se Garuda Kookaburra will take place in 2015.

T h e A D F P OT C d e l i v e r s UN-mandated training to prepare ADF and other international military offic-ers for deployment on UN missions.

For more information on gaining peace operations qualifications or attending courses, such as the UN Military Observers Course in September or the International Peace Operations Seminar in November, go to http://www.defence.gov.au/adfwc/peacekeeping/index.htm

Collision course: A trainee Military Observer Patrol responds to a vehicle accident scene during Exercise Garuda Kookaburra. Below, Maj Brooke Jones and Capt Hanneka Geerligs join their syndicate in celebrating the conclusion to an exercise.

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Cpl Mark Doran

REMOVING communications equipment from Afghanistan is a large-scale job requiring significant planning as the ADF approaches the end of its mission in Uruzgan.

Radios, towers, antennas and the many kilometres of cable link the communications infrastructure in Kabul, Kandahar and Tarin Kot.

The challenge for the commu-nicators is removing the bulk of this infrastructure while maintain-ing mission essential capabilities until the final day.

The Tarin Kot-based com-munications extraction team consists of 13 Army and nine RAAF personnel who are part of A Sqn, Force Communication Unit (FCU).

Coordinated planning is required between FCU, civilian contractors and the small team responsible for winding up com-munications support to the mis-sion in Uruzgan.

Sgt Warren Dunn, of 127 Sig Tp, 1 Sig Regt, is part of the extraction/installation team and said they were well ahead of the timeline to pack up and return to Australia.

“We can’t leave anything until the last minute,” he said.

“With our planning and coor-dination we have been able to get

the jump on any problems before they actually happen.

“It has also been good hav-ing Army and Air Force work-ing together, especially with the broad range of skill-sets the RAAF personnel have brought.

“The cross pollination has given us a greater spectrum of the work we can complete.”

Climbing the 25m antenna masts is a task for the riggers and can be a test of endurance with current temperatures in Tarin Kot above 40 degrees Celsius.

Sig Jacob Wilkinson, of 1 Sig Regt, is on his first deployment to Afghanistan and said the rig-gers had completed dogging and rigging courses which allowed them to climb the antenna towers safely.

“When climbing you have to be fairly coordinated and switched on as there is a lot hap-pening simultaneously,” he said.

“Communication is very important when completing this task as you rely on the people working around you and you don’t want to let anyone down.

“We don’t get to climb the masts that often, so when we do it is very enjoyable.

“My deployment has been better than expected as there is a high tempo of work for our close-knit team and I am getting to see a fair bit of Afghanistan.”

Communications drawdown a balancing act

High flyers: Sigs Jacob Wilkinson and Christopher Martin, from the Tarin Kot-based communications extraction team, prepare to hook a section of antenna mast to a crane as the ADF begins to scale down its infrastructure at Multinational Base Tarin Kot. Photo by Cpl Mark Doran

Cpl Mark Doran

PLANS to drawdown troops and equipment from Tarin Kot are well under way.

From early February the Force Extraction Unit (FEU) has been undertaking tasks to remove infra-structure, including Drehtainer armoured accommodation modules, as Australia prepares for the end of its mission in Uruzgan.

Of about 1300 modules owned by Australia at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, almost 430 have been recovered over the past five months.

Nearly 170 of the modules were transferred for use at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy near Kabul and planning is under way for a large number to be gifted in situ to the ANA 4th Bde, 205th Corps.

The remaining accommodation modules have been transported to Kandahar Airfield, where some will be available for use by Australian trainers and advisers into 2014 and beyond.

CO FEU Lt-Col Paul Wright said it was a detailed process to prepare nearly 30 14-tonne modules a week for transport.

“We have had contractors from Drehtainer on site for the past six months who have assisted with deconstruction of the modules and the internal fittings,” he said.

“Once the roof is removed, the modules are separated and the force protection barriers come down, they are then cleaned and repaired if necessary before being moved to the overflow yard and prepared for shipping.”

A civilian transport contract was arranged by the Joint Movement

Extraction effort well under way Force Extraction Team breaks down accommodation blocks

Control Office to move the modules to Kandahar.

Australian troops first occupied the Tarin Kot base in mid-2006 and by 2010 there were more than 1000 Australian personnel on the base, with

a further 2500 coalition forces also in the location at that time.

As the troop numbers increased, so did the infrastructure to protect against insurgent rocket attacks.

Lt-Col Wright said the FEU

planned to remove all surplus facilities from the site by mid-November.

“International and local contractors have been engaged for the deconstruc-tion and demolition works along with

an Army construction troop,” he said.A specialist environmental officer

will ensure all disposal, deconstruc-tion and remediation work is in line with Australian and the International Security Assistance Force guidelines.

Packing up: Sgt Steven Henderson, of FSU, supervises the loading of a Drehtainer armoured accommodation module en route to Kandahar as Australian troops prepare for the end of their mission in Uruzgan province. Inset, accommodation modules are dismantled on the base. Photos by Cpl Mark Doran

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Dangerous driving It takes skill, precision and confidence to negotiate Kabul’s busy streetsCapt Sean Childs

THE daily risk of negotiating Kabul’s busy city roads falls to drivers from the Australian Force Support Unit.

Skilled in offensive and defensive tactics, they drive armoured four-wheel-drive sports utility vehicles.

Four specially trained drivers from 26 Tpt Sqn transport Australian personnel on tasks throughout the city, moving between International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) camps, ISAF HQ and the Australian Embassy.

Pte Jackson Brown said the train-ing was important preparation before the practical experience.

“The pre-deployment driv-ing training we did was a basic up-armoured course in Australia, dif-ferent turns, roundabouts, different drills and actions-on drills,” Pte Brown said.

Kabul’s population has ballooned since ISAF started security and sta-bilisation operations in support of the Afghan Government.

Conservative estimates now put the population of Kabul at more than 4.5 million, more than double that of the Taliban era.

And the driving conditions reflect this; commuters now flood the streets, buses ferry students to school and commerce thrives.

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role while driving as a demanding one, that required constant threat assessment and situational awareness.

Resolute Support, the new NATO-led mission from next year, will train, advise and assist the Afghan

National Security Forces (ANSF). Wi t h A u s t r a l i a ’s m i s s i o n

in Uruzgan to be completed in December, in part, the focus will turn to Kabul.

Remaining committed to the ISAF

strategy for Afghanistan’s nationwide security transition through next year, Australia will continue advising the ANSF as they develop their command and logistics capabilities, while providing institutional training.

Australia expects to continue to make a contribution to the mission, including at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy in Kabul and the continued presence of ISAF HQ embedded personnel.

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Capt Lacey Western

THE war in Afghanistan has not only produced a new generation of veterans, but a new wave of cul-tural references and a new canvas for artistic expression.

Conflicts have provided such can-vases throughout history, but they have not always included the oppor-tunity for the public to see a special forces soldier’s unique and personal interpretation of his experiences.

Cpl S, a serving member of the SASR, began painting 12 months ago and in that time has produced several artworks inspired by his mates and experiences on operations.

As a patrol 2IC deployed with the SOTG, Cpl S has continued to paint in his down time while in Afghanistan.

His major artwork for the deploy-ment is a 1m by 1.2m canvas paint-ing titled Five Eyes, which depicts Australian, US, Canadian, UK and New Zealand soldiers poring over a map by light of a headlamp.

“I’ve had the idea for this paint-ing for some time. I wanted to create something that reflected the positive aspects of this operation,” Cpl S said.

“For me, a positive I will take away from here is the friendships I have made with the special forces blokes from all the other nations. This painting is to remind the lads that we are in it together.”

Cpl S had always shown an apti-tude for art but until recently had never received any formal training.

“I was always drawing in a note-book, mostly cartoons though. If one of the boys would do something funny during a job, I would draw it on the whiteboard, kind of like a caricature.”

A chance meeting with renowned military artist Ian Coate provided the opportunity to develop his skills and techniques.

“Ian was showing some of his artwork at Campbell Barracks. It was then that I actually thought seriously about painting,” Cpl S said.

“I showed him some of my sketches and he offered some lessons to get me started.”

The budding artist has a number of his original works of art displayed

A passion for the art of war Special forces soldier captures modern ops on canvas

on his website, www.353art.com, with each piece accompanied by a description of the event or inspira-tion for the painting.

“When I was developing the website, I thought about what I wanted to create and what I wanted my art to mean,” Cpl S said.

“It was important to me that it was accessible to current and former soldiers, their families and friends.

“I wanted people to look at my paintings and get a glimpse through the eyes of a soldier, and see some-thing that couldn’t be captured with a camera. I also hoped that my art would encourage other serving mem-bers’ creativity and provide an outlet for that.”

The wartime art has generated interest in Western Australia, with a local businessman buying an original canvas at a fundraising auction.

The money raised was donated to

the SAS Regimental Trust, which is a perpetual trust that provides relief to the families of current and for-mer serving members of the SASR who have been killed or disabled as a result of operational service or train-ing.

Cpl S also plans to donate three other canvases to auction, with all proceeds going to Wandering Warriors, an organisation that rais-es funds for injured and wounded SASR veterans and their families.

Cpl S plans to continue painting when he returns home from his latest deployment. The Five Eyes canvas will be held by the SAS Historical Collection to be put on display.

For the SASR’s 50th birthday in September next year, Cpl S will loan his artwork to the WA Museum, which will host a gallery to display SAS artwork generated over the past 50 years.

Brush up: Cpl S, of SASR, works on his latest artwork, Five Eyes, during down time at Camp Russell in Afghanistan. Photos by Cpl Mark Doran

Collection: A year since he decided to take up painting, Cpl S has produced several artworks depicting special forces operations.

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A new generation of medium and heavy vehicles will be transporting soldiers and stores from 2017.

NEW mediumweight, medium and heavy vehicles, many with self-loading technology and armour, are on the way after a new contract was signed on July 23 under the Land 121

Overlander Program.The Army’s fleet of Unimogs, Macks,

Fleetliners and S-Liners will be progressively replaced with new vehicles, trailers and modules under Phase 3B of the Land 121 program, which also recently began introducing G-Wagons.

The new trucks, provided by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA), will have improved performance and a common layout to make driver training easier. Electronic stability control will feature on all vehicles along with air conditioning, automatic transmissions and all-wheel drive.

Many of the vehicles will have integrated armour offering occupant protection from small-arms fire and mine blasts. Weapon mounts can also be fitted.

The trucks will have greater payload and will be networked to improve their versatility on the battlefield.

New capabilities include self-loading trucks with a system to provide the driver with a visual and audible indicator if the load is too heavy or unevenly distributed.

Cpl Tim Conquest, from the Land 121 Training Team, believes the RMMVA heavy vehi-cles are a “space age” leap forward from the cur-rent models.

“The configuration of the vehicle, being an 8x8, gives it the ability to caterpillar over obsta-cles,” he said.

“The self-loading system will improve the

capability of transport operators, particularly when operating in areas of high threat.

“The armoured variants will also result in a rethink of the way the Transport Corps operates as it will provide a higher level of protection as well as increased defensive capability.”

Supporting the vehicles will be more than 3000 modules, including about 2000 flatracks, to provide greater flexibility and the ability to multi-task vehicles.

Bulk fuel modules, water storage and distribu-tion modules, and stores modules for Q-stores and repair variants, can be loaded, transported and unloaded, freeing the vehicles for other tasks.

Other modules include combat engineer mod-ules for equipment carriage and bridge and boat modules for transporting bridging equipment.

Trailers will also be purchased and this will increase the current trailer-to-vehicle ratio from 20 per cent to 70 per cent.

There will be a threefold increase in the num-ber of medium-weight cargo trailers issued and

the dual-wheel design will further increase pay-load. Haulmark Australia will provide about 1700 trailers to complete the replacement program.

Under Phase 3B, RMMVA will deliver about 2500 protected and unprotected vehicles along with about 3000 modules starting in 2016.

The vehicles were chosen after a lengthy ten-der evaluation that involved both desktop analysis and an exhaustive trial in 2009.

The RMMVA trucks were found to offer the best value for money and best meet the Army’s needs.

WO2 Steve Emery, standards warrant officer at the Land 121 Training Team, was involved with the vehicle trial.

“The RMMVA vehicles were relatively simple to operate and had a very generous sized cabin that would allow the vehicle to be fitted with com-munications and weapons systems,” he said.

“The commonality between the medium and the heavy variant will enable a smooth training continuum.

“The increased payload and addition of the integrated load handling system will provide Army with an increased capability and, from a transport point of view, ultimately breathe new life into the corps.”

The new trucks will be manufactured in Austria, then shipped to Brisbane and fitted out at the local RMMVA integration facility, after which they will be ready for issue to units.

Land 121 Phase 4, the final component of the program, confirmed in the Defence White Paper 2013, will deliver about 1300 protected and unprotected light vehicles and provide the core of the ADF’s deployable light protected vehicle fleet into the next decade.

This phase will replace the final element of the aging Land Rover fleet.

The armoured variants will result in a rethink of the way the Transport Corps operates as it will

provide a higher level of protection ...

– Cpl Tim Conquest, Land 121 Training Team

NEW TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND CAPABILITIESVehicles Integrated armour cabin for

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Safety features: – Electronic Stability

Control. – ABS. – Exhaust Valve Brake.

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Fitted for Land 200 digital communications suite.

Ring-mount attachments for roof-mounted machine gun.

One in five fitted with winches.

Increased number of twistlocks on flatrack modules providing flexibility in securing Tricons and ISO containers.

CB radios in heavy variants.

Ability to self-load and unload containers and modules.

Digital active self-loading indicator as a safety feature to provide the driver with an indicator of the weight and balance of a modular load.

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Modules Range of module types for

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TIMELINE FOR DELIVERY2013 – Contract signed.

2013 -2016 – Design and verification activities, including for the integration of Land 200 digital communications equipment and integration of the vehicle, trailer and module combinations.

2016 – Training development and introduction into service train-ing pilot courses. Conversion courses to start in mid-to-late 2016 for the first operators and maintainers of the new trucks.

2017 – Rollout to Army commences with 1 Bde and selected South East Queensland units.

2018 – Rollout to 3 Bde and North Queensland units.

2019 – Rollout to 7 Bde and remain-ing South East Queensland units.

2020 – Rollout to 2 Div and pools. All vehicles planned to be rolled out.

2023 – All Land 121 Ph 3B vehicles, trailers and modules issued.

Experience: Standards WO on the Land 121 Training Team

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Transformer: A Rheinmetall MAN operator demonstrates a vehicle’s automated loading and unloading features.

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Answering a higher callingIn a ceremonial return to Duntroon where he graduated, the Anglican Bishop of the ADF is commissioned, Sgt Dave Morley reports.

A D U N T R O O N g r a d u -ate who left the RMC as a Royal Australian Corps of Transport lieutenant in 1976

returned to the college on July 5 to be commissioned as the new Anglican Bishop of the ADF.

Bishop Ian Lambert received the appointment at the Anzac Memorial Chapel of St Paul after two decades in the Army and two with the Anglican Church.

He said he was excited about the appointment.

“I can see, with 20-20 hindsight, how God has been moving in and through my life and I can see how this is the right time and the right appointment for me,” Bishop Lambert said.

“I trust I can serve the Defence community well.”

Bishop Lambert said while he came into the job with excitement, he also came in with a lack of knowl-edge.

“Things have changed so much since I left the Army,” he said. “I understand the culture but not the mechanisms within, so I’ve got a fair-ly steep learning curve there.”

His first posting from Duntroon was at the Bandiana Transport Unit with subsequent postings including 5 Tpt Sqn, Enoggera, HQ Log Comd, Kelvin Grove ARes HQ, and back to Duntroon as SO2 Logistics.

“I did Exercise Long Look with the British Army of the Rhine,” he said. “But I think the highlight of my career was the posting to Puckapunyal. I became a Christian there and had the pleasure of integrating my faith with my life and my work.”

Bishop Lambert said he became an author ised lay minis ter a t Puckapunyal.

“We ran a youth group ministry there for all of the teenage kids,” he said. “We called it TOPS – Teenagers of Pucka.

“We provided them with entertain-ment and fun and shared the gospel with them.”

Bishop Lambert said he was put-ting together a visits schedule to all the

Appointment: Right Reverend Ian Lambert is commissioned as the Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force. Photos by LS Helen Frank

bases and chaplains around Australia.“Hopefully I’ll get to see most of

them by the end of the year,” he said. “I would also like to go to Afghanistan before the troops withdraw.”

As the new chief minister and pas-tor within the Defence community, his role is to guard the faith, promote

unity, discipline and the mission of the church in all Defence units and com-munities, at home and overseas.

Bishop Lambert was previously the regional bishop for the South Coast, Southern Monaro and Snowy as well as rector of the Anglican parish of Batemans Bay.

Formalities: Reverend Ian Lambert receives a Pectoral Cross from Archdeacon Kevin Russell, top, a Bible from Archdeacon Eric Burton, centre, and kneels before the Primate, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, above, as he is to commissioned as the Anglican Bishop to the ADF.

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Gold standard experienceAn exercise with USMC was an invaluable opportunity for troopers from 1 Armd Regt, Maj John McPherson reports.

A C O N T I N G E N T o f 8 0 men from 1 Armd Regt has re turned f rom the month-long first phase of

a reciprocal exchange program with their US Marine Corps equivalents.

Ex Gold Eagle was designed to enhance the cooperation between 1 Armd Regt and 1st Tank Bn, USMC, by focusing on combined arms training, developments in technology and integration of capabilities.

Contingent Commander and OC B Sqn, 1 Armd Regt, Maj Tim Tiller, said familiarisation with an amphibious capability was invaluable.

“Not only can the USMC’s amphibious capability operate in a variety of sea states but it also has the capacity to contribute to a far broader scale of operations than we’re likely to see in the Australian context,” Maj Tiller said.

“The opportunity to deploy on a training exercise alongside USMC ele-ments with similar requirements and challenges was unique and instructive, yet not totally unfamiliar.

“Working first-hand with our USMC counterparts had a number of interesting facets, the most prominent being that regardless of the unit or

country, tank soldiering was just that.”The contingent spent five days at

the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centre (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, five days at Camp Pendleton, California, and 21 days back at MCAGCC.

The contingent conducted mounted operations at MCAGCC in an urban environment and breaching operations culminating in a combat team live fire breach.

Maj Tiller said the next phase was crucial as the Australian Army no longer retained the capability to con-duct an in-stride breach.

The second phase of the exchange will be conducted from September 1-29, with USMC’s A Coy, 1st Tank Bn deploying to Darwin to partner with B Sqn, 1 Armd Regt.

“The objectives of this compo-nent of the exercise are to build on the relationship developed during the US experience,” Maj Tiller said.

“It will also expose the USMC tankers to Australian training methods and systems and provide them with an opportunity to operate beside their Australian counterparts in terrain not available to them in US training areas.”

Fire and water: Abrams tanks fire and manoeuvre through a beach during the month-long Exercise Gold Eagle in which 80 members from 1 Armd Regt and USMC counterparts trained together in California.Photos by Taz Whitehouse

On a roll: An Abrams is unloaded from a landing craft air cushion during Ex Gold Eagle in California.

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Walk with paws for causesA wounded soldier and his companion take on a fundraiser, Sgt Dave Morley reports

A 6RAR digger blinded by an IED in Iraq will walk from Sydney to Canberra next month to raise the public’s

awareness of wounded soldiers.Pte Liam Haven will be accom-

panied on the walk by his guide dog Omen and a small support team.

Guide Dogs Victoria matched Omen with Pte Haven two years ago and the two have been inseparable ever since.

Pte Haven said he hoped to raise $100,000, which would be split 50-50 between Soldier On and Guide Dogs Victoria.

“The money I hope to raise is for a good cause, but I also want to make the Australian public more aware of our wounded soldiers,” he said.

“I want the public to be openly sup-portive of our troops like they are in America.”

Pte Haven’s support team includes his father, a mate and his father as well as a few volunteers from Soldier On and Guide Dogs Victoria.

“I hope to cover about 50km a day and do the walk over 10 days,” he said.

“Omen can only do two kilome-tres at a time, so we’ll spread that out through the day.

“We’re expecting people will join us along the way and we’ll be contact-ing Rotary Clubs, RSLs and schools.”

Pte Haven said he hoped to start the walk at the front gate of Holsworthy Barracks and finish at the Australian War Memorial.

THE INCIDENTPte Haven suffered wounds to his arm, neck and face when his Bushmaster was struck by a roadside bomb in the early hours on May 17, 2008.

At the time he was operating with the Overwatch Battle Group-West (OBG-W) participating in a patrol near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck.

The IED, which exploded two weeks before he was due to come home, robbed him of his left eye and left him with 2 per cent sight in the other.

“When I get to the War Memorial I want to sing a song I’ve written for my mate, Grant Kirby, who was killed in Afghanistan,” he said.

“My vision is to make this an annual thing, having a ‘one foot for-ward’ march partnered with a different organisation every year.”

Omen accompanies Pte Haven to Swinburne University in Melbourne, where he is studying a Diploma in Community Services.

Pte Haven will continue his studies in 2014 with Army support as part of his extended transition plan.

He had been committed to the Army since he joined just before his 18th birthday.

To donate to Liam’s walk go to http://onefootforward.gofundraise.com.au/ Strong bond: Pte Liam Haven and his guide dog Omen. Photo by Justin Power

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GUNNERS from 8/12 Regt RAA showed what they were made of dur-ing Exercise Thunder

Run 2 at the Mt Bundy Training Area recently.

The unit deployed for a live fire exercise to train joint fires teams and gun troops up to danger-close practices.

Over two weeks the unit was put through the full range of conven-tional war fighting activities it could reasonably be expected to conduct in combat.

Putting rounds on target quickly and accurately takes skill and practice, Capt Tony Mumford reports.

shakes the ground

Lt Nathan Small, 103 Bty com-mand post officer, said the post-battle procedure immediately after an intense contact with the enemy was an eye opener.

“We trained a lot to conduct our correct processes during a quick attack, but dealing with casualties and handling back-loading and resupply, while still providing indi-rect fire support, was difficult at first,” he said.

“However, due to our robust training and operating procedures

we quickly learnt to plan for this, execute and move on.”

Bdr Chris Saetta said the live fire and movement ended with danger close missions in support of 5RAR’s final activity, a clearance of an enemy main defensive position.

“We brought the rounds into 175m from 5RAR’s forming up point,” he said.

“The infantry boys weathered it really well – it created a lot of energy for the attack.”

CO Lt-Col Julian West said one of the highlights of the exercise was firing danger close missions at night in support of dug-in infantry with 155mm HE rounds impacting 175m from his own troops.

“Two weeks isn’t a long time in the field, but under the leadership of hardworking junior NCOs, the regiment successfully conducted realistic and high-tempo joint fires coordination and execution by day and night,” he said.

Lt-Col West was also happy with the performance of the M777-A2 howitzer.

“The M777 is an excellent gun; it has a good rate of sustained fire providing consistent and accurate indirect fire support,” he said.

Detachment commander Bdr Adrian Broadhead said the unit had an active enemy probing and ambushing the gunners constantly.

“We had to pay attention, we had to make ourselves a hard target and know our drills and procedures,” he said.

We brought the rounds into 175m

from 5RAR’s forming up point. The infantry boys

weathered it really well ...

– Bdr Chris Saetta, 8/12 Regt RAA

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Hats off to veteran’s long wait

THE Army has presented World War II veteran Keith Williams, 89, with a new slouch hat, 65 years after his

own hat was stolen. When neighbour Scott Nichols

learnt of the loss of Mr Williams’s hat, he began the quest to find a replace-ment when nearby unit 9FSB stepped up to make it happen.

Mr Wil l iams, who l ives in Newtown, Ipswich, was presented with his slouch hat at RAAF Base Amberley by 9FSB CO Lt-Col Mark Stone.

Mr Williams was a corporal with the 2/11th Australian Army Troops Corps Royal Australian Engineers.

“We were responsible for the main-tenance of the water supply and all of the shipping in and out of the island of Morotai,” Mr Williams said.

Mr Williams spoke at length with

warmth and affection for his time in the Army, recounting with fondness the lifelong friends made through serving the nation.

One such story that typifies the spirit of mateship and brotherhood was of when he was training at Kapooka and his platoon was qualifying on the range.

“To get qualified, shooting was one of the stipulations,” Mr Williams said.

“ I was a fi t te r and turner apprentice at the time and cancelled my apprenticeship to join the Army at 19.

“One of my good mates Reg was a bit ahead of me but we both joined the Army together – but he couldn’t shoot for nuts!

“We were laying on the range together – boom, boom, boom – and I knew that I had shot well enough to qualify, so I decided to help Reg out

and banged a few through his target as well.

“The sergeant in charge soon cot-toned on to what was happening, so I simply explained that I was cross-eyed and they let Reg pass.”

9FSB RSM WO1 Doug Wigg said

being able to present the slouch hat to Mr Williams had lifted the spirits of everyone in the battalion.

“It’s a great story,” WO1 Wigg said. “Once you are a soldier, you

are always a soldier and Keith is no different.”

The pride and privilege with which Mr Williams held the presentation of his new hat was best summed up by the veteran himself. “Its just a brown slouch hat with the side turned up, but it means the absolute world to me,” Mr Williams said.

A priceless replacement has been presented to its rightful owner, 65 years later.

Upturned fortunes: 9FSB CO Lt-Col Mark Stone presents World War II veteran Keith Williams with his new slouch hat at RAAF Base Amberley.

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I WOULD like to take this opportu-nity on behalf of my mother Sharon, sisters Samantha, Cassandra and Rebecca and myself to thank the fol-lowing for their support and letters of sympathy after the passing of my father WO1 A.L Reid OAM (retd).

RSM-A, the CO and RSM of the School of Infantry and the Pipes and Drums for their assistance.

The Special Air Service

Association for the memorial service and support, the Infantry Association and RSMs both past and present showing that the Infantry family is second to none when it comes to times of need and offers of support.

Brian Boughton, without whose support and guidance this time would have been so much more difficult.

Chris Jobson for taking the reins and finalising the service for Jack,

giving Kaye Selmes the support she needed and a fitting tribute for a close family friend.

Lastly I would like to thank all the members of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club who were with Dad at the time of his passing, escorted him to the funeral and gave him a new lease on life after retirement.Shane ReidBelmont, WA

Thanks for the support in a difficult time

Trouble in bars Soldiers respond to earlier letters on changes to bar hoursWITH reference to the letter (Army, June 20, Times have changed for bar hours) on the subject of bar hours reducing and the cost of alcohol likely to increase.

Firstly, I agree with the reduction in hours to reduce cost and I feel that there is no need to have boozers/mess-es open every day or until 10-11pm every evening.

What I don’t agree with is the thinking that raising prices of alcohol will reduce the overall amount of alco-hol consumed.

While the article refers to a report by Prof Hamilton dated August 2011, there were no figures or stats given, nor did the letter say that this was focused on alcohol consumed in unit boozers or messes within the barracks environment, or in pubs, or even at home while having a barbecue.

We have a very good mechanism in place for messes and boozers to stop incidents occurring or escalating.

This is by having qualified and experienced staff in place and duty staff on call and conducting checks during the operating periods.

We cannot control the amount of alcohol consumed when soldiers are out on the town but only hope soldiers will look after their mates.

If the price of a beer was doubled or tripled in officers and sergeants messes or boozers (to align with clubs/pubs), most people are likely to buy less, hence consume less, in the mess.

The problem arising of alcohol-related incidents is not occurring on barracks or from the cost of a beer in the boozers, but in clubs, pubs and night club strips such as Flinders St in Townsville, which soldiers frequent every weekend.

Many a soldier lives off barracks and has barbecues or mates around before they hit the town.

They buy their drink in bulk from the local bottle shop to keep costs down and then head out late in the

evening until the small hours of the morning.

This is when most incidents occur, not on barracks. They still buy their drinks at $5-$8 a beer or $8-$12 for spirits and spend a fortune during the night.

The problem at hand is not the price of drinks available on barracks; the problem covers the attitudes regarding alcohol in the community as a whole.

We are but a small part of that

community but we have a much bigger profile when incidents occur and as such, are reported in the media.

If we stopped selling alcohol alto-gether on barracks, would incidents still occur? Of course they would. Soldiers would continue to do what they already do, barbecues and pre-night-out drinks at home or at their mates’ house.

WO2 Alan TarrALTC

Barred: Some personnel believe increasing the cost of alcohol in the ADF could result in more incidents of alcohol-related unacceptable behaviour.

AFTER World War I thousands of servicemen returned home suffering from what they called shell shock. So many that it overwhelmed the mental health professionals of the time.

With a shortage of psychothera-pists they turned to hypnosis for a fast method of therapy and found it was a success.

At the end of WWII not much had changed and the same thing hap-pened. Here we are again in 2013 with men returning from overseas. Same problem different name.

Hypnosis or hypnotherapy was the answer for many diggers’ PTSD in the past.

I am not a hypnotherapist, nor do I know one. I can’t tell you how much a therapy session for a hypno-therapist would cost. I haven’t any idea. But I do know it worked before for PTSD and it is worth giving it a go now.

If you’re suffering at home and having trouble coping, it is worth giving it a go.

Like most things I am sure there are some great hypnotherapists out there and some dodgy ones. You will have to do your research. If you find a good one and the treatment works, it will be worth the effort not only for you, but for your family and a better brighter future.

If it does work, spread the word, tell your mates, write to Army. We need people to give it a go and let the others know. I understand there is some professional snobbery between psychotherapists and hypnotherapists so don’t be put off from having a go if you come up against this.

We can beat these things if we all stick together and give each other a hand.

After all we don’t leave our mates behind and we are not going to do it now.Paul Shilcock (Ex-RAAF sergeant)Tasmania

Take the doctor’s advice on PTSD

Director Army Health, Col Len Brennan, responds:

PTSD is now a well-recognised consequence of war for some person-nel.

Defence Health Services are well placed to support soldiers with PTSD.

The best evidenced-based treat-ment for PTSD is either trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or eye movement desensitiza-tion reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

It is important that soldiers with PTSD are referred to appropriate cli-nicians with skills in these therapies.

There is no evidence that hypno-therapy alone is effective in the treat-ment of PTSD and it may be harmful if it delays the soldier accessing the more effective treatments.

There may however be a role for hypnosis in some soldiers to assist with addressing traumatic memories and improving control of hypera-rousal symptoms, when used in con-junction with trauma focused CBT or EMDR.

The symptoms of PTSD and asso-ciated treatments are very demanding and distressing for soldiers and their families.

Soldiers are encouraged to engage with their health care providers to dis-cuss and tailor their treatment and not to seek alternative or complimentary treatments without first discussing it with their health care provider.

Ask: Soldiers are encouraged to seek professional advice before engaging alternative therapies.

MORE than 7000 soldiers and offic-ers have expressed their concerns and preferences for Army’s polyester uni-forms in a survey for the Army cloth-ing review.

RSM-A WO Dave Ashley said the feedback provided a valuable insight, contributing to an amendment of the Army Dress Manual.

“The aim was to have at least 20 per cent of Army engaged through the non-combat clothing review survey,” he said.

“I am stoked that we received 7384 responses, which is 27.8 per cent of our officers and soldiers with access to the DRN.

“We also received responses in hard copy and by direct e-mail.

WO Ashley said the views, opinions and suggestions in the survey results came from every rank in the Army including 1567 privates, 890 warrant officer class 2s, 783 majors and five major generals.

“The results indicate that Army mem-bers are reasonably satisfied with the polyester uniforms, contributing to the determination that a design change is not required. Therefore the earlier plan to create exemplar uniforms and conduct a road show is no longer required,” he said.

A number of improvements to the general duty dress uniform were pro-posed by the survey respondents includ-ing: ■ The need for a cold weather option.■ An increase in the size range and com-

fort of the shirt and skirt.■ A change to the parade boots, which

were deemed unacceptable by many.■ The proposed WO2 rank was not pre-

ferred over the current design.■ Rank insignia for other ranks should

remain on the sleeve.In addition to these improvements,

the survey results included comment on enhancing corps identity.

“Army is currently progressing a replacement parade boot and the size range for polyesters has been increased,” WO Ashley said.

“As a result of the current stock levels of polyester rank for WO2, the proposed design will not be pursued and the rank will remain on the sleeve.

“Any future uniforms or items must meet three criteria. The item must work and be fit for purpose, we must be able to afford it and the items must meet the appearance expectations of our people.”

In regard to enhanced corps identity,

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New-look AAFCANS added to the menuWITH almost a century of service to diggers, AAFCANS is undergoing a national upgrade of its facilities.

AAFCANS Managing Director Stewart McGrow said he expected all outlets and mobile food vans to have completed a facelift by the end of this year.

“This year, the money we’ve been able to generate though our outlets and mobile food vans has primarily gone towards a national renovation plan,” Mr McGrow said.

“Around a quarter of AAFCANS outlets have already experienced major improvements, including new furniture and merchandising, fresh paint, free Wi-Fi and Foxtel services, professional signage and modern food displays, where possible.”

Mr McGrow said because AAFCANS was a Defence-owned resource it was committed to rein-vesting funds back into the Army and Air Force.

“AAFCANS disburses 75 per cent of all profits made from its vending machines to base SADFOs and Air Force welfare groups to be spent on local Defence initiatives,” he said.

“As a result of our recent cus-tomer survey, which attracted the input of over 1300 personnel, we’re making efforts to reduce queue times and make AAFCANS a convenient place to shop.

“We will be installing modern tills, payWave systems and state-of-the-art self-service cabinets in most outlets.”

Mr McGrow said AAFCANS’ purpose was to make life on base better for Defence members and their families.

“Our team is working hard to make this a reality,” he said.

For more information on AAFCANS go to www.aafcans.com.au

Poll gives polyester thumbs up Uniform design change not needed: Survey

RSM-A said, “Chief of Army respects your views and as a result he has decided that from August 1 our corps shoulder flashes will again be worn on appropriate items of dress.”

Good advice: Lodge DVA claims earlyTRANSITIONING from the ADF is being made easier by on-base advisers who can work through the often complex claims process within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA).

Established as part of the joint ADF/DVA Support for Wounded, Injured or Ill Program in October 2011, the On-Base Advisory Service

has DVA staff available at more than 35 ADF bases across Australia.

There has been a strong increase in the number of serving and tran-sitioning ADF personnel using the service. In 2012, the service received about 7500 enquiries nationally.

Many serving members think they don’t need to lodge a claim with DVA until after they leave the

ADF, but there are benefits of lodg-ing claims early. For soldiers injured or who fall ill as a result of their service, a claim should be lodged with DVA as close to the event as possible. This will result in the claim being processed more quickly.

For more information, go to www.dva.gov.au/obas.htm or call 133 254, or 1800 555 254 (regional callers).

Comfortable: A survey suggests Army members are reasonably satisfied with the polyester uniforms.

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Best practice: WO1 Greg Elliot on the weapons training range at Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.

Norforce’s birthday bash

Next generation: Cdt James Farmer and Cdt Danielle Close spend time in the field with Darwin Army Cadet unit while their father is serving in Afghanistan.

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NORFORCE celebrated its 32nd birthday with a series of events last month.

Fifteen Norforce diggers were awarded the Operational Service Medal – Border Protection, becoming the first large Army group to receive the decoration.

The medals were presented by CO Norforce Lt-Col Paul O’Donnell with Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon and the unit’s Honorary Colonel, Northern Territory Administrator Sally Thomas.

Lt-Col O’Donnell said he was proud Norforce soldiers were among

the first Army personnel to receive the medal.

“The key to Norforce’s success is the bond between its soldiers and the people of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia,” Lt-Col O’Donnell said.

“Hundreds of our soldiers live in remote communities and our patrols rely heavily on their local knowledge and contacts as they move about our area of operations.”

Norforce diggers have taken part in Operation Resolute since 2006, conducting long-range patrols across the unit’s area of operations.

A soldiers’ dinner, where soldiers were served their meals by officers,

was held on July 5, followed by a foot-ball match and barbecue the next day.

A Norforce Land Rover was also donated to the Darwin Military Museum. Not just any Land Rover, but 48-001, the first of 2500 110 Perenties bought by the Army, which became famous when used by Maj Les Hiddins in his Bush Tucker Man TV series.

Norforce’s acting transport super-visor, Cpl Charles Sapi, drove the vehicle for the final time to deliver it to the museum.

“Yes, it will be strange to see that the old boy is no longer parked at his usual parking spot; we wish him all the best,” Cpl Sapi said.

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DIKKO By Bob Dikkenberg

SAY AGAIN, OVER

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Zero Six BravoBy Damien LewisPublisher: QuercusRRP: $29.99Reviewer: Sgt Dave Morley

THIS is not just another one of those Gulf War British SAS books that you see lining bookshelves everywhere.

For a start, it’s about M Sqn, SBS (with a few SAS embeds), which conducted a vehicle-borne operation 1000km into northern Iraq in the days leading up to the March 2003 invasion.

The 60-man squadron was tasked with approaching the 100,000 strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps and accepting their surrender.

Unfortunately no one had told the Iraqis they were expected to sur-render.

What follows is a major run-ning battle with hundreds of Land Cruiser-borne Fedayeen fanatics, motorised Iraqi infantry and Lion of Babylon T-72 tanks.

The author, Damien Lewis has been granted unprecedented access to the blokes who were there and has written the book through the eyes of an “old and bold” sergeant.

When the mission took place, those involved were wrongly deni-grated because some of their equip-ment, including Honda quad bikes and Land Rover ‘Pinkies’, was cap-tured by the Iraqis.

This book not only puts the story right but goes on to explain why the opera-tion is now seen to be one of the most des-perate bat-tles fought by special forces behind enemy lines since WWII.

Once you’ve read this book, you’ll want to read the rest of Damien Lewis’ military books.

A tightly written tale of survival in the Iraq war

The Last of UsPlatform: PS3

Developer: Naughty Dog

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Reviewer: John Wellfare

THE latest action adventure game from Uncharted developer Naughty Dog is one of the best examples of quality story telling ever seen in a video game.

The Last of Us is set 20 years after a highly contagious fungus infection has spread throughout the globe, causing anyone infected to turn mindlessly violent.

Players take charge of Joel, a cunning survivor and petty criminal who finds himself escorting teenage girl Ellie through the post-apocalyptic US.

Anyone familiar with Naughty Dog’s hugely successful Uncharted franchise will recognise the gameplay in The Last of Us.

The game shepherds players through its scenarios, carefully managing their experience as they negotiate obstacles and face opponents.

Despite the strict control, players never really feel boxed in and the gameplay allows for some freedom in terms of how the player overcomes most of the challenges presented.

Importantly, Naughty Dog uses the game as a vessel for telling a weighty,

character-driven story, so the tightly controlled level structure never feels like it’s getting in the way of the player’s enjoyment.

Despite the similarities, this is not Uncharted.

For starters, Joel is not the action hero Uncharted’s Nathan Drake is; he’s older, heavier and not capable of the same death-defying leaps and high-rise stunts.

Joel’s hand-to-hand fighting style is much more brutal and also more desperate – he’s not a martial artist; he’s just a person trying to survive.

These limitations, combined with scarce resources of weapons, ammunition and medical supplies, add to the intensity of The Last of Us as players feel genuinely threatened when they’re faced with two or three opponents.

The Last of Us is an intense, story-driven gameplay experience with plausible, engaging characters who will stay with players long after they’ve put down the controller.

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Compounding the benefitsUNDERSTANDING how com-

pound interest works will help you make better decisions when choosing an account or

investment that pays interest.

What is compound interest?Compound interest is like double chocolate topping for your savings.

You earn interest on the money you deposit, and on the interest you have already earned – so you earn interest on interest.

The compounding effectIf you invested $10,000 in a term deposit at 5 per cent per year, you would earn $2500 in simple interest after five years – $500 for each year. This would give you a total of $12,500 after five years.

If you invested $10,000 in a sav-ings account at 5 per cent with interest compounded monthly, you would earn $2834 in compound interest after five years, giving you a total of $12,834.

This is because every month the interest is added to your account and you will earn interest on the interest. The tables above right show how we got these figures.

Case study: Nicky and Adam compare their savingsStarting small and saving regularly, while using the power of compound interest can put you ahead.

Nicky decides to save $50 a week for 10 years and puts her money into a high interest savings account at 5 per cent interest, compounded monthly.

The figures above show that she ends up with $33,644 after 10 years.

Adam decides to put off his savings for five years but then saves $100 a week in a high interest savings account for five years at 5 per cent interest, compounded monthly. His balance ends up being only $29,469.

Nicky started her saving earlier so she got the benefit of compound inter-est for the first five years. This made a big difference to her final balance.

In many cases, even if you double your deposits at a later date, you may never catch up to people who started saving earlier.

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Interest $60 $197 $340 $490 $648 $814 $989 $1,172 $1,366 $1,568 $7,644

Yearly Total $2,660 $2,797 $2,940 $3,090 $3,248 $3,414 $3,589 $3,772 $3,966 $4,168 $33,644

YEAR 1 2 3 4 5

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WHEN you are preparing to work out, the right supplementation can take a good session and

make it an amazing workout. If you are really serious about get-

ting results, then you have to approach every session with the mindset that it is going to be the best workout you have ever had.

An effective pre-workout sup-plement can help by increasing your strength, endurance, focus and energy.

But many pre-workout products are really just glorified energy drinks.

They are heavily advertised and poorly designed, and often loaded with cheap stimulants like low-grade caffeine to trick you into thinking you feel something.

Australian Institute of Sports Dietitian Greg Shaw said if a person required chemical stimulus, there was usually something causing the need.

“I warn people against the use of these stimulant products in the after-noon as it has a large impact on sleep quality,” he said.

In part two of our series on supplements, LS Helen Frank looks at the pros and cons of choosing the right stuff.

“People don’t realise that sleep is extremely important in muscle tissue growth and development. If they are using a pre-workout [supplement] for a kick in the butt after a hard day at work, then they are more than likely sleeping poorly and not getting the full recovery benefits of sleep; requiring further stimulation to get them through the next day.”

Although pre-workout supplements contain other chemicals that claim to enhance training performance, most of the ingredients that may work are

supplements such as creatine, which require constant use to be effective.

Mr Shaw said the occasional use of these supplements would not lead to benefits in training performance.

“The stimulant is the main thing people are looking for. This is why companies are looking for stimulants other than purely caffeine,” he said.

“This is where the trouble begins as over the last five or six years, there have been three or four chemical stimulants banned for inclusion in these supplements.

“With each banned ingredient comes a new one with similar effects to the one banned,” he said.

The ADF mirrors its list of prohib-ited substances to that of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which means that when you choose your supplemen-tation you must make sure it does not contain any banned substances.

In August 2012, the Therapeutic Goods Administration deemed the use of the chemical dimethylamylamine (DMAA) illegal. This chemical was first created as a nasal decongestant,

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but its fat-burning potential was dis-covered and soon found its way into supplements.

Many brands have now changed their ingredients for the Australian market but ADF members need to be very vigilant on what their supple-ments contain.

Supplements should always be purchased from a reputable outlet, not online. Some supplements from overseas suppliers can be contaminated with low levels of stimulants, steroids and other banned substances.

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Team spirit: Army basketballers combined with Navy players against Air Force (in sky blue) during the Interservice Basketball Championships at Randwick Barracks, Sydney. Photo by LS Sarah Ebsworth

Home court hinders ArmyRANDWICK Barracks provided a home-court advantage, but it didn’t help the Army players at the NSW basketball titles held there from July 5-7.

Army lost a close tussle for third place in a play-off with RAAF Base Richmond 76-70.

The men’s title was won by RAAF Base Williamtown which beat Navy in the final.

Army formed a composite team with Navy and Australian Public

Service against Air Force in the women’s competition.

They played a best-of-three series. The first game was a 35-35 tie, Army/Navy/APS team won the second game by two points, 30-28, and Air Force won the last 39-26 to take the title.

Next on the agenda for Army’s players and their NSW Air Force and Navy colleagues are the national combined services bas-ketball championships, also at

Randwick Barracks, in November. The NSW teams are yet to be picked but training is already under way.

The ADF Basketball Association will also host a formal 30th anniversary ball and presenta-tion function on November 23 at the conclusion of the Combined Service Championships.

All past and present association members are invited to celebrate the history of the organisation.

Quartet in dream runMichael Weaver

FOUR Army rugby league players gained the ultimate honour of being named in a World Dream Team after the Combined Australian Services Rugby League (CASRL) team’s vic-tory in the Armed Forces’ World Cup at Melville Barracks, Colchester, UK, from June 30 to July 14.

Sgt Danny Tavita was selected as prop forward, Tpr Jack Blaine at lock and Ptes Mahn Darley (fullback) and Keith Eshman (five-eighth), along with play-er of the tournament LS Daniel Capilli (second row) and Navy counterpart AB Veniasi Turuva (centre).

Pte Darley claimed a personal haul of 52 points, with four tries and 18 conver-sions in Australia’s opening game against Serbia that ended with a lop-sided 112-0 score. He also scored a further 42 points with three tries and 15 conversions in the 110-0 semi-final win, also against Serbia.

Five-eighth Pte Eshman was a stand-out in the final against New Zealand, where he scored a hat-trick of tries and was a constant threat with the ball in hand.

Prop forward Sgt Tavita gave nothing away in defence, with a bustling tackle on his Kiwi opponent leading to Australia’s opening try in the final.

Tpr Blaine scored the crucial opening try in Australia’s pool match against New Zealand and was also solid in the final.

The Armed Forces’ World Cup was one part of the Festival of World Cups, where Australia was also victorious in the women’s, police and students’ finals. Australia also contested the wheelchair rugby league tournament, but was beaten in the semi-finals.

The NRL provided jerseys and fund-ing for the teams.

The CASRL side remained undefeated in the four-team competition and held on for a 32-22 win against New Zealand in the final.

The Australians also had early round wins against New Zealand (32-22) and defending champion Great Britain (20-16), who made a shock exit in the semi-finals at the hands of the Kiwis.

In the final against New Zealand on July 13, CASRL dominated the opening 40 minutes to establish a lead which their opponents were never able to bridge.

Trials to select our finest footballersThe Australian Army Football Association will conduct trials and a training camp to prepare the best squads to compete against Navy, Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force teams at this year’s national championships.

Army trials will be held from October 26-27, followed by a four-day training camp ahead of the nationals.

The Australian Defence Football Federation Association national champi-onships will be held in Sydney from November 1-7.

The championship will be used to select the over 35s, open male and female ADF soccer squads.

A test match between the

Australian and New Zealand Defence Force sides on November 9 will complete pro-ceedings for the year.

Appointments for the Army squads will be finalised after nominations but not before October 1.

Army football trials for open men’s, women’s teams and over 35s will be conducted at Randwick Barracks.

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Down 20-6 at half-time, New Zealand clawed its way back into the match to get within four points of the Aussies after just 12 minutes of the second half. However, CASRL responded with two converted tries to shut the gate on the Kiwis and push the score out to 32-16.

New Zealand again kept itself in the game with a converted try to close the margin back to 10 points, however CASRL stood firm during the final 10 minutes to seal the championship.

Coach and former captain of the CASRL 2003 side WO2 Brian Jones said the entire squad performed beyond expectations, which made for some very hard decisions when it came to selecting the strongest team for the final.

“It really was bittersweet picking the final team due to the quality of players I had in reserve,” WO2 Jones said.

“The way the players trained for their set plays and then executed them almost to perfection on the field was very rare to see.

“I’ve seen very few teams train towards a game plan and execute it so closely.”

Tour Manager Maj Al Lynch said with a proposed CASRL tour of Papua New Guinea next year and the next Armed Forces’ World Cup being played in Australia in 2017, the value of this per-formance could not be understated.

THE ADFA/RMC Rams Australian Rules Football Club is holding a fundraising event for Soldier On.

All three Rams teams will be playing local teams at the RMC AFL oval through-out the day.

The women’s team will take on Queanbeyan from 10am, the seconds will play the ANU seconds team from 12pm and the firsts will play the ANU firsts from 2.15pm.

A football-themed “lucky door prize” will be held, with spectators able to pur-chase mini footballs marked with unique numbers for $20 each.

First prize is $5000 cash, with other cash prizes and minor prizes also up for grabs.

The footballs can be purchased online from www.tickethost.com.au?event=694 For more information contact OCdt Kieren Reynolds on keiren.reynolds@student.adfa.edu.au

Officer cadets to take on local teams for charity

RESULTSFinal – Australia def NZ 32-22Semi-finals – Australia def Ser-bia 110-0; New Zealand def Great Britain 20-16.Pool games – Australia def Great Britain 20-16; New Zealand def Serbia 62-6; Australia def New Zealand 32-22; Great Britain def Serbia 98-0; Australia def Serbia 112-0; Great Britain def New Zealand 32-8.Army representatives:Bdr Jarred Bassett, Tpr Jack Blaine, Sgt Jason Brand, Pte Mahn Darley, Pte Keith Eshman, Pte Adam Fisher, Cfn Aaron Resch, Cfn Ross Hunter, Cpl Pat-rick Inskip, Sgt Danny Tavita.

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Dream run: One of four Army players selected in a World Dream Team, Tpr Jack

Blaine is pictured here putting a dent in the New Zealand defence during the

final of the Armed Forces’ World Cup in England. The Aussies amassed some big results against highly fancied opposition.

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