The most comprehensive picture of the incidence of suicide among defence personnel will be released on Wednesday, but mental health advocates are already calling for funding for better research. By Jackson Gothe-Snape 29 NOV 2016 The first-ever comprehensive...
With less than a week to go until Census night on 9 August, you should have received your online access codes but what if you don't have internet access? Included in the letter detailing your access codes, is a number to call to request a paper copy of the Census be...
AUSTRALIA'S top soldier has voiced the anger of his troops at the assassination of three Diggers by a rogue Afghan soldier, branding it "murder" at a time when the men were defenceless. Chief of the Army Lieutenant General David Morrison spoke out as bereaved family...
TOWNSVILLE based soldiers are now training and mentoring the Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 205 Hero Corps after a recent Transfer of Authority ceremony in Tarin Kot. A mentoring task force based on the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, have replaced...
by: Ian McPhedran From:Herald Sun June 21, 201212:00AM It is essential for the community to know the true "cost" of going to war, argues Ian McPhedran. Source: The Daily Telegraph THE Gillard Government and our military top brass want Australians to believe that our...
by: Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor From:The Australian July 04, 201212:00AM THE death of the 33rd Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan - and the 16th member of the special forces - shows the inadequacy, poor structure and imbalance of the Defence Force. The special...
The XM25 has a range of roughly 2,300 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan soon. I would call it the “Equalizer.” Some call it the “Punisher”. The rifle’s gun sight uses a laser rangefinder to determine the exact distance to the obstruction, after which the...
An Australian special forces soldier on his seventh tour of duty has been shot dead in Afghanistan while hunting an insurgent leader. The 40-year-old Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) soldier's death is the 33rd Australian fatality in Afghanistan since the war began...
Scientists have begun to understand the full impact bomb blasts have on the brains of those who live through them. Over the past decade, scores have been killed and maimed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and now new US research...
Dear Association members, I thought Id take a moment to thank you all for your ongoing support to 8/9 RAR, MTF 4 and our families while we are away, particularly over ANZAC Day. I hope that you all had a terrific day and managed to catch up with friends and family....
