CARTOON mascot Willy the Pig has made his overseas debut with Adelaide-based army troops in Iraq. More than 400 troops, predominantly from the Edinburgh-based 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, began deployment last month to Iraq and Afghanistan to work with local forces. The regiment’s commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel David McCammon presented a cartoon featuring […]
WELCOME HOME: Australians brought back to resting places closer to home – pages 2-3 http://www.defence.gov.au/news/armynews/
Slideshow Productions tribute to our fallen Aussie heroes of the Vietnam war finally returning home where they belong. R.I.P. https://youtu.be/FyJ-ih5kjEs
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 9 June 2016 – BRUCE McDOUGAL HOMELESS war veterans sleeping rough on the streets will be given a roof over their heads under a $1 million program to be rolled out in the NSW State Budget. Surveys have found about 8 per cent of rough sleepers in Sydney are war veterans, half with […]
The vast majority of Australian Defence Force personnel believes the Muslim religion promotes violence and terrorism, despite “cultural sensitivity training” by the ADF to have its soldiers take the view that Islam is a religion of peace. The bombshell new study sponsored by the army finds that such “anti-Muslim sentiments” are “probably quite widespread” among […]
For all diggers, past, present and future A Day in the Life of a Soldier Patrolling through the jungle green Searching for an enemy yet to be seen Smothering heat and saturated with sweat Terrible thirst but not to drink yet A hand signal ripples down the single file It means a five […]
ARMY NEWS GOES MOBILE: We have launched an official FREE app for viewing current and past editions online. The app is available through iTunes for iOS smart phones and tablets, and Google Play for Android devices. Simply search ‘Army News Australia’ in either the Apple store or Google Play. ON TARGET: International military members join with the […]
Exercise Physiology for veterans, war widows, current and ex-Australian Defence members. DVA pays for clinically necessary treatment! Entitled Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) clients may be referred for clinically necessary Exercise Physiology treatment by their General Practitioner on a valid D904 referral form. GOLD CARD HOLDERS are entitled to clinically necessary treatment covered by DVA’s health care […]
After waiting for more than 50 years, the family of Campbelltown Private Christopher Clark will watch their dream come true when his body is finally returned home to Australian soil during one of the largest single repatriations of servicemen and personnel in the nation’s history. Pte Clark’s two brothers, sister and their spouses will travel […]
Media Release Minister for Veterans’ Affairs 29 May 2016 Australia will welcome home 33 Australian service personnel and dependents, including 22 Vietnam War veterans, on Thursday, 2 June in one of the largest, single military repatriations in this country’s history. The returning Australians, 21 Vietnam veterans, three servicemen and eight dependents, had been interred at Terendak […]
Once a proud young soldier standing on parade Now a homeless nomad shivering in icy rain Cold concrete for a mattress and a newspaper blanket newly made Sleep broken with blinking frames of past horror, agony and pain Another patriot bound for war bid his wife and children adieu […]
The Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen & Women (TPI), is petitioning the Prime Minister to restore the economic loss component of the Veteran’s Special Rate (SR) and TPI compensation payments to 100% of the tax adjusted minimum wage. There are two categories of compensation for Disabled Veterans, those who are fully able […]
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