Edition 1339, October 23, 2014

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Edition 1339
October 23, 2014
From left, Cpl Jennifer
Pengelly, US Marine
Cpl Garry Yarborogh and
People’s Liberation Army
soldier Cpl Peng Cheng
Zhi take a break before
beginning survival
training as part of
Exercise Kowari 2014.
Photo by Cpl Jake Sims
This image has been digitally altered
Australian, US and
Chinese troops join forces
for Exercise Kowari in the
Northern Territory
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WORKING
TOGETHER
INCLUSIVE
CULTURE
ARMY ON
TRACK WITH
PATHWAY TO
CHANGE P2-3
NEW
VISION
AUSSIE SOLDIERS
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Committed to lasting cultural change
Trusted to defend, proven
to deliver, respectful always
THE Pathway to Change: Evolving
Defence Culture was released in
March 2012 and outlines Defence’s
commitment to cultural change to
improve capability and ensure the
continued support of the Australian
public.
Two-and-a-half years on, Army
has reached the half-way point of the
Pathway to Change program and has
implemented a number of initiatives
aimed at meeting Defence’s cultural
statement of intent – trusted to defend,
proven to deliver and respectful always.
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison said
much progress had been made since the
program was released.
“The past two years have seen many
changes occur across Army to both our
structure and to the culture that underpins our organisation,” he said.
“Over this time, we have made tangible progress toward achieving a cul-
ture that acknowledges and embraces
the capability benefits that diversity of
experiences and backgrounds bring.”
Since Pathway to Change
commenced, Army has implemented a
range of programs that aim to achieve
zero tolerance of sexual abuse, harassment and bullying; a reduction in
alcohol-related harm; enhanced diversity; and high standards of behaviour at
all times.
Reform initiatives across these four
areas are being driven through the following:
 L
eadership and accountability:
what is modelled;
 V
alues and behaviours: what is
expected;
 R
ight from the start: what is
inculcated;
 P
ractical measures: what is
experienced;
 C
orrective processes: how
misconduct is handled; and
ARMY VALUES
S
tructures and support: what
enables us.
Lt-Gen Morrison recognised that
long lasting cultural reform would take
time, however, he said Army was on the
right track.
“We have had some real achievements in recent years and it is important that we recognise the progress we
have made,” he said.
“However, there is still a lot of work
to be done.
“Under our contract with Australia,
every one of us has an active role to
play in ensuring we uphold Army’s key
values and contribute to a culture that is
deserving of the respect and trust of the
nation we serve.”
OUR CONTRACT WITH AUSTRALIA
I’m an Australian soldier who is an expert in close combat,
I’m physically and mentally tough, compassionate and courageous.
I lead by example, I strive to take the initiative,
I am committed to learning and to working for the team.
I believe in trust, loyalty and respect for my country, my mates and the Army.
The Rising Sun is my badge of honour.
I am an Australian soldier, always.

Pathway to Change – Our
Contract with Australia
Sig Natasha Neville, of
3CSR, mans a gun pit
during a field exercise.
Photo by Cpl David Cotton
T
For further information on Pathway to Change,
visit http://intranet.defence.gov.au/People/sites/
PathwayToChange/ComWeb.asp?page=49138
LCpl Vinnie Rami, of
Norforce, rests on
arms at a ceremony
at Yirrkala, Northern
Territory, marking
the 75th anniversary
of WWII and the
participation of local
Yolngu men who served
in the NT Special
Reconnaissance Unit.
Courage
Moral and physical, to act in the
best interest of the nation and
the Army, including the moral
strength and professionalism to
balance the will to win with compassion, and mateship with duty.
Photo by Cpl Bill Solomou
Initiative
To explore opportunities and
embrace innovation to improve
Army and our service to our
nation.
Respect
For ourselves, our colleagues,
our community and our history of service to the nation,
acknowledging that each one of
us has earned the right to wear
the Rising Sun badge and the
responsibility to uphold the values and traditions it symbolises.
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
ARMY is committed to diversity by valuing and respecting the
individual strengths in our people.
This takes courage and initiative, and even changes to the
way we operate, but results in bringing better players to the
field.
It means stronger teams that are able to adapt readily,
because they are accustomed to respecting more than one
way of thinking.
It means we continue to learn as we are exposed to new
ideas.
It means Australian soldiers can take the initiative in the
constantly changing environments in which Army operates,
because they are practised in adapting and embracing new
concepts on or off duty, in uniform or not.
Teamwork
To support each other, our
Australian community, our allies
and our regional security partners in striving to achieve our
mission, in a world connected
by digital communication, such
national and international ‘communities’ exist in both physical
and online domains.
Soldiers from 8
Bde conduct a
pack march during
a field exercise at
Singleton.
Photo by Cpl Mark Doran
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“Every time
you act in a
way that
upholds
Army’s
values,
you are
This contract also embodies the
reinaspirations for Army’s cultural reform.
forcArmy’s culture is our DNA. It influing your
ences Army’s ability to recruit and
commitment to
retain personnel. It generates our will
this contract and
to fight and maintains the high level of
trust the community has in our organisa- ensuring that
Army as a whole
tion.
is deserving
To ensure Army remains a relevant,
of the support
respected and trusted force, capable of
and trust of the
generating personnel to fight and win
the land battle, Army has adopted a pro- Australian people.”
RSM-A WO
cess of ongoing organisational reform.
David Ashley (right)
Army’s cultural reform agenda,
said all soldiers
which aligns with Pathway to Change
committed to the conobjectives, is founded on ensuring personnel are committed to Army’s contract tract when they joined the Army.
with Australia and demonstrate Army’s
“Every officer and soldier has a
core values – Courage, Initiative,
solemn obligation to the people of
Respect and Teamwork.
Australia, to themselves, each other and
By harnessing this collective comto our great Army,” he said.
mitment to the contract and core values,
“Our contract reminds us daily
Army will be able to implement iniof this obligation, which we all must
tiatives which will generate enhanced
accept willingly and cheerfully.
capability.
“Our core behaviours are embedded
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison (below)
in the wording, from every soldier an
said this contract was central to articuexpert in close combat to every soldier
lating Army’s culture and commitment
demonstrates compassion.”
to the Defence Pathway to Change.
He said when we were conflicted or
“Our contract with Australia is a
unsure, we would always be able to fall
statement of what we stand for as both
back on our contract.
individuals and as an organisation,” he
“Our contract, along with adhering
said.
to our values ‘basic drill’ of courage,
“It outlines the expected behaviour
initiative, respect and teamwork, will
and values that we, as soldiers, have
guide us to do right, even if it is the
pledged to uphold at all times.
‘hard right’ over an ‘easy wrong’; and
“As the Australian Army, we must
keep our trust with each other and the
represent the people who we serve and
people of Australia,” he said.
capitalise on the benefits that diversity
Our contract with Australia has
of experience, knowledge and background bring to our organisation.
been incorporated into initial training
at 1RTB with recruits learning to dem“The cultural and
diversity initiatives we onstrate behaviour that represents the
have implemented
contract.
over recent years
These include taking decisive action,
have contributed to taking responsibility for their own
meeting our combehaviour and actions and valuing evemitment under
rybody’s skills, experiences and backthis contract,
grounds.
demonstrating
As part of Army’s cultural reform
our courage
agenda,
Army Headquarters has develand initiative to make oped a values-based behaviours training
changes to package, A Matter of Respect, which
ensure our will be implemented across Army in
early 2015.
Army is
This training package links ‘Our
capable
Contract with Australia’, Army’s core
and relvalues and the standards of behaviour
evant into
the future.
expected of all Army personnel.
HE soldier’s contract has been
memorised and recited by
soldiers across Army and outlines their commitment to the
nation to uphold Army’s core values
and behaviours.
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October 23, 2014
Australian, Chinese and US military personnel
disembark a CH-47 Chinook at a remote Northern
Territory landing zone during Exercise Kowari 2014.
Below, Lt Chen Shang, of the People’s Liberation
Army, abseils from the roof of a Darwin hotel as
part of a team-building activity. Below inset, troops
get to know each other at Larrakeyah Barracks.
Photos by Cpl Jake Sims and AB Nicolas Gonzalez
Survival of the fittest
 Training first for Australian, Chinese and US militaries
Cpl Nick Wiseman
MILITARY personnel from
Australia, China and the US are
training together for the first
time, testing their survival skills
in the harsh outback of northern
Australia.
Exercise Kowari 2014 began on
October 7 and will run until October
25, highlighting defence cooperation between the three nations.
The inaugural environmental
survival training exercise is based
out of Larrakeyah Barracks in
Darwin.
Defence Minister David
Check out the
November 6
edition of Army
for more on
Exercise Kowari.
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Johnston said Exercise Kowari
would provide participants with
an understanding of the basic
principles, procedures, techniques
and equipment that could enhance
survival prospects in the harsh
Australian environment.
“The exercise demonstrates the
willingness of Australia, China and
the US to work together in practical
ways,” he said.
Led by 2 Div, members of
Norforce are responsible for the
conduct of the survival training
phase, providing their invaluable
skills and experience in the challenging northern Australian
conditions.
Thirty personnel – 10 Australian
soldiers, 10 from China’s People’s
Liberation Army, five from the US
Army and five US Marines – are
taking part in the exercise, with a
further 100 providing liaison and
logistics support.
The exercise has two phases,
with the first held around Darwin
focusing on team-building and trust.
Chief of Staff Lt-Col Allan
Hamley said teambuilding activities
set the troops up for success in the
survival phase.
“The trilateral teams learned all
about one another, their strengths
and weaknesses, while undertaking activities such as abseiling and
physical training to assist in the formation of their team,” he said.
The second phase is the survival
course run by Army’s experts in
survival – Norforce.
“The teams have deployed to
the Litchfield area where they are
training in environmental survival
and learning to survive in the harsh
Australian outback,” Lt-Col Hamley
said.
He said the exercise was significant because it was the first time
Australian, Chinese and US troops
had exercised in a trilateral activity.
“There was probably a small
degree of anxiety about the challenges of the survival phase, but the
teamwork they have displayed in
the first phase of the exercise has set
them up for success.”
Lt-Col Hamley said soldiers
were soldiers and he was impressed
by how they had joined together.
“They have put their language
differences to one side and formed
together as one single team,” he
said.
Exercise commander Brig Peter
Clay said the exercise provided
extremely challenging situations for
the participants to work through,
in some of the toughest terrain
Australia had to offer.
“The troops have had to depend
on each other absolutely in order to
succeed,” he said.
“Norforce, with its deep connections to Indigenous communities
and unrivalled expertise in survival
skills, has been the ideal unit to
provide this training.”
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WO2 David Sudholz (right), of Norforce, instructs Australian, Chinese and US military personnel in
survival techniques in remote Northern Territory bushland.
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return for productivity and efficiency reforms included in the
draft Workplace Remuneration
Arrangement (WRA 2014).
“I know many are disappointed at the size of the proposed pay
increase but I firmly believe this is
the best outcome we could achieve
in the circumstances, noting the
starting position was zero,” CDF
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“We must ensure the ADF is
playing its part to meet the government’s current and future budgetary
strategy by ensuring pay rises are
affordable and underpinned by efficiency measures.”
VCDF VAdm Ray Griggs, as
acting CDF, represented the ADF
in the Defence Force Remuneration
Tribunal (DFRT) hearing considering the WRA 2014 submission on
October 15.
During the hearing, VCDF
stressed that the ADF must work
within the government’s remuneration framework.
“The CDF and senior leadership
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broader budgetary and fiscal situation,” VAdm Griggs said.
The DFRT is expected to make
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from November 4 this year.
If approved, the 4.5 per cent
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from November 6, 2014 (paid on
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and November 3, 2016.
The 15 salary-related allowances
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The hearing was the final stage
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began across the ADF in June this
year with 70 information sessions
held in bases around the nation,
attended by more than 3300 members from all three Services.
In these information sessions,
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NEWS
October 23, 2014
THE Operation Okra Special
Operations Task Group (SOTG)
was consolidated in the Middle East
and ready and waiting for authority to deploy into Iraq, according
to Chief of Joint Operations VAdm
David Johnston at media briefing in
Canberra on October 17.
“It’s not a military issue, it’s just
taking time for the negotiations on legal
protections to finalise,” he said.
“I’m confident we’ll get in there and
make a useful contribution soon.
“The SOTG will work with Iraqi
Special Forces but could partner with
multiple units.”
VAdm Johnston said Bushmasters
had arrived in the Middle East to provide enhanced protection to SOTG
against IEDs.
More than 60 countries are participating in the US-led coalition against
ISIL.
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productivity was required to meet
government requirements for those
paid by the Commonwealth.
The Chiefs of Services
Committee met on August 29 to
discuss WRA 2014 and agreed the
ADF would deliver productivity
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 c easing of commanders’ discretion to approve Extra Recreation
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 removal of one-day stand-down
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 increasing the minimum qualifying period for higher duties from
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NEWS
October 23, 2014
Kiwi stint for LAV duo
 ‘The fact they trust us with million dollar vehicles is pretty awesome’
LS Jayson Tufrey
THE Anzac spirit is alive and well for
two Australian soldiers on exchange
with the Queen Alexandra Mounted
Rifles (QAMR) in New Zealand.
Cpls Marcelo Pullen and Edward
Stollery are participating in an Anzac
exchange and spending three months
with the NZ cavalry unit based at Linton
Military Camp, two hours north of the
capital, Wellington.
Having both just completed the
LAV conversion course, Cpl Pullen, of
2/14LHR, said he could now be employed
inside the NZ troop environment.
“I am now qualified to be a driver,
gunner or commander in their Type 3
‘Striker’ variant,” he said.
“Their LAV is very much the same as
ours. The turret is the same and the hull is
just bigger with a few minor differences.
For us that has made doing the conversion
course quite simple.
“2/14LHR and QAMR are actually
brother and sister units and we carry many
similar battle honours on our standard.”
Cpl Stollery said now that he had
finished the full conversion course he was
happy to be used as a commander.
“I am especially looking forward to
conducting the live-fire exercise with
these guys, too,” he said.
“It is great to have an idea of what a
next generation LAV is capable of.
“While it highlights the improvements
to our own platform, it’s exciting to see
the direction we will be heading in the
future.”
Both soldiers agreed the highlight of their time in NZ so far had
been talking part in the 150th birthday
celebrations of the Kiwi unit.
“It was amazing to be part of the
celebrations and the parade through
Palmerston North,” Cpl Pullen said.
“It’s not every day you get to share
such a significant milestone with a unit,
especially one with so much history and
which has such close ties with my unit
back home.
“Working with the Kiwis has been
awesome. They have taken us in and
made us one of their own.”
He said playing rugby for the unit was
a great honour, as was meeting with the
NZ Governor-General and CA.
Cpl Stollery said the Anzac esprit de
corps was still present.
“The mateship here has been great.
They are very welcoming,” he said.
“They have given us the opportunity to
see a bit of the country while we’re here,
and the fact they trust us with million
dollar vehicles is pretty awesome, too.”
The soldiers are eagerly anticipating
the brigade-level live-fire exercise,
Kiwi Koru, being held in November.
Both will play an active part as LAV
commanders.
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Doing something for yourself and your country.
Cpls Edward Stollery (left)
and Marcelo Pullen stand
in front of a New Zealand
LAV at Linton Military
Camp. The two soldiers
are on a three-month
exchange with the
NZ Defence Force.
Photo by LS Jayson Tufrey
Centenary of Anzac
commemorations
Chief of Navy VAdm Tim Barrett
MORE than 100 soldiers from Western
Australia’s 13 Bde will take part in the said the commemoration was important
to remember the sacrifices of those who
first major Australian-based event for
embarked in 1914.
the Centenary of Anzac commemora“The significance of this event is not
tions from October 31 to November 2.
The ‘Albany Convoy Commemorative
Event’ will mark the 100th anniversary
of the departure of the first convoy of
ships to WWI, which carried 30,000 men
from the Australian Imperial Force and
New Zealand Expeditionary Force to
the Middle East from Albany, Western
Australia.
More than 800 ADF personnel will
support activities on both land and at
sea with a gathering of naval ships, as
well as a ceremonial sunset, a troop
march and a commemorative service
with a fly past.
Ships of the first convoy
in Albany Harbour.
Photo courtesy AWM
lost even after a century, when so many
left these shores and were destined never
to return,” he said.
“Their actions established an essential
chapter in our military history.”
ADF personnel will also be involved
in a number of concerts, school visits,
sporting matches and a ship open day at
the Port of Albany.
The ship open day is free, with tickets available
at http://acce-ship-open-day-tickets.eventbrite.
com.au
Army NEWS
October 23, 2014
1RAR opens
door to health
 Hat Dich Centre provides opportunities for rest and rehabilitation
LCpl Kyle Genner
THE soldiers of 1RAR have opened
the doors to their brand new rehabilitation and recreation facility, aptly
named the ‘Hat Dich Centre’ after one
of the battalion’s battle honours.
Unique to Townsville’s 3 Bde, the Hat
Dich Centre is an intra-unit facility that
not only provides a place for wounded
soldiers to focus on their rehabilitation,
but offers a space for soldiers to relax
in an environment free from the usual
workplace stress of a warfighting unit.
In addition to providing a space for
rehabilitation and exercise, the centre has
lounges, wide-screen televisions, and a
kitchen complete with coffee machines
for soldiers to enjoy.
Instrumental to the success of the Hat
Dich Centre was the salesmanship of
Cpl Steven Frater who, with the backing
of 1RAR’s rehabilitation platoon (11 Pl),
made a lot of noise through the chainof-command to secure funding for the
project.
“We gave presentations to not only
our CO but the Brigade Commander, the
North Queensland RAR Association,
as well as former Land Commander
Australia, Maj-Gen Mark Kelly,”
Cpl Frater said.
“We managed to secure nearly
$54,000 of funding.”
Spearheading the design of the facility
was Cpl Simon Wiles, who literally taught
himself computer-aided design overnight.
“The biggest challenge was not selling
the concept, but selling our adaptation of
that idea,” Cpl Wiles said.
“To fully gain appreciation for the
project we created a series of handouts
and a 3D ‘fly through’ animation to
support our vision.”
To stretch every dollar of the budget,
the bulk of the construction was done
by members of 11 Pl, saving tens of
thousands of dollars in labour costs.
Taking advantage of skills possessed
by 11 Pl and other 1RAR soldiers, the
team knocked down walls, put down a
floating floor, installed a kitchenette,
painted, and built a large outdoor deck
that complements 1RAR’s soldiers’ club.
Ptes Brett Knowles and Paul Hagarty
were deeply involved in the building
work.
“It was awesome – heaps of fun
getting out of the usual routine,”
Pte Knowles said.
“I was an apprentice painter before
I joined the Army, so it was good to put
those skills to use again.”
Vietnam veteran Jock Brown, who
was a young soldier during the battles
at Hat Dich in 1968-69, attended the
centre’s opening on September 8.
“It’s great to see the soldiers of today
haven’t lost touch with the past. I’m
proud to be a part of that,” Mr Brown
said.
1RAR’s Rehabilitation Manager, WO2
Ronald Davis, hoped the facility would
encourage soldiers to educate themselves
on their own injuries and treatment.
“We also encourage soldiers’ families
to visit the centre during down times,”
WO2 David said.
“Resilience is not developed by
always pushing personnel to their limits.
Providing recreation and rehabilitation
opportunities increases morale and,
ultimately, retention.”
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Front to rear, Ptes Tyson
Nathaniel, Paul Hagarty,
Nelson Minichiello and Duke
Gordon, of 1RAR, give the
Hat Dich Centre a final clean
before its opening.
Below from left, Cpl Simon
Wiles, Pte Brett Knowles,
WO2 Ronald Davis, Jock
Brown and Lt-Col Eamon
Lenaghan stand in front of
the newly opened centre.
Photos by LCpl Kyle Genner
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October 23, 2014
Stay connected
 Remembering benefits of friendship on ADF Mental Health Day
Cpl Nick Wiseman
THE ADF’s Mental Health Day
for 2014 was officially launched
on October 10 with events running
throughout the month focusing on
the importance of staying connected.
VCDF VAdm Ray Griggs said
activities focused on the importance
of building and maintaining social
networks and the positive impact that
had on mental health.
VAdm Griggs emphasised that
mental health was just as important as
physical health.
“We in the ADF, in particular,
need to be in good shape in both of
those aspects,” he said.
“We have got to get to the point
where we talk about mental health in
the same way we talk about a broken
arm, and we’re not there yet. I think
we all know we are not there yet.
“There is still a deep stigma
attached to mental health in this
country and society, and we have to
help break that stigma down because
our mental health is so important for
us to do our job and to live our lives.”
He said relationships with people
important to us were necessary in
dealing with the various stresses in
work and life.
“We should never underestimate
the power of those relationships
to help us stay balanced and work
through those issues when they are
upon us,” he said.
“That is why one of the reasons
Members of Army
Headquarters start
their cross-country run
around Duntroon to mark
ADF Mental Health Day.
Photo by Cpl Nick Wiseman
Running for mental
health benefits
Cpl Nick Wiseman
CDF ACM
Mark
Binskin
talks with
personnel at
the Mental
Health Day
launch.
Photo by Cpl
Nick Wiseman
the theme of this year’s ADF
Mental Health Day is about staying
connected. Our lifestyle, and our job,
sometimes doesn’t allow us to stay
as connected as we’d like to be.
“We need to make sure that we
make the effort to do that.”
A CDF video message and more ADF Mental
Health Day information is at http://intranet.
defence.gov.au/vcdf/sites/adfmentalhealthday
MORE than 200 personnel from
AHQ took to the streets of Duntroon
on October 10 to battle it out for
the title of fastest man and woman
and to raise awareness of this year’s
ADF Mental Health Day.
AHQ Chief of Staff Brig Cheryl
Pearce said the cross-country activity
presented an opportunity for personnel
to challenge themselves and foster team
spirit.
“The majority of staff posted to
AHQ work indoors in segregated work
areas,” she said.
“The cross-country carnival was
arranged to get people out of the office,
break up routine and communicate the
importance of mental health.”
All branches within AHQ, including
the career management agency, participated in the running and walking events.
Brig Pearce said the event exceeded
their expectations.
“It was inspiring to see the number
of individuals, both military and APS,
pull on a pair of runners and give it a
go,” she said.
“Establishing and maintain resilience and good mental health should not
be taken for granted.
“Organising this event created an
opportunity for AHQ members to communicate with friends and colleagues in
a relaxed environment.”
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Army NEWS
October 23, 2014
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Mateship leads to success
 Friendships form on Exercise Bersama Lima 2014
Sqn-Ldr Mal Grieve and
Flt-Lt Alison Lambert
MORE than 4000 soldiers, sailors and airmen and airwomen
came to grips with a fictitious
foe threatening the sovereignty of
Singapore and Malaysia as part
of Exercise Bersama Lima 2014.
Bdr Brian Reid, of Rifle Company Butterworth
Rotation 107, competes in an obstacle course
challenge at Mandi Hill Camp, Singapore.
Photos by Cpl Shannon McCarthy
Bersama Lima brought together
defence elements from Five Power
Defence Arrangements (FPDA)
partners – Australia, New Zealand,
Malaysia, Singapore and the UK –
from October 7-22.
Personnel were supported by two
Air Force AP-3C Orions, a KA350
King Air, Navy’s Anzac-class frigate
HMAS Stuart and her embarked
S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter.
Australia’s exercise Commander
Gp-Capt Dennis Tan said the FPDA
remained a key component of
Australia’s regional defence strategy.
“This exercise gave the ADF
members the opportunity to work
together with FPDA member forces
to cultivate stronger regional ties,”
he said.
The FPDA, created in 1971, has
a strong focus on training, and in
more recent times, assistance during
and after disasters.
Held each year, Bersama Lima
is a very different sort of exercise.
It includes a field training exercise
(FTX) with maritime, land and air
operating in real time, a command
post planning exercise (CPX), as
well as planning for humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief.
This year’s FTX was located
across Singapore, Malaysia and the
South China Sea and saw, for the
first time, a FTX land component.
The CPX was based at the
Changi Naval Base in Singapore,
where a number of ADF personnel
worked together in teams with
personnel from other nations to plan
the campaign.
The exercise was based on a
challenging scenario in which a fictitious country threatened the sovereignty of Singapore and Malaysia.
It included a real-time training
course – an introduction to Joint
Military Appreciation Process,
delivered by the ADF Warfare
Centre.
For those involved in the CPX,
the exercise was not all screen work
or lectures. A deliberate objective in
the planning and implementation of
Bersama Lima was to build trust and
understanding between participants
from each of the FPDA nations.
Cultural and social events, as
well the daily exchange of news and
views over the brew point, helped
build a real esprit de corps.
Nor was it just about military
manoeuvres – the final two days of
Bersama Lima focused on humanitarian and disaster relief involving
non-government organisations.
During the exercise soldiers
from Rifle Company Butterworth
Rotation 107 also took part in
a mixed teams obstacle course
challenge at Mandi Hill Camp,
Singapore.
The Urban Operations Instructor
for the FPDA Coy, Capt Tom Larter,
said the company had come together
and formed 10 teams of multiple
nations to compete through the
obstacle course.
“This activity was aimed at
building the teamwork between
participating nations and enhancing
their integration for later parts of the
exercise,” Capt Larter said.
Bersama Lima is one of the most
significant exercises within the
FPDA series of activities.
The FPDA is the longeststanding multilateral arrangement in
South-East Asia and has maintained
relevance in the contemporary
security environment.
Valuable insights
Sqn-Ldr Mal Grieve
GAINING valuable insights into the
Joint Military Appreciation Process
was an important achievement for
signals officer Lt Monica Sell.
During Exercise Bersama Lima 2014,
Lt Sell worked as Staff Officer Request
For Information (RFI) – Land.
“My role during the exercise was to
answer RFIs from the various elements
within the logistics component command
through the exercise controller,” she said.
“It gave me a greater understanding
of how countries can work together on
common objectives.”
A key objective of Bersama Lima was
the building of a higher level of interoperability between participating nations by
working and socialising together.
“Meeting people from a range of
Lt Amy Duncan (left) and
Lt Monica Sell at work during
Exercise Bersama Lima 2014.
different backgrounds and cultures,
all working together, was a great
experience,” Lt Sell said.
Lt Amy Duncan was the movements
officer.
“My role was to provide advice on
movements to the joint logistic planning element within the command post
planning exercise,” Lt Duncan said.
“The exercise was certainly a valuable opportunity to build better understanding in the planning process and
increase my ability to work effectively in
an unusual working environment.
“As well, meeting people from other
countries and learning about how they
operate was a real eye-opener.
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October 23, 2014
1RAR Band off to MER
 Soldiers become the first personnel to be musicians in a forces entertainment tour band
Sgt Dave Morley
MUSICIANS from the 1RAR Band
deployed to the Middle East on a
forces entertainment tour for the first
time on October 14.
Band OC and musical director
Maj Lindsay Mee said when AAB
members had deployed on forces
entertainment tours in the past they
went as sound and lighting operators,
while the band comprised civilian
musicians.
“This is the first time any AAB
asset has provided musicians for the
band,” he said.
“This 1RAR Band deployed to the
MER in 2009, however, that was not a
forces entertainment deployment and
was primarily as a result of the 1RAR
Bn group being deployed. The CO had
requested the band deploy to entertain
the troops during the Christmas
period.”
Maj Mee said the five musicians
making up the band component of the
deployment had been preparing before
meeting the other musicians.
“They have been rehearsing with
both Virginia Lillye, a civilian vocalist
from Sydney, and Jade Holland, a
country vocalist from Townsville,” he
said.
“However, there was a lot of
preparation done by members
listening to and learning the songs
leading up to the rehearsals.”
Soldiers from the 1RAR Band rehearse ahead
of their MER forces entertainment tour.
While all eight personnel
deploying are musicians, four
are predominately performing as
members of the musical ensemble
and four are looking after the set-up
and running of the public address and
lighting equipment for the shows.
Maj Mee said all would work
together to perform the required
musical outcome.
“I am looking forward to
entertaining troops from 1RAR who
are on operations in the MER, as well
as the numerous other members of
the ADF who are deployed there,” he
said.
“For us as musicians there is
no greater honour, privilege and
enjoyment than being able to use our
skills to support and entertain our
fellow ADF members while they are
on operations.”
Pte Ryan Casey, who joined the
1RAR Band as his first posting in
2013, said his role was to support the
musicians and entertainers by setting
up and operating lights for the shows.
“I love being able to contribute
to the Army by doing what I love,
playing music and entertaining,” he
said.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the
soldiers let their hair down and enjoy
a few hours of entertainment in what
is usually a very difficult environment.
“I expect that playing a small
part in increasing morale among the
troops will be an extremely rewarding
experience.”
Musn Nathan Moore, a keyboard
player and backing vocalist who
posted into the band at the start of
the year, said he was also looking
forward to seeing the troops enjoy the
entertainment.
“I’m in the fortunate position of
being able to do what I love for a job
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Army NEWS
October 23, 2014
11
Sense of achievement
 Personnel honoured for critical work in Cambodia on Operation Gemini
Lt Matthew Webb
THE Force Communications Unit
(FCU) that deployed to Cambodia in
the early 1990s was honoured with
a Meritorious Unit Citation during
an investiture ceremony at Simpson
Barracks, Victoria, on September 22.
The FCU deployed as Australia’s
main contribution to United Nations
Transitional Authority in Cambodia
(UNTAC) under Operation Gemini
between March 1992 and October
1993.
The Meritorious Unit Citation was
awarded for sustained and outstanding
service in warlike operations.
Governor-General Gen Sir Peter
Cosgrove presented the citation warrant and insignia to the two contingent commanders, Brig Stephen
Ayling (retd) and Col Martin Studdert
(retd), along with their respective
RSMs – WO1s Barry Martin (retd) and
Jeffrey Yates.
Brig Ayling said it was a privilege
to receive the citation on behalf of the
FCU.
“As a unit we have a sense
of achievement from our time in
Cambodia 22 years ago and the work
we did there,” he said.
The FCU comprised members
of the Australian and New Zealand
defence forces.
It was initially tasked to provide
communications between components of the UNTAC, the Cambodian
Supreme National Council and the
military headquarters of the four
political factions.
As elections in Cambodia moved
closer, the unit provided additional
logistics support to the election process, often in hostile conditions.
Personnel also maintained the communications network at more than 50
locations across Cambodia.
“We approached our task with a
‘can do’ spirit,” Brig Ayling said.
“There were many unknowns and
problems which were overcome by all
ranks, in sometimes dangerous and
uncertain conditions.”
Brig Ayling also paid tribute to the
families who supported the soldiers
during the deployment.
“I recognise the immense contribution by the families while we were
away – some of us for more than 12
months,” he said.
“Mail took about two weeks to
reach us and it was very difficult for
our loved ones, who were our support base, managing everything back
home.”
The parade was hosted by Head of
RASIGS Maj-Gen Michael Milford,
while members of the Defence Force
School of Signals formed the Royal
Guard.
Former members who believe they are eligible
to receive the insignia of the unit citation
should visit www.army.gov.au/Army-life/
Honours-and-Awards/Stories-about-Honoursand-Awards/Unit-Citation-awarded-toForce-Communications-Unit-Cambodia for
information about how to apply.
Soldiers from the Defence Force School of Signals march
on to the parade ground at Simpson Barracks in Melbourne
before the Meritorious Unit Citation investiture ceremony.
Inset, Governor-General Gen Sir Peter Cosgrove
congratulates members of the Force Communication Unit
who served in Cambodia. Photos by AB Cassie McBride
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October 23, 2014
Climate change will have a major
impact on the types of wars in
which the ADF becomes involved
in the future. Photo by Leut Sarah West
Climate change and war
“
 Resource stress and population growth will affect the nature of warfare
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THE controversial topic of
climate change, and how it
relates to Defence planning, was
discussed during a seminar at
Russell Offices in Canberra on
September 30.
Director of Research and
Strategic Plans – Army Dr Albert
Palazzo held the attention of the
audience of more than 50 Defence
members for more than an hour.
He said climate change was not
new and had been going on since
before humans inhabited the earth.
“But with the increase in population over the last 100 years, the
world is just barely producing
enough food,” he said.
“Societies have collapsed
through population growth and
resource stress and soon this could
cause a decline in the ability to
grow food.
“A lot of the anti-Assad regime
problems in Syria stemmed from an
underlying food shortage issue.”
Dr Palazzo said climate change
would affect the availability of
resources which, in turn, would
affect the nature of war.
“Wars will become more numerous and more frequent, more
violent, more lethal, more divisive
and less ethical, and there will also
be much higher casualty rates,” he
said.
“The parameters of future war
will change to wars of societal
fracture, wars of movement, wars
of existence, not choice, and wars
without limits.”
Dr Palazzo said wars of societal
fracture would occur where governments could not hold society
together and people’s allegiances
might shift to a lower level, such as
tribal or religious groupings.
“Wars of movement would
occur when people could no longer
support themselves in their own
societies so they move somewhere
where they can be supported,” he
said.
“Wars of existence, not choice,
would happen where people need
to find the resources they require,
or die, so they may be prepared to
fight for these resources.
Wars will become more numerous
and more frequent, more violent,
more lethal, more divisive and less
ethical, and there will also be much
higher casualty rates.
– Dr Albert Palazzo,
Director of Research and Strategic Plans – Army
“Wars without limits would see
people doing much nastier things
because they will do whatever
they need to get the resources they
require.”
Dr Palazzo said the countries
that survived the best would be the
most pragmatic ones – the ones
prepared to adapt to the conditions.
SO2 Future Force analysis –
Combat Services Support Cell
Maj Glenn Taylor said Dr Palazzo
provided a perspective based in part
on historical review.
“This review reminded us that
climate change is not new and that
regardless of short-term political
cycles and debate, the need to adapt
remains an ever-present requirement for Defence,” he said.
“Populations in the past have
responded to climate change by
moving, however, migration of
populations within a nation state
construct is problematic.
“The movement of people in the
past has also been associated with
friction on territorial boundaries
and, more often than not, conflict
over resources.
“Three key factors for me were
the need to maintain national capability and capacity to sustain food,
fuel and physical security.”
Maj Taylor said climate change
would require adaptation to what
we could grow and export.
“Increased global energy
demands will require decisions
on generation as well as what we
retain for national capacity, and our
physical security will be dependent
whether we let the ‘globalised
market’ dictate our sovereign
security,” he said.
“Dr Palazzo also questioned
the value of maintaining capability
at the bleeding edge of innovation
in a resource constrained world,
reflecting on the risks associated
with systems reliant on corporate
or national security repair or
intellectual property caveats.
“Students of history may reflect
on our national response during
WWII when we were required to
establish complete industries at
short notice due to constrained or
contested global supply chains.
“What would it take for us to
repeat that commitment to selfdefence?”
SO2 Directorate of Force
Development – Army Maj Edward
Miller said he found the seminar
informative to start with, and even
better when people asked questions about how climate change
and human factors would affect
Australia and the ADF in the near
future.
“Dr Palazzo reminded us that
the problems we face will include
human factors, economics,
geography and nature,” he said.
“He suggested that the Army
needs to be larger and less dependent on technology and other countries, but not because we face the
threat of conventional invasion.
“Instead, Australia will have
to capitalise on our geographic,
resource and social advantages
when other countries are struggling
with shortages and conflicts.”
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October 23, 2014
“
Focus on ‘can’, not ‘can’t’
 Recognition for two officers for their hard work in helping soldiers recover from injury and illness
Cpl Nick Wiseman
TWO officers from 8/9RAR determined to better handle the health and
wellbeing of wounded, injured or ill
soldiers in their unit have been recognised for their hard work.
Maj Shane Sarlin and Capt Peter
Southern finished first in category six
of the 2014 Comcare Work Health and
Safety Awards – Rehabilitation and
Return to Work Management.
The awards aim to recognise and
reward excellence in workplace health
and safety, rehabilitation and return to
work.
Capt Southern said while it was
good their work had been recognised,
he had actually hoped they wouldn’t
win.
“I had hoped that someone out
there was already doing this better,”
he said.
“We had some great results and
success stories from the program.”
The return to work program was
developed and implemented at the
unit and initially focused on the high
volume of soldiers returning from
deployment who needed assistance.
Instead of having soldiers staying
away from the work environment for
extended periods of time recuperating
from their injuries, the program aimed
to keep the soldiers active – at least, as
much as possible.
After consultation with the local
Soldier Recovery Centre and other
rehabilitation professionals, the five-
Capt Peter Southern (left)
and Maj Shane Sarlin, of
8/9RAR, were first in the
Rehabilitation and Return
to Work Management
category of the 2014
Comcare Work Health
and Safety Awards.
We had some great results and
success stories from
the program.
– Capt Peter Southern, 8/9RAR
Photo by Trevor Connell
week program was quickly adopted
by the unit and successfully gave the
soldiers meaningful employment while
they recovered or transitioned out of
Army.
Initiatives such as this complement
and enhance the clinical treatment and
occupation rehabilitation programs
provided to injured and ill ADF members through Joint Health Command.
The aim is to return members to
their original work or to other work in
Defence as soon as possible.
Capt Southern said it was important
to ask what a soldier could do, not
what they couldn’t do.
“The program was run within each
individual’s restrictions with specific
targeting for specific injuries,” he said.
Although still a skeleton program,
Capt Southern said he hoped the wider
ADF would pick up the lessons from
the program.
“It really is something that needs to
be driven from the top,” he said.
“The quicker we engage the
soldier, the better the result for the
individual.”
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October 23, 2014
Last Huey
rehomed
The last Aviation Military Iroquois
fleet aircraft is rehomed at the
Scottsdale RSL in Tasmania.
 Military Iroquois fleet now on display
ARMY and Air Force marked a
significant milestone when the last
helicopter of the Australian Military
Iroquois fleet was delivered to its new
home.
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training, transport and searchand-rescue flights.
From 1966 to 1971, Australian
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during the Vietnam War. During
this time the larger UH-1H model
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callsigned ‘Bushrangers’, armed
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Members of the Army Aviation
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Queensland delivered tail number A02295 to the Scottsdale RSL in Tasmania on
September 30.
The Iroquois fleet ended operations
in December 2007 and the majority
of the aircraft were given to Defence
establishments for use as static displays or
training aids.
The final eight aircraft were sold
to Australian historical organisations,
including military museums and RSLs
around the country.
Huey A02295 had been
in storage at
Damascus Barracks
in Queensland for
seven years before
it was carefully
strapped down
on the back of a
semitrailer for its
journey south across
the Bass Strait.
WO1 Craig Walker was the sole
serving military member on the project for
all but the final delivery.
“I was very proud to represent the
Australian Army and to be involved with
the transfer of these historical assets to
RSLs and museums across the country,”
he said.
“Talking to Vietnam veterans and
locals at each of the locations made me
aware of the significance of these aircraft
to the local communities.
“In the majority of cases, each Iroquois
will be displayed under cover, which
means the aircraft will be preserved for
future generations.”
Former Army aircraft technician and
disposals coordinator Dave Eglington was
responsible for overseeing the deliveries of
the helicopters to their new homes.
“For me, coordinating the deliveries
of the final eight aircraft to Australian
historical organisations has been the
highlight of the whole project,” he said.
“Meeting with Vietnam veterans and
learning of their personal experiences with
these aircraft was very humbling. Some of
the historical organisations are in small
towns dotted across the country and these
SERVICE HISTORY
HELICOPTER A02-295 crashed
in April 1977 while trying to
rescue a suspected snake-bitten
soldier from High Range training
area at night.
Air Force assessed the
helicopter had sustained
unrepairable damage (Category
5), however, Bell Helicopters
at Eagle Farm repaired it and
handed it back to the RAAF in
March 1978.
The aircraft also served
several tours of Bougainville with
Army Aviation.
A 5 Avn Iroquois helicopter flies over
Indonesia on a humanitarian mission.
Photo by PO Phillip Cullinan
aircraft represent major tourist drawcards
for their respective organisations and
military displays.
“Being an integral part of the disposal
of such a significantly historical asset has
been the highlight of my DMO career thus
far.”
The cold and wet Tasmanian weather
did not hamper the spirits of the large
crowd that gathered in the street to
welcome A02-295 as it arrived at the
Scottsdale RSL.
The RSL’s president, Bruce Scott, also
a Vietnam veteran, could not believe that
after many years of hard work his Huey
had finally arrived.
“It was a great day for the RSL subbranch as very little military memorabilia
finds its way to Tasmania,” he said.
“It took three years of negotiation,
paperwork and fundraising to get it here.”
A $300,000 museum is being built
adjoining the club, with work expected to
start in the coming weeks. It is anticipated
to be completed in time for Anzac Day.
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A long-haul weekend
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 Leadership and mateship the focus of reserve training activity
Lt-Col Sandra Turner
FORTY-five personnel and 25 vehicles from 9CSSB’s Transport Coy
completed a 700km journey from
their base at Warradale to Port
Lincoln from September 19-21.
It was a weekend with a difference
for the 9CSSB soldiers at the Port
Lincoln Depot, who hosted their
regular and reserve colleagues from
Adelaide, including the CO and RSM.
The training activity included six
members on a non-continuous drivers course who were learning to drive
vehicles with 8-tonne loaded trailers
attached.
The course was run over three
consecutive weekends and included
country and night driving, with the
Port Lincoln journey providing an
opportunity to apply their skills.
The convoy travelled in three
groups and included a Bushmaster
PMV.
Pte Ron Daniels drove the MC3
Heavy Mack truck.
“We don’t get to travel this many
kilometres very often as most of our
driving is in the city and near the
barracks,” he said.
“The Mack still handles well on the
open road and it provided support and
recovery for the Unimogs that were
part of the drivers course.”
CO 9CSSB Lt-Col David Lipschitz
visited the depot on the Saturday
The Mack still
handles well on
the open road.
– Pte Ron Daniels,
9CSSB
afternoon with the 9CSSB RSM.
Lt-Col Lipschitz said the weekend
activity ensured the soldiers continued
to develop their skills.
“This type of training activity
enables 9CSSB transport soldiers to
further develop their driving and support skills, and provides opportunities
for building leadership and mateship
along the way,” he said.
“With activities such as this,
Transport Coy continues to build capability to support 9 Bde’s commitment
to Plan Beersheba.”
He said Port Lincoln had the only
outlying 9CSSB depot outside of
Warradale Barracks in Adelaide.
“It has a long history,” he said.
“It’s an excellent facility we use
wherever possible.
“I hope the convoy’s presence in
Port Lincoln over the weekend also
generated some local interest in the
Army Reserve.”
Ptes Geoff Lehman and Ron Daniels secure
a Land Rover onto the back of a Unimog at
Port Lincoln before returning to Adelaide.
Inset, soldiers conduct pre-journey checks
as dawn breaks in Port Lincoln.
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 Vietnam veteran restores WWII vehicle
Sgt Dave Morley
Mr Lavis said the Jeep was used
to transport WWII diggers in the
A FORMER Vietnam War tunnel Adelaide Anzac Day march every
rat has put his retirement to good year.
“My wife Janice drives it while
use by restoring a 1944 Willys
I march with my mates,” he said.
Jeep.
“The old blokes love riding in
Darryl Lavis, a National Service
sapper who served with 1 Fd Sqn in it.”
During Mr Lavis’s Vietnam
Vietnam from 1968-69, found the
service he was involved in clearing
Jeep on a farm at Goolwa in South
and demolishing enemy bunkers,
Australia.
as well as operating plant equip“It was not in good condition
ment to construct fortificaand had a lot of rust, but I’d just
tions inside the base area and
retired so restoring it was a good
rebuild culverts blown up by
hobby,” he said.
“I had to rebuild the gear box
the enemy.
and my son helped me with some
Mr Lavis is a member of the
welding that had to be done.”
National Military Vehicle Museum
Mr Lavis said he didn’t know
of South Australia, which is based
much about the vehicle’s history
in a former WWII explosives facexcept that it served with the US
tory on six acres near RAAF Base
Army in Australia during WWII.
Edinburgh.
“I decided to rebuild it in the
He encouraged those with an
same way it would have been coninterest in old military vehicles,
figured for the European theatre of regardless of whether they own
war because I’ve always been a fan one, to join as a member of the
of old war movies like Battle of the museum.
Bulge and Kelly’s Heroes,” he said.
“I made the machine-guns out
For more information, visit
of wood and plastic.”
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Former National
Serviceman Darryl
Lavis shows off his
restored WWII Jeep.
Photo by Sgt Dave Morley
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October 23, 2014
SHOW OF POWER
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1 Bde displays its might during Exercise Predators Walk 2014, Capt Kris Gardiner reports.
N
OT ones to stand idle during
their reset year, soldiers of
1 Bde have completed
demanding collective
training on their largest exercise for
2014.
Frewen said Predators Walk provided
important experience in a realistic
combined arms combat team
environment.
“The exercise evaluated and
validated unit training regimes and
preparedness with live ammunition,”
Exercise Predators Walk, held from Brig Frewen said.
September 1-15, involved personnel
“Of particular focus was the
and combined arms capabilities from
training and testing of junior leaders
the brigade’s Darwin and Adelaideof the combat brigade to conduct midbased units.
intensity operations.”
The exercise was conducted at
Soldiers were engaged in a series
the Mt Bundey Training Area in the
of scenarios within live-fire lanes,
Northern Territory and certified the
under the guidance and direction of a
foundation skills of troop and platoon- combat team commander.
sized elements in Army Training
At the core of the training was
Level Standard 3B Combined Arms.
the opportunity to integrate armour,
infantry, engineer, artillery and rotaryCommander 1 Bde Brig John
wing support in task-oriented teams.
These combinations demonstrated
various lethal effects to the soldiers,
adding a sense of realism of the
scenarios and providing valuable
experience.
“Capabilities like the Abrams tank
are overwhelming on the battlefield,
both physically and aurally, and
soldiers must be conditioned for this,”
Brig Frewen said.
“Some of our soldiers are new to
Army and may have not experienced
these weapons first-hand.
“Predators Walk provides our soldiers with experience of the sounds
of battle and a true sense of the firepower around them.”
With the successful completion of
the exercise, Brig Frewen said 1 Bde
would shift its focus towards next
year.
“2015 will be a challenging year
for the brigade and Army broadly as
we enter the readying phase in the
force generation cycle under the new
combat brigade concept,” Brig Frewen
said.
“Plan Beersheba initiatives such
as the Armoured Combat Regiment
will increase the capacity of our land
forces.
“We must ensure we can best
employ these forces in concert with
each other.
“Exercises like Predators Walk
ensure the brigade will enter the ready
phase prepared.”
5RAR soldiers disembark an
M113AS4 APC to provide support
to an Abrams.
Soldiers from 2 Cav Regt fire
on simulated enemy at the Mt
Bundey Training Area during
Exercise Predators Walk 2014.
Photos by Capt Kris Gardiner
“
After hearing the shrapnel whiz
overhead, it reinforced how
important it is to ensure safe and
timely fires are provided...
Gunners fire on Mt Bundey
Capt Michael York
FOR the first time in more than a
decade, two CH-47D Chinooks
have air inserted M777A2 guns to
soldiers from
103 Bty, 8/12 Regt, during
Exercise Thunder Run Two.
The culminating exercise for the
Darwin-based battery ran simultaneously with 1 Bde’s Exercise
Predators Walk at the Mt Bundey
Training Area.
Battery Commander Maj Wade
Cooper said Thunder Run Two incorporated key aspects of fire support
base operations and provided valuable experience for the gunners.
“The exercise was focused on
developing the junior leadership
within the battery,” Maj Cooper said.
“For most battery members,
staging and operating out of a fire
support base was a new experience.
“The gunners developed the
defensive routine, focusing on the
ability to provide timely and accurate
360 degree artillery fires, 24/7.”
The battery supported Predator’s
Walk with offensive support to 1 Bde
manoeuvre lanes and live-fire defensive shoots. The gunners also conducted danger-close serials, urban
patrols and clearances with the
support of military police from
B Coy, 1 MP Bn, and soldiers from
B Coy, 7RAR.
A highlight for the gunners was
the air-mobile operations conducted
in conjunction with C Sqn, 5 Avn
Regt.
Two CH-47D Chinooks inserted
the battery with its M777A2 guns
– the first time this has been done
within the regiment for well over 10
years.
This provided a good training
opportunity for the gunners to plan
and execute air-mobile operations,
supported by an infantry platoon to
secure the gun position.
At the end of the exercise 103 Bty
conducted a live-fire defence of the
gunline incorporating flanking support from A Sqn, 2 Cav Regt.
This included indirect and direct
fire from the M777A2s and 25mm/
MG fires from ASLAVs, through to
84mm and small arms both day and
night.
Bdr Patrick Papas said the
chance to train with a variety of
weapons systems and capabilities in
realistic scenarios provided valuable
experience.
“To flex our guns towards an
advancing enemy, train with a variety
of live weapon systems alongside
the firepower and manoeuvre provided by the cavalry was impressive,”
Bdr Papas said.
“It was an excellent opportunity to
work with them.”
Thunder Run Two ended with a
danger-close training serial designed
to provide the soldiers with exposure
to the devastating effects of artillery.
Soldiers from the gunline and
command post joined personnel
from A Sqn, 2 Cav Regt; 8CHC;
B Coy, 1 MP Bn; and 1CER in a dugin splinter-proof trench.
Artillery fire was brought to within
175m of soldiers, the closest distance possible during peace-time
training.
Fire Support Officer Lt Kyle
Handreck said it was a great experience to occupy the danger-close
observation post, especially for the
gunline soldiers.
“The battery worked tirelessly and
meticulously,” Lt Handreck said.
“After hearing the shrapnel
whiz overhead, it reinforced how
important it is to ensure safe and
timely fires are provided in support
of joint fires teams and manoeuvre
elements.”
– Lt Kyle Handreck,
Fire Support Officer, 8/12 Regt
Fire mission gunners from
103 Bty, 8/12 Regt, conduct a
mission at last light to support
a 1 Bde manoeuvre.
103 Bty gunners hook up an
M777A2 to a Chinook at the
Mt Bundey Training Area.
Photos by Lt Robert Pyke
103 Bty gunners conduct
urban operations.
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A member of 2 Cav
Regt observes a
live-fire shoot from
his ASLAV.
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FEATURES
October 23, 2014
A new generation of
Australian soldiers are playing a key mentoring
role at the Afghan National Army Officer
Academy near Kabul, Cpl Max Bree reports.
A
NEW generation of Afghan
N a t i o n a l A r m y ( A NA )
officers are going through
their paces at the ANA
Officer Academy on the outskirts of
Kabul, helped by Australians on a
British-led mentoring mission.
With the graduation of the first
kandak (battalion) of 245 cadets in
September, chief mentor Brig Bruce
Russell, of the British Army, said the
success was greatly helped by ADF
mentors.
“In many ways Australia is further
ahead in their understanding than most
of the temperament of the people here,”
he said.
“The hard yards you’ve done in
Uruzgan and other places means some
of the best mentors out here have been
Australians.”
The academy, based on the Royal
Military Academy – Sandhurst in the
UK, is part of a plan to professionalise the ANA after its rapid expansion
in the past decade to around 200,000
personnel.
Cadets go through three 14-week
terms, first learning soldiering skills,
then officer and planning skills, followed by warfighting and counterinsurgency in the last term.
Maj Andrew White, who is the
deputy national representative for
Australia at the academy, said the ANA
had ADFA and US Officer Candidate
School equivalents, but nothing like
RMC.
“They didn’t have a warrior school
for breeding combat officers to lead
men and women onto the battlefield,”
he said.
“They modelled it off Sandhurst
because the Chief of General Staff
attended there in the 1960s.”
The Australians are joined by other
mentors from Britain, Denmark, New
Zealand and Norway, who have been on
rotation and mentoring since the first
cadets arrived in October last year.
The mentors are in place to guide
the Afghan instructors and help them
develop the best training packages for
cadets.
But Brig Russell said mentors did
not deliver hands-on lessons to the
cadets.
“I spend many hours sitting with the
commandant, Brig-Gen Sharifi, chewing the fat over all manner of practical
problems,” he said.
“Every day we’re mulling over the
simplest issues right up to the strategic
issues, but it’s clearly his command –
not mine.”
To ensure the future Afghan officer
corps is well received, Brig Russell
said cadets were ethnically balanced.
“They’re drawn from every single
province across Afghanistan,” he said.
“The selection process is based on
the British Army’s officer selection
board, but that has to be balanced by
ethnicity and region.”
Brig Russell said the Afghan
instructors were slightly ahead of
where he expected them to be after one
year.
“As they have come to the end of
the cadets’ third term, they have been
through quite a long period of exercises, culminating in a final exercise that
was almost totally run by the Afghan
instructors,” he said.
The new lieutenants have now
headed to branch schools for their
specialist training and will then be
posted to units all over Afghanistan.
“I expect the quality of cadets
will improve over the years as former
cadets gain operational experience
and become instructors in the future,”
Maj White said.
“But I think it’s too early to expect
them to be at the standard of a graduate
from RMC.”
The British Army has established
about 30 other Sandhurst-type academies over the past 150 years in places
like India, Bangladesh and Jordan.
With this experience, Brig Russell
said the UK had learnt not to take short
cuts.
“It’s no good thinking ‘right, we’ve
got this to a really good place, let’s
just slowly ease away and hope no one
notices’,” he said.
“You do have to stick with this in
reasonably strong numbers for at least a
couple of years.
“We’re going to need the commitment from all nations for a good few
years to come.”
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WITH heads held high and swords held
firm, the first class of Afghan National
Army (ANA) officer cadets marched out of
the ANA Officer Academy on September
22.
The parade marked the completion of 12
months of training for the first kandak’s 245
cadets.
After conducting a formal march past in
their ceremonial uniforms, four cadets were
recognised for high achievement with the
presentation of ceremonial swords donated by
coalition nations supporting the academy.
Military mentors from the Australian,
British, Danish, Norwegian and New
Zealand defence forces attended the parade.
Many took the opportunity to say goodbye to
the cadets before they marched out to various units and other training schools across
Afghanistan.
Australian mentor Sgt Lloyd Harris was
proud to see the cadets complete their training.
“The key thing I’ll take away from this role
is working with the Afghans,” Sgt Harris said.
“They’re really positive and they’re emotionally invested in this place and committed
to making it work.
“When there has been hard work to be
done, they’re the first ones in there doing it.”
Officer cadets on
parade at the Afghan
National Army Officer
Academy graduation.
Photo by Cpl Janine Fabre
Comms training vital to success
Cpl Max Bree
BEFORE cadets at the ANA Officer
Academy get their hands on a radio,
they must go through the Signals
Training Wing.
And before Australian Army
mentor Sgt Robert Staley can help
Afghan signals instructors, he sits
down for long talks with his new
mates.
“We probably spent the first two
or three weeks sharing drinks of chai
(tea) and talking about our families,”
he said.
“You can’t just come in and say
‘you do it this way’ – you say ‘how’s
your family, how’s the weather?’
You build your way into it. That’s the
Afghan culture.”
The wing takes cadets through
basic radio operation and onto
running a command post, which is
similar to what Australian staff cadets
learn at RMC.
Sgt Staley said they gave the
Afghans lesson plans that had been
translated into Dari.
“The Afghans will conduct the
lessons after they have put that plan
into PowerPoint or Excel,” he said.
“These guys don’t even need to
look at the board when delivering
lessons as the PowerPoint is there
for their students to write notes.”
Sgt Staley’s mentoring team
includes a British captain and sergeant and a Danish interpreter.
Together they help Afghan
instructors teach students how to
use 1077 man-pack radios, 7700
hand-held radios and RT7000 HF
radios.
“The instructors are happy to
accept constructive criticism,”
Sgt Staley said.
“You tell them where they can
improve and then you finish on a
positive.”
Sgt Staley said the Afghan
instructors were eager to welcome
the mentoring team.
“You can joke with them and have
fun. They’re soldiers just like us,” he
said.
Sgt Shirshah, an Afghan signals
instructor at the academy, said the
mentors were responsible for his new
teaching skills.
“They’d sit with us and we’d work
together to improve the lessons,” he
said through an interpreter.
“We now know all the lessons
and how to teach them.”
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Good for them, good for their country
A captain from 3RAR is deployed to Camp Qargha near Kabul,
Afghanistan, mentoring female officer cadet instructors at the
Afghan National Army Officer Academy, Cpl Max Bree reports.
A
An officer cadet opens fire
during a practice section attack
at the ANA Officer Academy.
Capt Danielle
Huggins (middle),
of 3RAR, works
with instructors
at the ANA Officer
Academy in Kabul.
“They might like getting taught
FEMALE voice yells lessons in a walled-off part of the
by us but they understand we’re here
orders as women open academy where they also live.
Only female staff, mentors and to teach the Afghan instructors,” she
fire with M16 rifles on the
translators
are allowed to work with said.
outskirts of Kabul.
This is the first intake of female
cadets at the Afghan National Army
(ANA) Officer Academy and they are
learning squad attacks before the end
of their initial term in late October.
Since starting their course in June,
the women have learned first aid, tactics and weapons handling as part of
their 12-month course, after which
they will commission as lieutenants
in the ANA.
Their Afghan instructors are
mentored by a team of women from
Australia, the UK and Denmark,
including Capt Danielle Huggins, of
3RAR.
“We expect the cadets will work
in medical, admin or signal roles,”
she said.
“Traditionally, ANA women in
these jobs weren’t really given much
to do. So this course is conducted to
make them credible officers so they
can be seen as competent in their
areas, just like the men.”
The cadets form a “tolay” or
company and conduct most of their
them.
After more than 10 years in the
Army, Capt Huggins knows what it’s
like for new women in the military.
“Just like any other girls joining
the Army it’s a shock to the system,
then you see them slowly take shape
as soldiers,” she said.
“It’s really good to see how they
were at the start to how they are at
the end of the first term. Plus, they
are getting to do something they
wouldn’t usually get to do.”
She said many of the cadets joined
the Army to help Afghanistan.
“Most have strong military families so they’ve received a lot of support and some families have given
them a push to be here because they
know it’s good for them,” she said.
“We have some girls who don’t
have the support of their families
who are just here to try and make a
difference.”
Capt Huggins believed the cadets
viewed female coalition mentors as
competent leaders.
“There aren’t many women in
the ANA for them to look up to at
the moment. But they can look at us
and say ‘I want to be like that’ and
perhaps come back as platoon commanders so they can be role models
for the next batch of female cadets.”
Working with coalition mentors helped the new cadets progress, according to ANA instructor
Lt Fatima.
“They have progressed a lot in
their military skills,” she said through
an interpreter.
“I’m very happy to be working
with the Australians – Australia has
helped Afghanistan a lot.”
She said she hoped to follow
the examples set by the coalition
mentors.
“I’m very proud to be working in
the ANA both as an officer and as a
woman,” she said.
“I’m proud the students will serve
their country in the future. We want
to be active in the future, we want to
be like our partner nations.”
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October 23, 2014
Skill at arms universal
Refining traditional
ways of teaching
weapons skills is a
new challenge for one
warrant officer,
Cpl Max Bree
reports.
W
HEN machine-guns and
rifles start firing down
range at the Afghan
National Army (ANA)
Officer Academy, it’s under the
supervision of their Skill at Arms
Wing.
Helping get the best out of Afghan
weapons instructors is WO2 Matthew
Vermey, who has had to adjust to the
ANA’s way of teaching.
“With the Australian Army, most of
the training is done as outdoor lessons
where we stand in formation lines and
go through the drills, then spend a lot
of time at the range,” he said.
“The ANA concentrates more on
theory and classroom sessions.
“You find it does work for them,
so we try to refine the way they like
to present the lessons and make sure
everything is safe.”
WO2 Vermey, a British major and
a Danish warrant officer work as mentors to the Afghan Skill at Arms Wing
instructors, who run weapons training
and range practices for cadets.
WO2 Matthew Vermey
(centre, crouching)
mentors Afghan
instructors from the
Skill at Arms Wing of the
Afghan National Army
Officer Academy during
a range practice with the
M240 machine-gun.
They get pretty excited, so we
might see some pretty long
bursts while we try to teach
them the rates of fire...
– WO2 Matthew Vermey, ANA mentor
Cadets learn to fire M16s, the
M249B (similar to a Minimi), the
M240 (similar to a MAG58) and 9mm
Beretta pistols.
WO2 Vermey said getting on to
the range could get the cadets’ blood
pumping.
“They get pretty excited, so we
might see some pretty long bursts
while we try to teach them the rates of
fire, but they’ll get that under control,”
he said.
“When you come out to the range
you actually see the results of the
lessons we teach. It’s always good to
be out of the classroom.”
WO2 Vermey said he hoped the
progress of the Skill at Arms Wing
would continue during his eight-month
deployment.
“You have some instructors who’ll
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sit in the background a bit, so I’d like
to get them to step up,” he said.
“We will need to work on our relationships more because some instructors are very quiet.”
The Skill at Arms Wing mentors
help 26 Afghan instructors.
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October 23, 2014
Cash office manager
Sgt Rebecca Kleid
issues money to a
soldier in Tarin Kot,
Afghanistan.
Photo by Sgt Ray Vance
OC 1 Corps Field
Cash Office Capt P.D.
Naughton at work in
Morotai, Netherlands
East Indies, in 1945.
Photo courtesy AWM
Head of RAAPC Col Ed
Smeaton (left) and RSM
WO1 Jackie Chadwick
salute at the wreathlaying ceremony.
Photo courtesy AWM
Celebrating centenary
Pay Corps marks 100 years with commemorative events across the country, Cpl Nick Wiseman reports.
T
HE Royal Australian Army
Pay Corps (RAAPC)
celebrated 100 years on
September 21 with a wreathlaying ceremony and regimental
dinner at the Australian War
Memorial in Canberra.
Despite being one of the smallest
corps in the Army, RAAPC has had
an eventful existence, being raised
and disbanded several times.
Almost 200 people attended the
centenary dinner, which SO2 Corps
Maj Paul Wyatt said was a time to
recognise past and present RAAPC
members and their contributions to
the ADF.
“It was great to have so many
former and serving members of the
corps under the one roof in Canberra
for the anniversary night,” Maj Wyatt
said.
“It was a great opportunity to
recognise the service RAAPC members have provided to the Army, and
our proud history.”
At the dinner, Head of Corps
Col Ed Smeaton addressed guests
and VIPs, including DCA Maj-Gen
Gus Gilmore and RSM-A WO David
Ashley.
He said there was a rich history
behind everyone gathered.
“Throughout the last 100 years,
personnel from all walks of life have
served under the corps badge of the
ledger and Southern Cross,” he said.
“Your tasks as RAAPC members
may not be at the forefront of an
operation, however, you have all
taken great honour and pride in your
duties.”
He said it was important
they paused to reflect on their
contributions.
“Let us truly celebrate this
evening,” he said.
“But while it marks an important
milestone in the history of the
corps, let it not be the only day we
remember those who have gone
before us and those who continue to
serve.”
A number of other RAAPC
centenary celebrations were held
across Australia to mark the
significant milestone for Army’s
financial experts.
AN EVENTFUL HISTORY FOR PAY CORPS
FIRST raised on September
21, 1914, as part of the
Australian Pay Corps, 1st AIF,
the first contingent comprised
three officers and 22 other
ranks. They departed for
service in the Middle East on
October 21 of that year.
The corps saw service in all
theatres of WWI, in particular
Gallipoli and the Western
Front, with offices in Belgium,
France and the UK.
Although strengthened by
the establishment of militia
units on October 12, 1916,
the corps was disbanded on
June 1, 1921, after pay duties
reverted to civilian clerks.
In August 1937 the corps
was re-formed as part of the
Citizen Military Forces (CMF)
and was included in the raising
of the 2nd AIF at the outbreak
of WWII.
Members of the corps saw
active service in the Middle
East, South East Asia, Europe,
Papua New Guinea and in
Darwin under the guidance
of chief paymaster Brig Guy
Moore.
Following the end of WWII
the corps was again disbanded
on October 1, 1947, but
re-raised in May 1948 and
granted the title Royal by King
George VI on October 27,
1948.
A component of the CMF,
the corps was represented
in Korea, Singapore,
Malaya, Malaysia/Borneo
and South Vietnam from the
1950s–1970s.
During the 1970s-1980s,
members of the corps were
appointed as financial advisers
on survey operations in
Indonesia, West Irian and the
Pacific Islands.
A significant milestone
in the history of the RAAPC
occurred on July 1, 1990, when
ARA Unit Pay Representatives
joined the corps – for the first
time in its history the pay corps
had an ARA component.
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reserve personnel have been
deployed to support personnel
on almost all operations
around the globe with the
corps currently numbering 540
across the ranks.
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New focus for admin
The image of the unit clerk sitting in an
orderly room should be long forgotten with
refocused Operator Administrative soldiers
ready to tackle their job in any environment,
Cpl Nick Wiseman reports.
Ptes Carolyne Rice (right) and Skye Buckley
work in the CP during the field phase of the
Operator Administrative Basic Course at the
Army School of Ordnance at Bandiana, Victoria.
Inset, Pte Emma Olesen at work in the CP.
Photos by Cpl Nick Wiseman
W
HILE still a professional
administrator within the
barracks, the Operator
Administrative (Op
Admin) soldier of today is expertly
trained in all aspects of the command
post (CP).
Op Admins now march out of the
Army School of Ordnance with field
and operational skills, including being
trained in battlefield command systems, battle-tracking and advanced radio
systems.
CO Army School of Ordnance
Lt-Col Amanda Fielding said the Op
Admin trade had undergone changes to
refocus on operational duties.
“The field phase has now been
extended and the trainees spend more
time establishing and operating a CP,”
she said.
“These trainees will be able to
enhance operational capabilities from the
moment they leave here.”
During the five-day field phase in the
Op Admin Basic Course at Bandiana,
Victoria, the trainees maintain their
shifts in the CP, while also manning
vehicle control points and other normal
tasks required in the field.
During their shift in the CP, trainees
operate the radios, logging all information required and ensuring it is passed on
to the relevant supervisors for actioning
and battle-tracking on a map.
Lt-Col Fielding said it was these
skills that raised the Op Admin above
and beyond the traditional image of the
orderly room.
“The new skills we have incorporated into the course will give the trainees more tools to offer their future
commanders,” she said.
“We are improving the value of the
Op Admin in the field environment.”
Pte Skye Buckley, who recently
marched into 1 Regt RAA after completing the Op Admin Basic Course, said the
field phase allowed course members to
test their new skills under the stresses of
the field environment.
“We’ve had to complete many realistic scenarios,” she said. “It’s been nonstop, but it’s also been fun.”
She said she was glad the field phase
had been extended.
“
We are improving
the value of
the Op Admin
in the field
environment.
– Lt-Col Amanda Fielding,
CO Army School of Ordnance
“I’m not sure how we could fit everything in within a shorter timeframe,”
she said.
“We’re all definitely getting more
from our time out here and looking
forward to moving on to our units.”
There are more changes ahead for
Army’s administrative soldiers.
Next year more advanced communications and battlefield control training
will begin at the School of Ordnance
with the implementation of dedicated
training rooms to further enhance skills,
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PERSONNEL
SEPTEMBER IN BRIEF
TRIAL
Equality is key
CA Lt-Gen David Morrison has
RESULTS
been named as a finalist in the
2015 ACT Australian of the
All Court Martial and Defence
Force Magistrate trial results are
subject to command review and
appeal. The results indicated are of
trials across the ADF.
Year Awards for his work as an
equality advocate. The winners
will be announced in Canberra
on November 3.
OR
FORMER CDF Gen David
Hurley (retd) assumed his
new role as NSW Governor
on October 2. Australia’s
Federation Guard provided an
Honour Guard at the swearingin ceremony at Government
House in Sydney.
Defence Force Magistrate
One charge of assault
occasioning actual bodily
harm – DFDA s 61(3) and
Crimes Act (ACT) s 24(1)
The member was accused
of punching another member
with an object in hand. The
member pleaded guilty to the
charge and was found guilty
of the charge. The member
was sentenced to 120 days’
detention.
Defence Force Magistrate
One charge of obtaining
a financial advantage
by deception – DFDA s
61(3) and Criminal Code s
134.2(1)
The member was accused
of misstating their personal
circumstances when applying
for a service allowance. The
member pleaded not guilty to
the charge but was found guilty
of the charge. The member was
dismissed from the ADF.
New role
Charity ball
SEVEN hundred and fifty
people attended the Defence
Charity Ball at the Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition
Centre on September 13.
The ball is Legacy’s biggest
annual fundraising event. This
year more than $170,000 was
raised to help the families of
deceased or incapacitated
servicemen and women.
White Paper
SOLDIERS are invited to have
their say on Australia’s future
defence objectives, capabilities
and policy. Public submissions
on the 2015 White Paper will
be accepted until October 29.
Topics to consider include:
is Defence heading in the
right direction; what should
the ADF be able to do; what
Defence capabilities should
the government invest in now
and for the long term; and
what is the right organisational
structure for Defence?
Submissions need not be
lengthy and can address any
relevant topic. Guidelines on
submissions can be found at
www.defence.gov.au/whitepaper
White Ribbon
THIS year’s White Ribbon
Day is on November 25 and
ADF members are being
encouraged to be involved in
activities as well as buying
a white ribbon to support
ending violence against
women. White Ribbon Day is
the world’s largest male-led
movement against violence to
women. The White Ribbon Day
website has more information
and resources to support the
campaign at www.whiteribbon.
org.au
Band charity
MORE than 300 men from
15 choirs will partner with
the RMC Band to perform
a fundraiser for Soldier On.
The massed voices of the
Male Choirs Association of
Australia, which includes the
Australian Rugby Choir, will
perform at the AIS Arena, in
Bruce, Canberra, at 2.30pm
on November 15. Tickets,
including early bird and group
discounts, are available from
Ticketek at http://premier.
ticketek.com.au
Hitting the
books
 DASS deadline approaches
ARMY members considering
studying under the Defence Assisted
Study Scheme (DASS) in the first
half of next year have until November
1 to submit their applications.
DASS assists ADF members to gain
a qualification or skill, which can range
from a vocational certificate to the postgraduate level.
Last financial year, more than 400
Army members received DASS
support worth $820,000.
The scheme is open to all regular
members and reservists on continuous
full-time service.
Members of high-readiness, active
or specialist reserve groups, and people
who are transitioning out of the Army,
may apply, but only under certain
conditions.
Approved DASS applicants receive
a refund on part of their tuition fees
and HELP when they successfully
complete the subject. DASS also makes
provision for time off to study, which is
agreed between the member and their
supervisor.
DASS is administered through the
Defence Learning Branch, which is part
of the Australian Defence College.
Director-General Defence Learning
Branch Cdre Daryl Bates encouraged
people to apply for DASS.
“But check that your intended
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courses and check your eligibility to
apply for DASS,” he said.
Army members who wish to apply
for DASS support for subjects next year
must seek supervisor endorsement.
Further details about DASS eligibility,
priority courses and delegate details are
available at the Defence Learning Branch
site at http://intranet.defence.gov.au/
vcdf/sites/PracticeManagement/comweb.
asp?page=81937&Title=DASS
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Changes to base services
 New contractors at Defence establishments in the Northern Territory and Western Australia
BASES in the Northern Territory
and Western Australia on October
1 welcomed a range of new
contractors, responsible for services
such as estate maintenance, waste
management, access control and
hospitality and catering.
disrupted on October 1 and they will
continue to be met in the future under
a national model.”
Base services contracts will integrate with previously implemented reforms such as the National
Booking and Accommodation
System to provide seamless national
accommodation service.
For the soldier on the ground this
change could mean a new face at the
gate, or a change in the way cleaning
is done.
The service delivery outcomes
will be consistently applied across
Australia.
Administrative changes include
new ways to log a service request and
a change in the escalation policy for
delays or issues.
Bases across the rest of Australia
will transition over the coming
months. The ACT, NSW and Victoria
will go live on November 1 while
Queensland, South Australia and
Tasmania will go live with the
changes on December 1.
New contractors started at bases in
the Northern Territory and Western
Australia on October 1.
Photo by Sgt Phil Kafcaloudes
The change was part of a major
piece of work by the Defence Support
and Reform Group (DSRG), whose
staff worked with the Services, VCDF
Group and DSTO.
The change to a national base services contracting model will standardise service delivery requirements
to ensure contracts are sustainable
and affordable for Defence.
Head Defence Support Operations
in DSRG, Mark Jenkin, said the integrated approach to delivering services
for Defence personnel aligned with
wider Defence priorities.
“Working in partnership with the
Services throughout the retendering
process, we developed an understanding of the needs of Defence and how
DSRG will evolve to meet them,” he
said.
For more information call 1300 658 975 or
“Defence capabilities were not visit http://intranet.defence.gov.au/dsg
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Feeding women’s minds
and careers at ADFA
MORE than 30 female Army officers
in the Canberra region attended the
Army Women’s Breakfast at ADFA
on September 26.
Female
Army
officers
and officer
cadets
share
career
insights
over
breakfast
at ADFA.
Captains through to Brigadiers
took part, as well as 70 officer cadets.
The guests shared their insights
and experiences on their time in the
Army and what they had achieved
in their careers, according to OCdt
Amelia Williams.
“The breakfast offered a chance to
hear the women of our Army speak
passionately, but honestly, about the
opportunities and struggles of serving
our nation,” OCdt Amelia Williams
said.
“Sitting and listening to the
speakers, you could sense the pride
and determination of every woman in
the room.
Sitting and listening to the
speakers, you could sense the pride
and determination of every woman
in the room.
“The breakfast instilled a sense of
satisfaction knowing our journey as
female officers in the ADF was under
way.”
The event provided the officer
cadets with an enhanced appreciation
of the challenges they may face
in their future within the Army
environment.
Guest speaker Capt Anneke
School of Aviation
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– OCdt Amelia Williams,
ADFA
Jamieson shared an insight into life as
a woman in the Army and the support
provided to ensure work-life balance.
OCdt Alison Wilson said it was a
great experience.
“The breakfast was a fantastic
opportunity to learn from these women’s experiences and increase our
exposure to life as a female officer in
the Army,” she said.
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LIFESTYLE PEOPLE
Lt James
Shepherd
works in the
operations
room during
the Command
Post Exercise
for Exercise
Suman Warrior.
October 23, 2014
Gnr Alice
Turnbull, of
51FNQR,
during a unit
patrol course
at Woodleigh
Station, south of
Cairns.
Photo by
Cpl Nick Wiseman
Photo by
LS Jayson Tufrey
Capt Tom Usher prepares for the
Command Post Exercise during
Exercise Suman Warrior at
Linton Military Camp, NZ.
Photo by LS Jayson Tufrey
Pte Hannah Bailey (right), of 2GHB,
serves lunch to Balawarr (left), a
grade six Yirrkala School student,
during the Prime Minister’s visit to
Arnhem Land in September.
Photo by Cpl Bill Solomou
Pte Luke Barnes, of 1RAR,
helps a mate up the 12-foot
wall as part of the 3 Bde
Commander’s Trophy at
Lavarack Barracks, Townsville.
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Finger on the pulse
Australian Doctors on the Western Front
By Col Robert Likeman (retd)
Rosenberg 2014
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during WWI.
those who died in England before
The author, Col Robert Likeman,
reaching the front, and one who was
who retired as Director of Army Health sent home when his alcoholism and
in 2012 after 24 years in the Army, has morphine abuse was discovered.
done his homework with this one.
You don’t have to be a member of
The book contains mini-biographies the RAAMC to find this book interestof more than 700 AIF doctors, as well
ing – it is packed full of fascinating
as unit histories, photographs, maps
snippets of WWI history. Because it’s
and nominal rolls.
in encyclopaedic format it doesn’t need
If you had a family member in the
to be read from front to back – you can
AAMC during WWI, it is more than
flip it open anywhere and find somelikely their details will be included in
thing to hold your attention.
this book.
A good historical read according to
For those new to military history
To order a copy of this book in time for
this reviewer.
there is a comprehensive list of
Christmas, visit www.rosenbergpub.com.au
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LIFESTYLE FINANCE
October 23, 2014
On the crest of a wave
Wave technology might be convenient at the
counter but there are pitfalls for consumers,
says ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft.
C
ONTACTLESS payment
technology is becoming more
common. This fast payment
method allows transactions
under $100 to be paid for by a tap or
wave of your card.
How they work
Contactless cards have a radio
antenna in the plastic which transmits
information to and from the contactless
checkout terminal.
The cards usually have a special
logo or marking.
While contactless cards may be
either credit or debit cards, all transactions made using those cards are
processed as credit transactions, even if
you use a debit card.
This could make a difference to any
surcharges you pay.
Surcharges on your card
A card surcharge is a fee that a
retailer adds to the purchase amount
when you use a credit or debit card.
Some retailers can charge between 0.5
and 10 per cent of the payment amount
in surcharges on purchases.
Retailers are required to put up
clear signage to let you know if you are
paying a surcharge when you use your
contactless card.
The Australian Securities and
Investment Commission has publicly
reiterated the need for merchants to
clearly disclose any surcharges.
Unauthorised transactions
Be sure to always carefully check
your account statements. If you see
any purchases that you know you did
not make, contact your card issuer
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do this quickly to fix the problem
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If you report a mistaken transaction
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money is still in the recipient’s account.
ePayments Code
The ePayments Code is an industry
code of practice that virtually all banks,
building societies and credit unions,
and some payment services, including
PayPal and BPAY, have signed up to.
If your card issuer is a member of
the ePayments Code you will have
some protection when you make
electronic payments.
You can check ASIC’s ePayments
Code subscribers’ list at the ASIC
website – www.asic.gov.au – to see if
your card issuer has signed up to the
ePayments Code.
If your card issuer is a member,
they must give you your money back if
it is clear that you have not contributed
to the loss or if the merchant has incorrectly debited your account more than
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If your card issuer is not a member,
you can still raise your concerns with
them. You can also ask them to sign up
to the ePayments Code.
You should speak to your card
issuer if you have any concerns.
Visit ASIC’s MoneySmart website at
moneysmart.gov.au for more information
about contactless cards and the ePayments
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LIFESTYLE HEALTH
33
Wellbeing
at a touch
Health information is all rolled into one online
portal, Cpl Nick Wiseman reports.
I
“
NFORMATION about the health
and wellbeing of ADF members
and their families will be easier
to access with the launch of Joint
Health Command’s latest innovation –
the Health and Wellbeing Portal.
The website is ideal for those
wanting to gain self-help, who may be
unwilling, unsure or uncomfortable
seeking help without a medically
diagnosed condition.
The site contains information such as
fitness, sleeping habits,
Available on the
nutrition, and alcohol
DRN since June,
management.
it has now been
Mr Morton said the
released publicly
portal helped members
so family members
to be more informed
of ADF personnel
about mental health
can also access
conditions, to be more
information they
comfortable speaking
may require.
about mental health
Director General
issues with others and
Mental Health
pointed them in the
Psychology and
right direction to the
Rehabilitation
services available.
David Morton said
“We are trying to
the idea behind the
make that an easier
website was to have
experience where they
information more
go to one website to
readily available to
obtain the information
those who need it.
– David Morton, Director that is relevant to them,”
“It’s not new
General Mental Health he said.
having things online,
“We are encouraging
Psychology and Rehabilitation personnel to learn more,
and single services
tend to have some
but if people want to
of this information already available,
seek more formal help then they also
but what is unique about this is we have have access to that information here.”
tried to centralise the information,” he
Mr Morton said the key message was
said.
that Defence was trying to provide its
“It includes information and links
members and their families with easily
for commanders to better manage
accessible information about health,
personnel, for the injured member to get rehabilitation and recovery programs.
information or a better understanding
“We want to make it as accessible as
what they have to deal with, and their
possible, while encouraging people to
families to get information as well.
seek help as early as possible.”
“It is all in one place so they can
access information that is current and
The portal is at www.defence.gov.au/health/
healthportal
relevant to them.”
We are
encouraging
personnel to
learn more and if
people want to
seek formal help
they also have
access to that
information here.
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about getting and staying well.
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SPORT
October 23, 2014
The Combined Australian Services Rugby League
(CASRL) team (in green and gold) with the Ron Massey
Cup Colts after a match at Leichardt Oval, Sydney.
Photos by AB Steven Thompson
Gallant league effort
 League players down, but not without a fight
Cpl Aaron Curran
THE Combined Australian
Services Rugby League (CASRL)
team put in a brave performance
against the Ron Massey Cup side
in Sydney, winning the respect of
their high-calibre opponents but
losing the match.
Cpl Glenn Robinson,
of AFG, sprints
towards Ron Massey
Cup Colts defenders.
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The CASRL team lost the
match 50-10, but the score did not
accurately reflect the efforts of the
gallant ADF team, which gave as
much as it got in the early stages of
a torrid and physical encounter at
Leichardt Oval on October 11.
CASRL coach WO2 Brian
Jones said the match against such
high quality opposition marked the
beginning of the team’s preparation for next year’s busy schedule,
which includes a curtain raiser for
the Anzac Test Match against the
combined New Zealand Defence
Force, followed by a curtain raiser
against the British Defence Force.
WO2 Jones said his team played
extremely well and that the scoreline did not reflect the efforts of his
players, at least five of whom were
injured or fatigued after playing the
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN)
in an earlier match on the same day.
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“Player availability, injuries and
fatigue played a part in the lopsided
score-line,” he said.
“Five of the CASRL players
were part of the Navy team that
played the RNZN side before our
match, while other key players were
unavailable for selection or most of
our training activities.”
WO2 Jones said despite these
challenges, the CASRL players
gave a good account of themselves
against a high-calibre team of Ron
Massey Cup representative players.
“In the early stages we matched
it with the Ron Massey representative team through some impressive
displays in attack and defence,” he
said.
WO2 Jones said the ADF squad
featured players from Army, Air
Force and Navy who never gave
up trying and at times played better
footy than their opponents.
“During the second half we
applied constant pressure which
resulted in forced errors, a repeat set
of six and a try,” he said.
WO2 Jones said the forward
pack was outstanding across the
board for CASRL, with Army’s best
player being Cpl Jack Blaine, of
2/14LHR, who got through a mountain of work in attack and defence.
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“Cpl Blaine had a fantastic game
until he was forced from the field
by injury late in the match.”
WO2 Jones said the game was
played in a great spirit and not a
single discipline incident or act of
aggression was penalised.
“It’s easy to lament poor
preparation, but at the end of the
day it was a huge opportunity for
CASRL to play at this level and as
an organisation we were thankful,”
he said.
“If we had a whole squad with
no injuries, players who didn’t play
two games in a day, and the opposition’s half-back didn’t have his
game of the century, it could have
been a different result.”
WO2 Jones said the match
was CASRL’s first hit out against
a Ron Massey Cup representative
team, which arose after a match
against the PNG Defence Force was
cancelled.
“It was too good an opportunity
to pass up and gave us a real view
of where we stand in the wider
scheme of Rugby League,” he said.
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Army SPORT
October 23, 2014
Fighting all the
way to the top
 90th in ironman world championships
Cpl Nick Wiseman
WO2 Megan Webber placed in the
top 100 athletes of the world in
her age group when she competed
in the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World
Championships at Mont-Tremblant
in Quebec, Canada.
WO2 Webber, of HQ RMC-A,
made it into the world-leading group
after a little more than 18 months of
triathlon competitions.
As part of Team Australia,
although competing as an individual, WO2 Webber completed the
70.3 Ironman course on September
7 in 5hr 36min 21sec in perfect race
conditions.
WO2 Webber placed 90th in her
age group after doing a personal
best for her 1.9km swim component
in a time of 30min 27sec. She
clocked 2hr 58min 48sec for the
90km cycle and 1hr 59min 36sec
for the 21.1km run.
“The ride was probably the
hardest I have done so far, as the
elevation on the course was severe,”
she said.
“The run had some very steep
gradient hills, which were really
quite challenging.”
WO2 Webber said her training
program had become a big part of
her life, dedicating up to 20 hours
per week swimming, cycling and
running.
“I had not cycled competitively
before taking up triathlons, so that
was quite new to me,” she said.
“My cycling has steadily
“
The ride was probably the hardest
I have done so far, as the elevation
on the course was severe.
improved, which was evident in
the Cairns Ironman earlier this
year when I went almost 3km/hr
faster on the bike compared to last
year.”
Competing for the first time
at this world championship level,
Secret weapon
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CERTAIN Death awaits Navy and
Air Force players in the National
Inter-Service Cricket Carnival in
Canberra next month.
All-rounder Pte Nick Death is
set to make his mark in Services
cricket following success in the
Australian Under-19 team.
Men’s team manager
WO2 Andrew Harvey said
Pte Death and a new coach and
captain would give Army a fresh
approach.
Capt Tony Purton takes over
as coach from Australian Army
Cricket Association life member
Lindsay Holmes, while Sgt Donny
Mander picks up the captaincy
– WO2 Megan Webber,
HQ RMC-A
from Sgt Ian Roberts. Army has
retained the duo of hard-hitting
veterans Sgt Mark Brown and
Sgt Martin Blackman, who will
carry the batting expectations of
the team.
Army also has a strong bowling
line up, headed by Sgt Donny
Mander, Sgt Corey Baker, Pte Alex
Armour and Pte Glenn Randall.
Army players will also be vying
for selection in the International
Defence Cricket Carnival in 2015.
CA has approved a cricket
tour to Pakistan during the next
year and planning is well under
way. Positions for this tour will
be determined at selection trials
ultimately by performance at the
Nationals next month.
WO2 Webber said it was an
amazing experience.
“I’d definitely love to be part of
this again as it is being held on the
Sunshine Coast in 2016 so it would
be great to qualify and compete
in Australia.”
THE SEASON
 The Lindsay Hassett Trophy:
Army vs RAAF at Chisholm 1
on November 16; Navy vs loser
at Chisholm 1 on November 17;
Navy vs winner at Chisholm 1 on
November 18.
 The ACM Angus Houston Cup
(T20): Army vs RAAF at Chisholm
2 November 19; Navy vs RAAF
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Navy vs Army at Chisholm 2 on
November 21; finals at Chisholm
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D
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October 23, 2014
HARD HITTERS
Combined Australian
Services Rugby League team
puts in brave performance
against Ron Massey Cup side
P34
Cpl Glenn Robinson, of
the Combined Australian
Services Rugby League
team, is tackled by
Ron Massey Cup Colts
defenders during a match
at Leichardt Oval, Sydney.
Photo by AB Steven Thomson

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