Taliban attack repelled SOLDIERS from the Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) in Afghanistan have defeated the Taliban in the heaviest fighting to date in a four hour battle against 50 Taliban extremists.
   
Razz dies saving his mates’ lives THREE Australian soldiers have been injured and an Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) has been killed in two improvised explosive device (IED) attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
   
Guard gets big smiles THE Australian Federation Guard (AFG) has been stepping out for good causes lately, and getting plenty of accolades.
   
Bar-armour stops RGP in its tracks SOLDIERS from the Overwatch Battle Group – West (OBG(W)) survived an attack on their armoured vehicle from two men armed with a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) and a machine gun in Iraq.
   
Top shots CAPT Aleks Strikis has defeated some of the Army’s top marksmen to claim victory at Champion Shot Army (CSA) held at Singleton September 19-21.
   
Electronic voting trial for deployed personnel ADF personnel on overseas deployments will create electoral history when they electronically vote at the looming Federal poll.
   
 
AACAP 14 wraps up at Doomadgee PERSONNEL of the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 14 have redeployed to their home units, after accomplishing a successful mission assisting the indigenous community of Doomadgee in Queensland.
   
Proud paras OLD faithful paratrooper, Cpl Bill Boon, 3RAR, made the battalion’s 70,000th descent at Richmond, Sydney, on August 1.
   
Half a century of the SAS Australian SAS operations in Afghanistan are a culmination of 50 years’ experience, according to CO SOCOMD Maj-Gen Mike Hindmarsh.
   
Major moments in SASR BORNEO and Vietnam were the first of three major eras that have shaped the Australian SAS, according to CO SOCOMD Maj-Gen Hindmarsh.
   
From the bush to Belgium THEY might be more familiar with patrols than parades, but 21 members of 51FNQR have been well drilled in ceremonial duties for the re-interment of five World War I soldiers in Belgium.
   
 
   
   
   
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Surveying success by satellites A NEW surveying system in use in Afghanistan is proving to save days of work for RTF2 surveyor, LCpl Stephen Smelt.
   
Brothers in faith and arms ON a dusty airfield in the south of Afghanistan, brothers Mark and Peter Willis have found themselves briefly reunited.
   
Doors open for Afghan health SOLDIERS from Reconstruction Task Force2 in Afghanistan have completed two major health facility construction projects.
   
Praise for trainers TRAINERS with the Australian Army Training Team in Iraq (AATT-I) have continued to receive high praise from their US counterparts and from their Iraqi staff and trainees.
   
 
Timor goes digital for acquisition THE operational deployment of the new Aerial Digital Imagery Acquisition System (ADIAS) in Timor-Leste ensures commanders have the latest information to conduct planning and operations.
   
Lightfooted firing SOLDIERS in Timor-Leste have stormed the beaches at Motaikan, in a live-fire exercise that held special significance for personnel from B Sqn 3/4 Cav and 1RAR.
   
Fabulous five at CPX AUSTRALIAN Army personnel have played a critical role as part of the Five Powers coalition force that repelled the recent fictitious Carranese invasion of Malaysia.