I once overheard some colleagues bemoaning the introduction of a new rifle, not because of its small caliber but because […]
The well aimed shot, the instinctive kill,Return the same intrinsic thrill.To see it twitch then lie quite still,Was once the […]
One morning safe in barracks while sitting on the loo,Our Colonel, who’d put duty first, was wondering what to do.Now, […]
Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly called drones, are now a fundamental part of defence force capability, from intelligence gathering to unmanned […]
At the moment our farmers, graziers and their families and communities are doing it tough in this drought. They need […]
Beside that track in jungle green(Bare the bayonet, beat the drum.).Sweat-soaked, dirty, thus unseen(Bare the bayonet, beat the drum.).These young […]
We are saddened to advise that Phil Gould died suddenly of a cardiac arrest at home last Monday afternoon. Our […]
Last night I spoke with Caesar’s ghost.We’d quaffed a glass or two of wine.But then the bastard made a boast,How […]
THE investigation into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan has taken an interminable time with no […]
Do you remember the place where we lay our heads upon bed of root, so finely twined, a mattress made? […]
History tells us of cheering crowds on the day we became as one A proud flag signalling that the pulse […]
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