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The basement project is forging ahead, so to speak.

Yes, I actually bought a forge this week – and set fire to my work bench in short order

All just a necessary learning curve, I suppose.

But the biggest news – the bags of dirt have been removed from the driveway.


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Now that 1st Armoured Regiment no longer has an RAAC role, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment comprises a dual role unit with the totally incompatible roles of close fire support and intelligence gathering, what does the future hold for the RAAC?

Thank heavens for 2/14 Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) and the RAAC ARES units. Thanks to them, the RAAC might ...


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Australian infantry soldiers will be better prepared for urban warfare with the introduction of innovations such as the Dismounted Austere Shoot House (DASH), enhanced urban-training aids and a new Urban Operations Exponent Program. 

CAPTION: Australian soldiers explosively breach a method-of-entry training door during urban clearance training a...


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A small drone with a broken wing is retrieved from scrubland at Cultana and taken to a converted stores module with advanced manufacturing technologies. 

Within minutes, the part is scanned, redesigned on a laptop and fed into a machine ready to manufacture a replacement on site.

The Australian Army’s 1st Armoured Regiment (1 Armd Regt) – which was stripp...


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Members of Task Unit Marlin and 2/30 Training Group contributed aviation and ground-based capabilities respectively to Exercise Keris Strike in Malaysia for three weeks in July.

CAPTION: Australian Army Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopter pilots from 162 Reconnaissance Squadron, prepare for a flying mission during exercise Keris Strike 26 in S...


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